College of Dentistry
Tumader Khouja Research Group
Led by Tumader Khouja · Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
What we study
The lab studies dental conditions in emergency departments, focusing on non-traumatic issues. They develop provider-centered interventions to improve patient care.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- No coding
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
An emergency department provider centered intervention for non-traumatic dental condition management
Developing interventions to improve care for dental patients in emergency settings.
Clinical Decision Support Tools for Opioid and Antibiotic Prescribing in the ED, a Narrative Review
This review looks at studies of computer decision-support tools that guide emergency-room prescribing of opioids and antibiotics. Most tools improved prescribing, especially ones built into health records; none yet targeted dental problems, which this work aims to inform.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 325
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Recent papers, explained
- Medicaid Dental Cuts and Emergency Department Utilization: Implications of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act
2026 · Journal of the California Dental Association
Explains how Medicaid dental cuts may increase emergency room visits.
- Barriers and facilitators to guideline concordant dental antibiotic prescribing in the United States: A qualitative study of the National Dental PBRN
2024 · Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Asks dentists about what helps or blocks them from giving right antibiotics.
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- Changes in self-confidence in professional, personal, and scientific skills by gender during physician-scientist training at the University of Pittsburgh
2024 · Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Measures how confidence in skills changes for men and women in medical training.
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Tooth Extractions and Dental Implants, A Narrative Review
2023 · Current Infectious Disease Reports
- Trajectories of opioid prescribing by general dentists, specialists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States, 2015-2019
2023 · The Journal of the American Dental Association
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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