Thursday, March 22, 2012: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
Highlight the roles of saliva in health and disease
Chairs:
S. RUHL
and
K. LIMESAND
Search for microbial markers of oral cancer in Fanconi Anemia
F. TELES1, R. TELES1, M. PATEL1, E. GUINAN2, B.J. PASTER1, and S. SOCRANSKY1, 1The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Binding between Human Salivary Components and Staphylococcus aureus
S. HEO1, K. CHOI2, L.A. KAZIM2, E.M. HAASE1, M.S. REDDY1, F.A. SCANNAPIECO1, and S. RUHL1, 1Oral Biology, State University of New York - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Recovery of DMBT1 in Saliva of HNSCC Patients Following Treatment
N. D'SILVA1, C. MURDOCH-KINCH2, N. RUSSO1, R. BANERJEE1, J. VANHORN1, T. BRAUN1, and A. EISBRUCH3, 1Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Role of PLUNC in diabetes and oral disease
S. BENCHARIT1, S. SCHWARTZ2, J. CARLSON2, H. KOHLTFARBER3, C.R. MACK4, R. TARRAN5, and M.R. REDINBO6, 1Prosthodontics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2David H. Murdock Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC, 3Diagnostic Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 4Department of Dental Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 5Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 6Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC