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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It seeks to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information by conducting and supporting basic and clinical research. It was established in 1948 as the National Institute of Dental Research and re-named in 1998 as the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

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Abstract

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It seeks to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information by conducting and supporting basic and clinical research. It was established in 1948 as the National Institute of Dental Research and re-named in 1998 as the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • NIDCR
  • NIDR
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • National Institutes of Health (1966-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054584. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054584
  2. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Dental_and_Craniofacial_Research
  3. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6973632