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Oral Care Innovation Sharing

35th IADR-SEA Scientific Meeting & 9th ASM of the Faculty Completed Fruitfully

HKU Faculty of Dentistry

Professor May Wong, Professor in Dental Public Health

The 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association of Dental Research Southeast Asian (IADR-SEA) Division and 9th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Hong Kong with the theme “Multidisciplinary Synergy for Innovation in Oral Care” was organised from 8 to 9 December.

Officiating at the opening ceremony on 8 December 2021 were Professor Max Shen, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU); Associate Professor Risa Chaisuparat, President of IADR-SEA and members from the Faculty of Dentistry, HKU: Professor Thomas Flemmig, Dean; Professor May Wong, Professor in Dental Public Health and Dr Waruna Dissanayaka, Assistant Professor in Oral Biosciences. Professor May Wong and Dr Waruna Dissanayaka were also the Chairperson and Scientific Committee Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of 35th IADR-SEA Division Scientific Meeting respectively.

HKU Faculty of Dentistry

Professor Thomas Flemmig, Dean

Keynote lectures, symposiums and Faculty’s ASM with scientific oral presentations were held throughout these two days. On 8 December, keynote speakers Professor Seiji Nakamura and Professor Maurizio S. Tonetti delivered their lectures on “A novel disease entity, IgG4-related disease, includes so-called Mikulicz’s disease and Küttner’s tumor: its clinical, pathological, and immunological aspects” and “Clinical research and evidence-based medicine to inform guidelines and policy for better oral health” respectively. The symposiums on “Microbiomics: from bench to chairside” and the “Young Scientist Forum” were the first time organised at the IADR-SEA ASM.

On 9 December, keynote speaker Professor Edward Lo spoke on “Clinical studies on dental caries in the Southeast Asian region” followed by Faculty’s ASM. The Faculty’s academic staff participated in the first oral presentation session while students presented in the second session. The symposiums on “Innovation in material-biology interfaces in dentistry” and “Oral health and successful aging: Implications for research & practice” marked the end of the two-day virtual sharing programmes. The event was concluded fruitfully after the awards ceremony and closing remarks.

List of Awards
  • IADR Unilever Hatton Award – Junior Category
  • Winner
  • Gunjan Gupta (The University of Hong Kong) with a presentation titled “Biofilm Inhibitory Effect of a Biosurfactant”
  • First Runner Up
  • Hieu Tran (Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) with presentation titled “A CBCT Analysis of Shaping Ability of Two Rotary Systems”
  • IADR Unilever Hatton Award – Senior Category
  • Winner
  • Zhang Lili (The University of Hong Kong) with a presentation titled “Semaphorin 4D enhances vascular stabilization by recruiting SHED”
  • First Runner Up
  • Pirawish Limlawan (Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) with a presentation titled “MicroRNA-302a-3p Delivery by Surface-modified Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticle and 3D-printed TCP/HA Scaffold Promoted Osteogenic Differentiation”
  • Research Category Awards
  • Regenerative Dentistry and Craniofacial Biology
  • Thanaphum Osathanon (Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) with a presentation titled “Mechanical force regulates induced pluripotent stem cell behaviors”
  • Oral microbiome, Microbiology and Immunology
  • Wiriawan, Deandra (Faculty of Dentistry, Trisakti University, Indonesia) with a presentation titled “Reuterin Inhibits Porphyromonas gingivalis Virulence Genes in Root Canal Biofilm Model”
  • Dental Materials and Biomaterials
  • Ding, Hao (The University of Hong Kong) with a presentation titled “Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design Natural Tooth Morphology?”
  • Oral Health Research
  • Fang, Xinyi (West China Hospital of Stomatology, China) with a presentation titled “CXCL12/CXCR4 regulate orthodontic root resorption via M1/M2 ratio”
  • Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research
  • Duangporn Duangthip (The University of Hong Kong) with a presentation titled “Parental concern about COVID-19 transmission in the school-based dental outreach program”
  • Faculty’s ASM Best Oral Presentations Award
  • Staff Category
  • Yang Weifa with a presentation titled “A Biomimetic Titanate Nanoskeleton Coating on Zirconia Implants”
  • Student Category
  • Zheng Faith Miaomiao with a presentation titled “Prevalence of untreated early childhood caries of 5-year-old children in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study
  • Manchanda, Sheetal with a presentation titled “Risk factors associated with non-cavitated and cavitated carious lesions in pre-school children”
  • Han Yuanyuan with a presentation titled “HIF-1α stabilization enhances odonto/osteogenic properties of SHED in-vitro and in-vivo”
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