2026 Meeting of Network Practitioners
Resources & References
Keynote Speech
From the Mouth to the Body and Mind: Whole Person Health
Daniel McNeil, PhD, Parker E. Mahan Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Breakout Topics
From Registry to Reality: Translating DIRR Final Findings into Everyday Implant Practice
Cunha-Cruz J, Barton D, Cochran D, Crawford P, Fahimipour F, Funkhouser EM, Geurs NC, Gilbert GH, Johnson JD, Kaur M, Smith N, Startley SJ, Stewart K, Waiwaiole L, National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group. The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network Dental Implant Restoration Registry to evaluate dental implant outcomes in community practice settings: protocol for a prospective observational study. JMIR Research Protocols 2026; 15:e82795.
The Free Samples for Health (FreSH) Study Results
Sandra Japuntich, PhD, LP, Study PI, Clinical Psychologist
Sarah A. Helseth, PhD, Study Data Analyst, Assistant Professor
Fang P, Adkins-Hempel M, Lischka T, Basile S, Rindal DB, Carpenter MJ, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Dahne J, Helseth SA, Levy DE, Truong A, Leo MC, Funkhouser K, Louis DR, Japuntich SJ, National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group. A National Dental Practice-Based Research Network phase II, cluster-randomized clinical trial assessing nicotine replacement therapy sampling in dental settings: study protocol for the Free Samples for Health (FreSH) study. BMC Oral Health 2024; 24(1): 1007.
Japuntich SJ, Dunbar MS, Predmore Z, Bloom EL, Fang P, Basile S, Rindal DB, Waiwaiole LA, Carpenter MJ, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Dahne J, Lischka TR, Richardson P, National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group. Dental staff and patient attitudes about nicotine replacement therapy samples in dental care: A National Dental Practice Based Research Network study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2024; 52(4):440-451.
What Patients Actually Report: A Prospective Study of Post-Operative Dental Pain Using mHealth (POPS)
Muhammad Walji, PhD, Study PI, Professor and Chair
Sayali Tungare, BDS, MPH, PhD, Study Data Analyst, Assistant Professor
Kalenderian E, Tungare S, Mehta U, Hamid S, Mungia R, Yansane A, Holmes D, Funkhouser K, Ibarra-Noriega A, Urata J, Rindal DB, Spallek H, White J, Walji M. Patient and dentist perspectives on collecting patient reported outcomes after painful dental procedures in the National Dental PBRN. BMC Oral Health 2024; 24(1):201.
Kalenderian E, White J, Yansane AI, Urata J, Holmes D, Funkhouser K, Mungia R, Xiao J, Rauschenberger C, Ibarra-Noriega A, Tran D, Rindal DB, Spallek H, Walji M. Study protocol: understanding pain after dental procedures, an observational study within the National Dental PBRN. BMC Oral Health 2022; 22(1):581.