Military Dental Research – Seeking New Technologies and Development Partners

Purpose

This solicitation, issued by MTEC, represents a Request for Project Proposals (RPP) for MTEC in support of the Naval Advanced Medical Development (NAMD) focused on detection, prevention, and treatment of dental diseases, oral infections, maxillofacial injuries, and orofacial pain to improve care for and outcomes of wounded warfighters.

Scope of Work

This RPP focuses on detection, prevention, and treatment of dental diseases, oral infections, maxillofacial injuries, and orofacial pain to improve care for and outcomes of wounded warfighters. Research topics may encompass routine clinical dental care to maintain the resilience and readiness of the warfighter (especially in austere/extreme environments or when routine dental care is suspended) as well as methods or products to treat injuries to the oral cavity, face, and facial bones sustained during combat (e.g., blast injuries, mandibular fractures, burns, etc.). Also of interest are development activities focused on manufacturing readiness of technical solutions, including partnerships to translate biomedical prototypes and solutions out of the laboratory (military or academic) setting.

Specific areas of interest are as follows (Offerors shall address only one of these in each White Paper submission):

a) Clinical solutions for dental diseases and emergencies, which may include detection methods (molecular or computational), preventative measures, treatment modalities, restorative biomaterials, medications, therapeutic techniques, clinical guidelines, and/or knowledge products relevant to clinical practice.

b) Methods or products to treat maxillofacial injury and trauma sustained during combat, restore cosmetic and functional aspects of the face, and address chronic orofacial pain (including fabrication, manufacturing, and performance testing of products).

c) Partnerships to manufacture dental care devices or materials (scale-up, initial production runs, etc.) developed at military or academic laboratories (protypes may include diagnostic and detection devices or dental resins and material containing novel components, such as therapeutics, micro- or nanoparticles, micro- or nanocapsules, etc.).

Note: All proposals must directly relate to a military use case. Dental solutions that are specific to civilian-only use cases will not be considered.

Points of Contact

For inquiries, please direct your correspondence to Biomedical Research Associate Chuck Hutti, Ph.D. at Chuck.Hutti@ati.org.