Facilities, Laboratories & Research
Research Centers & Laboratories
In addition to a primary research center located in 51动漫鈥檚 College of Public Health, there are six dedicated research laboratories housed within 51动漫鈥檚 Kornberg School of Dentistry, located minutes north of Main Campus.
In collaboration with 51动漫鈥檚 Department of Psychology, the聽 facilitates in the understanding of the complex variables that surround oral health and disease status, with a focus on evidence-based prevention research. The center acts as a bridge between dentistry, public health and psychology.
The studies the overall quality of the human voice, with an intrinsic focus on cranial muscle groups. In a collaborative partnership with faculty from Misericordia University, the experimental usage of state-of-the-art recording devices measure everything from pre- and post-oxygen consumption to hemoglobin levels in human thyroarytenoid muscles.
The is a fully equipped, 2,200-square-foot multiroom complex dedicated to the harvesting and analysis of oral microorganisms. In addition to walk-in incubators and freezers, the facility has a dark room, a sterile room and a tissue culture room. Students will also have full access to
- Agarose, SDS-PAGE and Western Transfer electrophoresis systems;
- a PCR thermal cycler;
- an electroporation system;
- a spectrophotometer; and
- a UV DNA documentation system.
The is a fully licensed and certified hospital-grade microbiology facility for complex bacteriological analysis. It serves as the primary laboratory for clinical periodontal and peri-implant microbiology disciplines.
The harvests various types of bacteria, fungi and multispecies biofilms in addition to immunoblotting, generation sequencing聽and DNA extraction. This 725-square-foot laboratory allows dental students to examine both the pre- and post-processing of murine models in the analysis of various oral diseases.
罢丑别听 is home to equipment especially for cellular and molecular biomedical research. Equipment in this Level 2 biosafety facility includes a cell culture incubator and culture hood, a real-time PCR machine, and a FluorChem M imaging system. This lab allows dental students to work on basic and translational research including but not limited to stem cell culture, biomaterial scaffold聽and cell signaling.
The is a fully equipped fabrication and smart biomaterials facility for the testing of various dental materials across load types. This lab features聽3D printers, ink-writers and a full machine shop, so students can work with dental materials ranging from ceramics to biological tissue. Many of the materials are used in-house to simulate real-world oral and periodontal conditions.
The instrumentation housed in the Kornberg School of Dentistry is聽available for use by graduate or postdoctoral researchers and is subject to proper training and supervision by faculty. Dentistry students also have access to additional facilities and instrumentation for research purposes in 51动漫鈥檚 College of Engineering, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and the Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Additional Facilities
The 聽is a 53,000-square-foot facility that caters to all students in 51动漫鈥檚 Health Sciences Center. In addition to a robust analog and digital offering of dentistry literature, the library features 175 workstations and 10 collaborative learning rooms that are open to all dentistry students and faculty.
The offers space to conduct research or, if needed, take a reprieve from learning. Located just north of 51动漫鈥檚 Main Campus, a host of study and conference rooms intertwine with multipurpose athletic courts and fitness facilities.
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Quality of Research
Research is a vital aspect of the Kornberg School of Dentistry, with a underway in each of the facilities outlined above. Students and residents work alongside faculty to produce cutting-edge research in their fields. The school has received $1.75 million in funding from United Healthcare Inc. and the UHC Foundation, $2.17 million from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, and $1.14 million from the American Dental Association for faculty research projects.
Highlights
Recently the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, awarded the school $2.59 million to support research aimed at . This project marks an innovative partnership between the Kornberg School of Dentistry and 51动漫鈥檚 Psychology Department, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts.
In 2017, a pair of Kornberg students earned a research award from the American Public Health Association Oral Health Section for their study of dental public health entitled Support for Community Water Fluoridation and Integrating Advocacy Training in Dental Curriculum: Pediatric Dentists Perspectives.
Other student research has centered on projects such as
- the laser treatment of periodontal disease;
- patient attitudes toward 51动漫鈥檚 smoking policy; and
- prophylactic antibiotic usage in nonoperative, closed facial fracture.
Research Funding
In 2016, the National Science Foundation placed 51动漫 among the top 100 in terms of research expenditures, which amounted to $242 million. .