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Women dentists now outnumber their male counterparts in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia: The latest figures out of Australia show that, for the first time in the island continent’s history, there are more women working in ...

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Dentist awarded Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation

MELBOURNE, Australia: University of Melbourne molecular biologist Prof. Eric Reynolds has claimed the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation for his ...

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Sequencing of sea cucumber genome may help with tissue regeneration

QINGDAO, China: Researchers at the Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new high-definition sequence of the sea cucumber’s...

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Dental anaesthesia: Legal loopholes put patient safety at risk

SYDNEY, Australia: The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA), the medical body responsible for the teaching, training and licensing of...

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Osteology Foundation: Shanghai hosts largest national symposium yet

SHANGHAI, China: Exceeding all expectations, the third National Osteology Symposium in China welcomed about 1,900 participants to Shanghai, making it the ...

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Newly created protein may be promising for anti-caries vaccine

WUHAN, China: Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a fusion protein (formed through the joining ...

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Study finds that dental caries are not genetic

MELBOURNE, Australia: In the first large-scale study to look at the oral microbiome, researchers from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have ...

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First-ever robot-led dental surgery performed in China

XI'AN, China: For the first time ever, a robot has independently placed two 3-D-printed implants into a patient’s mouth without human involvement. The ...

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Modern Dental CEO awarded HKU honorary fellowship

HONG KONG: Godfrey Ngai, co-founder and CEO of dental prosthesis provider Modern Dental Group (MDL), was granted an Honorary University Fellowship by the ...

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Change and opportunity in the Indonesian health care sector

Held just recently in September, the inaugural event of the Indonesia Dental Exhibition and Conference (IDEC) proved an all-round success. For many ...

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First IDEC impresses with strong international presence

JAKARTA, Indonesia: With 229 exhibiting brands and businesses and more than 4,000 visitors, the inaugural event of the Indonesia Dental Exhibition and ...

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World Dental Congress 2021 to be held in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia: The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has announced that the FDI World Dental Congress will be held in Australia in September 2021. The...

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Interview: “The Tesco Dental group offers a one-stop solution for the dental industry”

Established in 1974, Tesco Dental is a leading Asian dental supplier. The family-owned company is based in Hong Kong, with subsidiaries in Shenzhen, ...

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Interview: Dentists will be recognised as oral physicians in the future

Specialised in periodontology and oral implantology, Dr Rajiv Saini is an avid lecturer in both fields. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal ...

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New plant to strengthen GC’s dental pharmaceutical business

KAWASAKI, Japan: After acquiring all ordinary shares of dental pharmaceutical product manufacturer Showa Yakuhin Kako in autumn last year, GC has now ...

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The spin in scientific papers uncovered

SYDNEY, Australia: In a new study, researchers from Australia have found more than a quarter of biomedical scientific papers may utilise practices that ...

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Interview: “We are excited for the first IDEC!”

Anticipated with much excitement, the first Indonesia Dental Exhibition and Congress (IDEC) is taking place this weekend in Jakarta. Dental Tribune Online ...

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Dental Health Week still raising awareness of oral health

SYDNEY, Australia: In a follow-up to its Dental Health Week 2017 campaign, held from 7 to 13 August, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) is reminding ...

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Shanghai marks last stop on 2017 World Summit Tour

SHANGHAI, China: After hosting major events in Tokyo in Japan in February, San Diego in the US in May, and Nice in France in June, the 2017 World Summit ...

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Discovery of fossilised teeth in Indonesia stirs up old debate

BRISBANE, Australia: South East Asia is a key region for understanding the human dispersal out of Africa and down to Australia. It is a common consensus ...

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Mobile breath analysis device is promising for early disease diagnosis

SEOUL, South Korea: Breath pattern recognition was once thought of as a futuristic diagnostic platform. Research in this area has been gaining much ...

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Better sugar labelling could benefit dental health

NEWTOWN, Australia: In a new study carried out by researchers at the George Institute for Global Health, it was found that a significant amount of sugar is ...

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DTI welcomes new partner: “A bridge between Japan and the rest of the world”

LEIPZIG, Germany: Dental Tribune International (DTI) has added a new licence partner to its global publishing network. Together with Tokyo-based company ...

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ADIA named 2017 Association of the Year

SYDNEY, Australia: The Australian Dental Industry Association (ADIA) has been awarded the first Association of the Year Award presented by Associations ...

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Biting and chewing trigger tooth growth

SYDNEY, Australia: Research conducted by the University of Sydney has found chewing and biting to be the cause of adult teeth breaking through the gums ...

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Asia’s first Research Academy Course a success

HONG KONG: For the first time ever, Asia played host to an Osteology Research Academy Course. Held from 3–6 June in Hong Kong, the Core Module Course ...

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NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing officially opened

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) has formally opened its new Additive Manufacturing Centre, AM.NUS.

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Singapore welcomes digital dentistry community

SINGAPORE: From 18 to 21 August, the fourth Asia-Pacific edition of the CAD/CAM and Digital Dentistry International Conference will bring together leading ...

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OSSTEM IMPLANT seeks to grow Japanese market share significantly

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korean dental implant manufacturer OSSTEM IMPLANT is aiming to increase its market share in Japan, OSSTEM Japan CEO Kim Hae-gon ...

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Dental labour mobility still difficult in ASEAN countries

CEBU CITY, Philippines: Aiming to facilitate dental workforce mobility among member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a mutual ...

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