Dental News - Interactive format praised at Global Bone Grafting Symposium

Osteogenics Biomedical

Thu. 10 June 2010

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ/NEW YORK, NY, USA: World-class speakers engaged an active audience on treatment planning complex and routine bone grafting cases at Osteogenics’ 2010 Global Bone Grafting Symposium, held recently in Scottsdale. The speakers came from all over the world to discuss how successful bone grafting procedures can lead to predictability in implant placement.

This was the second consecutive year Osteogenics Biomedical hosted the event, which will continue to be an annual event, in Scottsdale.

Led by keynote speaker Dr Michael Pikos, the 300 clinicians in attendance had the opportunity to listen to the speakers’ presentations, which focused primarily on treatment planning cases from patient presentation to prosthetic restoration. Many attendees also had the opportunity to pose questions to the speakers, both during and after their presentations.

Additional speakers included Dr H. Dexter Barber of Phoenix, Dr Suzanne Caudry, Dr Daniel Cullum, Dr Andreas Siebold, Dr Hom-Lay Wang, Dr Thomas Wilson Jr. and Dr Barry Bartee.

Using a model fabricated from a case Cullum had previously treated, attendees also participated in a hands-on ridge augmentation workshop, which incorporated the use of onlay grafts, titanium-reinforced barrier membranes and fixation screws.

An interactive treatment planning session added another interactive element to the symposium. Moderated by Dr Wilson, the speakers participated in a panel discussion in which Dr Bartee presented a case to the panel. Wilson then engaged the panel in an honest exchange of information, in which the panelists weighed both positive and negative aspects of a variety of different treatment planning options.

Dr Pikos said the meeting’s unique, interactive format allowed attendees to gain information about techniques that can be utilized immediately following the meeting.

“This type of venue really does lend itself quite nicely to the practicality of what’s done on a day-to-day basis in a private practice by every one of us,” Dr Pikos said.

Dr Adam Craven attended the meeting from Philadelphia, and said he also felt the meeting’s interactive format will prove beneficial in his practice.

“Everybody has been very approachable, and everybody has been willing to take any questions I’ve had,” Dr Craven said. “I’m leaving here with a lot of information that will be useful starting Monday morning.”

The event was held 26-27 March at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.

(Edited by Fred Michmershuizen, DTA)

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