Omer Bender

Tel Aviv University | TAU · Department of Oral Biology

Childhood caries, a chronic disease affecting 60% to 90% of children in industrialized countries, results in lesions in primary and permanent dentition, leading to hospitalizations, emergency room visits, high treatment costs, and loss of school days. It diminishes the child's ability to learn and increases the risk of caries in adulthood. Despite...

Aims: To reveal the heterogeneity of ex vivo-cultured human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from either masticatory or lining oral mucosa. Materials and methods: Cells were retrieved from the lamina propria of the hard palate and alveolar mucosa of three individuals. The analysis of transcriptomic level differences was accomplished using singl...

Dental calculus is a solid deposit that forms and accumulates on the tooth surface, entrap-ping oral microorganisms, biomolecules, and other micro-debris found in the oral cavity. A mass spectrometry analysis of its protein content opens a vista into the subject's diet, oral flora, and even some aspects of health, thus providing new insight and exp...

Dental calculus is a solid deposit that forms and accumulates on the tooth surface, entrapping oral microorganisms, biomolecules, and other micro-debris found in the oral cavity. Mass spectrometry analysis of its protein content opens a vista into the subject's diet, oral flora, and even some aspects of health, thus providing new insight and expand...

Background and objectives: Preservation of alveolar ridge contour following tooth extraction is important to allow for restoration with prosthetics and implants. Socket seal surgery was introduced more than two decades ago for preservation of the form, volume and bone quality of the postextraction ridge. The aim of this retrospective study was to a...

Objective Diabetes increases the incidence/severity of periodontal diseases by inducing a chronic inflammation, driven by accumulation of AGEs (advanced glycation end products). We tested whether glycated human serum albumin (G-HSA, a form of AGE), representing a diabetic state, augments the pro-inflammatory response of human gingival fibroblasts (...

Background: Membrane durability is critical for regenerative procedures. We reported previously that type 1-like diabetes in rats accelerates the degradation of collagen membranes and we tested here whether this is associated with increased local production of inflammatory molecules as part of a diabetes-induced chronic inflammation around and wit...