About the Institute
To lead the advancement of mouth-to-body health through science-driven innovation and collaboration, empowering people worldwide to live healthier lives through better oral health.
Where we stand
We are part of the Sunstar family, with our own voice.
Independent
from the brands. The institute is not a brand and does not sell; it has its own voice and its own reason to exist
Anchored
to Sunstar corporate, which funds it. Corporate funds, not the consumer division; the relationship is stated, not hidden
Distinct
from R&D and from the Sunstar Foundations: a new and separate thing, not an extension of either.
Why this can be believed
The research came first
Decades of sponsored research into the perio-systemic link, from before the field agreed it existed.
Free to work in decades
A family-held company answers to no market cycle. It can fund science for as long as the science takes.
Holistic by inheritance
The Japanese understanding of health as one system, inherent rather than adopted.
The whole question
Oral health and nutrition together: both halves of the mouth-to-body connection in one institute.
Experts who sign their names
The best of the field, internal and external, named and accountable.
Governance
The institute is directed by two Co-Chairs and advised by a scientific Advisory Board of external experts. Research priorities are proposed by the pillar leads, reviewed by the board, and decided by the Co-Chairs; the board’s advice is recorded, and the Institute reports on how it was followed.
- Co-Chairs: two, confirmed
- Scientific Advisory Board: external experts
- Pillar leads: one per pillar
Scientific Integrity and Transparency
The Institute makes no product claims and gives no endorsements. Nothing on this site is for sale. Its experts declare their interests, and the Institute publishes them here, in the same form the journals and congresses require.
The Institute at a Glance
Sunstar Mouth-to-Body Health InstituteThe route onward.