EUROPERIO 7 – A Highlight Event of the Global Dental Community

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Motto:

”If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Henry Ford

The city of Vienna hosted from the 6^th to the 9^th of June 2012, the 7^th edition of the Europerio Conference of the European Federation of Periodontology. This congress takes place every three years and it is organized in different locations in Europe. Europerio 7 was organized under the chairmanship of Gernot Wimmer from Austria. The scientific program was coordinated by Richard Palmer from the United Kingdom.

Every edition brings a larger number of participants which are looking forward to sharing their knowledge and outstanding experience in periodontology, implantology, ortho-perio interface, periodontal surgery or advanced diagnostic methods.

The scientific program was very rich and covered many actual and interesting topics. There were many parallel sessions of oral communications and a very impressive and nicely organized session of posters.

Among thousands of participants this year we learnt that sometimes the world is not enough and we randomly met, during the event, many old friends from the International Association of Dental Students (IADS).

Old legends of IADS had the opportunity of meeting together in Vienna. It was a real privilege for me to finally meet in person Dr. Sarkis Szokes and Dr. Ahmed Hawas, both honorary life members of IADS.

Dr. Ahmed Hawas, who is currently doing his PhD in London, held a very interesting and challenging scientific lecture on the microflora around failing and healthy implants.

In 2015 the dental elite will meet again in London, UK, where the orgazing committee will have a very difficult task to overcome the high scientific and organizing level which was set by the Austrian Society of Periodontology.

Ionut Luchian (Romania)