Dental Research Themes
Our many valued members of staff, partners and collaborators support the desire to transform health systems and healthcare delivery, reduce the costs of those systems, and improve the lives of individuals and communities locally and globally. The Melbourne Dental School's research themes include;
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Clinical Research
Clinical Research by the Dental School focuses on providing opportunities for cutting-edge research into a wide range of oral diseases, new technologies & materials and improvements to clinical practice
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Dental Materials
Dental Material research is focused on investigating & developing both preventive & restorative materials, technologies and their application for damaged tooth & bone tissue
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Forensic Bone Biology
This area of Dental Research includes 3 dimensional (3D) morphometrics or facial mapping, bone biology and biomechanics, and the study of dental records in a forensic context
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Oral Infection and Immunity
Focused on the understanding of oral diseases at the microbial, molecular & immunological level - with a view to the development of novel, effective, and specific prevention & treatment strategies
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Population and Oral Health
Focused on oral health for communities, Population and Oral Health explores preventive dentistry, diagnosis and treatment planning, epidemiology & public health, periodontics & implant dentistry