Ann Arbor, MI — June 4, 2013 — University of Michigan Medical School researchers, working with colleagues from the U-M School of Dentistry, have discovered a bacterium that is responsible for causing periodontitis, a common but largely preventable oral infectious disease. Periodontitis is characterized by a progressive loss of bone around the teeth. Without proper …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 30, 2013 — Research at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry may reveal clues that might make it possible to develop drugs pharmaceutically to derail tumor formation earlier. Dr. Russell Taichman and research associate Younghun Jung have published a paper that may shed some light on the molecular messages …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 18, 2013 — A second-year dental student at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry is the first recipient of a new research fellowship from the American Dental Association Foundation. Shalini Kamodia recently received the first Dr. Ray Bowen Student Research Fellowship for her study investigating a new treatment strategy …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 2, 2013 — During the next year, University of Michigan School of Dentistry researchers plan to recruit 50 patients who need a tooth extraction and a dental implant and then use the cells collected from the patients to see if it’s possible to grow bone. The specialized adult stem cells are known …
Ann Arbor, MI — April 1, 2013 — A third-year resident in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s graduate periodontics program won first place for her research during the Midwest Society of Periodontology’s recent meeting in Chicago. Dr. Suzanne Mason investigated the possible use of stem cells from alveolar bone marrow to regenerate large …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 11, 2013 — It’s an idea that, if successful, could benefit many, including war veterans who have sustained battlefield injuries and, ultimately, children and adults with developmental or acquired facial defects from trauma or disfiguring cancer surgery. Dr. Stephen Feinberg, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Oral and …
Ann Arbor, MI — February 28, 2013 — Imagine going to a dental office to have a wisdom tooth extracted. After the tooth is removed, the dentist then sends the tooth to a laboratory where the stem cells inside the dental pulp of the tooth are collected and stored for possible use later. Instead of …
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