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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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Author (s)

Journal

Date published

A multimodal cross-species comparison of pancreas development.

Authors include Julie Sneddon

Nature communications

October 2025

Response to Letter to the Editor by Jiahe Li and Xian He.

Authors include Ram Vaderhobli

Journal of dental education

October 2025

Short-term memory by distributed neural network oscillators in a simple nervous system.

Authors include Noelle L'Etoile

Current biology : CB

October 2025

A novel artificial saliva enriched with CaneCPI-5 for irradiated head and neck cancer (HNC) patients: in vitro antimicrobial and anticaries effect.

Authors include Pamela Den Besten

Journal of dentistry

October 2025

Is Alveolar Ridge Preservation Necessary in Molar Sites? A Systematic Review.

Authors include Lan-Lin Chiou

The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants

October 2025

Patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells with a C9orf72 expansion as a model to study frontotemporal dementia pathologies.

Authors include Diane Barber

Molecular biology of the cell

October 2025

DeepRNA-Reg: a deep-learning based approach for comparative analysis of CLIP experiments.

Authors include Mark Ansel

RNA biology

October 2025

Lineage Tracing Reveals a Shared Cellular Origin for Supraclavicular Brown and Inguinal Beige Adipocytes.

Authors include Brian Black

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

October 2025

Genome organization by SATB1 binding to base-unpairing regions (BURs) provides a scaffold for SATB1-regulated gene expression.

Authors include Yoshinori Kohwi, Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu

eLife

October 2025