The two groups will use the grant to examine functions of the mucous membrane inside the mouths of people with periodontal disease and peri-implantitis.
Stella Alimperti, PhD, a project leader with the dental association’s research institute, and Dana Graves, DDS, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania dental school, will serve as co-principal investigators of the study. Other researchers include Eun-Jin Lee, PhD, from the ADA’s research institute, and members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an organization of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
