Oral Diseases and Dental Health

TRDRP supports innovative, timely and high impact research that addresses basic, translational, or clinical aspects of oral disease and dental health. Research into the mechanisms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of oral diseases resulting from the use of commercial tobacco products, with a focus on disproportionately affected groups, is of critical importance to reducing the negative impact of tobacco product use.

 

Examples of relevant research topics:  

• Innovative, cost effective, and accessible approaches to early detection of oral disease in smokers.
• Research into interventions to reduce oral cancer incidence and mortality among commercial tobacco product users from tobacco priority populations. Note: Research on Oral Cavity and Pharyngeal Cancers should focus on disease types that are strongly correlated with tobacco product use (e.g., Human Papilloma Virus-negative cancers).
• Motivational interviewing in the dental clinic to encourage commercial tobacco product cessation.
• The effect of new and emerging tobacco products on tobacco-related conditions such as dental caries, periodontitis, or tooth loss.

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