CRANIOFACIAL SKELETAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY

Sunil Kapila, BDS, MS, PhD
Robert W. Browne Professor and Chair
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Faculty Profile 
Current Research

The overall theme of Dr. Sunil Kapila’s studies is to understand the hormonal basis for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), bioengineering mature heterogenous fibrocartilaginous tissues and determining the mechanisms for fibronectin fragment-induced osteolysis in periodontal disease.