Oral Health

Adekemi Adeniyan ’19 and Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri ’23 advocate for a comprehensive approach to address the link between oral and mental health by incorporating mobile dentistry, oral health education for children utilizing art and storybooks, and advocating for policies to improve access to oral health.

Scott Howell ’21 was the lead author of an American Dental Association panel report on teledentistry use. Though many dentists started using teledentistry because of COVID-19, Howell and his co-authors found that it still may be underutilized.

Christina Rosenthal '18 co-authored a study that assessed the racial and ethnic diversity of dental school graduates compared to the populations they serve, finding that Black and Hispanic individuals remain underrepresented among graduates. The study highlights the need for increased diversity in dental education to help address oral health disparities.