Meetings

A study aiming to investigate whether the spike protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can sensitize nociceptors and promote pain-like behaviors in mice was presented at the 102nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to examine the mediation effect of the number of teeth on the association between income and dementia was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to develop a novel therapeutic strategy for periodontitis that targeted stem cell senescence by modulating the microenvironmental cues was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to develop a low-cost, rapid detection technique for the widescale detection and screening of oral microorganisms suitable for point-of-care settings was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study investigating the effects of local application of fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) on periodontal healing in osteoporosis model rats was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to assess an innovative “SMARTeeth” program that provides a digital tool-enabled oral health screening for underserved pregnant women at an obstetric office facilitated by community health workers (CHWs). was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to determine experiential impact on student-empathy in relation to timing of when they experienced a VR-simulation of homelessness was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A Hands-on Workshop introducing the Updated Human Salivary Proteome (HSP) Wiki was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A Hands-on Workshop exploring the evidence and applications of Chat GPT in dental education was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study exploring the potential of 3D-printed scaffolds with controlled delivery of small molecule, icariin (ICA), to promote cleft bone regeneration through recruitment and activation of endogenous stem/progenitor cells was presented at the 102^nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53^rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

A study aiming to evaluate how biochemical inhibition of endogenous Wnt signaling affects barrier functions of the junctional epithelium was presented at the 102nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.