Australian experts due here

Australian experts due here

JAKARTA (JP): A team of Australian public dental health
experts will be in Jakarta from Saturday to next Tuesday, to
discuss future research collaboration with experts at the
University of Indonesia.

The team, from the University of Melbourne, will focus on
research in areas of the evaluation of oral health services, the
implementation of programs designed to prevent dental disease,
and the problems of services in remote and rural areas.

A press statement issued by the Australian university stated
that the experts from both sides will also discuss the
possibility of staff exchanges between Indonesia and Melbourne in
the future.

The Australian team will be led by Professor Clive Wright,
head of the School of Dental Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Other experts in the team are members of the Public Health and
Epidemiology Research Unit, Dr. Wendell Evans and Dr. Mike
Morgan.

The University of Melbourne School of Dental Science has had
an ongoing relationship with the University of Indonesia for over
five years.

"Collaborative research completed includes a study of the
levels of oral health in six to 12 year-old children in urban
areas of Jakarta," the statement explained. (swe)