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*Although unable to attend the meeting due to weather, these members of the panel provided input to the final report. Opportunities provided by the human genome project to understand the genetic aspects of disease and to generate novel approaches to prevent, diagnose, and manage diseases have cre-ated new imperatives for basic science and clinical education in dentistry. New knowledge has emerged in our scientific understanding of the role of genet-ics for diagnosing diseases and for treatments and prevention. To ensure meaningful application o