Grace Viana, BSc, MSc
Clinical Assistant Professor
Orthodontics
Contact
Building & Room:
109B
Address:
UIC College of Dentistry 801 S. Paulina Street, IL 60612
Email:
About
Grace Viana is a statistician with a BSc (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 1977) and MSc in Statistics (Federal University-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1983). She worked as statistician for a decade at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. She is currently the statistician at UIC since 2000.
Scholarly interests
Statistical analysis of clinical multidisciplinary and behavioral science studies related to orthodontics and dentistry in general.
Selected Publications
Book Chapter:
1. Emeric T, Evans C, Viana MGC. Short Root Anomaly in a Hispanic Population: Risk for
Orthodontic Root Resorption. In book: Current Trends in Orthodontics.
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.99538. August 2021.
Recent Publications:
1. Viana G, Virji I, Susarchick L, Allareddy A, Lown S, Gruber M, Lukic H, Megremis S,
Atsawasuwan P, Comparison of light transmittance and color changes between polyurethane and
copolyester retainer materials after staining and destaining. BMC Oral Health (2024) 24:144.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-024-03887-6.
2. Desai R, Komperda J, Elnagar MH, Viana G, Galang-Boquiren MT. Evaluation of upper
airway characteristics in patients with and without sleep apnea using cone‐beam computed
tomography and computational fluid dynamics. Orthod Craniofac Res.2023;26(Suppl.1):164-
170.DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12728.
3. Taraji S, Atici SF, Viana G, Kusnoto B, Allareddy S, Miloro M, Elnagar MH. Novel
Machine Learning Algorithms for Prediction of Treatment Decisions in Adult Patients with
Class III Malocclusion. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 81:1391-1402, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2023.07.137.
4. Homsi K, Ramachandran V, Del Campo DM, Del Campo LM, Kusnoto B, Atsawasuwan
P, Viana G, Oubaidin M, Allareddy A, Elnagar M H. The use of teleorthodontics during
COVID-19 pandemic and beyond-perspectives of patients and providers. BMC Oral
Health (2023) 23:490. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03215-4.
5. Snider V, Homsi K, Kusnoto B, Atsawasuwan P, Viana G, Allareddy V, Gajendrareddy
P, Elnagar MH. Effectiveness of AI-driven remote monitoring technology in improving
oral hygiene during orthodontic treatment. Orthod Craniofac Res.2023;26 (Suppl. 1):102-
110. DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12666.
6. Durbin P, Viana G, Allareddy V, Kusnoto B, Ravindran S, Kadkol S, Atsawasuwan
P. COVID‑19 infection rates and mitigation strategies in orthodontic practices. Durbin
et al. BMC Oral Health (2023) 23:8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02705-1.
7. Atsawasuwan P, Del Campo DM, Del Campo LM, Viana G, Ravindran S, Allareddy V.
Positivity rates of SAR-CoV-2 infection in orthodontic patients at the orthodontic clinic,
University of Illinois Chicago. PLoS ONE (2022);17(6): e0270311.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270311.
8. Susarchick L., Virji I., Viana G., Mahmoud M. Allareddy V., Gruber M., Lukic H.,
Megremis S. Atsawasuwan P. The Effects of Staining and Cleaning on the Color and Light
Transmittance Changes of a Copolyester Retainer Material with Different Surface
Textures. MATERIALS. 2022;15(19):6808. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196808.
9. Yang Michael, Atsawasuwan P, Viana G, Tozum T, Elshebiny T, Palomo JM, Sellke T,
Elnagar MH. Cone-beam computed tomography assessment of maxillary anterior alveolar
bone remodelling in extraction and non-extraction orthodontic cases using stable extraalveolar.
Orthod Craniofac Res. 2023; 26:265-276.
10. Makki A, Elnagar M, Sanchez F, Caplin J, Viana G, Hasan Z, Obrez A, Kusnoto B.
Assessment of Handicapping Labio-Lingual Deviation index scoring methods and their
effect on orthodontic treatment coverage by Medicaid. J Public Health Dent. 2022;
82:478-483.
11. Stache R, Prasad B, Viana G, Carley D, Galang-Boquiren M. Oral appliance and
pharmacologic agents in the treatment of sleep apnea: a pilot clinical study. Journal of Dental
Sleep Medicine. 2022:9(1):4-12.
12. Bulatova G, Kusnoto B, Viana G, Tsay TP, Avenetti DM, Sanchez FJC. Assessment of
automatic cephalometric landmark identification using artificial intelligence. Orthod Craniofac
Res. 2021; 00:1-6.
13. Chen Z, Nicholas C L, Thalji G, Viana G, Atsawasuwan P. Evaluation of composite
attachment positions using four indirect bonding tray-sectioning techniques. JCO. 2021; 55
(5):294.
14. Graham BS, O’Donnell JA, Roucka T, Sullivan TM, Viana MGC. Validation of an
instructional module to help dental students learn to avoid plagiarism. J Dent Educ. 2021;
85:562-568. https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12491.
15. Qian, Y, Ge Q, Zuo W, Cheng X, Xing D, Yang J, Viana M, Atsawasuwan P. Maxillofacial
space infection experience and risk factors-a retrospective study of 222 cases. Ir J Med Sci 2021
Aug;190(3):1045-1053. doi: 10.1007/s11845-020-02431-z. Epub 2020 Nov 14.
16. Shaltoni, S, Ashrafi, S, Narvekar, A, Viana, MG, Nares, S. Peri‐implant disease education
and diagnosis in the pre‐doctoral curriculum. J Dent Educ.2020:1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.12400.
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Complete list of publications available at:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/grace%20c..viana.1/bibliography/public/
Education
- BSc, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 1977.
- MSc, Federal University at Rio de Janeiro, 1983.