Congratulations, Camille
Camille Siqueira PERIO 08 won first place in the postdoctoral category at the Yankee Dental Congress Student Table Clinics. Her presentation was titled, "Minimally Invasive Sinus Elevation Techniques With or Without Simultaneous Implant Placement: How to Get Around Challenging Anatomical Limitations." Siqueira worked with Drs. Thomas Van Dyke and Serge Dibart in the Department of […]
Weakened Antibacterial Immunity Linked to Obesity
Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Salomon Amar, and his team have linked obesity to weakened antibacterial immunity. Through experimental research, Dr. Amar and his team looked at how control and obese mice fought P. gingivalis infection. In order to study this, they infected the mice using silk thread that had been coated with bacterial broth […]
BUGSDM Students Present Research at the Hinman Student Research Symposium
Renato de Luna DMD 09 traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, last month to present his research as part of a poster presentation at the Hinman Student Research Symposium. Renato’s presentation, “The Role of N-Glycosylation in Submandibular Gland (SMG) Branching Morphogensis,” was based on research he did during his APEX rotation in Professor of Molecular and Cell […]
CTRC Named New “Bad Guy” of Chronic Pancreatitis
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for the majority of all cases in the United States and Europe; tropical pancreatitis, a common form found in India; and idiopathic pancreatitis, in which the […]
New Susceptibility Gene Discovered for Chronic Pancreatitis
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for the majority of all cases in the and Europe; tropical pancreatitis, a common form found in ; and idiopathic pancreatitis, in which the cause is […]
After a Decade, TMJ/Orthognathic Surgery Still Changing Lives
People suffering from chronic facial and joint pain will find relief in a procedure instituted at Boston Medical Center (BMC) by Drs. David Cottrell and Pushkar Mehra of BUGSDM’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. They are two of just a handful of surgeons in the country (and the only in Boston) trained to perform […]
Robbins Symposium Celebrates 45 Years of Grant Funding
Boston University Medical Campus and national leaders in research met in Keefer Auditorium November 9 to celebrate an impressive accomplishment. Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Dr. Phil Robbins has received funding for his grant "Glycosylation and Glycosidases – Cell and Molecular Biology" for the 45th consecutive year. The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology […]
NIH Grant Lets Dr. Judith Jones Study Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Oral conditions impact more than a child’s health; they affect the quality of life of both the child and his or her family. Department of General Dentistry Professor and Chair Dr. Judith Jones will study to what extent oral conditions impact quality of life as the recipient of a five-year, Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient […]
“Cookbook” Makes Periodontics Easy for All
For Professor and Clinical Director of Periodontology Dr. Serge Dibart, periodontal treatment can be as simple as following your favorite cookie recipe. And the sous chefs writing the recipes are all BUGSDM faculty. In Practical Advanced Periodontal Surgery, Dibart’s second and latest book on the subject, he looks to the school’s periodontology, orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, […]
Salivary Proteins Uncovered in JDR Review
Researchers in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology are offering a new approach to studying salivary proteins in the Journal of Dental Research. "Once saliva enters the oral cavity, enzymes start breaking it up into pieces," says Assistant Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst. "The question is whether those pieces are still as effective as the […]