Institute of Dentistry - News

Common oral infections, periodontal diseases and caries, are associated with inflammatory metabolic profiles related to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases.

In her PhD study, Aisha Banafa, BDS, investigated how different biological, social, and psychological risk factors can interact to increase the risk of pain in the jaw's muscles and joints in Finnish adults.

The sessions will feature presentations by experts from all over the world.

The lecture topics range from radiation biology to forest planning, and from pharmaceutical policy and brain health to literature and education.

The use of background music was found to reduce dental students’ stress and improve their performance during preclinical tooth preparation exercises.

Suomen ensimmäiset VR-haptiset Simodont- harjoittelulaitteet otettiin käyttöön Itä-Suomen yliopistossa vuonna 2021.

The doctoral dissertation provides information about radiation-induced microstructural, cellular, and biochemical changes on both the animal and human mandible.

The invited speakers are top-notch professionals from the U.S., Canada, Ghana and Finland.

The key findings of the doctoral research were that the transmembrane MUC1 expression in oral epithelium changes with radiation and persistent smoking habit.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.