The cover of the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology features the latest research efforts involving University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (UKCD) faculty from the Center for Oral Health Research and Division of Orthodontics. The Journal of Clinical Periodontology was founded by the British, Dutch, French, German, Scandinavian and Swiss Societies of Periodontology and has one of the highest impact factors among dental publications.
UK College of Dentistry restorative dentistry faculty Drs. Ahmad KutKut and Richard Mitchell have been published in the October 2015 issue of the Journal of Oral Implantology (JOI). Their contribution to the latest issue was selected as a featured paper by JOI and promoted via press release. The article, "Esthetic Considerations for Reconstructing Implant Emergence Profile Using Titanium and Zirconia Custom Implant Abutments: Fifty Case Series Report," describes a simple method to recreate what is known as the mouth's "emergence profile" with dental implants.