Soon-to-be graduating students showcased their research projects during Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Student Research Day, held on Tuesday, April 9 in the medical school’s New Research Building. ... Read more about Student Research Day Showcases Innovative Projects Advancing Oral Health

In one of the first clinical trials to explore treatment of an aggressive form of oral precancer with immune checkpoint therapy (ICT), researchers from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and other collaborators found promising results for treating a high-risk oral precancerous disease with ICT.... Read more about Researchers Explore Immune Checkpoint Therapy to Treat Aggressive Form of Oral Precancerous Disease

The immune system plays an essential role in keeping us healthy and in protecting us from disease. Immune cells are regulated by cytokines, key molecules (of which there are more than 100 major types) that send chemical messages that dictate how and when immune cells develop or activate against threats to our health. Cytokines are so critical to the function of the immune system that more than one million scientific publications have studied them — yet until now there’s been no systemic reference for understanding how specific cytokines affect different...

Talking, laughing, chewing, and smiling are daily facial movements everyone makes with little to no thought, however for individuals with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), those simple movements may cause sharp pain or persistent discomfort.... Read more about Multidisciplinary Team Awarded NIDCR Grant to Study TMDs

In early 2022, Dean Giannobile launched an effort to recruit exemplary early career scientists with expertise in a broad range of biomedical and health science specialties, including in the areas of microbiology, cell biology, immunology, stem cell biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, physiology, biomaterials and tissue engineering, biomedical imaging, bioinformatics and epidemiology, and public health.... Read more about Up and Coming Scientists Join HSDM

In dental research and practice, all eyes are on artificial intelligence's (AI) promise for patients.

AI has made its arrival in dental care around the world, largely thanks to a swell of early adopters who have embraced the newest assistive technologies that could lead to earlier diagnosis of oral diseases and put more informative tools in the hands of patients.... Read more about From Climate Change to Cavities, AI Is Changing Oral Health

A collaborative initiative, led by Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM), recently received $4.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) to establish a novel clinical practice-based research network to train future clinician-scientists over the next five years.

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