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Laura Romito

Indiana University
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Introduction to nutrition and oral health

LM Romito - Dental Clinics, 2003 - dental.theclinics.com
Nutrition is defined as the science of how the body utilizes food to meet requirements for
development, growth, repair, and maintenance. There are six classes of nutrients found in foods…

Students' attitudes toward integrating problem‐based learning into a DDS pharmacology curriculum

K Gregson, LM Romito… - Journal of Dental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to determine student perceptions of the methods used to teach
pharmacology content via problem‐based learning (PBL) cases with respect to students’ …

GABA and glutamate levels in occlusal splint-wearing males with possible bruxism

S Dharmadhikari, LM Romito, M Dzemidzic… - Archives of oral …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays an important
role in the pathophysiology of anxiety behavioural disorders such as panic disorder and post-…

Concrescence: Report of a rare case

LM Romito - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral …, 2004 - Elsevier
Concrescence represents an uncommon developmental anomaly in which juxtaposed teeth
are united in the cementum but not in the dentin. The incidence of concrescent teeth is …

Motor control of jaw movements: an fMRI study of parafunctional clench and grind behavior

D Wong, M Dzemidzic, TM Talavage, LM Romito… - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Jaw-clenching and tooth-grinding associated with bruxism can contribute to abnormal tooth
wear and pain in the masticatory system. Clench and tooth-grinding jaw-movement tasks …

A snapshot of the depiction of electronic cigarettes in YouTube videos

LM Romito, RA Hurwich… - American Journal of Health …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: To assess the depiction of e-cigarettes in YouTube videos. Methods: The sample (N
= 63) was selected from the top 20 search results for “electronic cigarette,” and “e-cig” …

A survey of united states periodontists' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to Tobacco‐Cessation interventions

…, AG Christen, RW Bandy, LM Romito - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Because of the clear causal relationship between smoking and periodontal
disease, and the negative effect of smoking on wound healing, it is of great importance to …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing tobacco use knowledge, attitudes and practices between engineering students at a public and Islamic Azad University in Shiraz, Iran 2011

…, F Kouchak, M Youssef, LM Romito - International journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: To compare the level of knowledge, the attitudes, and practices with regards to
tobacco use between Iranian students at a public (PBU) and Islamic Azad (IAU) university. …

Relationship of biomedical science content acquisition performance to students' level of PBL group interaction: are students learning during PBL group?

LM Romito, GJ Eckert - Journal of Dental Education, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed biomedical science content acquisition from problem‐based learning (PBL)
and its relationship to students’ level of group interaction. We hypothesized that …

Controlling bacterial contamination of dental impression guns

EJ Westergard, LM Romito, MJ Kowolik… - The Journal of the …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Dental impression material handgun cartridge dispensers are contaminated
easily during clinical use. The authors attempted to quantify contamination by bacteria, …