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)