The research covers the following topics:
- Oral health and treatment needs of 65-year-olds in Oslo (OsloMunn65)
- Associations between oral health, nutrition and medical conditions in geriatric patients (COOP-II study, CORAL-project)
- Oral hygiene in nursing homes: barriers for good oral hygiene and randomised controlled clinical studies on the effects of interventions
- Taste and smell in odontology (CovidOral)
- Treatment of blood cancers (project with OUS-Rikshospitalet, BrainFlavour)
- Burning mouth - capsicin formulations for treatment
- Dry mouth (Understanding salivary gland function)
- Non-operative treatment of approximal caries lesions behandling av karieslesjoner (master project)
- Dental erosion
- Oral malodour
Several of these research projects are established as broad, interdisciplinary collaborative projects.
Research conferences
The researchers at the department will present abstracts at the following conferences in 2023
- Preet Bano Singh: AChem (Association for Chemoreception Sciences), April
- Lene Hystad Hove og Alix Young Vik: ORCA (European Organisation for Caries Research), July
- Åsmund Rogn: ECRO (European Chemoreception Research Organization), September
- Lene Hystad Hove and Katrine Gahre Fjeld: ECG (European College of Gerodontology), September