Visiting European Professor Adds Impetus to the Faculty`s Research

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Visiting European
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to the Faculty’s Research
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guest of the Faculty of Dentistry,
University, Dr. Pongsri Brudvik, came all the
with their Thai counterparts. This strategy aims to stem
the tide of brain drain and instead, create an
way to Thailand from Norway to lecture and conduct international network of professionals steadily
live demonstrations on orthodontics from July 3 to 25, contributing to the wealth of Thai human resources.
focusing on the biology of tooth movement.
Using her experience from the Institute of Orthodontics,
Invited by the Orthodontics Department under a University of Bergen, Dr. Pongsri lectured on many
special program supported by the Ministry of diverse topics including the dento alveolar system,
Education, Thai university professors teaching and tissue reaction, orthodontic forces, treatment and lab
researching abroad are able to share their knowledge techniques and practices.
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During her Bangkok Campus visit she was able to meet
with staff and technicians of the Biological Research
Laboratory, staff and lecturers of the Orthodontics
Department and University of Bergen Alumni.
To further expand the scope of her visit, she also
presented lectures at the Orthodontics Department at
the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Dentistry in northern
Thailand and the Orthodontics Department of Prince of
Songkla University in southern Thailand.
Dr. Pongsri graduated with a Doctor of Dental Surgery
degree from the Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University in
1970 and worked in the Orthodontics Department of
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Using her experience from the Institute of Orthodontics, University of
Bergen, Dr. Pongsri lectured on many diverse topics including the
dento-alveolar system, tissue reaction, orthodontic forces, treatment
and lab techniques and practices.
Chiang Mai University for a short period before
pursuing her postgraduate education in Norway. After
another four years in Chiang Mai, she returned to
Norway and currently serves as Associate Professor
in the Department of Orthodontics and Facial
Orthopedics, University of Bergen, Norway.
The University of Bergen currently comprises 16,000
students, 3000 faculty and staff and consists of seven
faculties. Yearly it welcomes large numbers of foreign
students and researchers.
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To further expand the scope of her visit, she also
presented lectures at the Orthodontics Department
at the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Dentistry in
northern Thailand and the Orthodontics Department
of Prince of Songkla University in southern Thailand.
Bergen, a city of over 240,000 inhabitants, is situated
on the mountainous western coast of Norway and is
noted for being the gateway to the spectacular fjords,
a major tourist attraction of Norway. The city has close
connections to composer Edvard Grieg and the
theater, where Henrik Ibsen once directed, lies in the
heart of the city.