Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Sunyoung Ma

Dental implants and digital dentistry - Ultimate game changers in prosthodontics

About Professor Sunyoung Ma's research
Sunyoung is a specialist prosthodontist with a particular interest in various treatment modalities using dental implants and artificial tooth materials for replacing missing natural teeth. She has led several studies evaluating zirconia and titanium implants as well as crowns and partial denture frameworks fabricated with different materials using digital technologies. The primary focus of her research is to find the most effective and efficient way to improve the oral health-related quality of life of patients needing tooth replacement.

Sunyoung has supervised multiple undergraduate and postgraduate research students. She is a three-time recipient of the SJWRI Undergraduate Research Supervisor Award and the winner of the J. Morita Junior Investigator Award for Geriatric Oral Research (International Association for Dental Research). This year, she was awarded the University of Otago Award for Excellence in Teaching. Sunyoung has been the Associate Dean (Postgraduate) at the Faculty of Dentistry since 2020.

This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.