Rate My Professor Lisa Yerke

Yerke's scholarly work examines the relationships between systemic medications and conditions and periodontal outcomes, including attachment loss around teeth and implants, bone loss at implant sites, and socket preservation techniques. Her contributions include co-authoring "Use of Systemic Steroids, Hormone Replacement Therapy, or Oral Contraceptives Is Associated with Decreased Implant Survival in Women" (Dentistry Journal, 2023), "The influence of proton pump inhibitors on tissue attachment around teeth and dental implants: A scoping review" (Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2022), "Association between proton pump inhibitors and periodontal disease severity" (Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2022), "Proton pump inhibitors are associated with reduced periodontal disease severity" (JADA Foundational Science, 2022), "The effect of hypothyroidism on bone loss at dental implants" (Journal of Oral Implantology, 2021), and "The Effect of Platelet-Rich Fibrin, Calcium Sulfate, Platelet-Rich Plasma, and Resorbable Collagen on Soft Tissue Closure of Extraction Sites" (Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2017). She has produced over 17 research outputs accumulating nearly 200 citations and served as co-investigator on a National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research grant, "Developing a Tailored, Web-delivered, Motivational Interviewing-based Intervention to Promote Oral Health" (2018-2022). Yerke received the Dr. Mitzi Neiders Educational Fund grant supporting women faculty in dental education.