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Dental Ultrasound Research
Dental Ultrasound Research
Principal Investigators
Principal Investigators
Oliver D. Kripfgans
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Radiology
Hsun-Liang Chan
D.D.S., M.S.
Professor and Chair
Division of Periodontics
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Team Members
Team Members
Carole Quesada
B.S., L.V.T.
Department of Radiology
Medical School
Daria (Sedigheh) Poul
Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
Medical School
Deborah A. Hooper
M.S.
Division of Periodontology
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Oscar Duran
D.D.S., M.S.
Division of Periodontics
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Fabiana Soki
D.D.S., Ph.D.
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
School of Dentistry
Karen Villarreal
D.D.S., M.S.D.
Division of Periodontics
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Haowei Tai
Ph.D., M.S.
Department of Radiology
Medical School
Anahita Tahmasebi
D.D.S.
Department of Radiology
Medical School
Marilia Sayako Yatabe Ioshida
D.D.S, Ph.D., M.S.
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
School of Dentistry
Collaborators
Collaborators
Reiner Mengel
Dr. med. dent.
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
Marburg University
Amanda Rodriguez Betancourt, D.D.S.
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
School of Dentistry
Ankita Samal
B.D.S.
Department of Periodontics
College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
Lorenzo Tavelli
D.D.S., M.S.
Dept. Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Shayan Barootchi
D.D.S., M.S.
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
School of Dentistry
I-Ching Wang
D.D.S., M.S.
Department of Periodontics
College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
Current Investigations
Current Investigations
Peri-Implant Tissue Correction and Healing Evaluation
Parametric Evaluation of Periodontal Inflammation
Periodontal Tissue Elasticity Evaluation
Imaging of Implant Structures and Bone
Multi-Dimensional Jawbone Imaging
Blood flow evaluation at the great palatine foramen region with ultrasound. Left: B-mode, i.e. anatomic cross-sectional imaging. Right: Perfusion assessment using color flow mode.
Ultrasound image of the supraperiosteal plexus. The size of the plexus is approximately 100-200 µm.
News
News
We are welcoming Dr. Haowei Tai, Ph.D., to our research team. He is supporting our investigations at our UM campus location.
Recent Awards
Recent Awards
October 2025: Congratulations to Dr. I-Ching Wang, for winning the 2025 Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship Award!
August 2025: Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Rodriguez, for winning the 2025 Cohen Award competition of the AAP/AAP Foundation!
February 2025: Congratulations to Dr. Daria Poul, for being awarded the NIH F32 Fellowship!
Recently Accepted Publications
Recently Accepted Publications
High-Frequency Ultrasound Characterization of Periodontal Soft Tissues Pre- and Post-Bacterial Inoculation. Samal A, Kripfgans OD, Wang IC, Betancourt ABR, Webber L, Quesada C, Mazzocco J, Wishart JD, Chan HL. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2025 May;51(5):860-869. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39947944/
Non-invasive and quantitative methods for assessment of blood flow in periodontal and oral soft tissues: a systematic review. Rodriguez A, Kripfgans O, Aellos F, Velasquez D, Baltazar A, Chan HL. Front Dent Med. 2025 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40475388/
Introduction of "MAPS" wound healing index and its correlation with guided bone regeneration outcome. Rodriguez A, Velasquez D, Marquez L, Ramos JM, Zambrana N, Masotti M, Kripfgans O, Chan HL. PLoS One. 2025 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40111952/
High-Frequency Ultrasound for Detecting Periodontal Inflammation: A Preclinical Diagnostic Accuracy Study. Samal A, Majzoub J, Rodriguez Betancourt A, Webber L, Mazzocco J, Wang HL, Castilho R, Fenno JC, Chan HL, Kripfgans OD. J Periodontal Res. 2025 Jul;60(7):699-709. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39799460/
Quantitative Ultrasound for Periodontal Soft Tissue Characterization. Poul D, Samal A, Betancourt AR, Quesada C, Chan HL, Kripfgans OD. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2025 Feb;51(2):288-301. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39581822/
Clinical outcomes of using operating microscope for alveolar ridge preservation: A randomized controlled trial. Sirinirund B, Zalucha J, Rodriguez Betancourt AB, Kripfgans OD, Wang CW, Velasquez D, Chan HL. J Periodontol. 2025 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39403776/
Publications
Publications
Presentations (2025)
Presentations (2025)
October 2025 – Dr. Samal presents at the annual AAP convention at Toronto/Canada: The Potential of High-Frequency Intraoral Ultrasound to Quantify Interproximal Periodontal Inflammation.
May 2025 – Dr. Kripfgans lectured at Universität Marburg/Germany to provide dentists with an introduction into oral sonography targeting periodontal and peri-implant soft and hard tissues
Alumni
Alumni
Alumni
Alumni
Jae-Man Woo, D.D.S.
Yu-Chang (John) Wu, D.D.S., M.S.
Alice Ou, R.D.H., M.S.
Yi-Chen (Jo) Chiang, D.M.D.
James Wishart, M.S.
Mr. Luis Hernandez
Mr. Eric Larson, M.S.
Dr. Xiangbo Kong
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, and Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, the Delta Dental Foundation, and the National Institute of Health, etc. for their support.
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