US/LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE--SALIVA AND ORAL HEALTH

会议将在智利圣地亚哥举行，并将为来自不同国家的基础研究人员和临床医生之间的密切互动提供机会。会议的目的是：1)汇集拉丁美洲和美国对唾液功能及其对口腔健康的影响感兴趣的专业人士，以交流生物医学和牙科研究领域的新技术和新方法的信息，促进思想的交流，并强调唾液功能障碍管理及其对口腔健康的影响的最新进展；2)提高拉丁美洲基础科学家和牙科专业人员对这一研究领域的兴趣；3)增进美国参与者对拉丁美洲现有研究资源的了解，包括对特殊人群的研究，这些研究可以进一步推进基础、临床/流行病学和健康促进水平的研究；4)进一步发展参与者之间的研究合作机会；5)支持拉丁美洲唾液研究协会的进一步发展和扩大，以及它与美国科学界的联系，特别是与nidr支持的研究人员的联系。

The Conference will be held in Santiago, Chile and will provide an opportunity for intense interactions between basic researchers and clinicians from various countries. The aims of the Conference are: 1) to bring together Latin American and U.S. professionals interested in salivary function and its influence on oral health in order to exchange information on new techniques and approaches in this area of biomedical and dental research, to stimulate the cross-fertilization of ideas and to highlight recent progress in the management of salivary dysfunction and its impact on oral health; 2) to enhance interest in this area of research among basic scientists and dental professionals in Latin America; 3) to enhance the understanding of the U.S. participants about research resources available in Latin American, including special populations whose study can further advance research at the basic, clinical/epidemiological and health promotion level; 4) to further develop opportunities for research collaboration between the participants; 5) to support the further growth and expansion of the Latin American Association of Salivary Research and its links with the U.S. scientific community in general and with NIDR-supported researchers in particular.