PROGRAM:

Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
2	Challenges of Clinically Relevant Testing: Advanced Methods on the Horizon
3	Improving Oral Health and Promoting the Well-being of the Geriatric Population: Education Research Issues
4	New Insights into Tooth and Craniofacial Development
3:15 PM-4:45 PM
5	Bone Augmentation Alternatives in the Craniofacial Skeleton
Thursday, April 3, 2008
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
14	Bisphosphonates & Osteonecrosis: Evidence from Population Research in the United States
15	Dental School Involvement in the Planning and Implementation of NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards: We are at the Table; What Do We Do Now?
16	Host Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Treatment of Periodontal Diseases
9:45 AM-11:15 AM
27	Advances in Imaging Hard Tissues in vivo
28	Bisphosphonates & Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)
9:45 AM-11:45 AM
29	NIDCR's 60th Anniversary Symposium: Looking Toward the Future
Friday, April 4, 2008
8:00 AM-9:30 AM
79	Genomics & Oral Pathogen Research: Making the Connection
81	TMJ Pain Mechanisms
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
80	NIDCR 60th Anniversary Symposium: Dental Practice-based Research - Practitioner-driven Evidence-based Dentistry
9:45 AM-11:15 AM
92	Bioactive and Caries-inhibiting Resin-based Materials
93	Stem Cells at Work
Saturday, April 5, 2008
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
140	Local Anesthesia: New and Improved?
141	Mechanotransduction in Mineralized Tissues
9:00 AM-11:00 AM
142	NIDCR's 60th Anniversary Symposium: Building on Our Strengths