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Julie C. Reynolds, DDS, MS

Assistant Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Education

  • Certificate in Global Health Studies, University of Iowa
  • MS in Dental Public Health, University of Iowa
  • DDS in Dentistry, University of Iowa
  • BA in Biology, Augustana College

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Dental Public Health
  • Dental License, Iowa

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Keith E. Heller Graduate Dental Public Health Research Award, Preventive and Community Dentistry
  • Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Health Dentistry, 3rd place, American Association of Public Health Dentistry

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Dentists (ACD)
  • American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)
  • Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
  • Academy Health
  • American Public Health Association
  • American Association of Public Health Dentistry
  • American Dental Association
  • Iowa Dental Association
  • American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)

Selected Publications

  • Sukalski JMC, Reynolds JC, Ingleshwar A, Damiano PC. (2025). Adult Medicaid Members’ Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Association with Dental Care Use. Orlando, FL: National Oral Health Conference.
  • Kettle C, Reynolds JC. (2025). Policy Trends in Annual Benefit Maximums in State Medicaid Dental Programs. Orlando, FL: National Oral Health Conference.
  • Desai R, Thomas JC, Damiano PC, Reynolds JC. (2025). Teledentistry: During Quarantine Portion of Pandemic and One Year Later. New York, NY: American Association of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research Conference.
  • Reynolds JC, Comnick C, Heeren T, Damiano PC, Xie X. Dental Care Use Among Children and Adolescents in Medicaid: Associations with State-Level Medicaid Policy Factors and Provider Availability. J Public Health Dent 2025. epub ahead of print.
  • Nwachukwu P, Hartshorn J, Levy S, Heeren T, Castelaz M, Reynolds JC. (2025). Interim Therapeutic Restorations for Caries Management among Nursing Home Residents. New York, NY: American Association of Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research Conference.
  • Reynolds JC, Comnick C, Heeren T, Xie XJ, Damiano PC. Medicaid Dental Benefits for Pregnant People and Dental Care Use Among Very Young Children. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Sep;28(9):1604-1611. doi: 10.1007/s10995-024-03955-x.
  • Reynolds JC, Comnick CL, Nwachukwu PC, Singhal A. State-Level Racial Inequity in Children's Dental Care Use in the U.S. and Association with State-Level Structural Racism. 2024;35(4):1023-1038. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2024.a943975.
  • Hartshorn JE, Nwachukwu P, Heeren T, Castelaz M, Johnson T, Glassman P, Levy S, Reynolds JC. Asynchronous teledentistry program in two long-term care facilities: Iowa’s virtual dental home pilot project. (2024). Special Care in Dentistry. DOI: 10.1111/scd.13074
  • Reynolds JC, Hartshorn J, Plagman P, Johnson T, Glassman P, Leary K, Steinkamp HM, Weirather B, Nwachukwu PC, Heeren T, Castelaz M, Flores A, Levy SM, Miers AB. (2024). Teledentistry in Iowa: Implementation Toolkit. DOI: 10.17077/rep.006687
  • Nwachukwu P, Damiano P, Levy S, Thomas JCC, Shane D, Singhal A, Dabdoub SM, Reynolds JC. (2024). Variation in Dentist Participation between Dental Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Journal of Public Health Dentistry.

Selected Grants & Contracts

  • University of Iowa Advanced Training Program in Dental Public Health, Geriatrics and Special Needs Dentistry and Pediatric Dentistry; Health Resources and Services Administration; Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Investigator), Chen, Xi (Co-Investigator), Krupp, Michelle (Co-Investigator), Levy, Steven (Co-Investigator), Hartshorn, Jennifer (Co-Investigator), Leary, Kecia (Co-Principal), Cowen, Howard (Co-Principal), Warren, John (Principal Investigator)
  • The Patient-Centered Dental Home: Moving from Conceptualization to Implementation; CareQuest Institute for Oral Health; Sukalski, Alex (Supporting), McInroy, Brooke (Supporting), Damiano, Peter C (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Principal)
  • The Patient-Centered Dental Home: Measure Set Development and Planning for Pilot Implementation; CareQuest Institute for Oral Health; Sukalski, Alex (Supporting), McInroy, Brooke (Supporting), Damiano, Peter C (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Principal)
  • Improving access to dental care in nursing facilities via teledentistry: A demonstration project; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; McNeil, Robin (Supporting), Heeren, Tessa (Co-Investigator), Levy, Steven M (Co-Investigator), Hartshorn, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Principal)
  • Dental Coverage for Pregnant Women and Parents in Medicaid: Impact on Children's Access to Dental Care; Health Resources and Services Administration; Heeren, Tessa (Co-Investigator), Xie, Jin (Co-Investigator), Damiano, Peter C (Co-Investigator), Reynolds, Julie C (Principal Investigator)
  • The Patient-Centered Dental Home: Development and dissemination of metrics for measurement and accountability; DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement; Sukalski, Alex (Supporting), McInroy, Brooke (Supporting), McKernan, Susan C (Co-Investigator), Damiano, Peter C (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Principal)
  • Dental Wellness Plan Evaluation; Iowa Department of Health and Human Services; Peter Damiano and Susan McKernan (Principal Investigator), Reynolds, Julie C. (Co-Investigator)
  • Examination of Dental Hygiene Workforce Capacity in Iowa and Implications for Access to Care for the Underserved; Telligen Community Initiative, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Sukalski, Jennifer MC (Supporting), Kuthy, Raymond A (Co-Investigator), McKernan, Susan C (Co-Investigator), Reynolds, Julie C (Principal Investigator)
  • 20th Anniversary of the Iowa Dentist Tracking System: Assessing Trends; Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; Reynolds, Julie C (Co-Investigator), McKernan, Susan C (Co-Investigator), Kuthy, Raymond A (Principal Investigator)
  • The Patient-Centered Dental Home: Development of metrics for measurement and accountability; DentaQuest Foundation; Askelson, Natoshia (Co-Investigator), Kuthy, Raymond (Co-Investigator), McKernan, Susan (Co-Investigator), Damiano, Peter (Co-Principal), Reynolds, Julie (Co-Principal)