With 275 participants from as far away as Germany, Indonesia, and Iran attending, the School of Dentistry’s “Total Sinus Graft Solutions” continuing education symposium and workshop (October 2 and 3, 2011) was a gratifying success. From among four live surgical demonstrations, two workshops, four vendors, and seven lecturers, this complex seminar delivered attendees a wealth of treatment information and strategies.
Throughout the two-day symposium, numerous participants remarked that the event was among the best they had attended, citing the quality of the facility (Centennial Complex), the first-rate professional presentations, the live surgical demonstrations, and the helpful supporting staff as reasons they found the experience so satisfying.
One participant phoned the Continuing Dental Education office following the event to remark on the professionalism and respect shown between the faculty and the residents of the implant department during the live surgical demonstrations. He ended the conversation by saying, “Loma Linda University is a godly place.”
Special thanks go to Jaime Lozada, DMD, director, Advanced Specialty Education Program in Implant Dentistry for coordinating the symposium and workshop, to Dentium USA™ for significant financial support, and to the following professional presenters who joined Dr. Lozada in making the symposium such a success.
Christopher A. Church, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Alan Herford, DDS, MD
Philip J. Boyne and Peter Geistlich Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
Nicholas Caplanis, DMD, MS
Assistant Professor, Advanced Specialty Education in Implant Dentistry
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
Stephen Wallace, DDS
Associate Professor, Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
New York University College of Dentistry
Aladdin Al-Ardah, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor, Advanced Specialty Education in Implant Dentistry
Coordinator, Internship/Externship Program Implant Dentistry
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
Joseph Kan, DDS, MS
Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry
Coordinator, Pre-doctoral Implant Dentistry Program
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry