WESTERN BUREAU:
Days after the International Academy of Ceramic Implantology (IAOCI) conference ended in Montego Bay, it is being touted as captivating and out-of-the-box.
With speakers from eight countries – Spain, Belgium, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Sweden – converging at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in the tourism capital, the man behind the event, Dr Sammy Noumbissi, has described it as a success.
Noumbissi, whose mother is Jamaican and who was born in Cameroon, operates the Miles for Smiles dendrite in Maryland, USA, and had over 95 persons attending the conference.
The participants came from 18 countries, including Jamaica, France and Canada, and the testimonial from Bridget Rhodes, dental surgeon in Washington, DC, will go a long way in selling the event next year.
“In my 25 years of practice, I have never attended such a captivating, out-of-the-box-conference. This was an eye-opener for me, I will return next year,” she said.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
Rhodes took advantage of the topics, the advantages of bioceramics versus titanium; long-term effects of implanted metals on a person’s health; principles of biological surgery, using one’s own blood cells to enhance and accelerate healing after implant surgery, and the superior aesthetics of ceramic implants.
The IAOCI conference was supported by Switzerland’s Straumann Pure Ceramic Implants, Z-systems, Caribbean Implant Institute and Dental Point Ceramex Implants.
Outlook Magazine brings you highlights of the event.
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