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| Dr Andrew Ow Tjin Chiew |
| BDS (Australia), MDS (OMS)(Hong Kong), MOSRCS (Edinburgh), FRACDS, Advance Diploma OMS (Hong Kong) |
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Dr Andrew Ow is a MOH accredited specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS). Upon receiving his of Bachelor of Dental Surgery from The University of Adelaide, Australia in 2001, Dr Ow undertook and completed his surgical training in OMS at The University of Hong Kong from 2003 to 2009, where he was conferred both the Masters in Dental Surgery (With Distinction) and Advanced Diploma in OMS from the university.
From 2009 to 2013, Dr Ow joined the academic staff of the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he was involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate OMS training. In 2010, Dr Ow was awarded the inaugural International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) Clinical Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery, where he undertook a one-year clinical fellowship at the Shanghai 9th People’s Hospital. In 2015, under the Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Plan, Dr Ow received fellowship training at The University of Alabama at Birmingham in the areas of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma, TMJ Surgery and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Surgery.
Prior to moving into private practice, Dr Ow was Director of Service and Senior Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he led the OMS service and provided optimal patient care in many areas of OMS including orthognathic surgery, oral-maxillofacial trauma and obstructive sleep apnoea. Dr Ow was the clinical lead for the Orthognathic Surgery-Orthodontic clinical workgroup and Oro-Facial Trauma clinical workgroup and member of the TMD and Oro-Facial Pain clinical workgroup. Dr Ow was also the consulting OMS surgeon for the ENT-OMS joint clinic for OSA surgical patients, especially in the area of jaw surgery for OSA. Dr Ow has received several awards for his patient care, including the Service Ambassador Gold Award and the Service Quality Patient Experience Team Award.
Dr Ow has lectured both locally and internationally and is well-published in many peer-reviewed OMS journals. He is currently President of the College of Dental Surgeons Singapore, Academy of Medicine Singapore and a visiting Senior Consultant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and KK Women's and Children’s Hospital. Dr Ow was also a past member of the Dental Specialist Accreditation Committee (OMS) and examiner for the exit examination for dental specialists in OMS from 2013 to 2018.
His clinical interests are in the areas of dentoalveolar surgery, dental implants, 3D virtual surgical planning for orthognathic surgery, surgery-first orthognathic surgery, facial trauma and reconstruction, surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea and oral-maxillofacial pathology.
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