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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Eed controls craniofacial osteoblast differentiation and mesenchymal proliferation from the neural crest.

Casey-Clyde T, Liu SJ, Pelonero A, Serrano JAC, Teng C, Jang YG, Vasudevan HN, Padmanabhan A, Bush JO, Raleigh DR

bioRxiv

July 2025

Chondrocyte-specific knockout of Piezo1 and Piezo2 protects against post-traumatic osteoarthritis structural damage and pain in mice.

Ely EV, Lenz KL, Paradi SG, Ack S, Behrmann A, Dunivan S, Braxton L, Liedtke W, Chen Y, Collins KH, Guilak F

Arthritis Res Ther

July 2025

The role of antibiotics in preventing surgical complications in periodontology and implant dentistry.

Chen Z, Chiou LL, Calatrava J, Wang HL

Periodontol 2000

July 2025

The Notch1 intracellular domain orchestrates mechanotransduction of fluid shear stress.

Singh T, Jacobs KA, Polacheck WJ, Kutys ML

bioRxiv

July 2025

Differential severity of SARS-CoV-2 variant infections in children and adults with COVID-19.

Brazer N, Servellita V, Jin C, Foresythe A, Oseguera M, Nguyen J, Sumimoto N, Huh HJ, Feder A, Bhattacharya S, Bhaskar S, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Saldhi P, Choi C, Li GX, Gopchandani K, Tippett A, Hsiao HM, Gonzalez MD, Gulick D, Kraft C, Kasinathan V, Wang YFW, Chen PY, Flores-Vazquez J, Patel K, Odom John AR, Spinler JK, Devaraj S, Annapragada AV, Luna RA, Gai X, Dien Bard J, Rostad CA, Planet PJ, Lazar AA, Chiu CY

J Clin Virol

July 2025

Multimodality Craniofacial Phenotyping of Congenital Facial Weakness Disorders.

Almpani K, Devine KR, Liberton DK, Mishra R, Bassim C, Van Ryzin C, Facio FM, Webb BD, Barry BJ, Engle EC, Wang Jabs E, Collins FS, Manoli I, Lee JS, Moebius Syndrome Research Consortium

Cleft Palate Craniofac J

July 2025

A Hedgehog-Foxf axis coordinates dental follicle-derived alveolar bone formation.

Nagata M, Gadhvi GT, Komori T, Arai Y, Tsutsumi-Arai C, Chu AKY, Nye SN, Yang Y, Orikasa S, Takahashi A, Carlsson P, Zheng WJ, Welch JD, Ono N, Ono W

Nat Commun

July 2025

Silver diamine fluoride differentially affects dentin and hypomineralized enamel permeabilities.

Chou C, Kang M, Parkinson DY, Sulyanto R, Ho SP

Dent Mater

July 2025

Engrafted nitrergic neurons derived from hPSCs improve gut dysmotility in mice.

Majd H, Samuel RM, Cesiulis A, Ramirez JT, Kalantari A, Barber K, Farahvashi S, Ghazizadeh Z, Majd A, Chemel AK, Richter MN, Das S, Bendrick JL, Keefe MG, Wang J, Shiv RK, Bhat S, Khoroshkin M, Yu J, Nowakowski TJ, Wen KW, Goodarzi H, Thapar N, Kaltschmidt JA, McCann CJ, Fattahi F

Nature

June 2025

Characterization of Pumilio gene expression during early neural crest development.

Guzman-Espinoza M, Vander Wende HM, Pacheco JL, Roldán AO, Hutchins EJ

Differentiation

June 2025