Objective: Vaccination is an effective strategy to reduce the burden of COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of acceptance rate towards COVID-19 vaccine among Malaysians. Methods: An online questionnaire was distributed to 599 respondents via convenience method among Malaysians aged 18 years and above. Results: Out of 599, acceptance rate was 89.2% with majority of the respondents were female (68.4%), aged between 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 years (30.2%), married (57.4%), Muslim (61.1%), Selangor residence (34.3%), bachelor's holder (63.3%), non-health worker (53.1%), and healthy individuals (59.9%). The most likely reason for refusal of taking COVID-19 vaccine was due to the long-term effect of vaccine (49.6%), gender (p = 0.017) and occupation (p = 0.038) of the respondents were found to be significantly associated with the likelihood of taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Discussion: Despite the high acceptance rate, it is still vital to address concerns among the vaccine's sceptics by establishing faith in the vaccine's safety and effectiveness through proper vaccine information. Conclusion: The findings showed that Malaysians have a high level of acceptance for the COVID-19 vaccine.

The purpose of this study is to detect the presence of gelatin in orthodontic dental materials for halal authentication. The detection of gelatins was done using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy with Attenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR). In this study, 21 samples were included and the spectrums were generated by OMNIC software of Nicolet iS50 FTIR. All data were also subjected to similarity match (SM) using TQ Analyst software. Four types of gelatin tested, namely porcine, bovine, fish and commercialized gelatin. From the studies, it was found that no samples exhibit similar spectra as the gelatins tested and SM found that no samples showed 100% similarities with porcine gelatin.

One of the treatment modalities in orthodontic treatment is to modify the growth of the jaw, by means of dentofacial orthopedic appliance, at certain skeletal growth phase. The purpose of this study is to assess the correlation of the chronological age and the skeletal maturity in Malay patient attending dental clinic in Faculty of Dentistry, USIM. The timing of peak pubertal growth was also determined. An analysis of the cervical vertebra from 186 cephalograms was done according to the newly modified version of Cervical Vertebrae Maturation (CVM) method, by Baccetti et al., 2005. The CVM stage was used as the indicator of the skeletal growth. The data was analysed using one-way ANOVA and looking at the mean age. The timing of growth spurt in Malay patients was obtained.