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Dental disease is common at all ages and in all regions, and large numbers of specialists are required for timely diagnoses and treatment. In Vietnam, however, the workforce in this field suffers severe shortages. In developed countries, there is one odontoid-stomatologist per one to two thousand people. In Asian countries however there is an average of only one per five thousand and in Vietnam one per twenty-five thousand.

In 2016, the 7th International Conference on Odontoid-Stomatology Research and Training, at the School of Odontoid-Stomatology of the Hanoi Medical University, reported that there are many areas with no dental care whatsoever, due to a complete lack of dentists. DTU will address this issue in Central Vietnam with the new Odontoid-Stomatology major.

The new major will benefit from the international collaborations and facilities carefully developed over the years. DTU already partners with two US universities:

- The University of Illinois at Chicago has the largest medical and pharmaceutical programs in the US and the University of Pittsburgh ranks in the top 6 in medical research.

- DTU has built a series of 28 standardized medical labs and practice rooms and the Center of Visualization & Simulation (CVS) to develop 3D virtual reality simulation applications to improve teaching methods on the human body. The application won the first 2016 Young Intellectuals for Education prize at the 2017 Vietnamese Talent Awards, and was recently honored at the 2018 Sao Khue awards.

DTU has hired a team of expert lecturers, comprising 3 professors, 9 associate professors, 15 PhDs, 2 research students, 55 Masters and 10 medical practitioners and pharmacists, backed by professional technicians. Large numbers of professors, associate professors, and PhDs also teach basic natural sciences and on-site training is offered with practitioners at local hospitals.

DTU has agreements with 18 hospitals, including the Danang Hospital, the Danang C Hospital, the Ministry of Public Security 199 Hospital, the 17 Military Hospital, the Danang Center for Odontoid-Stomatology and the Hue Central Hospital. As partners of general practitioners and odontoid-stomatologists, students are able to work under the skilled and enthusiastic supervision of local experts.

- The structure, function and operation of the human physiology of mastication.

- Disease prevention and treatment, including odontoid-stomatology research projects.

- Diagnosis and treatment of common odontoid-stomatologic diseases, like tooth decay, periodontitis and dental infections.

- Diagnosis and management of diseases such as dental deviations, tooth loss, cancer, congenital malformations and facial trauma and infections.

- Treatment of odontoid-stomatologic emergencies, such as bleeding after tooth extractions, dental pulpitis and fractures of the jaw;

- The combination of traditional and modern medicine to treat and prevent odontoid-stomatologic issues.

Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Minh, the DTU Vice - Provost covering Health Sciences, stated: “In June, a group of staff, lecturers, and medical doctors from DTU Health Sciences, including Odontoid-Stomatology, will go for further training to the University of Pittsburgh, which ranks sixth in medical research in the US. DTU is determined for Health Sciences to become a strategic education discipline and has been investing even more in new teaching and training facilities and the development of more partnerships worldwide DTU will graduate skilled health practitioners, including odontoid-stomatologists, with a sense of responsibility and professional ethics, in line with the Ministry of Health policy of working ‘towards patient satisfaction’.”

In 2018, DTU awards the following scholarships to Odonto-Stomatology  applicants:

· DTU scholarships worth 1 to 5 million VND for applicants in Odonto-Stomatology with a High School Graduation Exam three-course grade average three points higher than the minimal admissions grade.

· Scholarships for students from Gifted High Schools, of 5 million VND each for the first year of study, for all applicants in Odonto-Stomatology with a High School Graduation Exam three-course grade average of 18 or more.

· Direct enrollment preferential scholarships, worth 5 million VND in the first year, for applicants who have won

° consolation prizes (or higher) in national skilled student contests

° consolation prizes (or higher) in national science and technology contests

and who apply for DTU’s Odonto-Stomatology major.

For further information about Health Sciences education at DTU, see: Faculty of Medicine , Faculty of Pharmacy ,  Faculty of Nursing 

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