Research publications from UCSF Dentistry

UCSF School of Dentistry research spans the full spectrum of discovery—from uncovering the building blocks of life in cells and tissues, to developing new technologies, to advancing patient care.

Featured Publications

Discover how UCSF School of Dentistry researchers are contributing to global conversations in science and health through their latest publications.

Salivary Proteome Role in Infection and Immunity

Carneiro MC, da Silva NDG, Ventura TMO, da Silva Santos PS, Buzalaf MAR, Freire M. Salivary Proteome Role in Infection and Immunity. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2026;1492:747-773. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-03176-1_36. PMID: 41225125.

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The association between concurrent oral cancer and periodontal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lin EC, Chen JH, Sitt S, Lin GH, Wu CY, Wang CW. The association between concurrent oral cancer and periodontal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Quintessence Int. 2025 Dec 18;0(0):0. doi: 10.3290/j.qi.b6762763. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41410040.

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Date Published

Oral Health Assessment by Nursing Staff of Alzheimer's Patients Residing in a Long-Term Care Facility, Special Care in Dentistry

Lin, CY, Jones, DB, Godwin, K, Knebl, JA, and Niessen, L.

February 2026

Factors associated with adolescent use of tobacco products in the Upper East Region of Ghana: A cross-sectional study.

Logo DD, Kodali PB, Anaman-Torgbor J, Chaffee BW, Ling PM, Bialous S, Owusu-Dabo E

Tob Induc Dis

January 2026

The influence of implant platform apico-coronal position on the bone level of adjacent teeth.

Yeh YT, Li V, Chen C, Chen HH, Lin GH, Kao RT, Ioannidou E

J Periodontol

January 2026

Biobehavioral phenotypes of chronic low back pain: Psychosocial subgroup identification using latent profile analysis.

Gholi Zadeh Kharrat F, Amar Kumar P, Mehling W, Strigo I, Lotz J, Peterson TA, REACH Investigators

Pain Med

January 2026

Use of a Critical Constructivist, Community-Engaged Approach to Understand Commercial Determinants of Breast Cancer: The Situational Scoping Method.

Kearns CE

Int J Environ Res Public Health

December 2025

MEF2C controls segment-specific gene regulatory networks that direct heart tube morphogenesis.

Muncie-Vasic JM, Sinha T, Clark AP, Brower EF, Saucerman JJ, Black BL, Bruneau BG

Genes Dev

December 2025

Actomyosin contractility and a threshold of cadherin cell adhesion are required during tissue fusion.

Teng CS, Curtis SW, Brewer GC, Leslie-Clarkson EJ, Bush JO

J Cell Biol

November 2025

Results of the California Teens Nicotine and Tobacco Project Online Survey 2024

Chaffee BW, Couch ET, Cheng NF, Alli K, Gansky SA

October 2025

Whose Data Are They? Data Ownership and Sovereignty in Oral Health Research.

Jessani A, Gansky SA, Ramos-Gomez F, Albino J, Tiwari T

JDR Clin Trans Res

October 2025

Utilization of home- and community-based services among rural family caregivers of persons with dementia: the role of the area deprivation index.

Santoyo-Olsson J, Covinsky KE, Cheng J, Gallagher Thompson D, Yank V

Front Public Health

October 2025