Christina L Nicholas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3745603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina L Nicholas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina L |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicholas |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLAS C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9462-6420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Childhood obesity, dental crowding, and dental arch dimensions
Childhood obesity influences timing of dental development and eruption, with some researchers suggesting that earlier dental development in children and adolescents with obesity may cause increased dental crowding. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of childhood obesity with dental crowding and arch width. Subjects were recruited from the University of Illinois Chicago’s College of Dentistry’s Orthodontic Clinic (n=148) and c…
Nutrition, obesity, and dental development in young adolescents in Chicago
Body mass index percentile, regardless of caloric intake, is positively associated with accelerated dental development. While it is possible that excess caloric intake itself plays a minor role in timing of dental development, we do not see unambiguous evidence for this in our sample. We posit that another mechanism, such as inflammation, may be the link between obesity status and dental development
Childhood Obesity and Accelerated Timing of Dental Development
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 currently published work on BMI/obesity and dental development has found a correlation whereby children with higher BMIs have accelerated dental development. As these differences are frequently measured to be 0.5 years or greater in relative timing of dental development…
Fetal and neonatal maxillary ontogeny in extant humans and the utility of prenatal maxillary morphology in predicting ancestral affiliation
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 changes. Further, while midfacial traits which vary in frequency between populations of extant humans are presumed to develop prenatally, patterns of population-specific variation maxillary shape across ontogeny are not well documented. Only one study of fetal ontogeny wh…
The ontogeny of nasal floor shape variation in extant humans
Variation in nasal floor topography has generated both neontological and paleontological interest. Three categories of nasal floor shape (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (2003) 699–727) have been used when analyzing this trait in extant humans and fossil Homo : flat, sloped, and depressed (or “bi‐level”). Variation in the frequency of these configurations within and among extant and fossil humans has been well‐documented (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (200…
Fetal and neonatal maxillary ontogeny in extant humans and the utility of prenatal maxillary morphology in predicting ancestral affiliation
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 changes. Further, while midfacial traits which vary in frequency between populations of extant humans are presumed to develop prenatally, patterns of population-specific variation maxillary shape across ontogeny are not well documented. Only one study of fetal ontogeny wh…
The ontogeny of nasal floor shape variation in extant humans
Variation in nasal floor topography has generated both neontological and paleontological interest. Three categories of nasal floor shape (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (2003) 699–727) have been used when analyzing this trait in extant humans and fossil Homo : flat, sloped, and depressed (or “bi‐level”). Variation in the frequency of these configurations within and among extant and fossil humans has been well‐documented (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (200…
The ontogeny of nasal floor shape variation in extant humans
Variation in nasal floor topography has generated both neontological and paleontological interest. Three categories of nasal floor shape (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (2003) 699–727) have been used when analyzing this trait in extant humans and fossil Homo : flat, sloped, and depressed (or “bi‐level”). Variation in the frequency of these configurations within and among extant and fossil humans has been well‐documented (Franciscus: J Hum Evol 44 (200…
Fetal and neonatal maxillary ontogeny in extant humans and the utility of prenatal maxillary morphology in predicting ancestral affiliation
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 changes. Further, while midfacial traits which vary in frequency between populations of extant humans are presumed to develop prenatally, patterns of population-specific variation maxillary shape across ontogeny are not well documented. Only one study of fetal ontogeny wh…
Childhood Obesity and Accelerated Timing of Dental Development
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 currently published work on BMI/obesity and dental development has found a correlation whereby children with higher BMIs have accelerated dental development. As these differences are frequently measured to be 0.5 years or greater in relative timing of dental development…
Nutrition, obesity, and dental development in young adolescents in Chicago
Body mass index percentile, regardless of caloric intake, is positively associated with accelerated dental development. While it is possible that excess caloric intake itself plays a minor role in timing of dental development, we do not see unambiguous evidence for this in our sample. We posit that another mechanism, such as inflammation, may be the link between obesity status and dental development
Childhood obesity, dental crowding, and dental arch dimensions
Childhood obesity influences timing of dental development and eruption, with some researchers suggesting that earlier dental development in children and adolescents with obesity may cause increased dental crowding. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of childhood obesity with dental crowding and arch width. Subjects were recruited from the University of Illinois Chicago’s College of Dentistry’s Orthodontic Clinic (n=148) and c…
Medicine (4 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (3 works) · Obesity (3 works) · Anatomy (2 works) · Anatomy (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Body mass index (2 works) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (2 works) · Dentistry (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works)