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       A SIGNIFICANT
News
       SCIENTIFIC EVENT
       The Faculty of Dental Medicine of the “Carol Davila“
       University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest
       organized the First International Congress of this
       institution for the last 28 years on 16-19 March 2017.
       The event was held at the National Military Club
       Palace in Bucharest, which is an iconic building in
       the Romanian Capital City. It was built in 1912 using
       the plans of Dimitrie Maimaroiu, Romanian architect,
       in order to become the venue dedicated to catering
       for the social, cultural and educational needs of the
       Romanian Army.
       The First International Congress organized by The
       Faculty of Dental Medicine of the “Carol Davila“
       University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest was
       meant to help dentists update their theoretical and
       practical knowledge, with its prestigious Romanian
       and foreign guests.
       The topic of the Congress was “Dental medicine:
       a patient-tailored calling” and it focused on
       presentations made by important representatives of
       various areas of dental medicine, while highlighting
       methods and techniques which can be implemented
       in the dentist’s office. Various workshops were also
       organized as part of the Congress, which covered
       various areas of dental medicine such as oral
       implantology, dental digital impressions, rubber dam
       isolation, supra-dental prosthesis on dental implants,
       major emergency situations in a dentist’s office and     Assoc Prof Dr Paula Perlea and Professor Michael L Glick




       Professor Michael L Glick,
       Assoc Prof Dr Paula Perlea,
       Professor Anda Kfir,
       Professor Aaron Palmon and
       Professor Jean-François Roulet




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                                                                                                                     News
malpractice-related issues.                              Anda Kfir, head of the endodontics clinic of the Tel
Dean Assoc Prof Dr Paula Perlea personally invited       Aviv School of Dental Medicine, Professor Stelianos
a number of prestigious foreign dentists, who            Dalampiras from Thessaloniki, Dr Domenico Ricucci,
accepted her invitation: Professor Michael L Glick,      opinion leader in endodontics in Italy, Professor
Dean Emeritus of the School of Dental Medicine of        Itzak Abramovitz, head of the endodontics clinic at
the New York University at Buffalo and JADA editor,      the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as many
Professor Jean-François Roulet from the University of    others.
Florida and former editor of the Journal of Adhesive     Following a proposal made by Dean Assoc Prof Dr
Dentistry, and Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry, and   Paula Perlea, and the unanimous vote given by the
editor of the Prophylaxe Impuls, Dean Emeritus of the    Senate of the “Carol Davila“ University of Medicine
Berlin School of Dental Medicine, Professor Aaron        and Pharmacy in Bucharest, on Friday, March, 17,
Palmon, Dean of the School of Dental Medicine of         2017, Ioanel Sinescu, Rector of the University and
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Adi A      Member of the Romanian Academy, awarded the
Garfunkel, Dean Emeritus of the Hebrew University        title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the “Carol Davila”
of Jerusalem, Professor Gottfried Schmalz from the       University to Professor Michael L Glick and Professor
University of Regensburg, member of the German           Jean-François Roulet for all their activity and merits
National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina, Professor     dedicated to the development of dentistry.
Kasturi (Saman) Warnakulasuryia from King's College      During the Congress an exhibition was also organized
London, Professor Iannis Iatrou, head of the bucco-      which presented products, dental instruments and
maxillo-facial surgery clinic in Athens, Professor       materials meant to guide dentists with respect to the
                                                         current offer.
                                                         We can consider the Congress a real success, as it was
                                                         attended by significant national and foreign dentists, it
                                                         enjoyed a large audience, comprising dental students,
                                                         dental residents as well as dentists.




                                                                                       Marina Meleșcanu Imre
                                                                                                     DMD, PhD
                                                                                            Associate Professor
                                                                   Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine
                                                               of the “Carol Davila“ University of Medicine and
                                                                                         Pharmacy in Bucharest

                                                             DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2017.4(1).news




                                                         Assoc Prof Dr Paula Perlea and
                                                         Professor Jean-François Roulet




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