Academic Staff Presented in Scientific Programme and Workshop
From left: Dr Century Tsang, Immediate Past President of Hong Kong Dental Association; Dr Michael Mui, Chairman of the HKIDEAS organising committee; Professor CH Chu, Associate Dean (External Relations) of Faculty of Dentistry, Professor Thomas Flemmig, Dean of Faculty of Dentistry; Professor Sophia Chan, JP, Secretary for Food and Health; Professor Michael Botelho, Clinical Professor in Prosthodontics of the Faculty of Dentistry and Dr Nelson Wong, President of Hong Kong Dental Association
Organised by the Hong Kong Dental Association, the Hong Kong International Dental Expo And Symposium (HKIDEAS) was hosted from 10 to 12 December 2021 at the Hong Kong Conventional and Exhibition Centre. The Faculty of Dentistry was honored to support the event through knowledge exchange.
Presenting at the scientific programme after the opening ceremony on 10 December was Dr Mike Leung, Clinical Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He delivered an hour-long talk on “Prevention and Management of Trigeminal Nerve Injury: The Hong Kong Experience. The talk ended after an engaging Q&A Session.
On 11 December, Professor Gary Cheung, Clinical Professor in Endodontics and Dr Walter Lam, Clinical Assistant Professor in Prosthodontics delivered a hands-on workshop “Into the root & Up to the crown” for participants.
Faculty Booth at HKIDEAS
The Faculty ran a booth at HKIDEAS. In celebration of the 40th Anniversary, “Dentistry40 Photo Contest” was hosted at the booth. Participants were invited to take photos at the booth and submit their photos to win a chance to participate in the 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium.
Newly graduate Dr Jasper Leung and his research teammates were selected as the Winner for the Poster Presentation. The topic of his award-winning poster is “Accuracy And Safety Of In-House Surgeon-Designed Three-Dimensional Printed Patient Specific Implants For Water-Less Le Fort I Osteotomy”.
From left: Professor CH Chu, Professor Thomas Flemmig and Professor Michael Botelho
Dentists-to-be and Professor May Wong (middle left) and Professor Edward Lo (middle right)
Dr Jasper Leung won at poster presentation
Dean at the opening ceremony
Dr Mike Leung delivers his talk
Professor Gary Cheung demonstrate at the workshop
From left: Dr Clive Fung and Dr Mike Leung