FDI Worldental Daily

News Wednesday, 28 August 2013 F or the fourth time, Dental Tribune International (DTI) will be bringing its Dental Tribune StudyClubSymposiumtotheAnnual World Dental Congress of the FDI World Dental Federation. The expert lecture series, to be held alongside theFDI’sscientificprogrammeonthe exhibition floor in the Istanbul Con- gress Center, will be supported by dental manufacturers SHOFU, Kerr and COLTENE, and feature clinical experts, who will be discussing the latest concepts and technologies in dentistry. According to the international dental publishing group, attendees willbeabletoupdatetheirknowledge on bulk-fill technology, MIMI flapless surgery and minimally invasive cos- metic dentistry, among other topics. In addition, the symposium will dis- cussthereasonsthatCBCTshouldbe part of everyday practice. Starting on Thursday, the 30- minute lectures will be held daily at booths B029–B032 and B066–B071 between 11:00 and 18:00. Access to the symposium will be free of charge for visitors of the congress. All presentations will be also recorded live for viewing online after the show on the DT Study Club e- learning platform. Today will be solely dedicated to a fashion event sponsored by CROIXTURE, show- casing the latest in clinical apparel, which dentists will be able to pur- chase on-site. DTI held its first FDI Study Club Symposium at the 97th Annual World Dental Congress in Singapore four yearsago.Since2008,theADACERP- recognised education platform has been providing dental education to millions of dentists at international conferences and exhibitions, as well asthroughonlinelectures.Morethan 150,000 dentists around the world are currently members of the DT Study Club, according to DTI figures. Local platforms are available in Germany, France, Italy and Brazil, among other countries. Corporate partners include DENTSPLY, Strau- mann, GlaxoSmithKline and Colgate- Palmolive, which has its own spin-off platform, the Colgate Oral Health Network established in partnership with DTI in 2010. More information about the DT Study Club, the FDI symposium and how to become a platform member areavailableatthefollowingwebsite: www.dtstudyclub.com Organised by: In partnership with: THANKYOU! WOHD’13:37 Countries,5 Continents,1Day http://www.fdiworldental.org/wohd2013 AD Education,fashionandmore M essage-carrying ele- phants in Nepal, giant dancing toothbrushes intheSeychelles,worldrecord- breaking group toothbrushing events in Lagos, the NASDAQ openinginNewYork—thereare multiple ways of celebrating WorldOralHealthDay(WOHD), and most of them were tried in one way or another in the 36 countries that joined the event on20Marchthisyear. WOHD is about making oral diseasepreventionfun,creating public events that highlight every individual’s capacity to care for his or her teeth, gums and mouth. The 36 countries that participated in 2013 consti- tute about one-fifth of the world’s nations. In 2014, the FDI aimstoraisethebar,withatarget of 50 or more, which is certainly achievable. The campaign is well on its way,withkeymessages,materi- als and, most importantly, the WOHD toolkit, presented for the first time to a gathering of FDI National Liaison Officers— thepeopleinnationaldentalas- sociations who keep communi- cations going between the FDI, its members and individual dentists—in Istanbul yester- day. The2014themeis“Celebrat- inghealthysmiles”.Itwillbecel- ebratedworldwideon20March again. A variety of superbly imaginative visuals and texts arealreadyinvitingthepublicto brush,whistle,eatandkissfora healthymouth. The FDI is grateful to Liste- rine (Johnson & Johnson) and Unilever Oral Care for support- ingthespiritofWOHDand,with their educational grants, once again helping further the cause oforalhealththroughoneofthe FDI’s most valued awareness- raisingcampaigns. WorldOralHealthDay makespreventionfun IAfullsymposiumatlastyear’sAWDCinHongKong.(DTI/PhotoClaudiaDuschek) I(DTI/IllustrationcourtesyofFDI,Switzerland) NewtoolkitpresentedtoNationalLiaisonOfficersinIstanbul 2 www.fdiworldental.org U nilever Oral Care brand Signal’s ambitious partnership with the Turkish Dental Association and theTurkishMinistryofNationalEduca- tionisbringingtogetherprimaryschool teachersandvolunteerdentiststohelp improvetheoralhealthstandardsof children in primary schools across Istanbul as part of the FDI–Unilever Oral Care Live.Learn.Laugh. (LLL) partnership. Presentations and educational ma- terials delivered to pupils and parents emphasise the importance of a good oral hygiene routine in maintaining oral health, reinforced by posters around schools. In addition, workshops for teachers about health promotion in schools are conducted to prepare the teachers for oral health education be- foretheimplementationoftheproject. Educational materials, such as posters on brushing every morning and night with fluoridated toothpaste, brochures and monthly brushing calen- dars with stickers, are distributed to pupils to encourage good toothbrush- inghabits.Inaddition,theyundergooral examination to assess dental and peri- odontal disease, and brushing fre- quency. DrDuyguIlhan,LLLprojectcoordina- tor in Turkey, said, “Our LLL project is having a big impact on the students in the schools in our project, giving them theopportunitytolearnaboutgoodoral health care and encouraging them to brushtheirteetheverydayandnight.We areexpandingthescopeoftheprojectby involvingteachersandparentsasmuch as possible to turn them into tooth- brushing advocates too. One day a mothercametothankusforrunningthe project and for motivating her son to brush his teeth. Brushing each day and nighthadmadehimahappierchildwith fewerpainfuldentalproblems.” VisittheLLLpartnershipstandtofind outmoreaboutouroralhealthimprove- ment projects taking place around the world. I(DTI/PhotocourtesyofUnilever,UK) Live.Learn.Laugh. advancesinTurkey FDI–Unileverpartnershipputsspotlightonoral healthinprimaryschools LatestconceptsandtechnologiesindentistrypresentedbyDTStudyClubFDIsymposium