The Dental Follicle: A Driver of Integrated Variation at the Tooth-Jawbone Interface

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Co-Chair(s)

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  Julia Boughner, Ph.D

  Professor
  Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology
  University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• 

  Valerie DeLeon

  Associate Professor
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States, Florida, United States

Keen on teeth? In the theme of Anatomical Horizons: Broadening Our Perspectives, this two-part session showcases cutting-edge research about tissue interactions between developing teeth and jaws, for colleagues interested in this part of the head from a broad range of disciplines (e.g., clinical anatomy, functional morphology, osteology, palaeontology). Our session on the dental follicular-alveolar complex begins with a 90 minute 3-speaker Podium Symposium and concludes with a 90-minute Roundtable Discussion including poster lightning talks. Join us to learn about and discuss targeted questions and knowledge gaps about the developmental biology of not simply the tooth but also the structures and functions of (peri)follicular cells and tissues. Our goal is to stimulate conversation and debate about dentofacial variation from diverse perspectives. All are welcome to both sessions! Co-chairs (JC Boughner, VB DeLeon, TD Smith) will facilitate the Roundtable session. Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics.

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM US PDT

  The Dynamic Tooth-Bone Interface in Zebrafish
  

  Speaker: Ann Huysseune – University of Ghent, Belgium
• 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM US PDT

  The Dental Follicle: A Central Regulator of Tooth Root Formation and Regeneration
  

  Speaker: Wanida Ono, DDS, PhD, DMSc – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT

  Mechanosensing in the Control of Tooth Development, Growth and Repair
  

  Speaker: Jan Krivanek, PhD – Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic