title: Conducting and putting science into practice: the future of oral health research, dental education, and dental practice.
abstract: Popular attention has focused on connections between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) where single genome irregularities are associated with biological deficiencies. The more significant and more difficult work will come through seeking to understand the proteonomics--the way sets of genes are expressed as proteins, and ultimately in larger and more complex entities. Future developments will take place at the interfaces among various disciplines. We are already seeing the introduction of diagnostic tests based on the new genomics in dental offices. New skills will be needed to bring these emerging developments into practice.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, 31 Center Drive MSC 2290, Bethesda, MD 20892-2290, USA. lawrence.tabak@nih.gov
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tabak
mesh_terms: D018865:Dental Research / Q000639:trends*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000639:trends*; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends; D040901:Proteomics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012586:Science / Q000639:trends*; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger