Dane and Chu Kan in Hong Kong: Le Peak

Last week we have attended and enjoyed the 1st Asian Symposium on Fibres, as Dr. Matinlinna put it. "Fibres rule!". Researchers from several countries, including Japan, Indonesia, Mainlaind China, Thailand and Hong Kong has been presented. Fibre reinforced bridges, bridges with a fibre base, fibre reinforced composites and so on. For us as students it was very interesting, hearing about the current issues in this field. And the current ideas that are being explored. Maybe this is something we could do in the future as well. Who knows.

Le Symposium banner, with dr. Tsoi and Xiao Jiang (please forgive me if I've mispelled!)

Le Lounge, indian food for lunch

Le Roof Terrace where we had our lunch

Our research period is coming to an end unfortunately. We have made excellent progress since we received our materials. Our first cycle has been concluded. We have instrumented 40 canals (20 each) and examined the files for plastic deformation. After which we put the files in the autoclave at the clinic on the 4th floor. We actually gave it to the head nurse and she put it in, but those are minor details). We have observed some permanent deformation of both the HyFlex CM and the MTwo rotary files.

Over the next few days we will begin our statistical analysis of the data we have and try to draw some conclusions from them. We'll also try to make some SEM foto's of the used and damaged files.

Alas, this period coming to an end also means we won't be able to do any fun stuff here anymore (read: eat more yummy food and explore Hong Kong). However, we will cherish the time that we have left here and try to do as much as possible. As for now, here are some things from the last few days.