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D-Index
88
Citations
26491
World Ranking
13233
National Ranking
6741

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Dentistry
  • Internal medicine
  • Biochemistry

John D. B. Featherstone focuses on Dentistry, Enamel paint, Demineralization, Oral hygiene and Saliva. Specifically, his work in Dentistry is concerned with the study of Dental enamel. His Enamel paint study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Lesion, Dentin, Biomedical engineering and Lactic acid.

He has researched Demineralization in several fields, including Dental Enamel Solubility, Food science and Phosphate. His Oral hygiene research focuses on Dental Caries Susceptibility and how it relates to MEDLINE. His Saliva research includes themes of Cross-sectional study, Dentition and Oral and maxillofacial pathology.

His most cited work include:

  • THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CARIES PREVENTION (719 citations)
  • Prevention and reversal of dental caries: role of low level fluoride. (618 citations)
  • Demineralization and remineralization around orthodontic appliances: an in vivo study. (459 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Dentistry, Enamel paint, Laser, Demineralization and Saliva. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Dentistry, Sodium fluoride is strongly linked to Dentifrice. His Enamel paint study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Nuclear chemistry, Dissolution, Dentin and Analytical chemistry.

His research in Laser tackles topics such as Ablation which are related to areas like Laser ablation. His Demineralization research includes elements of Phosphate and Remineralisation. His work deals with themes such as Streptococcus mutans and Randomized controlled trial, which intersect with Saliva.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Dentistry (44.83%)
  • Enamel paint (33.79%)
  • Laser (22.76%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Dentistry (44.83%)
  • Caries management (6.90%)
  • Family medicine (6.21%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Dentistry, Caries management, Family medicine, Disease and MEDLINE are his primary areas of study. John D. B. Featherstone combines subjects such as Young adult, Randomized controlled trial and Retrospective cohort study with his study of Dentistry. His research integrates issues of Molar, Mandibular second molar, Clinical trial and Fluoride varnish in his study of Randomized controlled trial.

His Retrospective cohort study research also works with subjects such as

  • Cohort study that intertwine with fields like Cumulative incidence, Pediatrics, Confidence interval and Co2 laser,
  • Epidemiology that connect with fields like Oral and maxillofacial surgery. His work on Preventive Dentistry as part of his general Family medicine study is frequently connected to Receipt, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. The various areas that he examines in his Disease study include Intervention, Psychological intervention and Intensive care medicine.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Caries management pathways preserve dental tissues and promote oral health. (90 citations)
  • The american dental association caries classification system for clinical practice: A report of the american dental association council on scientific affairs (66 citations)
  • Risk assessment - can we achieve consensus? (56 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Biochemistry

John D. B. Featherstone mainly investigates Dentistry, MEDLINE, Confidence interval, Psychological intervention and Cohort study. His study in the field of Chlorhexidine is also linked to topics like Clinical Practice. His studies deal with areas such as Cumulative incidence and Saliva as well as Confidence interval.

His Saliva research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Prospective cohort study and Early childhood caries. The study incorporates disciplines such as Graduation, Disease and Family medicine in addition to Psychological intervention. His work carried out in the field of Randomized controlled trial brings together such families of science as Fluoride varnish, Molar and Co2 laser.

Best Publications

  • THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CARIES PREVENTION

    John D.B. Featherstone

  • Prevention and reversal of dental caries: role of low level fluoride.

    John D. B. Featherstone

  • The continuum of dental caries--evidence for a dynamic disease process.

    J.D.B. Featherstone

  • Demineralization and remineralization around orthodontic appliances: an in vivo study.

    M.M. O'Reilly;J.D.B. Featherstone

  • Dental caries: a dynamic disease process.

    J D B Featherstone

  • Lasers in dentistry.

    Harvey A. Wigdor;Joseph T. Walsh;John D. B. Featherstone;Steven R. Visuri

  • Comparison of artificial caries-like lesions by quantitative microradiography and microhardness profiles

    J.D.B. Featherstone;J.M. ten Cate;M. Shariati;J. Arends

  • Imaging caries lesions and lesion progression with polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography

    Daniel Fried;John Xie;Sahar Shafi;John D. B. Featherstone

  • Mechanistic Aspects of the Interactions Between Fluoride and Dental Enamel

    J.M. ten Cate;J.D.B. Featherstone

  • Fluoride Varnish Efficacy in Preventing Early Childhood Caries

    J.A. Weintraub;F. Ramos-Gomez;B. Jue;S. Shain

  • CO2 Laser Inhibition of Artificial Caries-like Lesion Progression in Dental Enamel

    J.D.B. Featherstone;N.A. Barrett-Vespone;D. Fried;Z. Kantorowitz

  • Laser Effects On Dental Hard Tissues

    J.D.B. Featherstone;D.G.A. Nelson

  • Bacterial, behavioral and environmental factors associated with early childhood caries.

    Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez;Jane A. Weintraub;Stuart A. Gansky;Charles I. Hoover

  • Caries risk assessment in practice for age 6 through adult.

    John D B Featherstone;Sophie Domejean-Orliaguet;Larry Jenson;Mark Wolff

  • In vivo inhibition of demineralization around orthodontic brackets.

    Jasmine Gorton;John D.B. Featherstone

  • Caries management pathways preserve dental tissues and promote oral health.

    Amid I. Ismail;Marisol Tellez;Nigel B. Pitts;Kim R. Ekstrand

  • The american dental association caries classification system for clinical practice: A report of the american dental association council on scientific affairs

    Douglas A. Young;Brian B. Nový;Gregory G. Zeller;Robert Hale

  • Relative Rates of Progress of Artificial Carious Lesions in Bovine, Ovine and Human Enamel

    J.D.B. Featherstone;J.R. Mellberg

  • Remineralization, the Natural Caries Repair Process—The Need for New Approaches

    J.D.B. Featherstone

  • The caries balance: the basis for caries management by risk assessment.

    John D B Featherstone

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Espeland
Mark A. Espeland Wake Forest University
Ingegerd Johansson
Ingegerd Johansson Umeå University
Nigel Pitts
Nigel Pitts King's College London
Lesley G. Ellies
Lesley G. Ellies University of California, San Diego
Edward L Cussler
Edward L Cussler University of Minnesota
Tony M. Keaveny
Tony M. Keaveny University of California, Berkeley
Eric C. Reynolds
Eric C. Reynolds University of Melbourne
Charles E. Smith
Charles E. Smith McGill University
Robert S. Wilson
Robert S. Wilson Rush University Medical Center
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco

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