The Colorimetry in Dentistry research group establishes both national and international collaborations that enhance our technical capabilities, bolster clinical relevance, and accelerate the translation of calibrated color science into dental education and patient care. Such partnerships facilitate access to expert networks, shared datasets, standardized methodologies, and implementation strategies within clinical and laboratory settings.
Provides a clinician network for continuing education, practice-based studies, and dissemination of evidence-based color workflows.
Aligns projects with national priorities and facilitates competitive funding for high-impact translational research.
Strategic regulatory partner supporting compliant, translational colorimetry research. JFDA can provide early scientific advice on study design for dental devices/materials, align our SOPs with relevant ISO/GxP standards, and guide pathways for registration and labeling claims (e.g., color stability, whitening efficacy). Collaboration may include facilitation of research-use imports (calibration tiles, spectrophotometers), access to de-identified post-market signals to prioritize topics, and co-branded workshops on regulatory science for students and clinicians.
Clinical and materials labs and units: Enable patient-facing studies, ISO-controlled imaging, spectrophotometry, surface topography and roughness measurements, and student training (undergraduate and postgraduate).
Facilitates access to materials/equipment, logistics for multicenter projects, and co-development of implementation toolkits for clinics and labs. Also, Offers practice settings for piloting standardized shade protocols, feedback on adoption barriers, and knowledge transfer to technicians.
International Partnerships
Multicentered clinical researchs are planned and co-lead by Prof. Momen A. Atieh on peri-implant esthetics (involving healing abutments, mucosal color, patient-reported outcomes).
IADR:
Global platform for dissemination, method development, and mentoring.
EFP/AAP:
Collaboration on peri-implant pink esthetics outcomes and education standards.
Interdisciplinary teams that link restorative dentistry, periodontics, materials science, optics, AI, and public health.
Faster, more reliable evidence generation through shared methods, calibration, and multicenter designs.
Implementation channels: clinician CE, lab protocols, and patient-facing guidance.
Capacity building for UJ students and staff via co-supervision, short courses, and access to digital/3D-printing workflows.
Sector impact: fewer remakes, improved aesthetic predictability, and efficient adoption of calibrated color workflows.
Our partnerships connect regulators, industry, clinics, and international academia to align evidence, standards, and adoption pathways.