Sacramento, Calif. — The May issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association features research by students from California dental schools.
“Dental students are the future of the profession and their research illuminates the world of tomorrow,” said Kerry K. Carney, DDS, editor-in-chief of the Journal.
In the article titled “A Gene Therapy Approach to Eliminate HIV-1-Infected Cells,” authors discuss developing an HIV-specific promoter to drive the expression of suicide genes that could induce cell death in HIV-infected cells.
“Sterilization Analysis of Contaminated Healing Abutments and Impression Copings” presents the findings of a study investigating the effectiveness of sterilization on used implant impression copings and healing abutments.
The authors of the article “Novel Strategies to Enhance Survival and Growth of Pulp Cells After Dental Restorations” demonstrated that dental pulp stromal cells that survive after placement of composite, mineral trioxide aggregate and glass ionomer are weaker since they undergo synergistic cell death when exposed to 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate.
Also presented in the May issue are results of a study evaluating parental dental functional-health-literacy as it may relate to child oral health; the article is titled “Parental Functional Health Literacy Relates to Skip Pattern Questionnaire Error and to Child Oral Health.”
The article “A Collaborative Approach to Advance Student Research at the University of Southern California” discusses the research from a study aimed to quantitatively evaluate students' involvement in research, students' interest in participating in research and to identify specific barriers students feel challenge their ability to participate in research.