Archive for October, 2013

Whole tooth bioengineering!

  Researchers from King’s College London have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person’s own periodontal cells, according to a new study in the Journal of Dental Research http://jdr.sagepub.com/content/92/4/329.full

Perio disease bacterium facilitates rheumatoid arthritis

Perio disease bacterium facilitates rheumatoid arthritis By DrBicuspid Staff September 13, 2013 — While researchers and clinicians have long known about an association between two prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases, periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis, the microbiological mechanisms remain unclear. Now researcher Jan Potempa, PhD, DSc, from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry Oral Health and Systemic […]