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in five different congress halls, where different con-
ferences, oral communications and workshops took
place. Part of the venue was reserved for the pre-
sentation of the latest products and technologies in
dentistry.
The three days rich in scientific activities included
eighteen sessions and 10 workshops. Out of the to-
tal18 sessions, 2 sessions – preclinical and clinical
- were dedicated to the dental students and young
doctors who had the chance to present their own re-
search achievements.
As previously mentioned, the congress was intended
for any dentist or even student who wanted to en-
hance his/her knowledge of dentistry, as all dental
specialties were covered. This year, the main topic of
the Congress was ‘Dentistry nowadays’, and subjects
on all dental topics were presented: Endodontology,
Periodontology, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Or-
thodontics, Oral Medicine, Prosthodontics, Opera-
tive Dentistry, but also subjects related to Dentistry,
such as: Neurology, Otorhinolaryngology, Anatomy
and others.
More than 20 international speakers honored our
invitation:
• Prof. Dr. Peter Eickholz, Goethe-Universität,
Frankfurt, Germany (Periodontology - Chief of
the department);
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Humel, University of Dresden,
Germany (Dental Pharmacology and Toxicol-
ogy);
• Prof. Dr. Michele Mignogna, University of Napoli,
Italy (Oral Medicine - Chairmanof the depart-
ment);
• Prof. Dr. Apostolos I. Tsolakis, University of
Athens, Greece (Orthodontics);
• Prof. Dr. Anda Kfir, Goldschleger School, Tel Aviv,
Israel (Endodontology - Chairman of the depart-
ment);
• Prof. Dr. Igor Shugailov, Department of Stoma-
tology, RMAPO, Moscow, Ministry of Health of
the Russian Federation, Rector of the Academy
for Innovative Dentistry (General Dentistry);
• Prof. Dr. Svante Twetman, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark (Restorative Dentistry);
• Prof. Dr. Aaron Palmon, Dean at the Hadassah
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Oral Medi-
cine);
• Prof. Dr. Betul Kargul, Marmara University,
Istanbul, Turkey (Pediatric Dentistry - Chairman
of the department);
• Prof. Dr. Gottfried Schmalz, University of
Regensburg, Germany (Restorative Dentistry
and Periodontology);
• Visiting Prof. Dr. Domenico Baldi, University of
Genova, Italy (Prosthodontics);
•
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Colella, Universitaty of "Luigi
Vanvitell" District, Italy (Dental Surgery - head of
department);
• Prof. Dr. Stylianos Dalampiras, Aristotle Univer-
sity, Thessaloniki, Greece (OMF Surgery);
• Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Cotti, University of Cagliari,
Italy (Endodontology- Chair of the department);
• Prof. Dr. Ioannis Iatrou, University of Athens,
Greece (OMF Surgery);
• Prof. Dr. Itzhak Abramovitz, Hadassah Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Israel (Endodontology -
Chief of the department);
• Dr. Miriam Grushka, Toronto, Canada (Oral Medi-
cine);
• Dr. Gabriel Tuluş, Germany (Endodontology);
• Dr. Martin Koch, University of Heidelberg,
Germany (Pediatric Dentistry);
• Dr. Basel Azar, Palacký University, Prague, Czech
Republic (Prosthodontics) and
• Dr. Giorgios Tsiogkas, Greece, Member of
the FDI's Standing Committee of Liaison and
Support.
The workshops approached interesting and useful
topics: Laser in Dentistry, the Latest Generation of
Composite, Dental Imagistic, Oral Surgery, Basic Life
Support, Knots and Sutures, Impressions from A to
Z, the Isolation with Rubber Dam, Implantology and
Endodontics.
Last year Prof. Dr. Michael Glick and Prof. Dr. Jean
François Roulet were presented with the DOCTOR
HONORIS CAUSA of the “Carol Davila” University of
Medicine and Pharmacy title, while this year other
three important professors and scientists were
honored with this prestigious title: Prof. Dr. Aaron
Palmon, Prof. Dr. Gottfried Schmalz and Prof. Dr.
Ioannis Iatrou.
The event could not have been made possible with-
out the intense work and passion of the very com-
prehensive organizing team, with Faculty members
of Faculty of Dental Medicine, and members of the
Bucharest Dental Students’ Association.
We were honored to cooperate with the most pres-
tigious scientific and academic institutions that rep-
resent dentists from different specialties in matters
related to the Congress organization:
• Romanian Association of Endodontics
• Romanian Society of Oral Medicine
• National Association of Pediatric Dentistry from
Romania
• Romanian Society of Stomatology
Also, other doctors’ and medical students’ organiza-
tions supported us and were our official partners:
• National Association of Neurologists
• EDSA – European Dental Students' Association
• IADS – International Association of Dental Stu-
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