Hooi Pin Chew BDS, FDSRCS, PhD

I graduated from the University of Malaya with Bachelor of Dental Surgery and obtained her Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeon (FDSRCS) England in 1998 and PhD from Manchester, England in 2013.

Prior to joining to the University of Minnesota, I was Associate Professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Malaya. I was the Head of the Department of Conservative Dentistry here from 2011-2013. In 2013, along with the restructuring of the departments, the undergraduate curriculum underwent a major revision, changing from a discipline-based curriculum to an integrated one. Under the new integrated curriculum, the Coordinator of the Integrated Operative Dentistry and Cariology Module, coordinating its curriculum, teaching and assessment. I was involved in the review of this new integrated curriculum, which involved innovations in non-clinical and clinical assessments. In 2014, I was appointed by the Malaysian Dental Dean Council to lead the Malaysian National ICDAS taskforce to oversee the national implementation of ICDAS in all the dental schools in Malaysia.

My main research interest is in the development and validation of in vivo diagnostic methodology for dental caries, early erosion and advanced erosive wear. I was also involved in the assessment of the efficacy of various dental and biomaterials in the treatment of caries and erosion. I was the Principal Investigator of a High Impact Research Fund awarded by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education and led a team of researchers on various research projects on the detection of dental caries and dental erosion.

• Chairperson of the Malaysian National ICDAS Taskforce 2015 - 2018
• University of Malaya Excellence Service Award 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2017, 2018
• Travel Award, 17th IADR (South-East Asian Division) Meeting, 2002

• Development and validation of in vivo diagnostic methodologies for early enamel detection and quantification
• Development and validation of in vivo diagnostic methodologies for differentiation of dentine caries layers
• Development of measurement tools for de- and remineralization related clinical trials
• Biomaterials research, mainly in relation to remineralization of dental hard tissue.
• Erosive wear epidemiological studies

• Khan, E., P. Sukumaran and H. P. Chew (2018). "Protecting Eroded Dentine Against Multiple Acid Challenge with Bioglass." Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 8(In press).
• Zain, E., et al. (2018). "Influence of the loci of non-cavitated fissure caries on its detection with optical coherence tomography." J Dent 71: 31-37.
• Ab Halim, N., et al. (2018). "General and erosive tooth wear of 16-year-old adolescents in Kuantan, Malaysia: prevalence and association with dental caries." BMC Oral Health 18(1): 11.
• Rahman, M. T., A. Hossain, H. P. Chew and N. A. Yahya (2018). "Zinc and Metallothionein in the Development and Progression of Dental Caries." Biol Trace Elem Res.
• Qamar, Z., Haji Abdul Rahim, Z. B., H. P. Chew, & Fatima, T. (2017). Influence of trace elements on dental enamel properties: A review. J Pak Med Assoc, 67(1), 116-120.
• Qamar, Z., Rahim, Z. H. A., H. P. Chew, & Fatima, T. (2016). Poly-?-Glutamic Acid a Substitute of Salivary Protein Statherin? Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 38(4), 730-736.
• Goh, S. Y., W. S. Tan, S. A. Khan, H. P. Chew, N. H. Abu Kasim, W. F. Yin and K. G. Chan. Unusual multiple production of N-acylhomoserine lactones a by Burkholderia sp. strain C10B isolated from dentine caries." Sensors (Basel)2014; 14(5): 8940-8949.
• H. P. Chew, C. M. Zakian, I. A. Pretty, R. P. Ellwood. Measuring initial enamel erosion with quantitative light-induced fluorescence and optical coherence tomography: an in vitro validation study. Caries Res 2014; 48(3), 254-262
• M. C. Huysmans, H. P. Chew, R.P. Ellwood. Clinical studies of dental erosion and erosive wear. Caries Res 2011;45 Suppl 1: 60-68.
• H. P. Chew. Caries Risk Assessment. Asian Dentist 2004; 12(4): 12-14
• H. P. Chew, C.G. Toh. Influence of cavity disinfectants on the microleakage of Class II composite restorations. J Dent Res 2003; 82 (Spec Iss B): B-326 Ab 2528
• H. P. Chew, S. Sharif Abdul Shukur. Occlusal caries diagnosis by a laser fluorescent system - a systematic review. J Dent Res 2004; 83 (Spec Iss A): Ab 660
• H. P. Chew, S.C. Gan. Whitening Dentifrice - a review. Asian J Aesthet Dent 2001; 9:19-28