Core Research Area
Iowa is a leader in oral health policy research related to the training, experience, and factors that shape the dental workforce, including dentists, hygienists, assistants, and other dental workforce staff.
Dental Workforce Publications
Randomized experiment on the effect of incentives and mailing strategy on response rates in a mail survey of dentists
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Susan C. McKernan, Julie C. Reynolds, Brooke McInroy and Peter C. Damiano, Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Predictors of Multiple Job-Holding among Dental Hygienists in the State of Iowa
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Predictors of Multiple Job-Holding among Dental Hygienists in the State of Iowa, Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2021
Relationship between community-level variables and number of general dentists
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Raymond A Kuthy, Susan C McKernan, Mark Pooley and M. Bridget Zimmerman
Dental Workforce Reports
Anvita Maharishi receives grant to improve the accuracy of advanced zirconia dental restorations
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
A new industry-sponsored research award from Ivoclar Vivadent will support work led by Anvita Maharishi to better understand how next-generation multilayered graded zirconia materials behave during manufacturing and how those behaviors may ultimately affect patient care.
Kendrick, Munjal recognized with 2026 Patient’s Choice Awards
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Kendrick and Munjal were recognized among outpatient providers whose patient experience scores ranked in the top 10% nationally.
Diving Deeper Into Dr. Petrin's NIH Grant
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
The Orthodontics department’s very own Dr. Aline Petrin has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health where she competed against multiple other scientists.