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| 0824 |
11:00 AM | Microbial flora from inflammatory dental foci and threat of endocarditis
W.-S. BEATA, Institut of Stomatology, Ponan, Poland |
| 0825 |
11:15 AM | Nonlinear stress-strain behavior of periodontal ligament under orthodontic force
S. TOMS1, J.E. LEMONS2, and A.W. EBERHARDT1, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, 2University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Birmingham, USA |
| 0826 |
11:30 AM | Viscoelastic behaviors of periodontal ligament: three-dimensional finite element analysis
C.-P. LIN, J.-M. TSAO, and J.-H. CHENG, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 0827 |
11:45 AM | Periodontitis and saliva levels of IL-1ra and sTNFRI in pregnancy
S. SLOTWINSKA1, M. WIERZBICKA1, R. SLOTWINSKI2, M. ZALESKA2, W. OLSZEWSKI2, M. DUBIELECKA-KITTEL1, and K. CZAJKOWSKI1, 1Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, 2Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland |
| 0828 |
12:00 PM | Presence of Periodontal Pathogens on Coronary Balloon Catheters Following Angioplasty
S.N. GOEL, N. BISSADA, D.J. DELUCA, S. NELSON, A. WEINBERG, and R. NAIR, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 0829 |
12:15 PM | Risk markers of atherosclerosis in plasma from patients with periodontitis
A. GUSTAFSSON1, K. BUHLIN1, A. JOHANSSON2, and B. KLINGE1, 1Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, 2Umeå University, Sweden |
| 0830 |
12:30 PM | The effect of hyperlipidemia on the cellular immune response in IDDM patients with periodontitis
B. YUCEKAL, S. BILGIC, G. DENIZ, and E. FIRATLI, University of Istanbul, Turkey |
| 0831 |
12:45 PM | Pg DNA identified in non-atheromatous sites of human coronary arteries
J. CATALDO1, D.J. DE LUCA1, N. BISSADA1, E. ROBINSON1, E. BALRAJ2, S. NELSON1, and A. WEINBERG1, 1Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 2Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 0832 |
1:00 PM | Diabetic angiopathies: Experimental evidence for involvement of plasminogen activators, hyperglycemia, serum, and collagen
A.A. DECARLO, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA, and S. HALLIT, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA |
| 0833 |
1:15 PM | Periodontal pathogens in atheromas from a German population
V.I. HARASZTHY1, S.F. JORDAN1, G.G. ZAFIROPOULOS2, N. MASTRAGELOPULOS3, and J.J. ZAMBON1, 1University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine, NY, USA, 2Berlin Free University, Germany, 3City Hospital Heinsberg, Germany |
| 0834 |
1:30 PM | Protein Kinase C Activity in Neutrophils from Diabetic Patients With and Without Periodontitis
M. KARIMA1, A. KANTARCI1, S. EBNER2, M.E. NUNN1, and T.E. VAN DYKE1, 1Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, MA, USA, 2Boston Medical Center, MA, USA |
| 0835 |
1:45 PM | Periodontal pathogens and NO in crevicular fluid of diabetic patients
U. SKALERIC1, B. GASPIRC1, F. MCCARTNEY2, and S.M. WAHL2, 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2NIDCR, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| 0836 |
2:00 PM | Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans lipopolysaccharide induces macrophage-derived foam cell formation
L. LAKIO1, P.J. PUSSINEN1, M. JAUHIAINEN2, and S. ASIKAINEN3, 1University of Helsinki, Finland, 2National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 3Umeå University, Sweden |
| 0837 |
2:15 PM | Synergistic Expression of IL-8 in P. gingivalisInfected Human Aortic Endothelial Cell / Monocyte Co-Cultures
H.-H. CHOU, F. GIBSON, H. NASSAR, and C. GENCO, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA |
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