Prof. Heikki Murtomaa
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Department of Dental Public Health Institute of Dentistry Mannerheimintie 172 SF-00280 Helsinki, Finland |
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+358 294 1911 |
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+358 2941 27202 |
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Professional Biography:
Prof. Murtomaa is Professor and Head of the Department of Oral Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland. He has served in different academic positions and has worked as a WHO consultant on several occasions. Prof. Murtomaa served as Professor in Oral Public Health in 1986 - 2014 and worked as Dean of the Institute of Dentistry in 1993 – 1998. Prof. Murtomaa has presented in several continuing education and postgraduate courses and lectured on various dental and public health related subjects, both nationally and internationally.
He is the Past President of the Association for Dental Education in Europe and a Board Member of International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations.
In 2014 Professor Murtomaa was presented with the TUMS Distinguished Visiting Professor title by Dean of School of Dentistry. Since then, his contribution to TUMS has countined for duration of nine years.
Heikki Murtomaa paid a visit to various clinical parts of TUMS School of Dentistry on 07 June 2014.
He also took part in the first graduation ceremony of Community Oral Health Ph.D. students in TUMS, School of Dentistry on 10 June 2014. Professor Murtomma gave a speech about the importance of Community Oral Health in society.
Moreover, Professor Murtomaa completely explained the method of programmatic accreditation in the school and expressed willingness for more cooperation with the university.
Professor Murtomma delivered a lecturethe at the school of dentistry.
