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Christina Nicholas

Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, U Illinois Chicago
Verified email at uic.edu
Cited by 327

Childhood body mass index is associated with early dental development and eruption in a longitudinal sample from the Iowa Facial Growth Study

CL Nicholas, K Kadavy, NE Holton, T Marshall… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Children with high body mass index (BMI) values have been demonstrated to
have precocious dental development. Research has largely focused on cross-sectional data …

Comparing case‐based with team‐based learning: dental students' satisfaction, level of learning, and resources needed

…, B Brown, A Koerber, CL Nicholas… - Journal of dental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this study were to compare third‐year dental students’ satisfaction and level of
learning in case‐based learning (CBL) versus team‐based learning (TBL) and the resources …

Comparing the relative influence of obesity and ancestry on timing of dental development

…, MA da Fonseca, CL Nicholas - Orthodontics & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The dentition is one of the most accurate features for age estimation in children.
However, there is some evidence that timing of dental development varies across …

Childhood obesity may accelerate timing of human facial growth

…, MT Galang-Boquiren, S Alrayyes, CL Nicholas - Archives of Oral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective We hypothesize that childhood obesity influences both facial and mandibular size
and form in children and adolescents. Design Pre-treatment records of patients (n = 181; 86 …

A longitudinal assessment of sex differences in the growth of the mandibular retromolar space

…, S Durfee, B Kusnoto, JJ Sciote, CL Nicholas - Archives of Oral …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To assess longitudinal variation in patterns of retromolar space growth, with regard
to sex and cervical vertebrae maturation. Design We utilized serial lateral cephalograms …

Evaluation of the (hu) MANid program for sex and ancestry estimation in a diverse, contemporary CT scan‐based sample

…, M Al Atabbe, CL Nicholas - Journal of Forensic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human remains from forensic and bioarcheological contexts are often fragmentary, requiring
methods for estimating a forensic profile that are based upon limited skeletal features. In …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological correlates of the first metacarpal proximal articular surface with manipulative capabilities in apes, humans and South African early hominins

D Marchi, DJ Proctor, E Huston, CL Nicholas… - Comptes Rendus …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study quantifies the metacarpal 1 (MC 1) proximal articular surface using three-dimensional
morphometrics in extant hominids and fossil hominins (SK 84, cf. Paranthropus robustus…

[PDF][PDF] Childhood obesity and accelerated timing of dental development: A critical review

CL Nicholas, G Thalji, A Richter - Forensic Anthropology, 2018 - researchgate.net
The goal of this critical review is to synthesize the burgeoning body of literature on childhood
obesity/body mass index (BMI) and dental development. The overwhelming majority of …

Fetal and neonatal maxillary ontogeny in extant humans and the utility of prenatal maxillary morphology in predicting ancestral affiliation

CL Nicholas - American journal of physical anthropology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The midface of extant Homo sapiens is known to undergo shape changes through
fetal and neo‐natal ontogeny; however, little work has been done to quantify these shape …

Knockout of the gene encoding the extracellular matrix protein SNED1 results in early neonatal lethality and craniofacial malformations

…, K Jan, E De La Fuente, CL Nicholas… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a fundamental component of multicellular
organisms that orchestrates developmental processes and controls cell and tissue organization. …