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2 DENTAL TRIBUNE Pakistan Edition January 2016 Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin NATIONAL NEWS Publisher/CEO Syed Hashim A. Hasan hashim@dental-tribune.com.pk Editor Clinical Research: Dr. Inayatullah Padhiar Editors Research & Public Health Prof. Dr. Ayyaz Ali Khan Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin Designing & Layouting Sh. M. Sadiq Ali Dental Tribune Pakistan 3rd floor, Mahmood Centre, BC-11, Block-9 Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. Tel.: +92 21 35378440-2 | Fax: +92 21 35836940 www.dental-tribune.com.pk info@dental-tribune.com.pk Dental Tribune Pakistan cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not assume responsibility for product names or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect of Dental Tribune Pakistan. 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The organizers did a tremendous job by bringing in 13 international speakers from six countries as speakers. Renowned orthodontists from Pakistan also presented their state of the art lectures and conduct workshops. The conference formally started with the recitation from the Holy Quran. The guests of honour of the event were Dr Farhat Abbas, dean Aga Khan University with conference patron renowned orthodontist Dr Arif Alvi, Member National Assembly who is also the founder president Pakistan Orthodontics Association. Dr Farhat welcomed the delegates and emphasized the need for such academic events for the exchange of knowledge. He told the delegates to visit Northern part of Pakistan for its beauty and also roam around in Karachi which is a much safer city now. The patron of the conference Dr Arif Alvi appreciated the efforts of the organizers and stated that PAO has organized itself well with flawless working and specially mentioned holding of timely elections without fail. Talking about Orthodontics, he said it is more challenging and focus is always to revent relapse. Drawing comparison with prostho, he said that even though Ortho is his passion but he feels that prostho is more precise. He hoped that the dentists of the future will have the relapse issue on top of their minds. He lauded the efforts of the organizers and urged the need for continuous flow of knowledge using modern technologies like video conferencing and also self-learning, he added. Earlier the conference Chairman Dr Mubassar Fida in his opening address welcomed the participants and shared the aims and objectives of the conference. He highlighted the presence of 13 international speakers and thanked them for attending the event. Dr Mubassar thanked his team and sponsors of the event specially GSK, HenrySchein, CDS, 3M, Pfizer, ClearPath, Shield and others. He also appreciated the efforts of Dental News the media partners of the conference. The participants of the conference appreciated the efforts of the organizing committee comprising Dr Mubbasar, Dr Attiya, Dr Syed Shah Faisal and Dr Abdullah Kamran who worked against time to make it happen. The highlight of the conference included its extensive workshops covering topics which were of great interest for the practitioners as well as academicians. The sessions and the workshops were carefully planned resulting in overwhelming response as well as packed audience, which is a rarity. The conference chairman Dr Mubbasar Fida, Co- chairperson Dr Attiya vice chairman Dr Syed Shah Faisal, and Dr Abdullah conference secretary worked tirelessly in making this event a huge success. There is an extensive scientific programme in addition to more than state-of- the-art workshops. Continued on page 10 K Quest for Excellence 4TH INTERNATIONAL PAO CONFERENCE Patron Dr. Ambreen Afzal Patron Dr. Waheed-ul-Hameed Chief Patron Dr. Arif Alvil DT Pakistan Report Tel.: +922135378440-2 | Fax: +922135836940 Tel.:+441611121830 Tel.: +4934148474302 | Fax: +4934148474173 Tel.: +85231136177 | Fax: +85231136199 Tel.: +12122447181| Fax: +12122447185