King Saud University has proved it’s on the cutting edge of research again with a new orthodontics system receiving official recognition from the European patent office this month. The invention of Dr. Mohammed Taher Bukhary, a faculty member at the College of Dentistry, is a clinical tool which aims at tilting the anterior teeth, a [...]
Saturday, March 9, 2013
A trip by students from King Saud University’s College of Dentistry to an aged women’s retirement home in Malaz, Riyadh, last month marked the launch of a community outreach program by the college. Widad Y. Awliya, the under secretary of the Faculty of Dentistry for female Students Affairs at KSU is responsible for the program. Professor [...]
Monday, March 4, 2013
A dental device invented by Dr. Mohammed Taher Bukhary, a faculty member in King Saud University’s College of Dentistry, has been approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The “oral retractor,” one of more than 15 devices that the KSU College of Dentistry has had patented or is awaiting patent approval, is designed [...]
Sunday, January 20, 2013
For the third straight year, King Saud University’s Saudi Dental Society has been awarded first place (category A) by the University’s Department of International Cooperation and Scientific Societies. The Dental Society was also listed in the Rector’s Honors Roll of KSU’s distinguished scientific societies for the first quarter of the school year. The Society also won the certificate [...]
Saturday, January 12, 2013
In an interview with Alriyadh newspaper,” a King Saud University associate professor in the KSU College of Dentistry said he believes that the inclusion of dental care in the nation’s health insurance plans would significantly curtail a major problem in all age groups, particularly among children. According to Dr. Mohammad Al Obaida, an expert in root [...]
Saturday, December 22, 2012
A dental model base maker designed by a King Saud University College of Dentistry professor recently received a design patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Prof. Mohammed Taher Bukhary was awarded Patent No. 672,045 on December 4, 2012, according to Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh, director of KSU’s Intellectual Property and Technology (IPTL) program. The invention [...]
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Dr. Khalid Al-Hezaimi, one of King Saud University’s most prolific researchers, recently co-authored two chapters of a book entitled Osteology Guidelines for Oral and Maxillofacial Regeneration – Preclinical Models for Translational Research. The book is significant in that it is the first publication by the the Osteology Foundation, a Swiss organization devoted to promoting research, education and collaboration [...]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
King Saud University’s Dental Caries Research Chair (DCRC) recently sponsored a ceremony to celebrate Universal Children’s Day. After an opening speech by Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Tareq Al-Rayes and Dr. Abdulaziz Alsaif, Vice Dean for Hospital Affairs, the ceremony featured two instructional lectures by The first lecture was entitled “How to Deal with your Child” by [...]
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
King Saud University’s Engineer Abdullah Bagshan Growth Factors Bone Regeneration Chair (GFBR) recently completed an agreement of cooperation to obtain the services of UCLA professor Cun-Yu Wang. Dr. Wang, a professor and chairman of the Division of Oral Biology and Medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry, will study the use of stem cells to [...]
Saturday, April 30, 2011
A one-week dental awareness campaign referred to as “Behifaz Aliha” (“We will take care of it”) was launched April 23 under the auspicious of King Saud University’s Rector Abdullah Al-Othman, and targeted the dental health of KSU students and faculty and campus visitors. The University’s College of Dentistry occupied a large space in the University’s main hall, [...]
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