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DR NAEMAH ALKHARS

Dr. Naemah Alkhars
Public Email
naemah.alkhars@ku.edu.kw
Office Location
142-D
College/ Center
College of Dentistry
Clinical Assistant Professor
Degrees and Certificates
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Translational Biomedical Science, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Aug 2023.
  • American Board of General Dentistry part II, May 2021.
  • AEGD (Advanced Education in General Dentistry) program at Eastman Institute of Oral Health, University of Rochester, June 2019.
  • Master of Science (M.S.) Dental Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences, Eastman Institute of Oral Health, University of Rochester, May 2019.
  • American Board of General Dentistry part I, March 2018.
  • National Board Dental Examination part 2, Oct 2014. 
  • National Board Dental Examination part 1, Aug 2013.
  • Kuwaiti Board R1 Dental Examination, Jan 2013. 
  • Bachelor of Dental Medicine (B.D.M.), Faculty of Dentistry Kuwait University, Jan 2012.
  • Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Med.Sc.), Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University, June 2009.
Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of General Dental Practice, College of Dentistry, Kuwait University.

Professional Experience
  • Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of General Dental Practice, College of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Oct 2023-present.
  • Adjunct academic and clinical instructor in the Kuwaiti Board of General Dentistry (KBGD), Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS).
  • Scholarship holder at Kuwait University (2014-2023). 
  • General Dental Practitioner in the Ministry of Health, Kuwait (2012-2014). 
Research Interests

Effects of Candida colonization on severe early childhood caries (S-ECC).

Effects of natural products on oral microbial colonization.

Publications
  • Alkadi A, Alkhars N, Manning S, Xu H, Sohn M, Xiao J, Meng Y. The Associations between Snack Intake and Cariogenic Oral Microorganism Colonization in Young Children of a Low Socioeconomic Status. Nutrients 2024, 16, 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16081113

 

  • Alkhars N, Al Jallad, N, Wu TT, Xiao J. (2024) Multilocus sequence typing of Candida albicans oral isolates reveals high genetic relatedness of mother-child dyads in early life. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0290938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290938

 

  • Alkhars N, Gaca A, Zeng Y, Al-Jallad N, Rustchenko E, Wu T.T, Eliav E, Xiao J. Antifungal Susceptibility of Oral Candida Isolates from Mother-Infant Dyads to Nystatin, Fluconazole, and Caspofungin. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 580.

 

  • Gilbert Klaczko C, Alkhars N, Zeng Y, Gill AL, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT, Jusko TA, Sohn M.B., Xiao J and Gill SR. Oral bacteriome and mycobiome cross-kingdom interaction during pregnancy reveals potential oral health promoting bacterial species. Journal of dental research. 2023;102(10):1122-1130.doi:10.1177/00220345231176459.

 

  • Aljaffary M, Jang H, Alomeir N, Zeng Y, Alkhars N, Vasani S, Almulhim A, Wu TT, Quataert S, Bruno J, and Xiao J. Effects of nystatin oral rinse on oral Candida species and Streptococcusmutans among healthy adults. Clinical oral Investigations. 2023. doi:10.1007/s00784-023-04969-5.

     

  • Alkhars N, Zeng Y, Alomeir N, Al Jallad N, Wu TT, Aboelmagd S, Youssef M, Jang H, Fogarty C, Xiao, J. Oral Candida Predicts Streptococcus mutans Emergence in Underserved US Infants. Journal of dental research. 2021.

 

  • Zeng Y, Youssef M, Wang L, Alkhars N, Thomas M, Cacciato R, Qing S. Ly-Mapes O, Xiao, J. Identification of non-Streptococcus mutans bacteria from predente infant saliva grown on mitis-salivarius-bacitracin agar. The Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry. 2019;44(1):28-34.

 

  • Xiao J, Fogarty C, Wu TT, Alkhers N, Zeng Y, Thomas M, Youssef M, Wang L, Cowen L, Abdelsalam H, Nikitkova, A. Oral health and Candida carriage in socioeconomically disadvantaged US pregnant women. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019;19(1):480.

 

  • Xiao J, Alkhers N, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D. T, Billings R. J, Wu T. T, Castillo D. A, Rasubala L, Malmstrom H, Ren Y, Eliav E. Prenatal Oral Health Care and Early Childhood Caries Prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Caries Res 2019;53:411-421.

 

  • Xiao J, Huang X, Alkhers N, Alzamil H, Alzoubi S, Wu T. T, Castillo D. A, Campbell F, Davis J, Herzog K, Billings R, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D. T, Hajishengallis, E, Koo H. Candida albicans and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Caries Res 2018;52:102–112