The department’s research activities are carried out in the following areas:

1) research projects with students, conducted under the guidance of the department’s faculty;
2) research work with master’s students, clinical residents, and doctoral candidates under the academic supervision of the department’s faculty;
3) research work by the department’s faculty, including:
• Participation in scientific and scientific-practical conferences.
• Work on doctoral and candidate dissertations.
• Participation in competitions, grant programs, and research initiatives.
• Publication of research articles and abstracts in collections of scientific papers and periodicals.
• Enhancement of faculty members’ scientific and pedagogical qualifications.

The main goals and priority objectives of the department’s research activities are achieved through:

- organizing individual research activities for department faculty members;
- participating in scientific and practical conferences, roundtables, and forums on topics aligned with the faculty’s research interests;
- facilitating research clubs under the guidance of faculty advisors;
- training of academic and teaching staff within the master’s program;
- realizing the department’s general and research potential through the optimal integration of each member into the department’s activities, based on voluntary and creative initiative and the growth of individual and collective awareness. The results of the research conducted by the department’s faculty are integrated into the teaching of core courses, specialization courses, and elective courses.

  The department’s faculty members are working to identify current research issues in modern dentistry, develop scientific innovations, create new treatment methods, and organize student instruction using a new teaching system.

  All department staff members actively participate in the research activities of the department and the institute. Currently, six staff members are independent researchers (N.K. Ortikova, N.B. Islamova, Sh.K. Irgashev, M.B. Turumova, Z.K. Burkhanova, and U.B. Makhmudova).

  Over the past year, department staff have published more than 500 scholarly works, including 5 textbooks, 4 monographs, 5 e-learning programs, and more than 300 articles in leading national and international journals.