FDI Worldental Daily

1www.fdiworldental.org T he FDI World Dental Federation is introducing the next phase of its Vision 2020 initiative at its congressinIstanbul,FDIPresidentDr Orlando Monteiro da Silva told re- porters yesterday morning at a press conference here at the Istanbul Con- gress Center. Launched after the FDI AWDC in 2011, the initiative is in- tended to be a roadmap for the im- provementoforalhealthworldwidein the years to come. It is based on the principle that oral health is a funda- mental right, along with the right to health, first articulated in the found- ingdocumentsoftheWorldHealthOr- ganization (WHO). The initiative ad- vocatesfortheinclusionoforalhealth inallpolicies,amatterfirstraisedina WHOreportpublishedin2010. “One of the motivating forces be- hind Vision 2020 and the subjects it highlights is the FDI’s engagement in the field of noncommunicable dis- eases—or chronic diseases as they are more frequently known,” Mon- teiro da Silva said. “The FDI suc- ceededwithintheUnitedNationsand WHO in imposing the view that oral diseases share risk factors with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular and respi- ratorydiseases;theywouldtherefore benefit from similar prevention and control activities.” In the next step, his organisation intends to demonstrate that the pro- fessioncanquicklyadaptitselftothis requirement, according to Monteiro da Silva. Discussions on the way for- wardwilltakeplaceinthemorningon Friday, 30 August, during the World Oral Health Forum. The future of dental materials for directrestorationinapost-Minamata Convention world will be in focus to- day at the symposium organised by FDIpartnertheInternationalAssocia- tion for Dental Research. It follows a treaty on the phase-down of dental amalgam agreed upon by more than 140 governments in Geneva earlier this year, which is expected to be signed in Minamata, the city in Japan wherethefirstmajormercurypoison- ing incident occurred, this autumn and to come into full effect by 2020. Measures will include the support of developing nations in developing al- ternatives to processes that utilise mercury and reducing emissions through new technologies, among other things. “Dental mercury came within the remit of the United Nations Environ- mentProgrammedebates,andtheis- sue in the final analysis became whether dental amalgam should be phased out completely, in the inter- ests of the environment; or whether, in the interests of human health, its useshouldbephaseddownoverape- riod of time,” Monteiro da Silva com- mented. “The phase-down approach will give researchers the time to de- viseandtestnewmaterials.Itwillalso give dental medicine the time to adapt and evolve towards a preven- tive rather than a restorative model.” In Istanbul, the FDI will be launch- ing the 2014 World Oral Health Day campaign,withvisualsandmessages intended to promote the public oral health event, which will take place on 20March2014worldwide.Alsoonthe agenda will be progress in the Live.Learn.Laugh. partnership with dental consumables manufacturer Unilever, which currently runs oral health education projects in 27 coun- tries, including primary schools in Turkey.NewthisyearistheFDI’sStrat- egy for Africa, a collaboration be- tweentheorganisationandanumber of national dental associations in Africa in order to improve effective- ness in the implementation of oral health measures on the continent, which is plagued by dental disease. This year’s congress in Istanbul has been organised in partnership with the Turkish Dental Association. In the next four days, more than 160 experts from Turkey and around the worldwillbepresentingonpublicoral healthissues,aswellasnewdevelop- ments in clinical methods and appli- cations. In addition, an industry exhi- bition will be showcasing what the in- ternational and local industry cur- rently has to offer. Along with the latest dental instruments and materi- als, advanced technologies, like den- tal imaging and CAD/CAM systems, will be on display. Over 250 compa- nies have registered for the industry showcase. Also on the exhibition floor, the Dental Tribune Study Club will be holdingitsfourthclinicalsymposium, which is supported by dental manu- facturers SHOFU, Kerr and COLTENE, among others, and features clinical experts, who will be discussing new concepts and technologies in den- tistry. All presentations will be recorded live for viewing online after the show on the DT Study Club e- learning platform. Today will see the launch of the medical clothing line of German fash- ion label CROIXTURE, which starts at 11:00 at Booths B032/B066. Access tothefashionshowandsymposiumis free of charge for visitors of the con- gress. According to the latest figures fromtheFDI,morethan12,000dental professionals from Turkey and around the globe are expected to at- tend the congress over the course of thenextthreedays.Itwillofficiallybe opened during an opening ceremony todayattheIstanbulCongressCenter starting at 18:30. It is the first time that the event is taking place in Istanbul. The Turkish Dental Association won the bid after the congress that was to take place in South Korea in 2013 was cancelled. The organisation has been a member of the FDI World Dental Federation since 1989 and currently represents about 22,000Turkish dentists. GC EUROPE N.V. 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