口腔和颅面生物医学博士学位研究生计划的主要任务是为个人做好学术界或行业（尤其是口腔健康相关领域）的研究和教育事业的准备，并为这些人提供成为领导者的必要专业知识。口腔健康研究领域。毕业生具有成为领先大学的生产型教师和学术或工业领域资深科学家的资格和研究专业知识。
The Graduate Program in Oral and Craniofacial Biomedicine prepares individuals for careers in research and education in academia or in industry, particularly in oral health related fields, and to provide these individuals with the expertise necessary to become leaders in the field of oral health research.<br>Oral and craniofacial biomedicine at UNC-Chapel Hill encompasses the study of the structure and function of normal and abnormal tissues of the oral cavity and craniofacial complex, as well as disease and healing mechanisms specific to various oral conditions.<br><br>Attention in dental research and practice is now on the dynamics of oral disease and prevention and treatment at the earliest stages of development, including research on risk factors for disease and cellular and molecular events in disease pathogenesis. Another focus of modern oral and craniofacial biomedicine is the basic, translational, and clinical study of the relationship between oral conditions, health status and systemic disease.<br><br>Our curriculum is highly translational in nature, combining basic laboratory discovery in immunology, embryology, physiology, genetics, cellular and molecular biology, neurobiology, tissue engineering and regeneration, pharmacology, microbiology, and biochemistry to aid in our understanding of oral diseases and disorders and ultimately to provide treatment for the pathologies associated with the craniofacial region.