Research Interests
- Epidemiology and Environmental Health
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
OHSC 8015 | Research Methodology and Study Design | Graduate |
OHSC 8017 | Oral Microbiology and Immunology | Graduate |
PERG 8301 | Introduction to Postgraduate Periodontology | Graduate |
PERG 8302 | Biology and Pathology of the Periodontium | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Rams, T. & Manos, M. (2021). Comparative In Vitro Evaluation of WHO Periodontal Probe and #11/12 Dental Explorer for Subgingival Calculus Detection. Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 22(1), 13-17. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-3033.
McCawley, T., McCawley, M., & Rams, T. (2021). Immediate effect of Nd:YAG laser monotherapy on subgingival periodontal pathogens: a pilot clinical study. Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science, 51, 1-11. doi: 10.5051/jpis.2100900045.
Rams, T., Sautter, J., & Winkelhoff, A.v. (2020). Antibiotic resistance of human periodontal pathogen parvimonas micra over 10 years. Antibiotics, 9(10), 1-9. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100709.
Rams, T., Sautter, J., Ramírez-Martínez, G., & Whitaker, E. (2020). Antimicrobial activity of silver diamine fluoride on human periodontitis microbiota. General Dentistry, 68(5), 24-28.
Donoff, R., Poznansky, M., Kochman, D., Lieberthal, B., Bhansali, S., Neale, A., Bryant, D., Glickman, R., Moursi, A., Feldman, C., Fine, D., Kess, S., Alfano, M., Levy, A., Ismail, A., Rams, T., Reddy, M., Gansky, S., Ramneek, R., McCauley, L., Eber, R., Wolff, M., & Krumholz, H. (2020). Perspectives on meeting the COVID-19 testing challenge: A dental school collaborative. Journal of Dental Education, 84(9), 950-954. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12395.
Rams, T., Sautter, J., & Winkelhoff, A.v. (2020). Comparative in vitro resistance of human periodontal bacterial pathogens to tinidazole and four other antibiotics. Antibiotics, 9(2). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9020068.
Rams, T., Sautter, J., Hsiao, C., & Winkelhoff, A.v. (2018). Phenotypic identification of periodontal Prevotella intermedia/nigrescens group isolates validated by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Anaerobe, 54, 201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.06.007.
Rams, T., Listgarten, M., & Slots, J. (2018). Radiographic alveolar bone morphology and progressive periodontitis. Journal of Periodontology, 89(4), 424-430. doi: 10.1002/JPER.17-0279.
Rams, T. & Loesche, W. (2017). Relationship between Periodontal Screening and Recording index scores and need for periodontal access surgery. Journal of Periodontology, 88(10), 1042-1050. doi: 10.1902/jop.2017.170070.
Rams, T. & Alwaqyan, A. (2017). In vitro performance of DIAGNOdent laser fluorescence device for dental calculus detection on human tooth root surfaces. Saudi Dental Journal, 29(4), 171-178. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2017.08.001.
Rams, T. & Winkelhoff, A.v. (2017). Introduction to Clinical Microbiology for the General Dentist. Dental Clinics of North America, 61(2), 179-197. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2016.11.001.