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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Forward Outlook on Oral Health: The American Association of Public Health Dentistry's 2025 Research Agenda for Dental Public Health.

Banava S, Reynolds JC, Naavaal S, Frantsve-Hawley J, Habibian M, Murphey C

J Public Health Dent

August 2025

Editor's Note.

Reddy MS

J Dent Educ

August 2025

Building capacity to disseminate evidence for language access services.

L. Diamond, A. Ponce, S. Mutha, C. Kaplan, L. Karliner

August 2025

A stem cell-based platform for functional analysis of genetic variants in lung disease.

Wallman DJ, Homma ST, Finton M, Beermann M, Jacob A, Choksi SP, Pletcher SD, Xu H, Bawa PS, Reiter JF, Horani A, Brody SL, Berical A, Hawkins FJ

bioRxiv

July 2025

A stem cell-based platform for functional analysis of genetic variants in lung disease.

Wallman DJ, Homma ST, Finton M, Beermann M, Jacob A, Choksi SP, Pletcher SD, Xu H, Bawa PS, Reiter JF, Horani A, Brody SL, Berical A, Hawkins FJ

bioRxiv

July 2025

Periodontitis, type 2 diabetes, and other risk factors for implant failure: A nested case-control study.

Sobhani S, Liu Z, Hoopes CL, Oung T, Arora M, Racha DS, Yang T, Kang P, Momen-Heravi F

J Periodontol

July 2025

Jaw Solitary Plasmacytoma of Bone and Oral Extramedullary Plasmacytoma: Literature Review.

Alabdulaaly L, Sroussi H, Villa A

J Oral Pathol Med

July 2025

Three-year follow-up of periodontal regenerative therapy for multiple severe intrabony defects: A case report.

Chiou LL, Hamada Y

Clin Adv Periodontics

July 2025

Mapping mesenchymal diversity in the developing human intestine and organoids.

Johnson KF, Dong X, Tsai YH, Wu A, Clark SG, Huang S, Zwick RK, Glass I, Walton KD, Klein OD, Spence JR

bioRxiv

July 2025

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