Prof. Ferranti Wong
Biography
Professor Ferranti Wong is Professor / Honorary Consultant and head of Paediatric Dentistry at the Institute of Dentistry, FMD, Queen Mary University of London. He is President of European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and a council member of FDS, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. He was interim Dean and Director of the dental institute at Queen Mary and associated dental dean of the London Deanery. He is fully engaged in dental education and specialty training, being course director of DClinDent (Paed Dent) programme, examiners of MPaedDent and ISFE, and external examiner in other universities for both UG and PG programmes. His research interests include caries prevention, de- and re-mineralisation with novel biomaterials, and clinical management. He has obtained grants for clinical trials from NIHR. Professor Wong’s clinical interests are minor oral surgery, management of MIH, hypodontia, dental trauma and developmental anomalies. He has an international reputation and has been invited as keynote speakers in many conferences.
Lecture
Title:
Evolution to Revolution in Paediatric Dentistry
Description:
With the advance of technology, paediatric dentistry is facing major conceptual changes in managing the oral health for children. This lecture will include strategies on prevention, caries and dental trauma management, and surgical technique. This change of paradigm is more than evolutionary but revolutionary. It will emphasise the current development of dental materials that enable the change.