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The emergence of new technologies in biology and medicine has given new opportunities for scientific collaboration both in national and international for oral and dental research workers. Technological advances have resulted in further scientific specialisation, and the need for clinicians and basic scientists to work closely to foster innovation in research initiatives. The interests of dental research is best served by a teamwork approach, often working on basic and clinically applied research questions and utilising international contacts and collaborations. The IADR was founded to create an international organisation to further the interests of dental research by combining the talents of clinical and basic research workers and has programmes to encourage such international collaboration. Dental scientists have frequently made observations that have contributed in a major way to medical science. Examples of new technologies in the diagnosis and management of oral diseases include the use of stem cells, proteomics and genomics in oral cancer, potential in growing teeth in vitro and transgenic technologies in plants for the production of oral vaccines. Whilst the oral cavity as a unique body area allows specific oral diseases to be investigated, its anatomical position means that it is not only part of the mucosal immune system and reflective of mucosal immunity but also of dermatological, gastrointestinal and other systemic diseases. International perspectives in research are needed to maximise this potential.
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Challacombe, S.J. (2007). Development of international perspectives in research: applications to oral mucosal biology. In: Watanabe, M., Okuno, O., Sasaki, K., Takahashi, N., Suzuki, O., Takada, H. (eds) Interface Oral Health Science 2007. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-76690-2_2
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