Thursday, March 22, 2012: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
To appreciate the complex biological interactions between dental resins and dental tissues.
Chairs:
A.K. BEDRAN-RUSSO
and
G. SCHMALZ
Evaluation of Streptococcus Mutans on Dental Composite Resins
B. STONER1, J. PIASCIK2, E. SWIFT JR.3, B. BYERS4, L. NISTICO4, G. EHRLICH5, and W. COSTERTON4, 1Research Triangle Institute, Durham, NC, 2RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, 3Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 4Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 5Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh
TEGDMA Induction of Apoptotic Proteins in Pulp Fibroblasts
G. BATARSEH1, L. WINDSOR2, N. LABBAN2, Y. LIU2, and K. GREGSON2, 1King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia/Indiana University School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology, Indianapolis, IN, 2Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN
Resin-Composite Biodegradation By-products Modulate Streptococcus mutans Growth and Gene Expression
L. SADEGHINEJAD, Dept. of Biomaterials, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, D. CVITKOVITCH, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto -, Toronto, ON, Canada, J.P. SANTERRE, Dept. of Biomaterials, University of Toronto -, Toronto, ON, Canada, and Y. FINER, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada