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Practice Matters DENTALTRIBUNE Middle East & Africa Edition A one day Continuing Dental Education Program titled “Dentistry of the 21st Century” was conducted by German Dental Oasis, DHCC on 15th October at the Movenpick Ho- tel in Dubai, UAE. The confer- ence was well attended by 300 dentists from all over UAE. The conference hosted by the GDO brought together 5 interna- tional speakers who are spe- cialists in different fields of Dentistry. The experts who tookupvarioussessionsonthat day were as follows: • Dr Hans Van Der Elst (Ger- many) • Dr Tarun Walia (India) • Dr Matthieu Gabriele (France) • Dr Sinan Hamadeh (Germany) • Dr Souheil Housaini (UAE) The conference was inaugu- rated by Dr. Hans van der Elst, Expert in Dental XP one of the biggestDentalWebsitesintheUS and Clinical Director of the Ger- man Dental Oasis in Dubai Health Care City. He was the first speaker of the day and dealt with two topics during the course of the day, viz : • Piezosurgery in Dentistry • Lazer Treatment in Dentistry Dr. Tarun Walia, Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, Ajman University of Science & Technology,deliveredtheacom- prehensive presentation on ‘Clinical decision making in Pe- diatric dentistry – A simplified Approach’ as the second lecture of the day. Dr Tarun stressed on the importance of behavior mod- ification in the management of anxious children seeking dental care. He also explained about the various options available to the practicing dental surgeons for restoring grossly carious pri- mary maxillary incisors where majority of the clinical crown is lost due to dental caries. Indica- tions and placement techniques of more durable & esthetically acceptable tooth colored crowns wasdescribedindetailtothepar- ticipants. They were also shown the clinical procedure of placing esthetic restorations, particu- larly resin modified glass ionomer restorations in different clinical situations. Dr. Souheil R. Hussaini, Pres- ident, Chairman of scientific committee - Continuing Dental Education Implant Dentistry - StudyConsortium(ID-SC),spon- sored by Temple University- de- partment of periodontology and oral implantology, Philadelphia, USA and an affiliate society of the ICOI, USA. He is also associated with the Study Club of Oral Im- plantology (SCOI), Emirates Medical Association, UAE and delivered the third lecture of the day on the topic ‘ Cosmetic Den- tistry Clinical Cases’. The participants were satis- fied with the motivating and in- formative lectures conducted duringthedayasthiswasevident from the participants’ feedback collected at the end of the day. The sessions were greatly appre- ciated as an evaluation of the feedback from all participants, showed an average score of 4.1 out of 5 for informative program and Lectures. TheGDOlooksforwardtothe next event on the 14 and 15th of January, 2011. 8 Nena Puga Tel.: +1 310 696 9025 E-mail: nena@gidedental.com website: www.gidedental.com Contact in Athens: Lito Christophilopoulou +30 210 213 2084, +30 210 222 2637 E-mail: lito@omnipress.gr, omnipress@omnipress.gr Web:www.omnicongresses.gr Register & More Information at: Contact in the US: SPONSORS coltene whalledent Media Partner: AD Dentistry of the 21st Century