DENTISTRY is one of the oldest professions, and dental health is essential to overall general health.   With changing lifestyles, dental problems are becoming very common in all sections of society. Qualified dental practitioners are crucial in ensuring that the nation has strong oral wellbeing, which is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and countenance.   However,...

SEGi University Dentistry student Georgina George Pereira is the newly elected president of the Malaysian Dental Students’ Association (MDSA) for 2022/2023. The MDSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 24 July 2022 from 9 am to 5 pm at Auditorium A, SEGi University, Kota Damansara. The AGM aimed to renew the committee board with...

Congratulations are in order for Assoc. Prof. Dr Anitha Krishnan of Oral Pathology & Oral Biology at SEGi University! Dr Anitha is now a Fellow in the eminent International College of Dentists. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitations only. The honorary title of Fellow is only given to dentists who have made significant...

SEGi Dental Futsal team are the champions of the National Dental Intervarsity Games 2022 Futsal competition held on 18 & 19 June, at MAHSA University Futsal Court, Bandar Saujana Putra campus, Selangor. 13 male futsal teams took part in the event. SEGi Dental Futsal team comprises dental students from Year 1 to Year 5, which...

The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) is a five-year programme that aims to produce competent, caring, and knowledgeable dental practitioners. From the early onset of the programme, students are exposed to early patient contact and clinical training with an emphasis on recognition and prevention of oral diseases. The dynamic curriculum is delivered within a problem-based...

A team of SEGi students from the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Year 5, Research Group 9) programme has been declared the winner of the Oral Research Presentation competition held during the International Dental Student Conference 2022 (UKMiDSC). The UKMiDSC 2022 was organised by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and was held virtually on 16 April 2022....

The global COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted numerous unpleasant situations in the life of humankind and continued to dominate the way things are done daily. Although more than 70% of Malaysians have been vaccinated and are currently transitioning into the endemic phase, the stigma that COVID-19 may never be over and the fear of other variants...

You can take care of your pearly whites and have the best set of teeth ever. However, what you can’t control is the growth of wisdom teeth. The wisdom teeth appear between the ages of 17 to 21 years. A wisdom tooth can cause a variety of issues for other teeth as well as your...

Led by Beh Yen Ping, SEGi Faculty of Dentistry student and chairperson of the SEGi National Dental Inter-Varsity Games (NDIVG) 2019 committee, SEGi NDVIG 2019 team of 89 students representing the Faculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, competed against 12 other dental schools and emerged at an impressive fourth place with 11 medals at the NDVIG...

The Faculty of Dentistry fielded 5 student research projects in the poster presentation category and 1 staff project in the poster presentation for staff at the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Malaysian Section 2019 (IADR MALSEC 2019) on the 30 March 2019. The students competed with undergraduates, postgraduates and...