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HKU dental professionals invent “super” toothbrush to clean all dental surfaces

HKU Faculty of Dentistry Honorary Associate Professor and local dentist Dr TC Ng, together with HKU Faculty of Dentistry Professor Jin Lijian, have designed an “NJ Toothbrush” which is the only toothbrush in the world targeting all dental surfaces including those niches often unreachable. The team said in a short two minutes’ brushing using the NJ Toothbrush, users would be able to approach major anatomical features and niches. It can therefore maximise the control of plaque biofilms and resultant oral/periodontal inflammation along with regular professional oral healthcare. A PCT patent application has been filed for the innovation. HKU expects the NJ Toothbrush to be available on the market in two years’ time, and the price would be about the same as electronic toothbrush.

Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018

The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2018 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

Dentistry’s Knowledge Exchange Dialogue 2018

The Faculty of Dentistry has recently published Knowledge Exchange Dialogue 2018, which features 14 KE projects conducted by faculty members and students in 2016-17. The stories were written by a group of students from the School of Communication of Hong Kong Baptist University as part of their practicum project.

Knowledge of Oral Health

Knowledge of Oral Health is an oral health brochure published by the Faculty of Dentistry for the general public. It consists of 74 articles that were published in am730 newspaper between 2015 and 2017.