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Oral Preventive Medicine Lab
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An oral preventive medicine lab that explores the link between the oral microbiota and health.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring oral and whole-body health through bacteria and epidemiology.
The Oral Preventive Medicine Lab focuses its research on themes such as clarifying the relationship between the oral resident microbiota and oral health.
The lab also aims to develop new ways to prevent dental caries (cavities) through molecular biological analysis.
To clarify the link between oral health and whole-body health, the lab also conducts epidemiological research.
The lab says it welcomes consultations, explanations, and visits from anyone interested in its research at any time.
Key terms
- Oral resident microbiota
- The collection of many kinds of bacteria that naturally live in the mouth.
- Dental caries
- The term used in dentistry for cavities.
- Epidemiology
- The study of the relationship between diseases and lifestyle or environment, based on data collected from many people.
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Shinya Kageyama received an Excellence Award at the 33rd Pneumo Forum
Associate Professor Shinya Kageyama received the LION Award, the academic prize of the Japanese Society for Oral Health
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's central research themes are the relationship between the oral resident microbiota and oral health, ways to prevent cavities, and the link between oral health and whole-body health. It uses molecular biological analysis to develop cavity prevention methods, and epidemiological research to study the link between oral and whole-body health.
*Illustrative imageLinks between oral bacteria and health
The lab works to clarify the relationship between the oral resident microbiota and oral health.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping new ways to prevent cavities
This research aims to develop new ways to prevent dental caries (cavities) based on molecular biological analysis.
*Illustrative imageLinks between oral health and whole-body health
The lab conducts epidemiological research to clarify the link between oral health and whole-body health.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Oral Preventive Medicine Lab consist of faculty, graduate students, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorToru Takeshita
- Associate ProfessorMichiko Furuta
- Associate ProfessorShinya Kageyama
- Assistant ProfessorMikari Asakawa
- Assistant ProfessorJiale Ma
- Assistant ProfessorNanami Sawada
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Toothbrush x” Jonas Bergsten / Public domain (cropped)
- Links between oral bacteria and health: “Bacteria on everyday objects” Manjunaf / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing new ways to prevent cavities: “Close-up of a toothbrush with toothpaste ( )” Ivan Radic / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Links between oral health and whole-body health: “Dental education” Boitumelokoopedi / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (口腔画像情報科学分野): “Dental X-rays” Dmitry G / Public domain (cropped)
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