Frank A Catalanotto,
PROFESSOR
Department:
DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Business Phone:
(352) 273-5970
Business Email:
fcatalanotto@dental.ufl.edu
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018
HSC4905 Individual Study
2014-2015,2017-2024,2022-2024,2024
DEN5010 Interdis Serv Learn 1
2011-2015,2017
DEN5221 Oral Hlth Manage
2009-2016,2021
DEN5013 Found Professionalism
2014
DEN5210 Dev Biol Psychosoc 1
2008
DEN5001 Intro Dental Profess
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0001-8035-5060
Publications
2024
Integration of dental therapists in safety net practice increases access to oral health care in Minnesota.
Journal of public health dentistry.
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12628.
[PMID] 38886024.
2021
Dental Therapists’ Impact on Access to Care and Oral Health Equity.
Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995).
42(5):256-257
[PMID] 33980024.
2020
Outcomes from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Dental Faculty Development Program
Journal of Dental Education.
84(9):974-982
[DOI] 10.1002/jdd.12192.
2019
Greetings.
Journal of dental education.
69(1)
[DOI] 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2005.69.1.tb03883.x.
[PMID] 32003884.
2019
In Defense of Dental Therapy: An Evidence-Based Workforce Approach to Improving Access to Care.
Journal of dental education.
83(2 Suppl):S7-S15
[DOI] 10.21815/JDE.019.036.
[PMID] 30709933.
2018
Are dental providers the next line of HPV-related prevention? Providers’ perceived role and needs.
Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
5:104-108
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pvr.2018.03.002.
[PMID] 29524676.
2018
Assessing dentists’ human papillomavirus-related health literacy for oropharyngeal cancer prevention.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939).
149(1):9-17
[DOI] 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.08.021.
[PMID] 29031503.
2018
The Role of Pediatric Trainees in Addressing Oral Health Disparities in Children.
Pediatrics.
141(5)
[DOI] 10.1542/peds.2017-4265.
[PMID] 29615479.
2017
Addressing Oral Health Disparities Via Educational Foci on Cultural Competence.
American journal of public health.
107(S1):S18-S23
[DOI] 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303721.
[PMID] 28661820.
2017
Emerging Models of Dental Practice Aim at Addressing Needs of the Aged.
Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995).
38(9):606-610; quiz 613
[PMID] 28972385.
2017
Expected Changes in Regulation and Licensure: Influence on Future Education of Dentists.
Journal of dental education.
81(9):eS11-eS20
[DOI] 10.21815/JDE.017.028.
[PMID] 28864799.
2017
Health Literacy Approaches to Improving Communication between Dental Hygienists and Patients for HPV-Related Oral Cancer Prevention.
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH.
91(4):37-45
[PMID] 29118082.
2017
Letter to the Editor Why is Dental Therapy Good for Patients and Dentists?
Today's FDA : official monthly journal of the Florida Dental Association.
29(2):20-1, 23
[PMID] 30457757.
2017
Measuring quality: caries-related emergency department visits and follow-up among children.
Journal of public health dentistry.
77(3):252-262
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12206.
[PMID] 28252806.
2017
Using a stakeholder-engaged approach to develop and validate electronic clinical quality measures.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA.
24(3):503-512
[DOI] 10.1093/jamia/ocw137.
[PMID] 28339559.
2016
Assessing Cultural Competence among Florida’s Allied Dental Faculty.
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH.
90(3):192-6
[PMID] 27340185.
2016
Assessing Faculty Development Needs among Florida’s Allied Dental Faculty.
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH.
90(1):52-9
[PMID] 26896517.
2016
Delayed tooth emergence in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology.
122(4):442-7
[DOI] 10.1016/j.oooo.2016.06.010.
[PMID] 27554377.
2016
The Impact of an Infant Oral Health Program on Dental Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes.
Journal of dental education.
80(11):1328-1336
[PMID] 27803205.
2016
Trends in dental-related use of hospital emergency departments in Florida.
Journal of public health dentistry.
76(3):249-57
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12158.
[PMID] 27103213.
2015
Anticipated and Actual Implementation of Case-Based Learning by Dental Faculty Members During and After Training.
Journal of dental education.
79(9):1049-60
[PMID] 26329029.
2015
Barriers to Medicaid participation among Florida dentists.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved.
26(1):154-67
[DOI] 10.1353/hpu.2015.0000.
[PMID] 25702734.
2015
Developing and testing pediatric oral healthcare quality measures.
Journal of public health dentistry.
75(3):191-201
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12087.
[PMID] 25684132.
2015
Developing Dental Students’ Awareness of Health Care Disparities and Desire to Serve Vulnerable Populations Through Service-Learning.
Journal of dental education.
79(10):1189-200
[PMID] 26427778.
2015
Effect of training pediatricians and family physicians in early childhood caries prevention.
The Journal of pediatrics.
166(4):1055-61.e1
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.040.
[PMID] 25662286.
2015
Impact of Reflective Writing Assignments On Dental Students’ Views of Cultural Competence and Diversity
.
79(3):312-321
2015
Impact of reflective writing assignments on dental students’ views of cultural competence and diversity.
Journal of dental education.
79(3):312-21
[PMID] 25729025.
2015
Letter to the Editor.
Today's FDA : official monthly journal of the Florida Dental Association.
27(6)
[PMID] 26640875.
2015
Measuring quality of dental care: Caries prevention services for children.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939).
146(8):581-591
[DOI] 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.03.017.
[PMID] 26227643.
2015
The effect of Medicaid primary care provider reimbursement on access to early childhood caries preventive services.
Health services research.
50(1):136-60
[DOI] 10.1111/1475-6773.12200.
[PMID] 25039907.
2014
An assessment of faculty and dental student decision-making in ethics.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists.
81(4):44-50
[PMID] 25975125.
2014
Demographic and practice characteristics of Medicaid-participating dentists.
Journal of public health dentistry.
74(2):139-46
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12037.
[PMID] 24102135.
2014
Perceptions of oral health, preventive care, and care-seeking behaviors among rural adolescents.
The Journal of school health.
84(12):802-9
[DOI] 10.1111/josh.12215.
[PMID] 25388597.
2013
Mothers’ taste perceptions and their preschool children’s dental caries experiences.
Pediatric dentistry.
35(7):510-4
[PMID] 24553273.
2013
The decision to counsel adolescents about HPV.
American journal of health behavior.
37(6):755-62
[DOI] 10.5993/AJHB.37.6.4.
[PMID] 24001624.
2013
The Knowledge, Efficacy, and Practices Instrument for Oral Health Providers: a Validity Study With Dental Students
.
77:998-1005
2013
The knowledge, efficacy, and practices instrument for oral health providers: a validity study with dental students.
Journal of dental education.
77(8):998-1005
[PMID] 23929569.
2012
Taste damage (otitis media, tonsillectomy and head and neck cancer), oral sensations and BMI.
Physiology & behavior.
107(4):516-26
[DOI] 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.06.013.
[PMID] 22728784.
2010
Evidence-based or feelings-based–we need to make a choice.
Today's FDA : official monthly journal of the Florida Dental Association.
22(4):29-30
[PMID] 20860338.
2010
Pediatrics in the community: “keep smiling!” the Florida fluoride project.
Pediatrics in review.
31(1)
[DOI] 10.1542/pir.31-1-30.
[PMID] 20048037.
2010
Preventive oral health care in early childhood: knowledge, confidence, and practices of pediatricians and family physicians in Florida.
The Journal of pediatrics.
157(6):1018-1024.e1
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.05.045.
[PMID] 20655542.
2009
Oral Disinhibition Varies With Taster Status: Unilateral Anterior Oral Anesthesia Produces Asymmetric Posterior Taste Loss in Nontasters
Chemical Senses.
34
2009
Otitis Media and Intensification of Non-Taste Oral Sensations
Chemical Senses.
34
2009
Taste Damage Associated With Otitis Media
Chemical Senses.
34:A119-A120
2008
Profile of the oral healthcare team in countries with emerging economies.
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe.
12 Suppl 1:111-9
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00493.x.
[PMID] 18289274.
2007
Retronasal and orthonasal olfactory ability after laryngectomy.
Archives of otolaryngology–head & neck surgery.
133(1):32-6
[PMID] 17224519.
2006
A welcome to the workshop on “professional promises: Hopes and gaps in access to oral health care”.
Journal of dental education.
70(11):1120-4
[PMID] 17106021.
2006
Flaws of the Medicaid system that make it so difficult for dentists to participate.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists.
73(2):5-6; author reply 6
[PMID] 17063892.
2006
The ethics of access to oral health care: An introduction to the special issue.
Journal of dental education.
70(11):1117-9
[PMID] 17106020.
2004
Access to oral healthcare: ethical, cultural competency, and diversity perspectives and the role of dental education.
Dentistry today.
23(10)
[PMID] 15559453.
2004
Policy statements on oral health.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists.
71(3):4-6; discussion 7
[PMID] 15559584.
2003
Improving the oral health status of all Americans: roles and responsibilities of academic dental institutions: the report of the ADEA President’s Commission.
Journal of dental education.
67(5):563-83
[PMID] 12809191.
2003
Perceived lack of ADEA House of Delegates resolutions that focused on policy issues.
Journal of dental education.
67(4)
[PMID] 12749568.
2002
2.1 Evolving methods of assessment.
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe.
6 Suppl 3:53-66
[PMID] 12390260.
2002
Introduction to Theme 2: Assessment methods and quality improvement.
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe.
6 Suppl 3
[PMID] 12390259.
2002
Local, regional, and global partnerships in developing a research program.
Journal of dental education.
66(8):942-8; discussion 949
[PMID] 12214842.
2000
A comparison of periodontal disease in HIV-infected children and household peers: a two year report.
Pediatric dentistry.
22(5):365-9
[PMID] 11048302.
2000
Dental caries in HIV-infected children versus household peers: two-year findings.
Pediatric dentistry.
22(3):207-14
[PMID] 10846731.
2000
Oral soft tissue manifestations in HIV-positive vs. HIV-negative children from an inner city population: a two-year observational study.
Pediatric dentistry.
22(3):215-20
[PMID] 10846732.
1999
Extramural programs at the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
Journal of dental education.
63(12):951-8
[PMID] 10650423.
1998
Anesthesia of the chorda tympani nerve and taste phantoms.
Physiology & behavior.
63(3):329-35
[PMID] 9469723.
1997
Orland Lectureship. Future directions of dental education: no shortage of recommendations.
Journal of the history of dentistry.
45(1):34-40
[PMID] 9468891.
1996
Caries experience and cariogenic markers in HIV-positive children and their siblings.
Pediatric dentistry.
18(2):129-36
[PMID] 8710715.
1996
Compliance is poor among HIV-infected children with unmet dental needs.
Pediatric dentistry.
18(2):137-8
[PMID] 8710716.
1996
The University of Florida College of Dentistry response to the IOM report on dental education.
Journal of dental education.
60(11):895-8
[PMID] 8923895.
1990
Zinc profiles in rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology.
8(6):541-6
[PMID] 2289324.
1988
Quality-specific taste impairment following the application of chlorhexidine digluconate mouthrinses.
Journal of clinical periodontology.
15(1):43-8
[PMID] 3422243.
1987
Chemosensory dysfunction. Clinical evaluation results from a taste and smell clinic.
Postgraduate medicine.
81(1):251-7, 260
[PMID] 3809040.
1987
Taste and smell problems: validation of questions for the clinical history.
The Yale journal of biology and medicine.
60(1):27-35
[PMID] 3564547.
1987
The prevalence of abnormal paranasal sinus x-rays in patients with olfactory disorders.
Connecticut medicine.
51(1):1-3
[PMID] 3829661.
1986
Gender differences in suprathreshold taste scaling ability in an older population.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry.
6(1):25-8
[PMID] 3457480.
1986
Zinc in multiple sclerosis. II: Correlation with disease activity and elevated plasma membrane-bound zinc in erythrocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis.
Annals of neurology.
20(6):712-5
[PMID] 3813499.
1985
Hyperzincemia in a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum.
The Journal of pediatrics.
106(3):450-1
[PMID] 3973783.
1984
Quality-specific taste changes in multiple sclerosis.
Annals of neurology.
16(5):611-5
[PMID] 6508242.
1983
Clinical evaluation of olfaction.
American journal of otolaryngology.
4(4):252-6
[PMID] 6625103.
1983
Clinical evaluation of taste.
American journal of otolaryngology.
4(4):257-60
[PMID] 6625104.
1983
Zinc in multiple sclerosis.
Annals of neurology.
14(4):450-4
[PMID] 6195958.
1981
Long-term effects of surgical desalivation upon taste acuity, fluid intake, and taste buds in the rat.
Journal of dental research.
60(1):69-76
[PMID] 6934195.
1980
Sodium deprivation in rats: salt thresholds are related to salivary sodium concentrations.
Behavioral and neural biology.
29(3):303-14
[PMID] 7417194.
1979
Alterations of short-term tastant-containing fluid intake in zinc deficient adult rats.
The Journal of nutrition.
109(6):1079-85
[PMID] 448447.
1979
Behavioral characteristics of rats experiencing chronic zinc deficiency.
Physiology & behavior.
22(2):211-5
[PMID] 441161.
1979
Early effects of desalivation upon fluid consumption and taste acuity in the rat.
Behavioral and neural biology.
25(2):190-205
[PMID] 464972.
1979
Fetal skeletal malformations associated with moderate zinc deficiency during pregnancy.
The Journal of nutrition.
109(5):883-91
[PMID] 438902.
1979
Sucrose taste functions and dental caries in children.
Journal of dental research.
58(4):1327-32
[PMID] 285103.
1979
Sucrose taste thresholds and dental caries: implications for dietary counseling.
Clinical preventive dentistry.
1(2):14-8
[PMID] 397023.
1978
Effects of dietary methionine supplementation on preferences for NaCl solutions.
Behavioral biology.
24(4):457-66
[PMID] 747583.
1978
Salivary sodium and potassium concentrations in adrenalectomized rats.
Behavioral biology.
24(4):467-73
[PMID] 747584.
1978
Taste thresholds in caries-free and caries-active naval recruits.
Archives of oral biology.
23(10):881-5
[PMID] 283742.
1978
The effects of medroxyprogesterone on dentofacial development in males with idiopathic isosexual precocity.
The Angle orthodontist.
48(2):106-13
[PMID] 209704.
1978
The lateral tongue reflex in human neonates.
Perceptual and motor skills.
46(1):331-7
[PMID] 643492.
1978
The trace metal zinc and taste.
The American journal of clinical nutrition.
31(6):1098-103
[PMID] 352129.
1977
Apert’s syndrome: report of case.
ASDC journal of dentistry for children.
44(2):127-30
[PMID] 323309.
1977
Effects of a zinc deficient diet upon fluid intake in the rat.
The Journal of nutrition.
107(3):436-42
[PMID] 845680.
1977
Hospital dentistry for children: admission, management, and discharge.
Journal – Connecticut State Dental Association.
51(4):199-207
[PMID] 149145.
1977
Manual and oral sensation in patients with Cushing’s syndrome.
Journal of dental research.
56(7):866-70
[PMID] 269168.
1977
The effects of feeding a zinc-deficient diet on taste acuity and tongue epithelium in rats.
Journal of oral pathology.
6(4):211-20
[PMID] 407339.
1976
Glucose taste thresholds in cariesfree naval recruits.
Journal of dental research.
55(5):905-6
[PMID] 1067305.
1976
Prevalence of cariesfree naval recruits from cities with fluoridated and nonfluoridated water supplies.
Journal of dental research.
55(4)
[PMID] 1064621.
1975
Changes in preference for NaCl following administration of 6-azauridine and 6-azauridine triacetate.
Pharmacology and therapeutics in dentistry.
2(1):25-32
[PMID] 1054856.
1975
Prevalence and localization of Streptococcus mutans in infants and children.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939).
91(3):606-9
[PMID] 1058238.
1974
Eosinophilic granuloma of bone in childhood: report of a case.
ASDC journal of dentistry for children.
41(1):33-6
[PMID] 4587847.
1974
Impact of fluoridated water on the caries-experience of Naval recruits.
Journal of public health dentistry.
34(2):66-73
[PMID] 4151645.
1974
Sucrose taste thresholds in caries-free naval recruits.
Archives of oral biology.
19(12):1191-3
[PMID] 4155616.
1973
Long-term effects of selective desalivation on taste acuity in rats.
Archives of oral biology.
18(8):941-52
[PMID] 4518836.
1973
Manual and oral stereognosis in children with cleft palate, gonadal dysgenesis, pseudohypoparathyroidism, oral facial digital syndrome and Kallman’s syndrome.
Archives of oral biology.
18(10):1227-32
[PMID] 4543191.
1973
Manual and oral stereognosis in patients with hypogeusia and hyposmia.
Archives of oral biology.
18(8):953-6
[PMID] 4517318.
1972
Childhood pemphigus vulgaris.
The New England journal of medicine.
287(15):758-60
[PMID] 5056737.
1972
Effects of thiols on sodium chloride preference and copper and zinc metabolism in the rat.
The American journal of physiology.
222(6):1594-8
[PMID] 5030217.
1972
Preference for NaCl in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
Life sciences. Pt. 1: Physiology and pharmacology.
11(12):557-64
[PMID] 4656869.
1972
The effects of surgical desalivation of the rat upon taste acuity.
Archives of oral biology.
17(10):1455-65
[PMID] 4507776.
Grants
Sep 2023
– Mar 2024
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursements
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN HIV/AIDS
Feb 2021
ACTIVE
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) oral infection study in the general population: the PROGRESS Study
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: IQVIA Holdings
via Merck Sharp & Dohme
May 2015
– Feb 2016
Testing Additional Pediatric Quality Measures: Extraction of Permanent Molar and Treatment in Sealed Occlusal Surface
Role: Project Manager
Funding: AMER DENTAL ASSO
Sep 2014
– Aug 2018
Evaluating Florida's Oral Health Needs and Workforce Capacity
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
Aug 2014
– Jul 2016
Exploring Determinants to HPV-Related Oral Health Literacy Among Dental Providers
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Jan 2014
– Dec 2017
External Quality Review Medical Quality Auditing Services
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL HEALTHY KIDS CORP
via AGCY FOR HLTH CARE ADMN
Jul 2012
– Jun 2018
Faculty Development Supporting Academic Dental Institution Curriculum for the 21st Century
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
Sep 2010
– Jun 2016
Predoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-5970
Emails:
- Business:
- fcatalanotto@dental.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
PO Box 103628
1329 SW 16TH ST RM 5180
GAINESVILLE FL 32608 - Business Street:
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