Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Research output

Research output per year 1970 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2024

• 693 Article
• 106 Editorial
• 65 Review article
• 25 Chapter
• 91 More
  • 25 Letter
  • 24 Comment/debate
  • 7 Other report
  • 7 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 6 Book
  • 4 Short survey
  • 3 Paper
  • 3 Meeting Abstract
  • 3 Book/Film/Article review
  • 3 Discussion paper
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Scholarly edition
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Abstract
  • 1 Software
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Addressing gun violence as a public health problem: Why dentistry needs to engage

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E., Johnston, M., Niederman, R. & Fleming, E., Apr 2024, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 155, 4, p. 275-279 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Development of primary osteoarthritis during aging in genetically diverse UM-HET3 mice

  Poudel, S. B., Ruff, R. R., Yildirim, G., Miller, R. A., Harrison, D. E., Strong, R., Kirsch, T. & Yakar, S., Dec 2024, In: Arthritis Research and Therapy. 26, 1, 118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mouse 100%
  • Osteoarthritis 100%
  • Mitoquinone 66%
  • Methylene Blue 50%
  • Pathological Factors 16%

• Noninferiority of Silver Diamine Fluoride vs Sealants for Reducing Dental Caries Prevalence and Incidence: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Ruff, R. R., Barry Godín, T. J. & Niederman, R., Apr 1 2024, In: JAMA Pediatrics. 178, 4, p. 354-361 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Randomized Clinical Trial 100%
  • Prevalence 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Dental Caries Prevalence 100%
  • Atraumatic Restorative Treatment 58%

• Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction using methylene blue or mitoquinone to improve skeletal aging

  Poudel, S. B., Frikha-Benayed, D., Ruff, R. R., Yildirim, G., Dixit, M., Korstanje, R., Robinson, L., Miller, R. A., Harrison, D. E., Strong, J. R., Schaffler, M. B. & Yakar, S., Mar 25 2024, In: Aging. 16, 6, p. 4948-4964 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Carbene 100%
  • Methylene Blue 100%
  • Mouse 62%
  • Antioxidant 37%
  • Osteolysis 37%

• The effectiveness of medical nurses in treating children with silver diamine fluoride in a school-based caries prevention program

  Ruff, R. R., Godín, T. B. & Niederman, R., Aug 2024, In: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 52, 4, p. 398-405 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nurse 100%
  • Caries Prevention 100%
  • Dental Caries 66%
  • Fluoride Varnish 66%
  • Pediatric Dentist 25%

• Unmet Dental Needs in Children Following Suspension of School-Based Oral Health Services Due to COVID-19

  Ruff, R. R., Barry Godín, T. J., Whittemore, R., Murray Small, T., Santiago-Galvin, N. & Sharma, P., May 2024, In: Journal of School Health. 94, 5, p. 427-432 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Health Service 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Fistula 75%
  • Dental Procedure 50%
• 2023

  Effectiveness of school-based strategies to prevent tooth decay in Filipino children: A cluster-randomized trial

  Ruff, R. R., Monse, B., Duijster, D., Itchon, G. S., Naliponguit, E. & Benzian, H., Apr 2023, In: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 51, 2, p. 219-227 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Care 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Cluster Randomized Trial 100%
  • Filipino children 100%
  • Permanent Tooth 66%

• Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Caries Arrest and Prevention: The CariedAway School-Based Randomized Clinical Trial

  Ruff, R. R., Barry-Godín, T. & Niederman, R., Feb 9 2023, In: JAMA network open. 6, 2, p. E2255458

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Randomized Clinical Trial 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Fluoride Varnish 75%
  • Glass Ionomer Cement 37%
  • Glass Ionomer 33%

• Excess Growth Hormone Triggers Inflammation-Associated Arthropathy, Subchondral Bone Loss, and Arthralgia

  Poudel, S. B., Ruff, R. R., Yildirim, G., Dixit, M., Michot, B., Gibbs, J. L., Ortiz, S. D., Kopchick, J. J., Kirsch, T. & Yakar, S., Jun 2023, In: American Journal of Pathology. 193, 6, p. 829-842 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arthropathy 100%
  • Primary Osteoarthritis 20%
  • Pituitary Adenoma 20%
  • Osteophytosis 20%
  • Cartilage Loss 20%

• Five reasons why essential dental medicines deliver more equity in oral health care

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Feb 2023, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 154, 2, p. 107-109 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Global health threats are also oral health threats

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., May 2023, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 154, 5, p. 367-369 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Long-term effects of canagliflozin treatment on the skeleton of aged UM-HET3 mice

  Yildirim, G., Bergamo, E. T. P., Poudel, S. B., Ruff, R. R., Dixit, M., Hu, B., Mijares, D. Q., Witek, L., Chlebek, C., Harrison, D. E., Strong, R., Miller, R. A., Ladiges, W., Bromage, T. G., Rosen, C. J. & Yakar, S., Jun 2023, In: GeroScience. 45, 3, p. 1933-1951 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Canagliflozin 100%
  • Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor 20%
  • Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 20%
  • Resorbability 10%
  • Carbonate Content 10%

• School-based caries prevention and the impact on acute and chronic student absenteeism

  Ruff, R. R., Habib, R., Godín, T. B. & Niederman, R., Aug 2023, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 154, 8, p. 753-759 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Epileptic Absence 100%
  • Health Service 100%
  • Caries Prevention 100%
  • Healthcare 100%
  • School-based Dental Program 66%

• Seizing a historic opportunity: The Global Oral Health Action Plan and its implications for the United States

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Nov 2023, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 154, 11, p. 963-966 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• War, armed conflict, and fragile states: Oral health is suffering

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Jul 2023, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 154, 7, p. 545-548 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2022

  Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms Among Dominicans in New York City

  Hagen, D., Goldmann, E., Parikh, N. S., Goodman, M. & Boden-Albala, B., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 24, 5, p. 1186-1195 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New York City 100%
  • Depressive Symptoms 100%
  • Dominicans 100%
  • Acculturation 100%
  • Depression 100%

• Dental erosion as an indicator of gastroesophageal reflux disease

  Ellis, A. W., Kosaraju, A., Ruff, R. R., Miller, C. B., Francis, J. M. & Vandewalle, K. S., Nov 1 2022, In: General dentistry. 70, 6, p. 46-51 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dental Erosion 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Reflux 9%
  • Esophageal Lesions 9%
  • Basic Erosive Wear Examination 9%
  • Upper Endoscopy 9%

• Digital Analysis of the Dimensional Change Of an Irreversible Hydrocolloid Impression Material (Alginate) with Varying Storage Times

  Ibrahem, F., Giugliano, T., Ruff, R. R. & Choi, M., Dec 1 2022, In: Primary dental journal. 11, 4, p. 86-91 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Impression Material 100%
  • Alginic Acid 100%
  • Analysis of Variance 50%
  • Third Molar 25%
  • Central Incisor 25%

• Essential oral health care and universal health coverage go hand in hand

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Nov 2022, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 153, 11, p. 1020-1022 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Lifelong Excess in GH Elicits Sexually Dimorphic Effects on Skeletal Morphology and Bone Mechanical Properties

  Dixit, M., Louis, L. D., Basta-Pljakic, J., Yildirim, G., Poudel, S. B., Kumararaja, F., List, E. O., Duran, S. O., Kopchick, J. J., Ruff, R. R., Schaffler, M. B. & Yakar, S., Nov 2022, In: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 37, 11, p. 2201-2214 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bull (Bovine) 100%
  • Cow 55%
  • Metaphysis 50%
  • Bone Material Properties 31%
  • Trabecular Architecture 31%

• Periodontal Inflammation in Relation to Cognitive Function in an Older Adult Danish Population

  Kamer, A. R., Morse, D., Holm-Pedersen, P., Mortensen, E. L. & Avlund, K., 2022, Handbook of Microbiome and Gut-Brain-Axis in Alzheimer�s Disease. Pasinetti, G. M. (ed.). IOS Press BV, p. 581-592 12 p. (Advances in Alzheimer's Disease; vol. 9).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Older Adults 100%
  • Cognitive Function 100%
  • Periodontal Inflammation 100%
  • Danish Population 100%
  • Edentulism 100%

• Prenatal tobacco and postbirth second-hand smoke exposure and dental caries in children

  Dearing, B. A., Katz, R. V. & Weitzman, M., Apr 2022, In: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 50, 2, p. 130-138 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Confounders 100%
  • Logistic Regression Model 100%
  • Raise Question 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Passive Smoking 100%

• Silver diamine fluoride, atraumatic restorations, and oral health-related quality of life in children aged 5–13 years: results from the CariedAway school-based cluster randomized trial

  Ruff, R. R., Barry Godín, T. J., Small, T. M. & Niederman, R., Dec 2022, In: BMC Oral Health. 22, 1, 125.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Noninferiority Trial 100%
  • Atraumatic Restorative Treatment 88%
  • Non-surgical Intervention 44%
  • Untreated Dental Caries 44%

• Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network metaanalysis

  Ruff, R. R., Whittemore, R., Grochecki, M., Bateson, J. & Godín, T. J. B., Feb 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 2, e0261627.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Quality of Life 100%
  • Network Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Disease 25%
  • Placebo 25%

• The MOHIP-14^PW (Modified Oral Health Impact Profile 14-Item Version for Pregnant Women): A Real-World Study of Its Psychometric Properties and Relationship with Patient-Reported Oral Health

  Yang, C., Huang, S. S., Moore Simas, T. A., Silk, H., Savageau, J. A. & Russell, S. L., Mar 2022, In: Healthcare (Switzerland). 10, 3, 461.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychometry 100%
  • Confirmatory Factor Analysis 60%
  • Cronbach Alpha Coefficient 40%
  • Exploratory Factor Analysis 40%
  • Clinical Practice 20%

• Think global, act local: why global oral health matters: The Journal of the American Dental Association introduces a new commentary feature

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Jul 2022, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 153, 7, p. 596-597 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• What Factors Influence Dental Faculty’s Willingness to Treat Pregnant Women?

  Huang, S. S., Yang, C., Cohen, V. & Russell, S. L., Oct 2022, In: JDR Clinical and Translational Research. 7, 4, p. 407-414 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dental Procedure 100%
  • Dental Treatment 75%
  • Attitude 37%
  • Dentist 25%
  • Dentistry 12%
• 2021

  Alternate formats - bold, bold italics, italics, subscript, superscript - refer to abstract

  Ramoni, R., Dec 2021, In: Pediatric Dentistry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A successful dental care referral program for low-income pregnant women in New York

  Russell, S. L., Kerpen, S. J., Rabin, J. M., Burakoff, R. P., Yang, C. & Huang, S. S., Dec 1 2021, In: International journal of environmental research and public health. 18, 23, 12724.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Patient Referral 100%
  • Dental Procedure 100%
  • Prenatal Care 25%
  • Dentist 16%
  • Symptom 8%

• A tribute to ralph v. Katz: A giant in dental education, minority health, and health research

  Dasanayake, A. P., Russell, S. & Warren, R., Aug 2021, In: Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 32, 3, p. 1087-1090 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Barriers to engagement in implementation science research: A national survey

  Stevens, E. R., Shelley, D. & Boden-Albala, B., Feb 1 2021, In: Translational Behavioral Medicine. 11, 2, p. 408-418 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • National Survey 100%
  • Implementation Science 100%
  • Barriers to Engagement 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  • Familiarity 100%

• Comprehensive, School-Based Preventive Dentistry: Program Details and Students' Unmet Dental Needs

  Aldosari, M. A., Bukhari, O. M., Ruff, R. R., Palmisano, J. N., Nguyen, H., Douglass, C. W., Niederman, R. & Starr, J. R., Sep 2021, In: Journal of School Health. 91, 9, p. 761-770 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Caries Prevention 100%
  • Preventive Dentistry 100%
  • Dental Caries 66%
  • Systematic Review 33%
  • Preventive Medicine 33%

• County‐level correlates of dental service utilization for low income pregnant women. Ecologic study of the North Carolina Medicaid for Pregnant Women (MPW) program

  Moss, M. E., Grodner, A., Dasanayake, A. P. & Beasley, C. M., Dec 2021, In: BMC health services research. 21, 1, 61.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dental Procedure 100%
  • Ecologic Study 100%
  • Care Coordination 37%
  • Medicaid 25%
  • Persistent Poverty 22%

• Developing a Standard Set of Patient-centred Outcomes for Adult Oral Health – An International, Cross-disciplinary Consensus

  Riordain, R. N., Glick, M., Mashhadani, S. S. A. A., Aravamudhan, K., Barrow, J., Cole, D., Crall, J. J., Gallagher, J. E., Gibson, J., Hegde, S., Kaberry, R., Kalenderian, E., Karki, A., Celeste, R. K., Listl, S., Myers, S. N., Niederman, R., Severin, T., Smith, M. W. & Murray Thomson, W. & 5 others, Tsakos, G., Vujicic, M., Watt, R. G., Whittaker, S. & Williams, D. M., Feb 2021, In: International Dental Journal. 71, 1, p. 40-52 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Edentulism 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • Case Mix 100%
  • Clinician 66%
  • Consumer 66%

• Dummy conference contribution title: Dummy conference contribution subtitle

  Ramoni, R. & Mika, A., Mar 1 2021, p. 10-12. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Conference Paper 100%

• Dummy non textual title: Dummy non textual subtitle

  Ramoni, R. (Developer) & Smith, C. (Other), Jun 6 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Software

  • Subtitles 100%
  • Non-textual Elements 100%

• Dummy symbols list - refer to abstract

  Ramoni, R., Dec 2021, In: Pediatric Dentistry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dummy Symbols 100%

• Editorial: Promoting Oral Health in Early Childhood: The Role of the Family, Community and Health System in Developing Strategies for Prevention and Management of ECC

  Naidu, R. S., Nunn, J. H., Pahel, B. & Niederman, R., Jul 19 2021, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 9, 716695.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• Longitudinal caries prevalence in a comprehensive, multicomponent, school-based prevention program

  Starr, J. R., Ruff, R. R., Palmisano, J., Goodson, J. M., Bukhari, O. M. & Niederman, R., Mar 2021, In: Journal of the American Dental Association. 152, 3, p. 224-233.e11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Prevalence 100%
  • Dental Caries 100%
  • School Based Prevention 100%
  • Caries Prevention 42%
  • Glass Ionomer 28%

• Microbial population shift and metabolic characterization of silver diamine fluoride treatment failure on dental caries

  Paul, B., Sierra, M. A., Xu, F., Crystal, Y. O., Li, X., Saxena, D. & Ruff, R. R., Mar 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 3, e0242396.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Granulicatella 100%
  • Lachnospiraceae 50%
  • Leptothrix 50%
  • Tannerella 50%
  • Phosphotransferase System 20%

• Nuclear F-actin Cytology in Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  McRae, M. P., Kerr, A. R., Janal, M. N., Thornhill, M. H., Redding, S. W., Vigneswaran, N., Kang, S. K., Niederman, R., Christodoulides, N. J., Trochesset, D. A., Murdoch, C., Dapkins, I., Bouquot, J., Modak, S. S., Simmons, G. W. & McDevitt, J. T., May 2021, In: Journal of dental research. 100, 5, p. 479-486 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Disease 100%
  • Mouth Squamous Cell Carcinoma 100%
  • Actin 100%
  • Epithelial Dysplasia 100%
  • Cytotechnology 100%

• Pandemic Considerations on Essential Oral Health Care

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E., Mathur, M. R. & Niederman, R., Mar 2021, In: Journal of dental research. 100, 3, p. 221-225 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Care 100%
  • Essential Health Care 12%
  • Dentistry 10%
  • Stakeholder Alignment 6%
  • Research Academics 6%

• Presenting or Spinning Facts? Deconstructing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Statement on the Importance of Reopening Schools Under COVID-19

  Benzian, H., Johnston, M., Stauf, N. & Niederman, R., Mar 9 2021, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 9, 645229.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Centers for Disease Control 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • School Reopening 100%
  • Control Statement 100%
  • Public Health 100%

• Rational perspectives on risk and certainty for dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Beltrán-Aguilar, E., Benzian, H. & Niederman, R., Jan 2021, In: American Journal of Infection Control. 49, 1, p. 131-133 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

• Recruitment, Inclusion, and Diversity in Clinical Trials

  Boden-Albala, B., Waddy, S. P., Appleton, N., Kuczynski, H., Nangle, E. & Parikh, N. S., Jan 1 2021, The Science of Health Disparities Research. Wiley, p. 413-428 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Clinical Trial 100%
  • Clinical Research 100%
  • Diversity in Clinical Trials 100%
  • Population Research 33%
  • Health Disparity 33%

• Systemic Management of Pandemic Risks in Dental Practice: A Consolidated Framework for COVID-19 Control in Dentistry

  Benzian, H., Beltrán-Aguilar, E. & Niederman, R., Feb 24 2021, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 8, 644515.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Consolidated Framework 100%
  • Pandemic Management 100%
  • COVID-19 Control 100%
  • Systemic Management 100%
  • Dentistry 100%

• What is the societal economic cost of poor oral health among older adults in the United States? A scoping review

  Huang, S. S., Veitz-Keenan, A., McGowan, R. & Niederman, R., Sep 2021, In: Gerodontology. 38, 3, p. 252-258 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Care Cost 100%
  • Oral Cancer 33%
  • Medical Claims Data 16%
  • Chronic Disease 11%
  • Edentulism 11%
• 2020

  A Dental Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Safer Aerosol-Free Emergent (SAFER) Dentistry

  Benzian, H. & Niederman, R., Aug 12 2020, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 7, 520.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Post-pandemic 100%
  • Airborne Infection 57%
  • Pandemic Emergency 50%
  • Aerosol-generating Procedure 50%
  • Pandemic Conditions 50%

• A Systematic Review of Environmental Health Outcomes in Selected American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

  Meltzer, G. Y., Watkins, B. X., Vieira, D., Zelikoff, J. T. & Boden-Albala, B., Aug 1 2020, In: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 7, 4, p. 698-739 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Environmental Exposure 100%
  • Environmental-health Outcome 100%
  • Heavy Metal 75%
  • Open Dumpsite 33%
  • Disease 25%

• Correction to: Unrecognized implementation science engagement among health researchers in the USA: a national survey (Implementation Science Communications, (2020), 1, 1, (39), 10.1186/s43058-020-00027-3)

  Stevens, E. R., Shelley, D. & Boden-Albala, B., Dec 2020, In: Implementation Science Communications. 1, 1, 65.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Science Communication 100%
  • Health Researchers 100%
  • National Survey 100%
  • Implementation Science 100%
  • Survey Implementation 100%