Publications | Mysmilebuddy

Publication

Chinn CH, Levine J, Matos S, Findley S, Edelstein BL. An inter-professional collaborative approach in the development of a caries risk assessment mobile tablet approach: MySmileBuddy. J Healthcare Poor Underserved. J Acad Nutr Diet 2012;112(10):1539-42.
Levine J, Wolf R, Chinn C, Edelstein BL. MySmileBuddy: An iPad-based Interactive Program to Assess Dietary Risk for Early Childhood Caries. J Acad Nutr Diet 2012;110:1539-42.
Yoon RK, Smaldone AM, Edelstein BL. Early childhood caries screening tools: A comparison of four approaches. J Am Dent Assoc. 2012 Jul;143(7):756-63.
Edelstein BL, Ng MW. Chronic disease management for early childhood caries: support from the medical and dental literature. Pediatr Dent 2015;37:281-287.
Custodio-Lumsden CL, Wolf RL, Contento IR, Basch CE, Zybert PA, Koch PA, Edelstein BL. Validation of an early childhood caries risk assessment tool in a low-income Hispanic population. J Pub Health Dent 2016;76:136-42.
Lumsden C, Wolf R, Contento I, Basch C, Zybert P, Koch P, Edelstein B. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Short-term Behavioral Impact of the MySmileBuddy Intervention for Early Childhood Caries. J Healthcare Poor Underserved 2019;30(1):59-69.
Lumsden C, Andres H, Leu C-S, Edelstein B. Changes in knowledge and beliefs of community health workers following an oral health intervention training program. J Prev Int in Community 2019;47(1): 54-65.
Lumsden CL, Edelstein BL, Wol f RL, Koch PK, Basch CE, McKeague I, Leu C-S, Andrews H. Protocol for a Family-centered Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Early Childhood Caries: The MySmileBuddy Program efficacy trial. BMC Oral Health 2021; 21, 246.
Lumsden CL, Edelstein BL, Leu C-S, Zhang J, Levine J, Andrews H. Behavioral Outcomes of a Pragmatic Early Childhood Caries Management Trial. J Dent Res Clin & Trans Res. 2023;9(2):104-113.
Lumsden CL, Edelstein BL, Leu C-S, Zhang J, Levine J, Andrews H. Change in Parental Knowledge and Beliefs about Early Childhood Dental Caries following a Pragmatic Community-based Trial. J Public Health Dent 2024;84(3):251-259..
Edelstein BL, Basch CE, Zybert P, Wolf RL, Custodio-Lumsden CL, Levine J, et al. Chronic Disease Management of Early Childhood Dental Caries: Practices of US Pediatric Dentists. Prev Chronic Dis 2025; 22:240151.
Basch CE, Edelstein BL, Trent R, Zybert P, Wolf RL, Koch PA, Custodio-Lumsden C, Estrada I, Levine J, Andrews HF, Kunzel C. Remote Communications for Caries Prevention Counseling Among Pediatric Dentists in the United States. Digital Dent 2026;3(1) doi:10.1016/j.ddj.2025.100048.
Edelstein BL, Basch CE, Zybert P, Wolf RL, Custodio-Lumsden CL, Levine J, et al. U.S. Pediatric Dentists’ Views on an Expanded Approach to Early Childhood Caries Counseling. J Pediatr Dent 2026;47(6):388-394.
Edelstein BL, Zybert P, Basch CE et al. Impact of expanded early childhood caries counseling on young children’s oral health and pediatric dental practice: Views of pediatric dentists. J Pediatr Dent. Revision. Accepted 5/18/26.

Web Citations

CDC’s Office of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention reported on MySmileBuddy at https://health.gov/news/202007/leveraging-technology-reach-risk-families-preventing-and-managing-early-childhood-tooth-decay-new-york-city.

BioMedX statement on MySmileBuddy is at http://columbiabiomedx.com/mysmilebuddy.

NY State Department of Health statement on MySmileBuddy’s attention to social determinants is at

https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/sdh/tech/edelstein.htm.

A MySmileBuddy webinar for the 2016 American Dental Association Foundation Caries Symposium is available at https://issuu.com/oralhealthamerica/docs/11-17-16webinarcustodiolumsden.