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14 Apr 2025
Pioneering method detects oral cancer earlier
The powerful potential of nano technologies and AI to detect oral cancer earlier and more accurately have been revealed...
01 Apr 2025
Naming the nameless
Identifying human remains isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s crucial work according to Professor Warwick Duncan.
20 Mar 2025
First-ever community oral cancer screenings
A University of Otago dental team has taken their skills to the people, conducting more than 100 oral cancer screenings...
13 Mar 2025
Otago success in QS World Rankings
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is home to New Zealand’s highest ranked subject area in the latest QS Wor...
17 Jan 2025
Future thoughts from Otago’s Dental Hospital Director
With the University of Otago’s Dental Hospital and clinics servicing up to 600 appointments in a single day, there’s ple...
16 Dec 2024
Eleven gain Summer Studentships
Eleven Māori and Pacific Otago students will get a taste of a career in health research over the summer break, thanks to...
09 Dec 2024
Faith, family and education key to dental graduate's success
What do you get when you cross a pharmacist, a lawyer, an accountant, a carpenter, an emergency doctor, an anesthetist,...
08 Dec 2024
Elation for Malaysian dental graduates
The largest cohort of Malaysian international dental students will be graduating from the Faculty of Dentistry this Dece...
08 Dec 2024
Community need drives specialisation
After graduating in 2018, Jonathan Martin (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou) landed a dream job in Tar...
06 Dec 2024
Going beyond extractions
Working as a dentist in a rural practice in Ōpōtiki, Shayden Bell (Tainui, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tūhoe) treated a...
01 Nov 2024
Supervisor of the Year 2024
Dr Jeff Foote, of the Department of Management, has won the Otago University Students’ Association Overall Supervisor of...
09 Oct 2024
Getting to the root of the problem
In the age of information overload, it can feel like there’s a new dental product filling social media feeds every day b...