Dr. William Nordquist presents a talk on chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases. The diseases are thought to be caused from normal oral bacteria that has gotten out of balance. When spirochetes get to a large percentage of the oral bacterial flora, they cause periodontal disease and bone loss. The bone loss finding …

Authors: Sophie Poole, Sim K. Singhrao, Sasanka Chukkapalli, Mercedes Rivera, Irina Velsko, Lakshmyya Kesavalu, St John Crean Oral & Dental Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire, UK Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Department of Oral Biology, College of …

This important message is by Dr. Judith Miklossy, the director of the International Alzheimer’s Research Center in Switzerland.   Transcript: “I am Judith Miklossy. I am from Switzerland, and I am the director of the International Alzheimer’s Research Center. And the goal of this research center is to show the involvement …

Authors: Anna B. Pritchard, StJohn Crean, Ingar Olsen, and Sim K. Singhrao     Abstract "As far back as the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, microbial infections were responsible for vast numbers of deaths. The trend reversed with the introduction of antibiotics coinciding with longer life. Increased life expectancy however, accompanied the emergence of …