Current Projects
- Access the Smokeless Tobacco Patient data here.
2023- Frenotomy Chart Review Study
Completed Projects
2022- Incision & Drainage Survey Among General Dentists
2022- Smokeless Tobacco Quick-Poll
2022- Violence Awareness in Oral Health Quick-Poll
2022- Oral Cancer: Dental-Practitioner Quick-Poll
2021- Teeth Whitening & Its Ramifications Quick-Poll
2021- Patient Hesitancy Quick-Poll
2021- Community Engagement E-cigarette Study & Data Availability
2020- A survey on the global response to the SARsCoV-2 pandemic of dental practitioners
2019- Probiotics for Oral Health Study
2019- Perceptions and Awareness of E‐Cigarettes among South Texas Dentists, Patients and Communities Study
2019- Dry Mouth Study
2017- STOHN Tooth Fairy Study
2017- What is the Fuss about Floss?: An Issue of Critical Thinking
2015- Prevalence of Molar – Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH)
2014- Oral Cancer Knowledge Assessment Study
2011- Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Patients in Community-Based Dental Practices (Phase II)
2010- Dental Practitioners’ Knowledge and Perceptions of BONJ
2010- Dissemination for the Tobacco Cessation Toolkits
2010- Assessment of Dentists’ and Patients’ Willingness to Participate in Finger-Stick Diabetes Study
2010- Barriers, Solutions, and Resources for In-Office Tobacco Cessation Counseling
Research Priorities 2022-2023
- Smokeless Tobacco
- ENDS
- Frenotomy
Research Priorities 2021-2022
- Smokeless Tobacco
- Oral Cancer
- Incision & Drainage
Research Priorities 2020-2021
- E-Cigarette use among youths and young adults
- Sleep apnea and sleep bruxism
- Teeth whitening
- Xerostomia
Research Priorities 2019-2020
- Probiotics for Oral Health
- Sleep apnea and sleep bruxism
- Xerostomia
- E-cigarette use among youth and young adults
- COVID-19 and its impact on dental practices
Research Priorities 2011
- South Texas dietary effects on tooth structure
- Effects of sleep disorders on teeth
- Behavioral management and dental phobia
- Socioeconomic considerations with regards to dentistry
- Dry mouth
- Dental materials
- Factors affecting implant survival
- Obesity and its effects on oral health
Research Priorities 2010
- Relationship between wound healing, implant integration, and bisphosphonates
- Sudden tooth decay in elderly populations
- Endodontic failure associated with obturation materials and techniques
- Controversy over restorative materials
- Failure of in-office CAD-CAM crowns versus traditional gold PFM
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Rahma Mungia, STOHN Director
8403 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code: 7728
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Email: mungia@uthscsa.edu