Dr. Lam graduated from Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam. He received the PhD degree and completed the training in Fixed Prosthodontics and Implantology in Dental School, Marseille, France.
He lectured at the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam from 2008 to 2016.
In 2011, he’s been awarded the Winner of Oral presentation at IADR SEA (Singapore).
His main field of clinical research in implant dentistry is immediate loading, ProArch concept and digital work flow.
He is currently ITI Fellow, ITI Study club director, ITI Chair (Section Viet Nam) and Fellow ICD. He has been actively serving as general secretary of Ho Chi Minh city society of Dental Implantology (HSDI).
He is also the co-founder of Elite Dental Group, a private center specialized in implant and esthetic dentistry in Ho Chi Minh city; founder of THL Academy, a training center which is certified as SAEC (Straumann Advanced Education Center).
He is currently Vice Dean in charge of Research and International Affairs at Faculty of Dentistry, Van Lang University.

TRENDS IN DENTAL EDUCATION – THE EXPANDING ROLE OF DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY IN DENTAL EDUCATION

Nowadays, dental implantology plays an important role and has a growing place in dental education, for both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. As a trend, digital technologies can be incorporated and taught as part of an implant program. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the rationale and advantages of the new digitally integrated implant curriculum in comparison to the traditional implant curriculum.