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Kimon Divaris
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 143
Citations - 5012
Kimon Divaris is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 125 publications receiving 3966 citations. Previous affiliations of Kimon Divaris include National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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The academic environment: the students' perspective
Kimon Divaris,P.J. Barlow,S.A. Chendea,W.S. Cheong,A. Dounis,Irina F. Dragan,J. Hamlin,L. Hosseinzadeh,D. Kuin,Somsak Mitrirattanakul,M. Mo'nes,N. Molnar,G. Perryer,J. Pickup,N. Raval,D. Shanahan,Y. Songpaisan,E. Taneva,S. Yaghoub-Zadeh,K. West,D. Vrazic +20 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the set of recommendations proposed can improve students' quality of life and well-being, enhance their total educational experience and positively influence their future careers as oral health physicians.
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Exploring the genetic basis of chronic periodontitis: a genome-wide association study
Kimon Divaris,Keri L. Monda,Keri L. Monda,Kari E. North,Andrew F. Olshan,Lindsay M. Reynolds,Wen Chi Hsueh,Ethan M. Lange,Kevin Moss,Silvana P. Barros,Robert J. Weyant,Yongmei Liu,Anne B. Newman,James D. Beck,Steven Offenbacher +14 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study of CP was carried out in a cohort of 4504 European Americans participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, finding suggestive evidence of association for six loci, including NIN, NPY, WNT5A for severe CP and NCR2, EMR1, 10p15 for moderate CP.
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Perceived Sources of Stress Among Greek Dental Students
TL;DR: Multivariate analysis suggested that, irrespective of gender, fourth-year and graduating students were less concerned about class work overload, clinical training difficulties, and course failing, but were significantly more insecure about their professional future.
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Oral Health Literacy among Female Caregivers: Impact on Oral Health Outcomes in Early Childhood
TL;DR: Lower caregiver literacy was associated with deleterious oral health behaviors, including nighttime bottle use and no daily brushing/cleaning, and has a multidimensional impact on reported oral health outcomes in infants and young children.
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Oral health and risk for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: the Carolina Head and Neck Cancer Study
Kimon Divaris,Andrew F. Olshan,Joanna Smith,Mary Elizabeth Bell,Mark C. Weissler,William K. Funkhouser,Patrick T. Bradshaw +6 more
TL;DR: These data provide support for a possible modest association of periodontal disease, as measured by self-reported tooth loss indicators, but not tooth loss per se, with SCCHN risk.