Ramfjord Symosium
The 14th Biennial Ramfjord Symposium is a tribute to Dr. Sigurd Ramfjord and his contributions to the field of periodontics. The program brings together internationally renowned speakers who have expertise in long-term periodontal care and emerging scientifically based treatments. It provides a comprehensive insight into critical issues involved in delivering ideal treatment for clinical practice.
This year, symposium Scientific Chairs, Dr. Purnima Kumar and Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, will preside over lectures and a poster session on the topic of “Digital Innovations for Comprehensive Treatment Planning, Surgery, and Artificial Intelligence,” and hands-on workshops.
On Thursday afternoon, pre-symposium lectures, a reception, and a poster session will be held on the 4th Floor of the Rackham Graduate School.
Sigurd P. Ramfjord, a pioneer in treatment of periodontal disease, was born in 1909 in Kolvereid, Norway. He received his dental education at the Oslo University School of Dentistry in 1934 and subsequently practiced dentistry in Norway for 12 years before coming to the University of Michigan in 1946 for graduate work.
He earned a master's degree in periodontics in 1948 and a Ph.D. in oral pathology in 1951. By 1963, he not only had joined U-M faculty but also served as chair of the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine – a position he continued to hold until 1981.
He is credited with performing the first long-range study of various techniques of periodontics, the branch of dentistry concerned with gums and other structures that support teeth. He followed a group of patients for more than 10 years, bringing scientific comparison data to the field.
The dental education program Ramfjord developed over the years known as "the Michigan Concept" has been emulated around the world. He organized the first World Workshop on Periodontics in 1966, where scientific goals for the field of periodontology were established.
A prolific writer, Ramfjord authored two textbooks and more than 90 publications. In recognition of his worldwide influence, he received a number of honors and awards over the course of his career, including the Gold Medal Award in 1973 from the American Academy of Periodontology.
In recognition of his more than 20 years of consultant work with the World Health Organization, he was awarded an honorary doctor of dental medicine degree by the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1978, and an honorary doctor of odontology degree by the University of Gotenborg, Sweden, in 1979. The University of Michigan honored him with its Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1979
Apart from his many other achievements, Ramfjord was active in many dental organizations. He served as president of the American Academy of Periodontology and also served as director and chairman of the American Board of Periodontology. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Oral Pathology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists.
Pre-Symposium Day 1 |
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| Location: Fourth Floor Amphitheater and Assembly Hall Pre-Symposium sponsored by: Osteogenics Biomedical |
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Pre-Symposium Workshops |
1:15 - 1:45 PM |
Introduction Drs. Kumar/Wang |
1:45 - 2:10 PM |
Platelet Rich Fibrin Updates in Periodontics Dr. Khaled Sinjab |
2:10 - 2:35 PM |
Strategies for Overcoming Challenges in Root Coverage Dr. Pimchanok Sutthiboonyapan |
2:35 - 3:00 PM |
Risk factors and management of vertical bone augmentation post- operative complications Dr. James Mailoa |
3:00 - 3:20 PM |
Coffee Break |
3:20 - 3:45 PM |
Using a Novel Acellular Dermal Matrix for Soft Tissue Grafting Dr. Shaun Rotenberg |
3:45 - 4:10 PM |
Digital Implant Planning & Guided Surgery Dr. Alexandra Plonka |
4:10 - 4:35 PM |
Techniques for Atraumatic Extractions Dr. William Mason |
4:35 - 5:00 PM |
Homeostasis: Learn It, Love It, Live It Dr. Purnima Kumar |
5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Poster Session/Complimentary Wine & Cheese Reception Research Poster Session sponsored by: Salvin |
Symposium Day 2 |
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| Presentations featuring, Management of Hard and Soft Tissue Graft Complications Location: Auditorium, Rackham Graduate School |
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| 8:30am - 10:00am | Comprehensive interdisciplinary treatment planning for the modern periodontist. Enhancing our biologic compass while maintaining a periodontal conscience in the digital era Dr. George Mandelaris |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Digital approach for bone augmentation Dr. Ramón Gómez Meda |
| 12:00pm - 1:3pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Navigation Guided FP1 vs AllonX: Saving Bone and Scalloping Soft tissue the ultimate digital challenge Dr. Alessandro Pozzi |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | PAIR Virtual Patient: An all-in-one platform bridges surgical phase and restorative phase for complex full-arch implant rehabilitation. Dr. Junying Li |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Reception at Junge Family Center |
Symposium Day 3 |
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| Location: Auditorium, Rackham Graduate School |
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| 8:30am - 10:00am | Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry: Past, Present, and Future Dr. Falk Schwendicke |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Coffee break |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | AI and Predictive Analytics to improve Dental Benefit Plan Design Dr. Jeffery Johnston |
Registration for workshops are an 'add on' with the registration for the Ramfjord Symposium. Check-in for workshops will be at Rm G508.
Topic: Full arch all-on X implant placement and immediate restoration with digital stackable guide: practice on typodont model.
Course Fee: $495.00
Topic: Advanced Digital Planning for Navigation Guided Complete Arch
Course Fee: $495.00
Topic: Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy
Course Fee: $495.00
Dr. Johnston graduated from Michigan State University with a major in Microbiology. He received his DDS, in 1982, and a Master's Degree in Periodontology, in 1986, from the University of Michigan. Dr. Johnston has been an instructor in the Department of Operative Dentistry and Oral Diagnosis/Radiology at the University of Michigan. He also spent 2 years as an Assistant Professor at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki, Japan. Dr. Johnston is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, Pierre Fauchard Academy, and International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is a past president of the Macomb Dental Society and serves on the executive committee for the Michigan Dental Association. He is a Delegate to the American Dental Association. Dr. Johnston is the past President of the Michigan Periodontal Association. Dr. Johnston has authored numerous scientific publications and lectured extensively on Periodontics and Implantology. He is a certified dental editor and is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Michigan Dental Association.
Dr. Junying Li holds the position of Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics at the University of Michigan's School of Dentistry. He is an active member of the Academy of Osseointegration (AO), serving on both its Research Submission Committee and Clinical Innovations Committee. Dr. Li completed his Prosthodontics Residency in 2015 at the West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University. Between 2017 and 2018, he was a Dentsply Sirona Implant Fellow at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. In 2019, he earned his Ph.D. in Dental Medicine from the West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University. After his graduation, he began his faculty life at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry as a Clinical Instructor. By 2021, Dr. Li transitioned to his current role in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics. Beyond his clinical practice and instructional responsibilities, Dr. Li passionately pursues research in the realm of digital dentistry. His interests are specifically geared towards computer-assisted implant surgery, virtual patients, and virtual articulators. A testament to his commitment to the field, Dr. Li has contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading dental implant and prosthodontics journals.
Dr. Mandelaris attended the University of Michigan from undergraduate through dental school. He completed a post-graduate residency program at the University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, where he obtained a certificate in the specialty of Periodontology as well as a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Oral Biology. Dr. Mandelaris is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Dental Implant Surgery and has served as an examiner for Part II (oral examination) of the American Board of Periodontology’s certification process. He is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Illinois, College of Dentistry (Chicago, IL) and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI). Dr. Mandelaris is a Fellow in both the American and International College of Dentists.
Dr. Mandelaris serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Periodontology and the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. In 2021, he was appointed as an Editorial Consultant to the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry. Dr Mandelaris is a two-time recipient of the American Academy of Periodontology’s (AAP) Clinical Research Award (2017 & 2021), an award given to the most outstanding scientific article with direct clinical relevance in Periodontics. Dr. Mandelaris currently serves on the American Academy of Periodontology Board of Trustees and has served as a Past President of the Illinois Society of Periodontists. He is a key opinion leader for several industry leaders and holds memberships in many professional organizations.
Degree in Dentistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Thesis Award of the Autonomous Community of Galicia for Academic Excellence.
Postgraduate training in Periodontics and Implantology (Madrid); Occlusion and Temporomandibular Dysfunction (Valencia) and Orthodontics (University of Santiago
de Compostela). International speaker on Periodontics, Esthetic Dentistry, and Multidisciplinary Treatments. Director of Post-graduate program in Implants and Implant Prosthesis. UAX University
(Madrid, Spain). Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Department of Prosthodontics at LSUHSC School of Dentistry (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). Founder of MEDA Training Center, Spain.
Prof Alessandro Pozzi has been in practice since 1997. Clinical Researcher in Surgical navigation and Advanced Dental Technologies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Clinical Associate Professor at Goldstein Center for Esthetics and Implant Dentistry, Augusta University USA. Part-Time Faculty Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Department of Restorative & Biomaterials Sciences, USA. PhD degree, achieved at the Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary. Specialist in Orthodontics and TMJ disfunctions, Specialist in Oral Surgery. Researcher and scientist, widely published, he was awarded the 2013 Judson C. Hickey Scientific Writing Award from the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and in the 2021 he received the Best Original Paper Award by the Japanese Society of Prosthodontics. In 2020, he was entitled with the prestigious Fellowship status of the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) for his commitment to the field of Osseointegration. In the 2023 he achieved the Dual-Specialist Diploma of the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) in Surgical and Prosthetic Implant Dentistry. Co- Editor with PK Moy and John Beumer of textbook Fundamentals of Implant Dentistry, Quintessence Publisher. Editorial Board Member of International Journal Oral Implantology (IJOI), Journal Esthetic Restorative Dentistry (JERD) and International journal oral maxillofacial implants (IJOMI). Active member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (IAED). Besides lecturing internationally in the most prestigious congresses and academies, Pozzi Institute in Rome is one of the 9 qualified international training centers that meet Academy Osseointegration’s strict academic and training criteria. He holds training courses with emphasis on guided and navigation-assisted implant-surgery and digitally assisted immediate function and esthetics. Instagram @profpozzi and facebook @alessando.pozzi.184
Professor and Director of the Clinic for Operative, Preventive, Pediatric and Digital Dentistry and Periodontology at the Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital in Munich, Germany's largest dental clinic. Prof. Schwendicke's research focuses on restorative and preventive dentistry, dental diagnostics and artificial intelligence, health economics, health services research, and public health. He has authored over 500 articles, 200 abstracts, and 30 book chapters and has been invited to give over 300 lectures, including the Buonocore Memorial Lecture. Prof. Schwendicke has received several prestigious awards and is a reviewer for over 40 journals, including Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, as well as for various national funding organizations. He e is Associate Editor of the Journal of Dental Research and heads working groups at the World Health Organization WHO, the World Dental Organization FDI, the International Standards Organization ISO, and DIN. Prof. Schwendicke holds honorary professorships at the Universities of Aarhus (Denmark) and Chennai (India). He has been one of the most cited researchers in dentistry worldwide for many years (Stanford ranking less than 1% ).
This poster session is to stimulate discussion and allow for expanded presentation on a variety of topics. Timely and pertinent research in clinical innovations, translational and clinical science may be presented. Participation in the poster presentation is open to all faculty, residents, students and clinicians.
On site poster session schedule (June 13th, 2024):
This year we are featuring three different themes for this session. You will have an option of selecting one of the themes based on the content of your project when you submit your abstract. The three themes are:
Through a blinded review, five finalists from each category will be selected and notified to compete for an award in the Research Competition. If you are not selected as a finalist, you will still be expected to present during the scheduled poster session.
Among the selected finalists, awards will be granted to the best presentation in each category on the strongest scientific work. Stay tuned for submission start date and details about the program.
Deadline: 05/01/2024
For more information about the poster session contact Dr. Darnell Kaigler (dkaigler@umich.edu) and/or Dr. Sandra Stuhr (sstuhr@umich.edu).
Submit an AbstractOf special interest is the complimentary social event at the University of Junge Family Champions Center on Friday night.
Participants of the Ramfjord Symposium are invited to attend. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.
When John Junge and his family learned in 2002 that the Michigan Athletic Department sorely needed an events center for recruiting, banquets, press conferences, and meetings, the family donated more than $2 million toward the construction of an 11,400-square-foot facility. This facility provides a central recruiting location for University of Michigan athletics, and is also a venue for team banquets, press conferences, and other events.
Rackham Graduate School is located at 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor MI 48109.
The trip between the Detroit Metro Airport and Ann Arbor takes about 20-30 minutes.
Taxi costs around US$ 50. They usually take 3 people (it is not necessary to make reservations for the taxi).
Other options include Lyft, Uber, and a shuttle, the most economical option.
Another alternative (a bit more expensive) is to take the Metrocar Services. The driver will wait for you at the baggage claim, pick up your bags, and bring you to Ann Arbor (they generally take up to 3 people). For both shuttle and Metrocar, it is important to make the reservation online before your arrival
June is relatively a hot month for Ann Arbor. Temperatures can range from 62°F to 83°F. Precipitation can range from light rain to thunderstorms.
The University of Michigan School of Dentistry would like to gratefully acknowledge the unrestricted educational grants from the following sponsors:
