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We would like to invite you to a lecture "Chronic Oral Lesions" by Dr. Treister, which will be held on Tuesday 26 September 2023 at 2PM in the large lecture hall of the Dental Clinic. Dr. Nathaniel S. Treister teaches at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and is the chief of the Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Treister is also the President of the prestigious American Academy of Oral Medicine (2022-2023).

Dr. Antonín Tichý defended his Ph.D. thesis "Release of bisphenol A and its analogues from dental restorative materials" on 5 September 2023 and received his second Ph.D. degree. Congratulations to Dr. Tichý and his supervisor, Dr. Pavel Bradna.

The Museum Night took place in the evening of Friday 16 June and attracted hundreds of visitors to the First Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University. At the Dental Clinic, they had the opportunity to learn about its history and see a unique exhibition of the dental museum, including a large comparative anatomical collection of teeth and skulls.

The fifteenth annual Research Day was organized by our Dental Clinic in cooperation with the Dental Society of the Czech Medical Society of J. E. Purkyně. The scientific programme consisted of 15 research presentations which were complemented by stimulating discussions not only between experienced faculty members but also young doctors for whom this event is an opportunity to present their research activities.

Dr. Markéta Janovská from the Department of Oral Medicine has successfully passed the professional examinations and has been appointed a fellow of the American Academy of Oral Medicine (AAOM), the oldest and most prestigious organization focused on oral medicine. Congratulations!

On Wednesday 26 April, the renowned Prof. Falk Schwendicke from the Charité University of Berlin visited our clinic and gave a lecture on caries management, focusing on the selective caries removal in deep carious lesions.

For patients undergoing treatment for addiction at the Clinic of Addictology, the first dental hygiene seminar was held on Wednesday 12 April, led by 4th year dental students. The seminar generated interest and positive response from patients and will be repeated for future patient groups. Thank you!

The Open Day took place on 25 March 2023, for the first time after the Covid-19 pandemic. At the Dental Clinic, the visitors had the opportunity to see the clinical teaching hall, the phantom classroom and the dental museum. More information about the admission procedure and the studies of dentistry can be found on the website of the First Faculty of Medicine.

Thanks to the initiative of the students and staff of the Dental Clinic, a cooperation was established with the Blaník Retirement Home. Fifth year students made complete dentures for the retirement home clients, which helped improve the clients' quality of life and gave the students valuable experience.

Dr. Jindřich Charvát defended his Ph.D. thesis "Detection of dental caries by using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy" on 9 December 2022 and received the Ph.D. degree. Congratulations to Dr. Charvát and his supervisor, Dr. Lucie Himmlová.

Assoc. Prof. Otakar Brázda received the gold medal of the Czech Medical Society of J. E. Purkyně on 6 December 2022 for his publications dedicated to the life and work of Jan Evangelista Purkyně. Congratulations!

The Dental Clinic was founded in 1922 and this year it celebrates its centenary. The commemorative event was held in Panenské Břežany on Monday 24 October 2022, the day of the execution of Dr. Jan Jesenský and Dr. Jiří Jesenský, who worked at the clinic and were nephews of Prof. Jesenský, the founder of the Dental Clinic.