المملكة: Among 250 international research papers, the founder’s university scholarship student wins the award for the best research in dentistry in Japan.
The Saudi researcher on scholarship achieved the Dentistry (JADS 2025), with the participation of about 250 papers from various international universities and research institutes, which was held in Yokohama.
Fawz Al-Ghamdi, a doctoral student at the Tokyo Institute of Science (formerly the Tokyo University of Medicine and Dentistry), presented his specialized research in the treatment of tooth nerves and roots, which focused on using the drug metformin to reduce the erosion of the jaw bones and accelerate the healing of lesions around the roots of teeth.
A global scientific achievement
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Japan celebrated the excellence of the scholarship student, Dr. Faisal bin Turki Al-Ghamdi, after he achieved this scientific achievement at the (JADS 2025) conference in Yokohama, where Ambassador Dr. Ghazi bin Zaqr received the scholarship student, Al-Ghamdi, to congratulate him on this excellence. The embassy, through its official account, dedicated a series of publications that highlight this success and confirm the Kingdom’s support for its creative children in Abroad.
The results of the study revealed the ability of the drug “metformin” to control the body’s immune response and inhibit bone-eating cells (osteoclasts), which limits the erosion of the jaw bones resulting from acute infections around the roots of teeth.
This trend opens new horizons in supportive local treatments, as it paves the way for the treatment to be applied clinically in dental clinics during endodontic treatment or when dealing with tooth abscesses, after laboratory experiments are completed and successful. By injecting it into the abdominal cavity (peritoneum) of mice, then developing it for local application.
Researcher Faisal Al-Ghamdi explained that the study focused on the RANKL pathway responsible for activating bone erosion, stressing that the scientific value lies in the shift from simply fighting bacteria to controlling the inflammatory response of the body, as technical employment contributes to the development of injections into the abdominal cavity (peritoneum) or topical medications that facilitate their access to the root canals or are placed inside them to accelerate healing, which It reduces the erosion of the jaw bones, reduces the need for complex surgical interventions or tooth extraction, and maintains the integrity of the bones from corrosion resulting from deep decay.
Al-Ghamdi stressed the need to be aware that chronic tooth pain may hide behind bone inflammation that requires early intervention, warning that the disappearance of pain does not necessarily mean the inflammation has healed, but rather it may be an indication of continued bone erosion in silence, which makes periodic follow-up with x-rays necessary to maintain public health.
It is reported that Al-Ghamdi He is a scholarship student from the College of Dentistry at King Abdulaziz University, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy program in dental sciences, in addition to advanced clinical training in root canal treatment in Japan.
The Scientific Meeting Conference, which was held at the Pacifico Yokohama Center, is one of the most prominent scientific forums that brings together elite researchers to develop innovative clinical treatment solutions.
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