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Hector F. Rios, DDS, PhD

Hector F. Rios, DDS, PhD, is a tenure-track assistant professor in the
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan
School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor. His research focuses on the molecular
dynamics of the healthy and diseased periodontia. Rios is a diplomate of
the American Board of Periodontology and maintains a faculty practice
limited to periodontics and dental implants in Ann Arbor.

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A New Model of Periodontal Susceptibility

Oct 16, 2012

As our knowledge of the matricellular events that shift the path from periodontal health to disease grows, treatments that can be implemented before symptoms ever appear may become possible.