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 ESCD congress in Zagreb a




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 “truly international meeting”
 September 21 - 23, 2017, Sheraton Zagreb Hotel, Zagreb, Croatia




                                                         a guided tour through Zagreb and a 1920s-themed
                                                         party at the Johann Franck club, the ESCD again held
                                                         its traditional certification ceremony for new mem-
                                                         bers at the event. To be granted membership, nomi-
                                                         nees have to demonstrate competence in the field
                                                         by completing a number of highly aesthetic treat-
                                                         ments and presenting at least one of these cases at
                                                         the annual meeting. During the ceremony, success-
                                                         ful candidates are then presented with a certificate
                                                         of membership and the designated membership
                                                         pin. This year’s new ESCD members were Dr. Alessan-
                                                         dro Iorio from Italy, Dr. Abby Abraham from India, Dr.
Caps & Gowns ceremony - a tradition during each annual   Ivan Puljić from Croatia, and the German dentists Dr.
meeting                                                  Alina Lazar and Dr. Jan Kurtz-Hoffmann. More infor-
                                                         mation about the certification process can be found
ZAGREB, Croatia: The 14th annual meeting of the          at www.escdonline.eu.
European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD)            Jointly organised with the Croatian Dental Chamber,
celebrated the discipline with an exceptional            the congress took place from 21st to 23rd September
scientific programme that featured 32 speakers           2017, its theme being “Heart of Esthetics” in Zagreb.
from 17 countries and a diverse audience. Among          “The Croatian Dental Chamber continues to cooper-
the social highlights was the society’s welcome of       ate with organisations and partners that in our pro-
new ESCD members with a traditional cap and gown         fession represent the top of dentistry in Europe and
ceremony at the presidential dinner.                     worldwide. One of these organisations is certainly
Among the highlights of the scientific programme         the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry,” com-
were the lectures by Prof. Anton Sculean from            mented Dr. Hrvoje Pezo, President of the Croatian
Switzerland and Dr. Marius Steigmann from                Dental Chamber, on the successful event.
Germany, who discussed treatment concepts for            Founded in 2003 by a group of practising dentists,
soft-tissue defects around teeth and dental implants,    dental technicians and academics from different uni-
as well as the presentation by US dentist Dr. Henry      versities all over Europe, the ESCD (formerly the Eu-
Salama on the extraction site management in the          ropean Society of Esthetic Dentistry) was established
aesthetic zone. Dr. Stefen Koubi from France and Dr.     in response to growing public interest in cosmetic
Josef Kunkela from the Czech Republic updated the        and aesthetic dentistry and to the corresponding
audience about new smile design techniques and           need of European dental practitioners to enhance
approaches.                                              their skills and knowledge in the field.
“This year, the ESCD congress became a truly inter-      This year, the ESCD will meet in Lisbon in Portugal
national meeting. We had participants from more          from 20th to 22nd September 2018.
than 38 countries, with two important delegations
from China and India,” ESCD President Dr. Florin
Lăzărescu said. “The success of ESCD is due to the                                        Dr. Florin Lăzărescu
backbone of our society, the national study clubs.                                             ESCD President
We are now present in 28 countries through our
country chairpersons and we have 12 active study
clubs,” he added.
In addition to a range of social events, such as the                  DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2018.5(1).news.1
presidential dinner at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel,




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