Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Magazine Issue 7 | Page 28

28 Issue #7, September 2017 Issue #7, September2017 Malaysian Orthodontic Practitioners’ Association Protecting General Dental Practitioners Rights to Practice Orthodontics Example of “Fake Braces” which makes the condition worse than what it was before. 3rd Lecture Series was held on 8th September 2017 (Friday). The guest speaker was Dr Robert Waugh, an eminent orthodontist from USA. The venue was MDA secretariat. We had a full house of 70 participants despite it being a weekday. Many gave positive reviews of the lectures which covered many aspects of self-ligating brackets. We (MOPA) would like to record our sincere appreciations to 3M Unitek for sponsoring the speaker, Ms Jasmine from At the hands-on demonstration MEDES for giving the event to us, MDC for awarding 3 CPD points, MDA for allowing us to use their secretariat and the organizing committee led by Dr Ibrahim. A token of appreciation from MOPA All the doctors who attended this seminar. Our (MOPA) next plan is to partner with Malaysian Dental Association to stage a war against “fake braces” or braces fitted by unqualified/unregistered dental practitioners in dubious venues like a hotel room. We will have public forums, TV appearance and public exhibition on this dangerous trend. Anyone with experience/phot evidence dealing with fake braces are encouraged to contact MOPA via email [email protected] Please drop us a line if there is any membership enquires too. Reported by Dr Kathiravan Purmal President of MOPA The enthusiastic participants Membership Fees: Secretariat Address: Registration : RM100 (one time) Yearly Subscription : RM100 MOPA 40a, Jalan Pandan2/1 Pandan Jaya, 55100, Kuala Lumpur Email: [email protected] Phone: [phone]