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.

Effect of incisor retraction magnitude and movement pattern on root resorption after premolar extraction in adults

Hengbing Zhang, Qian Jiang, Yangrui Wang, Mona Bajestan, Jialing Li, Huang Li

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Three-dimensional cellular dynamics and mandibular morphogenesis

Andreas Dauter, Sofia K Malhi, Lucas D Lo Vercio, Elizabeth C Barretto, Kim M T Nguyen, Cassidy Da Silva, Alejandro Gutierrez, Ralph S Marcucio, Benedikt Hallgrímsson

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Tissue tension permits β-catenin phosphorylation to drive mesoderm specification in human embryonic stem cells.

Authors include Ophir Klein

Developmental cell

July 2026

Agreement and reliability analysis of sarcopenia measures based on muscle function, body composition, and imaging in spinal deformity patients.

Authors include Ann Lazar

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine

July 2026

Biomarkers for minimally invasive multigrade liver cancer diagnosis using integrative heterogeneous models and evolutionary algorithms.

Authors include Rashmi Mishra

Computational biology and chemistry

July 2026

Neuropathic pain through the perspective of microglia-neuron interactions: a translational review for clinicians.

Authors include Xiaobing Yu

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

July 2026

Intracellular pH dynamics promotes zebrafish larval tail regeneration.

Authors include Dan Wagner, Diane Barber

Developmental biology

July 2026

Strategy for Simultaneous Multiomic Survey of N-Glycomic and Extracellular Matrix Proteome by Mass Spectrometry Imaging.

Authors include Jeffrey Lotz

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

July 2026

Revisiting the Palimpsest: Exploring the Interaction of the Variance and Structure of Developmental Determinants of Phenotypic Covariance.

Authors include Ralph Marcucio

Integrative and comparative biology

July 2026

Navigating the path: Advice to physician-scientists on choosing a clinical specialty.

Authors include Tiffany Scharschmidt

eLife

July 2026

Correction: ISSLS Prize in Clinical Science 2026: Data-driven classification of lumbar spine degeneration trajectories in chronic low back pain.

Authors include Jeffrey Lotz

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

July 2026