The article highlights the funding opportunities and priorities of the Behavioral and Social
Sciences (BSS) Research Program at the US National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial …

Ever since the National Dental Research Act of June 24, 1948 established a dental health
research institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), behavioral and social aspects of …

The behavioral and social sciences are central to understanding and addressing oral and
craniofacial health, diseases, and conditions. With both basic and applied approaches …

science to solve problems in orodental and craniofacial health. Integrate or converge the
research workforce toward ensuring that oral health is integral to overall health. And …

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is pleased to
commission this special issue on the essentials of psychosocial intervention research to …

This article provides a brief history of the role of behavioral scientists in dental education and
research, including a description of the main behavioral areas that have received emphasis …

Outlines and synthesizes the issues raised at a conference on oral health behavior:(1) the
anchoring of dental medicine and oral health behavioral researchers in a core discipline,(2) …

To realize the benefits of advances in preventive and problem-focused dentistry, patients
must carry out specific oral health behaviors. The behaviors range from seeking preventive …

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND DENTISTRY Page 1 Vol. 32, No. 3-Summer Issue, 1972 197 SOCIAL
SCIENCES AND DENTISTRY Edited by Chester W. Douglass, DDS, PhD, MPH,* and Dennis …

We're accustomed to hearing that question from our behavioral science colleagues when we
describe the behavioral science programs we oversee at the National Institute of Dental and …