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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...

18 Sep 2024
SJWRI research supported by the NZ Dental Association and Ministry of Health

06 Sep 2024
Journal celebrates geology legend
The University of Otago’s Geology Museum is filled with fossil treasures including many discovered by the late Professor...

22 Aug 2024
Prestigious governance role for Otago academic
Aotearoa’s representation at the highest levels of the forensics landscape has taken a leap forward with the appointment...

07 Aug 2024
New certificate increasing dental care access
The University of Otago’s Faculty of Dentistry is hoping to take pressure off Aotearoa’s overburdened healthcare system...