• Association between periodontitis and severity of COVID-19 infection: A case–control study 

      Marouf, Nadya; Cai, Wenji; Said, Khalid N.; Daas, Hanin; Diab, Hanan; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)
      Aim: COVID-19 is associated with an exacerbated inflammatory response that can result in fatal outcomes. Systemic inflammation is also a main characteristic of periodontitis. Therefore, we investigated the association of ...
    • Association of periodontal therapy, with inflammatory biomarkers and complications in COVID-19 patients: a case control study 

      Said, Khalid N.; Al-Momani, Ahmed M.; Almaseeh, Jassim A.; Marouf, Nadya; Shatta, Amer; ... more authors ( Springer , 2022 , Article)
      Background: In previous studies, COVID-19 complications were reported to be associated with periodontitis. Accordingly, this study was designed to test the hypothesis that a history of periodontal therapy could be associated ...
    • Chronotherapy in dentistry: A scoping review 

      Abusamak, Mohammad; Al-Tamimi, Mohammad; Al-Waeli, Haider; Tahboub, Kawkab; Cai, Wenji; ... more authors ( Taylor & Francis Group, LLC , 2023 , Article)
      The circadian clock modulates almost all vital aspects of our physiology and metabolism, including processes relevant to dentistry, such as healing, inflammation and nociception. Chronotherapy is an emerging field aiming ...
    • Nature of the Interplay Between Periodontal Diseases and COVID-19 

      Cai, Wenji; Marouf, Nadya; Said, Khalid N.; Tamimi, Faleh ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article Review)
      The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly a mild condition, however, in some patients, it could progress into a severe and even fatal disease. Recent studies have shown that COVID-19 infection and severity could ...