News & Events

Colgate New Zealand Section IADR Student Poster Competition May 2013 The competition was held on Friday 19 April with the awards made by the Dean, Professor Seymour, on Tuesday 23 April.
Police commissioner awards Otago PhD candidate October 2012 Forensic Biology PhD candidate Darnell Kennedy was honoured in September for an article which appeared in the Australian Police Journal. The article “Forensic Dentistry and Microbial Analysis of Bite Marks” was published in March 2011, winning Ms Kennedy first place in the education sector of the journal’s awards.
Community: Assessing the impact of oral health programmes September 2012 Assessing the impact of oral intervention programmes is vital, says Professor John Broughton of the Departments of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences and Preventive and Social Medicine.
Dr Michael Tholey May 2012 Dr Michael Tholey, our first PhD student in Dental Technology, is employed in the Research and Development department of Vita Zahnfabrik, Germany and has recently visited the Faculty as part of the cooperation Vita Zahnfabrik has with the members of the Biomaterials discipline as headed by Professor Michael Swain.
OSMRS Student Award May 2012 Daniel Sundaresan is a final year BDS student who won first place in the Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) student speaker awards held 9 May 2012. Daniel carried out his research on a Summer Scholarship and was supervised by Nick Heng, Mary Cullinan and Bernadette Drummond.
Filling fix wins pair Proof of Concept Grant August 2011 Development of silver nanoparticle-based materials for treating dental caries has won two Otago researchers the 2011 Otago Innovation Proof of Concept Grant worth $50,000.
3M ESPE Research Day 2011 August 2011 The 3M ESPE Research Day was held on 11 August in the Hutton Theatre at the Otago Museum. The programme is available as a PDF file.
Simulation Clinic Television Advertisement 2011 July 2011 "It has no arms, no legs, has a drill in its mouth up to eight hours a day, and still... never complains."
Electron Microscopy Student Research Award 2011 June 2011 Stephanie Ting, a Bachelor of Dental Technology with Honours student, has been awarded an Electron Microscopy Student Research Award for 2011.
IADR student poster competition winners announced May 2011 The winners of the New Zealand section IADR student poster competition were announced at a small ceremony held on Thursday 19 May 2011.
Dental Student Wins Top Research Prize at International Conference March 2011 Fifth year dental student Grace Lee won first prize in the Hatton competition (Junior Category) at the 89th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in San Diego, USA, last week.
Advance Ashburton Community Foundation Special Award for DClinDent Student March 2011 Hannah Jack, a Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry student, has been awarded an Advance Ashburton Community Foundation Special Award.
Inaugural New Zealand Forensic Biomechanics Symposium February 2011 Environmental Science and Research (ESR) and the Sir John Walsh Research Institute were proud hosts of the inaugural New Zealand Forensic Biomechanics Symposium held on Tuesday, 15 February 2011.
Student Elective Colloquium Prize Recipients for 2010 January 2011 Recipients of the Faculty of Dentistry 2010 Elective Colloquium prizes were announced at the Faculty’s graduation luncheon held on 4 December 2010.