Dental Material & Bioengineering
Researchers within the School of Dentistry's labs are behind numerous patents and research advances that have led to the creation of new types of dental materials.
Diabetes & Oral Health
Diabetes continues to be a major concern in oral health care. Oral complications with diabetes can include dry mouth, dental caries, candidiasis, periodontal disease and tooth loss.
Oral Cancer
Oral cancers are common, with approximately 400,000 new cases and 200,000 deaths worldwide in 2013.
Pain
Research is an important activity in the Department of Endodontics. Although our funded projects cover diverse topics, much of our efforts emphasize translational and basic science research projects that evaluate pain mechanisms.
Other research initiatives
- Cariology Research Program
- Dental and craniofacial development & oral health
- Dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction
- Regenerative endodontics: Saving teeth with stem cells
- South Texas Border Health Initiatives
- Critically Appraised Topics (CATs)
- Dental public health education and workforce
- Faculty Development Program: Training in educational research
- Reliable source of potent stem cells
- Utilizing practice-based and community-based research for oral health improvement
$12 million
In Research awards distributed from the National Institutes of Health in 2022
4,600+
Articles published in Peer-reviewed journals by our researchers and faculty
Rank #7
Of all schools of dentistry receiving National Institutes of Health funding
Graduation with Distinction in Research
The School of Dentistry recognizes individual student investigators who, in addition to completing their clinical dental program, have acquired research skills and accomplished significant research activity.