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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | May-June 2015 37anniversary CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry significant growth in Middle East in last decade ByDentalTribuneMEA/CAPPmea D UBAI, UAE: Behind great achievements are great people. Over the last 10 years the Centre For Ad- vanced Professional Practices (CAPPmea) International Con- ferences have hosted some of the finest dentists in the dental profession. Dental Tribune MEA managed to catch their opinion on the milestone 10 year anni- versary of CAPPmea prior the 10th CAD/CAM & Digital Den- tistry Int’l Conference on 08-09 May 2015. Dental Tribune MEA/CAPP- mea: Where was CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry 10 years ago? Dr. Julian Caplan,UK: 10 years ago CAD CAM was being heavily used by laboratories but still had limited capabilities chairside. The limitations of the camera and the software reduced the clinical options and the interplay between CAD/CAM technol- ogy in-surgery and CAD/CAM technology in-lab. The software was “3D” but there were still few “players” in the market. There were a number of competitors beginning to enter the arena and this would be a catalyst for established companies to make radical changes to their systems. Prof. Atef Shakar, Egypt: CAD/ CAM & Digital Dentistry was dealt with as if it came from Mars in our region 10 years ago. Many dentists were dealing with this topic as “Not for every dental field”. But with such a special- ized event like CAD/CAM & Dig- ital Dentistry Int’l Conference in Dubai, the awareness of this highly important field of Dentist- ry become more and more know and developed. Dr. Munir Silwadi, Canada: 10 years ago CAD/CAM dentistry was more or less in its infancy stage. Though chairside sys- tems, such as the CEREC chair- side system from Sirona, were well in a reasonably advanced stage, most of the dental labo- ratories oriented systems were just learning to crawl. Very few dental manufacturers ventured into this technology. A side from some high precision milling units, such as the Everest Mill- ing Unit from KaVo, both hard- ware as well as software did not enjoy the required features to warrant predictable and precise restorations. Dr. Mark Morin, USA: CAD/ CAM was available but only provided a limited scope. The number of users was very small. There was only one company that made the machine. It could only do limited types of resto- rations and there were limited materials available to make the restorations. Lutz Ketelaar, Germany: Digital dentistry was driven by closed systems, networking and sharing of capacities not im- plemented, not even at most in people’s mind. The major driver for CAD/CAM were full ceramic restorations, ZrO2 an upcoming material with a lot of hope and trust - not always fulfilling all expectations technicians did - this was mainly driven through a lack of understanding on the lab side though. I remember the Procera days, where a scanner which just could create single restorations was enough to win fans all around the world with a central manufacturing solution using Al2O3, on the other hand a DCS in-house system which was on exhibitions, grinding restorations out of hip-material. The switch came with the ZrO2 green stage material, as it al- lowed to mill economically ce- ramic materials. Even though there was no movement for open systems, the industry made the implemen- tation of CAD/CAM possible, due to support and training of dental technicians. Information Technology was never part of the dental world and the ma- jority of dental technicians did not even believe that soft- and hardware would change their Lutz Ketelaar, Germany, 6th CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Int’l Conference > Page 38 10 Years of Successful “Continuing Dental Education” by CAPPmea ByDentalTribuneMEA/CAPPmea D UBAI, UAE: May 2015 will mark a significant milestone in the history of the Centre for Advanced Pro- fessional Practices (CAPPmea) in Dubai, which has come to cel- ebrate its 10th anniversary. This event is a landmark not only for CAPPmea but also for the entire Dental Society in the Middle East, who have participated in CAPPmea’s Continuing Dental Education programmes. The dentists are those who are at the forefront, driving the industry in the right direction through valuable feedback, experience and increasing demand for high level technology and education. Thanks to the hard work of our colleagues, sponsors, part- ners and supporters for the last 10 years, CAPPmea has built a frontrunner standard commit- ted to the highest echelons of continuing dental education. A big “Thank You” is owed to all participants, followers and part- ners, having helped CAPPmea develop the professional train- ing tools adjusted to the specific needs of the region. CAPPmea has been an Ameri- can Dental Association (ADA) C.E.R.P Recognized Provider for the last 3 years, specializing in CME and CPD dental pro- grammes – conferences, hands- on courses, workshops and self- instruction events. During the past 10 years, CAPPmea facilitat- ed over 350 CME programmes with over 52,000 international participants taking part. With the opening of CAPPmea Asia in 2012, the professional reach of CAPPmea expanded to the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. In 2012 CAPPmea also joined a global family of 96 publishers by becoming the proud license owner of the Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa edition. Over the last 3 years, CAPPmea has delivered yearly six print and digital newspaper publica- tions to over 45,000 dental pro- fessionals in the MEA region, 24 newsletters to more than 45,000 active online subscribers, and through an international web- site the latest industry news and scientific articles are reaching the largest dental community worldwide – an audience of over 800,000 dental readers. A Decade of Education – Pas- sion for Quality and Perfection “It is unimaginable how fast time has passed. It is already 10 yearsthatIstartedCAPPmeaasa center for professional training, quickly growing into the crea- tion of two very important in- ternational conferences, namely CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry and Dental-Facial Cosmetic In- ternational Conferences. Today, even if I would want, it is not possible to stop these events. There is a huge demand for the education and showcasing of the fast developing dental in- dustry.” – Dr. Dobrina Mollova, Managing Director CAPPmea, emotionally commenting on the achievements. The 10th CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry International Confer- ence will be celebrated jointly with CAPPmea’s 10-year an- niversary. The journey in the last decade came along with many challenges related to the incredible pace of growth of in- dustry and new technologies, particularly in digital dentistry. Ten years ago, one could not imagine that such opportuni- ties existed. They are now able to change dentistry and improve dramatically the patient care. All from diagnostics, planning to the treatment in term of preci- sion, time consuming and aes- thetic treatments. What has been accomplished in the past 10 years is truly sig- nificant. CAPPmea would like to express its highest apprecia- tion of the role of our business partners, industry, sponsors and supporters in helping CAPPmea make the success story that it is today. Thanks to all who have worked with CAPPmea, shar- ing the challenges and the pas- sion that come along. Thanks to all dentists, dental technicians, dental hygienists and assistants, who followed us in this decade of fast development of dental in- dustry and technology. We look forward to another decade of be- ing together. For more information please visit www.cappmea.com Dr. Munir Silwadi, Canada, th CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Int’l Conference