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King’s collaborates with China’s largest dental group

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Wed. 20 July 2016

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LONDON, UK: King’s College London Dental Institute is extending its international reach with the launch of a number of activities that will see the institute partner with BYBO Dental Group, one of China’s largest dental providers, over the upcoming months. The collaboration started this week with a distance learning programme that will offer BYBO staff across China training and information on the management of tooth wear and occlusal change.

In addition to the distance/blended learning programmes, face-to-face lectures by King’s academics, including Profs. Raman Bedi, Martyn Cobourne and Francis Hughes, at various sites in China began in June and will continue until the end of the calendar year, the university said in a press release. All information will be available to BYBO staff in both English and Mandarin.

In addition to continuing professional education, the partnership will include staff exchange, as well as the transfer of clinical expertise and protocols, over the next three years.

Estimated to be worth £3.6 million, the collaboration agreement was first announced at the end of 2015.

“King’s Dental Institute’s commitment to improving oral health knowledge and provision in practice around the world shines through in this collaboration,” commented Prof. Dianne Rekow, Executive Dean of the Dental Institute, on the partnership. “Not only is it a fantastic opportunity to share our world-leading expertise with BYBO, but it also offers us a unique chance for us to learn from one of China’s most renowned dental providers.”

Founded in 1993, BYBO consists of 200 chain dental clinics with approximately 6,000 employees across China, according to its figures.

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