Clin Assoc Prof Tay Andrew Ban Guan

BDS (Singapore)

MDS (Singapore)

FDS RCS (Edinburgh)

FAMS (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)

Senior Consultant

National Dental Centre Singapore

Specialty: Surgery ＆ Surgical Oncology, Oral ＆ Maxillofacial Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Abscess - Dental Apthous Ulcers Dental Implants Facial Nerve Pain (Neuralgias) Impacted Wisdom Tooth (Infections) Jaw Surgery Nerve Injuries Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorder Wisdom Teeth (Impacted)

Clinical Interests

Orofacial Nerve Repair

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Oral ＆ Maxillofacial Surgery

Senior Consultant

Division of Surgery ＆ Surgical Oncology

Senior Consultant

Department of Oral ＆ Maxillofacial Surgery

About

Cl A/Prof Andrew Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with the Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) in 1989. He did his oral surgical residency at the Government Dental Clinic from 1991 to 1994. He was awarded the Master in Dental Surgery (MDS) by the National University of Singapore, and the Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS) by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1999.

Cl A/Prof Tay trained in the management of trigeminal nerve injuries in the orofacial region under the Ministry of Health HMDP programme at the University of North Carolina from 2001 to 2002.

He is currently a Senior Consultant in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre, Singapore (NDCS), and Associate Director, MDS OMS Residency Programme at the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS.

He is also a Visiting Consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre, where he operates as a member of the OOKP Team.

Education and Training

FAMS, Academy of Medicine Singapore (1999)
FDS RCSEd, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1994)
MDS (OMS), National University of Singapore (1994)
BDS, National University of Singapore (1989)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Head, Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, NDCS Jan 2012 - Dec 2020
Associate Director, MDS OMS Residency Training Programme & Member, Specialist Committee for OMS, FOD, NUS Mar 2015 - present
Member, National Dental IT Advisory Group (MOH) Feb 2016 - present
Member, SingHealth Pharmacy & Therapeutics Council Oct 2014 - Oct 2018
Member, SingHealth Medication Safety Workgroup Aug 2013 - Dec 2020
Chairman, Dental Specialty Accreditation Committee (OMS) Jun 2012 - Feb 2013
Subject Expert (Clinical Research), SingHealth Institutional Biosafety Committee Jan 2010 - Dec 2019

Awards

National Day Award - Long Service Medal - 2017
ORH ACP Excellence in Teaching Award - 2016
SingHealth Quality Service Award (Gold) - 2014
SingHealth Quality Service Award (Silver) - 2012
Singapore Excellent Service Award (EXSA) - 2008
University Bronze Medal - 1989

Research Interests

Nerve injury care
Oral pathology

Publications

Tay ABG, Lai JB, Lye KW, Wong WY, Nadkarni NV, Li WY, Bautista D. Inferior alveolar nerve injury in trauma-induced mandible fractures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2015, 73:1328-1340.
Nagadia R, Tay ABG, Chan LL, Chan ES-Y. The spatial location of the mandibular canal in Chinese: a CT study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011, 40:1401-1405.
Tay ABG, Poon CY, Teh LY. Immediate repair of transected inferior alveolar nerves in sagittal split osteotomies. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008, 66:2476-2481.
Tan DTH, Tay ABG, Theng JTS, Lye KW, Parthasarathy A, Por YM, Chan LL, Liu C. Keratoprosthesis surgery for end-stage corneal blindness in Asian eyes. Ophthalmol 2008, 115:503-510.
Tay ABG, Zuniga JR. Clinical characteristics of trigeminal nerve injury referrals to a university centre. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007, 36:922-927.
Tay ABG, Tan DTH, Lye KW, Theng J, Parthasarathy A, Por YM. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery: a combined ocular-oral procedure for ocular blindness. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007, 36:807-813.
Tay ABG. Buccal corticotomy for removal of deeply impacted mandibular molars. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007, 45:83-84.
Tay ABG, Go WS. Effect of exposed inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle during surgical removal of impacted lower third molars. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004, 62:592-600.
Tay ABG, Peck HLR. Solitary fracture of the articular eminence. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2001, 59:808-810.
Tay ABG. Long-standing intranasal foreign body: an incidental finding on dental radiograph. A case report and literature review. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2000, 90(4):546-54.
Tay ABG. A 5-year survey of oral biopsies in an oral surgical unit in Singapore: 1993-1997. Ann Acad Med Sing 1999, 28:665-671.
Tay ABG. Hazard: Denture clasps embedded in oral tissues - case reports. Sing Dent J 1997, 22(1):18-21.