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Internal consistency and reliability of a questionnaire assessing organizational innovation in two schools of dentistryAmid I Ismail
Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparity and the Michigan Oral Cancer Prevention Network, USA
J Dent Educ 66:469-77. 2002....- Determinants of health in children and the problem of early childhood cariesAmid I Ismail
Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities, School of Dentistry, University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Pediatr Dent 25:328-33. 2003..The purpose of this concept paper is to expand the paradigm used to understand the etiology of ECC and design programs to prevent and manage this condition... - Children's first dental visit: attitudes and practices of US pediatricans and family physiciansAmid I Ismail
Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Pediatr Dent 25:425-30. 2003..The aim of the present study was to survey the recommendations and practices regarding the first dental visit by young children, as reported by family physicians and pediatricians in the United States... - Evidence-based dentistry in clinical practiceAmid I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:78-83. 2004..EBD provides an approach to oral health care that follows a process of systematically collecting and analyzing scientific evidence to answer a specific clinical question... - Utilities of dentin regeneration among insured and uninsured adultsAmid I Ismail
School of Dentistry D2361, University of Michigan, 1011 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:55-66. 2004..This population-based study measured utilities (preferences measured under conditions of uncertainty) of dentin regeneration (DR), a potential new therapy, root canal therapy (RCT), and extraction (EXT)... - Diagnostic levels in dental public health planningAmid Ismail
School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Caries Res 38:199-203. 2004..There is a need for more research on the best methods to detect, prevent and treat early carious lesions... - Visual and visuo-tactile detection of dental cariesA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
J Dent Res 83:C56-66. 2004..In conclusion, this review of the content validity of the 29 criteria systems found substantial variability in disease processes measured, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and examination conditions... 
Predictors of dental caries progression in primary teethA I Ismail
Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
J Dent Res 88:270-5. 2009..The selected risk factors in the final model explained about 20% of the variation in the increment...- Determinants of early childhood caries in low-income African American young childrenAmid I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Pediatr Dent 30:289-96. 2008..The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the association between early childhood caries (ECC) and severe ECC (S-ECC) and social, dietary, and behavioral risk factors... - The International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS): an integrated system for measuring dental cariesA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1978, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 35:170-8. 2007.... - Dental caries in the second millenniumA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
J Dent Educ 65:953-9. 2001..There is a need for a comprehensive research program to provide scientifically based information to assist dental practitioners in caries detection, diagnosis, and management... - The impact of universal access to dental care on disparities in caries experience in childrenA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N University, Ann Arbor, Mich 48109 1078, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 132:295-303. 2001..The children had lived since birth in Nova Scotia, Canada, a province with a universal publicly financed dental care program... - A systematic review of clinical diagnostic criteria of early childhood cariesA I Ismail
School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
J Public Health Dent 59:171-91. 1999..The acronym S-ECC as used in this paper refers to nursing caries, baby bottle tooth decay, rampant caries, labial caries, maxillary anterior caries, and other terms used to refer to severe dental caries in preschool children... - Systematic reviews and the practice of evidence-based dentistry: professional and policy implicationsA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
J Am Coll Dent 66:5-12. 1999..The impact of this approach to providing care is traced for quality of care and professionalism. Policy implications are drawn and the impact of evidence-based dentistry for dental education and research are discussed... - Fluoride supplements and fluorosis: a meta-analysisA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 27:48-56. 1999..5 and 12.2. This review confirmed that in non-fluoridated communities the use of fluoride supplements during the first 6 years of life is associated with a significant increase in the risk of developing dental fluorosis... - Prevention of early childhood cariesA I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 26:49-61. 1998..Prevention of ECC also requires addressing the social and economic factors that face many families where ECC is endemic... - Current trends of sugar consumption in developing societiesA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 25:438-43. 1997..This minimal contribution would provide enough financial support for planning and implementing dental preventive and restorative programs in developing countries... - Should the drinking water of Truro, Nova Scotia, be fluoridated? Water fluoridation in the 1990sA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 21:118-25. 1993..Dental fluorosis (mainly TSIF score of 1) was present in 41.5% and 69.2% of the children in the non-fluoridated and fluoridated groups, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).. - Clinical diagnosis of precavitated carious lesionsA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 25:13-23. 1997..In this paper, a new model for classifying carious lesions based upon the type of intervention strategies is proposed to assist in this new approach of caries management... - The risk of fluorosis in students exposed to a higher than optimal concentration of fluoride in well waterA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Public Health Dent 56:22-7. 1996..In 1993 an investigation of the occurrence of fluorosis in children exposed to the high-fluoride water during different ages of life was carried out... - Prevalence of non-cavitated and cavitated carious lesions in a random sample of 7-9-year-old schoolchildren in Montreal, QuebecA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 20:250-5. 1992..This study has found that non-cavitated carious lesions are significantly more prevalent than cavitated carious lesions in children... 
Evaluation of a multifaceted social marketing campaign to increase awareness of and screening for oral cancer in African AmericansJ M Jedele
Detroit Oral Cancer Prevention Project, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 38:371-82. 2010..The intermediate goals of the campaign were to increase awareness of oral cancer and of oral cancer screening. This article presents outcomes related to the intermediate goals of the campaign...- Lead levels in blood and saliva in a low-income population of Detroit, MichiganJerome Nriagu
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Int J Hyg Environ Health 209:109-21. 2006.... - Determinants of dental care visits among low-income African-American childrenWoosung Sohn
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 138:309-18; quiz 395-396, 398. 2007..The objective of the authors' analysis was to investigate the determinants of dental care visits among young, low-income African-American children... - Fluoride supplements: current effectiveness, side effects, and recommendationsA I Ismail
Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 22:164-72. 1994..A re-evaluation of the need for and dosage schedules of fluoride supplements is warranted... - A systematic review of mammography educational interventions for low-income womenTatiana M Bailey
School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:96-107. 2005..Mailed letter or telephone reminders were not effective in trials involving low-income women, which is contrary to findings from middle/upper-income studies... - Improving America's access to care: The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research addresses oral health disparitiesPeter Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:1389-96. 2004..Center investigators also recognize that solutions to these vexing problems must be built on an understanding of the social, economic, racial, educational, political and behavioral factors that affect most health care issues... - Assessing patterns of restorative and preventive care among children enrolled in Medicaid, by type of dental care providerL Susan Taichman
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 140:886-94. 2009..The authors investigate the relationship of preventive dental treatment to subsequent receipt of comprehensive treatment among Medicaid-enrolled children... - Correlates of cigarette smoking among low-income African American womenJorge Delva
School of Social Work, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, P O Box 1248, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 1248, USA
Ethn Dis 16:527-33. 2006..This study examines individual and contextual correlates of cigarette smoking in a randomly selected, community-based sample of low-income African American women... - Psychosocial factors and early childhood caries among low-income African-American children in DetroitTracy L Finlayson
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 35:439-48. 2007.... - Trends in the incidence, mortality, and survival rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer in a high-risk area in Michigan, USAJustine L Kolker
Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 35:489-99. 2007..The aim of this analysis was to analyze the incidence, mortality and survival rates for the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan. In Detroit, about four out of the five residents are African-Americans... - Caries risk-based fluoride supplementation for childrenWoosung Sohn
School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Pediatr Dent 29:23-31. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate primary care physicians' recommendation of fluoride supplements based upon a child's caries risk... - Risk indicators for dental caries using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS)Amid I Ismail
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 36:55-68. 2008.... - Dental caries and dietary patterns in low-income African American childrenJustine L Kolker
Department of Operative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Pediatr Dent 29:457-64. 2007..The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between dietary patterns and dental caries severity in low-income African American children... - Cariogenicity of soft drinks, milk and fruit juice in low-income african-american children: a longitudinal studySungwoo Lim
University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 139:959-67; quiz 995. 2008..The authors conducted a study to test the hypothesis that high consumption of soft drinks, relative to milk and 100 percent fruit juice, is a risk factor for dental caries in low-income African-American children in Detroit... - Maternal self-efficacy and 1-5-year-old children's brushing habitsTracy L Finlayson
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 35:272-81. 2007..This study investigates the relationships between maternal cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial factors and brushing practices in low-income African-American preschool children... - Willingness to pay for dentin regeneration in a sample of dentate adultsStephen Birch
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:210-6. 2004..In this paper the value of dentin regeneration, a new treatment for teeth with reversible pulpitis, is measured based on what individuals say they would be willing to pay to receive the treatment... - Efficacy of educational interventions targeting primary care providers' practice behaviors: an overview of published systematic reviewsWoosung Sohn
Department CRS and E, School of Dentistry D2516, University of Michigan, 1011 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
J Public Health Dent 64:164-72. 2004.... - Regular dental visits and dental anxiety in an adult dentate populationWoosung Sohn
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 136:58-66; quiz 90-1. 2005..The objective of this study was to investigate factors associated with regular dental visits in an adult population... - Cigarette smoking among low-income African Americans: a serious public health problemJorge Delva
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:218-20. 2005..This study examines the current prevalence of cigarette smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked in a community-based sample of 1021 low-income African-American men and women... - Knowledge of oral cancer and screening practices of primary care providers at Federally Qualified Health CentersWoosung Sohn
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1101 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1078, USA
J Public Health Dent 65:160-5. 2005..Primary care providers (PCPs) who worked in Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in Michigan were surveyed to assess their knowledge level and practices related to screening and preventing oral cancer... - Reliability and validity of brief measures of oral health-related knowledge, fatalism, and self-efficacy in mothers of African American childrenTracy L Finlayson
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Pediatr Dent 27:422-8. 2005.... - Assessment of the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and dental caries severity among low-income African-Americans: a multilevel approachMarisol Tellez
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1101 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Public Health Dent 66:30-6. 2006..To assess the relationship between neighborhood effects and the severity of dental caries among low-income African-Americans... - Dietary patterns related to caries in a low-income adult populationBrian A Burt
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Caries Res 40:473-80. 2006..Interventions to promote oral health are unlikely to be successful without improvements in the social and physical environment... - Modifiable risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in low-income African American mothersKristine Siefert
Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 77:113-23. 2007..These findings support the need for interventions that operate across individual and societal levels to address the fundamental causes of poor mental health... - Dental cariesRobert H Selwitz
College of Dentistry, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida, FL, USA
Lancet 369:51-9. 2007..Secondary prevention and treatment should focus on management of the caries process over time for individual patients, with a minimally invasive, tissue-preserving approach... - Evidence-based dentistryAmid I Ismail
Tex Dent J 121:370-1. 2004 - Similarity of bacterial populations in saliva from African-American mother-child dyadsYihong Li
Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 E 24th St, New York, NY 10010, USA
J Clin Microbiol 45:3082-5. 2007....
Research Grants
- Michigan Oral Cancer Prevention NetworkAmid Ismail; Fiscal Year: 2003..By the end of the 3rd year, or earlier, the MOPCN would be ready to plan and implement community-based intervention studies...
- International Caries Detection and Assessement SystemAmid Ismail; Fiscal Year: 2005..Finding of the workshop will be used in a second workshop, to be organized by Dr. George Stookey, which will focus on the design of caries clinical trials and new diagnostic technology. ..