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Baby teeth, or milk teeth, act like lighthouses to guide the adult ones to their correct destination. A baby tooth will become wobbly and fall out because the adult tooth that follows pushes through to break down the roots of the baby tooth. Dr Arosha Weerakoon writes for The Conversation.

Dr Abdalla Ali and his research team have been awarded $15,000 in research funding from the Australian Dental Association (ADA).

The project, ‘Soft tissue insertion into micro-tubules on Ti discs using femtosecond laser micromachining subtraction modification’, has been awarded $15,000.

The UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Saso Ivanovski as the next Head of the UQ School of Dentistry.

A technological advancement that has the potential to stimulate bone formation inside the human body has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

Professor Saso Ivanovski has been named the leading researcher in the field of dentistry in The Australian newspaper’s 2020 research supplement.

New research by Dr Karan Gulati may lead to a solution to the problem of dental implant failure.

An internationally recognised leader in oral epidemiology is joining The University of Queensland.

An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take nine hours to present, but students in the UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition present their thesis and its significance in dynamic and informative presentations of just three minutes in length.

PhD students from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences will compete in the virtual Faculty Final of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition on Thursday 6 August.

The UQ School of Dentistry is proud to welcome two new academics: Professor Ove Peters and Dr Christine Peters.

Professor Saso Ivanovski from UQ's School of Dentistry spoke with ABC News about how natural enzyme cleaning and such practices might need rethinking due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UQ’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Pauline Ford as the next Associate Dean (Academic). 

A technological advancement that may prove crucial in the long-term success of dental implants has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

Saliva is one of our biggest foes in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of its role in spreading the virus. But it could be our friend too, because it potentially offers a way to diagnose the disease without using invasive nasal swabs.

Saliva could be humanity’s best friend in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Queensland researchers have found.

In this article for The Conversation, Dr Arosha Weerakoon discusses the benefits of flossing.

Orthodontist and UQ alumnus Dr Nick Kotsomitis talks about how he has adapted the way he works to keep people smiling in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.

Q&A with Dr Baboucarr Lowe, Postgraduate Research Fellow within the UQ School of Dentistry.

Lilia, aged 7, asked The Conversation: Why do we make saliva?

Ever wondered what a day in the life of a dentistry student looks like? Third year Dentistry student and YouTuber, Sean Choi, gives us a glimpse into his life as a student in his winning entry for the School of Dentistry’s student video competition.