Impressions from Vienna at the CED-IADR / NOF Oral Health Research Congress
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The biennial Continental European Division ( CED ) and Scandinavian division ( Nordisk Odontologisk Förening , NOF ) meeting of the International Association of Dental Research ( IADR ) was organized in Vienna at the end of September this year . The congress included an intensive two-and-half day program of oral presentations , posters , keynote & symposia lectures . More than 800 participants , among whom more than 25 % were students , from more than 50 countries attended the congress , which proved to be one of the most important European events in the field of dental research . The most recent research findings , focusing on the latest innovations , developments and trends in the various sub-disciplines of dentistry were discussed at this event . A lot of attention , while organizing each CED-IADR congress , is indeed paid to creating the possibilities of networking so as to imagine , invent and inspire each other . The modern congress venue ‘ Messe Wien ’ and the size of the congress had the advantage of facilitating easy interactions with colleagues , friends & peers in the broad field of dental research . The main outcomes of the meeting confirmed the Association ’ s main goal of encouraging high-quality Oral Health Research in Europe , especially among young people . Indeed , several innovative features were introduced in the meeting program as of this year , such as a greatly reduced registration fee for students and young researchers , a newly installed ‘ My First Research ’ poster award competition and a ‘ Young CED-IADR ’ symposium organized and delivered by young researchers . The latter one meant that young researchers under 35 years of age with a very promising career fully presented , organized and moderated the event . The purpose of this activity was to encourage young people to have a better understanding of a specific topic of dental research , that of the interactions between dental materials and oral biofilms , and to generate a productive discussion . The symposium was very well received , and it is hoped that this activity will be implemented in the program of the future meetings . The meeting also included a special full-day scientific program to celebrate the ‘ 100-year anniversary ’ of the NOF Division . A special clinical satellite symposium on selected new trends in restorative dentistry , as well as a session with clinical case poster presentations were also organized , their specific aim being to narrow the existing gap between dental researchers and clinicians .
The CED-IADR / NOF Oral Health Research Congress allowed further networking and getting in touch with each other during the two social events : the opening ceremony in the Vienna city hall and the ‘ Congress Get-together ’ which was held inside the University Dental Clinic of Vienna . The next meetings of the Association are scheduled to take place in London , UK , July 25-28 , 2018 , as a General Session together with all the other divisions , and in Madrid , Spain , September 19-21 , 2019 as CED-IADR . For any information , please refer to the website of the organization : https :// ced-iadr . eu / and the secretariat
email : ced . iadr @ uzleuven . be .
Dr . Andrei C . Ionescu
DDS , PhD , Post-doc fellow and tutor Institute of Microbiology , Department of Biomedical , Surgical and Dental Sciences
IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute
University of Milan , Milan , Italy
DOI : 10.25241 / stomaeduj . 2017.4 ( 4 ). news . 3
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