§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report in tabular form the names of those organisations or persons in the United Kingdom to which financial support is being given from public funds for research into all forms of dental disease; and if he will specify the nature of each project, its duration and expected date of completion.
§ Mr. MoyleGovernment funded research in the United Kingdom into all forms of dental disease is carried out mainly by the Medical Research Council, from support by the Department of Education and Science and under commissions from the health Departments. The health Departments also support some research directly from their own funds.
The list below includes all the relevant projects funded under the above arrangements but excludes other research undertaken in universities and medical and dental schools.
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Location Nature of Project Duration Completion Royal College of Surgeons Research into Dental Caries Vaccine. A five year programme of research into the reduction of dental caries by prophylactic means. 5 years March 1980 Trent RHA, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital Survey of Anaesthetic services available to dental patients 2 years March 1977 Eastman Dental Hospital Investigation on five different sealant materials for application to the enamel surfaces for the prevention of dental caries. 3 years March 1978 Glasgow Dental Hospital An assessment of the effect of transient lateral forces in producing tooth migration. 3 years August 1978 Glasgow Dental Hospital 3 year laboratory and clinical investigation aimed at improving dental fissure sealants. 3 years September 1979 Department of Restorative Dentistry, Edinburgh University. A preventive dental health programme for Nursery School Children 4 years September 1980 Dental Unit, Dental School, Bristol 1. The structure and the physical and chemical properties of normal and diseased enamel. No fixed duration for individual projects. September 1979 2. The growth and development of teeth in man and other vertebrates 3. The structure, growth, metabolism and bacteriology of plaque especially in relation to dental caries. 4. The structure and function of periodontal tissues and the masticatory mechanism. MRC Dental Epidemiology Unit, The London Hospital Medical College, London E1. 1. Longitudinal study of dental disease in the permanent dentition No fixed duration for individual projects. 1981 2. Longitudinal study on microbiology of plaque in relation to caries embracing taxonomic and serological studies on oral bacteria. 3. Study of environmental factors in the aetiology of dental disease Department of Physiology (Oral Biology), The Medical School, Bristol. 1. Electrophysiology of receptor mechanisms in dentine and pulp No fixed duration for individual projects. September 1981 2. Central connections of dental afferents 3. Electron microscopy in intradental and periodontal receptors 4. Electrophysiology of periodontal mechanoreceptors School of Dental Surgery, University of Liverpool Investigations into the non-collagenous components of the organic matrix of human dentine. 4 years October 1976 Turner Dental School, University of Manchester Automated computer analysis of human oral electromyograms and data from related jaw activities. 3 years April 1977 Department of Chemistry, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff. Fundamental and applied study of fissure sealants in dentistry 3 years October 1977 Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Bristol. Dissolution and reclassification of hydroxyapatite crystals 3 years December 1977 Department of Dental Science, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London. Chemical characterisation of abundant dental plaque 3 years June 1977 286W287W
Location Nature of Project Duration Completion Department of Operative Dental Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Adhesion to dental enamel—E.M. Studies and chemical characterisation of bioadhesive system of mytilus edulis. 3 years … … August 1977 Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol Contribution of amino acid in the acid-base metabolism in the dental plaque. 3 years … … April 1977 Department of Periodontology, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff. Effect of periodontal treatment upon immune response to autologous dental plaque. 3 years … … October 1977 Department of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham. Purification and properties of glucosyl transferoses from potentially cariogenic bacteria. 3 years … … October 1977 Dental School, University of Glasgow Specificity of extracellular glycosyltransferases from streptococcus sanguis. 3 years … … September 1977 Dental School, University of Leeds Changes in the composition of enamel during development, in teeth of limited growth. 3 years … … September 1978 School of Dental Surgery, University of Birmingham. The effect of acid etching on the integrity of intra-coronal restorations 3 years … … December 1977 Department of Oral Medicine, University of Glasgow. Human dental plaque organic acid production and PH changes related to caries and gingivitis. 3 years … … August 1978 Department of Anatomy, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London. Shape and pattern formation in the mammalian embryo: controls of development in mouse molar odontogenesis. 3 years … … February 1978 Department of Oral Immunology and Microbiology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London. Cell-mediated and humoral immunity in periodontal disease in man 3 years … … March 1978 Department of Oral Immunology and Microbiology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London. Immunological basis of prevention of dental caries 3 years … … July 1978 Turner Dental School, University of Manchester Preparation and implementation studies of phosphate ceramics 3 years … … January 1979 Dental School, University of Bristol Dental plaque and the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory periodontal disease. 3 years … … January 1979 Department of Oral Pathology, King's College Hospital Medical School, London. Resynthetic process in mucosubstance secreting salivary cells 3 years … … February 1979 Department of Oral Pathology, London Hospital Medical College. Behaviour of oral mucosa in organ culture and its reaction to products of the inflammatory response. 3 years … … September 1978 Department of Oral Biology, University of Leeds Relationship between the histological appearance and composition of the enamel organ and the associated developing enamel. 3 years … … March 1979 288W
Location Nature of Project Duration Completion Department of Child Health, University of Manchester. The effect of in utero, birth and neonatal events in tooth development in man. 3 years … … February 1979 Department of Oral Pathology, University of Sheffield. Morphometric and stereological analysis of normal and pathological human oral mucosa. 3 years … … September 1979 Department of Oral Pathology, London Hospital Medical College. Experimental oral pathology 3 years … … September 1977 Department of Oral Pathology, London Hospital Medical College. Oral Pathology 3 years … … September 1977 Department of Dental Sciences, University of Liverpool. Inter-relationships between bacteria in the oral flora 3 years … … September 1977 Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester. Design and analysis of clinical trials of caries preventive agents and procedures in dentistry. 2 years … … September 1977 Department of Dental Sciences, University of Liverpool. Structural glycoproteins of oral tissues 3 years … … September 1978 Department of Oral Pathology, London Hospital Medical College. Experimental oral pathology 3 years … … September 1978