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Ormco-OrthoProd-DamonClear2-June2014.indd 1 5/5/14 2:30 PM lege of Dental Medicine ad- dresses the gap in specialized dental medicine.” “The Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine ca- ters to international, GCC and UAE residents who seek spe- cialization,” said Professor David Wray, Dean of the HBMCDM. “Through simulation training and access to world-class spe- cialists, our residents graduate having mastered the most-cut- ting edge procedures in dental medicine.” In January 2015, DHCC an- nounced its second college un- der the MBR-UMHS - the Col- lege of Medicine. Dubai Healthcare City’s Medical University Announces New Identity of its First College - Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine By Dental Tribune MEA M onday, February 16, 2015: Ahead of the 19th edition of the UAE In- ternational Dental Conference and Arab Dental Exhibition – AEEDC, Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), the world’s largest healthcare free zone, today an- nounced the new identity of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Col- lege of Dental Medicine (HBM- CDM), formerly the Dubai Col- lege of Dental Medicine. Dubai, February 16, 2015: Ahead of the 19th edition of the UAE International Dental Confer- ence and Arab Dental Exhibi- tion – AEEDC, Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), the world’s largest healthcare free zone, today an- nounced the new identity of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Col- lege of Dental Medicine (HBM- CDM), formerly the Dubai Col- lege of Dental Medicine. The college is under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ham- dan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. The Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine is the first college established un- der Dubai Healthcare City’s first medical university, the Moham- med Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBR-UMHS).Itpromotesanin- tegrated learning environment through its Dubai Dental Clinic and through DHCC’s medical education entities under the Mo- hammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center (MBR-AMC). “Education is a key pillar sup- porting our nation’s sustainable growth and knowledge-based economy,” said HE Dr Raja Al Gurg, Vice-Chairperson of Dubai Healthcare City Author- ity. “Medical education entities will help improve clinical per- formance that will, ultimately, drive excellence within the healthcare system.” The College offers six postgrad- uate programmes, accredited by the Ministry of Higher Edu- cation and Scientific Research (MOHESR) in collaboration with the UK-based Royal Col- lege of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). As of January 2015, 60 residents were enrolled. “We believe that the healthcare workforce in the UAE needs the right tools to be flexible and to be responsive to population health needs, workforce demands and growing emphasis on specializa- tion,” said Professor Sehamud- din Galadari, Chairman, Board of Directors of the College of Dental Medicine. “With the es- tablishment of the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medi- cine and Health Sciences and its Hamdan Bin Mohammed Col- lege of Dental Medicine, we are accelerating progress in medical education and training.” “The Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medical and Health Sciences is a landmark project for DHCC,” said Dr Amer Ahmad Sharif, Managing Director – Education, DHCC. “We are making every effort to raise the standards of [medical] educational and to promote patient safety through innovation and training. As the University’s first college, the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Col- Structured lifestyle helps prevent dental caries in children By Dental Tribune MEA L EIDEN, Netherlands: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases worldwide and can affect a child’s quality of life significantly. Several stud- ies have identified a correlation between caries and lifestyle factors, such as physical activ- ity and meal frequency. A team of researchers has now found that, especially for younger age groups, regularity and a struc- tured lifestyle are very impor- tant for preventing caries. The researchers at the Nether- lands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research examined the impact of such factors on caries experience at different ages. They based their study on the data collected in a previous study on oral health in children and adolescents in the Nether- lands that aimed to describe the oral health status and the pre- ventive dental behaviours of 9-, 15- and 21-year-olds. The scientists used the existing data, collected through ques- tionnaires and clinical oral ex- aminations, to study the prob- ability of caries and the degree of caries experience in relation to several lifestyle factors. The lifestyle factors included were the frequency of toothbrushing per day, the frequency of hav- ing breakfast per week, and the frequency of food and drink con- sumption per day. The 21-year-olds examined in the study did not show signifi- cant differences in caries expe- rience in relation to the lifestyle factors studied. For the 9- and 15-year-olds, however, the life- style factors had a significant effect on their dental caries ex- perience. For the two younger age groups, not having breakfast and not brushing their teeth twice a day were associated with a signifi- cantly higher caries experience. In addition, consuming food or drinks more than seven times a day resulted in an increased caries experience for the 9-year- olds. The findings of the study dem- onstrate that components that promote structure and regular- ity in a child’s life, such as hav- ing breakfast and the frequency of food and drink consumption per day, are essential to prevent- ing caries. According to the researchers, it would be helpful to include these lifestyle factors in pro- grammes to prevent dental car- ies in children and to communi- cate preventive messages about the consumption of food and drinks between different health and oral health professionals. The study, titled “Impact of lifestyle factors on caries ex- perience in three different age groups: 9, 15, and 21-year-olds”, was published in the February issue of the Community Den- tistry and Oral Epidemiology journal. Ormco-OrthoProd-DamonClear2-June2014.indd 15/5/142:30 PM