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Since our founding, over a century ago, the ADA Forsyth Institute has been an innovative leader in oral health research and clinical care. Today, ADA Forsyth is a top-tier NIH-funded research institute focused on exploring the connections between oral health and overall well-being.

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Why Oral Health?

Your mouth is the gateway to your body. Oral disease is linked to some of the most widespread and worrisome diseases in public health, including Type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer, preterm births. ADA Forsyth is the only independent research institute in the U.S. focusing on the connections between oral health and overall wellness.

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Spotlight on ADA Forsyth Research and Innovation

Novem ber 18, 2024

ADA Forsyth scientists devise new imaging approach to observe microbial adhesive interactions

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September 30, 2024

ADA Forsyth earns over $6 million in NIH funding for groundbreaking AI-driven dental materials project

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July 22, 2024

Possible new transmission factor in hospital-acquired Klebsiella infection discovered

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April 9, 2024

AFI scientists discover third player in the phage-bacterial arms race, a nanosized epibiotic parasite, TM7x, which helps its host bacterium achieve resistance to lytic phages

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February 13, 2024

Beautiful imaging shows how intracellular lipid droplets help bacteria “survive the winter”

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January 16, 2024

How genetic differences in oral stem cells populations could potentially lead to more targeted regenerative therapies

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December 1, 2023

In new study, ADA Forsyth scientists explore tissue regeneration as an alternative to root canal therapy

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July 11, 2023

Gum disease linked to buildup of Alzheimer’s plaque formation

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Changes to the gut microbiome in space may hold the key to protecting astronauts bone loss in space

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Innovation for Equity

Seeing your child smile without pain or shame, a chance to pursue a STEM career, keeping a healthy smile as an older adult – we turn these dreams to reality by combining cutting edge science and clinical care with community outreach.

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ForsythKids partners with Delta Dental of Massachusetts to expand oral health care offering in Quincy

November 18, 2024

ForsythKids, a mobile dental program bringing care to underserved communities, will expand its school-based program in Quincy, Massachusetts thanks to support from Delta Dental of Massachusetts, the leading dental benefits administrator in the state. A storied Boston charity program with over a century of service to the community, ForsythKids is led by the nonprofit ADA…

With new imaging approach, ADA Forsyth scientists closely analyze microbial adhesive interactions

Scientists have identified many types of bacteria in the mouth, but many problems remain in understanding how they work with one another. One of the problems is that microbes assemble themselves into densely packed multi-species biofilms. Their density and complexity pose acute difficulties for visualizing individual cells and analyzing their interactions at single-cell level. ADA…

Collaboration flourishes between ADA Forsyth Institute and International Orthodontics Foundation as research and innovation experts convene at 2024 IOF-AFI International Orthodontics Symposium

Cambridge, Mass. — The 2024 IOF-ADA Forsyth International Orthodontic Symposium, held in Cambridge, MA, USA, on October 5-6, brought together thought leaders from around the globe to discuss the latest innovations and advancements in orthodontics. This milestone event marked the first of three joint symposia by the International Orthodontics Foundation and ADA Forsyth Institute to…

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