Peter Milgrom

Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear Survey (2009)

Yoshida, Toshiko, Milgrom, Peter, Mori, Yukako, Nakai, Yukie, Kaji, Mari, Shimono, Tsutomu, ...

Abstract Background This study established the reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear Survey (DFS). Methods Two studies were carried out in separate...

BMC Oral Health BioMed Central Proceedings Reducing Oral Health Disparities: A Focus on Social and Cultural Determinants (2008)

Donald L Patrick, Rosanna Shuk, Yin Lee, Michele Nucci, David Grembowski, Carol Zane Jolles, ...

Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of influences...

Xylitol gummy bear snacks: a school-based randomized clinical trial (2008)

Ly, Kiet A, Riedy, Christine A, Milgrom, Peter, Rothen, Marilynn, Roberts, Marilyn C, Zhou, Lingmei

Abstract Background Habitual consumption of xylitol reduces mutans streptococci (MS) levels but the effect on Lactobacillus spp. is less clear. Reduction is dependent on daily dose and frequency of...

A surrogate method for comparison analysis of salivary concentrations of Xylitol-containing products (2008)

Riedy, Christine A, Milgrom, Peter, Ly, Kiet A, Rothen, Marilynn, Mueller, Gregory, Hagstrom, Mary K, ...

Abstract Background Xylitol chewing gum has been shown to reduce Streptococcus mutans levels and decay. Two studies examined the presence and time course of salivary xylitol concentrations delivered...

Reducing Oral Health Disparities: A Focus on Social and Cultural Determinants (2006)

Patrick, Donald L, Lee, Rosanna, Nucci, Michele, Grembowski, David, Jolles, Carol, Milgrom, Peter

Abstract Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of...

Biotech and Biomaterials Research to Reduce the Caries Epidemic (2006)

Slayton, Rebecca L, Bryers, James D, Milgrom, Peter

Abstract The goal of this workshop is to develop a consensus within the biomaterials/bioengineering community for a research agenda focused on creating technologies that will address the current...

Linear response of mutans streptococci to increasing frequency of xylitol chewing gum use: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN43479664] (2006)

Ly, Kiet A, Milgrom, Peter, Roberts, Marilyn C, Yamaguchi, David K, Rothen, Marilynn, Mueller, Greg

Abstract Background Xylitol is a naturally occurring sugar substitute that has been shown to reduce the level of mutans streptococci in plaque and saliva and to reduce tooth decay. It has been...

Evaluation of the Total Design Method in a survey of Japanese dentists (2005)

Nakai, Yukie, Milgrom, Peter, Yoshida, Toshiko, Ishihara, Chikako, Shimono, Tsutomu

Abstract Background This study assessed the application of the Total Design Method (TDM) in a mail survey of Japanese dentists. The TDM was chosen because survey response rates in Japan are...

Evaluation of the Total Design Method in a survey of Japanese (2005)

Nakai, Yukie, Milgrom, Peter, Yoshida, Toshiko, Ishihara, Chikako, Shimono, Tsutomu

Background: This study assessed the application of the Total Design Method (TDM) in a mail survey of Japanese dentists. The TDM was chosen because survey response rates in Japan are unacceptably low...

Children's acceptance of milk with xylitol or sorbitol for dental caries prevention (2005)

Castillo, Jorge L, Milgrom, Peter, Coldwell, Susan E, Castillo, Ramon, Lazo, Rocio

Abstract Background Xylitol, a polyol sugar, has been shown to reduce dental caries when mixed with food or chewing gum. This study examines the taste acceptability of xylitol in milk as a first step...

A randomized controlled trial comparing mandibular local anesthesia techniques in children receiving nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation.

Naidu, Sinuba, Loughlin, Pat, Coldwell, Susan E., Noonan, Carolyn J., Milgrom, Peter

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that dental pain control using infiltration/intrapapillary injection was less effective than inferior alveolar block/long buccal infiltration...

Reducing Oral Health Disparities: A Focus on Social and Cultural Determinants

Patrick, Donald L, Lee, Rosanna Shuk Yin, Nucci, Michele, Grembowski, David, Jolles, Carol Zane, Milgrom, Peter

Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of influences...

Biotech and Biomaterials Research to Reduce the Caries Epidemic

Slayton, Rebecca L, Bryers, James D, Milgrom, Peter

The goal of this workshop is to develop a consensus within the biomaterials/bioengineering community for a research agenda focused on creating technologies that will address the current dental caries...

Plasma Levels of 2% Lidocaine with 1:100,000 Epinephrine with Young Children Undergoing Dental Procedures

Jurevic, Richard, Milgrom, Peter, Karl, Helen W., Weinstein, Philip, Coldwell, Susan E., Kharasch, Evan D., ...

Lidocaine levels were determined for 12 children, aged 55 to 150 mo, who received routine dental treatment, including multiple intraoral injections of 2% lidocaine (2.6 to 6.4 mg/kg) with 1:100,000...

Effects of Lidocaine with Epinephrine on Fear Related Arousal Among Dental Phobics

Fiset, Louis, Ramsay, Douglas, Milgrom, Peter, Weinstein, Philip

The effects of 2% lidocaine containing 72 μg epinephrine on fear related arousal were tested using a cross-over design on dental patients fearful of injections and other dental procedures. Heart...

An FQHC Research Network in Oral Health: Enhancing the Workforce and Reducing Disparities

Riedy, Christine A., Ly, Kiet A., Ybarra, Vickie, Milgrom, Peter

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) contribute greatly to reducing health disparities by providing care to underserved communities. Yet these safety-net clinics face chronic manpower shortages...