Wednesday, March 21, 2012: 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
To learn about signalling pathways important to tooth development
To learn about proteins important to tooth development via gene-phenotype interactions
To learn about potential modalities for prevention of root resorption resultant to tooth movement
Chairs:
S.S. LIU
and
Y. LU
Alternate Chair:
T. OHIRA
Functional Redundancy of Twist1 and Twist2 in Mouse Development
Y. LU1, S. WANG1, H. ZHANG1, S.L. WILLIAMS1, C. QIN1, A. MANSUKHANI2, G. MUES1, and R. D'SOUZA1, 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, 2Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, NY
Discrete phosphorylated Retinoblastoma protein isoform expression in mouse tooth development
W. ZHANG1, B. VAZQUEZ1, V. ANDREEVA2, S. DAISY1, K. ELIZABETH2, P.W. HINDS2, and P.C. YELICK2, 1Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2Tufts University, Boston, MA
Effect of Ultrasound on Severe Orthodontically induced Root Resorption
N.H. FELEMBAN1, S. AL-DAGHREER1, A. GARGOUM2, A. SALEEM1, and T.H. EL-BIALY1, 1Dentistry/Orthodontics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Can Fluoride Prevent Genetically Predisposed Root Resorption in Tooth Movement?
S.S. LIU1, J. SUN1, M. FANNING1, E.A. MARTINEZ MIER2, S. LI3, K. KULA1, and K. STEWART1, 1Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, 2Oral Health Research Institute, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN