Our goal is to reduce the burden of oral and systemic ill-health associated with oral conditions through clinic-integrated, interdisciplinary research. We will provide innovative and evidence-based dental care – where our research discoveries transform into real patient benefits.

Oral health is a multi-faceted concept and includes the ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew, swallow and convey a range of emotions through facial expressions with confidence and without pain, discomfort and disease of the craniofacial complex (head, face, and oral cavity).

Worl Dental Federation 2022

Poor oral health leads not only to reduced quality of life and work productivity but is also associated with increased risks for a range of significant systemic disorders. In addition to the suffering of individual patients and the global disease burden, the economic burden on society is enormous.

We will address these challenges through the creation of a goal-driven, unified hub of research excellence dedicated to advancing oral health. Our objective is to improve oral health within four translational, interlinked dimensions of oral healthcare;

  • Health and Wellbeing reflecting the bidirectional interplay between general and oral health.
  • Sustainable Health linked to the retention of teeth, oral function, and oral health.
  • Health Equity ensuring inclusive access to and provision of oral healthcare for all.
  • eHealth implementation as the basis for cost-effective and targeted oral health care.

Partners

We are supported by the Knowledge Foundation and our partners from:

  • Folktandvården Skåne AB,
  • TePe Oral Hygiene Products,
  • Folktandvården Gävleborg,
  • Promimic
  • Folktandvården Stockholm AB
  • Cosmodent
  • Ivoclar Vivadent
  • Smile Tandvård
  • OrtodontiLund AB

Background

In May 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted a historic resolution (WHA74.5) on the urgent need for improvement of oral health worldwide. The resolution was reinforced by the 2022 recognition that “oral health is a key indicator of overall health, wellbeing and quality of life".

We will address this need through the creation of a goal-driven, unified hub of research excellence dedicated to advancing oral health in close collaboration with dental care providers and companies in the dental sector.

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  • Ingemar Petersson – Chair

    MD, PhD, Professor emeritus

    Lund University

  • Paul Davidsson

    Professor

    Faculty of Technology and Society, Malmö University

  • Mattias Collin

    Professor

    Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University

  • Nils Oscarson

    Industry representative

    Folktandvården Skåne AB

  • Anna Nilvéus

    Industry representative

    Folktandvården Skåne AB

  • Carina Krüger Weiner

    Industry representative

    Folktandvården Gävleborg AB / Karolinska Institutet

  • Stefan Vincze

    Industry representative

    FTV Gävleborg AB / Karolinska Institutet

  • Monica Holmner

    Patient representative

    The Swedish Rheumatism Association (Reumatikerförbundet)

  • Frank Lobbezoo

    Guest Professor / Professor

    Malmö University / ACTA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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