Dental School provides emergency care through lockdown
Monday, 6 April 2020
Deep inside a locked-down Dunedin building, a dedicated team of Otago University dentists is operating in high-risk conditions to provide emergency dental care.
Dental clinics closed except for emergency services
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Following advice from the Ministry of Health and the Dental Council (New Zealand), all non-essential and elective dental services at University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry clinics, including those provided at the Dunedin School of Dentistry, the University of Otago Auckland Dental Facility and the Te Kaika Niho Taniwhā Dental Clinic, are being cancelled until further notice.
Demise of dental amalgam outlined in Otago study
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Fillings in your teeth? If both local and global trends are anything to go by, soon they won’t have anything to do with mercury.
Young Otago dentistry lecturers net international awards
Friday, 14 February 2020
Two young University of Otago dentistry lecturers have won prestigious international emerging leaders awards.
Possible world-first collaboration for Pharmacy and Dentistry students
Friday, 20 December 2019
For the first time University of Otago pharmacy and dentistry students have collaborated within a clinic setting to improve their training and improve patient care.
30 new Professors for the University of Otago
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Thirty University of Otago academics have been promoted to the position of professor this year.
Free Otago clinic provides life-changing dental care for patients
Monday, 9 December 2019
A University of Otago dental student who has organised a free community dental clinic for low socio-economic patients has been amazed at the life-changing effect the service has had on the patients.
First female oral surgeon specialist for Pacific Islands
Friday, 6 December 2019
When Oripa Waqa returns to Fiji after graduation she will be the first female oral surgeon specialist in not only Fiji but in the wider Pacific Islands.
Nineteen new Associate Professors for Health Sciences
Friday, 6 December 2019
A swathe of the University of Otago Division of Health Science’s finest staff have been promoted to Associate Professor.
University of Otago welcomes new Professor of Oral Biology
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Professor Paul Cooper began his role as University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry Professor of Oral Biology this month.
Uncovering clues in ancient dolphin teeth
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Early Career Award for Distinction in Research, 2019 winner, Dr Carolina Loch, Department of Oral Sciences
Translational Research Grant applications sought
Friday, 4 October 2019
All academic staff in the Division of Health Sciences are eligible to apply for the Translational Research Grant.
Slice of dental history in Samoa
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
There is a little slice of the Faculty of Dentistry’s history in Samoa with the recent arrival of dental chairs no longer needed in Dunedin, with the development of the new clinical services building.
2019 Sir John Walsh Research Institute Awards presented at SJWRI Research Day
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Congratulations to the recipients of Sir John Walsh Research Institute Awards for 2019, which were announced and awarded at the conclusion of SJWRI Research Day on Wednesday 11 September at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Our Institute Awards celebrate the research achievements of academic staff and postgraduate students, as well as commending the contribution of general staff to the research successes of the SJWRI and Faculty of Dentistry.
Celebrating our research excellence: SJWRI Research Day 2019
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
SJWRI Research Day 2019, highlighting the research achievements of the University of Otago's Sir John Walsh Research Institute and Faculty of Dentistry, was held on Wednesday 11 September at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. The programme featured presentations from academic researchers, invited keynote speakers and postgraduate students, a research poster competition, and the presentation of the SJWRI Awards for 2019.
Three awards for Health Sciences PVC
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Three fellowships from three major international dentistry organisations have been awarded to the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) Professor Paul Brunton in the past year.
Samoa able to expand dental services, thanks to University’s goodwill
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
The University of Otago is gifting dental chairs from its Faculty of Dentistry to the Samoan Ministry of Health to assist with dental care in the Pacific nation.
Dental redevelopment progresses
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Good progress is being made on the demolition of the old interior of the Walsh Building in preparation for a new fitout which is part of Stage 2 of the Dental School Redevelopment.
SJWRI research supported by 2019 NZ Dental Research Foundation and Ministry of Health oral health funding
Monday, 2 September 2019
The New Zealand Dental Association and Ministry of Health (MoH) are key supporters of our cutting-edge dental and oral health research, through the NZ Dental Research Foundation (NZDRF) and MoH Oral Health Research funding rounds. Funding from these grants supports the research of our academic and research staff, as well as training of our postgraduate students.
In the 2019 NZDRF funding round, a total of $142,212 in funding has been awarded for research projects led by our staff, PhD and DClinDent students. SJWRI researchers were also principal investigators on projects awarded $61,059 in targeted Ministry of Health Oral Health Research funding.
As always, we thank the NZ Dental Research Foundation and the Ministry of Health for their continued support.
Introducing Dr Ian Towle, our new Sir Thomas Kay Sidey Postdoctoral Fellow
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The SJWRI is delighted to introduce our Sir Thomas Kay Sidey Postdoctoral Fellow for 2019, Dr Ian Towle. Ian will be working under the mentorship of Dr Carolina Loch on a research project titled ‘An evolutionary perspective on dental properties, disease and wear’.
Familiarity and forward-thinking for new Faculty of Dentistry Dean
Monday, 5 August 2019
It will be both a homecoming and a new adventure when the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry’s new Dean arrives next year.
Professor Murray Thomson wins 2019 Chaffer Medal
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
A Dunedin researcher, ranked as one of the world’s best dental scientists, has been awarded the University of Otago Division of Health Sciences Chaffer Medal for distinguished performance in health research.
Dentistry building gets Ministerial stamp of approval
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Education Minister Chris Hipkins declared Kiwi’s teeth to be in good hands at Otago's Faculty of Dentistry, following a tour of the new Clinical Services Building last week.
Dental research could mean big savings
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
A fourth-year undergraduate dental student has already made a mark in the world of dental research – and her findings could bring future savings to New Zealand’s dental practices.
$1.2M Health Research Council project grant awarded to A/Prof Brian Monk of the SJWRI
Monday, 1 July 2019
Congratulations to A/Prof Brian Monk of the SJWRI’s Molecular Microbiology research programme on the award of a three-year Project Grant worth $1,199,967 in the 2019 Health Research Council of New Zealand annual funding round, for his project ‘Readying next-generation antifungals for drug development’. This continues a long-standing programme of Marsden Fund and HRC-supported research into antifungal drug development in A/Prof Monk’s laboratory. A/Prof Monk says, "The research will use our structure-based understanding of how existing antifungals work in order to create new broad-spectrum drugs that are more effective and inexpensive."
New Auckland dental base on target for February
Monday, 24 June 2019
The concrete floor slab has been poured for the top floor of the University of Otago’s new $28.3 million dental teaching facility and patient treatment clinic beside the Manukau SuperClinic in South Auckland, the University’s Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Willis, says.
Dentistry faculty gives schools 150 mouthguards to celebrate University’s 150th birthday
Thursday, 13 June 2019
The University of Otago’s Faculty of Dentistry is celebrating the University’s 150th anniversary by donating 150 custom-fitted mouthguards to schools and promoting the use of mouthguards among students when playing sport.
New building opened at national centre for dentistry
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
One of the “highest tech” dental facilities in the world was officially opened this morning – the hospital-level patient-treatment building for New Zealand’s only national centre for dentistry, at Otago.
Streamlining in the new national dentistry building
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Using electronic patient records in the new national centre for dentistry building at the University of Otago will streamline patients’ treatment, students’ learning and collaboration on patient care, Faculty of Dentistry Organisational Delivery Project Manager Dr Peter Cathro says.
Training in new dentistry building
Monday, 29 April 2019
Super-users have just trained on more than 200 dental chairs for patients in New Zealand’s new national dental teaching facility, on the University of Otago’s Dunedin campus.
Busting barriers to dental care – Pasifika adolescents hold the answers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Sitting at the forefront of inequalities in oral health care, Pasifika youth are well placed to provide solutions to the problem, a unique University of Otago study has found.
