We are happy to announce the successful completion of baseline enrollment for the Dental Implant Restoration Registry (DIRR) Study, achieving our goal of enrolling over 2,000 implants nationwide! This significant milestone reflects the hard work and dedication of our practitioners, node coordinators and the entire research team.
We are excited to announce the successful completion of baseline enrollment for the Free Samples for Health (FreSH) Study, having enrolled 1,200 patients across 56 practices and 83 practitioners! This milestone marks a step forward in our efforts to improve smoking cessation rates through innovative approaches in dental settings.
We recently hosted a webinar for PAAS study investigators within our Network. The session highlighted the study’s objectives, methodologies, and significant findings. An expert panel discussed the research’s future implications, followed by a Q&A session for deeper insights.
Join Dr. Geurs, the study principal investigator, and Dr. Andrew Shuler, a general dentist and DIRR study practitioner to share your experience participating in the registry. We will provide an update on study progress, present preliminary results, and answer questions from dentists who are participating in the study. By joining the webinar, you will learn about the latest findings of the DIRR Study!
This webinar delves into the intricate role of adjunctive antibiotics in periodontal treatment, a complex yet valuable tool in the field. It aims to provide the latest insights on their use, prescription patterns, and best practices. The webinar also highlights the PAAS study, a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of adjunctive antibiotics in treating periodontal disease.
Catch the recording of the insightful FreSH Study Webinar held on January 30th, 2024. Led by experts Dr. Sandra Japuntich and Dr. Matthew Carpenter, the session provides effective strategies for recruiting and treating cigarette smokers. A must-watch for practitioners and those interested in tobacco control and behavioral medicine.
Watch our most recent webinar where Dr. Walji, Dr. Tungare, and Dr. Alan Law discuss the POPS study. They highlight the importance of active post-operative symptom tracking in identifying patients with less than ideal pain experiences, enabling timely intervention and personalized care, preliminary results from the POPS study, and discussion on audience questions.
The PAAS study will evaluate the effectiveness of adjunctive antibiotics in the treatment of periodontal disease. Antibiotic stewardship calls for optimizing antibiotic prescribing to effectively treat infections, and to reduce antibiotic misuse to prevent the development of antibiotic-resistant microbial strains.
The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) conducted a study to describe the characteristics of its member dentists in the United States and determine how often they provide specific dental procedures. The results showed that dentists participating in the National Dental PBRN have much in common with dentists at large. The network has a broad representation of dentists, practice types, patient populations, and treatments offered, including diversity regarding race/ethnicity, gender, insurance, and geography of its practitioners and patients.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) can help protect dental personnel from exposure to pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. However, correctly donning and doffing PPE without self-contamination can be difficult. The network studied how dental care workers don and doff PPE, when and where self-contamination is most likely to occur, and how to help improve knowledge about this. The results from the study were recently published and Kimberly Reske and Jennie Kwon, the study principal investigator, shared their findings with us in our blog.
