Kimon Divaris

Division of Pediatric and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Affiliated withUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Publication title	2026

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Article	Year
The promise and challenges of genomics-informed periodontal disease diagnoses. Periodontology 2000\| PubMed ID: 39072804	2024
Hidden consequences of dental trauma: the social and psychological effects. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 19455926	2009
Oral health and risk for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: the Carolina Head and Neck Cancer Study. Cancer causes & control : CCC\| PubMed ID: 20049634	2010
Loss of natural dentition: multi-level effects among a geriatric population. Gerodontology\| PubMed ID: 21083739	2012
Oral health literacy levels among a low-income WIC population. Journal of public health dentistry\| PubMed ID: 21774139	2011
The relationship of oral health literacy with oral health-related quality of life in a multi-racial sample of low-income female caregivers. Health and quality of life outcomes\| PubMed ID: 22132898	2011
Caregivers' oral health literacy and their young children's oral health-related quality-of-life. Acta odontologica Scandinavica\| PubMed ID: 22150574	2012
Oral health literacy and knowledge among patients who are pregnant for the first time. Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)\| PubMed ID: 22942142	2012
Examining the accuracy of caregivers' assessments of young children's oral health status. Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)\| PubMed ID: 23115154	2012
Adult HIV care resources, management practices and patient characteristics in the Phase 1 IeDEA Central Africa cohort. Journal of the International AIDS Society\| PubMed ID: 23199800	2012
Exploring the genetic basis of chronic periodontitis: a genome-wide association study. Human molecular genetics\| PubMed ID: 23459936	2013
A cross sectional study examining social desirability bias in caregiver reporting of children's oral health behaviors. BMC oral health\| PubMed ID: 23725221	2013
Psychological distress and its correlates among dental students: a survey of 17 Colombian dental schools. BMC medical education\| PubMed ID: 23802917	2013
The importance of preventive dental visits from a young age: systematic review and current perspectives. Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry\| PubMed ID: 24672258	2014
Influence of caregivers and children's entry into the dental care system. Pediatrics\| PubMed ID: 24753522	2014
Improving children's oral health: an interdisciplinary research framework. Journal of dental research\| PubMed ID: 25122218	2014
Caregivers' health literacy and gaps in children's Medicaid enrollment: findings from the Carolina Oral Health Literacy Study. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25303271	2014
Telomere length attrition and chronic periodontitis: an ARIC Study nested case-control study. Journal of clinical periodontology\| PubMed ID: 25418689	2015
North Carolina physician-based preventive oral health services improve access and use among young Medicaid enrollees. Health affairs (Project Hope)\| PubMed ID: 25489032	2014
Comparison of Bacterial Community Composition of Primary and Persistent Endodontic Infections Using Pyrosequencing. Journal of endodontics\| PubMed ID: 25906920	2015
Using genetics to test the causal relationship of total adiposity and periodontitis: Mendelian randomization analyses in the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Dental Endpoints (GLIDE) Consorti... International journal of epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 26050256	2015
Educators' and Applicants' Views of the Postdoctoral Pediatric Dentistry Admission Process: A Qualitative Study. Journal of dental education\| PubMed ID: 26522631	2015
Marginalized zero-inflated negative binomial regression with application to dental caries. Statistics in medicine\| PubMed ID: 26568034	2016
Predicting Dental Caries Outcomes in Children: A "Risky" Concept. Journal of dental research\| PubMed ID: 26647391	2016
Transcriptome Variability in Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor Suggests Distinct Molecular Subtypes. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 27066764	2016
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Periodontitis Endpoints Among Nonsmokers. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco\| PubMed ID: 27083214	2016
Ameloblastoma Phenotypes Reflected in Distinct Transcriptome Profiles. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 27491308	2016
Framing Young Childrens Oral Health: A Participatory Action Research Project. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 27548714	2016
Oral health and human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer\| PubMed ID: 27571516	2017
Derivation and Validation of the Periodontal and Tooth Profile Classification System for Patient Stratification. Journal of periodontology\| PubMed ID: 27620653	2017
Benefits of Case-Based versus Traditional Lecture-Based Instruction in a Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics Course. Journal of dental education\| PubMed ID: 28365602	2017
Common Polymorphisms in IFI16 and AIM2 Genes Are Associated With Periodontal Disease. Journal of periodontology\| PubMed ID: 28387608	2017
Marginalized mixture models for count data from multiple source populations. Journal of statistical distributions and applications\| PubMed ID: 28446995	2017
The Novel Locus is Associated with Severe Gingival Inflammation. JDR clinical and translational research\| PubMed ID: 28459102	2016
Precision Dentistry in Early Childhood: The Central Role of Genomics. Dental clinics of North America\| PubMed ID: 28577641	2017
"They Told Me to Take Him Somewhere Else": Caregivers' Experiences Seeking Emergency Dental Care for Their Children. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 28583245	2017
Pediatric obesity-related curricular content and training in dental schools and dental hygiene programs: systematic review and recommendations. Journal of public health dentistry\| PubMed ID: 28708273	2017
Poor oral health affects survival in head and neck cancer. Oral oncology\| PubMed ID: 28939062	2017
Fundamentals of Precision Medicine. Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)\| PubMed ID: 29227115	2017
Periodontal profile classes predict periodontal disease progression and tooth loss. Journal of periodontology\| PubMed ID: 29520822	2018
Marginalized zero-inflated Poisson models with missing covariates. Biometrical journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift\| PubMed ID: 29748991	2018
GWAS for Interleukin-1β levels in gingival crevicular fluid identifies IL37 variants in periodontal inflammation. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 30206230	2018
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease and periodontitis reveals a novel shared risk locus. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 30209331	2018
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of aggressive and chronic periodontitis identifies two novel risk loci. European journal of human genetics : EJHG\| PubMed ID: 30218097	2019
Sexual orientation-related oral health disparities in the United States. Journal of public health dentistry\| PubMed ID: 30277565	2019
The building blocks of precision oral health in early childhood: the ZOE 2.0 study. Journal of public health dentistry\| PubMed ID: 30566750	2020
Protocols, Methods, and Tools for Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of Dental Traits. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)\| PubMed ID: 30838596	2019
Measurement of Early Childhood Oral Health for Research Purposes: Dental Caries Experience and Developmental Defects of the Enamel in the Primary Dentition. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)\| PubMed ID: 30838597	2019
The Supragingival Biofilm in Early Childhood Caries: Clinical and Laboratory Protocols and Bioinformatics Pipelines Supporting Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, and Metabolomics Studies of ... Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)\| PubMed ID: 30838598	2019
Self-Efficacy and Academic Performance in Colombian Dental Students. Journal of dental education\| PubMed ID: 30910928	2019
Traumatic dental injuries in preschool-age children: Prevalence and risk factors. Clinical and experimental dental research\| PubMed ID: 31049218	2019
Genome-wide analysis of dental caries and periodontitis combining clinical and self-reported data. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 31235808	2019
Dental Caries Risk Varies Among Subgroups of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 31648669	2019
Biologically Defined or Biologically Informed Traits Are More Heritable Than Clinically Defined Ones: The Case of Oral and Dental Phenotypes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology\| PubMed ID: 31732942	2019
Advances in precision oral health. Periodontology 2000\| PubMed ID: 31850630	2020
Genomics of periodontal disease and tooth morbidity. Periodontology 2000\| PubMed ID: 31850632	2020
Development of a Greek Oral health literacy measurement instrument: GROHL. BMC oral health\| PubMed ID: 31941482	2020
Trends and determinants of drinking water practices among North Carolina children. Journal of public health dentistry\| PubMed ID: 32242926	2020
Importance of Genetic Studies of Cardiometabolic Disease in Diverse Populations. Circulation research\| PubMed ID: 32496918	2020
Access to preventive care services and stage at diagnosis in head and neck cancer. Head & neck\| PubMed ID: 32618052	2020
Cohort Profile: ZOE 2.0-A Community-Based Genetic Epidemiologic Study of Early Childhood Oral Health. International journal of environmental research and public health\| PubMed ID: 33139633	2020
Impact of Tumor Site and Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Survival of Patients with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A SEER Database Analysis. Cancers\| PubMed ID: 33546179	2021
Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing One Percent Buffered Versus Two Percent Unbuffered Lidocaine Injections in Children. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 33892831	2021
Children's oral health-related behaviours and early childhood caries: A latent class analysis. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 33987840	2022
Human oral mucosa cell atlas reveals a stromal-neutrophil axis regulating tissue immunity. Cell\| PubMed ID: 34129837	2021
An Automated Machine Learning Classifier for Early Childhood Caries. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 34172112	2021
Child Nutrition Patterns Are Associated with Primary Dentition Dental Caries. Pediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 34172114	2021
The bacterial microbiome and metabolome in caries progression and arrest. Journal of oral microbiology\| PubMed ID: 34188775	2021
A Web-Based Rendering Application for Communicating Dental Conditions. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)\| PubMed ID: 34442097	2021
Improved Metabolite Prediction Using Microbiome Data-Based Elastic Net Models. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology\| PubMed ID: 34760716	2021
Fibrin is a critical regulator of neutrophil effector function at the oral mucosal barrier. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 34941394	2021
Guardian Reports of Children's Sub-optimal Oral Health Are Associated With Clinically Determined Early Childhood Caries, Unrestored Caries Lesions, and History of Toothaches. Frontiers in public health\| PubMed ID: 35004573	2021
Maladaptive trained immunity and clonal hematopoiesis as potential mechanistic links between periodontitis and inflammatory comorbidities. Periodontology 2000\| PubMed ID: 35244943	2022
PARTITIONING AROUND MEDOIDS CLUSTERING AND RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION FOR GIS-INFORMED IMPUTATION OF FLUORIDE CONCENTRATION DATA. The annals of applied statistics\| PubMed ID: 35356492	2022
Interferon activated gene 204 protects against bone loss in experimental periodontitis. Journal of periodontology\| PubMed ID: 35404474	2022
"The pediatric dentist is different": A qualitative study of young children's caregivers' experiences of oral health care in the Galapagos Islands. International journal of paediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 35638343	2023
Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Animal Assisted Activity in Orthodontics. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI\| PubMed ID: 35883412	2022
Patterns of site-level periodontal disease and within-mouth correlation among older adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 36036459	2023
Age-specific associations with dental caries in HIV-infected, exposed but uninfected and HIV-unexposed uninfected children in Nigeria. BMC oral health\| PubMed ID: 36167498	2022
Reducing Inequities in Early Childhood Dental Caries in Primary Health Care Settings. JAMA health forum\| PubMed ID: 36218921	2021
Subtypes of early childhood caries predict future caries experience. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology\| PubMed ID: 36239051	2023
Guardians' Self-Reported Fair/Poor Oral Health Is Associated with Their Young Children's Fair/Poor Oral Health and Clinically Determined Dental Caries Experience. International journal of environmental research and public health\| PubMed ID: 36612952	2022
BZINB model-based pathway analysis and module identification facilitates integration of microbiome and metabolome data. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology\| PubMed ID: 36778424	2023
BZINB Model-Based Pathway Analysis and Module Identification Facilitates Integration of Microbiome and Metabolome Data. Microorganisms\| PubMed ID: 36985339	2023
Selenomonas sputigena acts as a pathobiont mediating spatial structure and biofilm virulence in early childhood caries. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 37217495	2023
Poor oral health influences head and neck cancer patient survival: an International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium pooled analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute\| PubMed ID: 37725515	2024
Comprehensive evaluation of methods for differential expression analysis of metatranscriptomics data. Briefings in bioinformatics\| PubMed ID: 37738402	2023
Methodological Considerations in Longitudinal Analyses of Microbiome Data: A Comprehensive Review. Genes\| PubMed ID: 38254941	2023
Effect of bottled fluoridated water to prevent dental caries in primary teeth: study protocol for a phase 2 parallel group 3.5-year randomized controlled clinical trial (waterBEST). Research square\| PubMed ID: 38410455	2024
Effect of bottled fluoridated water to prevent dental caries in primary teeth: study protocol for a phase 2 parallel-group 3.5-year randomized controlled clinical trial (waterBEST). Trials\| PubMed ID: 38443989	2024
Clonal hematopoiesis driven by mutated DNMT3A promotes inflammatory bone loss. Cell\| PubMed ID: 38838669	2024
Molecular characterization of the salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma immune landscape by anatomic subsites. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 38982149	2024
Mendelian randomization studies of periodontitis: Understanding benefits and natural limitations in an applied context. Journal of clinical periodontology\| PubMed ID: 39013836	2024
"In Their Own Words": Families' Experiences With Tooth Autotransplantation for the Replacement of Maxillary Incisors in Children. Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology\| PubMed ID: 39417353	2025
Longitudinal Microbiome-based Interpretable Machine Learning for Identification of Time-Varying Biomarkers in Early Prediction of Disease Outcomes. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology\| PubMed ID: 39605360	2024
A deep learning feature importance test framework for integrating informative high-dimensional biomarkers to improve disease outcome prediction. Briefings in bioinformatics\| PubMed ID: 39815828	2024
Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study of childhood body mass index identifies novel loci and age-specific effects. HGG advances\| PubMed ID: 39885687	2025
Prevalence of Oral Human Papilloma virus infection in an East African HIV/AIDS cohort: A cross-sectional study. Research square\| PubMed ID: 40313739	2025
Changes in Oral Papilloma Virus Infections Over Six Months in People Living with HIV. Research square\| PubMed ID: 40313758	2025
Consensus Report of the 20th European Workshop on Periodontology: Contemporary and Emerging Technologies in Periodontal Diagnosis. Journal of clinical periodontology\| PubMed ID: 40320757	2025
Assessment of eating disorder inclusion in the oral health curriculum. BMC oral health\| PubMed ID: 40468279	2025
Effects of animal-assisted therapy on dental anxiety, behavior, and perceptions in young pediatric patients: a blinded randomized controlled trial. Trials\| PubMed ID: 40775655	2025
Decoding longitudinal microbiome trajectories: an interpretable machine learning approach for biomarker discovery and prediction. Briefings in bioinformatics\| PubMed ID: 40794955	2025
Developing Predictive Models for Periodontitis Progression Using Artificial Intelligence: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of clinical periodontology\| PubMed ID: 40830987	2025
Inflammasome targeting for periodontitis prevention is sex dependent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 41144672	2025
High prevalence and atypical genotype distribution of oral human Papillomavirus in an East African HIV cohort: a cross-sectional study. BMC infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 41299295	2025
Genome-wide association study of periodontitis severity and progression. Journal of periodontology\| PubMed ID: 41403351	2026
A software-based observational coding approach for evaluating paediatric dental pain, anxiety, and fear. International journal of paediatric dentistry\| PubMed ID: 39001562	2025