CRU's mission is to promote and support clinical research projects in the area of Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Restorative Dentistry and Oral Rehabilitation, Oral Pathology, Dental Materials, Epidemiology, Odontogeriatrics and related areas in a sustained and organized way, with a view to producing and increasing scientific knowledge, streamlining activities of a scientific nature, as well as other initiatives concerning the dissemination, updating, improvement and specialization of knowledge.