Balint Orban Memorial Competition

Program Track: Emerging Concepts and Innovative Therapies

Presenters

Description

The Balint Orban Memorial Competition provides a platform for clinical or basic research to be presented by current periodontal residents or students who completed their training no more than 18 months prior to the Annual Meeting.

Balint Orban Memorial Competition Finalists

Basic Science

Y. W. Stacy Cho, DMD
Harvard University
Multimodal Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Disease-Specific Epithelial–Stromal Regulation of Inflammation in Periodontitis and Peri-Implantitis

Jacques Jaar, DMD
Nova Southeastern University
IL-17-mediated peri-implant inflammation and bone loss are exacerbated in diabetic mice compared to healthy mice in a murine peri-implantitis model

Kiran Changa, DDS, MSBS
Rutgers University
Titanium-Driven Microbial Dysbiosis in Peri-Implantitis Differs from Red Complex-Related Periodontitis

Yumna Subhani, DDS
University of California, Los Angeles
Instrumentation Effects on Surface Roughness, Characterization and Human Gingival Fibroblast Response of Milled Zirconia: In Vitro

Clinical Science

Tu Nguyen, DDS, MMSc
Harvard University
Treatment of Implant Esthetic Complications with Connective Tissue Graft vs. Collagen Matrix Saturated with Recombinant Human Platelet-Derived Growth Factor: A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial

Alexis Brito, DDS, MSD
University of Washington
Characterizing the Effects of Periodontal Inflammation in Adjacent and Distant Tooth Sites in Patients with Stage III Periodontitis

Kela Bowman, DDS, MSD
Medical University of South Carolina
A Cross-Sectional Examination of Alzheimer’s Disease Molecular Markers in Human Gingival Tissue Samples

Jeremy Bobera, DDS
University of Iowa
Obesity Disrupts Oral Homeostasis: A Multi-Site Analysis of Metabolome, Microbiome, and Immune Profiles

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Educational Objectives

• • Gain knowledge of advancements in a variety of topics in basic periodontal science and clinical periodontics.
• • Consider a new concept or technique to use in practice or consider for future research.

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CE Hours: 3.5

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