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DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Asia Pacific Edition Published in Hong Kong www.dental-tribune.asia REPORT A paperback edition of the latest Australian National Child Oral Health Study is set to be released this month. INTERVIEW Jordanian endodontist Dr Ibrahim Abu Tahun on how new develop- ments are changing the way endo- dontics is practised. Vol. 15, No. 3 RESTORATIONS This case report describes the use of partial veneers for achieving highly aesthetic results in the anterior region. ” Page 2 ” Page 10 ” Page 12 Dentist shortage to worsen By DTI HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: Owing to their growing and ageing popum lations, Hong Kong and Singapore are at risk of a serious lack of denm tists in the years to come, experts have warned. Both are not equipped to meet the changing needs and demands of an increasingly older population with the current numm bers of locally trained dentists. According to a Hong Kong govm ernment report due to be released in the next several months, most of the city’s medical professions— including dentistry—will face shortages in the next ten years, the South China Morning Post has reported. Proposing solutions for the predicament, the report’s comm mission recommends increasing the number of overseasmqualified health staff working in public hosm pitals under limited registrations, among other measures. To date, public hospitals in Hong Kong have been allowed to recruit foreign doctors under a Hong Kong and Singapore are in danger of a severe suortage of medical and dental professionals in tue years to come, experts uave cautioned. registration scheme that is limm ited to one year. However, owing to stringent conditions that rem strict foreigners from working in the private sector, only 12 medical professionals joined via the scheme last year, according to the Post. In order to address the prem dicted shortage of health care workers, these numbers would have to at least triple and contract terms be extended to attract more doctors, the report’s experts caum tioned. In Singapore, this situation is presently a lived reality in the dental profession. Here, foreignm trained dentists already made up the majority of new dentists regism tered in recent years. For example, in 2014, only 46 of the 187 newly registered dentists were local graduates, the Straits Times stated in an article. ” Page 2 MI World Symposium TOKYO, Japan: As host of the MI World Symposium in Tokyo on 5 February, Japanese dental manm ufacturer GC Corporation arm ranged an impressive scientific linemup to discuss the latest conm cepts in the field of minimal inm tervention dentistry. Internam tional and regional clinicians and researchers discussed varim ous topics, including MI manm agement strategies and materim als solutions, as well as clinical aspects of the philosophy, takm ing into account parameters such as age, disease status and treatment options. The company’s minimal inm tervention approach was develm oped based on an MI concept proposed by the FDI World Denm tal Federation in 1999 and inm troduced one year later. In order to enable realisation of the concept in clinical practice, the GC Europe MI Advisory Board later developed the Minm imal Intervention Treatment Plan. IV_Image_Anz_102z128_Layout 1 01.12.11 17:10 Seite 1 AD Fighting implant infections A team of researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium has develm oped a dental implant that gradm ually releases antimicrobial drugs to stop a biofilm forming on the surface and thereby help prevent infections. “Our implant has a builtmin reservoir underm neath the crown of the tooth,” explained lead author Dr Kaat De Cremer. A skull being examined witu tue PlanScan intra-oral scanner. Read uow Planmeca’s ” BUSINESS Page 8 3-D imaging devices uave uelped advance fossil researcu. Regionally connected More free dental care Through analysis of the teeth of two 7,700myearmold huntermgathm erer women discovered in a Russian cave, UK researchers found that their genetic makemup closely rem sembled that of modernmday popum lations in the region. This indicates that certain ethnic groups across northmeast Asia have migrated very little for around eight millennia. The University of Queensland is expanding its free dental care for disadvantaged populations owing to a new partnership with Metro North Hospital and Health Service. Through the alliance, which began in January, the unim versity expects to be able to serve an additional 8,000 patients at its new oral health centre in Herston. “A cover screw makes it easy to fill this reservoir with antim microbial drugs. The implant is made of a porous composite mam terial, so that the drugs gradually diffuse from the reservoir to the outside of the implant, which is in direct contact with the bone cells.” So far, the implant has only been tested in the laboratory. Distinguished by innovation Healthy teeth produce a radiant smile. We strive to achieve this goal on a daily basis. It inspires us to search for innovative, economic and esthetic solutions for direct filling procedures and the fabrication of indirect, fixed or removable restorations, so that you have quality products at your disposal to help people regain a beautiful smile. www.ivoclarvivadent.com Ivoclar Vivadent AG Bendererstr. 2 | FL-9494 Schaan | Liechtenstein | Tel.: +423 6 235 35 35 | Fax: +423 6 235 33 60 © Dragon Images/Shutterstock.com© JuhaKienanen/Planmeca