National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Researchers Take First Step in Growing Artificial Salivary Glands

Researchers at the National Institutes for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) say they have...

Dental Researcher Investigating Oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Jacqueline Mays, DDS, MHSc, PhD, of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research...

Public Wiki Catalogs Thousands of Salivary Proteins

To improve the development of new saliva-based diagnostic tests and personalized medicine, the National...

NIDCR Leads Research into Rare Bone Disorder

Pediatric endocrinologist Alison Boyce, MD, is leading efforts at the National Institutes of Health...

SARS-CoV-2 Infects Oral Tissues

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth, according to a...

Deep Learning Detects Molecular and Genetic Alterations to Diagnose Cancer

A type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning successfully detected the presence of...

Sjögren’s Syndrome Testing Adapted for COVID-19 Identification

Peter Burbelo, PhD, of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is...

D’Souza Named NIDCR Director

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have named Rena N. D’Souza, DDS, MS, PhD,...

Grants to Support Thrush and Periodontitis Prevention Research

The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry has received a pair of grants from...

$30 Million Grant to Support Regenerative Research

The Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) will use...