About Research

Department of Global Oral Health
College of Dental Sciences
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Department of Global
Oral Health

RESEARCH

Research

DGOH helps to advance knowledge in public oral health issues by developing and testing new approaches. These include affordable and efficient dentistry techniques, school health promotion programs, various aspects of the ART approach and implementation, advocacy processes for AFT and training on other methods. At the same time, DGOH contributes its expertise to policy formulation through the application of research findings.

Current and ongoing research topics:
ART
      - Long term caries preventive effect of ART sealants
      - Long term effects of ART restorations in primary and permanent teeth
      - Dental anxiety in children using ART
      - ART introduction and adoption in public health care systems
AFT
      - Advocacy and promotion of AFT
      - Free available fluoride in toothpaste
      - Anti-caries efficacy of silver diamine fluoride solution
BPOC
      - School health promotion programs
      - Cost-effectiveness of preventive, restorative and oral health promotion programs
Oral Care for vulnerable groups
      - Oral health care for special needs patients
      - Oral health care for elderly

Accomplished research:
     - Anti-caries efficacy of CHX varnish
     - Consequences of untreated caries
     - Early childhood caries
     - Old toothbrushes and their plaque removing capacity