Prof Xu Tian Min and Prof Yu Guang-Yan (Front Row, 3rd and 4th from the left) from Peking University School of Stomatology, A/Prof Keson Tan (Front Row, 5th from the left) and participants of the Second Singapore-China Symposium 2006

The second Singapore - China Clinical symposium was held on 4th March 2006 from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm at the faculty auditorium. The Local organizing committee was pleasantly surprised by the good attendance at the meeting. Over 60 participants from the dental fraternity registered for the meeting with the theme on “Reconstructive and Cosmetic Aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”.

The 2 foreign speakers were Professor Yu Guangyan who is a leading oral and maxillofacial surgeon with interest in salivary gland and micro vascular surgery. He is also the Dean of the School of Stomatology at Beijing University. The other foreign speaker is Professor Xu Tianmin who is the chairman of the department of Orthodontics at the same University. The 2 speakers were backed by our own team of presenters in the disciplines of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics.

The morning session was chaired by the Chairman, Dr Victor Fan (Dept of OMS, NUS). The Dean of NUS dental faculty Assoc Professor Keson Tan and the Head of OMS, A/P Yeo J F also graced and attended the meeting. The topics covered range from functional reconstruction, micro vascular submandibular gland surgery for kerato-conjunctivitis to aesthetics in orthognathic and orthodontic considerations in cosmetic dentistry. A total 11 papers were presented.

The other speakers included, Dr Andrew Tay, Dr Cao Tong, Dr Chan Siew Luen, Dr Tan Hwee Hiang, Assoc Prof Kelvin Foong and Dr Lawrence Ng.

It was a very interesting and enlightening session and all participants came away learning something more on these aspects of Surgery and Dentistry.

Report by S B Keng

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