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Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | May 2012 A3 Publisher & Chairman Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com Chief OPerating OffiCer Eric Seid e.seid@dental-tribune.com grOuP editOr Robin Goodman r.goodman@dental-tribune.com editOr in Chief dental tribune Dr. David L. Hoexter feedback@dental-tribune.com managing editOr u.s. and Canada editiOns Robert Selleck r.selleck@dental-tribune.com managing editOr Fred Michmershuizen f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com managing editOr Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com managing editOr shOw dailies Kristine Colker k.colker@dental-tribune.com marketing manager Anna Kataoka-Wlodarczyk a.wlodarczyk@dental-tribune.com sales & marketing assistant Lorrie Young l.young@dental-tribune.com C.e. direCtOr Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Dental Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd St., Ste. #500 New York, N.Y., 10011 (212) 244-7181 Published by Dental Tribune America © 2012 Dental Tribune America, LLC All rights reserved. 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Greater participation will allow for an increased number and range of studies, to produce data that can be better generalized to the U.S. popula- tion in all its diversity. The NDPBRN also will welcome greater participation of practitioners in the vari- ous dental subspecialties. These include endodontists, periodontists, orthodon- tists, oral surgeons, prosthodontists, oral pathologists, as well as pediatric and pub- lic health dentists. “We also welcome the nation’s community health centers and the federal dental services, such as those in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services,” said DeNucci. “We can certainly help to de- velop innovative, low-cost techniques to improve the oral health of all Americans.” Another objective is to extend practi- tioner participation across the country. “With today’s advanced communications tools, no rural community is too remote for participation in the national network,” said Gregg Gilbert, DDS, MBA, the NDP- BRN national network director and chair of UAB School of Dentistry’s Department of General Dental Sciences. “Our aim is to be inclusive. We want the NDPBRN to truly become the nation’s network.” For more information visit: www.nidcr. nih.gov/research/der/clinicalresearch/ dentalpracticebasedresearchnetworks. htm. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is the Na- tion’s leading funder of research on oral, dental, and craniofacial health. To learn more about NIDCR, visit the institute's websire at www.nidcr.nih.gov. About National Institutes of Health NIH, the nation's medical research agen- cy, includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and transla- tional medical research, and is investi- gating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its pro- grams, visit www.nih.gov. (Sources: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and University of Alabama at Birmingham “ RESEARCH, page A2 NEWS