National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Res.
(NIDCR):</B> One of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., the NIDCR is for dental and other craniofacial diseases.
NIDCR's mission is, in formal terms, to 'provide leadership for a national research program designed to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the infectious and inherited craniofacial-oral-dental diseases and disorders that compromise millions of human lives.' The NIDCR was formerly called more simply the National Institute of Dental Research.