GSDM DSc Student Presents at 2015 American Academy of Periodontology Annual Meeting
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, Dr. Lena Elbadawi, a current DSc student in GSDM’s Department of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials, presented a poster of her project titled, “Factors affecting regeneration of bone defects: an animal study,” at the 2015 American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Annual Meeting.
The 2015 AAP Annual Meeting took place from November 14-17 in Orlando, Florida. At the meeting, Periodontists from around the globe came together for lectures, presentations, workshops and other events geared toward professional development, education, and networking.
Dr. Elbadawi was one of about 100 students, researchers, and faculty members from around the world presenting at the 2015 AAP meeting’s research forum poster session and competition, which took place in the main exhibit hall.
“Bone grafting in periodontology is a very common surgical procedure, I was very pleased to have many periodontists and attendees of the meeting stop by my poster and show much interest in my research, especially since it is something they encounter on daily basis in clinical practice,” said Dr. Elbadawi.
Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter attended the 2015 AAP Annual Meeting and stopped by Dr. Elbadawi’s poster.
“I would like to congratulate Dr. Elbadawi for presenting her very impressive work on bone regeneration at the 2015 American Academy of Periodontology Annual Meeting,” said Dean Hutter. “I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to stop by her poster presentation and learn more about her project.”
Dr. Elbadawi’s poster presentation, “Factors affecting regeneration of bone defects: an animal study,” focuses on three main factors which are: time, temperature, and bone form (crushed or intact) that may affect the success of healing and bone regeneration within a bone defect.
Dr. Elbadawi created two 4mm defects in calvaria (skull bone) of fifty mice by drilling. Then, she grafted the defects using bone from the same mouse after being subjected to different temperatures and time since harvesting. Finally, she examined the healing of these defects after one month. One of the big findings from Dr. Elbadawi’s study was that the defects that had better healing were those that were grafted with bone particles (crushed bone) compared to those grafted using an intact piece of bone.