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Almost a decade in preparation, the International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) is set to return to the UK on 27 September. Dental Tribune re- cently visited IOC chairman and President of the British Orthodontic Society(BOS)DrJonathanSandlerat Chesterfield Royal Hospital to talk about the London event and what it will bring to orthodontics in the UK. DentalTribune:The IOC is held every five years only.What are the advan- tages compared with annual events like the BOS’s own conference? Dr Jonathan Sandler: I think hav- ing it every five years is good to builduptheexcitementandantici- pation for the conference. We were awardedthecontractbackin2006, so for me it has been a nine-year project really. I have assembled an amazing team of individuals, peo- pleIhaveruntheBritishOrthodon- ticConferencewithformanyyears, and I am very grateful to the whole team. It is like the Olympics of or- thodontics. The latest figures indicate that over 5,000participantshavealreadyreg- isteredfortheIOC.Doesthisnumber hold up to your expectations? Thebarforushasalwaysbeenthe 2005IOCinParis.Thatcongresshad about 8,000 delegates, so I hope we can get close to 10,000. As far as I understand, eight weeks before the conference in Paris, only 800 people had registered, so what we hope is that in the next few weeks delegates will keep flooding in. We are in very good shape at the moment. The edition in Sydney had about 4,000 delegates, so we have already beaten the last IOC in 2010. Thus, we are quite confident that we can significantly increase our numbers. How many participants do you ex- pect to come from the UK? There about 1,800 orthodontists in the country at the moment and I am certain the vast majority of them have signed up for the con- ference or will do so soon. While Europeremainsourlargestmarket, the Far East and Australasia also have a good share. Orthodonticsusedtobecentredpri- marilyinNorthAmericaandEurope. Considering the huge interest from dental professionals outside of Eu- rope,doyouseethespecialtyhaving gained importance in the rest of the world? Definitely, everybody wants to go into the specialty. Until re- cently, for every orthodontic post in the UK there were ten appli- cants, so it is incredibly popular. It is also a wonderful lifestyle. Patients visiting an orthodontist as opposed to a general dentist are actually relieved or pleased if the orthodontist says he or she can do something for them, whereas everyone going to the general dentist hopes that noth- ing needs to be done at all. We are changing people’s lives on a daily basis, which is fantastically re- warding. New short-term techniques have openedupthefieldforgeneralden- tists.What is your opinion on these developments? I think one of the major con- cerns to all traditional orthodon- tists is the threat posed by short- term orthodontics. A lot of it is beingdonebypeoplewhoperhaps do not understand the signifi- cance of the treatment they are prescribing or do not necessarily have an Option B that might be more comprehensive. Of course, there are situations in which a short six-month course may be appropriate and in such a case, I would be the first one to pre- scribe that treatment. However, I have to say that about 95 per cent of the orthodontics I perform takes up to two years, because that is the usual duration of a proper course of orthodontics. There is certainly a great deal of concern about the plethora of short-term orthodontics courses that are being offered. There may be cases that are appropriate for a simpler line of treatment or a short-course fixed appliance treatment; however, it requires specialist knowledge to be able to assess the cases in which it would be in the patient’s best in- terest. Do you consider this a negative development then? Overall, I would consider this a negative development. There are a number of benefits from short- term orthodontics, but I am not sure that they are always moving in the direction of the patient. Commercial interests seem to af- fect the treatment plan increas- ingly and this is often to the detri- ment of the high-quality patient care that would otherwise have been prescribed. Short-term orthodontics will defi- nitelysparkdebateinLondon.What other topicswillbediscussedat the event? The main congress will be held over three days. We will have 48 of probably the best orthodontic speakers in the world. In addi- tion, short presentations will run alongside the keynote speeches. All in all, there will be up to 100 speakers at the conference, whichwillcoverallthecontempo- rary techniques, as well as some current research in orthodontics, so it is going to be an exciting programme. One of the subjects that many will definitely find of interest is temporary anchorage devices, which will be covered in great de- tail. We have three of the world’s leading speakers on that subject, all of whom are from Germany or have German roots. Aligner therapy is also very current and increasing in popularity, partic- ularly the Invisalign technique. DrTimothyWheelerfromtheUni- versityofFloridaisaworldexpert, andhewillgiveusaveryfrankand comprehensive interpretation of how he feels it fits into modern orthodontic practice. Will the congress also look at the acceleration of tooth movement? There will be scientific material presented about the AcceleDent technique that will allow atten- dees to draw their own conclu- sions. It is certainly an area in “Thiswillcertainlybeoneofthefinest orthodonticconferencesthat theUKandEuropehaveeverseen.” “TheOlympicsoforthodontics” AninterviewwithInternationalOrthodonticCongresschairmanDrJonathanSandler,Chesterfield Ortho Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 1/2015 02 ORTHO NEWS Dr Jonathan Sandler IMPRINT PUBLISHER: Torsten OEMUS GROUPEDITOR/MANAGINGEDITORDTAP&UK: Daniel ZIMMERMANN newsroom@dental-tribune.com CLINICALEDITOR: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ ONLINEEDITOR: Claudia DUSCHEK ASSISTANTEDITORS: Anne FAULMANN, Kristin HÜBNER COPYEDITORS: Sabrina RAAFF, Hans MOTSCHMANN PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten OEMUS CFO/COO: Dan WUNDERLICH MEDIASALESMANAGERS: Matthias DIESSNER Peter WITTECZEK Maria KAISER Melissa BROWN Weridiana MAGESWKI Hélène CARPENTIER Antje KAHNT MARKETING&SALESSERVICES: Nicole ANDRAE ACCOUNTING: Karen HAMATSCHEK BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT: Claudia SALWICZEK EXECUTIVEPRODUCER: Gernot MEYER ADPRODUCTION: Marius MEZGER DESIGNER: Franziska DACHSEL INTERNATIONALEDITORIALBOARD: Dr Nasser Barghi, Ceramics, USA Dr Karl Behr, Endodontics, Germany Dr George Freedman, Esthetics, Canada Dr Howard Glazer, Cariology, USA Prof.DrI.Krejci,ConservativeDentistry,Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany PublishedbyDTI. 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