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Maxillofacial Tumor Control Lab
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A lab that investigates tumors of the mouth and maxillofacial region through both clinical care and research.
AboutAbout the lab
Treating and researching oral and maxillofacial tumors, and training people.
The Maxillofacial Tumor Control Lab carries out clinical care, research, and education on benign and malignant tumors and oral mucosal diseases that arise in the oral cavity, jaws, and face.
Working with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Lab (Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery), it also treats many cases of jaw deformities, cleft lip and palate, maxillofacial trauma, and temporomandibular joint disorders.
Patients with intractable oral diseases come not only from Fukuoka Prefecture but from all over Kyushu.
The lab puts effort into educating young oral surgeons, believing that the lab grows as its people grow.
Key terms
- Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
- Necrosis of the jaw bone caused by drugs used for conditions such as osteoporosis and bone metastasis of cancer. Also called MRONJ.
- SNP
- A type of genetic polymorphism. Compared between patient and control groups, it serves as a clue for finding genes related to a disease.
- IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis
- A form of IgG4-related disease. It is suspected from swelling of the salivary glands, especially the submandibular gland.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab handles tumors and mucosal diseases that arise in the oral cavity, jaws, and face through both clinical care and research. Its research examines the mechanisms of invasion and metastasis of oral cancer, immune mechanisms of salivary gland diseases, treatment of osteonecrosis of the jaw, and the origins of cleft lip and palate.
*Illustrative imageConservative Treatment of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
The lab deals with osteonecrosis of the jaw that develops after use of drugs for conditions such as osteoporosis and bone metastasis of cancer. It provides conservative treatment that places little burden on the body, and is also paying attention to the potential of treatment with teriparatide, a new osteoporosis drug.
*Illustrative imageOrigins of Cleft Lip and Palate
Cleft lip and palate is a multifactorial disease whose causes are not yet clear. The lab investigates disease susceptibility genes through both SNP analysis of DNA from human blood and functional analysis of genes in mice.
*Illustrative imageUltrasound Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Diseases
The lab is investigating whether ultrasound examination of the submandibular gland, which places little burden on the body, can be used to diagnose IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis. Because the whole gland is often removed and complications can occur, the lab focuses on ultrasound as a diagnostic method that does not rely on removal.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Maxillofacial Tumor Control Lab are faculty members, clinical staff, graduate students, speech-language pathologists, and department members on assignment elsewhere.As of 2026
- ProfessorShintaro Kawano
- LecturerTakeshi Mitsuyasu
- LecturerEiji Sakamoto
- LecturerTakashi Maehara
- Assistant ProfessorTaiki Sakamoto
- Assistant ProfessorKenichi Ogata
- Assistant ProfessorTakao Fuchigami
- Assistant ProfessorYasuhisa Kamikaseda
- Assistant ProfessorMizuki Sakamoto
- Assistant ProfessorTaichi Hattori
- Assistant ProfessorRyusuke Munemura
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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: “Cleft palate alveolus panorex xray” Coronation Dental Specialty Group / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Conservative Treatment of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: “Dornbirn-Dental X-ray unit Orthophos SL 3D-03ASD” Asurnipal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Origins of Cleft Lip and Palate: “Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate Repair” BruceBlaus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Ultrasound Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Diseases: “Doppler Ultrasound and Vascular Sonography Examination in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India” Goleisureintl / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Implant and Denture Prosthodontics Lab): “Prettau Bridge - (TLZ-IB)” Roedentallab / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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