Dr. SOEURN Visal
Recently a paper was accepted for publication in one of the top international dental journals – Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. The lead author was Dr Bethy Turton, UP Fellow, with co-authors Prof. Callum Durward (Dean), recent UP graduate Dr Sieng Tida, Jilen Patel (University of Western Australia) and Rachel Hill (NYU).
The paper was entitled: “Healthy Kids Cambodia – A novel approach to triage of dental care in a population with extreme caries experience”. The paper described the Healthy Kids Cambodia school dental program which UP has been instrumental in developing and implementing over the past several years, and validated how the program assigns different levels of care to different children. The application of the triage system by dental
students was found to be successful in identifying children in greatest need of complex care. All UP dental students currently participate in this school-based program, which has the endorsement of the MOH Oral Health Bureau, and the School Health Department at MOEYS.
