April and May, especially the month of May, has been an incredibly busy month for the specialist team at Specialist Dental Group. Almost all of our dental specialists were giving presentations in Singapore or internationally during this period.

April

The month of April was off to a flying start with an Invisalign accreditation workshop conducted by Dr. Eugene Chan in Singapore on April 5, 2009.

Dr. Helena Lee then gave a presentation on Periodontics: Where function meets aesthetics. A role for hard and soft tissue grafting at the Singapore Dental Association Continuing Professional Education Program on April 22, 2009.

Indonesia was the port of call for Dr. Neo Tee Khin where he gave a presentation to the Basic Science to Implantology and Dental Implantology Study Group, organized by Indonesian Dental Association and Dr. Bastian Dental Clinic in Jakarta.

Closer to home, Dr. Ho Kok Sen was involved in giving a live demonstration for the Nobel Biocare Mentor Programme- Quickstart with NobelActive on April 29-30, 2009.

May

On May 1, 2009, Dr. Ansgar Cheng was in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, where he spoke on Clinical considerations of implant supported overdentures at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre.

The third week of May will be an eventful week for 4 of our specialists as they are invited speakers in 4 different countries:

• Australia – Dr. Eugene Chan is speaking at the Invisalign accreditation workshop in Sydney on May 22, 2009
• India – Dr. Ho Kok Sen will be in Mangalore, India from May 23-24, 2009 as a speaker for the Certificate in Oral Implantology organized by the Manipal College of Dental Sciences in Mangalore.
• Malaysia – Dr. Ansgar Cheng will lecture at the Malaysian Association of Aesthetic Dentistry meeting on May 24 on the theme of Sharing Realistic Clinic Experience in Aesthetic Prosthodontics.
• Singapore: Dr. Elvin Leong will give a presentation in Chinese to the public on Losing your Precious Teeth – The Dentist has Options for Replacement organized by the Punggol Community Club on May 24, 2009

One of the visions of Specialist Dental Group is to contribute to the professional community in Singapore and internationally, as well as increase public awareness about dental health. Our dental specialists are regularly invited to speak at professional dental meetings and/or community events to share their knowledge and experience in dental procedures.

Many of our dentists are either current or former professors / faculty members at the National University of Singapore and other international universities. We also actively contribute professional articles to clinical journals such as the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Cosmetic Dentistry and the International Journal of Prosthodontics.

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