Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students in lab coats sit in a class as an instructor gives a lecture in Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students in lab coats sit in a class as an instructor gives a lecture in Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students in lab coats pose for a photo in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students in lab coats take photos in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students in lab coats take photos as others spend time in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students in lab coats take selfies in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students in lab coats sit in a class as an instructor gives a lecture in Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students spend time in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students stand around a patient in a dental chair at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Students in lab coats spend time in the courtyard of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students gather around an instructor using dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students gather around an instructor using dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students work with dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students work with dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students work with dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Al Azhar University in Gaza Reopens Dentistry Faculty - Palestine

Dental students gather around an instructor using dental equipment in a lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, on December 4, 2025. The university reopened its dentistry faculty after a two-year closure caused by the war in Gaza. Around 1,000 students have returned for in-person classes in partially restored labs. More than 12,000 others continue their studies online through the Moodle platform despite unstable internet and power outages. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - Katsumi Eguchi (L), director of the Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, and doctor Kiyoyuki Eishi (R) tell reporters April 18 about Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito who was taken to the hospital after being shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture. Ito died of massive blood loss April 18 at the hospital.

2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions leaks

2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions leaks

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Kenji Kusunoki, a 54-year-old former professor of the private Ohu University in Fukushima Prefecture, leaves his home in the prefectural capital at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 6 before being arrested later in the day on charges of leaking and helping to leak questions on last year's National Dentistry Examination to his students. Itsuo Ueda, a 59-year-old Health Sciences University of Hokkaido professor who served on the national exam board and is suspected of providing the questions to Kusunoki, was also arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police the same day.

TELEVISION WITH TEETH

TELEVISION WITH TEETH==Date:Sept, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

Toyobo to start clinical tests on bone regenerative material

Toyobo to start clinical tests on bone regenerative material

A bone regenerative material, seen in this photo taken on April 6, 2015, will be subject to clinical tests from June in a joint project by textile maker Toyobo Co. and Tohoku University aiming for the product to hit the market in 2018 for use in dentistry and oral surgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - Katsumi Eguchi (L), director of the Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, and doctor Kiyoyuki Eishi (R) tell reporters April 18 about Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito who was taken to the hospital after being shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture. Ito died of massive blood loss April 18 at the hospital. (Kyodo)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology

dog, tooth, teeth, veterinary dentistry, examination, vet, pet, veterinarian doctor, office, stomatology, on September 5, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Shigeru Watanabe (L), a professor of pediatric dentistry at the School of Health Sciences at Meikai University in Japan, is pictured during a ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2019, after a team of five Japanese led by him won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for their study estimating the daily saliva volume produced by a five-year-old child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Shigeru Watanabe, a professor of pediatric dentistry at the School of Health Sciences at Meikai University in Japan, is pictured during a ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2019, after a team of five Japanese led by him won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for their study estimating the daily saliva volume produced by a five-year-old child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Japan team wins Ig Nobel award for measuring children's saliva

Shigeru Watanabe, a professor of pediatric dentistry at the School of Health Sciences at Meikai University in Japan, poses at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2019, after a team of five Japanese led by him won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for their study estimating the daily saliva volume produced by a five-year-old child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions leaks

2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions leaks

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Kenji Kusunoki, a 54-year-old former professor of the private Ohu University in Fukushima Prefecture, leaves his home in the prefectural capital at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 6 before being arrested later in the day on charges of leaking and helping to leak questions on last year's National Dentistry Examination to his students. Itsuo Ueda, a 59-year-old Health Sciences University of Hokkaido professor who served on the national exam board and is suspected of providing the questions to Kusunoki, was also arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police the same day.

(CAPTION CORRECTION) 2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions le

(CAPTION CORRECTION) 2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions le

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Kenji Kusunoki, a 54-year-old former professor of the private Ohu University in Fukushima Prefecture, leaves his home in the prefectural capital at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 6 before being arrested later in the day on charges of leaking and helping to leak questions on last year's National Dentistry Examination to his students. Itsuo Ueda, a 59-year-old Health Sciences University of Hokkaido professor who served on the national exam board and is suspected of providing the questions to Kusunoki, was also arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department the same day.