Department Research Interests

• Histologic prognostic factors in oral neoplasia, specifically angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinomas; Diagnosis and management of orofacial pain, specifically temporomandibular disorders; Clinical epidemiology, specifically the quality of diagnostic decision making (S. Ahing)


• Smoking cessation initiatives in dentistry: their implementation and evaluation (Shirley Gelskey).


• The relationship between trauma and the development of temporomandibular disorders and chronic orofacial pain (John Curran).


• Studies of the mechanisms that regulate the differentiation repertoire of periodontal ligament cells (Charles Lekic).


• The effect of materials used to promote guided tissue regeneration on cell proliferation and differentiation in healing periodontal tissues of the rat (Charles Lekic and David Singer).


• Palatal height and maxillary trans-arch widths in children with fetal alcohol syndrome as compared to age and gender-matched control subjects (John Perry).

Department Research Profiles