2nd Hiroshima Conference on Education and Science in Dentistry

Preface / H. Kurihara i The Role of Hiroshima University in Asian Development / T. Asahara 3 Salivary Diagnostics: The Scientific Foundations / D. T. Wong 7 Oral Health Care Needs and Dental Education / K. Miura 13 Contribution of Finite Element Modeling to Assessment of Mandibular Movements / H. Nikawa 17 Newly Developed Device to Measure the Stability of Dental Implants / S-Y. Lee 23 Application of Rapid Prototyping in Dentistry / T. Murayama 27 Hyper Human Technology and Its Applications / I. Ishii 33 Automutanolysin (Aml), a Novel Bactericide Targeting Cariogenic Streptococci / M. Sugar 37 Oral Stereptococci May Kill Pathogens in the Oral Cavities in Cooperation with Secretory Immunoglobulin A. / Y. Uehara 42 Current Situation and Prevention of HIV/AIDS / T. Fujii 49 HowDo We Choose the Daily Diet to Be Ingested? -Behavioral Physiology of Feeding Behavior- / N. Sako 53 Tool-Using Monkey Brains Possess Latent Evolutionary Precursor of Language / A. Iriki 57 Role of Childhood Trauma in the Neurobiology of Depression and Stress Vulnerability / S. Yamawaki 59 Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease: A Pediatric Perspective in Current Japan / T. Kikuchi 61 Over-Nutrition, Inflammatory Periodontal Disease, and Metabolic Syndrome / F. Nishimura 65 Oral Administration of Liposomal Lactoferrin Inhibits LPS-Induced Alveolar Bone Destruction in Rats / M.Miyauchi 69 Challenges and Opportunities in Dental Education: A Perspective from Hong Kong / L. Samaranayake 77 Dental Education in the United States: Responding to Challenges / M. J. Somerman 81 Dental Education in Malaysia / I. A. Razak 89 Education of the School of Oral Health Science, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry / H. Amano 95 Poster Session Airlangga University, Republic of Indonesia 105 Chulalongkorn University, Kingdom of Thailand 108 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 110 The University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China 112 Khon Kaen University, Kingdom of Thailand 113 University of Malaya (UM) la Lumpur, Malaysia 115 Sun Yat-Sen University, People's Republic of China 126 Taipei Medical University, Taiwan 118 Wonkwang University, Republic of Korea 119 Mashhad Dental School, Islamic Republic of Iran 120 Hiroshima University, Japan 121Proceedings of 2nd Hiroshima Conference on Education and Science in Dentistry, October 6-7, 2007, in Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistr