Life-sciences industry
The Oral and Dental Specialty Group can support companies to set up and deliver studies on time.
We understand that commercial life-science companies need studies to be set-up quickly, and delivered effectively - in accordance with study time scales and patient recruitment plans.
The Oral and Dental Specialty Group is able to help meet companies meet these needs by providing research leadership and a workforce organised to deliver and evaluate care under one common system.
To support research, we offer:
| Leadership | More IADR distinguished scientists pro-rata than any other country in the world |
| Workforce | Around 300 experienced clinical dental researchers working in 16 academic facilities around the UK Over 20,000 trained dentists working within one common system utilising the latest treatment philosophies 1000 hygienists and therapists working under the same system |
| Organisation | A network of primary care dentists with research experience, working alongside academic leaders on large scale trials |
| Support | World-class research infrastructure embedded in the health service supporting and delivering trials of the highest quality |
| Patients | Around 30 million people receiving comprehensive dental care under a single system; including 10 million children and over 20 million adults 130,000 patients in orthodontic care plus further groups under separate insurance arrangements |
| Experience | Years of experience in delivering a diverse range of trials from small and intensive studies to large practice based clinical trials |
| Facilities | Around 8000 NHS dental practices complying with the highest industry standards Dedicated and custom built dental clinical research facilities based in five dental hospitals equipped to manage the most complex and intensive clinical research projects, including those which require “on site” laboratory support. Further laboratory research facilities in all of the UK's dental schools |
