Oral Microbiology and Infections Research Group

Principal Investigator	Laboratory
Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, DDS, PhD	Haartman Institute
Docent in Oral Microbiology and Infections	Department of Bacteriology and Immunology
University Lecturer in Oral Medicine	Room B114
Tel: +358 9 1912 6392
Fax: +358 9 1912 6382
Email: riina.richardson(at)helsinki.fi

Graduate Students	Undergraduate Students
Esa Färkkilä, DDS	Mikko Nieminen, BDS
Lotta Grönholm, DDS
Anne Järvensivu, DDS
Sari Niiranen, DDS
Peter Rusanen, DDS
Marjut Sakko, DDS
Emilia Siikala, DDS
Johanna Uittamo, DDS

Research Interests

The goal of the Oral Microbiology and Infections Group is to promote understanding of the interplay between oral microbes and the host and the effect of oral infection on the health. Active research of our group includes studies on oral biofilms, host-microbe interactions, endodontic microbiology, biomaterial infections and infection control.
Main interests
- Microbiology of oral infections - Microbiology of oral biofilms
- Antimicrobial treatment of oral infections - Antimicrobial susceptibility of oral pathogens

- Immunity in oral infections - Oral infections of immunocompromised patients
- Infections and oral cancer

 

Selected Publications

Seppänen L, Lemberg K, Lauhio A, Lindqvist C and Rautemaa R. Is dental treatment of an infected tooth a risk factor for locally invasive spread of infection? J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2010, in press.

Uittamo J, Nieminen MT, Kaihovaara P, Bowyer P, Salaspuro M, Rautemaa R. Xylitol inhibits carcinogenic acetaldehyde production by Candida species. Int J Cancer, 2010, in press.

Siikala E, Rautemaa R, Richardson M, Saxén H, Bowyer P and Sanglard D. Persistent Candida albicans colonization and molecular mechanisms of azole resistance in APECED . J Antimicrob Chemother, 2010, 65: 2505-13.

Rautemaa R, Hietanen J, Niissalo S, Pirinen S, Perheentupa J. Oral squamous cell carcinoma - a complication or component of APECED (APS-I). Oral Oncol. 2007, 43: 607-13.

Rautemaa R, Lauhio A, Cullinan MP and Seymour GJ. Oral infections and systemic disease - an emerging problem in medicine. Clin Microbiol Infect, invited manuscript, 2007, 13: 1041–1047.

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