Institute of Dentistry - News

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.

The new project aims to compare how music, or lack thereof, affects students’ nervousness and capability to focus during a preclinical dental course.

Poor periodontal health and tooth loss seem to increase the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, concludes a systematic review of 47 longitudinal studies.

Oral inflammatory diseases have been linked to, e.g., cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. “The significance of the oral microbiome is of great interest right now," says Professor of Translational Dentistry Pirkko Pussinen.