Maria R. Pintado

Phone: 612-625-6975

Fax: 612-626-1484

E-mail: pinta001@umn.edu

Toothbrush biomechanics: use strain gage technology to clinically measure the pressing force, stroke frequency and dynamic stiffness involved in toothbrushing.

Correlate clinical and in vitro data through the transfer of new state-of-the-art technology into the clinical setting.

Test the Virtual Dental Patient software developed by Dr. Ralph DeLong through his NIH/NIDCR grant. The VDP software is a computerized simulation of a dental patient that creates accurate 3D renditions of the jaws and teeth.

"A Digital Environment for Teaching Oral Anatomy - a Student Oriented Approach" - a teaching aid for Oral Anatomy students. It allows the students to manipulate computerized 3-D models of individual, anatomically correct teeth.

Fellow of the Academy of Dental Materials, 1983

Member of the International Association for Dental Research, 1985

Instructor of the Year, School of Dentistry Class of 2005, University of Minnesota, 2002

Omicron Kappa Upsilon - Beta Beta Chapter, 2002

Program Chair, Lunch and Learning Program - Dental Materials, IADR General Session, Göteborg, Sweden, 2003

Pintado MR, Douglas WH. The comparison of microleakage between two different dentin bonding systems. Quint Int 1988: 19: 905-907.

Pintado MR. Characterization of two small-particle composite resins. Quint Int 1990: 21: 843-847.

Pintado MR, Conry JP, Douglas WH. Fissure sealant wear at 30 months: new evaluation criteria. J Dent 1991: 19: 33-38.

Pintado MR, Anderson GC, DeLong R, Douglas WH. Variation in tooth wear in young adults over a two year period. J Prosthet Dent 1997: 77: 313-320.

Pintado MR, DeLong R, Ko C-C, Sakaguchi RL, Douglas WH. Correlation of noncarious cervical lesion size and occlusal wear in a single adult over a 14-year time span. J Prosthet Dent 2000: 84: 436-443.

Palamara D, Palamara JEA, Tyas MJ, Pintado M, Messer HH. Effect of stress on acid dissolution of enamel. Dent Mater 2001: 17: 109-115.

Mitchell CA, Pintado MR, Douglas WH. Nondestructive, in vitro quantification of crown margins. J Prosthet Dent 2001: 85: 575-584.

DeLong R, Pintado MR, Ko C-C, Hodges JS, Douglas WH. Factors influencing optical 3D scanning of vinyl polysiloxane impression materials. J Prosthodont 2001: 10: 78-85.

Tufekci E, Merrill TE, Pintado MR, Beyer JP, Brantley WA. Enamel loss associated with orthodontic adhesive removal on teeth with white spot lesions: an in vitro study. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2004: 125: 733-740.

Tantbirojn D, Versluis A, Pintado MR, DeLong R, Douglas WH. Tooth deformation patterns in molars after composite restoration. Dent Mater 2004: 20: 535-542.

Versluis A, Tantbirojn D, Pintado MR, DeLong R, Douglas WH. Residual shrinkage stress distributions in molars after composite restoration. Dent Mater 2004: 20: 554-564.

Palin WM, Fleming GJP, Burke FJT, Marquis PM, Pintado MR, Randall RC, Douglas WH. The frictional coefficients and associated wear resistance of novel low-shrink resin-based composites. Dent Mater 2005: 21: 1111-1118.