Scientific Program Gulfdentex 2018

As of 26th Sep 2018

The key to the success of all conferences is the cutting edge scientific program.

Key Highlights:

Gulfdentex 2018 will witness the finest minds and key opinion leaders to speak on to

the subjects of growing interest and sharing their knowledge to the dental fraternity

across the globe.

The theme of our conference is ““Elevating the Passion and Power of Dentistry”.

Keynote Speakers

Name Designation Location Topic of interest

1 Dr. Sunil Kapila Chief Executive Officer & Chief

Dental Officer, University of California San Francisco

San

Francisco, California

Precision 3D

Orthodontics for the Dentist and Specialist

2 Dr. Arun Sharma Diplomate American Board of Prosthodontics Clinical Professor - UCSF

San Francisco, California

Extract or Restore

3

Dr. Mohammed Amayeri Orthodontist UAE TADs assist Forced Eruption of Upper Labially Impacted Canine

4 Dr. med. dent. Armin Nedjat

Developer, founder, consultant & CEO of Champions Implant GmbH

Frankfurt, Germany

MIM: Minimally Invasive method of Implantation

5 Dr. Mehdi A Ebrahimi Maxillofacial Surgeon, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Hong Kong

China Biomaterials in socket preservation, ridge augmentation, and sinus lifting procedure

6 Mr. Dan Stenkilsson Head ceramist & Quality manager, Middle East Dental Laboratory, Dubai

UAE Optimizing communication: Satisfying both patient and dentist

7 Dr. Viresh Chopra Faculty of Endodontics, Oman Dental College

Oman MAGNIFICATION” Changing the game of endodontics

8 Dr. Sughu Malayil Koshy CME Chair, AKMG Emirates, Faculty in Community Dentistry & Dental Ethics

UAE Ethical dilemmas in contemporary dental practice

9 Dr. Abd Elsalam El Askary Visiting lecturer, University of New York

New York Innovative surgical therapies to treat compromises attraction

sites in the aesthetic zone

10 Dr. Ambrose Chan & Dr. Shigeyuki Nagai

Hon Research Affiliate, Chairman for Asia Pacific of World Federation for Laser Dentistry (WFLD) Board member, Japanese Society for Laser Dentistry, Asia and Pacific Division of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry

Australia Tokyo, Japan

Understanding the clinical utility and

performance of Laser-enhancing dentistry in

daily practice

11

Dr. Lara Sawaya

Consultant Endodontist – at Shiekh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC)

UAE Legal Documentation

12 Dr. Salma Abdo

Head of Dept., Al Ain UAE Regenerative Endodontics- An update

13 Dr. Nouf Al Harbi MDS Endodontics, Boston University

UAE Current Concept in Endodontic Irrigation &

Smear Layer Remov

14 Dr. Mohamed Al Shalabi Specialist Orthodontist – at Ambulatory Health Services (AHS)

UAE Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need-

Why/How

15 Dr. Sumaya Al Rubaei Specialist Pediatric dentist – at Ambulatory Health Services (AHS)

UAE Children with Determination "Special

Dental Needs"

Workshops At Gulfdentex

Dental Hygienist Workshop-

With an aim of improving the skills as well as creating awareness of roles and

responsibilities of Dental Hygienist, Gulfdentex will witness a full day workshop that

willrefine the clinical practice of Dental Hygienist.

Day: 22nd October 2018

Periodontology Workshop-

Workshop on Evidence Based Protocols for Biofilm Management around teeth and implants:

Participants will be trained on the latest technology with EMS Air Flow Master Piezon®

devices on the removal of hard and soft deposits on artificial root surfaces.

Day: 21st October 2018

Time Topic Speaker

14:00 – 17:00 Guided Biofilm Therapy The Game changer in Periodontal and Implant maintenance

Dr. Latfiya Al Harthy

Time Topic Speaker

09:00 - 09:20 Etiology, progression & treatment of periodontal disease

09:20 - 09:45 Concepts of primary and secondary wound healing and its correlation to non-surgical

periodontal treatment

09:45 -10:00 Inflammation, Oral Hygiene and its correlation to treatment outcomes

10:00 - 10:30 Treatment plan to treat chronic periodontal disease in primary and secondary sittings

10:30 - 11:00 Various treatment modality and choosing the best pathway to suit the patient and the clinician

11:00 - 11:30 Peri implant disease and its management

11:30 - 12:00 Understanding hand instruments in detail

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

Mr. Deepak Simkhada MSc, Advanced Periodontal Practice,

University of Essex, England

14:00 - 17:00 Hands on practical session on use of various hand instruments to treat periodontal disease

(limited to 20 per group, to run 2 groups)

Police Workshop-

Day: 20st October 2018

Time Topic Speaker

10:30 – 11:30 Dental Age Estimation Capt. Dr. Salem Al Dhuhori

Hands on Courses:

Indian Dental Association Basic Laser Certification Course: we have chalked out a one and a

half day hands-on certification course for laser dentistry consisting of lectures from an

international panel of speakers, covering the science of laser therapy & the applications of

lasers in dental practices. Hands-on demo would be available for hard & soft tissues on

sheep or goat jaw. There would be an open discussion, MCQ Test, followed by an award

ceremony for the certificate to all the participants. The basic outline of the program is as

follows:

Day 1: 20th October 2018

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

09.00 – 9.30 Basic concepts in Laser Dentistry Dr Ambrose Chan (Australia)

9.30 – 10.30 Laser-tissue interactions Dr Ambrose Chan (Australia)

10 30 – 11.00 Morning Tea

11.00 – 12.00 Low Intensity Laser Therapy (Photobiomodulation) Selective Intensity

Laser Therapy in Dentistry

Dr Ambrose Chan (Australia)

12.00 – 13.00 Laser safety and safeguard Dr Kathy Kalhori (Iran)

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.00 High Intensity Laser Therapy on dental soft tissue

Dr Shigeyuki Nagai (Japan)

15.00 –15.30 Afternoon Tea

15.30 – 16.30 High Intensity Laser Therapy on dental hard tissue

Dr Kathy Kalhori (Iran)

16.30 – 17.00 Q and A

Day 2 -

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER

08.00 – 08.30 Laser safety protocol

Dr Ambrose Chan (Australia)

08.30 – 09.00 Trade presentations Company representatives

09.00 – 11.45 Demonstrations/ hands-on: 1. Photobiomodulation

2. Dental soft tissue applications 3. Dental hard tissue applications

3 stations: changes every 50 mins

10.00 – 10.15 Morning Tea

11.45 – 12.00 Closing speech

Inman Aligner Hands-on Course:

Participants will understand case selection and implantation for the Inman Aligner orthodontic appliance along with the concept of progressive smile to provide minimally invasive cosmetic dentistry. At the end of the day delegates will be listed as an Inman Aligner Certified User.

The Trainer Dr Gun Norell completed her Dental Degree at Royal Karolinska Institute in Sweden 1986. Since then she has been running a private dental clinic in Stockholm for 18 years before moving to UAE 2007 where she is currently practising at Snö Dental Clinic. Her main focus has always been on minimal invasive multidisciplinary treatments. Since 2014 she is a certified Inman Aligner trainer and has completed over 300 cases, often combined with bleaching, direct or indirect bonding for the best results.Today her focus lies on progressive smile design where the patient leads the way during treatment. Dr Gun is a member of AACD.

Time Topic

9:00 – 10:15 Introduction and philosophy, history of spring aligners, problems of previous design

10:15 – 10:30 Discussion

10:30 – 10:45 Cofee Break

10:45 – 12:00 Case Selection, Arch Evaluation, space calculation, interproximal reduction, expansion and retention

12:00 – 13:00 Case Presentation

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30 Hands on:

Case selection , arch evaluation, laboratory prescription and fitting an aligner

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:30 Hands on:

Interproximal reduction, adjusting an aligner and retention

17:30-18:00 Discussion

Basic Oral Surgery Training Hands-on Course:

To learn the didactic and clinical principles of dentoalveolar surgeries including: local anesthesia

impacted wisdom teeth extractions, suturing and dentoalveolar fractures. Didactic lectures 1-Local

anesthesia (types, mechanism of action, techniques) 2-Principles of suturing 3-Surgical extraction of

impacted wisdom teeth (classifications, flaps, techniques 4-common infections: Incision and

Drainage Hand on workshop 5 - Dentoalveolar fractures close reduction technique: arch bars fixation

Time Topic

8:00 – 11:00 local anaesthesia types , mechanism of action -simple and advance techniques - coffee break - Local anesthesia complications

11:00-12:00 surgical extraction of impacted wisdom teeth ( classifications , flaps , techniques)

12:00-13:00 lunch BREAK

13:00-14:30 principles of suturing, types and techniques - odntogenic infections

14:30-15:30 Hand on workshop: suturing techniques & Dentoalveolar fractures close reduction technique: arch bars fixation

Dr.Emtenan Al Majid

Consultant , Maxillofacial Surgeon Head of Scientific Committee OMFS Saudi Society, AOCMF Board faculty & Saudi Commission Exam Board, Former Head of OMFS department in PSMMC

Scientific Activities:

The scientific activity also continues by means of poster, paper and table clinic

presentations.

The students will present their e-posters uploaded through the online web portal. The paper

presentations/ free communication will also follow similar pattern but it will be in a power

point format as against posters that will be a single slide JPEG. The duration for each

presentation will be 8 min of presentation and 2 min Question & Answer session by the

Judge. The 3 best papers and posters will be awarded during the closing ceremony of the

conference.

The guidelines for abstract shall be as follows:

1. Abstract shall not be longer than 250 words.

2. Abstract title must be less than 10 words and express the researches essence

3. No tables, charts or graphics shall be included in the abstracts.

4. Abstract body shall not include any indication of the personal details of authors.

5. Avoid reference to institution names, locations, or funding sources in the abstract.

6. Only the author is allowed to present his/her abstract at the conference.

7. Maximum of three co-authors are allowed per abstract.

8. The authors have to be a member of IDA to be eligible to present the article.

9. Certificate of participation will be presented to the Co-authors

10. Only One submission per author is permitted for the competition.

11. Do not submit on-going studies, or abstract with incomplete result or conclusion.

12. Abstracts will be rejected if the above rules are not met.

13. Abstracts shouldn’t be prepared like a presentation type which has been already

submitted.

14. The abstract should not been submitted and accepted at another national or

international scientific meeting.

Guidelines of E-Poster:-

1. The file should be in PNG, JPEG format (preferably).

2. The file should be more than 7 MB and less than 15 MB in size (If submitting two

images the combine size of two images should be less than 15 MB).

3. The file should be in landscape format (preferably).

4. The author’s can include their name, institution name, guide name and co-author’s

name.

Guidelines for paper presentation:

1. The file should be in PPT format.

2. The file should be submitted atleast 2 hours prior to presentation in the preview

room

3. The author’s can include their name, institution name, guide name and co-author’s

name.

Categories: Group1- Undergraduate dental students (including interns) Group2- Post- graduate dental students and Dental Professionals Topics: General Posters:

1. General Dentistry and Oral Health 2. Preventive Dentistry 3. Dental Treatment & Restorative Dentistry 4. Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine

In focus posters: 1. Tobacco Intervention

2. Oral Cancer

3. Child Care Management

4. Defence

5. Forensic Odontology

6. Clinical Research

Abstract Format:

The abstract should be formulated under the following headings:

Aim or purpose

Materials and methods

Results

Conclusion

Case study can be submitted under the following heading:

Introduction

Case Report