CRC for Oral Health Science funding renewed

The ADAVB is delighted to congratulate the Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science on today's announcement that a new round of funding has been provided to permit the centre to continue its world class research.

The announcement of the $31.6M funding was made by Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, The Hon Kim Carr.

The new CRC, again based at the University of Melbourne, will further the work of the existing CRC for Oral Health Science on the discovery and development of new preventive products and treatments for oral diseases such as caries (dental decay) and periodontitis (gum disease) which currently cost Australians some $6 billion a year. Anti-decay technology developed within the current CRC is already being used in food and drink and oral care products around the world.