Prof. Gayle B. McCombs

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Old Dominion University
College of Health Sciences
Dental Hygiene
Old Dominion University
College of Health Sciences
Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1998
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Mailing Address

4608 Hampton Blvd.
Health Sciences Building #3102
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (757) 683-5150
Fax: (757) 683-5239
gmccombs@odu.edu

Qualifications

M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dental Hygiene Education, 1993.
B.S., University of West Florida, Program Dev/Sec. Ed., 1987.
A.S., Florida Community College, Dental Hygiene, 1980.

Expertise and Research Interests

Interests include testing of new oral health care products, dental hygiene patient compliance issues and all aspects of dental hygiene education and clinical issues.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Education, Health Care.

Additional Terms:

Allied Dental, Dental Device Evaluation, Dental Hygiene, Dental Product Testing, Education, Occupational Risk Assessment.

Memberships

American Association of University Professors
American Dental Educator's Association

Previous Positions

1996-1997, Instructor, Guilford Tech. Comm. College
1994-1996, Assistant Research Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1993-1994, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Funding Received

  • Dentsply: Effectiveness of a Calculus Scaling Gel, $6,000, Dec-91 to Dec-92.

Publications

  • McCombs GB, Gadbury-Amyot CC, Wilder RS, Skaff KO, Lappan Green M (2007) Dental hygienists' contributions to improving the nation's oral health through school-based initiatives from 1970 through 1999: a historical review., Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists' Association, 81 (2), 52 Abstract
  • McCombs G (2007) Dental Hygiene Research Center Old Dominion University., Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists' Association, 81 (2), 48 Abstract
  • Southern EN, McCombs GB, Tolle SL, Marinak K (2006) The comparative effects of 0.12% chlorhexidine and herbal oral rinse on dental plaque-induced gingivitis., Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists' Association, 80 (1), 12 Abstract
  • Pavolotskaya A, McCombs G, Darby M, Marinak K, Dayanand NN (2006) Sulcular sulfide monitoring: an indicator of early dental plaque-induced gingival disease., Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists' Association, 80 (1), 11 Abstract
  • Zhou H, McCombs GB, Darby ML, Marinak K (May 2004) Sulphur by-product: the relationship between volatile sulphur compounds and dental plaque-induced gingivitis., The journal of contemporary dental practice, 5 (2), 27-39 Abstract
  • McCombs GB, Green ML, Root J (Feb 2001) Effects of a chewable sodium bicarbonate oral composition on plaque and gingivitis., The journal of contemporary dental practice, 2 (1), 31-44 Abstract
  • Paquette DW, Lawrence HP, McCombs GB, Wilder R, Binder TA, Troullos E, Annett M, Friedman M, Smith PC, Offenbacher S (Aug 2000) Pharmacodynamic effects of ketoprofen on crevicular fluid prostanoids in adult periodontitis., Journal of clinical periodontology, 27 (8), 558-66 Abstract
  • Blakey, GH, White RP, Offenbacher S, Phillips C, Delano EO and Maynor GB. Clinical/biological outcomes of treatment for periocoronitis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 54:1150-1160,October 1996
  • Offenbacher S, Katz V, Fertik G, Collins J, Boyd D, Maynor G et.al. Periodontal infections as a possible risk factor for preterm low birth weight. J Periodontol, V67,#10:1103-1113,October 1996
  • Lawrence, HP, Paquette DW, Smith PC, Maynor GB, et.al. Pharmacokinetic and safety evaluation of ketoprofen gels in subjects with adult periodontitis. J Dent Res,Oct 1997
  • Maynor GB, Scruggs Wilder R, Mitchell SC, Moriarty JD. Effectiveness of a calculus scaling gel. J Clin Periodontol 21:365-368,l994

Profile Details

Last Updated: 3/21/2008

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