Dental Asia January/February 2024
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
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JANUARY / FEBRUARY <strong>2024</strong><br />
The calling of an association<br />
3D-printed crowns: Case report<br />
What’s new for <strong>2024</strong>?<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
James Yau Assistant Editor<br />
Belated happy new year and season’s greetings to all readers of <strong>Dental</strong><br />
<strong>Asia</strong>!<br />
facilities that can stand the test of time for multiple generations of<br />
students (p. 27).<br />
As this period into <strong>2024</strong> presents various opportunities, milestones,<br />
and challenges, you have probably heard or seen the phrase ‘new year,<br />
new me’ in conversations or readings about the new year. Despite the<br />
expression’s usage as a festive quip about resolutions for the new year, it<br />
calls to mind about the opportunities for changes that one encounters in<br />
the spirit of edification rather than for novelty’s sake.<br />
To ring in the new year in this first issue for <strong>2024</strong>, we sought out the latest<br />
developments and advancements in dental education, for each dental<br />
professional to reflect upon their growth and learnings.<br />
For freshman at the Faculty of Dentistry in the National University of<br />
Singapore, a new interdisciplinary Common Curriculum that spans across<br />
healthcare disciplines including Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy has<br />
been introduced to develop future dental and healthcare professionals<br />
with the necessary skills for a new shift in healthcare towards integrative<br />
and preventive approaches (p. 22). Behind the fitting and shaping of<br />
such educational centres, we spoke with Jussi Ylisaari from Planmeca to<br />
learn about the considerations and challenges faced when educational<br />
institutions and manufacturers collaborate in designing and building<br />
We also explore novel ways in which dental education is being pushed<br />
to advance oral care standards. Dr Samintharaj Kumar of Nuffield <strong>Dental</strong><br />
believes that by providing continuing education courses on specialised<br />
treatment plans such as the ‘All-on-4s’ implant method, all patients can<br />
benefit as these skills are rippled through the wider dental fraternity<br />
(p. 45). On the “virtual” end of the education spectrum, mixed reality<br />
company Dentaverse has confidence in evolving technologies of virtual<br />
reality, blockchain, and Web3.0, which has led them to build a mixed reality<br />
platform that aims to make dental education, networking, and events,<br />
more accessible and immersive than ever before (p. 30).<br />
Thank you for your continued support in 2023 and through the past 24<br />
years. We hope you enjoyed reading and found our coverage of all-thingsdentistry<br />
valuable in your respective roles and regions across <strong>Asia</strong> and the<br />
world.<br />
James Yau<br />
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