Faculty Publish in “Pediatric Dentistry”

Pediatric Dentistry, which is the official publication of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, recently published two articles by faculty members in the college’s Division of Pediatric Dentistry.

The first publication is by Professor Emeritus Paul Casamassimo, DDS, MS; Associate Professor Kim Hammersmith, DDS, MPH, MS; and other colleagues. Titled "Oral Health Fatalism and Oral Health Self-Efficacy in Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Using Data from a Longitudinal Interventional Study,” the article discusses changes over time in oral health fatalism and oral health self-efficacy in the context of an intervention in caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder.

The second article published is “A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Pediatric Dental Sedation: Examining Post-Discharge Events, Amnestic Effects, and Parental Satisfaction.” That publication investigates post-oral conscious sedation adverse events, amnesia, and parental satisfaction in the pediatric dental population. It was written by dentistry alumnus Shivam Patel, DDS, MS; Professor-Clinical Homa Amini, DDS, MS, MPH; Associate Professor-Clinical Daniel Claman, DDS; Assistant Professor-Clinical Erin Gross, DDS, PhD, MS; Professor Emeritus Paul Casamassimo, DDS, MS; and Associate Professor Beau Meyer, DDS, MPH.