Pwint Hpoo ( my, ပွင့်ဖူး; born 13 November 1947) is a
Burmese former dental professor at the
University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. He was also the president of the
Myanmar Dental Association
The Myanmar Dental Association ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း; MDA) is a professional association established in 1979 which has more than 4,000 membe ...
(MDA) from January, 2012 to January, 2016.
Early life and education
Pwint Hpoo was born on 13 November 1947 in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
,
Myanmar
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.
He graduated from
University of Dental Medicine, Yangon in July, 1971. He received M.Sc from
Manchester
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in 1981.
See also
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Myanmar Dental Council
*
University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay
References
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Burmese dental professors
1947 births
Living people