DOH chief to grace dental group’s 58th anniversary
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III will be the keynote speaker when the Philippine College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (PCOMS) holds its 58th anniversary and 41st national conference on oral maxillofacial surgery on Jan. 2021, from 8 to 5 p.m. at the Bayanihan Center, United Laboratories Inc. in Mandaluyong City.
Dr. Fernando Fernandez, PCOMS president, said the anniversary theme will be “PCOMS: Keeping up the Standards in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery.” The national conference will feature top-notch international and local experts who will keep the delegates abreast with the latest trends and state-of-the-art technologies in their field with topics like dental implant, bone grafting, orthognatic surgery, mandibular reconstruction and cleft lip and palate.
Delegates will earn continuing professional development (CPD) points from this conference.
The experts and their topics are: Dr. Roberto Tajonera, chairman of the Board of Dentistry of the Professional Regulation Commission, “CPD Operative Guidelines”; Dr. Lee Shiao Pieng of Taiwan ROC, “Inferior Alveolar Nerve Reposition for Dental Implants Placement”; Prof. Je-uk Park of South Korea, “The Basic of Orthognatic Surgery”; Prof. Elliot SJ Cheng of Taiwan ROC, “How to use pull-through or robotic surgical skills to improve functional and cosmetic outcomes in oral cancer patients”; Dr. Sharifa Tahira Alijunid of Malaysia, “Maxillarymandibular Advancement in Obstructive Sleep Apnea”; Dr. Mario Esquillo, “Mandibular reconstruction of Benign tumors: non vascularized vs. vascularized“; Dr. Charles Kuan Chou Lin of Taiwan/Chinese Taipei, “Clinical Applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”; Dr. Asri Arumsari of Indonesia – “The treatment of Macrosomia Experience at Dr Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung-Indonesia”; Dr. Eugene Poh Hze Khoong of Singapore, “The free fibula osteocutaneous flap in mandibular reconstruction”; Dr. Dwight Alejo of the Philippines – “Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Dentistry”; Prof. Mikihiko Kogo of Japan, “Long term outcome of the treatment of unilateral cleft lip and palate (from birth to adult)”; and Dr. Gary Brillo of the Philippines, “Autogenous Bone Grafting Options for the Esthetic Zone.”
For inquiries please contact the following: Dr. Fernandez, 0917-5276580; Dr. Gepigon, 0922-8010796; and Dr. Florento, 0917-8084527.