A world of learning: FDI World Dental Congress 2023 at your fingertips

If you couldn’t make it to the groundbreaking FDI World Dental Congress 2023 (FDIWDC23) this year, you can now access the 200+ sessions, 220+ CPD hours and 180+ incredible speakers featured in the expansive Main Scientific Programme through the On-Demand Platform.

As an ADA member, you can now register for these sessions for a great rate of $1,100 (incl. GST), with every session you watch automatically imported to your ADA member CPD Logbook.

As you can imagine from an event the size of FDIWDC23, there’s a lot of choice and, looking at it all, you may feel overwhelmed by the sheer diversity of topics on offer.

So, to make the job of diving into this learning pile of riches a lot easier, here are the four noteworthy presentations currently trending on the platform, along with some info about each of these world-class presenters.

These recordings are available for six months only, so be sure to register now and make the most out of the time they’re available!
 

1. TOP 10 TMD SECRETS REVEALED
 

Synopsis
Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is a collective term for a group of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions which includes several clinical signs and symptoms involving the muscles of mastication, the temporomandibular joints, and associated structures. It is a field of dentistry riddled with various philosophies regarding its aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. However, there is now good scientific evidence on TMDs with guidelines on clinical practice. This lecture will reveal the Top 10 secrets on TMDs for consistent clinical success even with the most challenging cases.

Presenter
Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Australia

An oral medicine specialist with expertise in temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine, Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam has numerous publications to his credit, in addition to co-editing and co-authoring three books, notably Contemporary Oral Medicine. A/Prof. Balasubramaniam also serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals.

An associate professor and discipline lead in oral medicine at the University of Western Australia Dental School, A/Prof. Balasubramaniam is actively involved in teaching and research, lecturing extensively both nationally and internationally. For his ongoing contributions to dentistry, he has received a number of awards including the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2021. He was president of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (2019-2022), and he also has public appointments at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia and the Perth Children’s Hospital.
 

2. TOOTH WEAR AND FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION WITH DIRECT COMPOSITES
 

Synopsis
The rehabilitation of worn dentition represents a complex and demanding task for the dental practitioner, and routinely involves porcelain onlays or full crowns. However, in recent years the application of direct composite resins has been discussed more often, and it is an encouraging potential alternative for this purpose. As many clinicians claimed for simplification in restoring the tooth wear with direct composites, the new techniques were introduced utilising the transparent index fabricated based on the laboratory wax up. In this hands-on practical course, the author will concentrate on complex tooth wear and its rehabilitation in more economical and faster ways using direct composite resin dentistry without any preparation of the tooth structure.

Presenter
Professor Maciej Zarow
Poland

From 1998 until 2005 Professor Maciej Zarow taught at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków where he defended his PhD and achieved specialisation in endodontics. He is the co-author of more than 100 scientific papers and author of a book called Endo-Prosthodontics: Guidelines for Clinical Practice. His second book Veneers has just been published in Poland. In 2012-2016, he was editor-in-chief of the Medycyna Praktyczna – Stomatologia. Since 2020 Prof. Zarow has been editor-in chief of the Polish edition of Quintessence Int. and an active member of the Polish Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, a Board member of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry and Country Chair Person of ESCD in Poland, Visiting Professor of University in Chieti (Italy) 2015-2016, lecturer for postgraduate master programs at UIC in Barcelona (since 2012), and an Honorary Member of Style Italiano.

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3. SLEEP BRUXISM IN CHILDREN: FROM AETIOLOGY TO MANAGEMENT
 

Synopsis
Bruxism is an oral condition that is gaining attention from several dental and medical communities. Over the past decade, an expert panel worked to provide a consensus definition of bruxism as an umbrella term to indicate a broad spectrum of jaw muscles activities, with or without tooth contact, which may happen during sleep or wakefulness, and to prepare standardised multidimensional evaluation tools. As such, the parental report of children’s tooth grinding during sleep should be evaluated according to the current knowledge on aetiology.

Presenter
Professor Daniele Manfredini
Italy

A clinical fellow at the Section of Prosthetic Dentistry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Italy until 2005, Professor Daniele Manfredini was, from 2006 to 2016, Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry and coordinator of the research projects at the TMD Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Padova, Italy. Since 2017, Daniele Manfredini has held teachings in oral physiology and in clinical gnathology at the School of Dentistry, University of Siena, Italy. The author of more than 220 papers in the field of bruxism and temporomandibular disorders in Medline journals, based on publication ratings, Daniele Manfredini was ranked in November 2013 by the US agency Expertscape as the world number one expert in the field of temporomandibular joint disorders, and, in November 2018, also as number one in the field of bruxism.
 

4. DIRECT RESTORATIONS MADE EASIER
 

Synopsis
A range of contemporary dental restorative materials, combined with new restorative techniques, are now available to assist clinicians in providing high-quality direct tooth-coloured restorations for their patients with minimal clinical time and very predictable outcomes. This presentation will look at a range of direct restorative materials including injectable composite resins, glass hybrid restoratives, and modern glass ionomers, and how they can be used with injection moulding and replica techniques to provide clinicians with simple and predictable procedures that will produce optimised outcomes for their patients. A range of patient cases will be discussed, including the conservative management of the severely worn and broken-down dentition.

Presenter
Professor Ian Meyers
Australia

A general dental practitioner in Brisbane, Professor Ian Meyers is an honorary professor at The University of Queensland School of Dentistry. He has more than 40 years’ combined experience in dental research and education, and with clinical dentistry in private practice, university clinics and hospital-based dental clinics. Prof. Meyers is a Fellow and Board Member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and of the International College of Dentists, and a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He received the Order of Australia Medal for services to dentistry, professional associations, and tertiary education. Professor Meyers has extensive experience in comprehensive patient care and he has a special interest in diagnosis and management of the worn dentition, geriatric and aged care dentistry, adhesive restorative dental materials, fibre-reinforced composites, and the management of patients through minimum intervention dentistry.

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