{"id":354,"date":"2024-03-04T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T07:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:07:55","slug":"subject","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/subject","title":{"rendered":"Courses and Professors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-white-color has-theme-azure-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-45ca02835713637a9b8800eec8cfc7f3\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:2\">Basic study subjects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9a01b68c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kaibo_takahashi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kaibo_takahashi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kaibo_takahashi-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Shigeru Takahashi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral Functional Anatomy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Dental Anatomy<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Anatomy \/ Oral Anatomy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In Anatomy Class, not only the teeth and oral cavity, but the morphology and structure of the entire body is studied in detail through lectures and practical training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Deep humanity is needed to become a trusted dentist. At the spacious and beautiful campus of Hokkaido University with its diverse human resources, an environment to increase one&#8217;s humanity has been created. Let&#8217;s study together at the School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-functional-anatomy\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kousoshiki_amizuka.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kousoshiki_amizuka.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kousoshiki_amizuka-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Norio Amizuka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Ultrastructure of Hard Tissue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Histology<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Oral Histology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Cells and tissues that comprise the human body, and dental and oral cavity structures are studied through lectures and practical training using the microscope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Welcome students with a fighting spirit. Before becoming a dentist in the future, various fields, such as life science and dental medicine, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/developmental-biology-of-hard-tissue\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seirigaku_funahashi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seirigaku_funahashi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seirigaku_funahashi-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Makoto Funahashi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral Physiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Physiology \/ Oral Physiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">How organs of the entire body work, and the brain, nerves, and hormones related to such functional adjustment are studied, in order to understand the correlation between overall health and oral functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">I think the &#8220;science of eating&#8221; is the most important field to study in order to prolong a person&#8217;s healthy life expectancy. Come search for the happiness of man at the School of Dental Medicine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-physiology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/795316b92fc766b0181f6fef074f03fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2753\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Ji-Won Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Biochemistry and Oral Biochemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Structures and functions of various substances in the living body are studied, seeking to understand life&#8217;s phenomena by the structure and changes in the molecules in the living body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Approaching the nature of life through the molecular world, and seeking to bring innovation to the future of medicine. We are looking forward to meeting you with full of intellectual curiosity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-biochemistry-and-molecular-biology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kekkan_hida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kekkan_hida.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kekkan_hida-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Kyoko Hida<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Vascular Biology and Molecular Pathology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on pathology and oral pathology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Pathology is the basic medical field which is most related to clinical practice. In addition to morphological analysis using the microscope, cells and gene level abnormalities are identified by biochemical, molecular, and cellular analysis, in order to understand the true nature of a disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Enjoy learning at this university with its spacious campus and abundant nature. We encourage all those who question and are curious, show interest in society and to people around them, and are eager to face challenges!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/vascular-biology-and-molecular-pathology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/biseibutsu_hasebe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/biseibutsu_hasebe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/biseibutsu_hasebe-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Akira Hasebe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Microbiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Microbiology and Oral Microbiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In microbiology, not only microorganisms related to the oral cavity and infections of the entire body, but also the human defense mechanism against those microorganisms are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Although microorganisms in the oral cavity are known to affect the body&#8217;s overall health condition, there are still many mysteries. Let&#8217;s unravel those mysteries together at the spacious Hokkaido University campus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/research\/oral-molecular-microbiology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yakuri_imura.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yakuri_imura.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yakuri_imura-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Tadahiro Iimura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Phamacology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Pharmacology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Pharmacology is the study of why medicine cures diseases. In the lectures on pharmacology, the basics of how a drug affects the living body, and its effective use, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In the School of Dental Medicine, human biomedical science is studied comprehensively. Previous students of Japan&#8217;s top Hokkaido University campus have gone on to become top leaders in dental medicine and life science. Try knocking on the School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University&#8217;s door. It will surely sound good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/pharmacology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seitai_yoshida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seitai_yoshida.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/seitai_yoshida-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Yasuhiro Yoshida<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Biomaterials and Bioengineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Dental Materials and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Dental medicine commonly uses biomaterials. As a dentist of the future, the needed basic knowledge of biomaterials, and their role in clinical practice, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Hokkaido University actively conducts research and development of high-function biomaterials which are linked to medical and dental care in the future. Let us work together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/biomaterials-and-bioengineering\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-white-color has-theme-azure-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2c947f50899d756f7564d45696d953d3\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:2\">Clinical Subjects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yobo_iwasaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yobo_iwasaki.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/yobo_iwasaki-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Masanori Iwasaki<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Preventive Dentistry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Preventive Dentistry<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Hygiene and Public Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Methods to prevent oral diseases and systemic diseases, targeting both individuals and groups, and health management are studied. Furthermore, knowledge and techniques needed to develop, maintain, and promote healthy oral function, in order to ensure proper chewing and tasty eating and enjoyment of a meal, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Dentistry is the worthwhile and satisfying job which contributes not only to disease prevention, but also enhances the health of many through oral health. We are looking forward to seeing you at our beautiful campus, abundant in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/preventive-dentistry\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hozon_tomokiyo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hozon_tomokiyo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hozon_tomokiyo-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Atsushi Tomokiyo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Restorative dentistry and endodontology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Operative Dentistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In Operative Dentistry, methods to restore teeth damaged by cavities to a condition close to their pre-damaged state (restoration), and methods to preserve teeth longer (preservation), are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">We want to develop a society where &#8220;having teeth&#8221; is a given and are working on treatment and research. We are looking forward to the day when we can work with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/research\/restorative-dentistry\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/fb2f100b9ab62da9ac7723818135ec3d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/fb2f100b9ab62da9ac7723818135ec3d.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/fb2f100b9ab62da9ac7723818135ec3d-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Naoki\u3000Takahashi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Periodontology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Periodontology, Endodontology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Students learn about periodontal disease, one of two major causes of tooth loss along with tooth decay, and its causes and treatment through lectures and practical training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">This is a deep and very interesting study related to daily living, such as &#8220;eating tasty food,&#8221; &#8220;enjoyable conversation,&#8221; and &#8220;spending each day in good health.&#8221; Let&#8217;s learn about it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/periodontology-and-endodontology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hotetsu_sakaguchi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hotetsu_sakaguchi.png 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hotetsu_sakaguchi-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Kiwamu Sakaguchi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral Functional Prosthodontics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Removable Prosthodontics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In charge of lectures and practical training in Removable Prosthodontics, which seeks to recover from problems in chewing, speech, and aesthetis due to tooth loss, through dental treatment using artificial teeth, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In today&#8217;s super-aging society in Japan, development after development in dental medicine and dentistry is demanded. We are waiting for those of you overflowing with zeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-functional-prosthodontics\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kankyogishi_kuroshima.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kankyogishi_kuroshima.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kankyogishi_kuroshima-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Shinichiro Kuroshima<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Fixed and Regenerative Prosthodontics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Oral Implantology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Students learn the concepts and surgical techniques involved in restoring aesthetics and functionality by covering a missing part of a tooth, or an entire tooth\/teeth, or bridge\/implant treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Maintaining a healthy mouth will provide a rich life. Come study the most advanced dental treatment and research with us, and contribute to people&#8217;s health and scientific development. We are looking forward to your enrollment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/crown-and-bridge-prosthodontics\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/naikagaku_miyamoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/naikagaku_miyamoto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/naikagaku_miyamoto-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Ikuya Miyamoto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral Diagnosis and Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Oral Diagnosis and Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">To respond to oral diseases, not only is knowledge regarding oral lesions, but also medical knowledge regarding systemic diseases and psychosomatic medicine are demanded. Within the study of oral surgery, the field of internal medicine field is also studied as oral diagnosis and oral medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">We are the first Department of Oral Diagnosis and Medicine in a national university in Japan. When dental medicine is considered from the perspective of the &#8220;oral cavity,&#8221; the view is very different. Let us study this interesting world together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-diagnosis-and-medicine\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/gakuganmen_ohiro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/gakuganmen_ohiro.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/gakuganmen_ohiro-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Yoichi Ohiro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, how to pull teeth and insert an implant, diagnosis and treat a jaw fracture\/deformation, cleft palate, and oral cancer, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">The oral cavity is small, about the size of a hand. But surprisingly, an entire faculty and graduate school exist solely for it. It is that important and profound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kyosei_sato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kyosei_sato.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kyosei_sato-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Yoshiaki Sato<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Orthodontics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Orthodontics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Orthodontics is the study that solves dentition and occlusion issues such as dental misalignment, buck teeth, or underbite, by &#8220;treatment that migrates and realigns teeth.&#8221; Students master the causes, diagnosis, and treatment methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">We aim to train dentists who can make all patients happy. Let&#8217;s study together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/orthodontics\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/l_e_others_500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/l_e_others_500.png 600w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/l_e_others_500-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Koichi Nakamura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Dentistry for Children and Disabled Persons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Pediatric Dentistry<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Dentistry for Disabled Persons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In charge of teaching dentistry for children and dentistry for disabled persons. This clinical subject centers on dentistry for difficult-to-treat children and disabled persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">The oral cavity consists of various tissues and organs, such as teeth, gums, tongue. It is a big universe. Let&#8217;s study dental medicine and explore this universe together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/dentistry-for-children-and-disabled-person\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/hosyasen_minowa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Kazuyuki Minowa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Radiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Radiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Image diagnosis of various diseases in the mouth including teeth, and radiation therapy for oral cancer are studied. In addition, protection from radiation is taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Maintaining oral function is important to improve QOL in today&#8217;s super-aging society. How about aiming to become a dentist who supports society through oral health management?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/oral-radiology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/masui_kido.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor <\/strong><br><strong>Kanta Kido<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Dental Anesthesiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Dental Anesthesiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Advanced whole body management utilizing general anesthesia or mental sedation so patients can receive dental treatment and surgery without worry, is studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In view of the super-aging society from now, let&#8217;s seek become dentists who can perform dental treatment by understanding not only the mouth and teeth, but also the overall condition of the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/dental-anesthesiology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f045abf3 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:48%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/f172490eb635df7652953aa9687922a9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/f172490eb635df7652953aa9687922a9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/f172490eb635df7652953aa9687922a9-800x790.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/f172490eb635df7652953aa9687922a9-768x758.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Yutaka Watanabe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Gerodontology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Lectures on Gerodontology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In Gerodontology, students learn about aging and the aging process, including how aging of the mind and body and subsequent changes in lifestyle and the environment, affects oral health of the elderly. In addition, students gain the knowledge and skills to support the health and lives of the elderly through dental treatment and oral health care in response to changes related to aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Let&#8217;s aim to become dentists who are assets in a society where all patients, from children to the elderly, can smile and enjoy their entire life, by promoting \u201claughing,\u201d \u201ceating&#8221; and \u201cspeaking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/gerodontology\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column_wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cbe57604 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/SR5_2654-2-400x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Hirofumi Miyaji<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">General Dentistry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> Clinical Lectures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In charge of clinical lectures and practical training during comprehensive education for 5th- and 6th-year academic terms. Comprehensive clinical knowledge, techniques, and actions demanded of dentists are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Dentists treat not only the teeth and mouth, but also a person&#8217;s heart. As such, humanities and communication skills are also studied. This is a wonderful job filled with satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/clinical-education\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kokusai_arima.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kokusai_arima.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kokusai_arima-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kokusai_arima-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kokusai_arima-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Associate professor <\/strong><br><strong>Taro Arima<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Section for International Affairs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-010fa4c7d22fdcd6133eea9cb1be0585\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-azure-color\">\u25cf<\/mark> International Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69068df4f3de1a7bc2809f2a125789ad\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Description of Subjects Taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">In communication with overseas laboratories, this department supports students studying abroad. We also prepare sister school agreements for international exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-azure-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f112782ec1ec320a7826bcd3b5fd125c\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Message to Applicants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">For those who would like to play an active role overseas, please come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.den.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/department\/section-for-international-affairs\/\">Department Introduction (JP)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic study subjects ProfessorShigeru Takahashi Oral Functional Anatomy Subjects Taught \u25cf Dental Anatomy\u25cf Lectures on Anatomy \/ Oral Anatomy Description of Subjects Taught In Anatomy Class, not only the teeth and oral cavity, but the morphology and structure of the entire body is studied in detail through lectures and practical training. 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