Dental and oral health

About

Through single-site studies and participation in large practice-based research networks, we conduct research across a range of topics in oral health such as opioid prescribing by dentists, integration of oral health to advance general health, and online simulation to train oral health providers in best practices. Specific areas of focus include promoting HPV vaccination in dental clinics and understanding the relationship between viral infections and stomatitis.

Overview

contributor

  • Maldonado-Ortiz DDS, PhD, José Orlando   Asst. Research Investigator   2022 -
  • Worley, Donald C.   Dental Clinical Quality & Ops Consultant  

    • Affiliation

    people

    Faculty Position
  • Jurkovich, Mark W., DDS, Research Investigator
  • Michalowicz, Bryan S., DDS, Research Investigator 2016 -
  • Rindal, D. Brad, DDS, Sr. Research Investigator and Associate Dental Director for Research
  • Worley, Donald C. , Dental Clinical Quality & Ops Consultant

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Barriers to dental providers' use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management following tooth extractions. 
    Implement Res Pract. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • "I'm torn": qualitative analysis of dental practitioner-perceived barriers, facilitators, and solutions to HPV vaccine promotion. 
  • A National Dental Practice-Based Research Network phase II, cluster-randomized clinical trial assessing nicotine replacement therapy sampling in dental settings: study protocol for the Free Samples for Health (FreSH) study. 
    BMC oral health. 2024
  • Dental patients as partners in promoting quality and safety: a qualitative exploratory study. 
  • Dental staff and patient attitudes about nicotine replacement therapy samples in dental care: a National Dental Practice-Based Research Network study. 
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2024
    Article has an altmetric score of 2
    • Editorial Article
  • Diabetes and periodontitis [editorial]. 
    Journal of Clinical Periodontology.  51. 2024
  • Addressing knowledge gaps [editorial]. 
  • Engaging clinicians in research [editorial]. 
  • Promoting oral health care because of its possible effect on systemic disease is premature and may be misleading [editorial]. 
    • Chapter
  • Practice-based research in large group dental practices. 
    Clinical research in oral health. 2010
    • Conference Paper
  • Ouch! Does going to the dentist hurt [poster: Dental Fear, Pain and Anxiety session]?
    2019
  • Survival analysis of endodontically treated teeth in National-Dental-PBRN practices [keynote presentation]
    2019
  • Initial management for painful TMJD: a CONDOR Dental PBRN survey [presentation - abstract 3080]
    2011
    • Conference Poster
  • Current HPV prevention practices and attitudes in Minnesota dental clinics [poster]
    2020
  • Hearing the patient voice on pain management after dental extractions [poster]
    2019
  • Like pulling teeth: designing clinical decision support to improve tobacco cessation in dental practice [poster]
    2019
  • Concordance between restoration repair scenarios and actual treatment: National Dental-PBRN [poster]
    2014
  • Could BMI be a caries risk predictor [poster]
    2014
    • Report
  • Dentistry — overview of artificial and augmented intelligence uses in dentistry. ADA SCDI White Paper No. 1106
    2022
  • Oral health in America: advances and challenges
    2021
    • Review
  • A scoping review of patient safety checklists in dentistry [review]. 
  • Exploring the complex relationships between health behaviors, health outcomes, social vulnerability, regional cultures, and oral health [review]. 
  • Strategies for developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to foster implementation into dental practice [review]. 
  • Implementation science and periodontal practice: translation of evidence into periodontology [review]. 
  • Leadership in practice-based research: the National Dental PBRN [review]. 
    • Abstract
  • Assessing challenges to implementing tobacco cessation guidelines in dental offices [abstract]. 
  • Implementation of an electronic dental record tool to increase referrals to a tobacco counseling quit line [abstract]. 
    Implementation science. 2015
  • Building a simulation system to train dentists to practice evidence-based dentistry [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Patient of two professions: medicine and dentistry [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2013
  • Osteonecrosis of the jaw in two dental PBRN health plans [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2010
    • Audio Document
  • Improve your practice and engage your patients: participate in the NDPBRN [interview]. 
    Northwest Dentistry. 2015

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