Thomas E. Van Dyke, DDS, PhD, is vice president for clinical and translational research and a senior staff member at The Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a professor of oral medicine, infection and immunity at Harvard University Faculty of Medicine in Boston. A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, he has published more than 330 articles, as well as numerous abstracts and book chapters. He can be reached at tvandyke@forsyth.org.