The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a non-profit organization established, in 1920, to promote research in all aspects of oral and related sciences, to encourage development of improved methods for prevention and treatment of oral and dental diseases, and to facilitate cooperation among investigators and communication of research findings and their implications throughout the world. It presently has over 10,000 active individual members worldwide. The Nigerian Division was inaugurated on the 26th of June 2002 during. It provides a forum for dissemination and propagation of dental research conducted in Nigeria and other parts of the world and seeks to prevent dental and oral diseases in the community.

For membership enquiries, please contact: The Secretary, International Association for Dental Research (Nigerian Division) at: .