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Awards for Pediatric Dentistry in 20082008 JSPD Award for Young Investigators

Ryota NomuraDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry“Molecular analyses of bacterial DNA in extirpated heart valves from patients with infective endocarditis”

Kan SaitoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences“Effect of Amelogenin on bone metabolism”

Junko Shimomura-KurokiDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University, School of Life Dentistry at Niigata“Research of bone metabolism factor in bone remodeling”

2008 Dentsply Merit AwardHirotoshi NemotoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry“Molecular characterization of Streptococcus mutans strains isolated from the heart valve of an infective endocarditis patient”

Satoko InagakiDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry“Effects of recombinase A deficiency on biofilm formation by Streptococcus”

2008 JSPD Award for the best paper published in the Japanese Journal of Pediatric DentistryHiroyo MorohoshiDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo“Evaluations of the disc configuration on MR images in juvenile patients with unilateral temporomandibular disturbances”

Hiroe KodairaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine“Endodontic therapy for dens invaginatus in a mandibular second premolar”

2008 JSPD Award for the best paper published in the Pediatric Dental JournalKen OuryoujiDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University“Analysis of mutations in the amelogenin and the enamelin genes in severe caries in Japanese pediatric patients”

Asako HaraDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Tokyo Dental College“Three dimensional observation of the occlusal grooves in the maxillary first and second deciduous molars with micro-CT”

Tsutomu IwamotoSection of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Faculty of Dental Science, Graduate School of DentalScience, Kyushu University“Presurgical treatment of cleft lip and palate in Aicardi syndrome: A case report”

2008 JSPD Distinguished Scientists Awards at the 46th Annual Meeting of JSPDMichitoki KineharaDivision of Dentistry, Chiba Children’s Hospital“Permanent tooth eruption in a child with marble bone disease who was treated with cord blood stem cell transplantation—long termfollow-up investigation—”

Yoshihiko TakemotoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Field of Developmental Medicine, Course for Health Sciences, Kagoshima University Graduate Schoolof Medical and Dental Sciences“Relationship between lower pharyngeal airway and anterior crossbite in children”

Tomonori IwasakiField of Developmental Medicine, Health Research Course, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences“Oropharyngeal airway in children with class III malocclusion evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography”

Yukie NakaiDepartment of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences“Influence of maternal xylitol consumption on mother-child transmission of mutans streptococci during and after pregnancy—the effectof long-term consumption on the mothers’ oral MS levels—”

Mizuho MotegiDevelopmental Oral Health Science, Department of Orofacial Development and Function, Division of Oral Health Sciences, GraduateSchool, Tokyo Medical and Dental University“Assessment of gene associated with Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation”

Aya YamadaDivision of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Oral Health and Development Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry“Establishment of the method for ameloblast differentiation using gap junctional communication”

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2008 Lion AwardYayoi IdairaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Tsurumi University“Factors affecting the oral condition of patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities”

Mitsuhiro MatsuzawaDivision of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Craniofacial Growth and Development Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental College“Regulatory mechanism of osteoblast differentiation by recombinant amelogenin”