Proceedings of 2nd Hiroshima Conference on Education and Science in Dentistry, October 6-7, 2007, in Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima University Faculty of 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 121