Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health
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Biography

Dr. Kabilan Velliyagounder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Biology. He received his Ph.D. from University of Madras, Chennai, India. He started his first postdoctoral training in the Department of Biochemistry at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. In 1997 he started his second postdoctoral research in South Korea. Kabilan joined the Department of Oral Biology at New Jersey Dental School in 1999. He is working on host-pathogen interaction studies focusing specifically on lactoferrin and their effect on oral diseases. He is also working on different Lf hybrid peptides and testing their effects on various microorganisms. In addition, Kabilan has successfully identified a naturally occurring group of organosulfur compounds with a significant potential to be used as an alternative therapy to treat oral and systemic diseases.

Research Interest

Host pathogen interaction studies

Experimental animal models and transgenic

Alternative therapy

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Global Speakers in the subject

Global Experts in the subject

Publications

Role of Human Lactoferrin in Oral Diseases

Kabilan Velliyagounder

Editorial: Oral Hyg Health 2014, 2:e108

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0702.1000e108