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laser - international magazine of laser dentistry No. 2, 2017

events | laser 2 2017 39 Dr Strakas, as the Chairman of WFLD-ED, can you please tell us your goals for the upcoming 6th European Laser Congress? First of all, I want to thank OEMUS MEDIA AG and laser: international magazine of laser dentistry for their invaluable help. Coming to your question. I am honoured to host the 6th WFLD-ED Congress in my country and the city of Thessaloniki. My bonds with this beautiful city go very deep since I have lived here during my undergraduate studies, but also now as we have established the first laser clinic in Greece at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This year we reach the ten-year anniversary af- ter the first WFLD-ED Congress in Nice, France. The goals of these congresses are always the same: to gather and disseminate the current knowledge in laser dentistry and provide the highest possible scientific quality presenta- tions. From my side, I would like to achieve after many years to have a great “laser party” both in terms of science and social events. This will strengthen the bonds between laser users worldwide and also the dynamics of our European Division, which always plays an important role in WFLD. This is already happening: the registrations that we have received so far are from a big variety of countries, not only Greece and Europe, but globally with countries such as Egypt, Iran, Israel, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey and even Canada. Finally, I am more than grateful to our sponsors. It is a very rare occasion that a European Laser Con- gress will have such a large number of laser com- panies in the exhibition area, whilst all of them are leaders in the field of dental laser system devices. What was the inspiration for the congress motto “Bringing Laser to Sunlight”? We all know that lasers have a direct association to electromagnetic radiation and light. It is also widely known that our country is renowned for its amount of sunshine and quality of light, both in Europe and worldwide. So the motto was brought up spontaneously by association. We want to bring together the photons of the coherent, monochromatic laser light with those of the Greek sunlight. In the same manner, our congress logo combined the famous artwork “Umbrellas” by the great sculptor Giorgios Zoggolopoulos in the awarded new promenade of Thessaloniki with the colours representing the different wave- lengths of the visible spectrum. What are the subjects of the congress and how can this be helpful for the laser user in his everyday practice? Our esteemed invited speakers are internation- ally renowned for their work and research in the field of laser dentistry. The subjects of the scien- tific programme will cover the whole spectrum of the wavelengths that are currently used in den- tistry. That means that the participant will not only discover the basic principles, but moreover all indications of laser applications including peri- odontology, endodontics, operative dentistry, oral surgery, paediatric dentistry, photodynamic therapy, prosthetics and implantology. With an abundance of oral and poster presen- tations we will cover the needs of colleagues that are currently entering the fascinating world of laser dentistry as well as the needs of advanced laser users who want to follow up on new techno- logical improvements and recent studies in this field.

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