Research
The Department of Pediatric Dentistry has a well established framework
of research priorities for conducting research in a wide variety of fields
to improve the oral health of children. The department's research focuses
across themes such as:
- Pediatric Oral Health Disparities
- Oral Health Care in Medicine
- Pediatric Dental Anesthesiology
The department is currently involved in research in areas of child health
services research, pediatric sedation and anethesia, infant oral health and
early childhood caries, and clinical studies. Faculty, residents and dental
students are all actively involved in interdisciplinary research projects.
The department and its faculty, resident, and students have been the recipient
of several institutional, state, and federal grants and awards.
More specifically current-ongoing studies examine healthcare disparities
in the oral health delivered to low-income young children, preventive infant
oral health care in medical settings, and costs effectiveness studies of publicly
financed programs.
- Tegwyn H. Brickhouse - Assistant Professor
- Research Interests: Oral Health Disparities and Health Services Research,
Pediatric Oral Health Performance Measures, utilization of dental services in
public programs, the delivery of oral health services in medical settings,
Early Childhood Caries Prevention and Infant Oral Health.
- John H. Unkel - Asoociate Professor and Chairman
- Research Interests: Health Policy and Graduate Medical Education
Administration, pediatric pharmacologic interventions and clinical
trials.
- Michael D. Webb - Associate Professor
- Research interests: Access to dental care for children, dental treatment
of children with special health care needs, sedation and anesthesia for
pediatric dental patients.
| 2005-2009 |
PI: Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- Oral Health Disparities
in Publicly Insured Children. 1K22DE016084-01. A comparison of fee-for-service versus managed care Medicaid dental programs
and the effect on the access to and utilization of dental services or children.
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| 2004-2007 |
PI: Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- Training in Primary Care Medicine and Pediatric
Dentistry. 5D59HP03543-01-01. Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA).
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| 2005-2006 |
PI: Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- VDH Bright Smiles Fluoride Varnish Program
Consultant. Division of Dental Health, Virginia Department of Public
Health.
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| 2005 |
Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Dentistry Faculty Research Award. |
| 2004-2007 |
PI: Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- Oral Health Care in a Medical Setting. A.D.
Williams Faculty Grant Award. |
| 2004 |
PI: Tegwyn H. Brickhouse- Contract/Consultant. Virginia Dental Needs
Assessement. Virginia department of Health Division of Dental Health.
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| 2008 |
Joy Phelps D.D.S.- Virginia Emergency Room Physician knowledge of
the Emergent Treatment of Avulsed Teeth. Virginia Commonwealth University
Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2008 |
Lonny Carmichael D.D.S.- A comparative Study of Posterior Esthetic
Stainless Steel Crowns and their Relative Shear Strengths. Virginia
Commonwealth University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2008 |
John Flowers D.D.S.- Comparing/Quantifying the Depth of Sedation
Between Midazolam/Hydroxyzine and Chloral Hydrate/Meperidine/Hydroxyzine
Using Bispectral Index Monitoring. Virginia Commonwealth University
Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2008 |
Amanda Kuhn D.D.S.- Fluoride Varnish Usage among Pediatric and
General Dentist in Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander
Fellowship Award. |
| 2008 |
Carla Lalande D.D.S.- A Comparison of Emergence Behavior in Pediatric
Dental Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia with Sevoflurane versus
Desflurane. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2007 |
D'Audra Cole D.D.S.- The effect of a nominal fee on the acceptance of
treatment options in the Medicaid population. Virginia Commonwealth
University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2007 |
Robert Hollowell D.D.S.- A Survey of the Usage of Articaine among
General and Pediatric Dentists. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander
Fellowship Award. |
| 2007 |
Robert Mansman D.D.S.- Utilization of dental services for chiildren
receiving preventive dental services in a medical setting. Virginia
Commonwealth University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2007 |
Kristin Nelson D.D.S.- Children with Special Needs Oral Health
Quality of Life Survey. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander
Fellowship Award. |
| 2006 |
Kathryn Roberts D.D.S.- Children's Oral Health Quality of Life and
Access to Dental Services in a Community Setting. Virginia Commonwealth
University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2006 |
Allen Porter D.D.S.- Insurance Status and Dental Disease in Virginia
School Children. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander Fellowship
Award. |
| 2006 |
Annelise Hardin D.D.S.- The Oral Health Knowledge of Infant Caregivers
in a Primary Care Setting. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander
Fellowship Award. |
| 2005 |
Jennifer Dixon D.D.S.- Child's Temperament and Conscious Sedation
Outcomes. Virginia Commonwealth University Alexander Award. |
| 2005 |
Arshia Shingler D.D.S.- Oral Health in a Medical Setting. Virginia
Commonwealth University Alexander Fellowship Award. |
| 2007 |
Andrew Zima- Assesment of pediatric posterior esthetic crown facing
failures following simulated intra-oral conditions. Virginia Commonwealth
University A.D. Williams Fellowship. |
| 2006 |
Elizabeth Miller- Caregiver's assessement of children's oral health
quality of life and the relationship with dental caries risk assessement.
Virginia Commonwealth University A.D. Williams Fellowship. |
| 2006 |
Bryce Cushing- General Dentists and Special Needs Patients: Dental
Education and Patient Acceptance. Virginia Commonwealth University A.D.
Williams Fellowship. |
| 2006 |
Quoc Lu- Dental Knowledge Assessement of School of Nurses. Virginia
Commonwealth University A.D. Williams Fellowship. |
| 2005 |
John Flowers- A Study of Childhood Caries Among Siblings Using the
Caries Risk Assessement Tool. Virginia Commonwealth University A.D.
Williams Fellowship. AADR/AAPD National Student Research group Award
in Pediatric Dentistry. |
| 2005 |
Kenneth Eye- Comparison of the assessement of dental knowledge between
nursing students in undergraduate programs versus those in postgraduate
programs. Virginia Commonwealth University A.D. Williams Fellowship. |
| 2004 |
Garauv Agarwal- A community-based oral health intervention for children.
VCU Student A.D. Williams Fellowship 2004. Awarded the 2005 IADR
Education Research Group- USA Student Award. |
Brickhouse TH, Hollowell RL, Unkel JH, Webb MD, Best AM. Articaine use in
children among dental practitioners. Pediatric Dentistry (Accepted Feb. 2008).
Webb MD, Unkel JH, Anesthetic Management of the Trigeminocardiac Reflux During
Mesiodens Removal - A Case Report. Anesthesia Progress. 2007:54(1);7-8.
Brickhouse TH, Rozier RG, Slade GD. Dental health staus enrolled and non-enrolled
children of publicity funded health insurance programs. American Journal of Public
Health. (Accepted August 2007).
Brickhouse TH, Davis RD, Unkel JH, Kancitis K, Best AM. Infant Oral Health Care:
a Survey of General Dentists, Pediatric Dentists, and Pediatricians. Pediatric Dentistry.
(Accepted May 2007).
Brickhouse TH, Porter AS, Lazar EL, Unkel JH. Insurance Status and Untreated Dental
Caries in Virginia Schoolchildren. Pediatric Dentistry. (Accepted Jan. 2007).
Lewis HC, Brickhouse TH, Carswell KM, Day KC. Oral Health Needs of Virginia
Schoolchildren by HMO region. Virginia Dental Association Journal. 84:1, 51-55, 2007.
Nicopoulos M, Brennan MT, Kent ML, Brickhouse TH, Rogers MK, Fox PC, Lockhart PB.
Oral Health Needs and Barriers to Dental Care in Hospitalized Children. Special
Care Dentistry. (Accepted December 2006).
Brickhouse TH, Rozier RG, Slade GD. The Effect of Two Publicly Funded Insurance
Programs on Use of Dental Services for Young Children. Health Services Research.
41:6, 2033-2053, 2006.
Unkel JH, Brickhouse TH, Sweatman TW, Scarbecz M, Thompkins WP, Eslinger CS. A comparison
of 3 routes of fluazenil (FL) administration to reverse benzodiazepine induced desaturation
in an animal model. Pediatric Dentistry. 28:357-362, 2006.
Brickhouse TH, Slayton R. Chapter 2: Dental Development, Morphology, Eruption and Related
Pathologies. In: Nowak A, Cassamassimo P, eds. The Handbook of Pediatric
Dentistry: Publishers; 2006.
Pettinato FC, Farrington FH, Mourino A, Best AM, Brickhouse TH. Rural versus Urban
Analysis of Dental Procedures Provided to Virginia Medicaid Recipients. Pediatric
Dentistry. 26:440-444, 2004.