828 The State of Dental Education with Dr. Wally Renne : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Dr. Renne is a 2003 graduate of the College of Charleston and a 2008 graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine. He is active in undergraduate dental education and holds a full time faculty position in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation at the Medical University of South Carolina as an Associate Professor. He is the Director of the division of digital dentistry and directs CAD/CAM clinic and Esthetic clinic. He is the course director for the preclinical CAD/CAM course. He has won several national and regional teaching awards for his efforts both pre-clinically and clinically. He is proficient clinically with the Planmeca Planscan, CEREC Omnicam, 3Shape Trios, CS 3600 and iTero.  His special interests in patient treatment include advances in material sciences that improve patient quality outcomes. He is active in dental research and currently has several patents including a patent for a platform of long-term antimicrobial dental materials that have revolutionary bond durability components by inhibiting enzyme degradation of the hybrid layer while simultaneously preventing bacterial proliferation.   www.CuRE-Innovations.com