RESEARCH. Akademiliv provides a larger picture of the research on dental implants, due to the attention drawn recently to a project in which dogs are used as experimental animals. Implants are increasingly common. Even if the treatment often works well, it is also common to have inflammation of the jaw, and each year 1400 Swedes have to have their implants removed. This is why research on a broad front, both…
Jan Lindhe receives international implant award
PRIZE. Jan Lindhe, professor emeritus of periodontology, has received yet another award for his research work. Recently he was presented the Brånemark Osseointegration Award at an award ceremony held by the statue of the father of titanium implants, Per-Ingvar Brånemark, in the Academicum lobby. “I am especially proud to accept this award because Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark was one of my first and most important teachers of biomedical research,” says…
The Dental Hygienist Program is extended – finally officially a three-year program
EDUCATION. After many years of discussion and several studies, beginning in the autumn the Dental Hygienist Program will officially become a three year program of university studies. “Finally!” say both Annica Almståhl and Kajsa H. Abrahamsson at the Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, even though in reality it has been a three-year program for the last 20 years. Since the 1990s the professional role of dental hygienists has become increasingly…
Ann Wennerberg is the new assistant dean for internationalization and collaboration
LEADERSHIP ASSIGNMENT. After almost 10 years in Malmö, Ann Wennerberg returned to Gothenburg some time ago. She has now been appointed as assistant dean for internationalization and collaboration. “I thought it sounded like an exciting job and something new for me to get involved in. I’m at the end of my career, and I’m pleased to work for the Academy and get a more general picture of issues that are…
GU rises in this year’s Shanghai ranking
RANKING. The University of Gothenburg (GU) has moved up in this year’s Shanghai ranking, which now places it among the top 150 universities in the world. Within the ranking by subject area, GU does best in odontology, where it ranks 21st in the world. In clinical medicine the university rises to 33rd place. In recent years the University of Gothenburg has been situated around the 200 mark, but it has…