Abstract:

Dr. Thomas Zeltner is the Chairman and interim CEO of the WHO Foundation as well as the former Secretary of Health of Switzerland and Director-General of the Swiss National Health Authority.  As an expert in global public health and policy, Dr. Zeltner will share unique insights into the most impactful issue affecting human health today, the effect of diseases in the oral cavity and their direct impact on chronic inflammation.  This combined with the use of foreign materials such as metals to rehabilitate lost tooth structures and lost teeth has created an oral health crisis of pandemic proportions.  In this lecture, Dr. Zeltner’s goal is to provide information and awareness aimed at helping dental professionals consider alternative methods and materials which are safer and more biologically sound for the repair and rehabilitation of the oral cavity including the use of Zirconia as a dental implant material.