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Organization | NIDCR

Learn about NIDCR’s research highlights, strategic priorities, and resources shaping oral health in America.

NIDCR Strategic Plan 2021-2026

This strategic plan was launched on January 7, 2022, and is being implemented through 2026.

Voices of NIDCR

In interviews directors and program staff (past and present), discuss their time at NIDCR and how they helped shape the institute.

Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges

Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges is a culmination of two years of research and writing by over 400 contributors.

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