84 The Revolution of Implantology with Dr. Kwang Bum Park : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Dr. Park talks about the origins of MegaGen, the first revolution of implantology, and why a second one has already happened.   Dr. Kwang Bum Park graduated Kyung Pook National University, School of Dentistry of Korea in 1985. He finished his residency in periodontics in 1988. After three years of academic teaching and research at Kyung Pook National University, he has been practicing periodontic and implant surgery since 1993. He founded a private dental institute ‘Perio-Line,’ and trained hundreds private practitioners on the topic of clinical perodontics and implant dentistry. He was a visiting scholar at the UCLA School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics in 2000. In 2001, as a founding member, he started a dental hospital network called ‘MIR Dental Network’ which now compises of 21 large multidisciplinary dental hospitals throughout the Korea. He is presently CEO and Chairman of an implant manufacturing company ‘MegaGen’ which he started in 2002. He is the director of MINEC Dental Education Center which provides continuing education to practicing clinicians on the topics of implant dentistry. He is an international member of AAP, an active member of AO and an honorary member of Japanese Society of Gnathology and Occlusion.   T. 82-53-857-5770 F. 82-53-857-5432 472, Hanjanggun-ro, Jain-myeon, Gyeongsan-si Gyeongbuk, Korea   [email protected]   http://www.imegagen.com