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I meetings _ review _The St Gallen football stadium is where various past matters of international importance have been settled. This November, the well known sports facility became the venue for a summit meeting of European dental medicine. The Swiss dental specialist COLTENE invited respected opinion leaders and distinguished researchers to the Key Opinion Leader Meeting on its hometerritory.Over80renownedexpertsfromresearch and practice spent two days discussing the future of endodontics and restorative dentistry. Among the par- ticipantswererepresentativesofleadingEuropeanuni- versitiesandresearchlaboratories,aswellasnumerous dentistswhohavemadeanameforthemselves,alsoin- ternationally,withtheirinnovativetreatmentconcepts and unusual patient cases. Specialists from countries includingGermany,Finland,Greece,GreatBritain,Italy, Norway,SwitzerlandandtheUSAtookpartinnumerous presentationsandlivelydiscussions. _The chameleon of restorative dentistry Following a few words of introduction from COLTENE Managing Director Martin Schaufelberger, the first part of the congress focused on the creative use and advancement of composite as an all-rounder inrestorativedentistry.Tostartthecongress,thechair- man, Prof. Ivo Krejci, Head of the Division of Cariology and Endontology, as well as President of the Ecole de Mèdecine Dentaire at the University of Geneva, pre- sented his own concept developed for lifelong dental coaching. Minimal invasive treatment with direct and indirect adhesive techniques still represent one the best alternatives for long-term patient restoration. ‘Thanks to growing life expectancy in Western Europe, there is an increasing demand for sustainable dental careandtherapy,startingwiththesmallchildwellinto oldage’,accordingtoKrejci.Inthesecondpresentation section, the emphasis was on the current state of ma- terial research. Prof. Jorge Perdigão from the Depart- ment of Restorative Sciences at the University of Minnesota spoke about the latest approaches for im- proving dentine adhesion with the aid of adhesives. Also, Simon Sutter allowed the international guests exclusive insights into the latest innovations from COLTENE'sResearchandDevelopmentdepartmentun- derthetitle‘Howcantheglossretentionofcomposites be improved?’ Tips and special ideas on the use of composite veneering systems, such as the worldwide established COMPONEER treatment concept, were presented by dentists in private practice and aesthetic specialistsDrGeorgeGomesfromLisbonandDrMario Besek from Zurich. Industrially prefabricated nano- hybrid composite shells offer the modern practitioner a wealth of options for anterior restoration, rectifying misalignment, diastema and tooth fracture through to gap closure and classical caries therapy. Dr Monik Vasant from London illuminated the fine art of highly aesthetic anterior restoration using the freehand technique using the MIRIS system, for a direct com- parisonwithceramicrestorations.Theprogrammewas rounded off with an exciting outlook on the perspec- tives of new solutions in restorative dental medicine. The discussion covered the skilful exploitation of 3-D printing in dental medicine, the use of CAD/CAM- generated composite blocks as real alternatives for ceramic,aswellascrowningofimplantswithcompos- ite and the use of composite cement for bridges. Prof. Mutlu Özcan from the University of Zurich concluded the round of presentations with her own spectacu- lar cases, in which prosthetic freehand constructions composite were used, and the enormous potential of compositeasanall-rounderbecameabundantlyclear. _New approaches in endodontics The second day of the congress dedicated to endodontics was no less lively. Under the motto ‘PulpFiction—beyondtoday’slimitationofEndodontic treatment’, the participants researched new ways of achieving regenerative orientation in the supreme disciplineofconservativedentistry,leadingawayfrom the conventional, purely surgical approach. The con- gress chairmanship was shared by Prof. Dag Ørstavik, Head of the Department of Endodontics and the Postgraduate Programme at the University of Oslo, and Dr Antonis Chaniotis who works at the University of Warwick and has his private practice in Athens. To start, Prof. Håvard Haugen from the University of 46 I cosmeticdentistry 1_2015 Regenerative endodontics and composite as an all-rounder European COLTENE Key Opinion Leader Meeting sheds light on the future of dental medicine CDE0115_46-47_Coltene 26.02.15 10:53 Seite 1 CDE0115_46-47_Coltene 26.02.1510:53 Seite 1