David MacDonald, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Latest papers

Nasopharynx on Cone-beam Computed Tomography.
International dental journal · 2026 · first author
Morphological analysis of anatomical structure of nasopharynx in cone-beam computed tomography in Korean population.
Imaging science in dentistry · 2026 · senior author
Numb Chin Sign and the Role of Radiology.
International dental journal · 2025 · first author

All 34 publications

34 publications.

01

Nasopharynx on Cone-beam Computed Tomography.

MacDonald D, Telyakova V, Martin M, Matthew I, Aleksejuniene J

International dental journal2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2026.109438 PMID: 41831263

02

Morphological analysis of anatomical structure of nasopharynx in cone-beam computed tomography in Korean population.

Lee C, Lee JY, MacDonald D

Imaging science in dentistry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.5624/isd.20250264 PMID: 41928838

03

Numb Chin Sign and the Role of Radiology.

MacDonald D, Li TKL, Telyakova V

International dental journal2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2025.100862 PMID: 40602100

04

Positioning and preparation errors impacting dental panoramic radiographs in patients with mixed dentition.

MacDonald D, Stojkova BJ, Reitzik S

Imaging science in dentistry2024First author

DOI: 10.5624/isd.20240062 PMID: 39744550

05

Calcified carotid artery atheroma on standard dental radiographs: A public health opportunity for cardiovascular risk reduction.

Mai V, Taneja A, Larjava H, Chehroudi B, MacDonald D, Luong C

American journal of preventive cardiology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100714 PMID: 39206343

06

An Overview of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Dental Panoramic Radiography in Dentistry in the Community.

MacDonald D, Telyakova V

Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.)2024First author

DOI: 10.3390/tomography10080092 PMID: 39195727

07

Cone-beam computed tomographic reconstructions in the evaluation of maxillary impacted canines.

MacDonald D, Alebrahim S, Yen E, Aleksejuniene J

Imaging science in dentistry2023First author

DOI: 10.5624/isd.20220211 PMID: 37405198

08

A retrospective study of incidental findings occurring in a consecutive case series of lateral cephalograms of 12- to 20-year-old patients referred for routine orthodontic treatment.

MacDonald D, Patel A, Zou B, Yen E, Vora SR

Imaging science in dentistry2022First author

DOI: 10.5624/isd.20220402 PMID: 36238700

09

"New Normal" Radiology.

MacDonald D, Reitzik S

International dental journal2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2022.05.002 PMID: 35667883

10

eQTL set-based association analysis identifies novel susceptibility loci for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

Wang X, Gharahkhani P, Levine DM, Fitzgerald RC, Gockel I, Corley DA, Risch HA, Bernstein L, Chow W-H, Onstad L

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention20228 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-22-0096 PMID: W4283021340

Frequent collaborators

Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Medicine
Epidemiology Division
Cardiology
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Psychiatry
Rheumatology
Other

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Geoffrey Liu

Epidemiology Division

4 shared papers, latest 2022

Tarek El-Sayegh

Dentistry - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Murray Baron

Rheumatology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Catherine Poh

Oral Biological & Medical Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Janet Pope

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Hannu Larjava

Oral Biological & Medical Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Marie Hudson

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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David MacDonald

Research

Latest papers

Nasopharynx on Cone-beam Computed Tomography.

Morphological analysis of anatomical structure of nasopharynx in cone-beam computed tomography in Korean population.

Numb Chin Sign and the Role of Radiology.

Positioning and preparation errors impacting dental panoramic radiographs in patients with mixed dentition.

Calcified carotid artery atheroma on standard dental radiographs: A public health opportunity for cardiovascular risk reduction.

An Overview of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Dental Panoramic Radiography in Dentistry in the Community.

Cone-beam computed tomographic reconstructions in the evaluation of maxillary impacted canines.

A retrospective study of incidental findings occurring in a consecutive case series of lateral cephalograms of 12- to 20-year-old patients referred for routine orthodontic treatment.

"New Normal" Radiology.

eQTL set-based association analysis identifies novel susceptibility loci for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

Frequent collaborators

Paul Moayyedi

Geoffrey Liu

Edwin Yen

Jolanta Aleksejuniene

Ian Matthew

Bingshuang Zou

Tarek El-Sayegh

Murray Baron

Catherine Poh

Janet Pope

Hannu Larjava

Christina Luong

Marie Hudson