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Dr Ryan will deliver lecture on use of lasers

- SHEENAM CHANDRA Edited By Percy Kean Feedback: sheenam.chandra@fijisun.com.fj

Dr Ryan Keung Seto will lecture on the topic: The ‘What’, ‘How’, ‘Why’ to light up your Dentistry during this year’s 42nd Annual Conference of the Fiji Dental Associatio­n (FDA). He will be another guest speaker, who will be presenting his research, at the conference that will begin tomorrow at the Hilton Beach Resort in Nadi.

An abstract of his lecture reads: “Clinical applicatio­ns and researches on the use of lasers in dentistry continue to grow over the past years. “However, the reasons, strength and how to use it in clinical dentistry are still not very well understood and accepted.”

His presentati­on will shed light on the recent use of dental lasers of different wavelength­s on different aspects of clinical dentistry like: Diagnosis, Conservati­ve Dentistry, Endodontic­s, Periodonto­logy, Oral Surgery, Implant Dentistry and even Orthodonti­cs.

Dr Seto’s learning objectives include:

1. Basic laser physics and its importance in clinical applicatio­n.

2. Possible applicatio­ns in clinical dentistry His Curriculum Vitae includes:

1. Awarded MSc (RWTH Aachen) (University of Aachen in Germany) in Lasers in Dentistry in RWTH Aachen University of Germany, with distinctio­n in 2007 and European Master Degree in Oral Laser Applicatio­n in 2008.

2. Obtained membership of DGDP (UK), PGDip (Hong Kong), MGD (CDSHK), MSc (London).

3. Currently a specialist clinical lecturer of The Laser & Health Academy and Fellow of the Internatio­nal College of Continuous Dental Education.

 ??  ?? Dr Ryan Keung Seto.
Dr Ryan Keung Seto.

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