Scientific Programme

The 23rd IAPD Congress Athens 2011 main theme is the "Interdisciplinary Approach to Paediatric Dentistry".

The evidence of the interrelation between the oral and the general health has resulted to the inclusion of paediatric dentistry among the specialties responsible for the effective total health care of the child, adolescent and the patient with special needs. In the context of the main theme of the Congress, professionals from different disciplines of dentistry and other health related disciplines will be able to show the importance of working together for the benefit of the child's health.

The program includes:

  • 1 Plenary Symposium (120 min)
  • 3 Plenary Lectures (30 min each)
  • 5 Symposia (90 min each)
  • 1 Debate (90 min)
  • 5 Lectures (30 min each)
  • Oral Sessions
  • Poster Sessions
  • 2 Pre-Congress Workshops
  • 2 Pre-Congress Seminars

The detailed scientific program follows

Plenary Symposium
Interdisciplinary care of the child before and after birth
Chairs: 
Prof. Mark Hector (UK), Prof. Goran Koch (SWE)
Speakers:
Prof. Kypros Nikolaides (UK)
Assoc. Prof. Phivos Madianos (GR) 
Prof.  George Chroussos (GR)
Prof. Tim Wright (USA)

Plenary Lectures
Chairs:     Dr. Nick Lygidakis (GR), Prof. Martin Curzon (UK)

Craniofacial biotechnology research. What it can tell us:
Genetic perspectives in Paediatric Dentistry
Speaker: Prof. Irma Thesslef (FIN)

Stem cells-based therapeutics in Pediatric Dentistry
Speaker: Assist. Prof. Petros Papagerakis (USA)    

From pulp protection and healing to pulp-dentine regeneration
Speaker: Prof. Demitrios Tziafas (GR)    

Symposia
Recent advances in the oral care of children with special needs
Coordinators:
Prof. June Nunn (UK), Dr. Dimitris Emmanouil (GR)
Speakers:
Dr  Rita Cauwels (BE)
Prof. Jack Toumba (UK)
Dr Clive Schneider-Friedman (CAN)
Prof Nicky Kilpatrick  (UK)
 
Preventive programs in public and private clinics
Coordinators:
Prof. Magne Raadal (NOR), Dr. Sotiria Gizani (GR)
Speakers:  
Prof. Svante Twetman (DEN)
Prof. Francisco Ramos-Gomez (USA)
Dr. Ned Savide (USA)
Dr. Ernest Cholakis (CAN)

Oligodontia and ectodermal dysplasia in children and adolescents:
Diagnosis, rehabilitation, indications for implants
Coordinators:
Prof. Birgitta Bergendal (SWE), Prof. Asterios Doukoudakis (GR) 
Speakers: 
Prof. Birgitta Bergendal (SWE)

Prof. Tim Wright (USA)
Assoc. Prof. Johanna Norderyd (SWE)
 
Recent advances in techniques and dental materials
Coordinators:
Prof. Anna Fuks (ISR), Assist. Prof. Ekaterini Kavvadia (GR)
Speakers: 
Prof. Kevin Donly (USA)
Prof. George Eliades (GR)
Prof. Reinhard Hickel  (GER)

An up-to-date review on the management of the dental fear
Coordinators:
Prof. Milton Houpt (USA),  Prof. W.E. van Amerongen (NED)
Speakers:
Prof. Eric Skaret (NOR)
Dr. Eduardo Alcaino (AUS)
Assoc. Prof Marcel Boenecker (BRZ)

Debate
Controversies in the treatment of dental trauma
Chairs:
Dr. Jamie Lucas (AUS), Dr. George Vadiakas (GR)
Speakers:
Prof. Jens O. Andreasen (DEN) 
Prof. Monty Duggal (UK)

Lectures

Evidence based Class II treatment with headgear and functional appliance
Speaker:
Prof. Stella Efstratiadis (GR)      

Early diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease
Speaker:
Assoc. Prof. Dorte Haubek (DEN)

Aesthetic Stainless Steel Restorations
Speaker: 
Prof Anna Fuks

Athens 2011 Special Olympics Special Smiles
Speaker:
Assoc. Prof. Steven Pearlman (USA)

Educational programs of IAPD
Speaker:
Prof. Gerald Wright 

Pre-Congress Workshops
Management of children with developmental behavior disturbances
(Up to 100 participants)
Coordinator:
Prof. June Nunn (UK)
Speakers:
Assoc. Prof. Gunilla Klinberg (SWE)
Don and Jen Irwin-Morrow (CAN)
Prof. Marie-Therese Hosey  (UK)
Participation fee: 80 € per person

Postgraduate students workshop: Oral medicine, oral pathology
(Up to 80 participants)
Coordinators:
Assoc. Prof. Angus Cameron (AUS), Dr. Mike Harisson (UK), Prof. Alexandra Sklavounou (GR)
Sponsored by the Athens University School of Dentistry
Free entrance. Priority rule will apply.                              
  
Pre-Congress Seminars
Hands-on Seminar on basic Paediatric Dentistry clinical procedures
(up to 36 attendants)
Coordinators:
Prof. Richard Widmer (AUS), Dr. Sotiria Gizani (GR)
Sponsored by the Australian & New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD)
Free entrance. Priority rule will apply.              

Hands-on Seminar on the use of MTA in primary and permanent teeth
(up to 30 attendants)
Coordinators:
Assoc.  Prof Evangelos Kontakiotis, Assist. Prof. Constantinos Niamonitos (GR)
Sponsored by the Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research
Free entrance. Priority rule will apply.