Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Dr. Kopycka-Kedzierawski has been practicing dentistry for over 20 years. She provides comprehensive dental care to patients with a variety of dental needs. She serves as director of the Clinical and Translational Research Core at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and as assistant node director for the Northeast Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Her research interests include oral disease distribution and control, the study of cavities and their causes, and teledentistry - the use of communications technology for dental care. A native of Poland, Dr. Kopycka-Kedzierawski and her family have been in Rochester for over 20 years. She enjoys spending time with her son and husband, traveling, reading and gardening.

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Dentistry (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Dentistry, General Practice, Eastman Dental Center. 1999 - 2002

Education

MPH | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry (USA). 2003

DDS | Medical University of Lublin (Poland). 1992

Awards

Michael Buonocore Award, Rochester, NY 2001. 2001

Trainee in Research Grant, Rochester Training Program for Oral Health Clinical Research, University of Rochester, Rochester NY. 2000 - 2003

Research

Dr. Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski currently serves as an Assistant Node Director for the Northeast Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (National Dental PBRN) and as Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Core at Eastman Institute for Oral Health. In the PBRN network, she lead a multicenter, prospective, cohort study entitled "Management of Dentin Hypersensitivity". Dr. Kopycka-Kedzierawski is currently principal investigator of a double-blind placebo-controlled phase II randomized controlled trial entitled “Povidone Iodine Efficacy Study” (PIES). This project is assessing efficacy of an antimicrobial agent to prevent new cavitated caries lesions that require follow-up restorative/surgical intervention after oral rehabilitation in the Operating Room (OR) under general anesthesia. Her research interests include, risk factors for Early Childhood Caries (ECC), ECC prevention, teledentistry, oral epidemiology, and dental practice-based research.

Clinical Trials

Povidone Iodine Efficacy Study

Lead Researcher: Dorota Kopycka-kedzierawski

This is a clinical trial to determine whether 10% Povidone Iodine prevents new cavities when applied to the teeth of children with Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC). Study participants will be followed for approximately 24 months af...

Publications

Journal Articles

Smith TB, Berryhill MB, Culmer N, McBurnie MA, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Gilbert GH, Barton D, Machen C

The Journal of the American Dental Association.. 2024 October 9 Epub 10/09/2024.

Almoznino G, Shahar Y, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Quintessence international.. 2024 September 2755 (8):604-606. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Fontana M, Marazita ML, McLaren SW, Morou-Bermúdez E, O'Connor TG, Van Wijngaarden E, Xiao J, Billings RJ

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2024 September 21 :23800844241271647. Epub 09/21/2024.

Fang P, Adkins-Hempel M, Lischka T, Basile S, Rindal DB, Carpenter MJ, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Dahne J, Helseth SA, Levy DE, Truong A, Leo MC, Funkhouser K, Louis DR, Japuntich SJ,

BMC oral health.. 2024 August 2824 (1):1007. Epub 08/28/2024.

El Tantawi M, Ammar N, Mariño R, Uribe SE, Manton D, Hugo FN, Clément C, Sim CPC, Maret D, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Mbende E, Kruger E, Lan R, Doghri LL, Castelaz M, Alam MK, Ibiyemi O, Naidoo S, Schwarz E, Priya H, Braga MM, Giraudeau N, Foláyan MNO

BMC oral health.. 2024 August 2224 (1):977. Epub 08/22/2024.

Japuntich SJ, Dunbar MS, Predmore Z, Bloom EL, Fang P, Basile S, Rindal DB, Waiwaiole LA, Carpenter MJ, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Dahne J, Lischka TR, Richardson P,

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology.. 2024 August 52 (4):440-451. Epub 12/14/2023.

Arany S, Cavalcanti L, Phildor D, Watson GE, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Eliav E, Medina-Walpole A, Caprio T

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2024 August 72 Suppl 3 :S68-S75. Epub 04/25/2024.

Berryhill MB, Culmer N, Smith T, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Gurganus R, Curry G

Journal of public health dentistry.. 2024 June 84 (2):124-135. Epub 04/01/2024.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Feng C, Billings RJ, Watson GE, Ragusa PG, Flint K, Wong CL, Gill SR, Manning S, O'Connor TG

AJPM focus.. 2024 April 3 (2):100191. Epub 01/20/2024.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Feng C, Ragusa PG, Flint K, Watson GE, Wong CL, Manning S, Gill SR, O'Connor TG

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2023 October 8 (4):394-401. Epub 06/09/2022.

Cunha-Cruz J, Gilbert GH, Allareddy V, Cochran DL, Fellows J, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, McBurnie M, Meyerowitz C, Mungia R, Rindal DB, Gordan VV,

Journal of dentistry.. 2023 October 137 :104653. Epub 08/11/2023.

Gill SR, O'Connor TG, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Quintessence international.. 2023 September 1954 (8):610-611. Epub 1900 01 01.

Gilbert Klaczko C, Alkhars N, Zeng Y, Klaczko ME, Gill AL, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Jusko TA, Sohn MB, Xiao J, Gill SR

Journal of dental research.. 2023 September 102 (10):1122-1130. Epub 07/11/2023.

Xiao J, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Ragusa P, Mendez Chagoya LA, Funkhouser K, Lischka T, Wu TT, Fiscella K, Kar KS, Al Jallad N, Rashwan N, Ren J, Meyerowitz C,

JMIR human factors.. 2023 August 1810 :e45418. Epub 08/18/2023.

Gangwani P, Mooneyham R, Feng C, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Kolokythas A

Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.. 2023 January 81 (1):65-71. Epub 09/22/2022.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Scott-Anne K, Ragusa PG, Cvetanovska M, Flint K, Feng C, Watson GE, Wong CL, Billings RJ, Quivey RJ, O'Connor TG

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2022 April 7 (2):163-173. Epub 03/10/2021.

Funkhouser E, Ferracane JL, Hilton TJ, Gordan VV, Gilbert GH, Mungia R, Burton V, Meyerowitz C, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT,

Journal of dentistry.. 2022 April 119 :104078. Epub 02/25/2022.

Ferracane JL, Hilton TJ, Funkhouser E, Gordan VV, Gilbert GH, Mungia R, Burton V, Meyerowitz C, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Group NDPC

Clinical oral investigations.. 2022 March 26 (3):2453-2463. Epub 10/09/2021.

Ben-Omran MO, Livinski AA, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Boroumand S, Williams D, Weatherspoon DJ, Iafolla TJ, Fontelo P, Dye BA

The Journal of the American Dental Association.. 2021 December 152 (12):998-1011.e17. Epub 09/11/2021.

Arany S, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Caprio TV, Watson GE

Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology.. 2021 December 132 (6):662-670. Epub 08/29/2021.

Xiao J, Meyerowitz C, Ragusa P, Funkhouser K, Lischka T, Mendez Chagoya LA, Al Jallad N, Wu TT, Fiscella K, Ivie E, Strange M, Collins J, Kopycka-Kedzierawsk DT

JMIR research protocols.. 2021 October 2610 (10):e32345. Epub 10/26/2021.

Alzamil H, Wu TT, van Wijngaarden E, Mendoza M, Malmstrom H, Fiscella K, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Xiao J

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2021 October 238 (1):23800844211049406. Epub 10/23/2021.

Marzouk T, Alves IL, Wong CL, DeLucia L, McKinney CM, Pendleton C, Howe BJ, Marazita ML, Peter TK, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Morrison CS, Malmstrom H, Wang H, Shope ET

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2021 October 6 (4):368-381. Epub 10/08/2020.

Quivey RG, O'Connor TG, Gill SR, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Molecular oral microbiology.. 2021 October 36 (5):255-257. Epub 08/06/2021.

Grier A, Myers JA, O'Connor TG, Quivey RG, Gill SR, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Journal of dental research.. 2021 June 100 (6):599-607. Epub 12/24/2020.

Hilton TJ, Funkhouser E, Ferracane JL, Gilbert GH, Gordan VV, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Meyerowitz C, Mungia R, Burton V,

The Journal of the American Dental Association.. 2021 February 152 (2):146-156. Epub 12/24/2020.

Wang L, Ren J, Fiscella KA, Bullock S, Sanders MR, Loomis EL, Eliav E, Mendoza M, Cacciato R, Thomas M, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Xiao J

BMC oral health.. 2020 November 2320 (1):333. Epub 11/23/2020.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Cacciato R, Hennessey R, Meyerowitz C, Litaker MS, Heft MW, Johnson KS, Reyes SC, Johnson JD, Baltuck CT, Gilbert GH,

Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry.. 2019 November 10 (4):e12427. Epub 06/02/2019.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Feng C

European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry.. 2019 August 20 (4):303-309. Epub 12/11/2018.

Billings RJ, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Xiao J

The Journal of the American Dental Association.. 2019 July 150 (7):565-566. Epub 1900 01 01.

Litaker MS, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Rindal DB, Fellows JL, Heft MW, Meyerowitz C, Chonowski S, Gilbert GH,

BMC oral health.. 2019 June 1419 (1):112. Epub 06/14/2019.

Meng Y, Wu T, Billings R, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Xiao J

International journal of oral science.. 2019 May 3011 (2):19. Epub 05/30/2019.

Melkers J, Hicks D, Isett KR, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Gilbert GH, Rosenblum S, Burton V, Mungia R, Melkers MJ, Ford G,

Implementation science : IS.. 2019 March 114 (1):19. Epub 03/01/2019.

Xiao J, Alkhers N, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Wu TT, Castillo DA, Rasubala L, Malmstrom H, Ren Y, Eliav E

Caries research.. 2019 53 (4):411-421. Epub 01/10/2019.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Li D, Xiao J, Billings RJ, Dye TD

PloS one.. 2019 14 (4):e0215440. Epub 04/18/2019.

Xiao J, Grier A, Faustoferri RC, Alzoubi S, Gill AL, Feng C, Liu Y, Quivey RG, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Koo H, Gill SR

Journal of dental research.. 2018 December 97 (13):1468-1476. Epub 07/26/2018.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, McLaren SW, Billings RJ

Health affairs.. 2018 December 37 (12):1960-1966. Epub 1900 01 01.

Heft MW, Litaker MS, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Meyerowitz C, Chonowski S, Yardic RL, Gordan VV, Mungia R, Gilbert GH,

JDR clinical and translational research.. 2018 January 3 (1):76-82. Epub 11/13/2017.

Xiao J, Huang X, Alkhers N, Alzamil H, Alzoubi S, Wu TT, Castillo DA, Campbell F, Davis J, Herzog K, Billings R, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Hajishengallis E, Koo H

Caries research.. 2018 52 (1-2):102-112. Epub 12/21/2017.

Javed F, Feng C, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry.. 2017 November 8 (4)Epub 09/29/2016.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Meyerowitz C, Litaker MS, Heft MW, Tasgaonkar N, Day MR, Porter-Williams A, Gordan VV, Yardic RL, Lawhorn TM, Gilbert GH,

The Journal of the American Dental Association.. 2017 October 148 (10):728-736. Epub 06/16/2017.

McLaren SW, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Nordfelt J

Journal of telemedicine and telecare.. 2017 September 23 (8):710-715. Epub 08/09/2016.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Meyerowitz C, Litaker MS, Chonowski S, Heft MW, Gordan VV, Yardic RL, Madden TE, Reyes SC, Gilbert GH,

BMC oral health.. 2017 January 1317 (1):41. Epub 01/13/2017.

McLaren SW, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Journal of telemedicine and telecare.. 2016 April 22 (3):198-202. Epub 06/26/2015.

Xiao J, Moon Y, Li L, Rustchenko E, Wakabayashi H, Zhao X, Feng C, Gill SR, McLaren S, Malmstrom H, Ren Y, Quivey R, Koo H, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

PloS one.. 2016 11 (10):e0164242. Epub 10/14/2016.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

The journal of evidence-based dental practice.. 2014 September 14 (3):147-8. Epub 07/19/2014.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association.. 2013 November 19 (11):834-40. Epub 09/21/2013.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

The journal of evidence-based dental practice.. 2012 March 12 (1):33-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Gill JB, Karp JM, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Pediatric dentistry.. 2012 34 (1):56-60. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry.. 2011 June 12 (3):133-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Berkowitz RJ, Amante A, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Feng C

Pediatric dentistry.. 2011 33 (7):510-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pardi V, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, Pereira SM, de Meneghim M, Pereira AC

Oral health & preventive dentistry.. 2010 8 (4):361-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Iida H, Kumar JV, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

Journal of public health dentistry.. 2009 69 (4):231-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

Berkowitz RJ, Koo H, McDermott MP, Whelehan MT, Ragusa P, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Karp JM, Billings R

Journal of public health dentistry.. 2009 69 (3):163-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Auinger P, Billings RJ, Weitzman M

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology.. 2008 April 36 (2):157-67. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Auinger P

Pediatric dentistry.. 2008 30 (1):54-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Bell CH, Billings RJ

Pediatric dentistry.. 2008 30 (4):329-33. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ, McConnochie KM

Pediatric dentistry.. 2007 29 (3):209-13. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology.. 2006 April 34 (2):123-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

Journal of telemedicine and telecare.. 2006 12 (4):176-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Billings RJ

The journal of evidence-based dental practice.. 2005 March 5 (1):35-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Billings RJ

Community dentistry and oral epidemiology.. 2004 June 32 (3):201-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Billings, R. J.; Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D.T;.

Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. 2004; 4(3): 242-243.

Almog DM, Devries JA, Borrelli JA, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT

Journal of dental education.. 2003 September 67 (9):1016-22. Epub 1900 01 01.

The reduction of broken appointment rates through an automated appointment confirmation system

Almog, D. M.; Devries, J. A.; Borrelli, J. A.; Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D. T.;.

J Dent Educ. 2003; 67(9): 1016-22.

Identification and Removal of Barriers to the Use of Computer Algebra Systems in the Science Curriculum,3rd National Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Esham, B; Kedzierawski, A; Kopycka, D; Rommel-Esham, K;.

2003; : 65-68.

Correlations between students’ experiences in high school and in calculus I

Kopycka, D; Cervello, K ; Kedzierawski, A; Thompsin, K;.

NY State Mathematics Teacher Journal. 2003; 53(3): 102-106.

Books

Oral Microbiology and Immunology, 2nd ed (2013)

Chapter: Dental Caries: General Concepts Pathogenic Mechanisms in Dental Caries

Authors: Robert G. Quivey, Jr., Hyun Koo, Jose Lemos, and Dorota T. Kopycka-Kedzierawski

Publisher: The American Society for Microbiology Press 2013

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