AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: When the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) was officially formed in Amsterdam in 1991, one of its primary goals was to increase awareness of the importance of periodontal health through research and education, among other avenues. Twenty-seven years later, Amsterdam is hosting EuroPerio9, and Wednesday saw the EFP’s emphasis on education pay dividends with the successful debut of Perio Talks, the first EFP Graduate-Alumni-Symposium.
Chaired by Prof. Moshe Goldstein and Dr France Lambert, both from the EFP Postgraduate Committee, along with President-elect Dr Filippo Graziani, official coordinator of EFP Alumni, Perio Talks featured eight speakers sharing their own unique journeys in periodontics. Hailing from countries as disparate as Ireland and Israel, the presenters ranged in experience from a knowledgeable professor to a first-year student. Regardless of these differences, their stories were of a uniformly high quality and provided a rapt audience with wisdom about both periodontics and making significant life choices.
Having undergone a special training session in Vienna in Austria earlier in the year on talking without notes, the presenters spoke with confidence for 10–12 minutes each. Prof. Eli Machtei, Director of the School of Graduate Dentistry of the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa in Israel, encouraged young attendees to pursue an academic career in periodontics, while Dr Cavid Ahmedbeyli detailed his experiences in forming PERIOAZ, Azerbaijan’s national society for periodontics, in 2012 and helping it become an EFP associate member society by 2017.
Perio Talks was the first event to be held by EFP Alumni, an initiative that commenced in 2017 with the goal of connecting students and teachers in periodontics. There are currently 16 EFP-accredited postgraduate university programmes in periodontics today, with 446 EFP-certified graduates from over 50 countries. According to Dr Michèle Reners, chair of the EuroPerio9 organising committee, over 40 per cent of the conference’s attendees are under the age of 35.
Tags:
LISBON, Portugal: In a fun and fast-moving twist on the traditional presentation of clinical cases, the opening afternoon of this year’s EAO congress saw ...
BERLIN, Germany: Dozens of dental professionals arrived at the ESMT Berlin this morning to attend the 2018 ROOTS SUMMIT. The first day of the event, which ...
MELBOURNE, Australia: For the first time in the Osteology Foundation’s history, Melbourne will play host to one of the three Asia-Pacific symposiums. ...
NEW DELHI, India: New regulations for the dental profession in India will mean that all BDS graduates will have to pass a dental National Exit Test ...
BRISBANE, Australia: The International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) has recently announced that its International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, ...
BUTARE, Rwanda: The University of Rwanda recently celebrated the graduation of its first-ever graduate class of dentists. With a population of more than 12 ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: In 2018, the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) released a new global classification system for periodontal health, diseases and...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Organised by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP), EuroPerio10 is being held from 15 to 18 June at Bella Center Copenhagen ...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: With an entertaining mix of performance and pageantry, the ninth edition of EuroPerio was officially opened on Wednesday at the RAI ...
SCHAAN, Liechtenstein: From 25 to 29 May, Ivoclar Vivadent will be hosting its first virtual conference. At the online International Expert Symposium (IES),...
Live webinar
Thu. 18 July 2024
8:00 pm EST (New York)
Live webinar
Tue. 6 August 2024
6:00 pm EST (New York)
Live webinar
Tue. 13 August 2024
7:00 pm EST (New York)
Live webinar
Wed. 14 August 2024
12:30 pm EST (New York)
Live webinar
Wed. 21 August 2024
9:00 am EST (New York)
Dr. Jim Lai DMD, MSc(Perio), EdD, FRCD(C)
Live webinar
Wed. 28 August 2024
8:00 pm EST (New York)
Live webinar
Mon. 2 September 2024
5:00 am EST (New York)
To post a reply please login or register