ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. WEY MANG CHEK

AP Dr. Wey Mang Chek graduated with Bachelor of Dental Surgery (University of Malaya, 1991) to serve in 3 different private clinics in the urban and suburban areas for 6 years. Following an Oral Maxillofacial Residency at University of Malaya, she obtained Fellowship in Dental Surgery (Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1998), and after practising in the private, taught at University of Malaya in Jan 2000, and continued postgraduate training in Orthodontics at University of Hong Kong (2003) and obtained Master of Orthodontics, MOrth (Hong Kong) in 2005, then Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2006). She was subsequently awarded the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2015). She started as Senior Lecturer in 2007 and then Associate Professor in 2017 and until now have taught the Bachelor of Dental Surgery undergraduate program and the Master of Orthodontics postgraduate program full time for 21 years. Having supervised 6 postgraduate and 12 undergraduate research projects to completion, with 2 on-going postgraduate research projects, she has a wide scope of research interest including growth modification with functional appliances, dentofacial deformities, orthodontic treatment need, teeth erosion, temporary anchorage devices, oral health of special groups, facial morphology, self-ligating orthodontic appliances, micro-osteoperforation in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement, sleep apnea, dental education, stem cell research and Class III management Her recognition in research include receiving numerous awards including the Unilever Award In Hong Kong (2006), College Of Dental Surgeons Of Hong Kong Outstanding Poster Award (2007), Overall Winner for Dentsply Table Clinic International Association For Dental Research Malaysia Division and Runner-up Oral Presentation Winner (2008), Best Poster Presentation at the 36th Asia Pacific Dental Students Association Congress (2009), First Prize Poster Presentation at the 3rd National Dental Students Scientific Conference, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2011), 2nd Runner-up Poster Competition at the 38th Asia Pacific Dental Students Association Congress, Bangkok, Thailand (2011), ICID 2015 Second Prize Oral Presentation (2015), 1st Winner Research Oral Presentation at the 10th Asia Pacific Orthodontic Conference & 11th Indonesian Association Of Orthodontists Annual Meeting (2016), 3rd Prize Award (Poster), Consolation Prize Award Overall Category at the 17th Dental Students' Scientific Conference 2016, Faculty Of Dentistry, University Of Malaya, Oral Presentation Competition Winner at the Malaysian Association of Orthodontists’ International Scientific Conference and Trade Exhibition (2019) and top 10% Researcher of Faculty of Dentistry 2020. She currently has 18 publications, 16 ISI-indexed. She is a reviewer for 4 international ISI journals and 3 national journals. She has been invited as external examiner for Royal Colleges of England and Glasgow, Master and PhD postgraduate programs at University of Malaya and UiTM and judge for poster and oral competitions at conferences. She has held the post of Chairperson of the Scientific Reviewers’ Panel for Asia Pacific Orthodontic Conference in 2014. She was part of the UMRG grant panel review.