What's in store? A look at your Australian Dental Congress 2025 exhibition

The Main Scientific Program (MSP) and the Exhibition are part of the same Congress whole.

While the MSP will equip delegates with a wide array of cutting-edge knowledge from some of the best presenters from Australia and around the world, the Exhibition is where you can find out where to convert all that knowledge you’ve gained into concrete action – quite literally, into practice.

Like all Congresses before it, ADC2025 will feature an Exhibition carefully curated to give time-poor dental practitioners, who can sometimes struggle to find the time to keep up to date with all the clinical and technological advances in our profession, the opportunity to peruse the latest dental and associated innovations in one easily accessible location. This is also the perfect time to talk in person with the ‘who’s who’ of the Australian and international dental industry, gathered here in one easy location.

But beyond these clear benefits, what else can you gain from going to an outstanding professional event like Congress generally, and the Exhibition in particular?

Get exposed to fresh ideas and approaches

When you look at a new product, you’re getting far more than access to a physical object, useful though that might be. What you’re also getting is a chance to discuss new approaches to ongoing issues that the item may be addressing in a practical setting that extends far beyond reading another paper or watching another video (though they are, of course, vitally important for your continuing professional development). Whether it’s talking to the representative from one of the many companies at the Exhibition or considering and being able to discuss the usefulness of new products with a colleague or friend, the odds are that you will come away with a new way of looking at or approaching an issue than you had not considered before.

A chance for ‘blue sky’ thinking, away from your busy day-to-day life

No, we’re not suggesting you stop and smell the roses (there’s a lot of things at the Exhibition but we’re fairly certain floral displays aren’t one of them). What you can do, however, for a few days at least is take the time to stop and reflect on the way you do things back in your professional sitting. Even the most forward-thinking of us can find ourselves stuck in a benign rut – a product less of disinclination to learn new things than the time to properly think through possible implications and improvements. With a bevy of industry representatives and colleagues around you, you not only have the expertise at hand, but the time to ponder and discuss how they could make a difference in your practice, hospital or clinic.

Ask all those nagging questions

Whether you save a voice memo to your phone, scrawl them on curling Post-It Notes or simply store them away in your mind, the collegial atmosphere of a Congress often helps us properly formulate the questions we most need answered. The Exhibition gives you the chance to ask those questions to a impressive number of people, both industry-based and not, and get their perspectives on the best way to handle the issue at hand. You may not get the final answer you need, but you’ll undoubtedly get a lot to think about, greatly increasing the chances of that lightbulb moment occurring when you get home.