A group of about 250 clinicians recently gathered at the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry for the second annual International Implantology Week.
Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD, served as the clinical chair for the symposium, which draws clinicians from all over the world. In an interview, Dr. Wang said he worked with NYU and Zimmer Dental, which provided educational funding to NYU for the program, to provide international clinicians with the latest implant research findings, techniques, and information in the surgical, restorative, and regenerative fields. This is the second year for the course, and Dr. Wang said he was very pleased with attendance, despite a slight drop from last year due to the tsunami in Japan and some visa issues surrounding attendees from the Middle East.
A group of about 250 clinicians recently gathered at the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry for the second annual International Implantology Week.
Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD, served as the clinical chair for the symposium, which draws clinicians from all over the world. In an interview, Dr. Wang said he worked with NYU and Zimmer Dental, which provided educational funding to NYU for the program, to provide international clinicians with the latest implant research findings, techniques, and information in the surgical, restorative, and regenerative fields. This is the second year for the course, and Dr. Wang said he was very pleased with attendance, despite a slight drop from last year due to the tsunami in Japan and some visa issues surrounding attendees from the Middle East.
A group of about 250 clinicians recently gathered at the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry for the second annual International Implantology Week.
Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD, served as the clinical chair for the symposium, which draws clinicians from all over the world. In an interview, Dr. Wang said he worked with NYU and Zimmer Dental, which provided educational funding to NYU for the program, to provide international clinicians with the latest implant research findings, techniques, and information in the surgical, restorative, and regenerative fields. This is the second year for the course, and Dr. Wang said he was very pleased with attendance, despite a slight drop from last year due to the tsunami in Japan and some visa issues surrounding attendees from the Middle East.
Week at NYU College of Dentistry NEW YORK - A group of about 250 clinicians recently gathered at the New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry for the second annual International Implan- tology Week. Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD, served as the clinical chair for the symposium, which draws clinicians from all over the world. In an interview, Dr. Wang said he worked with NYU and Zimmer Dental, which pro- vided educational funding to NYU for the program, to provide international clinicians with the latest implant research findings, techniques, and information in the surgical, restorative, and regenerative fields. This is the second year for the course, and Dr. Wang said he was very pleased with attendance, despite a slight drop from last year due to the tsunami in Japan and some visa is- sues surrounding attendees from the Middle East.
Rapid Change and Essential Innovation
“Like all of health care, dental implantology stands poised on a threshold of rapid change and essential innovation,” Dr. Wang said in a statement to the at- real-life scenarios for clinicians to practice patient case tending clinicians. “Treatment modalities continue to exploration, case discussion, and authentic supporting evolve.” documentation on restorative mannequins. The Zim- During the interview, Dr. Wang said that the field mer Institute training center at its Trabecular Metal has seen a wave of new data on BMP, regenerative ma- Technology (TMT) facility in Parsippany, New Jersey terials/techniques, new implant materials and designs, also offers education, offering attendees cadaveric-basic sinus lift kits, and abutments in recent years. He specifi- training, intensive case study reviews, simulations and cally mentioned Zimmer’s latest innovation, the CurV anatomical model workshops. Opened last year, it is Pre-Shaped Collagen Membrane, as an example of tech- the first full-time BioSkills training center outside of the nology that is changing the industry. Zimmer Institute’s headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana. Dr. Wang also talked about how Mother Nature ul- The center also includes a state-of-the-art dental facil- timately dictates how best to proceed with implants for ity, providing training in both surgery and prosthetics. patients. “The biology never changes,” Dr. Wang said. Dr. Wang said the Zimmer Institute programs and “You have to focus on understanding the biology and the NYU meeting are evidence of Zimmer’s commit- then applying the technique based upon this important ment to put education first. “This course is designed to concept. If you know how to use the tools, you can teach people the newest techniques/materials, and how succeed.” to do them well,” Dr. Wang said. “Once they learn those techniques and understand the materials, we all Success Through Education benefit.”—Colleen Platt Dr. Wang praised Zimmer Dental for their commit- ment to providing dental professionals with the educa- tion to achieve implant success. Through programs like the Zimmer Institute, which Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD features high-definition cameras and streaming video Hom-Lay Wang, MS, PhD, served as the clinical chair capabilities to transfer traditional classroom training for the symposium. into learning collaborations, the Institute and educa- tional funding from Zimmer for courses like the one at NYU gives clinicians the latest information on changes in the profession. The Zimmer Institute also features