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INVITATION

We are very much looking forward to welcoming delegates from all over the world to the historic city of Poznań, Poland, for the 2016 FDI Annual World Dental Congress (AWDC) in September 2016.

This year’s international scientific programme is particularly rich and varied, featuring 57 distinguished speakers from 26 countries, including 8 from Poland. The national programme features 22 Polish experts, with lectures simultaneously translated into English. Three ‘Hot Topic’ sessions have also been programmed: Periodontics; Implantology and The Overuse of Antibiotics.

Now in its 104th year, the AWDC is one of the world’s oldest international events, created by one of the world’s oldest medical-sector organizations, and a must attend in the dental calendar. Characterized as ‘intentionally international”, it has acquired a reputation as a meeting point for exchanging of ideas and transferring knowledge, regularly bringing together renowned speakers from over 30 countries. It also hosts the World Oral Health Forum to debate the burning issues of oral health policy and practice.

While you are in the conference centre, we recommend visiting the dental exhibition – a dazzling display of the latest oral health products and technologies spread over some 5000 sq metres, comprising 9 national pavilions and over 250 individual booths. The World Dental Exhibition has been an integral part of the FDI Annual World Dental Congress ever since 1929, when an Oral Health Exhibition first took place in association with the 23rd FDI Annual Session in Utrecht (Netherlands).

Dental exhibitions play an essential role for dentists and other oral health practitioners. Where else than at a dental exhibition can you find and examine the latest in technology and products to recommend to your patients?

The Poznań Congress Center is a modern conference, exhibition, sporting and entertainment centre. Every year it organizes 2000 congresses, conferences and special events, attended by around half a million participants from around the globe.

Poznań is a pleasant and dynamic city of some 650,000 inhabitants, plus 120,000 university students in term time. It is situated half-way between Berlin and Warsaw, with easy access by air, rail and road and has numerous tourist attractions. It offers unique facilities: a centrally situated Congress Center, an extremely well-developed city-wide transport system, a large range of excellent accommodation within the vicinity of the Congress Center and strong support from the city authorities.

We hope that you will enjoy your stay in Poznań and that you will also have the opportunity to visit other parts of Poland and experience the hospitality of the Polish people, a country of striking panoramas, fascinating cultural sites and museums and charming towns and villages.

We look forward to seeing you in Poznań, from 7 to 10 September 2016.

Patrick HescotPresident of the FDI World Dental Federation

Bartłomiej W. Loster President of Polish Dental Society

Maciej HamankiewiczPresident of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians and Dentists

FDI 2016 POZNAN: an exceptional congress and dazzling exhibition in a lively, historic city – a trip to enjoy and remember.

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PROVISIONNAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

FDI POZNAN 2016

Organized by Polish Dental Society in cooperation with FDI World Dental Federation www.fdiworldental.org

Local Organizing CommitteeProf. Bartłomiej W. Loster (President of the Polish Dental Society and the Congress Organizing Committee)Prof. Honorata Shaw (Congress General Coordinator)Prof. dr. hab. med. Elżbieta Mierzwińska - Nastalska Prof. dr. hab. med. Marcin Kozakiewicz Dr hab. n. med. Tomasz KaczmarzykLek. dent. Anna LellaLek. dent. Maciej MichalakLek. dent. Sadri Rayad

Scientific CommitteeProf. dr. hab. med. Marzena Dominiak (President)Dr n. med. Wojciech BednarzProf. dr. hab. med. Tomasz KonopkaDr. hab. n. med. Halina Borgiel-MarekProf. dr. hab. med. Jolanta Kostrzewa-JanickaDr n. med. Andrzej BożykProf. dr. hab. med. Mariusz LipskiProf. dr. hab. med. Beata CzarneckaProf. dr. hab. med. Marek ZiętekProf. dr. hab. med. Tomasz GedrangeDr n. med. Maciej ŻarowDr hab. n. med., prof. ndzw. Hanna Gerber

FDI World Dental FederationPresident: Dr Patrick HescotPresident elect: Dr Kathryn KellTreasurer: Dr Jack CottrellEducation Committee Chair: Dr Sally HewettExecutive Director: Mr Enzo Bondioni

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME Presentations in English (simultaneous translation into Polish)

Topic Speaker Country

Adhesive dentistryLorenzo Breschi ItalyRoland Frankenberger Germany

Aesthetic dentistryReinhard Hickel GermanyRicardo Mitrani Mexico

AnaesthesiaMonika Daubländer GermanyKrzysztof Gonczowski Poland

CAD-CAM Julian Conejo Costa Rica

Cariology / MIDMouna Hamza MoroccoEdward Lo Hong Kong SAR ChinaHendrik Meyer-Lückel Germany

Dental ethics Dominik Gross Germany

Dental imagingKaan Orhan TurkeyIngrid Rozylo-Kalinowska Poland

Dental materialsJohn Nicholson United KingdomJolanta Saczko Poland

Dental research Roger Linden United KingdomDental trauma Brett Dorney Australia

EndodonticsJean-Yves Cochet FranceGilberto Debelian Norway

GerodontologyMartin Schimmel SwitzerlandMaciej Jagielak PolandOther speakers to be confirmed

ImplantologyKorkud Demirel TurkeyMarzena Dominiak PolandLiran Levin Canada

Infection control Laurence Walsh Australia

Laser dentistryAldo Brugnera BrazilRobert Convissar United States of America

Oral health / General health (Diabetes)

Soren Jepsen GermanySehnaz Karadeniz TurkeyIra Lamster United States of AmericaAndrzej Milewicz Poland

Oral medicine / pain / pathology

Jean-Christophe Fricain FranceGeorg B. Meyer GermanyMalgorzata Radwan-Oczko PolandKhaldoun Rifai Lebanon

Oral surgeryHadar Better IsraelBernd Stadlinger Switzerland

Orthodontics

Zakaria Bentahar MoroccoTomasz Gedrange GermanyYoung-Guk Park South KoreaStephen Williams Austria

Pediatric dentistryAri Kupietzky IsraelDorota Olczak-Kowalczyk Poland

PeriodonticsMagda Feres BrazilAlpdogan Kantarci United States of AmericaMaurizio Tonetti Italy

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME Presentations in English (simultaneous translation into Polish)

Topic Speaker CountryPractice management Alexander Tolmeijer Netherlands

Preventive and community dentistryGil Alcoforado PortugalDenis Bourgeois FranceRolf Kufus Switzerland

ProsthodonticsJulian Conejo Costa RicaGeorges Tehini Lebanon

Public Health

Ece Eden TurkeyFadil Elamin SudanJo Frencken NetherlandsLone Schou DenmarkRita Villena Peru

Sleep disorders Su Jung Kim South KoreaSustainability in dentistry Speakers to be confirmedTMD/TMJ Georg B. Meyer Germany

SESSION TYPESLectures

See topics on pages 3 and 4Meet the Expert Sessions

Year-in-Review Clinical approaches in the latest Dental Material Bridging research and practice

Hot Topic sessions Periodontics; Implantology and The Overuse of AntibioticsHands-on workshop See www.fdi2016poznan.orgFDI Committee/Section Sessions Dental practice – Public health – Science

Industry Lunch Symposiaand others to be confirmed

World Oral Health Forum To be confirmedPosters and Free communications

POLISH PROGRAMME Presentations in Polish (simultaneous translation into English)

Topic SpeakerAesthetic and digital dentistry Monika Lukomska-Szymanska

Endodontics and radiologyIngrid Rozylo-KalinowskaBartosz CerkaskiMaciej Zarow

Implantology and bone regeneration

Mariusz DudaPiotr MajewskiMonika PuzioAndrzej Wojtowicz

Laser DentistryKinga Grzech-LesniakJacek Matys

Maxillofacial surgeryHanna GerberMarcin KozakiewiczGrazyna Wyszynska-Pawelec

Oral pathology and periodonticsWojciech BednarzPawel PlakwiczJacek Zurek

Orofacial medicine Iwona Niedzielska

Orofacial pain and Sleep disordersJolanta Kostrzewa-JanickaMieszko Wieckiewicz

OrthodonticsEwa Monika CzochrowskaJolanta Kostrzewa-JanickaLiwia Minch

Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry Katarzyna Emerich

German day: A number of sessions will be given in German on Saturday, 10 September (See www.fdi2016poznan.org)

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Registration

Early Bird Fee (in Euros)Until 31st May 2016

Standard Fee (in Euros)Until 31st July 2016 Onsite Fee (in Euros)

International Dentist Delegate 420 480 550

Regional and Developing countries See www.fdi2016poznan.orgNational

Meet the experts - 50 EurosHands on courses - see www.fdi2016poznan.org

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

Early Bird: 31st May 2016Pre-registration: 31st July 2016

1. You can register online until 31st July 2016. After this date registration is onsite only at Poznan International Fair

2. The following countries are regional: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

3. Special rates apply to other categories, e.g. hygienists, dental technicians, therapists, students, etc. see www.fdi2016poznan.org

4. Special rates for UN Supported Nations

For registration assistance contactFDI 2016 AWDC Organizing OfficeExactus sp.j. Poland90-418 Łódź, al. Kościuszki 17

ph.: (+48) 42 632 28 66fax: (+48) 42 632 28 59

Website: www.fdi2016poznan.orgE-mail: [email protected]

Abstracts Submission deadlinesSubmission deadline: 1st April 2016Notification of acceptance: 9th May 2016Registration deadline for authors of accepted abstracts: 10th June 2016

For full details on abstract submission, including rules and conditions, visit the abstract submission page at www.fdi2016poznan.org

FDI World Dental Federation is an ADA CERP Reco-gnized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the Ame-rican Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply ac-ceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts between FDI World Dental Federation and the Polish Dental Society (PTS).Delegates who have registered for the Congress are eligible to receive continuing education points by atten-

ding scientific sessions throughout the congress. Certi-ficates will be available for download after the congress.

Number of points available:Main scientific sessions and Meet the experts: 1 credit per hour of lecture, max 7 per day.

FDI designates this activity for maximum 28 continuing education credits per participant.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.


SPEAKERS AND TOPICS – INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMEPresentations in English (simultaneous translation into Polish)

Gil Alcoforado – PortugalNon-surgical periodontal treatment: Changing of paradigm after 32 years of clinical practice

Monika Daubländer – GermanyUpdate on drugs, techniques and delivery systems

Jean-Christophe Fricain – FranceMalignant lesions of oral mucosa

Zakaria Bentahar – MoroccoHow can we improve efficiency in orthodontics practice?

Gilberto Debelian – NorwayNew advances in mechanical instrumentation to control intra-canal infection

Tomasz Gedrange – GermanyIs low budget therapy of mandibular frontal crowding possible?

Hadar Better – IsraelReducing complications / post operative morbidity of sinus augmentation: a novel minimally invasive approach

Korkud Demirel – TurkeyIs history of periodontitis a risk for peri-implant infection

Krzysztof Gonczowski – PolandThe end of traditional syringes? New delivery systems for safer and more comfortable local anesthetic administration

Denis Bourgeois – FranceThe influence of individually trained oral prophylaxis on oral health

Marzena Dominiak – PolandNew methods of soft tissue augmentation around teeth and implants

Dominik Gross – GermanyRole conflicts in dentistry and their ethical implications

Lorenzo Breschi – ItalyAdhesion to enamel and dentin: form research to clinic

Brett Dorney – AustraliaResponse of dental tissues to trauma

Mouna Hamza – MoroccoEEC prevention: successful initiation of dental health education among mothers of young children in Casablanca, Morocco

Aldo Brugnera – BrazilBiophotonics and the dental sciences. Laser Phototherapy in Dentistry (LPT)

Fadil Elamin – SudanPhase down of Amalgam

Reinhard Hickel – GermanyNew Bulkfill Composites – a viable way or too risky? In vitro data and clinical results

Jean-Yves Cochet – FranceEndodontic lesions treatment: New approach and new technology

Magda Feres – BrazilSystemic antibiotics in the treatment of the periodontal diseases

Maciej Jagielak – PolandReconstructive and orthognathic surgery of dental defects in aging patient

Julian Conejo – Costa Rica– Optimized bonding and material selection

for chairside CAD/CAM dentistry– Minimal invasive full mouth rehabilitation

with chairside CAD/CAM technology

Roland Frankenberger – GermanyWhat is true minimally invasive cariology?

Soren Jepsen – GermanyManagement of patients with diabetes and periodontitis – development of guidelines

Robert Convissar – USAAdvanced laser dentistry

Jo Frencken – NetherlandsGlobal caries status amongst the young; epidemiological findings and main aetiological factors

Ece Eden – TurkeyEarly childhood caries


Su Jung Kim – South KoreaOrthodontic approaches for the treatment of OSA adults

Ricardo Mitrani – MexicoInterdisciplinary communication... The key to success in aesthetic dentistry

Rolf Kufus – SwitzerlandBOP YOUR TEETH and ITOP create healthy teeth and healthy economics

John Nicholson – UKModern materials: Can they meet the world’s oral health needs?

Ari Kupietzky – IsraelEstablishing a dental home: prevention and treatment of early childhood caries in the very young child

Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk – PolandImmunodeficiencies in children, a common problem for paediatric dentists

Ira Lamster – USAThe oral manifestations of diabetes mellitus

Kaan Orhan – TurkeyClues at your fingertips: an overview of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders with imaging techniques

Liran Levin – CanadaTooth or implant: What do you prefer?

Young-Guk Park – South KoreaA novel, simple lingual orthodontic appliance for incisor protrusion

Roger Linden – UKThe physiology of salivary secretion: Stimuli that make your mouth water

Malgorzata Radwan-Oczko – PolandOral lichen planus, known or unknown disorder?

Edward Lo – Hong Kong SAR ChinaMinimally invasive treatment of root surface caries

Khaldoun Rifai – LebanonDental pain: diagnostic implications

Georg B. Meyer – Germany– Headache – an interdisciplinary problem –

aspects of dental risk factors– Functional pretreatment of

temporomandibular disorders (TMD) before final oral rehabilitation

Ingrid Rozylo-Kalinowska – PolandCBCT justification and limitation in general dental practice

Jolanta Saczko – PolandThe biological effect of chemical retraction on primary human fibroblasts from gingiva

Martin Schimmel – SwitzerlandThe significance of endosseous implants in elderly edentulous patients

Lone Schou – DenmarkInequalities in Oral Health – Challenges and possibilities for dental education and dental practice

Bernd Stadlinger – SwitzerlandDigital technologies meet oral surgery

Georges Tehini – LebanonProsthetic considerations in implant dentistry

Alexander Tolmeijer – NetherlandsPractice management, best practices

Maurizio Tonetti – ItalyNovel approaches and opportunities for prevention and treatment of periodontitis in general dental practice

Laurence Walsh – AustraliaChallenges in contemporary infection control

Stephen Williams – AustriaImproving the efficiency of orthodontic tooth with versatile mechanical systems and frictional control

Rita Villena – PeruWays in keeping caries lesions away and managing these atraumatically in the very young. How to empower the family?

Sehnaz Karadeniz – TurkeyOral health and diabetes: Need for a collaboration across the disciplines

Andrzej Milewicz – PolandIs Vitamin D Deficiency associated with Oral Health?

Alpdogan Kantarci – USAActivation and resolution of periodontal inflammation: Novel biologically-based therapeutic strategies

Hendrik Meyer-Lückel – GermanyMID and caries prophylaxis in prevention. Caries infiltration: when and how does it work?


SPEAKERS AND TOPICS – POLISH PROGRAMME Presentations in Polish (simultaneous translation into English)

Bartosz CerkaskiApical third management - #35/.04 rule for effective disinfection

Monika Lukomska-SzymanskaPosterior direct composite restorations - can we guarantee a long-term success?

Ewa Monika CzochrowskaIs there a need for tooth transplantation in contemporary dentistry?

Piotr MajewskiBone defects reconstruction in implant dentistry. Clinical and biological aspects. Modifications in surgical procedures

Mariusz DudaFrom the cases with mistakes to the succesful implantological cases

Jacek MatysThe use of lasers in implantology - today and predictions for the future

Maciej Zarow How to: Gaining an adequate ferrule in compromised teeth – aesthetic and structural problem solving

Katarzyna EmerichIs it possible to prevent Early Childhood Caries? Current views and strategies

Liwia MinchDental implants as orthodontic anchorage - 3-dimensial finite element analysis, solid and mimic model

Hanna GerberKnowledge and awareness of oral cancer – a multicenter survey study conducted in Poland and Germany

Iwona NiedzielskaInnovations in maxillofacial and oral surgery.

Kinga Grzech-Lesniak– Laser therapy for patients

with chronic periodontitis– Dental Surgery with High-Power

Diode Lasers: Didactic with Hands on

Pawel PlakwiczRegeneration of the alveolar bone after autotransplantation of developing teeth - Periodontal assessment of treatment outcomes

Jolanta Kostrzewa-Janicka– Bruxism and obstructive sleep

apnea relationship– Prostho-orthodontic approach

in treatment patients with TMJ internal derangements

Marcin KozakiewiczPatient Specific Reconstructions in Contemporary Maxillofacial Surgery

Mieszko WieckiewiczTemporomandibular Disorders: Myth or Current Clinical Problem?

Wojciech Bednarz Contemporary proceedings in the preventation ana treatment of gingival recession.

Andrzej WojtowiczEffectivnes and succes in implant therapy: standards and the aspects of general health status

Grazyna Wyszynska-PawelecThe long-term experience in the treatment of blow-out (isolated) fracture of the orbit

Jacek ZurekThe use of allogenic hydrated collagen matrix for regeneration of the gum

Monika PuzioInfluence of keratinized gingiva thickness on loss of crestal bone around implants in esthetic zone follow-up 1 year after loading

Ingrid Rozylo-KalinowskaCBCT justification and limitation in general dental practice


Venue Poznan International Fair ltdGłogowska Street 14PL 60-734 Poznań, Poland

Dates 7-10 September 2016

Management FDI 2016 AWDC Organizing Office:Exactus sp.j. Poland,90-418 Łódź, al. Kościuszki 17

ph.: (+48) 42 632 28 66,fax: (+48) 42 632 28 59e-mail: [email protected]

LanguagesThe official language is English.Simultaneous translation will be available from English into Polish and from Polish into English during all Congress sessions.

Visa supporting letterYour visa supporting letter can be downloaded from your registration page on the website. It will be provided after your registration is completed.

Certificates All congress participants will be issued a certificate of attendance. Participants can collect their certificates from the registration desk during the Congress.

Name badgeAll participants are kindly advised to wear their name badges at all times during the Congress. Entrance to scientific sessions will be through a barcode system printed on your name badge.

Registration deskThe congress registration desk will be at the entrance of the congress centre. It will be open from 8.00 to 19.00 (8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.) during the congress dates.

The whole exhibition area is located on the Poznan International Fair grounds in 4 exhibition pavilions:7, 7A, 8 and 8A.

Over 6,000 m2 of exhibition space on the ground floor is being made available to spotlight the very latest cutting-edge developments in dental technology and oral care from local and regional suppliers as well as suppliers from around the world.

Dates 7th - 10th September 2016

Exhibition opening hoursSeptember 7 9:00 – 17:00September 8 9:00 – 18:00September 9 9:00 – 18:00September 10 9:00 – 18:00

Entrance to the exhibition is free for all registered visitors and congress participants.

Free entry pass to the exhibition can be generated online at www.fdi2016poznan.org before the Congress and in the entrance halls (Eastern, Western) during the Congress.

CONGRESS INFORMATION

FDI POZNAN 2016 EXHIBITION


Poznań offers a wide variety of hotels to suit every budget. Every effort has been made to reserve rooms in hotels that are both convenient and well recommended. Most are in Congress Valley, within 10 to 30 minutes walking distance of the Congress Centre.

Other suggested hotels are in the Old City centre with good public transport connections to the Congress Centre.

Rates vary from EUR 55 per room, per night for a single room in a 3* standard class hotel to EUR 242 for a room in a 5* business class hotel. These rates include breakfast and service charge.

Due to limited availability of rooms, we suggest you to book your hotel as early as possible.

The whole process of accommodation is supported by the ‘World Trade Center Poznań’.

For conditions and further details, click on the hotel link on the Congress website www.fdi2016poznan.org

Individual bookings– online after registration at www.fdi2016poznan.org – full payment required to confirm accommodation– all participants will receive confirmation letter

CancellationsFree of charge cancellation until 30.04.2016, after 01.05.2016 reservation is non-refundable.

ACCOMMODATION

Group Bookings please contact

World Trade Center PoznanPhone: +48 61 865 38 69

Fax: + 48 61 866 61 34E-mail: [email protected]


Poznan: alive with the spirit of EuropePoznań is a place where you can feel the energy of modern Europe at every step. The city enjoys traditions stretching back a thousand years and at the same time is regarded as the Polish capital of design – in architecture, communication and fashion. It is a pedestrian-friendly city and the city’s tourist attractions can be visited on foot. It is here that you will find one of the country’s most prestigious shopping centres. Poznań can be reached directly by air (Poznań Airport) or via railway from Warsaw (300 km) or Berlin (270 km).

The secrets of the Old TownThe Old Town Market Square is one of the most colourful you will find anywhere in the world. It is not only a focal point of cultural attractions, but also entices the visitor with the wealth of traditional dishes on offer in nearby restaurants. You must try the city’s St. Martin’s crescent-shaped buns and the specialities of local breweries. It is simply the ideal place to relax after a hard day of lectures and workshops at the FDI Congress.

Best exhibitionsNo other city in Poland can boast a better exhibition complex than Poznań. The Poznań International Fair (MTP) has for many years served as an arena for major gatherings and events organised by numerous branches and industries, including dentistry. Thanks to a total exhibition area exceeding 15,000 m2, any event can be organised effectively in Poznań.

Information on local tourist attractions and facilities can be found atwww.fdi2016poznan.org

Poland: A good choiceThe general view of Poland is that it is a country which, thanks to the creative talent and energy of its people, has been able to protect itself against major economic storms. Its rapidly growing dental market and excellent geographical location are additional assets that have persuaded the FDI World Dental Federation to entrust Poland and more precisely Poznań with the task of hosting the 104th FDI Annual World Dental Congress.

Wherever you will be – you’ll fall in love with itRegardless of all the good things we say of Poznań and its many attractions, some Congress participants should consider exploring more of the country. Whether it be Warsaw with all its many contrasts, enchanting Kraków, the mountain trails in the Tatras, the sandy beaches and pier in Sopot or Masuria - the land of a thousand lakes – it will be a journey you will not regret, all the more so as the beginning of September is one of the most beautiful times in the Polish calendar.

Hospitality Polish styleA trip to Poland and Poznań may prove to be the journey of a lifetime for many of you. The people are welcoming and helpful. Poland is still one of the cheapest countries in Europe and according to the Global Peace Index, one of the safest places in the world. In the English Proficiency Index report on the level of knowledge of English in 63 countries, Poland was ranked sixth.

Information on trips around Poland can be found at www.fdi2016poznan.org

POZNAN, POLAND – TRADITION AND MODERNITY

FDI 2016 AWDC Organizing Office:

Exactus sp.j. Poland,90-418 Łódź, al. Kościuszki 17

ph.: (+48) 42 632 28 66,fax: (+48) 42 632 28 59

[email protected]

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