Meeting report: a close look at oral biofilms and microbiomes

Xin Xu; Feng Chen; Zhengwei Huang; Lvyan Ma; Li Chen; Yaping Pan; Jian Xu; Syngcuk Kim; Denis Kinane; Hyun Koo; Xuedong Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41368-018-0030-1

Meeting report: a close look at oral biofilms and microbiomes

Int J Oral Sci. 2018 Aug 15;10(3):28. doi: 10.1038/s41368-018-0030-1.

Authors

Xin Xu¹, Feng Chen², Zhengwei Huang³, Lvyan Ma⁴, Li Chen⁵, Yaping Pan⁶, Jian Xu⁷, Syngcuk Kim⁸, Denis Kinane⁹, Hyun Koo¹⁰, Xuedong Zhou¹¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Endodontics, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, Ministry of Education and Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Department of Periodontics, School of Stomatology, Chinese Medical University, Shenyang, China.
⁷ Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
⁸ Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. koohy@upenn.edu.
¹¹ State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. zhouxd@scu.edu.cn.

Abstract

The "Biofilms, Microbiomes and Oral Diseases: Challenges and Future Perspectives" symposium jointly organized by Penn Dental Medicine and West China School of Stomatology was held on 30 September 2017 at Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC) in Beijing, China. The topics included the pathogenicity of oral biofilms, novel strategies for the control of biofilm-related diseases, oral microbiome and single-cell approaches, and the link between oral diseases and overall health. Researchers from a number of disciplines, representing institutions from China and Penn Dental Medicine, gathered to discuss advances in our understanding of biofilms, as well as future directions for the control of biofilm-related oral and systemic diseases.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biofilms*
China
Humans
Microbiota*
Mouth Diseases / microbiology*