title: Incorporating new materials and techniques into clinical practice.
abstract: This article outlines the subjects presented and discussed at the December 2012 IADR Dental Materials Innovation Workshop held at King's College London. Incorporating new materials and techniques into clinical practice was considered from 4 perspectives: (1) Accelerating the "research to regulatory approval" process was presented with current developments in the United States, with the National Institutes of Health/Food and Drug Administration process as a working example; (2) intellectual property and regulatory requirements were discussed across the well-established US and EU frameworks, as well as the more recently developed procedures across Brazil, Russia, India, and China; (3) the challenges and opportunities of incorporating innovations into dental education were considered with reference to the future needs of both students and faculty; and (4) the key but difficult and unpredictable step of translating such innovations into routine dental practice was then explored. Constructive and far-ranging discussion among the broadly based Workshop participants (from dental research, education, practice, and industry, as well as environmental organizations and the World Health Organization) mapped out key issues for the future. The focus was on facilitating the more timely adoption of improvements in both materials and techniques to improve patient health and health systems, while minimizing environmental impact.
authors.affiliation: Dental Innovation and Translation Centre (ITC), King's College London Dental Institute, Floor 18, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guggenberger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrillo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D003764:Dental Materials; D010330:Patents as Topic; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials
keywords: dental materials’ innovations; dissemination of information; implementation of research findings; knowledge transfer; translating research into education; translating research into practice