Department of Periodontics

Introduction of department

  1.  General periodontal therapy
  2.  Periodontal tissue regeneration with basic fibroblast growth factor
  3.  Periodontal therapy for patients with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
  4.  Examination of Serum IgG antibody titers to periodontopathic bacteria, occlusal force and masticatory function in collaboration with the Oral Examination Center
  5.  Treatment of halitosis 
  6.  Prevention of periodontitis 

Research content

  1.  Periodontal tissue regeneration (stem cell therapy <see photos> and cytokine therapy)
  2.  Analyses of genetic factors and mechanism of aggressive periodontitis
  3.  Periodontal medicine research (relevance of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, NASH and premature birth with periodontitis)
  4.  Mechanism of drug induced gingival overgrowth
  5.  Mechanism of reparative bone-like tissue formation in the tooth of a patient with systemic sclerosis 


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Hiroshima University Hospital

Kasumi 1-2-3 Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551