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 Two months ago, over 300 people from over 45 countries gathered at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dubai for the 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT. For the past 15 years, the meeting has been an open and inclusive global learning fo- rum, accessible to anyone involved in the practice of endodontic therapy. Featuring 20 distinguished speakers and a comprehensive industry exhibi- tion, the 2016 summit was one of the most important events of last year’s en- dodontics calendar. According to co-chairman Stephen Jones, the audience at the 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT was the most geographically diverse in the history of the event. It saw a large number of people from the Middle East and North Africa, as well as many attendees from Europe and India. Some members even travelled to Dubai from Brazil, Chile, Australia and Para- guay. During the promotion of the event, the organisers encouraged all dental professionals who have an interest in endodontics to attend. This resulted in not only endodontic specialists attend- ing, representing about half of the participants, but also in a considerable number of general dentists, oral sur- geons, prosthodontists and dental stu- dents joining the meeting. On 30 November, participants had the opportunity to attend a number of pre-congress hands-on workshops. Over the next three days, the scientifically and clinically relevant lectures, cover- ing topics such as roots canal treatment planning, complex anatomy, clinical cases, irrigation, efficacy of treatment options and obturation, were all well at- tended. In addition, almost 20 compa- nies showcased their latest products in the field of endodontics at the ROOTS SUMMIT industry exhibition. The meeting originally started as a mailing list of a large group of endo- dontic enthusiasts in the 1990s, and has since 1999 evolved into organised ROOTS SUMMITs around the world. The summit has taken place in Canada, the US, Mexico (in conjunction with the Asociación Mexicana de Endodoncia), Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil and in India last year. Since the establishment of a dedi- cated Facebook group in 2012, the ROOTS SUMMIT has increased its membership from just under 1,000 par- ticipants to its current level of more than 23,000, including many global endodontic opinion leaders. Well over 100 countries are represented in the group. Members of the community en- gage in discussions regarding endo- dontic treatment, the various issues that affect the patient, prognoses, cur- rent literature, new equipment, as well as new procedures and protocols, among others. The online community is also moderated by a volunteering group of endodontists. In addition to this English-speaking, global ROOTS community, the Spanish- speaking global endodontic Facebook forum Endolatinos, which currently has 13,000 members, was established in 2010 from a mailing list of about 2,500 people. In 2013, Endolatinos organized the pre-congress of the Asociación Es- pañola de Endodoncia, the Spanish endodontic society, and about a month ago, the Asociación allowed Endolati- nos to create the scientific program for its annual meeting, which was attended by 1,300 people. The 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT was or- ganised in collaboration with Dental Tribune International. At the closing ceremony, the organisers already dis- closed that the next meeting will be held in 2018 in the German capital of Berlin. The exact dates are still to be announced. 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