March 2023

CURRICULUM VITAE
YUKIE NAKAI

Address:

Department of Dental Hygiene
University of Shizuoka Junior College
2-2-1 Shizuoka-shi Suruga-ku,
Shizuoka 422-8021 JAPAN
Phone/FAX: +81-54-202-2686
Email: nakai@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

Birth:
January 1968

Education:
Okayama University Dental School, Okayama, Japan

l986–1992 D.D.S

March l992

Okayama University Graduate School of Dentistry, Okayama, Japan l992–l996 Ph.D.
March l996
(Current name: Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Faculty Appointments:
Institution

Department

RankYears% ofTime

University of Shizuoka
Junior College

Dental Hygiene

Professor

2016-present

100

University of Shizuoka
Junior College-Dean for Student
life, Admission, andCurriculum

2018-2020

University of Shizuoka
Junior College

Dental Hygiene

Chairperson ofDepartment

2020-2022

University of Shizuoka
Junior College-Director ofUniversity Library

2022-

Institution

Department

RankYears% ofTime

Okayama University

Pediatric Dentistry

Assistant Professor

1996–2016

100

University of Washington

Pediatric Dentistry & Dental
Public Health Sciences

Visiting AssistantProfessor

1997–2000

100

Previous Appointments:

Researchmap: https://researchmap.jp/snowpicture12
Membership and Offices:▪ Japanese Society of Pediatric Dentistry▪ International Association for Dental Research

Member (1992–present)
Member (1996-present)

Page 1 of 5▪ American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry▪ Japanese Dental Education Association

Associate Member (2000-present)
Member (2010-present),
Vice-chair of Academic Committee (2019-2021)
Delegate (2021-present)▪ Japanese Society of Disability and Oral Health▪ Japan Association of Dental Traumatology

Member (2010-present)
Member (2016-present)
Board member (2016-2021)▪ Japanese Society of Child Health▪ Japanese Society of Dental Hygiene Education▪ Japanese Society for Oral Health▪ Japanese Society for Oral Care

Member (2016-present)
Member (2016-present)
Member (2018-present)
Member (2021-present)
Councilor (2022-present)▪ Educational Conference on All Japan Colleges of Dental Hygiene

Board member (2021-present)

Dental License and specialty:
Japanese Dental License 1992
Certificate of Pediatric Dentist specialty (Jpn Pediatric Dental Assoc) 2000
Mentor of Pediatric Dentist specialty (Jpn Pediatric Dental Assoc) 2008

Dental School Honors:
Kokusho-prize (1st place honor), Okayama University Dental School (1992)

Professional Honors:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Washington, 2000
Certificate of Diploma, IIPD, University of Turku, 2005

Publications (Original articles- English)
1.
Nakai Y. (1996) Behavioral Science on Dental Fear in Pediatric Dentistry:
Relationship between behavior and the nasal skin temperature.
Pediatric Dental Journal 6(1):39-55.
2．

Kaakko T, Riedy CA, Nakai Y, Domoto P, Weinstein P, Milgrom P. (1999) Taking
bitewing radiographs in preschoolers using behavior management techniques.
Journal of Dentistry for Children. 66(5):320-324.

3.

Tsubouchi J, Nakai Y, Shimono T.(1999) The association of dental anxiety and dental
health in Japanese children. Pediatric Dental Journal. 9(1):19-23.

4.

Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Mancl L, Coldwell SE, Domoto P, Ramsay D. (2000) The
effectiveness of local anesthesia in pediatric dental practices.
Journal of American Dental Association. 131(12):1699-1705.

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Weinstein P, Riedy CA, Kaakko T, Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Domoto P, Koday M, Leroux
BG. (2001) Equivalence between massive versus standard varnish fluoride varnish
treatments in high caries chilldren aged 3-5 years.
European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2(2):91-96.

6.

Nakai Y, Hirakawa T, Milgrom P, Coolidge T, Heima M, Mori Y, Ishihara C, Yakushiji
N, Yoshida T, Shimono T. (2005) Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale inJapan. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 33(3):196-204.

7.

Coolidge T, Heima M, Heaton LJ, Nakai Y, Hoskuldsson O, Smith TA, Weinstein P,Milgrom P. (2005) The child dental control assessment (CDCA) in youth: reliability,validity and cross-cultural differences.
European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 6(1):35-43.

8.

Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Yoshida T, Ishihara C, Shimono T. (2005) Evaluation of theTotal Design Method in a survey of Japanese dentists. BMC Medical Research
Methodology. 5:27 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/5/27).

9.

Ji Y, Rodis OM, Hori M, Nakai Y, Kariya N, Matsumura S, Shimono T. (2005) Risk
behaviors and their association with presence of S. mutans or S. sobrinus and caries
activity in 18-month-old Japanese children.
Pediatric Dental Journal. 15(2):195-202.

10.

Ji Y, Nakai Y, Rodis OM, Kariya N, Matsumura S, Shimono T. (2005) Relatioshipbetween caries risk and presence of cariogenic bacteria among Japanese pregnant
women. Pediatric Dental Journal. 15(2):203-206.

11.

Nakai Y. (2006) Influence of maternal xylitol consumption on mother-childtransmission of cariogenic bacteria during and after pregnancy.
Finnish Dental Journal. Supplement 1:12-17.

12.

Yoshida T, Milgrom P, Mori Y, Nakai Y, Kaji M, Shimono T, Donaldson ANA.
(2009) Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear
Survey. BMC Oral Health. 9:17 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6831/9/17

13.

Nakai Y, Shinga-Ishihara C, Kaji M, Moriya K, Murakami-Yamanaka K, Takimura M.
(2010) Xylitol Gum and Maternal Transmission of Mutans Streptococci.
Journal of Dental Research. 89(1):56-60.

14.

Milgrom P, Söderling E, Nelson S, Chi DL, Nakai Y. (2012) Clinical Evidence for
Polyol Efficacy. Advances in Dental Research. 24(2): 112-116.

15.

Shinga-Ishihara C, Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Söderling E, Tolvanen M, Muakami K.
(2012) Salivary Mutans Streptococci Levels During and After 13 Months of Chewing
Xylitol Gum. Caries Research. 46(6): 519-522.

16.

Shinga-Ishihara C, Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Murakami K, Matsumoto-Nakano M. (2014)
Cross-cultural validity of a dietary questionnaire for studies of dental caries risk inJapanese. BMC Oral Health. 14:1. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6831/14/1

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Yoshida T, Ogawa T, Taguchi N, Maeda J, Abe K, Rodis O, Nakai Y, Shirai H, Torii
Y, Konoo T, Suzuki K. (2014) Effectiveness of a simulated patient training program
based on trainee response accuracy and appropriateness of feedback. European
Journal of Dental Education. 18(4):241-251.

18.

Nakai Y, Mori Y, Tamaoka I. (2016) Antenatal Health Care and Postnatal Dental
Check-Ups Prevent Early Childhood Caries. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine.
240 (4): 303-308.

19.

Takeuchi K, Noguchi Y, Nakai Y, Ojima T, Yamashita Y. (2020) Dentist gender-relateddifferences in patient' oral health behavior. Journal of Oral Science. 62(1): 32-35.

20.

Yoshida T, Watanabe S, Kono T, Taketa H, Shiotsu N, Shirai H, Nakai Y, Torii Y.
(2021) What impact does postgraduate clinical training have on empathy among
Japanese trainee dentists? BMC Medical Education. 21:53.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02481-y

21.

Nakai Y, Mori-Suzuki Y.(2022) Impact of dietary patterns on plaque acidogenicity anddental caries in early childhood: a retrospective analysis in Japan.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(12), 7245.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127245

22.

Nagatani Y, Imafuku R, Nakai Y. (2022) Broadening the dental hygiene students’perspectives on the oral health professionals: A text mining analysis.
Dentistry Journal, 10(9), 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10090160

Publications (Case report- English)
1.

Nakai Y*, Ishihara C, Ogata S, Shimono T. (2003) Oral manifestations of cyclic
neutropenia in a Japanese child: case report with a five-year follow-up.
Pediatric Dentistry. 25(4):383-388.

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Bibliography
Dr. Yukie Nakai is currently a professor in the Dept. of Dental Hygiene, and Director ofUniversity library, University of Shizuoka Junior College, Japan. She received her DDS fromOkayama University Dental School in Okayama, Japan in 1992, and received her PhD in
Pediatric Dentistry from Okayama University Graduate School of Dentistry in 1996. She had
been on faculty as an Assistant Professor at the same university for 20 years. She came to theUnited States in 1997 and worked in the Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public
Health Sciences as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WAfor 3 years, treating pediatric patients in pediatric dental clinic and doing research in dental fear,
local anesthesia use in pediatric dental practices, fluoride varnish, and xylitol in children. Dr.
Nakai has been certified in Pediatric Dentistry in Japan, and had been working at Okayama
University Hospital. She has 22 articles published in English and 23 in Japanese, and 35
abstracts in English and 89 in Japanese. She has been invited for special lecture over 100 times
nationally and internationally. Her major research interests relate to children’s oral health, dental
fear and behavioral management, and geriatric oral health was included in such interests recently.
Dr. Nakai's scholarly work is recognized internationally and nationally. Her paper on measuresof children's dental fear, for example, has been cited more than 78 times in international journals. A paper
on local anesthesia has been cited 38 times. Her work on the effects of xylitol published in the highly
prestigious Journal of Dental Research has been cited 47 times. She has also been very active as ateacher in pediatric dentistry, public oral health, and dental hygiene in Japan.

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