Athena Papas
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA
Biography
Athena Papas is the Erling Johansen Professor of Dental Research and the Head of the Division of Oral Medicine at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston,
Massachusetts. She has received her Dental degree from Harvard and her PhD in Oral Biology from MIT. She had a Pre-doctoral Fellowship at Massachusetts General
Hospital and a Post- doctoral Fellowship at Children’s Hospital. As Principal Investigator, she has led over 100 studies in the fields of geriatric dentistry, cancer, HIV, Sjogren’s
syndrome, xerostomia and medically compromised patients. She has worked in multiple areas of translational research, including medications and device therapies.
Abstract
Abstract : RCT of 10% chlorhexidine coating for the prevention of adult caries