Jennifer Hartshorn
Clinical Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry
Primary Office
W327 Dental Science Building
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry
Education
- Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry Certificate in Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City
- DDS in Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry
- BA in Biology major with Chemistry minor, Central College, Pella, IA
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Licenses & Certifications
- Fellow Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA), Special Care Dentistry Association
- Dental License, State of Iowa, Iowa
Selected Awards & Honors
- Fellow, International College of Dentists
- Inaugural Fellow Jackson H and Nona Seberg Roe Faculty Fellowship, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City
- James H and Hermine E McLearan Faculty Award, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa CIty
- Top Downloaded Article, Special Care in Dentistry, Wiley Publishing
- The Ronald L. Ettinger Award, Special Care Dentistry Association
- Samuel Johnson Student Fellowship, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City
Professional Memberships
- International College of Dentists (ICD)
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA) (ADEA)
- Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA)
- American Dental Association (ADA)/ Iowa Dental Association (IDA)
- American Academy of Cariology
- National Network on Oral Health (NNOHA)
- American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) - Student Member
- American Dental Association (ADA) - Student Member
Selected Publications
- Reynolds JC, Hartshorn JE, Plagman P, Johnson T, Glassman P, Leary KS, Steinkamp HM, Weirather B, Nwachukwu PC, Heeren T, Castelaz M, Flores A, Levy SM, Miers A. Teledentistry in Iowa: Implementation Toolkit. Iowa Research Online. 2024 September 24 doi: 10.17077/rep.006687
- Nwachukwu, P., Hartshorn, J., Heeren, T., Levy, S., Castelaz, M. & Reynolds, J. (In Press). Oral Health Status of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes who Utilized a Teledentistry Program. 2024 National Oral Health Conference.
- Hartshorn, J., Nwachukwu, P., Castelaz, M., Heeren, T., Johnson, T. & Reynolds, J. (2024). Asynchronous teledentistry program in two long-term care facilities: Iowa's virtual dental home pilot project. Spec Care Dentist. 2024 Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/scd.13074. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39415413.
- Nwachukwu, P., Hartshorn, J., Heeren, T., Levy, S., Castelaz, M. & Reynolds, J. (In Press). Oral Health Status of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes who Utilized a Teledentistry Program. 2024 Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental Oral Craniofacial Research.
- Hartshorn, J., Slashcheva, L., Rawal, K. & Tong, N. (2023). Patient Decision Making Capacity. (Vols. 154). (12), pp. 1044-1045. Journal of the American Dental Association. DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.09.009. PMID: 37877927.
- Hartshorn, J. & Nair, R. (2023). Dental innovations which will influence the oral health care of baby boomers. Special Care in Dentistry 43 (3) 359-369. DOI: 10.1111/scd.12835. PMID: 36782274.
- Ettinger, R., Marchini, L. & Hartshorn, J. (2023). Consideration in Planning Dental Treatment of Older Adults. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 39 (2) 311-326. DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2023.01.002. PMID: 37045535.
- Hartshorn, J., Gibson, G. & Niessen, L. (2023). Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry: Chapter 18 The Geriatric Patient. Stefanac, S. & Nesbit, S. (Eds.) (4), pp. 413-440. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
- Chen, X., Caplan, D. J., Comnick, C. L., Hartshorn, J. E., Shuman, S. K. & Xie, X. J. (2023). Development and Validation of a Nursing Home Mortality Index to Identify Nursing Home Residents Nearing the End of Life in Dental Clinics. Special Care in Dentistry 43 (2) 125-135. DOI: 10.1111/scd.12758. PMID: 35904402.
- Evenson, K., Hartshorn, J., Cowen, H., Thomas, J. C., Pendleton, C. & Zeng, E. (In Press). Effects of Predoctoral Experiences on Treating Patient's with Alzheimer's Disease. 2023 Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental Oral Craniofacial Research.
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Oral Health Education and Training for Aging Iowans; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Hartshorn, Jennifer (Clinical Investigator), Cowen, Howard (Principal Investigator)
- Improving access to dental care in nursing facilities via teledentistry: A demonstration project; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Levy, Steve (Co-Investigator), Heeren, Tessa (Co-Investigator), Hartshorn, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie (Co-Principal)
- Iowa Nursing Facility Oral Hygiene Intervention: A Pilot Study; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Leonardo Marchini (Principal Investigator), Hartshorn, Jennifer E (Co-Investigator)
- Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry; HRSA; Reynolds, Julie (Co-Investigator), Chen, Xi (Co-Investigator), Krupp, Michelle (Co-Investigator), Levy, Steven (Co-Investigator), Hartshorn, Jennifer (Clinical Investigator), Leary, Kecia (Clinical Investigator), Cowen, Howard (Clinical Investigator), Warren, John (Principal Investigator)