卫生科学中心内的口腔生物学和病理学研究生课程提供旨在获得MS和博士学位的研究计划。度。MS课程大约持续两年，特别适合那些希望在进入临床专业之前或获得临床专业的同时接受进一步基础科学培训的牙科毕业生。寻求额外培训和更高学位的工业基础科学家也对口腔生物学和病理学研究生课程特别感兴趣。尽管该部门对口腔生物学的各个方面都感兴趣，但目前正在进行的积极研究计划包括：牙齿，各种上皮表面的口腔菌群的发育，代谢和控制，口腔腐败，恶臭和牙龈炎，发病机理牙周炎，全身和口腔疾病之间的相互关系，牙本质过敏的机理和治疗，健康和患病牙
The Graduate Program in Oral Biology and Pathology, within the Health Sciences Center, offers a program of study and research leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The M.S. curriculum is of approximately two years duration and is particularly suited for those dental graduates who wish to obtain further basic science training before entering or while obtaining a clinical specialty. The Graduate Program in Oral Biology and Pathology is also of particular interest to industrial-based scientists seeking additional training and advanced degrees. While the Department is interested in all aspects of oral biology, active programs of research presently being conducted include the following: development, metabolism, and control of the oral microflora on the teeth and various epithelial surfaces, oral putrefaction, malodor, and gingivitis, pathogenesis of periodontitis, interrelationship between systemic and oral diseases, mechanisms and therapy of dentinal hypersensitivity, ultrastructure and metabolism of healthy and diseased periodontal tissues with an emphasis on remodeling and matrix metalloproteinases, chemistry and crystallography of the biological calcium phosphates, biology of epithelial growth and differentiation, epithelial gene therapy, mechanisms of epidermal and oral carcinogenesis, wound repair, biology of skin and mucosal grafting, acquired and innate immunity, inflammation and fibrosis, and cancer. Further details may be obtained from the graduate program director.