CAD/CAM international magazine of digital dentistry

I meetings _ Europerio 7 Europerio 7—Perio experts from Europe met in Vienna _At the beginning of June, dental profession- als from all over Europe gathered at the Reed Exhi- bitions Congress Center in Vienna for the Europerio 7 congress. The scientific event, organised by the Austrian Society of Periodontology on behalf of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP), presented the latest research and technology in the fields of periodontology and dental implantology over the course of three days. Thecongresswasopenedinthepresenceofrepre- sentativesof26memberassociationsoftheEFP,who presented on stage with their respective flags during the welcome ceremony. Among others, the delegates were addressed by EFP General Secretary Stefan Renvert (Sweden) and Chairman of the Europerio 7 Organising Committee Dr Gernot Wimmer (Austria), whoalsopaidtributetoseveralmembersoftheVienna School and pioneers in oral biology, including Rudolf KronfeldandBernhardGottlieb,afterwhomtheMed- ical University of Vienna’s dental school was named. “Thankstotheworkofmany,wehaveafantastic congress ahead of us,” Renvert said in the lead up to the conference. According to the or- ganiser, Europerio 7 was aimed at both general practitioners and special- ists. Over 100 speakers from Europe and overseas presented the latest in- sights into the manage- mentandtreatmentofpe- riodontal disease, as well as aspects of dental im- plant therapy, in over 60 lectures and workshops. Alargenumberofsessions were dedicated to pre-ex- isting medical conditions. Intwoofthemainsessions (periodontal medicine, and riskfactorsandtheirman- agement), reference were made to important as- sociations with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascu- lar disease, the organiser said. 52 I CAD/CAM 3_2012