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The Forsyth Institute is pleased to present Dai Feng as the Keynote Speaker for Forsyth dentech 2021. Dai is the co-founder and managing director of CareCapital Advisors Limited, a dental focused VC and growth investor managing a $5 billion portfolio of more than 50 dental technology companies worldwide. The company invests an average of $250 million…

Forsyth dentech 2021 will feature a diverse panel of experts in the oral health innovation ecosystem representing government, industry, academia, venture capital, and more. The panel was hand-selected and will be moderated by Forsyth’s CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Wenyuan Shi. Learn more about each panelist below. Dr. Rena D’Souza is the Director of…

On September 23, oral health innovation thought leaders from around the globe will gather at The Forsyth Institute and virtually to mobilize a new generation of technology in dentistry. The oral health technology development sector represents a $100 billion+ untapped market with great potential to improve patient health and increase access to cutting-edge care. Forsyth…

Each year, the Forsyth Institute welcomes a cohort of high school students into our laboratories to work side-by-side with scientists and clinicians on real research projects. Created in 1993 as one of the first STEM programs in Massachusetts, the Forsyth Institute Student Scholars Summer Internship Program aims to teach students what scientific research involves and…

Oral health care is a market with an optimistic outlook, reflecting increasing worldwide awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy oral hygiene and fresh and pleasant breath, as well as growth in dental tourism and governmental promotion of awareness about dental diseases in emerging economies. Despite the size of the market and its expected growth,…

Current therapies for gum disease involve cleaning pathogenic bacteria away from the root of a patient’s teeth. But the bad bacteria always return after approximately three months, necessitating long-term management of the disease and consistent maintenance. Dr. Ning Yu, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Forsyth Institute, is working on a better treatment for periodontitis.…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for An Evening with Forsyth! We enjoyed sharing with you updates on the science, outreach, and education taking place at the Forsyth Institute. If you’d like to watch the entire program, you can do so via this link, with the Access Passcode: 2zQb?G4& If you’d like to support…

The COVID-19 pandemic left tens of thousands of children in Massachusetts without access to school-based dental care. When schools returned to in-person learning, many restrictions were in place that limited visitors and service available at the school. The ForsythKids team created an innovative medical tent model to allow the team to provide care where children…

The Forsyth Institute has entered into a strategic collaboration with Sherlock Biosciences, an Engineering Biology company dedicated to making diagnostic testing better, faster and more affordable. The partnership is focused on research, development, and commercialization of products and services for detection of human biomarkers in the oral cavity and other oral health applications. The oral…

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from 41 institutions in 13 countries collaborated to reconstruct the oral microbiomes of Neanderthals, primates, and humans, including the oldest oral microbiome ever sequenced from a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal. Scientists analyzed fossilized dental plaque of humans and Neanderthals and compared it to plaque…