The future

Research at the Dental Institute

The merger of the three dental schools was completed in 1998. Since then, the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, currently based at the Guy's campus and Denmark Hill, has acquired a 5* rating in the Higher Education Funding Council Research Assessment Exercise.

The Institute is now divided into five research groups: Cell and Developmental Biology, Oral Health, Biomaterials and Biomimetics, Mucosal Biology, and Infection.

Collectively, these constitute one of the most prestigious dental research institutions in the country, working on cutting-edge investigation of odontogenesis (the formation and development of teeth), gene therapy, stem cell biology, epidemiology, and the development of new vaccines and dental materials.