Center Research

Ongoing Projects:

Funded by the Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
(NIH/NIDCR U54 DE019346)

• Community-Based Intergenerational Oral Health Promotion in Rural America
  (Project #2)
  Christine Riedy, co-PI; Philip Weinstein, co-PI

Funded by the Northwest/Alaska Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
(NIH/NIDCR U54 DE014254-07)

• Early Orthodontic Intervention under Medicaid (Project #3)
  Gregory J. King, PI
• Reducing Rural Adolescent Dental Avoidance (Project #5)
  Philip Weinstein, PI
• Distance Psychology for Treating Dental Fear in Rural Communities (Project #6)
  Susan E. Coldwell, PI

Completed Projects:

• Xylitol Clinical Studies for Prevention
  Peter M. Milgrom
• EthnoDent: Bridging Socio-Cultural Boundaries in Oral Health
  Christine A. Riedy
• Beta-Defensins in Caries-Prone Children
  Beverly A. Dale-Crunk

Pilot Studies:

• Home-based Intervention to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Young Children
  Colleen E. Huebner
• Building a GIS Database to Describe Nutrition, Physical Activity and Oral Health Environment in Lewis County
  Donna Johnson
• Ethnographic Approaches to Alaska Native Health Disparities Research
  Carol Jolles
• Xylitol Exposure and Change in S. mutans Attachment
  Marilyn Roberts
• Postcard Advertisements Enhancing Use of Medicaid Benefits
  Susan Coldwell
• Early Orthodontic Intervention under Medicaid
  Greg King
• Toll-like Receptor Polymorphisms in Periodontitis in a Hispanic Population
  Frank Roberts
• Xylitol Clinical Studies for Prevention
  Marilyn Roberts