Application of principles learned in a prevention-focused pediatric dental residency curriculum to professional practice.

Purpose: This study examined whether pediatric dentists who participated in a pediatric dental residency program focusing on disease prevention and management training and screening for social determinants of health (SDOH) were applying these principles to their professional practice upon graduation.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, a one-time-only online survey was disseminated to 75 pediatric dentists who graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles's training program between 2012 and 2022. The 21-item survey included questions on demographics, patient population characteristics, and application of preventive dentistry and SDOH to their professional practice.

Art and mentalizing in early intervention psychosis: rationale and therapist insights on a new psychoeducational course.

In this paper, we explore the rationale for a combined art therapy and mentalization-based treatment (MBT) group course for those experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). We discuss the theoretical background for how art and MBT theory can help us better understand and work with groups of individuals experiencing FEP, particularly focusing on avoidance and insecure attachment styles. We outline the delivery of a ten-week psychoeducational Art MBT course within an Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service and discuss our experiential insights into this new modality as co-therapists.

Harnessing Cytosine for Tunable Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Behavior Using Orthogonal Stimuli.

Nucleobases control the assembly of DNA, RNA, etc. due to hydrogen bond complementarity. By combining these unique molecules with state-of-the-art synthetic polymers, it is possible to form nanoparticles whose self-assembly behavior could be altered under orthogonal stimuli (pH and temperature).