Pre-doctoral Mentor of Colton Curtis: 1st Place - 2023 Iowa AADR Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition

Pre-doctoral Mentor of Colton Curtis, 2nd Place - 2023 AADOCR National Student Research Group 411 Rapid Research Competition

Student Research Program Mentor of the Year, University of Iowa College of Dentistry

Pre-doctoral Mentor of Colton Curtis, 3rd Place - 2024 Iowa AADR Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition

Graduate Research Mentor of Emily Kopec, 2024 Endodontic Michel Fuller Postdoctoral Award

Graduate Research Mentor of Rosemary Lindemann, 2024 Endodontic Michel Fuller Postdoctoral Award

Pre-doctoral Mentor of Olivia Bartholomew, 2^nd Place – 2024 Iowa AADR Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition

Pre-doctoral Mentor of Jessica Grundmeyer, 1^st Place – 2024 James S. and Janice I. Wefel Memorial Fund

Bartholomew, O., Hogden, C., Randall, C., Qian, F., Bowers, R. Challenges in Achieving Profound Local Anesthesia: Insights from a Patient Survey. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2025. In Press

Bowers, R, Shi, W, Pendleton, C, Dabdoub, S, Sukalski, J, Bartholomew, O, Hogden, C. Electronic health record associations in patients self-reporting to be difficult to anesthetize. J Dent Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Apr;25(2):97-108. https://doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2025.25.2.97

Curtis, C., Qian, F. & Bowers, R. CPP-ACP Paste's Effect on Salivary Conditions in Patients with Removable Dentures. Journal of Prosthodontics. 2024; 33: 427–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopr.13797

Bowers, R. D., Hogden, C. T., Bartholomew, O. C., Qian, F. & Howe, B. J. Survey investigation of articaine use in the United States. Journal of the American Dental Association. 2023; 12:1058-1066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2023.08.005.

Bowers, R. D., Young, L. B., Comnick, C. L., Kasundra, H. D. & Barwacz, C. (2022). Perceived Didactic Curricular Effectiveness of In-Person vs. Virtual Formats amongst Fourth-Year Dental Students. Dentistry Journal 10 (4) 60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10040060.

Bartholomew, O., Qian, F., Bowers, R. (2024). Self-Report of Difficult to Anesthetize—Patient and Provider Review. Poster Presentation at 2024 Iowa Section of AADR. Iowa City, IA.

Curtis, C., Qian, F., Bowers, R. (2024). Patient Assessments of Adjunctive Dissolvable Gels Under Removable Dentures. Oral Presentation at 2024 Iowa Section of AADR. Iowa City, IA.

Curtis, C., Qian, F., Bowers, R. (2024). Patient Assessments of Adjunctive Dissolvable Gels Under Removable Dentures. Poster Presentation at 2024 IADR. New Orleans, LA.

Grundmeyer, J., Araujo, E., Bowers, R. (2024).Silver Diamine Fluoride - Preliminary In-vitro Investigation of Application Protocols. Poster Presentation at 2024 Iowa Section of AADR. Iowa City, IA.

Grundmeyer, J., Araujo, E., Bowers, R. (2024).Silver Diamine Fluoride - Preliminary In-vitro Investigation of Application Protocols. Poster Presentation at 2024 IADR Conference. New Orleans, LA.