An Enviable Challenge

The Faculty of Dentistry has had an eventful year. It was named second best in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, the ninth time it has placed in the top three since 2015. It was also selected for incubation as the Global Hub for Future...

Early Warning System

The AI-powered clinic was developed by the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) of HKU’s Faculty of Dentistry and the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (PPDH). It is a culmination of research efforts to improve risk assessment, treatment selection and...

Easing Clinical Nerves

Paediatric dentistry can be stressful for both patient and dentist – many children experience dental fear and anxiety, and providing dental care for youngsters can be particularly nerve-wracking for undergraduate students.To help students cope with the extra...

Less Pain, More Gain

One of the biggest problems with tooth replacement – particularly for the patient – is the amount of time it takes and the discomfort involved. Multiple fitting procedures can be tedious and uncomfortable. From the dentist’s viewpoint, existing design processes can...

Oral Surgeons Bring AI Tool to Nigeria

In 2022, researchers in the Faculty of Dentistry led an international team to develop an AI web tool that could predict patients’ risk of developing oral cancer. The tool, based on the AI algorithm DeepSurv, had a 95 per cent accuracy rate on a cohort of more than 700...