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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | May - June 2013 U nder the patronage of President Michel Sleiman, The President of the Lebanese Republic Tripoli, the capital of North Lebanon gathered for the 7th time Scientists, Researches, Teachers, Clinicians and Junior Dental Students from all around the world to highlight and reveal the advanced studies and technologies applied in the Dental field to reach a tremendous success. With an excellent ambiance and cosy atmosphere the conference provided the participants and the visitors by the expertise of 38 lecturers and an introduction to the latest and most modern medical and dental equipments as well as a special designed session for dental laboratory specialists newly added this year. “My recommendations for the freshly graduates and Dentists are to maintain their scientific and professional level, to provide the best treatments to their patients, and we as a Dental order, our duty is to resolve any disputes that might happen between dentists and patients under applicable Lebanese law.” How do you evaluate the development of the dental order in Lebanon? The performance of the Dental order is improving daily and this will appear in the near future, but the operation of our Dental order is passing into difficulties as a reflection of the political and security situation in our region. Tell us about the challenges facing the dental order today? What is your plan to solve it? Being part of the Lebanese community, we are directly affected by the same challenges that affect every person in Lebanon, and we look forward to make our dental order stronger and hopefully we can reach the goals that all our participant’s work for. Since the first moment this new board council was elected, this board worked around the clock to share with the three presidents in Lebanon his concerns about the dental challenges and was promised by all support needed. Concerning the projects that we are working to achieve, they are many summarized as: • To introduce the preventive medicine until the age of 12 years in the health insurance. • To implement health insurance through social security to all Dentists. • To achieve a continuing education program by which the scientific level of dentists will increase and that secures for patients and their families the best treatments. • To coordinate with the Lebanese Dental Association in achieving common demands through the establishment of better relations to reach the desired results. What are your recommendations to the freshly graduates Dentists? My recommendations for the freshly graduates and Dentists are to maintain their scientific and professional level, to provide the best treatments to their patients, and we as a Dental order, our duty is to resolve any disputes that might happen between dentists and patients under applicable Lebanese law. WhatweretheDentalorderachievements recorded up to date? A lot of hard work has been done so far and we are working now to achieve a project that will feed the retirement plan account by submitting some Dental medical products to a tax. The dental order headquarter will be equipped by a new X-ray unit that will procure monetary income to the order retirement plan account as well. What can you Tell us about the 7th International Congress? Inspite the fact that the congress was happening in an exceptional insecure situation in Lebanon and the area, we were able to host a remarkable international and domestic participants. The scientific program was rich and high lightning on all news and updates in our Dental Field. And we had already started preparing for our next congress that will take place 2014. Would like to share more topics with Dental tribune readers? I thank you for giving me the opportunity to highlight on our Dental order achievements and congress and you are most welcome to visit and attend our future activities. The Universite Antonine gathered in Lebanon, the experts of Dental Laboratory Technologists on 14-15 June 2013 at the University Campus. The International Conference attracted the Dental and Dental Lab Industry. With an excellent ambiance the conference provided all participants a great opportunity of networking while connecting the newest and latest technologies to Dental Technicians, Dentists and Industry players while updating them with the latest scientific developments. Universite Antonine provided an excellent ambiance and enjoyed a high number of attendees. The two Scientific days allowed the participants to build their skills and use the opportunity for sharing experiences in the application of technology. The event welcomed the following sponsors – Richa Dental Store, Elie Mina Dental, Tamer Holding, Dentaltech, Pharmacol, Interbio, Prodent, Toff Dental, Zirkonzahn Lebanon, Karam Dental, Hachem Dental Care, Moon Dental who all supported the conference. The strong Scientific Program was very well attended and all part takers had a wonderful time during the two days event at Antoniné University campus. Dental Tribune Middle East had the pleasure of being The official Media Partner. Université Antonine By Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa ____________________________________ Contact Information Dr Rahil Farid Morcos Douaihy, D.C.D., KJH General Practitioner and Endodontics Lebanese Dental Association-Tripoly, President Work: +961-6-663358 Mobile: +961-3-631375 Email: rahildouaihy@hotmail.com Interview: “The 7th International Congress of LDA North Lebanon” 30 May – 1 June 2013 Las Salinas Resort, Tripoli By Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa ____________________________________ Welcoming Ceremony at Tripoli Event (Photo Courtesy of DTMEA) Opening Ceremony at the Scientific Session 16 PolitiCS

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