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Root Caries: A Hands-On Workshop, Linda C. Niessen, Gretchen Gibson

Linda Niessen

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Oral And Pharyngeal Cancer Trends In Va Hospital Discharges, Linda C. Niessen, D. J. Fedele, J. A. Jones

Linda Niessen

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Oral Health For Older Women, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Oral Health And Social Justice: Opportunities For Leadership, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Nineteenth Marvin Goldstein Lectureship, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Geriatric Dentistry: Aging And Oral Health, Athena S. Papas, Linda C. Niessen, Howard H. Chauncey

Linda Niessen

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An Economic Analysis Of The Return On Investment For A Dental Education, Linda C. Niessen, H. A. Dunlevy

Linda Niessen

This paper examines the costs and benefits the dental school applicant might consider before selecting dentistry as a career. The costs and benefits of pursuing dentistry are compared to those of selecting engineering. The rate of return to dentistry when compared to engineering is calculated for three time periods: 1974, 1978, and 1982. The rate is a proxy for the financial returns an applicant expects to recognize if he or she decides to become a dentist. The study finds that the rate of return to dentistry has declined from 23.6 percent in 1974 to 18.7 percent in 1978 and to …

Aging And The Oral Cavity, Gretchen Gibson, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

Geriatric Medicine

Older Adults-Implications For Private Dental Practitioners, Denise J. Fedele, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

Currently, 35 million people are over the age of 65 in the United States. This number is expected to double to 70 million by 2030 (Figure 1). In California, 3.7 million people are over the age of 65, and this number is expected to increase to 6.4 million in the next 20 years or within the practice lifetime of students presently enrolled in California's dental hygiene and dental schools. The oldest old, those over age 85, are the fastest-growing segment of the United States and California's population. California's aging population will reflect the diversity of the state in general. Table …

New Research On Women’S Oral Health, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Geresthetics: Esthetic Dentistry For Older Adults, R. E. Goldstein, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

Esthetics in Dentistry

Dentistry And Media Workshop, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Commencement Address, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Commencement Address, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Aging & Oral Health: Implications For Restorative Dentistry, Linda C. Niessen

Linda Niessen

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Amelioration Of Oral Mucositis Pain By Nasa Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Diodes In Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Brian Hodgson, David Margolis, Donna E. Salzman, Dan C. Eastwood, Sergey Tarima, Lisa D. Williams, Jane E. Sande, William P. Vaughan, Harry T. Whelan

Brian D Hodgson

Purpose This study seeks to investigate the use of extra-orally applied near-infrared phototherapy for the reduction of oral pain secondary to chemotherapy- and radiation therapy-induced mucositis in adult and pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients. Methods Eighty HSCT patients were divided into regular (R) and low (L) risk groups, then to experimental (E) and placebo (P) groups, resulting in four groups (ER, EL, PR, PL). Experimental subjects received 670 (±10) nm gallium-aluminum-arsinide light-emitting diode device for 80 s at ∼50 mW/cm2 energy density and power exposure of 4 J/cm2. Placebo patients received the same procedures, but with a placebo …

Antimicrobial Peptide Coating Of Dental Implants: Biocompatibility Assessment Of Recombinant Human Beta Defensin-2 For Human Cells, Patrick Warnke, Eske Voss, Paul Russo, Sebastien Stephens, Michael Kleine, Hendrik Terheyden, Qin Liu

Qin Liu

Purpose: Artificial materials such as dental implants are at risk of bacterial contamination in the oral cavity. Human beta defensins (HBDs), small cationic antimicrobial peptides that exert a broad-spectrum antibacterial function at epithelial surfaces and within some mesenchymal tissues, could probably help to reduce such contamination. HBDs also have protective immunomodulatory effects and have been reported to promote bone remodeling. The aim of this study, therefore, was to investigate the influence of recombinant HBD-2 on the proliferation and survival of cells in culture.

Materials and Methods: Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), human osteoblasts, human keratinocytes (control), and the HeLa cancer …

Comparison Of In Vitro Biocompatibility Of Nanobone(®) And Biooss(®) For Human Osteoblasts, Qin Liu, Timothy Douglas, Christiane Zamponi, Stephan Becker, Eugene Sherry, Sureshan Sivananthan, Frauke Warnke, Jörg Wiltfang, Patrick Warnke

Qin Liu

Introduction:Scaffolds for bone tissue engineering seeded with the patient's own cells might be used as a preferable method to repair bone defects in the future. With the emerging new technologies of nanostructure design, new synthetic biomaterials are appearing on the market. Such scaffolds must be tested in vitro for their biocompatibility before clinical application. However, the choice between a natural or a synthetic biomaterial might be challenging for the doctor and the patient. In this study, we compared the biocompatibility of a synthetic bone substitute, NanoBone®, to the widely used natural bovine bone replacement material BioOss®.Material and methods: The in …

Proliferation Assessment Of Primary Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells On Collagen Membranes For Guided Bone Regeneration, Qin Liu, A. Humpe, D. Kletsas, F. Warnke, S. Becker, T. Douglas, S. Sivananthan, P. Warnke

Qin Liu

Purpose: Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) hold the potential for bone regeneration because of their self-renewing and multipotent character. The goal of this study was to evaluate the influence of collagen membranes on the proliferation of hMSCs derived from bone marrow. A special focus was set on short-term eluates derived from collagen membranes, as volatile toxic materials washed out from these membranes may influence cell behavior during the short time course of oral surgery.

Materials and Methods: The proliferation of hMSCs seeded directly on a collagen membrane (BioGide) was evaluated quantitatively using the cell proliferation reagent WST-1 (4-3-[4-iodophenyl]-2-[4-nitrophenyl]-2H-[5-tetrazolio]-1, …

Direct Action Of Fluoride On Primary C57bl/6j Bone Marrow Cells, Xiaomei Gu, D Yan, E Everett

Xiaomei Gu

Background: The University of Iowa Libraries has recently taken the initiative to assess data management needs across campus. Two steps are involved in the needs assessment project: a web-based survey and face-to-face interviews. This paper presents preliminary results from the first step and describes a unique partnership between the authors, a Clinical Education Librarian from Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Library and a Data Services Librarian from the Main Library. Methods: With inputs from the literature and multiple stakeholders on campus, the authors developed a questionnaire of 12 questions using Qualtrics software. One of the questions was to identify …