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Hands-on workshops extend global reach
The AO Global University Task Force consists mainly of university faculty members from the U.S., with more faculty members from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East planning to be part of the committee as many of them have shown a great interest in hosting these programs.
Leading this effort have been Amerian D. Sones, DMD, MS; Texas A&M University, College of Dentistry; and David M. Kim, DDS, DMSc, Harvard School
of Dental Medicine. Most recently, a number of hands-on workshops have been hosted:
San Francisco, CA:
UCSF School of Dentistry
Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece:
University of Athens School of Dentistry and Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research
Featuring AO faculty member Konstantinos Papaioannou, DDS, MS, PhD, from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, more than 35 students participated. Also on
the program were Drs. Sones and Kim. After holding
Guo-Hao (Alex) Lin, DDS, MS
facilitated a Hands-on Workshop entitled, “Ideal Three- dimensional Implant Positioning,” complimentary to third- and fourth-year students at the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry.
a successful first hands-on workshop, in Athens, Greece, Dr. Papaioannou
held two follow-up workshops for dental students of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Taipei, Taiwan:
Taipei Medica University College of Oral Medicine
Taipei, Taiwan
Baltimore, MD
San Francisco, CA
Athens, Greece
AO faculty members Drs. Jerry Lin and Jack Weic Chang, DDS hosted a sold out AO Global University Hands-On Course for fourth-year students.
Baltimore, Maryland:
University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Nearly 20 4th-year dental students participated in the AO Global University Hands-on Course conducted by AO faculty member Hanae Saito, DDS, MS at the University of Maryland.
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Students from Loma Linda University who attended “Immediacy
in the Esthetic Zone: The Perio-Ortho-Restorative Connection” facilitated by Joseph Y.K. Kan, DDS, MS are seen here wearing the scrubs that Nobel Biocare provided for this hands-on workshop.