January Issue

January 2024

Annual Report

The annual report, themed "Impressions," is out!

The report covers the 2022-2023 fiscal year and features stories about RSDM students, faculty, and staff. It shows how their work makes a lasting impression on the school community as well as the wider world.

Rutgers Health

A Decade of Discovery

All Rutgers Health units engage in breakthrough research and conduct transformative projects. Read about RSDM's contributions, including the Opioid Analgesic Reduction Study led by Dean Cecile A. Feldman and another study about nonaddictive marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD) by Associate Professor of Endodontics Vanessa Chrepa.

Students

On a Solid Footing

Adam Eljarrah was working as a medical scribe in the emergency department of a Hackensack hospital when the pandemic broke. He was testing the waters for going into medical school. But the world-altering event also altered his career plans. Eljarrah is now a first-year student in RSDM's DMD program.

Patient Care

How to Prevent “Wine Teeth” This Holiday

Why do some people’s teeth stain after drinking red wine, and how can you prevent it during the holidays? The answer is the relationship between the nature of wine and your tooth enamel, said Uchenna Akosa, assistant professor and director of New Brunswick Faculty Practice.

Shout-Outs

Congrats to Assistant Dean for Extramural Clinics Jill York whose proposal has been selected for the Trauma and Tobacco Community of Practice (CoP) sponsored by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The CoP will run at RSDM extramural clinics from Jan. to June 2024 by York along with Shawn Kelly, Cynthia Jetter, and Lisa Ruble.

Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry Hoda Yousef delivered a presentation on implant dentistry at the Hudson County Dental Society meeting.

Publications

Fredericks-Younger J., Greenberg P., Andrews T., Matheson P. B., Desjardins P. J., Lu S. E., and Feldman C. A., "Leveraging the functionality of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) to enhance data collection and quality in the Opioid Analgesic Reduction Study," Clinical Trials

Harris D. M. and Sulewski J. G., "Photoinactivation and Photoablation of Porphyromonas gingivalis," Pathogens

Shah S. A., Feng Z. C., and Ziccardi V. B., "Impact of COVID-19 on emergency oral health care in New Jersey," The Journal of the American Dental Association