Clinical Research Unit 208 “Aetiology and Sequelae of Periodontal Diseases - Genetic, Cell Biological and Biomechanical Aspects”

The Clinical Research Unit 208 “Aetiology and Sequelae of Periodontal Diseases - Genetic, Cell Biological and Biomechanical Aspects” was funded by the German Research Foundation and the Medical Faculty of the Universtity of Bonn since 2008.

The major goal of the Clinical Research Unit 208 was to improve the prevention, disease control and therapy of periodontitis through a better understanding of the causes and effects of periodontal diseases and the regenerative processes in the involved tissues.

The scientists of the Clinical Research Unit 208 were from the Dept. of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, the Dept. of Orthodontics, the Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, the Section of Oral Technology, the Dept. of Dermatology and Allergy, and the Dept. of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology (all from University of Bonn), the Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology and the 1st Dept. of General Internal Medicine of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (University of Kiel), and the Institute of Computational Science (University of Lugano).