Prosthodontics – Programme Directors / Specialist Committees
Programme Director
Associate Professor Keson Tan
Associate Professor Keson Tan is Director of the Graduate Prosthodontic Programme (NUS) since 2001 and a Senior Consultant at the National University Health System (NUHS). He graduated with BDS (Honours) from NUS in 1985 and received his MSD and Certificate in Prosthodontics from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1992. He holds memberships in the Academy of Osseointegration, the American College of Prosthodontists, the International College of Prosthodontists, the International Association for Dental Research, the Academy of Medicine, Singapore and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. From 2001 to 2009, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS and concurrently Chair, University Dental Cluster, NUHS. He is Past-President of the Prosthodontic Society of Singapore, Past-President of the IADR Southeast Asian (SEA) Division and has served on the Singapore Dental Council for 3 terms. He currently sits on the Dental Specialist Advisory Board of Singapore.
Associate Programme Director
Clinical Associate Professor Teoh Khim Hean
Clinical Associate Prof Teoh Khim Hean graduated with Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the National University of Singapore in 1988 and obtained his Masters in Prosthodontics in 1994. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) Fellowship to pursue further training in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York in 2001. Currently, he is the Deputy Director (Clinical) at the National Dental Centre, Singapore (NDCS). He is also the Head of Department of Restorative Dentistry at the centre and an Associate Director for the Prosthodontics Residency Programme at the National University of Singapore. He is a Visiting Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre. In 2003, he established the Prosthetic, Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation Clinic (PSSR) at NDCS. The PSSR Clinic provides a multidisciplinary management for patients with speech and swallowing disorders following radiation therapy, surgical resection or cerebro-vascular disorders requiring prosthetic intervention. His research interest is in developing a behavioural intervention to improve oral health for persons with cognitive impairment. He is involved in philanthropy to raise funds for the center’s Oral Health Academic Clinical Programme for needy patients, research and education. Despite his busy schedules, he has been actively involved in numerous maxillofacial prosthetic outreach programs in India, Ethiopia, Thailand and Egypt.
Committee Members
Adjunct Associate Professor Loh Poey Ling
Dr Lee Kong Fei, Frank
Dr Quek Heng Chuan
