Fluoride issues include the epidemiology of
fluoride intake and dental fluorosis, dietary fluoride supplement use, and
fluoride assays of local water supplies.
Public health issues include researching the utilization of dental
services by socio-economically disadvantaged children, oral disease in the
elderly, geriatric dental care services, the effects of various
developmental disabilities and medical illnesses on oral health, and
conducting longitudinal studies, which demonstrate the effects of
nutritive and non-nutritive sucking and feeding devices on oral facial
growth and development.
Areas we have performed research include:
Fluoride factors in childhood bone
development;
Fluoride intake in infants;
Dietary factors in growth disorders and dental caries;
Early childhood caries
dental education intervention.
Fluoride issues include the epidemiology of
fluoride intake and dental fluorosis, dietary fluoride supplement use, and
fluoride assays of local water supplies.