2025 Alumni Affiliate Award Recipients
Congratulations to 2025 Alumni Affiliate Award recipients Dr. Myrna Halpenny, Rae McFarlane and Shunhau To.
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The Faculty of Dentistry contributes to our profession’s body of knowledge through our active faculty research, outstanding curriculum and amongst the most technologically advanced dental clinics in the world, the Nobel BioCare Oral Health Centre.
There have been remarkable changes in dentistry in almost 60 years since the first class began, and the UBC Faculty of Dentistry has been instrumental in these advances in the oral health sciences. The Faculty of Dentistry is particularly well prepared to continue making significant contributions to our profession’s body of knowledge through our active faculty research, outstanding curriculum and amongst the most technologically advanced dental clinics in the world, the Nobel BioCare Oral Health Centre.
UBC Dentistry is committed to delivering outstanding research-intensive MSc and PhD graduate studies in the field of Craniofacial Science. Studies can be done in the areas of population health, oral health-related clinical research including both interventional and observational studies, and basic science research in the areas of biomaterials, cell biology, developmental biology, microbiology and molecular biology.
Our training programs include endodontics, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics. Specialty training must be completed in combination with an MSc or PhD degree. These programs complement our General Practice Residency Program and Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology Residency Program. Our combined educational approach ensures that newly graduated clinicians are well prepared to critically evaluate new treatment modalities as they are developed, and participate actively in clinical research.
Mission
To advance oral health through outstanding education, research, and community service.
Research Facilities
Opened in March 2006, the Nobel Biocare Oral Health Centre is the hub of UBC Dentistry patient care and clinical learning. The 39,000 sq. ft clinical facility accommodates 144 operatories, a state-of-the-art central sterilization dispensary, as well as a suite of seminar rooms, clinical laboratories and radiology units. A networked chairside software system manages patient information and stores digital images. The Nobel Biocare Oral Health Centre uses state-of-the-art technology and an innovative architectural design to create a modern, efficient space for clinical learning, community service and research.
Research Highlights
UBC Dentistry’s areas of excellence are grouped in three research clusters:
- Clinical Research, Technology Transfer & Dental Materials Sciences: Applied research in cancer diagnosis and prevention, biomaterials, forensic dentistry, dental sleep medicine, microbial biofilms and hygiene.
- Community & Educational: Quantitative and qualitative research on oral health promotion, healthcare services and educational studies.
- iMatrix: Basic science research in microbial, biomedical, cellular and developmental biology.
Schools / Departments
Graduate Degree Programs
Recent Publications
This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Dentistry.
Recent Thesis Submissions
Doctoral Citations
A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dr Honardoust concentrated on the role of a special class of glycoproteins in non-scarring wound healing in the oral mucosa of humans. His research contributes to the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of wound healing and may help to prevent scar formation or tissue fibrosis. | Doctor of Philosophy in Craniofacial Science (PhD) |
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