2027 AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting
March 17-20, 2027 • Minneapolis, MN
56th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR
51st Annual Meeting of the CADR
Advancing Oral Health Through Research
The American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) is the leading professional organization in the United States dedicated to advancing dental, oral, and craniofacial research. AADOCR brings together scientists, clinician-scientists, dental professionals, students, and industry partners to foster scientific excellence, support collaboration and professional development, advocate for research, and promote discoveries that improve health and well-being for all.
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2027 AADOCR Annual Meeting
56th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR
51st Annual Meeting of the CADR
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Water fluoridation (WF) is an important preventive program against dental caries. Recent Cochrane reviews reported only limited new scientific evidence of WF. This research aimed to provide contemporary evidence on the causal relationship between WF and ...
Meckel’s cartilage (MC) is a transient scaffold for lower jaw development whose degradation is essential for normal mandibular morphogenesis, with defects leading to micrognathia or mandibular dysmorphogenesis. Here we investigate the timing and tissue ...
Traditional photodynamic therapy (PDT), chemodynamic therapy (CDT), and photothermal therapy (PTT) for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) face inherent limitations, including oxygen dependence, insufficient endogenous H2O2, and nonspecific thermal ...
Amelogenesis, the formation of dental enamel, is driven by specialized epithelial cells called ameloblasts, which undergo successive stages of differentiation. Developmental defects in enamel are common in humans, and they can greatly impact the well-...
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