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Scannapieco, Frank DMD, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Biology

Address:
116 & 109 Foster Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716)829-2854; 829-3373
fas1@buffalo.edu

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EDUCATION:

B.S. (Biology) University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1977.
M.S. (Biology) Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1980 (Mentor: J. van Houte).
D.M.D. (Dentistry) University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, 1985.
Certificate (Periodontics) University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 1989.
Ph.D. (Oral Biology) University at Buffalo, 1991 (Mentor: M.J. Levine).

Research Profile

Frank A. Scannapieco is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo. He received the DMD from the University of Connecticut, and the PhD in Oral Biology and Certificate in Periodontology from the University at Buffalo.

Dr. Scannapieco is a past Associate Editor of the Journal of Periodontology, has edited an issue of Dental Clinics of North America, has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Dental Research, and as a referee for over 40 medical, dental and scientific journals. He is an active member of several scientific and professional organizations such as the International and American Associations for Dental Research, American Society for Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Dental Association, and the American Academy of Periodontology. He practices periodontics, and is an active educator and mentor for graduate and dental students.

He studies oral microbiology, molecular mechanisms of bacterial colonization and the interface between oral and systemic health, especially the role of oral conditions in the process of respiratory infection. He has received substantial funding from NIH to support his research, and has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts.

Present research interests:

1. Interaction of salivary proteins with bacteria in oral biofilms.

2. Clinical trials to asses the role of poor oral hygiene in the colonization of the oropharynx by potential respiratory pathogens in mechanically-ventilated, intensive care unit patients.

Representative Publications Search Publications in MEDLINE

Ng PBY, Donley M, Hausmann E, Hutson A, Rossomando EF, Scannapieco FA. 2007. Candidate salivary biomarkers associated with alveolar bone loss: Cross-sectional and in vitro studies. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 49:252–260.

Ragavendran K, Mylotte JM, Scannapieco FA. 2007. Nursing home-associated pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia: the contribution of dental biofilms and periodontal inflammation. Periodontology 2000. 44:164-177. (Review).

Tezal M, Sullivan MA, Reid ME, Marshall JR, Hyland A, Loree T, Lillis C, Hauck L, Wactawski-Wende J, Scannapieco FA. 2007. Chronic Periodontitis and the Risk of Tongue Cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg;133:450-454.

Paju S, Scannapieco F. 2007. Oral biofilms, periodontitis, and pulmonary infections. Oral Diseases 13: 508–512 (Review).

Chaudhuri B., Rojek J, Vickerman MM, Tanzer JM, Scannapieco FA. 2007. Interaction of salivary alpha-amylase and amylase-binding-protein A (AbpA) of Streptococcus gordonii with glucosyltransferase of S. gordonii and Streptococcus mutans. BMC Microbiology 2007. 25;7(1):60

Scannapieco FA, Ng PYB, Hovey K, Hausmann E, Hutson A, Wactawski-Wende. 2007. Salivary biomarkers associated with alveolar bone loss. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1098: 496–497.

Boehm T, Scannapieco FA. 2007. Epidemiology, consequences and management of periodontal disease in older adults. J Amer Dent Assoc. 138 (Supplement):26-33. (Review).

Tanzer JM, Grant L, Thompson A, Li L, Vickerman MM, Scannapieco FA. 2008. Streptococcus gordonii’s sequenced strain CH1 glucosyltransferase determines persistent but not initial colonization of teeth of rats. Arch Oral Biol 53:133-40.

Chaudhuri B. Paju S, Haase EH, Vickerman MM, Tanzer JM, Scannapieco FA. 2008. Amylase-binding-protein B (AbpB), a novel extracellular dipeptidyl-Peptidase from Streptococcus gordonii. Infect Immun. 76:4530-7.

Heo SM, Haase EM, Lesse AJ, Gill SR, Scannapieco FA. 2008. Genetic relationships between respiratory pathogens isolated from dental plaque and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients in the intensive care unit undergoing mechanical ventilation. Clin Infect Dis. 47:1562-70.

Pan Y, Teng D, Burke AC, Haase EM, Scannapieco FA. 2009. Oral bacteria modulate invasion and induction of apoptosis in HEp-2 cells by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Pathog. 2009. 46(2):73-9.

Amarasinghe JJ, Scannapieco FA, Haase EM. 2009. Transcriptional and translational analysis of biofilm determinants of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in response to environmental perturbation. Infect Immun.77:2896-907.


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