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Pakistan enters a new era of forensic dentistry

🦷 A newly launched national body is now aiming to bring dental science directly into Pakistan’s justice and medicolegal system — from disaster victim identification to criminal investigations and medical negligence cases.

The newly registered Pakistan Association of Forensic Odontology (PAFO), led by Pakistan’s first qualified forensic odontologist Dr Humayoun Temoor Baig, has officially opened registrations for dentists, researchers, forensic experts, and students across the country.

😮 Dr Baig previously led dental identification operations during the tragic PIA Flight PK-661 crash and worked on major forensic investigations in Pakistan.

PAFO says it plans to:
✔️ Standardize forensic dental practices
✔️ Strengthen dental evidence in courts
✔️ Train professionals & law enforcement
✔️ Push forensic odontology into mainstream dental education

👀 This could become one of the most important developments for forensic dentistry in Pakistan in years.

💬 Would you consider forensic odontology as a career or specialization in Pakistan?

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers in Japan have launched human trials for a revolutionary drug that could allow people to regrow missing teeth.

Led by Dr. Katsu Takahashi at the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital in Osaka, the team has developed a treatment that activates a hidden biological feature in humans—a dormant "third set" of teeth waiting beneath the gums. While humans typically grow only two sets in a lifetime, this drug could awaken the third, offering a natural solution to tooth loss.

The trials, now underway at Kyoto University Hospital, focus on blocking a protein called USAG-1, known to suppress tooth regeneration. In animal studies, disabling this protein allowed new teeth to emerge. Now, for the first time, this cutting-edge science is being tested in humans.

The first phase targets children born with congenital tooth loss, a rare condition affecting about 0.1% of the population. For these kids, regrowing teeth isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about restoring basic functions like chewing and speech.

If successful, the treatment could be available as early as 2030, changing the landscape of dentistry forever. No more artificial implants—just your own body, healing and regenerating itself.

The age of natural tooth regeneration may have just begun.

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Ayub College of Dentistry Final year Toppers ❤️

🥇Hira Niaz 1016
🥈Amna Niaz 988
🥉Tanzeel Sajid 958

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Ayub College of Dentistry 3rd year Toppers ❤️

🥇Natasha Khan 690
🥈Iman Khan Swati 661
🥉Moiz Ahmad 656

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Ayub College of Dentistry 2nd year Toppers ❤️

🥇Marium Khan 651
🥈Hamza Ali 641
🥈Qazi Abdullah 641
🥉Laiba Asif 618

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Ayub College of Dentistry 1st year Toppers ❤️

🥇Ali Syed 617
🥈Muhammad shah 615
🥉Irsa Azhar 602

Congratulations to those who made it into 2nd year and better luck for the supplimenterians.