Correa and Ordóñez: Dental Sleep Medicine reaffirms itself and broadens horizons
The meeting counted on the endorsement of the College of Dentists of Venezuela, and the presence of academic authorities from the University of Carabobo, the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the Santa María University, as well as several Scientific Societies
At full capacity the training event convened and organized by Sueño y Salud took place in Caracas to emphasize the importance of including Dental Sleep Medicine in the academic curricula of the Medical and Dentistry faculties of the different Venezuelan universities, as well as how to share information, knowledge and learn from the experience of two international opinion leaders in the specialty.
Professionals and students of Dentistry and Medicine responded to the call of Dr. Verónica De Abreu, at the Minds Cowork facilities in El Rosal.
This initiative was promoted by doctors Rafael Laplana and Anabell Bologna, from the LaplanaBologna clinic, together with De Abreu, from the sleep unit @turoncasvenezuela.
Responding to a major public health problem
Dentists and specialist doctors, in close collaboration and combination, today provide solutions to apnea and snoring, for the well-being of patients; These are pathologies and conditions that have become a serious global public health problem.
Doctors and university professors Leopoldo Correa and Álvaro Ordóñez were invited and moved to Venezuela from the School of Dental Medicine at Tufts University (Boston). Correa, an associate professor and division director at the Craniofacial Pain Center, incorporated the teaching of Dental Sleep Medicine into the undergraduate and graduate programs at Tufts. Ordóñez is a TMJ (temporomandibular joint), dental occlusion, orofacial pain, and dental sleep disorders researcher at Tufts University. And he has been president of the Craniofacial Department at the University of Florida, president of the Academy of Osseointegration and Clinical Innovations and president of Latin America ICOI.
This training activity or educational event will benefit the Huellas de Bondad Foundation, an institution that since 2016 has been in charge of working in vulnerable communities, enhancing their natural leadership to achieve a positive impact on the environment.
The meeting was endorsed by the Colegio de Odontólogos de Venezuela and attended by academic authorities from the University of Carabobo, the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the Santa María University, as well as several Scientific Societies.
A good part of the funds raised will be donated to the Huellas de Bondad Foundation, to support its work of training and empowering people committed to community service.
Video: Special coverage
Credit: With information from El Sumario and Doble Llave
Audiovisual production: Jesús Ramírez
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