(FY) DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

The main topic of this research group is awareness of importance of oral health care in general population. Current research lines include dental trauma knowledge (school teachers, students, parents), dental caries prevention knowledge (students, Women during pregnancy, parents), prevention of oral diseases (pediatrics, parents).

The Dental Biomaterials and Oral Care Products is research group that primarily focuses on possible biological side effects of diverse kinds of biomaterials, as well oral care products. So far, we have been investigating the toxicity of dental composites, adhesive systems, and glass-ionomer cements ex vivo on human pulp fibroblast, gingival fibroblasts, and lymphocytes (micronucleus and comet assay). However, all ex vivo studies are conducted under strictly controlled conditions, and those results should be taken with caution.

We investigate the roles of extracellular matrix (ECM) components from the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) class, enzymes for biosynthesis of GAGs and cell surface receptors of GAGs in the regulation of inflammatory response in generalized destructive form of periodontal disease in humans