SUNSTAR to Sponsor 2017 UNC Perio Expo

Company celebrates 20thanniversary of its first sponsorship of the eventSCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, April 4, 2017 — Sunstar Americas today announced that it will sponsor the UNC Perio Expo May 4-6, 2017 at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Sunstar has a long and proud history of supporting groundbreaking research and educational programs. In fact, the company also sponsored the 1997 UNC Perio Expo, which is widely credited with playing a crucial role in identifying the needs and opportunities for the control of periodontal disease. That event built upon an event the company had sponsored 11 years earlier, the Sunstar Portside Symposium in Kobe, Japan, which was the first global event to demonstrate the connection between oral health, general body health and overall well- being. Other Sunstar educational initiatives include the Joslin-Sunstar Diabetes Education program. This program, begun in 2008, educates dentists as well as physicians about the link between diabetes and gum disease as well as other oral health issues. Such initiatives are a clear reflection of Sunstar ’s motto: “Always strive to help people everywhere achieve better health and enhance their quality-of-life.”The UNC Perio Expo is a blended showcase that brings internationally recognized speakers to a two-day program covering important concepts in periodontics and implantology, including disease diagnosis, treatment and management. The two-day agenda is divi...
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