2004 Craniofacial Biology Award to Paul Sharpe
...s who have contributed to the body of knowledge in craniofacial biology over a significant period of time, and whose research contributions have been accepted by the scientific community. It consists of a cash prize and plaque, and represents one of the highest honors the IADR can bestow....Prenatal alcohol exposure has effects far beyond fetal alcohol syndrome
...us system impairment, and a distinctive pattern of craniofacial anomalies," said Sandra W. Jacobson, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and first author of the study. "ARND refers to nonsyndromal individuals with confirmed heavy ...New method to fix cleft palate shows promise in Mayo Clinic lab study
...s. "It's used in other areas of the body and other craniofacial problems, but not in cleft palate. Before taking it to the clinic to use in people, we wanted to try it in an animal model. This study tells us that it is possible to close cleft palate with distraction osteogenesis." The Mayo Clinic researchers cond...2005 Craniofacial Biology Research Award
...to modern experimental studies of bone adaptation, craniofacial evolution, and masticatory function. He pioneered ...pproaches he developed have been widely applied in craniofacial biology, and his eminence has already been recognized by a variety of awards, including the highly p...2005 Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization
...ted human genetic dental diseases. Her research in craniofacial genetics and biomimetics has been funded continuously since 1985 by the NIH/NIDCR. Currently, she is serving as President-elect of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and director of a $5.5 million NIDCR program project grant inve...Forensic dentistry key in identifying victims of tsunamis, other disasters
...ilosophy", and "Facial reconstruction based on 3-D craniofacial reconstruction and in vivo soft-tissue depth regis...victim identification. Conventional techniques for craniofacial reconstruction are usually based on manual modeling and standard soft-tissue depth tables. More rece...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...ng Li, an associate professor of basic science and craniofacial biology at NYU College of Dentistry; Dr. Howard Wiener, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alabama School of Public Health; Dr. John D. Ruby, an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry; and Dr. Men-J...