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international news IDS 2011 – 22. März 22 March n The president of the powerful Brazilian Dental Association (ABO) described the partnership agreement with Dental Tribune International Group (DTI) to provide internet-based continuing education courses as “a rev- olution” for dental professionals in Brazil. ABO is the largest dental association in Brazil and has offices and advanced training schools in all the states of this country, where there are over 200,000 practicing dentists. Brazil accounts for 20 per cent of all practicing dentists in the world. A telling sign of the interest in this huge market is that companies such as Sirona and Ultradent have opened manufacturing plants this year in Brazil. DTI, which publishes over 100 dental publications around the world, also signed important cooperation agree- ments in Latin America with some of the most important expos and dental associations in the region in Spanish- speaking countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, DominicanRepublic,aswellasinSpain. Online education DTI president Torsten Oemus said the partnership with ABO will provide dental professionals in Brazil with the advanced Dental Tribune Study Club (DTSC) educational platform (www.dt- studyclub.com) in Portuguese. Oemus added that it is a historic agreement that will allow both organizations to extend their reach by offering high- quality training courses online. The DTSC platform is a global online e-learning platform and community that provides certified continuing edu- cation credits of the American Dental Association (ADA CERP). It allows reg- istered participants to access live, as well as recorded online lectures, which can be viewed at the dentists’ conven- ience 24/7. The DTSC brings local events to global audiences through live, interactive and archived webinars. A growing data- baseofpeer-reviewedcasestudiesand papers is available on the web-page,as well as focused discussion forums and regularproductreviewsto keep practi- tioners up-todate. ABO president Dr. Newton Carvalho said that long-distance education is a necessity, especially in countries as large as Brazil. “That’s the reason the Brazilian gov- ernment is promoting long-distance ed- ucation courses,” said Carvalho. “ABO, which offers numerous lectures and courses, will now use the DTSC recog- nized educational platform to help Brazilian dentists. It’s a real revolu- tion in education.” The online courses will begin in Brazil- ian cities where there’s already a de- mand, after which they will expand to other areas, Carvalho said. All the ABO network in Brazil, known as REDE ABO, will offer customize courses according to the needs in each region. REDE ABO has a total of 320 units: 27 sections and 293 regional associations which make it “the largest educational network in the world,” according to what former FDI World Dental Federa- tion President H.R. Yoon said during his visit to Brazil in 2004. Carvalho said the ABO-DTI partnership will help both dentists and patients, which will have highly trained pro- fessionals as a result. “That’s the real revolution ABO wants to achieve: that a professional who prac- tices in the Amazon region is as qualified as one who practices in São Paulo or Belo Horizonte,” he added, referring to cities where there is a large offer of train- ing courses. DTI in Rio de Janeiro DTI also signed an agreement with ABO-Rio de Janeiro (ABO-RJ) to publish Today issues of its daily expo paper at the International Rio de Janeiro Den- tal Congress (CIORJ), considered the largest scientific meeting in Brazil. The publishing group will also provide at CIORJ its live lecture series Dental Tribune Study Club Symposia, which after the event become part of the archived DTSC courses offered online. The CIORJ congress, which celebrates in July 2011 its 20th anniversary, will provide for the first time this year courses in Spanish sponsored by the Latin American Dental Federation (FOLA) and Dental Tribune. This simul- taneous Spanish-language congress in Rio is called the Latin American Dental Meeting (LADM), and is part of a strat- egy to attract Spanish-speaking atten- dees to one of the most beautiful cities in Latin America. Paulo Murilo Jr, from ABO-RJ, said the partnership with DTI will bring to Rio the most renowned speakers in the re- gion, leaders of Latin American dental associations, and will help to enhance the international recognition of the meeting. Dental Tribune has similar agree- ments with the largest expos in the region, such as AMIC Dental in Mex- ico, Salón Dental Chile or Expodent Cordoba in Argentina. In addition, Dental Tribune Latin America is the official publication of FOLA. More information about ABO, CIORJ and Dental Tribune Study Club are available online at www.abo.org.br www.ciorj.org.br and www.dtstudy- club.com. 7 DTI advances in LatinAmerica Study Clubs and new publications to be launched all over the region n Die Tsunami-Katastrophe hat an- scheinend keinen Einfluss auf die Teilnahme japanischer Firmen bei derIDS.AufAnfragedertodaygabder Veranstalter Koelnmesse am Montag bekannt, dass keiner der 32 japani- schen Aussteller ihre Teilnahme an der weltgrößten Dentalmesse in Köln abgesagt hätte. Ein Erbeben der Stärke 9 und der darauf folgende Tsunami hatten am 11. März verheerende Schäden im nördlichen Teil Japans angerichtet. Nach offiziellen Schätzungen kamen dabei bisher mehr als 17.000 Men- schen ums Leben. Japanischen Herstellern zufolge hat die Katastrophe bisher nur ge- ringe Auswirkungen auf die Pro- duktion gehabt. Lediglich NSK und DENTSPLY gaben vorübergehende Produktionsstopps bekannt. In einem Rundschreiben an alle Filialen sprach SHOFU Präsident Noriyuki Negoro jedochvonEngpässenbeimTransport und Stromversorgung. Spenden für die Opfer der Tsu- namikatastrophe können derzeit an jede größere Hilfsorganisation, wie z.B. das Internationale Rote Kreuz gerichtet werden. 7 n The earthquake and tsunami disas- ter in Japan does not seem to have had a major impact on Japanese manufac- turers. A representative from the Inter- national Dental Show organiser Koeln- messetold‘today’onMondaythatnone of the 32 Japanese exhibitors have can- celled their participation at the show. On March 11, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 and the subsequent tsunami devastated large coastal areas in northern Japan. Officials estimate thatmorethan17,000peoplewerekilled due to these tragic natural disasters. According to major dental compa- nies, the earthquake did not largely af- fectproductioninJapan.Partialstopsin productionwerereportedbyDENTSPLY and NSK. However, in a letter to all SHOFU subsidiaries, President Nori- yuki Negoro confirmed that the situa- tion remains tense due to shortages in transportation and electrical supplies. Donations are currently being ac- cepted by major relief organisation suchastheInternationalRedCross.7 KeineAbsagen japanischer Hersteller No cancellations byJapanese manufacturers 5 Marco Aurélio Vasques Blaz, ABO secretary general, Torsten Oemus, DTI president, Newton Carvalho, ABO president, and FDI president Roberto Vianna sigining the partnership agreement to provide online education courses. 5 Javier M. de Pison, Dental Tribune Latin America editor, and Paulo Murilo Jr., from ABO-Rio de Janeiro, where DTI will pub- lish its expo paper Today. dental concepts Besuchen Sie uns auf der IDS in Halle 10.2 Stand O|P, 048|049 Live-Behandlung am Patienten präsentiert von Prof. Dr. Rainer Hahn am Cumdente Stand 10:00 Uhr Moderne PA- und Periimplantitistherapie. 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