News

• We are welcoming Dr. Duran, D.D.S., M.S. to our research team.  He is supporting our investigations on our OSU campus location.

Recent Awards

• May 2023:   Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Rodriguez, for receiving 1st place in the poster competition of the Radiology Research Symposium for her poster "Three-Dimensional Registration of Intraoral Ultrasonography for Planning of Dental Implant Surgeries". 

• March 2023:  Congratulations to Dr. Ankita Samal, for being awarded the Great 8 , an special Abstracts Session that recognizes the best-of-the-best research submitted to the annual convention of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

• Feb 2023: Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Rodriguez Betancourt for 1st place at the Dental School Research Day, for her poster “Ultrasound-based Jawbone Surface Quality Evaluation for Planning of Dental Implant Surgeries.”

• NIH/NIDCR (R01), Chan and Kripfgans (2022-26)
  Title: Ultrasonic Imaging of Bone Graft Healing in Extraction Sockets for Precise and Personalized Implant

Recently Accepted Publications

• Barootchi S, Rodriguez MV, Chan HL, Kripfgans OD, Wang HL, Tavelli L. Coronally Advanced Flap with Xenogeneic Collagen Matrix for the Treatment of Gingival Recessions at Sites Presenting with Cervical Restorations or Noncarious Cervical Lesions: A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37232677/

• Sirinirund B, Wang IC, Ramadan G, Kripfgans OD, Chan HL. Ridge augmentation planning, wound healing evaluation, and peri-implant tissue phenotype assessment with ultrasonography: A case report. Clin Adv Periodontics. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36700452/ 

• Tavelli L, Kripfgans OD, Chan HL, Vera Rodriguez M, Sabri H, Mancini L, Wang HL, Giannobile WV, Barootchi S. Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of tissue revascularization following connective tissue graft at implant sites. J Clin Periodontol. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37861110/ 

• Yu HC, Kripfgans OD, Rodriguez AB, Samal A, Quesada C, Webber LP, Mazzocco JP, Wang IC, Woo J, Chan HL. Ultrasonography-Derived Elasticity Estimation of Live Porcine Oral Mucosa.  J Ultrasound Med. 2024.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37846622/ 

• Rodriguez A, Mohamed M, AlHachache S, Kripfgans OD, Chan HL. A Narrative Review on Oral Mucosa Biomechanics and Clinical Implications of Periodontal and Implant-related Regenerative Procedures. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37819857/

• Kripfgans OD, Chan HL. Preliminary Experience in Transducer Preparation for Intraoral Imaging. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Mar 25. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36965167/ 

• Rodriguez Betancourt A, Samal A, Chan HL, Kripfgans OD. Overview of Ultrasound in Dentistry for Advancing Research Methodology and Patient Care Quality with Emphasis on Periodontal/Peri-implant Applications. Z Med Phys. 2023 Mar 13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36922293/  

• Tavelli L, Majzoub J, Kauffmann F, Rodriguez MV, Mancini L, Chan HL, Kripfgans OD, Giannobile WV, Wang HL, Barootchi S. Coronally advanced flap versus tunnel technique for the treatment of peri-implant soft tissue dehiscences with the connective tissue graft: A randomized, controlled clinical trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2023 Mar 19. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36935199/ 

• Sirinirund B, Wang IC, Ramadan G, Kripfgans OD, Chan HL. Ridge augmentation planning, wound healing evaluation, and peri-implant tissue phenotype assessment with ultrasonography: A case report. Clin Adv Periodontics. 2023 Jan 26. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36700452/