Shaping Tomorrow’s Dentistry
As clinical practice evolves, oral healthcare professionals around the world require timely, high-quality and evidence-based learning and seek career advancement. To meet these increasing needs, we have also launched the Global Education Hub for Oral Healthcare Professionals, another key focus of the Faculty’s development.
Dean
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Cocreating the Future of Oral Health
We are building an ecosystem. The Global Hub for Future Dentistry is a place where clinicians, scientists, engineers, data specialists, public health experts, industry partners and policymakers can meet around, share wisdoms and critical questions about the future of dentistry, and then work together to turn those questions into practical solutions.
Director of Global Hub for Future Dentistry
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Touching Lives with Life
If you want students to build a ship, motivate them to long for the endless sea. If I want the students to commit to service, I can’t just tell them to be kind. I have to let them stand in places where suffering and resilience meet, so they can decide what kind of dentist — and what kind of person — they want to become.
Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatric Dentistry
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AI at the Tooth Level
These findings fundamentally change how we understand tooth decay. We have moved from seeing cavities as inevitable to being able to predict and prevent them at the microbial level, tooth by tooth.
Assistant Professor in Microbiology
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Injectable Tumour Model from HKU
Our platform not only faithfully recaptures the tumour microenvironment but, more importantly, provides a dependable tool for immune cell therapy research. This is particularly significant for advancing treatments for malignancies.
Assistant Professor in Biofunctional Materials
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Building Smiles Across Borders
The Faculty advanced its role as a regional leader in oral health by convening the Greater Bay Area Oral Disease Prevention and Control Forum in Shenzhen. The event brought together representatives from public health, maternal and child health, education, academia and industry to strengthen cross-border collaboration in oral disease prevention.
Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange)
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Passing the Torch
The Mentorship Programme brings together dedicated mentors from across the profession who are keen to share their knowledge, clinical experience and personal journeys in dentistry. By connecting BDS 3 students with alumni and practising dentists, the initiative helps students gain a clearer understanding of life beyond the classroom and simulation lab.
Associate Dean (Global Engagement and Development)
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2025
The award-winning project addresses oral cancer, a major public health challenge in which delayed diagnosis often leads to poorer outcomes and more intensive treatment. To support earlier detection, the team developed AI-powered web tools that help healthcare professionals identify potentially malignant and cancerous oral lesions and make better-informed clinical decisions.
Clinical Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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