Clarifying the cellular mechanisms underlying periodontitis with an improved animal model

Comparison of the two types of ligature models and temporal mRNA expression profiling of cytokines. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46746-2 Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers have developed

Oral diseases cost the world $710 billion annually, study says

Worldwide per capita expenditure on dental care (2019) in US-Dollar Credit: WHO Caries, periodontitis and tooth loss cost billions of dollars worldwide every year. This is the result of a

Artificial mouth mimics human tongue movements to understand the oral processing of soft foods

3D image of the in vitro system: the tongue moves thanks to 3 inflatable and deflatable cavities. Credit: INRAE – Alejandro Avila-Sierra Researchers at INRAE have developed an artificial mouth