Nowadays, Thailand becomes an ageing society. Health services and proper care systems specifically for the elderly group need to be prepared and well established. Especially, elderly with high dependency should be received the proper care and treatment (both general health and dental health) by skilled caregivers and health professionals. However, it is a big gap for geriatric dentistry in Thailand. Thus, this is my point that I need to learn and develop some oral health care program for long-term care in dependent elderly. Moreover, the opportunity that participated in this program (JSPS in Preventive Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University) will play a major role in developing my work of geriatric dentistry field in Thailand.

I am a teaching staff and young researcher in the Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia. I accomplished my PhD on Health Care Economics in 2009.

Hello, I come from Indonesia. I am teaching staff at University of Indonesia. My interest is erosion finding of the mandibular cortex. I am very grateful to have the opportunity and experience for studying and enjoying my life in Niigata. I wish programs like this will continue in the future. Thank you very much.

My current job is chairman of Dental Nursing Program of Faculty Dentistry Gadjah Mada University, also lecturer in the Preventive and community dentistry. The purpose of jointing this program is for to completing my PhD thesis proposal, which related to halitosis, because I know there are many expert in Niigata, beside that I make observations to the Dental hygiene program in Niigata to see a possibility to change Dental Nurse program to be Dental Hygiene program.

According to universal demographic transition toward an aging society, nowadays as all developing countries Thailand has been facing with the rapid increase in the proportion of older people. it is important for dental schools to improve educational program and oral health care service to meet the need of increasing number of elderly who will need services. My purposes of joining the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) project are learning about educational program in geriatric dentistry, oral health project in elderly, oral health care in elderly and evaluation of quality of life in elderly patient. The knowledge from this project will be useful to improve educational program in geriatric dentistry in Chulalongkorn University.

Thammasat University has a unique system of PBL and community Dentistry training. My work focuses mainly on taking dental students to the field community practice for several weeks every year. Moreover, Thammasat introduced new courses of professional ethics and academic skill preparation, which I am in charge of. So, I'm looking forward to learn and exchange experience to Niigata colleages on those issues.

I got my PhD degree from Niigata University in 2009. Niigata is a very nice city to stay. It becomes my second hometown, indeed. At present, I work as a lecturer in Oral Biology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada. I feel honored and happy to join this project; since it gave me opportunity to visit Niigata, meet my friends and also refresh my research skills and knowledge.