b'SCIENCE & INNOVATION2022 Balint Orban and Research Forum finalistsCongratulations to this years Balint Orban Memorial Competition and Research Forum Poster Competition finalists! Watch the finalists present at the AAP Annual Meeting in Phoenix. The Balint Orban Competition will take place on Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. and the Poster Competition will take place on Oct. 29 at 11:30 a.m.Balint Orban Memorial Competition Kenneth Liu, DMD, MS Basic Science University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL A randomized controlled trial to compare the Mahmoud Elashiry, DDS, MDS, MS, PhDhistomorphometric and clinical outcomes of soft tissue Augusta University, Augusta, GAaugmentation at the time of lateral ridge augmentation Age-Related and Microbially-Induced ImmuneproceduresSenescence in the Pathophysiology of Periodontitis: Key Role of P. gingivalis-Induced Exosomes of the SASP Jiman Nelson, DMD, MSD, MSUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Taewan Kim, DDS, MS Houston, TX University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PADeep Learning Based Computer-Aided Periodontal Host phagocytosis modulation by AggregatibacterDiagnosis through the Online Platformactinomycetemcomitans Cytolethal distending toxinAndrea Ravida, DDS, MSDavid Wu, DMDUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAHarvard University, Cambridge, MA Development and international validation of logistic Hydrogel Viscoelasticity Controls Migration and Fusion ofregression and machine-learning models for the prediction Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids of 10-years molars lossLe Leila Wang, DMDResearch Forum Poster CompetitionUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,Basic ScienceHouston, TX The impact of liposome stabilized RvE1 on humanShy Chwen Ni, DMDgingival fibroblast viability in a 3D hydrogel cultureHarvard University, Cambridge, MA system Mastication mimicking mechanical stretch of fibroblast induces active neurotropic factorsClinical ScienceFady Georges Eid, DMD, MSEdIya Ghassib, DDS Boston University, Boston, MA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIOral Pathogen-Induced Chronic Inflammation May Promote Influence of smoking on cost-effectiveness of periodontalthe Development of Alzheimers Diseaseintervention over up to 48 years of follow-upAAP Periospectives| 36'