Session: Keynote Address and Pulp Biology: Dental Pain and Inflammation (AADR Annual Meeting (March 21-24, 2012))

Wednesday, March 21, 2012: 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours

Learning Objectives:
To discuss methods to study human nociceptors and insights into inflammatory pain and gender-specific pain mechanisms
To discuss recent findings on the mechanisms underlying the pathobiology of periapical lesions

Chairs:

F.W. PAULA-SILVA and J. NOR

Keynote Address: Pharmacological Regulation of Human Nociceptors
K.M. HARGREAVES, Endodontics, University of Texas - San Antonio / Health Science Ctr, San Antonio, TX

Expression of 5-Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase-2 during Apical Periodontitis Development
F.W.G. PAULA-SILVA, F.R.R. SANTOS, L.A.B. SILVA, and L.H. FACCIOLI, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

TLR2 Signal Is Protective In Periapical Lesion
H. SASAKI¹, D. RIDER¹, S. XU¹, and A. FUJIMURA², ¹Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan

MMP3 Contributes to Development of Periapical Lesions and Healing Response
S. KHALIQ, Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, R. MENEZES, Department of endodontics, University of Texas - Houston/Health Science Center, Houston, TX, K. DEELEY, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, and A. VIEIRA, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Discussion

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