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Health Informatics, Dentistry, Dental Informatics, Clinical Decision Support, Implementation Science
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Employment (4)

Indiana University School of Dentistry: Indianapolis, IN, US

2021 to present | Professor & Director, Dental Informatics (Cariology, Operative Dentistry & Dental Public Health )
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Regenstrief Institute Inc: Indianapolis, IN, US

2013 to present | Research Scientist
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Indiana University School of Dentistry: Indianapolis, IN, US

2013 to 2020 | Associate Professor & Director, Dental Informatics
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA, US

2005 to 2013 | Assistant Professor
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA, US

PhD (Biomedical Informatics)
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA, US

Certificate in Clinical Research
Education
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA, US

MS (Biomedical Informatics)
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine: Pittsburgh, PA, US

DMD
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Professional activities (4)

International Association for Dental Research: Alexandria, VA, US

2004 to present
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

American Medical Informatics Association: Bethesda, MD, US

2004 to present
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

American Dental Association: Chicago, IL, US

2004 to present
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

American Association for Dental Research: Alexandria, VA, US

2004 to present
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Funding (8)

Development and evaluation of patient medical summary from health information exchange to improve dental care

2022-04 to 2026-03 | Grant
NIH Office of the Director (Md., Md., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R01DE031259
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Thyvalikakath

Evaluation of Oral Health and Dental Treatment Outcomes of Sjogren's Syndrome Patients

2020-09 to 2021-09 | Grant
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (Md., Md., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1R56DE029195
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Thyvalikakath

Assessing the Oral Health and Dental Treatment Outcomes in Sjogrens Syndrome Patients

2019-08-09 to 2021-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R21DE027786
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via DimensionsWizard

Assessing the Denture Wearer’s Nutritional Status

2019 to 2020 | Grant
GlaxoSmithKline (London, GB)
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

A Clinic-Randomized Trial of a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Dental Provider Delivery of Brief Tobacco Interventions and Quitline Referrals

2016 to 2020 | Grant
National Institutes of Health (Md., Md., US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: 5U01DE026135-02
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Thyvalikakath

EDR study: Leveraging Electronic Dental Record (EDR) Data for Clinical Research: Proof-of-Concept Study

2015-01 to 2019-03 | Grant
National Institutes of Health (Md., Md., US)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: 5U19DE022516
Source: Self-asserted source
Thankam Thyvalikakath

Implementation and Evaluation of a Risk Assessment Tool for Periodontal Disease

2009-08-01 to 2013-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: K08DE018957
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via DimensionsWizard

Development and Evaluation of a Multimodal User Interface in Clinical Dentistry

2005 to 2009 | Grant
NIH Office of the Director (Md., Md., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1 KL2 RR024154-02
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Works (50)

Survival analysis of posterior composite restorations in National Dental PBRN general dentistry practices

Journal of Dentistry
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Thankam Thyvalikakath; Zasim Azhar Siddiqui; George Eckert; Michelle LaPradd; William D. Duncan; Valeria V Gordan; D. Brad Rindal; Mark Jurkovich; Gregg H. Gilbert
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Dentists’ Information Needs and Opinions on Accessing Patient Information via Health Information Exchange: Survey Study

JMIR Formative Research
2024-01-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Shuning Li; Grace Gomez Felix Gomez; Huiping Xu; Anushri Singh Rajapuri; Brian E Dixon; Thankam Thyvalikakath
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Using transfer learning-based causality extraction to mine latent factors for Sjögren's syndrome from biomedical literature

Heliyon
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Jack T. VanSchaik; Palak Jain; Anushri Rajapuri; Biju Cheriyan; Thankam P. Thyvalikakath; Sunandan Chakraborty
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Dentists’ Information Needs and Opinions on Accessing Patient Information via Health Information Exchange: Survey Study (Preprint)

2023-07-24 | Preprint
Contributors: Shuning Li; Grace Gomez Felix Gomez; Huiping Xu; Anushri Singh Rajapuri; Brian E Dixon; Thankam Thyvalikakath
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Characteristics of Chemosensory Perception in Long COVID and COVID Reinfection

Journal of Clinical Medicine
2023-05-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Mikki Jaramillo; Thankam P. Thyvalikakath; George Eckert; Mythily Srinivasan
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Developing Automated Computer Algorithms to Track Periodontal Disease Change from Longitudinal Electronic Dental Records

Diagnostics
2023-03-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Jay S. Patel; Krishna Kumar; Ahad Zai; Daniel Shin; Lisa Willis; Thankam P. Thyvalikakath
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Root Canal Treatment Survival Analysis in National Dental PBRN Practices

Journal of Dental Research
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: T. Thyvalikakath; M. LaPradd; Z. Siddiqui; W.D. Duncan; G. Eckert; J.K. Medam; D.B. Rindal; M. Jurkovich; G.H. Gilbert
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Nutritional Assessment of Denture Wearers Using Matched Electronic Dental‐Health Record Data

Journal of Prosthodontics
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Grace Gomez Felix Gomez; Sopanis D. Cho; Roshan Varghese; Divya Rajendran; George J. Eckert; Sruthi Surya Bhamidipalli; Theresa Gonzalez; Babar Ali Khan; Thankam Paul Thyvalikakath
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How Do Dental Clinicians Obtain Up-To-Date Patient Medical Histories? Modeling Strengths, Drawbacks, and Proposals for Improvements.

Frontiers in digital health
2022-03-28 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Association between intracranial carotid artery calcifications and periodontitis: A cone‐beam computed tomography study

Journal of Periodontology
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Abdulaziz AlSakr; Steven Blanchard; Phillip Wong; Thankam Thyvalikakath; Yusuke Hamada
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Can Salivary Innate Immune Molecules Provide Clue on Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19?

Frontiers in microbiology
2021-10-11 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Longevity of Crown Margin Repairs Using Glass Ionomer Cement: A Retrospective Study.

Operative dentistry
2021-05-01 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Differences in medication usage of dental patients by age, gender, race/ethnicity and insurance status.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
2021-04-21 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Does Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment Improve Systemic Health?

Journal of Dental Research
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: H.L. Taylor; S. Rahurkar; T.J. Treat; T.P. Thyvalikakath; T.K. Schleyer
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COVID‐19 and saliva: A primer for dental health care professionals

International Dental Journal
2020-08-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Mythily Srinivasan; Thankam P. Thyvalikakath; Blaine N. Cook; Domenick T. Zero
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Structuring, reuse and analysis of electronic dental data using the Oral Health and Disease Ontology.

Journal of biomedical semantics
2020-08-20 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Leveraging Electronic Dental Record Data for Clinical Research in the National Dental PBRN Practices.

Applied clinical informatics
2020-03-01 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Effectiveness of smart phone application use as continuing medical education method in pediatric oral health care: a randomized trial.

BMC medical education
2019-11-21 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Evaluation of a Dental Diagnostic Terminology Subset.

Studies in health technology and informatics
2019-08-01 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Assessing Information Congruence of Documented Cardiovascular Disease between Electronic Dental and Medical Records.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
2018-12-05 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Leveraging Electronic Dental Record Data to Classify Patients Based on Their Smoking Intensity.

Methods of information in medicine
2018-11-19 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Perceptions and attitudes toward performing risk assessment for periodontal disease: a focus group exploration.

BMC oral health
2018-05-21 | Journal article
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Characterizing restorative dental treatments of sjögren's syndrome patients using electronic dental records data

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2017 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85040521878

Contributors: Siddiqui, Z.; Wang, Y.; Makkad, P.; Thyvalikakath, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Extraction and evaluation of medication data from electronic dental records

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2017 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85040531172

Contributors: Wang, Y.; Siddiqui, Z.; Krishnan, A.; Patel, J.; Thyvalikakath, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Identifying patients' smoking status from electronic dental records data

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2017 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85040518297

Contributors: Patel, J.; Siddiqui, Z.; Krishnan, A.; Thyvalikakath, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

A prototype mobile application for triaging dental emergencies

Journal of the American Dental Association
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84971283688

Contributors: Stein, C.D.; Xiao, X.; Levine, S.; Schleyer, T.K.L.; Hochheiser, H.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84981272729

Contributors: Gadd, C.S.; Williamson, J.J.; Steen, E.B.; Andriole, K.P.; Delaney, C.; Gumpper, K.; Laventure, M.; Rosendale, D.; Sittig, D.F.; Thyvalikakath, T. et al.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

The chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO): AMIA task force report on CCIO knowledge, education, and skillset requirements

Applied Clinical Informatics
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84961746325

Contributors: Kannry, J.; Sengstack, P.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Poikonen, J.; Middleton, B.; Payne, T.; Lehmann, C.U.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Utilizing Dental Electronic Health Records Data to Predict Risk for Periodontal Disease

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2015 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84951977817

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Padman, R.; Vyawahare, K.; Darade, P.; Paranjape, R.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Advancing cognitive engineering methods to support user interface design for electronic health records

International Journal of Medical Informatics
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84896711583

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Dziabiak, M.P.; Johnson, R.; Torres-Urquidy, M.H.; Acharya, A.; Yabes, J.; Schleyer, T.K.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Impact of mood disorders on oral health-care utilization among middle-aged and older adults

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84925630022

Contributors: Mago, A.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Integrating tobacco dependence counseling into electronic dental records: A multi-method approach

Journal of Dental Education
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84891851946

Contributors: Rush, W.A.; Schleyer, T.K.L.; Kirshner, M.; Boyle, R.; Jo Thoele, M.; Lenton, P.A.; Asche, S.; Thyvalikakath, T.; Spallek, H.; Durand, E.C. et al.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

An integrated risk assessment tool for team-based periodontal disease management

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84894304725

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Padman, R.; Gupta, S.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Computer-assisted guidance for dental office tobacco-cessation counseling: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84874039431

Contributors: Rindal, D.B.; Rush, W.A.; Schleyer, T.K.L.; Kirshner, M.; Boyle, R.G.; Thoele, M.J.; Asche, S.E.; Thyvalikakath, T.; Spallek, H.; Durand, E.C.U. et al.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Development and initial validation of a content taxonomy for patient records in general dentistry

International Journal of Medical Informatics
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84888198992

Contributors: Acharya, A.; Hernandez, P.; Thyvalikakath, T.; Ye, H.; Song, M.; Schleyer, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

An ontology-based method for secondary use of electronic dental record data.

AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science
2013-03-18 | Journal article
Part of PMC: PMC3845770
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Thankam Thyvalikakath

Alert fatigue

Journal of the American Dental Association
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84860478129

Contributors: Schleyer, T.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Designing clinical data presentation in electronic dental records using cognitive task analysis methods

Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 2nd Conference on Healthcare Informatics, Imaging and Systems Biology, HISB 2012
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84871943179

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Dziabiak, M.P.; Johnson, R.; Torres-Urquidy, M.H.; Yabes, J.; Schleyer, T.K.; Acharya, A.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

From information technology to informatics: The information revolution in dental education

Journal of Dental Education
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84856653893

Contributors: Schleyer, T.K.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Spallek, H.; Dziabiak, M.P.; Johnson, L.A.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

English and Spanish oral cancer information on the internet: A pilot surface quality and content evaluation of oral cancer Web sites

Journal of Public Health Dentistry
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79958044068

Contributors: Irwin, J.Y.; Thyvalikakath, T.; Spallek, H.; Wali, T.; Kerr, A.R.; Schleyer, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Informatics innovation in clinical care: A visionary scenario for dentistry

Electronic Journal of Health Informatics
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84856687941

Contributors: Schleyer, T.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Smailagic, A.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Authors' response:

Journal of the American Dental Association
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-65349186009

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Schleyer, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Comparative study of heuristic evaluation and usability testing methods

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
2009 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-67449091041

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Monaco, V.; Thambuganipalle, H.; Schleyer, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Interventions for treating ameloblastomas of the jaws

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77950127818

Contributors: Bekhuis, T.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Oliver, R.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

A usability evaluation of four commercial dental computer-based patient record systems

Journal of the American Dental Association
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-58149218071

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Monaco, V.; Thambuganipalle, H.B.; Schleyer, T.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Supporting emerging disciplines with e-communities: needs and benefits.

Journal of medical Internet research
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-52649158772

Contributors: Spallek, H.; Butler, B.S.; Schleyer, T.K.; Weiss, P.M.; Wang, X.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Hatala, C.L.; Naderi, R.A.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Design and evaluation of 3d models for electronic dental records

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2007 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-35348885498

Contributors: Marotta, M.F.; Phanichphant, P.; Malatack, P.; Shah, T.; Price, G.; Thyvalikakath, T.; Schleyer, T.; Hong, J.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Heuristic evaluation of clinical functions in four practice management systems: A pilot study

Journal of the American Dental Association
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33847719457

Contributors: Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Schleyer, T.K.L.; Monaco, V.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

The feasibility of a three-dimensional charting interface for general dentistry

Journal of the American Dental Association
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34548214099

Contributors: Schleyer, T.K.L.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Malatack, P.; Marotta, M.; Shah, T.A.; Phanichphant, P.; Price, G.; Hong, J.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Clinical Computing in General Dentistry

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33646076949

Contributors: Schleyer, T.K.L.; Thyvalikakath, T.P.; Spallek, H.; Torres-Urquidy, M.H.; Hernandez, P.; Yuhaniak, J.
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Thankam Thyvalikakath via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (9 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC oral health (2)
Review activity for International dental journal. (2)
Review activity for JADA foundational science. (1)
Review activity for PLOS digital health. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)
Review activity for The Journal of the American Dental Association. (1)