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Gum disease genes identified by researchers

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Science DaIly

October 4, 2016

Columbia dental researchers identified 41 master regulator genes that may cause gum disease. This is a vital step toward targeted, individualized treatment of severe gum disease.
Columbia Dental Researchers Identify Genes Behind Gum Disease

September 30, 2016

Researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine (CDM) Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified 41 master regulator genes that may cause gum disease.
Giving Children New Reasons to Smile: Sidney Eisig, DDS, Volunteers his Surgical Expertise

September 4, 2016

For the past 17 years, Dr. Eisig has traveled with a multidisciplinary team of 65 medical providers to the Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo in Neiva, Colombia.
Philip Terman, DDS ’62, a Larger-than-Life Teacher and Mentor, Retires

August 1, 2016

A maxillofacial prosthodontist and accomplished clarinetist, Philip Terman, DDS ’62 understands more deeply than many that, when their mouths do not function, people suffer.
A History of Columbia Dental: Its Challenges, Triumphs, and Climb to the Top

July 15, 2016

They were known as the ‘grin and bear it years,’ when a dental filling cost $2, a price too steep for most people who instead resorted to tooth extraction.