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Centers in the Department of Oral Biology

Center for Molecular Microbiology

The Center for Molecular Microbiology was established in 2000 to formally bring together infectious disease researchers and clinicians from the colleges of Dentistry, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in order to function as an interdisciplinary group of scientists to address the issues of infectious diseases.

Periodontal Disease Research Center

The Periodontal Disease Research Center was established at the University of Florida in 1978 by the State University System Board of Regents as an independent center with the purpose to conduct research on the prevention, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal diseases. Specialists in periodontology, microbiology, biochemistry, engineering, immunology, molecular biology and genetics, psychophysiology, and statistics are involved in interdisciplinary projects.

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