Clinical Research in Oral Health

William V. Giannobile is a William K. & Mary Anne Najjar Endowed Professor of Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is also the Director of the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Periodontology. Robert J. Genco is a State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology, and Microbiology, and Immunology at the University at Buffalo. He is also the Vice Provost and Director of the University at Buffalo Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach, and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal of Periodontology. Brian A. Burt is Professor Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology, and formerly the Director, Program in Dental Public Health, School of Public Health; and Professor Emeritus, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. He was editor of the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology from 1997 to 2007.

1 Clinical and Translational Research: Implications in the Promotion of Oral Health William V. Giannobile

 

2 Ethics in Oral Health Research

Elizabeth Ripley, Francis L. Macrina

 

3 Responsibilities of Institutions and Individuals in Clinical Research in the Oral Health Sciences

Gary C. Armitage

 

4 Regulatory Process for the Evaluation of Dental Drugs, Devices and Biologics

Darnell Kaigler, Kay Fuller, William V. Giannobile

 

5 Clinical and Translational Research Grantsmanship: Funding Opportunities and Obtaining Research Support

Bruce L. Pihlstrom, Michael L. Barnett

 

6 Data Management in Oral Health Research

Bruce A. Dye, Jules T. Mitchel

 

7 Hypothesis Testing and Avoiding False-Positive Conclusions

Philippe P. Hujoel

 

8 Outcomes in Oral Health Research

Amid I. Ismail

 

9 Examiner Training: Standardization and Calibration in Periodontal Studies

Niklaus P. Lang, Mary P. Cullinan, Douglas W. Holborow, Lisa J.A. Heitz-Mayfield

 

10 Observational Studies in Oral Health Research

Hal Morgenstern, Woosung Sohn

 

11 Initial Clinical Trials Allow Assessment of Safety, Dosing and Preliminary Efficacy Prior to Large Randomized Controlled Pivotal Studies 

Jules T. Mitchel, Glen Park, Mark Citron, Russ Pagano, Leslie Wisner-Lynch, Samuel E. Lynch

 

12 Phase III Pivotal Clinical Trials: Clinical Decision-making

Norman S. Braveman, Bryan Michalowicz

 

13 Post-Marketing Surveillance

Eugenio D. Beltran-Aguilar, Michael C. Manz

 

14 Dental Practice-Based Research Networks

Donald J. DeNucci and the CONDOR Dental Practice-based Research Networks

 

15 The Technology Transfer Process for Life Science Innovations in Academic Institutions

Robert J. Genco

 

16 Adoption of New Technologies for Clinical Practice

Maxwell H. Anderson

 

17 Publication of Research Findings

James Bader

 

18 The Evidence-base for Oral Health

Helen Worthington, Ian Needleman, Anne-Marie Glenny