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Last week around 30 researchers from Brazil, the USA and the University of Oslo kicked off the international collaboration «Resispart» in the US. Lead by Fernanda Petersen from the Institute of Oral Biology, the project group is already seeing partnership, fruitful atmosphere and high expectations.  

Faculty of Dentistry (OD) receive 6 incoming students on 8th semester in the Master`s Degree in Dentistry- programme on Thursday 1st March. These students will stay at the faculty till Tuesday 29th May.

The purpose of this International Symposium is to demonstrate the three-dimensional x-ray imaging capabilities, bringing a completely new dimension to 3D scans, and enabling a more detailed look into the 3D structure of biological tissues and tissue-material interfaces.   

Professor Fernanda Petersen at the Department of Oral Biology (UiO) has been awarded, together with her partners, a large grant from the Olav Thon Foundation. The grant was given the research project: «Born in the twilight of antibiotics: fighting antimicrobial resistance in preterm infants».

Institute of Oral Biology was recently awarded a significant grant to another project managed by Professor Fernanda Petersen.

Roger Junges, Ph.d.-candidate at the Faculty of Dentistry (FOD), University of Oslo, was recognized with the prestigous «LION Dental Research Award for Young Investigators in Oral Health Research» at the International Association for Dental Resarch (IADR) General Session.

Rabia Khan finalized her PhD with a presentation of her thesis at the Department of Oral Biology June 29.

Hanna Tiainen from the Department of Biomaterials at IKO will receive the award for her PhD-work.

In a university ranking the Faculty is ranked number seven in the world and number two in Europe.

This proposal from the Ministry of Health and Care Services, is now being sent out for consultation.

The faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo has sent a formal request to arrange ADEEs (Association for Dental Education in Europe) annual congress in 2018.

This is one of the main venues in Europe where knowledge and experiences related to dental education in different countries can be shared.

Jostein Grytten is awarded the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) prestigious award, the Distinguished Scientist Award for Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research.

Patients and other users, will now be a part in clinical dental research.

Researchers at the Department of Oral Biology has obtained funding for medicine, health and biology, FRIMEDBIO.

Thursday 18 December, employees at the Faculty of Dentistry were honored with  "Norges Vels" medals for long and faithful service.

Facultat d'Odontologia Universitat Internacional de Catalunya will visit the faculty in week 49

Results from Candidate Survey 2014 shows that dentists trained by the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Oslo  are very satisfied.

The prize are established to mark Norwegian Dental Association positive attitude to teaching and research in dentistry and to emphasize the importance of adequate recruitment of academic staff at the dental teaching institutions.

Research Fellow at the Department of Oral Biology, Roger Junges, has won the prestigious The Nordic Hatton Award Competition.

The title of the winning speech he held in Dubrovnik in Croatia; "Streptococcus mitis transcriptome changes in response to a novel pheromone

Patients now receive SMS notifications about dentist appointments Faculty of Dentistry has started with SMS alert to patients who have an appointment with us.

Dental and researcher at the Faculty Tiril Willumsen get the Academician price in 2014 for her research on dental fear in relation to torture and abuse