Genco, Robert (SUNY at Buffalo); Hamada, Shigeyuki (Osaka Univ); Lehner, Thomas (Guy's Hospital, London); McGhee, Jerry (Univ of Alabama); Mergenhagen, Stephan (National Institute of Dental Research)The contributors represent the specialties of microbiology, dental research, oral microbiology, periodontology, dental pathology, immunology, and biology. Most come from U.S. and Canadian academic medical centers, research institutions and government agencies. A few are from overseas (the U.K., Denmark, Sweden, and Japan). Institutions prominently represented include the National Institute of Dental Research of the NIH, SUNY at Buffalo, Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Univ of Pennsylvania, Scripps Research Institute, UCLA, and United Medical and Dental Schools (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals in London).

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