The Academy of Implants and Transplants from Jamaica, N.Y., held a surgical seminar for dental implants and transplants at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.
The 30th Scientific Session and Live Surgical Seminar titled “Implant Dentistry for the New Millennium: Understanding and Mitigating Implant Complications” was held June 23 through June 25 at the USA Medical Sciences Building. The event drew doctors from all across the United States.
“We performed live surgical implants on patients in the surgical skills lab,” said program chair Dr. Louis Naman, DMD, MAGD. “We converted the surgical suite into a dental surgical suite.”
“The group used the second floor lecture hall and our state-of-the-art surgical skills lab,” said Dr. Glenn Wilson, chair of cell biology and neuroscience at the USA College of Medicine. “They were able to shoot live video of surgeries being performed on patients in the surgical skills lab to an audience of doctors in the lecture hall in real time.”
The academy used the USA College of Medicine facilities when they conducted a previous seminar in 1989, Dr. Naman said.
“Even though our medical school does not offer a dentistry program, we were glad to be of public outreach and promote public health by offering our local dentists and even allied health students the opportunity to take part in the medical training,” said Dr. Wilson.
