Study links maternal Vitamin A deficiency to dental defects and a catalyst to vital nutrition intervention.
Associate Professor Stephen Hsu and an international team of researchers have discovered the link between maternal Vitamin A Deficiency (mVAD) and enamel hypoplasia (EH), a form of dental defect, in children's baby teeth at two years of age.
Advancing Early Childhood Caries Prevention
NUS Dentistry, together with our healthcare partners, have secured the NMRC Population Health Research Grant. The study seeks to empower parents to prevent early childhood caries among their young children with the aid of technology and peer support.
Unravelling Pulpal Health in Baby Teeth
Our research team led by Associate Professor Catherine Hong Hsu Ling, Assistant Professor Gopu Sriram, and Dr Ishreen Kaur Dhillon conducted a remarkable study to further understanding of pulpal health in baby teeth.
BLOOMS 2023
Researchers from around the world discovered the evolution of dental research and how it could play a part in impacting oral and systemic health globally at this inaugural programme.
Transforming Dental Materials: Assoc Prof Vinicius Rosa Leads the Way
Associate Professor Vinicius Rosa has been appointed President of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Dental Materials Group. Learn more about his appointment.
Exploring New Research Frontiers
Faculty staff, members and students from the NUS Faculty of Dentistry showcased their exceptional research and expertise at the prestigious IADR/LAR General Session and Exhibition 2023.
Moving with the “Green Wave”
Led by Dr Nilesh Dubey, a team of National University of Singapore (NUS) High School students received the Team Award and the Encouragement Award at the Sembcorp Marine’s Green Wave Environmental Care Competition for their study on “Sustainable Nanofibrous Scaffold for Dental Tissue Engineering”.
Microfluidic
Tooth-on-a-Chip
Led by Dr Gopu Sriram and Dr Hu Shijia, a team of researchers from the Faculty developed a microfluidic “Tooth-on-a-Chip” to examine the interactions between dental materials and dental pulp stem cells.
