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Jan 23, 2012 | USAExperts say a dental public health infrastructure is needed in CaliforniaSACREMENTO, Calif., USA: The January issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association continues to examine issues relating to the dental workforce and addressing barriers to oral health care by featuring CDA-commissioned studies that helped shape the recommendations made in the three-phase access report filed by the 2011 CDA House of Delegates. Read more
Nov 22, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICMinistry initiatives push dentistry in SingaporeSINGAPORE: Singapore’s new Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong has announced further investment into the city-state’s dental infrastructure. Speaking at this year’s Dentist’s Pledge Affirmation Ceremony of the Singapore Dental Council, he said that his ministry will look into the possibility of enhancing its capacity to better support dental research and training. As a first step, the annual intake of students at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Dentistry will be raised from 48 to 80 by the year 2020. Read more
Nov 16, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICVietnamese minister praises oral health programme for children, admits problemsHANOI, Vietnam: The Vietnamese government is doing well in its efforts to improve the oral health of school children, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said. Speaking at the Sixth Asian Conference on Oral Health Promotion for School Children last week in Hanoi, she revealed that 10 million school children are now receiving regular dental care through the country’s national oral health programme. Read more
Nov 9, 2011 | USAAppeal against deportation of dental assistant spawns supportSAN FRANCISCO, Calif., USA: The planned deportation of a Filipino dental assistant from California could bring new life to the U.S. immigration debate. The Philippines' largest television network GMA-7 is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is blocking the final bid for permanent residency of 31-year-old Jose Isabelo Librojo from San Francisco. Read more
Nov 1, 2011 | ASIA PACIFICDental students in New Zealand borrow most, pay back earlyWELLINGTON, New Zealand: Students of Medicine and Dentistry are not the ones to blame for the hundreds of millions of loans overdue under the Student Loan Scheme, New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said on Monday. In its 2011 report, released in October, the Ministry of Education in Wellington found that there are over 2,600 students with piling debts of more than NZ$100,000 (US$81,300) each, with pilots and serial students being the worst payers. Read more
Oct 26, 2011 | USAADA statement calls for repairing the tattered dental safety netWASHINGTON, DC, USA: The American Dental Association recently released the second in a series of papers that examine the challenges and solutions to bringing good oral health to millions of Americans, including the growing population whose only possible source of dental care is the so-called oral health safety net. Read more |
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