| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Antimicrobial peptides: pore formers or metabolic inhibitors in bacteria? | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2005 | 4,822 |
| 2 | Disruption of the CFTR Gene Produces a Model of Cystic Fibrosis in Newborn Pigs | Science | 2008 | 686 |
| 3 | Impacted maxillary canines: A review | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1992 | 482 |
| 4 | Biology of Oral Mucosa and Esophagus | Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs | 2001 | 427 |
| 5 | Cystic Fibrosis Pigs Develop Lung Disease and Exhibit Defective Bacterial Eradication at Birth | Science Translational Medicine | 2010 | 416 |
| 6 | Rapidly Forming Apatitic Mineral in an Osteoblastic Cell Line (UMR 106—01 BSP) | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1995 | 393 |
| 7 | The nervous system and innate immunity: the neuropeptide connection | Nature Immunology | 2005 | 388 |
| 8 | Relationship between crown placement and the survival of endodontically treated teeth | Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry | 2002 | 296 |
| 9 | The Oral Health Assessment Tool — Validity and reliability | Australian Dental Journal | 2005 | 293 |
| 10 | The effect of smoking on the response to periodontal therapy | Journal of Clinical Periodontology | 1994 | 289 |
| 11 | Compounds fromSyzygium aromaticumPossessing Growth Inhibitory Activity Against Oral Pathogens | Journal of Natural Products | 1996 | 280 |
| 12 | Optimization of surface micromorphology for enhanced osteoblast responses in vitro | International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants | 1992 | 280 |
| 13 | Sunburns and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma: Does Age Matter? A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis | Annals of Epidemiology | 2008 | 279 |
| 14 | Dental and facial asymmetries: a review | Angle Orthodontist | 1994 | 272 |
| 15 | Effect of a self-etch primer/adhesive on the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2001 | 266 |
| 16 | Dental Caries and Beverage Consumption in Young Children | Pediatrics | 2003 | 262 |
| 17 | Complete sequencing shows a role for MSX1 in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate | Journal of Medical Genetics | 2003 | 254 |
| 18 | Will new generations of modified antimicrobial peptides improve their potential as pharmaceuticals? | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | 2011 | 245 |
| 19 | The Permeability of Human Oral Mucosa and Skin to Water | Journal of Dental Research | 1989 | 242 |
| 20 | An Evaluation of 55 Cobalt Substituted Nitinol Wire for Use in Orthodontics | Journal of the American Dental Association | 1971 | 232 |
| 21 | Percent Agreement, Pearson's Correlation, and Kappa as Measures of Inter-examiner Reliability | Journal of Dental Research | 1986 | 231 |
| 22 | Biodegradation of orthodontic appliances. Part I. Biodegradation of nickel and chromium in vitro | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1993 | 231 |
| 23 | Buccal corridors and smile esthetics | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2005 | 204 |
| 24 | White Spot Lesions: Formation, Prevention, and Treatment | Seminars in Orthodontics | 2008 | 203 |
| 25 | Levels of Cigarette Consumption and Response to Periodontal Therapy | Journal of Periodontology | 1996 | 201 |
| 26 | Human polymicrobial infections | Lancet, The | 2005 | 199 |
| 27 | The Effect of Dental Amalgam Restorations on Blood Mercury Levels | Journal of Dental Research | 1984 | 187 |
| 28 | The Permeability of Oral Mucosa | Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine | 1991 | 186 |
| 29 | Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 | Journal of the American Dental Association | 2011 | 186 |
| 30 | Duration of nutritive and nonnutritive sucking behaviors and their effects on the dental arches in the primary dentition | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2002 | 184 |
| 31 | Calcium and phosphate supplementation promotes bone cell mineralization: Implications for hydroxyapatite (HA)-enhanced bone formation | Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B | 2000 | 182 |
| 32 | Antibacterial Activity of Sphingoid Bases and Fatty Acids against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2012 | 182 |
| 33 | Effects of implant surface microtopography on osteoblast gene expression | Clinical Oral Implants Research | 2005 | 175 |
| 34 | Morphology, Histology and Crystallography of Human Dental Enamel Treated with Pulsed Low-Energy Infrared Laser Radiation | Caries Research | 1987 | 174 |
| 35 | Current status of luting agents for fixed prosthodontics | Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry | 1999 | 173 |
| 36 | Facial and dental changes in adulthood | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1994 | 172 |
| 37 | Frequency, intensity, species, and strains of oral Candida vary as a function of host age | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1996 | 172 |
| 38 | Inadequate Nutrient Intakes Are Common and Are Associated with Low Diet Variety in Rural, Community-Dwelling Elderly | Journal of Nutrition | 2001 | 169 |
| 39 | Killing of S. mutans Bacteria Using a Plasma Needle at Atmospheric Pressure | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science | 2006 | 169 |
| 40 | Human papillomavirus and risk of oral cancer | Laryngoscope | 1998 | 164 |
| 41 | Dental caries and childhood obesity: roles of diet and socioeconomic status | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology | 2007 | 163 |
| 42 | Changes in the maxillary and mandibular tooth size-arch length relationship from early adolescence to early adulthood | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1989 | 160 |
| 43 | Functional appliances: A review | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1989 | 160 |
| 44 | Longitudinal changes in three normal facial types | American Journal of Orthodontics | 1985 | 154 |
| 45 | Lipid Content and Water Permeability of Skin and Oral Mucosa | Journal of Investigative Dermatology | 1991 | 153 |
| 46 | Influence of smoking on gingival crevicular fluid cytokines in severe chronic periodontitis | Journal of Clinical Periodontology | 2011 | 152 |
| 47 | Identification of Functional Variants for Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate in or near PAX7, FGFR2, and NOG by Targeted Sequencing of GWAS Loci | American Journal of Human Genetics | 2015 | 150 |
| 48 | Mouse-adapted MERS coronavirus causes lethal lung disease in human DPP4 knockin mice | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2017 | 147 |
| 49 | A Genome-wide Association Study of Nonsyndromic Cleft Palate Identifies an Etiologic Missense Variant in GRHL3 | American Journal of Human Genetics | 2016 | 146 |
| 50 | Establishing malocclusion severity levels on the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) scale | Australian Dental Journal | 1996 | 145 |
