Dr Rui Albuquerque in Oral Medicine hosted European visitors to Birmingham as part of an Erasmus+ project on smoking cessation. The full title of the project is Smoking Cessation advice : Healthcare professional Training. The aim […]
Tag: dental research
Endodontic Lecture
We were fortunate to have Luc van der Sluis visit from Gronigen with a team of biofilm researchers visit the School. He was the guest of Phil Tomson and whilst Luc has visited Birmingham on […]
Researching at Ohio State
Isabel Lopez-Oliva who is undertaking a PhD reports on her visit to Ohio State University. “I had the pleasure to spend 3 weeks in June in Ohio State University in Dr Purnima Kumar’s lab where […]
Well done Owen Addison
Many congratulations to Owen Addison on receiving the Young Investigator award in the Distinguished Scientist awards for 2016 . The award was presented to Owen at the International Association for Dental Research meeting which took place […]
Success for Upen Patel
Upen Patel successfully defended his PhD thesis on “KiloHertz ultrasound as a potential therapy for dental repair”, subject to minor corrections. Here is the successful Dr Patel with his external examiners Dr Meghji and Professor […]
Uzbekistan meets Birmingham
The School of Dentistry received visitors from Tashkent Medical Academy (TMA) & Tashkent State Dental school (TSDI), Uzbekistan. The pictures shows Prof Walmsley with Prof Shuhrat who is a Maxillofacial surgeon & Vice Rector of […]
Hong Kong Visits Birmingham
The School of Dentistry hosted Professor Jukka Pekka Matinlinna and Dr Tian, 田恬, who were visiting from Hong Kong Dental School. They came to visit Prof Will Palin to discuss collaborative research projects between the two […]
Bubbles that clean teeth
Adapted from the University of Birmingham web site Research into the science behind ultrasonic scalers, used by dental professionals to remove built up plaque, has identified that the formation of tiny bubbles around the head is […]
Kidney Disease link to Perio
A recent study from the University of Birmingham suggests that Kidney disease patients with gum disease have greater mortality risk. Severe gum disease increases the risk of death from chronic kidney disease by ten per […]
Opening of Westmere House
Recently I went to the opening of the Westmere Postgraduate facility and was very impressed with what the University have done there. The Westmere house is beautifully restored and provides a hub for PG students […]
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