Dental service utilization in the elderly.

Impact of drug therapies on dental service utilization.

BS Pharmacy with High Distinction

Dean's List 1973-1977

Rexall Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pharmacy Graduating Class

Rho Chi National Pharmacy Honor Society

MBA with Honors

Beta Gamma Sigma Business Scholastic Honor Society

Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology

Skaar, DD, O’Connor H, Lunos S, Luepker R, Michalowicz, BS. Dental Procedures and Risk of Experiencing Second Vascular Events in a Medicare Population. J American Dental Assoc 143(11):1-9, 2012.

Skaar DD, O’Connor H. Trends in Utilization of Dental Services by Older U. S. Adults, 1998-2006. SCDA Special Care in Dentistry, 32(2): 42-48, 2012

Skaar, DD, O’Connor H. Use of the Beers Criteria to Identify Potentially Inappropriate Drug Use by Community Dwelling Older Dental Patients. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology.Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology 113(6): 714-721, 2012.

Skaar, DD, O’Connor, H, Hodges, JS, Michalowicz, BS. Dental Procedures and Subsequent Prosthetic Joint Infections.- Findings from the Current Medicare Beneficiary Survey. J American Dental Assoc 142(12):1343-1351, 2011.

Skaar DD, O’Connor H. Potentially Serious Drug-Drug Interactions among Community Dwelling Older Adult Dental Patients. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology 112(2):153-160, 2011.

Skaar DD, Hardie NA. Demographic Factors Associated with Dental Utilization Among Community Dwelling Elderly in the United States. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 66(1):67-71, 2006.

Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology