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Health & Social Care Research Across North East & North Cumbria.

Oral and Dental Health

Oral and Dental Health

The specialty of oral and dental health research supports a range of studies spanning across multiple sites, testing new medicinal products and devices which are developed through the health services research specialty. Main areas of focus are dental decay in younger children, reducing childhood dental complaints, developing and evaluating new technology for managing oral diseases and cancers. Research also looks at the links between oral and systemic diseases, the side effects of medication on oral and dental health, the impact of routine dental treatments and procedures and the impacts of different health services that make up oral and dental care.

How to get involved

Explore

Visit the national specialty page here

Sign up

Join the British Society for Oral and Dental Research, where annual international meetings are held alternating between the UK and international partners.

Visit the Biomedical Research Centre

Visit the Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, where research takes place that focuses on toothache and the neuropathic pain phenomena and the potential treatments and interventions.

Get in touch

Contact Dr Chris Vernazza, director of the Dental Clinical Research Unit in Newcastle, where staff are highly trained in all aspects of oral and dental clinical trial delivery. Staff who are interested may be able to visit the facility to explore the opportunities to get involved in research. The Dental Clinical Research Unit has very strong ties to Newcastle University, where it is hoped that research is seen as a positive opportunity for early career practitioners.

Be Part of Research

Signpost patients to Be Part of Research and encourage your colleagues to do the same.