Oral Growth and Development
Welcome to the Centre for Oral Growth and Development the Institute of Dentistry at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
The Centre comprises four sections: Dental Biomaterials, Dental Biophysics, Paediatric Dentistry, and Orthodontics.
Dental Biomaterials and Biophysics are located on the main College campus at Mile End, whilst Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics are 1 km away in the Dental Institute at Whitechapel. The Centre has about 25 academic members, 6 research fellows and research assistants, 12 research students, 5 MClinDent students in Paediatric Dentistry and 15 MSc students in Orthodontics.
See the Atlas of tooth development for some exciting developments the Institute of Dentistry is contributing toward estimating age in Archaeology, Anthropology, Forensic Odontology and Clinical Paediatric Dentistry