CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Chile
bachelor's at Odontología from Universidad de Chile (2004), clinical specialization in periodontics from Universidad de Chile (2011), master's at Ciencias Odontológicas from Universidad de Chile (2013), and PhD in Applied Dental Science from Universidade de São Paulo (2017). Asistent professor at Conservative Dentistry Department Universidad de Chile (2012). Has experience in dentistry, with focus on Periodontics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Periodontal diseases have a complex etiology, involving the interactions of multiple genes controlling the host response to infecting microorganisms. Adult twin studies have suggested a relation between genetic background and periodontitis risk. Population variations on host´s infection response control genes can explain a great proportion of the differential clinical presentation of peri…
Chronic periodontitis and periapical diseases are the leading cause for tooth loss in adults. Both periodontal and periapical lesions seem to share a common pathogenesis in which the establishment of a pathogenic microbiota (either in the gingival sulcus or the periapical region) triggers the host´s immune inflammatory response, which is in turn is responsible for the destruction of the t…
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