The University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) in Baltimore has created a graduate program in oral health and dental medicine for nondental healthcare providers.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has awarded the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) a $30 million grant to further explore regenerative therapies.
The immune-suppressing drug used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, rapamycin, has been reported to reduce bone loss, inflammation, and changes to oral bacteria in older mice with periodontal diseases, according to a recent…