IADS Newsletter Summer 2011 by International Association of Dental Students

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL STUDENTS

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IDS Cologne 22ndâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;26th March 2011

IADS and ASDA bond their connection

13 IADS new webpages!

of Epulis Fissuratum with Carbon 18 Removal Dioxide Laser: A Case Report

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ACTIVITIES RESEARCH

Editorial / ExCo interviews The IADS Lecture Contest Moscow 2011 IDS Cologne 22–26 March 2011 IADS and ADSA bond their connection IADS MYM 2011 in Russia – Friendship defeats rough winter Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program: 2012 Salivary Research Award Web: Step By Step Removal of Epulis Fissuratum

IADS introduction An introduction to IADS The International Association of Dental Students was founded in the year 1951 in Copenhagen (Denmark) – thus for more than 57 years it is known to dental students from all over the world, serving as a platform for exchange of knowledge and experiences about dentistry at an international level. Nowadays, the IADS family represents thousands of dental students as a country and school members around the world. National and local associations of dental students are eligible for membership. When an association joins, all its members become members of IADS. Since Mid Year Meeting in Ljubljana 2009 IADS is happy to offer also a personal membership for its members. To apply for membership The following requirements should be fulfilled:  filled IADS membership application form  filled IADS membership card (documents available on IADS website: www. iads-web.org)  the Constitution in the English Language to be sent to IADS Secretary General 30 days before IADS meeting.  the presentation of the association to be shown to the rest of the members at General Assembly  Contact IADS Treasurer for the membership fees. To host IADS meeting  An official proposal needs to be sent to IADS Secretary General 30 days before IADS meeting. Cooperation IADS is glad about its close contact to the FDI (World Dental Federation – the Central Office

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of IADS is at FDI Headquarters in FerneyVoltaire in France), to YDW (Young Dentists Worldwide), to EDSA (European Dental Students Association), to the APDSA (Asia Pacific Dental Students Association) to the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students’ Association) and more. IADS as an FDI affiliate member takes part in its annual meetings with representatives from the FDI Council, joins projects like World Oral Health Day, and promotes FDI Dental Ethics Manual and others. A six-person Executive Committee is responsible for the management of the association’s affairs. It is their job to realize the ideas and decisions which are previously made together with the national representatives of the IADS member countries during the IADS meetings. Currently ExCo is represented by:  President: Ionut Luchian from Romania  General Secretary: Zsuzsanna Stefánia Radó from Hungary  Editor: Karolína Floryková from the Czech Republic  Treasurer: Babak Sayahpour from Germany  International Exchange Officer: Lena Malaty from Egypt  International Scientific Officer: Pavel Scarlat from Republic of Moldova  Immediate Past President: Tomaz Spindler from Slovenia

cussions, an organised social programme and the various business meetings of the Association. A small Mid Year Meeting (MYM) whose programme is devoted to business meetings is held each February-March. English is used as the common language at all our meetings. As well as the Annual World Congress of Dental Students, we offer many things at an international level to our members. These are accessible to each and every dental student in the member countries, and include an International Student Exchange Programme, which allows students to visit a foreign country and experience its culture and dentistry, both scientiﬁcally and clinically. In collaboration with different voluntary organisations, we run Voluntary Work Project which allows students to experience and help with primary oral healthcare in developing countries. IADS Prophylactic Project as an international program takes care of education and promotion of proper dental habits among patients worldwide. Through the SCORE (Standing Committee on Research and Education) dental science and education shall become more important in the future of IADS – several programs have been started. The IADS Newsletter containing information about the news in the dental world is distributed to dental schools of every corner of the world.

Communication The main portal for information is IADS website: www.iads-web.org. To receive information on everyday activities as well as meet dental friends from all around the world our members have an opportunity to subscribe to World Dental Students Yahoo e-mail group: World DentalStudents_IADSowner@yahoogroups.com, join IADS group on Facebook and IADS forum at: http://maknova.com/iadsforum. Be part of future dental professionals Executive Committees, with the help of the representatives from different countries, do their best to make sure our organization stays strong, powerful and keeps encouraging new people to get involved in the work with us. What cannot be forgotten is the fact that apart from being a great deal of work, being part of IADS means also a lot of fun! How good and how fun we are, depends on everyone’s contribution. IADS is a different world – no limit, no walls, no ceilings, no intermission, just passion equal extraordinary like Matrix or K-Pax but also a real place where you could land in. We are expecting also YOU to rock this space!

Current Activities We meet twice a year. The main meeting is our Annual World Congress of Dental Students, held each August. This meeting typically attracts around 200 participants. It focusses on a scientiﬁc programme of lectures For more information about IADS please visit www.iads-web.org and seminars considering the needs of the

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Editorial ExCo Committee intro Dear all, I would like to welcome you on our pages. It is second time for me as the editor and might be the last. After one year I’ve found out it really hard, but very nice, to work as an IADS Editor. There were big plans and ideas in the beginning and I’m very glad I can say: “WE DID IT”! We have created a new amazing IADS web page. You can check it on www.iadsweb.org and on other pages of this issue. We have made two issues of great Newsletter full of new info, pictures and interesting articles. We have started very important cooperations with companies which could offer you many new opportunities for the future. I would like to thank Mr. Thomas Pricker who is the best graphic and designer we could ﬁnd. Without his hard work I would not be able to do my Editor job. So thank you very much, Thomas ☺.

“Everybody has thought that it is not possible. Than came someone who didn’t know it. And he did it.” May be you are not sure if you can be a functional part of IADS. May be you are afraid. May be you are ashamed. You don’t need to be. IADS is as a mum who can lead you, help you, teach you and give you opportunities, experiences and memories for whole of your life. You can be a part of it. You can ﬁnd people who need you and you can need them as well. Find counselors, colleagues, and friends. Just try it. You won’t be sorry for that. With love Yours, Karolína Floryková

SSS Iasi – Dental Students’ Society of Iasi/ President of Honor since 2009 / Vicepresident / Scientiﬁc Director 2007 – 2009. Born in Suceava, Romania. IADS e-mail: president@iads-web.org “It was a great honor for me to be elected as IADS president but in the same time I’m aware of the great responsability this position involves. The current IADS Executive Committee is a great and hard working team which I appreciate and I’m grateful to. To be honest I don’t have very much free time after my professional activity and I recognize that sometimes it’s hard to give my family and friends the entire attention they deserve. In the same time IADS gave me the chance to make real friends as well and although for some people it seems impossible how you can keep a true friendship miles away. This thing is real and I can say it changed my way of living. Sincerely yours!” Karolína Floryková Editor 2010 – 2011 Masaryk University, the Czech Republic, currently doing the specialization in orthodontic at the same university. Home organisation: the Czech Dental Student Association, president (2008–2010); coordinator of preventive and prophylactic programs (2007– 2011); editor (2006–2010). Born in Vyškov, the Czech Republic. IADS e-mail: editor@iads-web.org „IADS is great. It is not only organisation which helps to fulﬁll dreams. It is group of young amazing people who want to do more than they have to do. IADS family is the best family we could choose. It is a big pleasure to be the piece of this wonderful puzzle. Thank you for everything. Yours sincerely!”

Babak Sayahpour Treasurer / 2010 – 2011 Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany IADS e-mail: treasurer@ iads-web.org / Home organisation: Zahnmedizinischer Austauschdienst e.V. Lena Malaty (ZAD). Born in Teheran, Iran. International Scientific Officer „A few words about IADS: E pluribus unum 2010 – 2011 – Out of many, one. IADS is the mother of Faculty of Dentistry, Alexanthe dental student organisations around the dria University, Egypt. Home globe and stands for true friendship, sympathy, organisation: Dental Students knowledge and progress. It brings together Scientific Association of Egypt (DSSA-Egypt). what belongs together.” Born in Alexandria, Egypt. IADS e-mail: ieo@iads-web.org Ionut Luchian „IADS to me is a place which combines friendPresident 2010 – 2011 ship, education and experience. My involveGr. T. Popa University of Medicine and ment with IADS over the last 3 years has Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania. Home organisation: enriched my experience as a dental student

and witnessed my growth both personally and professionally. It is an honor for me to hold a position in IADS and my goal is to make IADS a welcoming and supportive community for dental students all over the world!”

Pavel Scarlat International Scientific Officer 2010 – 2011 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania. Home organisation: Society of Dental Students Craiova, Vice-President on external Affairs 2009 – 2011; Global Romanian Students and Young Professionals Society Co-Founding Member 2008 (Budapest, Hungary); Education and Research department (Bucharest Chapter) (since 2008); Speaker of the StudentVisions International 2006 – 2007 (Portland, Oregon, US). Born in Ungheni, Republic of Moldova. IADS e-mail: iso@iadsweb.org, score@iads-web.org „IADS is the place where we grow, dream, accomplish goals for the worldwide dental student community. It is a family, fraternity very close to my heart, soul and thoughts. Kind regards!” Zsuzsanna Stefánia Radó General Secretary 2010 – 11 Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary, currently doing the specialization in orthodontic at the same university. Home organisation: Hungarian Association of Dental Students; National Exchange Officer 2006/7 – 2009/10. Born in Budapest, Hungary. IADS e-mail: secretary@iads-web.org „At my first meeting in Georgia, I fell in love with the IADS and since then my affection grew only stronger. It makes me very happy that after 4 years of working within the IADS for my country, I was given the honor and trust to hold a position in the Executive Committee. I hope that our work will make it possible for the new generations to experience similar! Yours!” Tomaz Spindler Immediate Past President 2010 – 2011 Medical University of Rijeka, Croatia, Study of Dental Medicine. Home organisation/position: Croatian Association of Dental Students President 2006 – 2009. Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. IADS e-mail: ipp@iads-web.org

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The IADS Lecture Contest Moscow 2011

The 4th edition of the IADS Lecture Contest which took place during the IADS Midyear Meeting Russia 2011, brought together dental students from Europe, Asia and Africa. They had the chance to share the results of the achieved work, which was appreciated both by the Jury and the attendants. On the afternoon of the 22nd day of February, students from more than 20 countries gathered together in the marvelous auditorium of the Moscow State Medical and Stomatological University. The purpose was to listen and gain knowledge from the presentations of bright students who came to share the results of the managed research work. Professors from the local University honored us with their presence within the Jury.

All the participants proved that their work is of high scientiﬁc value, for which they should be congratulated. After more than 2 hours of great presentations and answers to the questions raised, the Jury decided upon who will be granted the winner positions. The position of 3rd place at the IADS Lecture Contest Russia 2011 was given to Dr. Chandresh Shukla who represented the

People’s College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, India. He enlightened us with the great research work “Comparison Of Mean Shear Bond Strength Of Three Different Bonding Agents Used In Orthodontic Agents”. The 2nd place was awarded to Ms. Tatiana Vorovchenko, a dental student at Samara State Medical University (Russian Federation) (see Figure above). She was highly appreciat-

ed for “The Experimental Creation of Bioengineering Constructions and Combined Implants in Maxillo-Facial Surgery”. 1st place was won by Mr. Cristofor Casavela, a dental student at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara (Romania). The research work “An ‘in vitro’ comparative study regarding the effect of ultrasound on root canal preparation and apical sealing” was highly appreciated by the Jury and attendants alike. The IADS Lecture Contest Moscow 2011 was a successful example of research knowledge transfer and appreciation. Pavel Scarlat IADS International Scientiﬁc Ofﬁcer iso@iads-web.org

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IDS Cologne 22nd–26th March 2011 The International Dental Show in Cologne is the world’s leading trade fair for dental medicine and dental technology with 115,000 visitors from 148 countries and 1,956 exhibitors from 58 countries. It takes place every two years in the historic and vivid city of Cologne in Germany, which is also famous for one of the biggest street festivals in Europe, the Cologne Carnival. This year the IDS opened its doors for visitors from all around the globe from the 22nd to 26th of March and representatives from IADS were present at this event which is “obligatory“ for all people working in dental ﬁelds. Dr. Ionut Luchian, Mr Artjom Meier and I had the honour to represent IADS and ﬁnd potential sponsors for our association. During these few days we had several meetings with different companies for whom we had prepared promotional personalized objects and the IADS booklet as presents.

City of Cologne with the Cologne Cathedral in the background © Köln Messe

to spread out the IADS spirit throughout the world and we can beneﬁt from his professional experience and advice. On Friday 25th I attended the Coordination Conference of Dental volunteer projects organized by the German Dental Association (BZÄK). Dr. Juliane Gnoth also attended the

meeting as a representative of Young Dentists Worldwide (YDW). Each project and organization had a special time to present their projects and discuss current and past problems with their colleagues. Many of them presented their projects enthusiastically and I had the opportunity to give

Coordination Conference of Dental Volunteer Projects © Bundeszahnärztekammer

Meeting with Dr. Monteiro da Silva (President-Elect of the World Dental Federation FDI)

We also had a productive meeting with Dr. Julian Fisher, executive director of the World Dental Federation (FDI), regarding the cooperation of IADS and FDI as well as a discussion about future projects. We had also the opportunity to meet Dr. Monteiro da Silva, the President-Elect of the World Dental Federation, with whom we discussed the current situation of dental students around the world. He assured us of his support

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Different stands at IDS Cologne © Köln Messe

a multimedia presentation about IADS and the volunteer projects in our member countries like India and Sudan. The participants showed their interest in the volunteer activities of the young and future dentists and also Dr. Dietmar Österreich, the vice-president of the German Dental Chamber, and Thomas Walber, manager of the German Dental Exchange Service (ZAD), assured me of their support for the national association (ZAD), which is a full member of IADS. IDS is not only about work, it is also an opportunity to meet old friends or to meet new

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Meeting with Dr. Dietmar Österreich (Vice President of German Dental Association)

people. For example BDZA and YDW organized events, where young dental professionals could meet and have fun together. It was a pleasure to be there and meet so many interesting personalities, to see all the new products and take part in all these events. I’m sure that in 2013 I will be there again. What about you? Dr. Babak Sayahpour Treasurer of IADS 2010/11 Germany Treasurer@iads-web.org BDZA Party on Friday night © Juliane Gnoth

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IADS and ASDA bond their connection

ASDA 41st Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, USA The International Association of Dental Students (ADSA), the most representative association worldwide, has reached an incredible development having the great but very difficult mission to unite dental students from all over the world and support the exchange of knowledge and experience at a global level. As M. Ghandi said, our evolution proved that we can be the change. Students want to explore the dental world and we are working hard to harmonize the educational systems and student research programmes from different international universities. IADS was invitated by the Executive Committe of American Student Dental Association to send a representative to their Annual Meeting which took place in March 2011 in Anaheim, California, USA. As president I got the privilege to represent IADS at this great event and to send the delegates our message. ASDA is a very professional association which represents 17000 american dental students from 59 american universities. Their Executive Committee is composed by president, two vice-presidents and the Executive Director. The very interesting thing in their structure is that although the president and the two vice-presidents change every year they have a stable staff. The leader of the staff is the Executive Director, Nancy Honeycutt. The members of the ASDA staff work full time for the association and they have their own office in the American Dental Association’s (ADA) central office in Chicago. The association is organized in 11 districts which gathers a different number of universities. Each district has a trustee, an elected representative. The board of trustees works very close with the Executive Committee. The immediate Past President is counciling the Board of Trustees. Their General Assembly is called House of Delegates and the Chairman is called Speaker of the House. The speaker of the house is elected every year as the ExCo. Each university sends two delegates in the House of Delegates and their asselmbly is impressive. They use voting cards for expressing their

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opinion on different matters. In the opening of the session each delegate has to register in order to establish the quorum. They showed deep consideration for the printed programme and under no circumstances were there any modiﬁcations. The House of Delegates sessions lasted as long as they were listed in the programme and not more. For instance some ammendments were discussed in working groups and a representative of the working group presented to the House of Delegates a common point of view about their discussions on the ammendments. The House of Delegates gave only the ﬁnal vote on the ammendments. Everybody had limited time for talking to the House of Delegates in order to stick to the schedule and be productive. In ASDA there are several Councils like Council on Education, Council of licensure, Council on Membership, Council on Professional Issues. I found it very interesting that they motivate the delegates through awards given for the most active representatives of the universities.

They also have a special award called Paragon Award for great personalities of dental medicine. This year the Paragon Award was received by Prof. Dr. Arthur Dugoni, a legend of Californian dental education. Prof. Dugoni was for 28 years Dean of the School of Dentistry from the Univeristy of the Paciﬁc, San Diego. Today the Paciﬁc School of Dentistry was proudly named after Arthur Dugoni. The schedule is quite intense and I didn’t get any free time. They use every moment in a constructive way. For instance, during lunchtime, sponsors gave presentations. So while having lunch you could also hear a presentation. The last evening was dedicated to the retiring president and it’s called President’s dinner dance. This is the evening when people party the most. This year their theme was „the 80’s”. A new ExCo of ASDA has been elected and their new president is Adam Shisler and the two vice presidents are Ken Randall and Brittany Bensch. I like to believe that I established a very good connection with the new members of the new ASDA ExCo which will represent

CONGRESSES the beginning of a fruitful longterm partnersihp between IADS and ASDA. During my stay in the USA I also had a meeting with Mr. Michael Birnbaum, President and founder of International Service Learning a company which encourages and faciliates the student’s access to voluntary work. They have cooperations with a lot of dentists worldwide and would like to support IADS involving more in this network. He invited us to visit some of their dental ofﬁces in Costa Rica and we are already working hard in including them in our Voluntary Work Program. I also had the chance to have a joint meeting with the representatives of AADR National Student Research Group- Kaitrin Baloue, President elect, Hispanic Dental Association –Ricardo Lugo, Trustee, American Dental Education Association – Diana Lyu, Group Leader for Public Policy and Advocacy, Student National Dental Association – Ngozi Okoh, President elect, EDSA – Matthieu Wipf, vice-president, ASDA – Nancy Honeycutt, Executive Director. Last but not least, I had the great honor to give a speech in front of the House of Delegates in which I tried to promote IADS as hard as I could and tried to convince as many american students that being together with IADS is better! I would like to thank ASDA’s Executive Committee on behalf of IADS for their warm invitation and the fruitful meeting. We are sure that this was just the beginning of a great longterm partnership! Ionut Luchian IADS President 2010–2011 president@iads-web.org

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IADS Mid Year Meeting in Russia

Or: How Can Friendship Defeat the Rough Winter IADS meetings are always a great opportunity of meeting old friends and making new ones but in the same time they are highly professional and extremely fruitful for the activity of our association. In 2010 our Mid Year Meeting was hosted by our friends from the Republic of Macedonia in Lake Ohrid, the 2011 one took place in Moscow, Russian Federation. This time our hosts were the National Medical Students’ State from Russian Federation and the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry. The cold winter didn’t stop IADS family to bring, once again, their outstanding contribution to the continuous development of our organization. People seemed more interested than ever in improving and consolidating what our predecessors built since 1951. mainly represented by our General Assemblies and ofﬁcial ceremonies. The social programme was the choice of our hosts who introduced us to the typical Russian way of entertainment. The Executive Committee encouraged delegates to freely express their points of view regarding matters arised by the meeting agenda during General Assemblies. We really think that we had a great work together during this Mid Year Meeting, and a lot of new ideas and proposals can be put into practice in the different aspects. The main conclusion after As always the meeting was structured com- near future. In our approach IADS should the General Assemblies was that although bining both a working programme with a social be an environment where people can feel sometimes we might have different points programme. The working programme was free to express their thoughts, and debate

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of view, we should keep in mind that we are united by a common goal of improving dental education and exchange of knowledge at a global level. Another special moment was the ofďŹ cial ceremony where we got the chance to meet so many Russian well known dental professors which showed themselves very supportive about our cause and in the same time they were extremely proud to have IADS family gathered in their university. The social programme was also challenging. We got the unique chance to visit Moscow sights such as Red Square, Kremlin Palace, art museums and many other that you might

see once in a lifetime. The organizers provided us the chance to try traditional Russian cuisine as well. Another special social event was the International Exchange Fair. Although this event is usually speciďŹ c for the Annual Congresses this year we had it also in the Mid Year Meeting. During the International Exchange Fair people got the occasion to bond their connections and exchange ideas about their cultures. Our general opinion was that although the rough Russian winter is a fearless enemy, this time IADS friendship won the battle and we proved everybody once again that together is better! Ionut Luchian IADS President 2010-2011

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Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program: 2012 Salivary Research Award For students and professionals: Will your salivary research take you to Rio de Janeiro? Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programs (WOHP) is partnering with the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Salivary Research Group (SRG) for the third year to co-sponsor the 2012 Wrigley Salivary Research Award. The award provides young researchers and dental professionals the opportunity to attend and participate in the IADR 90th General Session & Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20–23, 2012. These awards intend to recognize excellent research and assist with travel costs to attend the IADR General Session & Exhibition where each winner will be asked to present their scientific poster or give an oral presentation in a scheduled session. One of the main scientific groups with the IADR is SRG which is a leading forum for dental researchers to exchange scientific information related to saliva and salivary glands. The SRG has a large student membership and encourages scientists, young investigators and students to become involved in salivary research. WOHP operates in 47 countries worldwide and shares a dedication to supporting dental students and professionals across the globe. WOHP is committed to clinical research into

Award for dental students ($1,500 USD) and one Basic Salivary Research Award ($2,000 USD) for a dental or non-dental student.

the beneﬁts of chewing gum including saliva stimulation, plaque acids neutralization and tooth strength to help oral care professionals and their patients understand the role of sugarfee gum as a convenient tool for everyday oral healthcare. The 2012 Wrigley Salivary Research Award is a great opportunity to have your work validated through the peer-reviewed judging process and explore the city of Rio de Janeiro. Good luck to all applicants! The Awards Up to three awards will be given: one Clinical Salivary Research Award for dental scientists ($1,500 USD), one Clinical Salivary Research

Who Can Apply All applicants must be over 18 years of age and a member of the IADR. You do not have to be a member of the IADR SRG. Dental and non-dental students (undergraduate and graduate), dentists involved in research and other dental scientists are eligible. Abstract Requirements The abstract must be within the Salivary Research area of study. All entries must be 300 words or less and contain content under the following headings: introduction, method, results and conclusion. The SRG program chair will confirm that the elements noted above are included, and if any pieces are missing, the entry will be disqualified. How to Enter Abstract submissions open on September 9, 2011. To apply, you must first submit an abstract to the IADR 90th General Session and Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro through the IADR

website at www.iadr.org. Simultaneously select the Wrigley Salivary Research Award button. The IADR deadline for all abstract submissions is January 13, 2012. For additional details, visit www.iadr.org/SRGResearchAward. Review Process An awards committee consisting of the SRG leadership will determine the awardees. The IADR/SRG will distribute award letters approximately two months after the deadline for abstract submission.

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Web, Step By Step :) It is not an easy task to create new IADS webpage. It took a long time to ﬁnd right person as a new web designer. We found him at the second attempt, however it was really good choice. Mr. Tomáš Kreisler is professional web designer from JABARA web design agency from Czech Republic. The company has made special price for us because we are student’s organization. I would like to thank this way to Tomáš and whole JABARA as well. They help us a lot. I would like to thank Curaden International AG and Mr. Martino Piccioli - Project Manager. We wouldn’t be able to create this wonderful webpage without their ﬁnancial support. Curaden International AG is webpage sponsor for this year. So thank you very much. Tell us what you want... Future of this webpage depends on you as well. We need to know what do you like. Than we can create an interesting web page especially for you. It is going to be full of interesting information and news. All of you can help us. We will be really happy if you can send us everything what you would like to share with the other IADS members. All ideas and proposals are welcomed. Before you will click on this link: www.iads-web. org you can check our new design here ☺. Karolína Floryková

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Removal of Epulis Fissuratum with Carbon Dioxide Laser: A Case Report Introduction The Epulis fissuratum is caused by chronic irritation from badly adapted prostheses and presents itself as a connective tissue tumor. Trauma and irritation are important etiological factors for Epulis fissuratum. Elimination of trauma/irritation and inflammation can lead to modest decreases in lesion’s size and conservative excisional surgery is the definitive treatment. There have been numerous surgical techniques developed for removing the Epulis fissuratum lesions. Most of these techniques can cause postoperative complications such as edema, pain, difficulty in swallowing and jaw movements, hemorrhage, infections and slow placement of final prostheses. More recently laser irritation has been used for removing hyper plastic mucosal lesions.

and color of mass was same as normal tissue. There was not seen any wound or erosion on the lesion (Fig 1). Moreover, there was no history of systemic diseases. After clinical examination and due to her very badly adapted denture, this lesion was diagnosed as Epulis Fissuratum. Then, patient was referred to laser department and the lesion was removed by applying the Carbon Dioxide Laser (10600 nm, 20 Hz, 6.4 W) under local anesthesia (Fig 2 to 4). The patients, as well as the surgeon and the team, were protected with laser safety glasses and masks. The Patient was followed up after a month (Fig 5).

minimal trauma and edema, sterilization of the surgical wound, minimal postoperative pain and, in most cases, no need of suture. These advantages were fully observed by us when comparing our patients to those treated conventionally.

Dr Kamali A Periodontist, Laser Research Center of Dentistry (LRCD)

Materials and Methods An edentulous 55-year-old female patient who was referred to the Oral Medicine department in the dentistry school of Tehran University of Medical Sciences,with exophitic mass on anterior segment of alveolar ridge and labial vestibule. The size of mass was 4 * 1.5 cm

Results and Discussion In this patient, the use of CO2 laser for the surgical removal of Epulis lesions has resulted in several improvements including convenient mucosa removal, no bleeding or need for sutures, and minimal postoperative pain and edema and ideal healing after a month. Several researchers have reported on the use of CO2 laser for removing hyperplastic mucosal lesions. It was noted that with this type of surgery the main advantages over conventional surgeries are: excellent homeostasis,

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Conclusion CO2 Laser has less post-operative complication compared to other methods and could be treatment of choice at Epulis ﬁssuratum Bassir S H Student

Dr Chiniforush Dentist, Laser Research Center of Dentistry (LRCD) All: School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Fig 1 Epulis ﬁssuratum on anterior segment of alveolar ridge and labial vestibule Fig 2 The lesion was being removed with CO2 laser Fig 3 Half of the lesion was removed, bleeding was at minimum Fig 4 Complete lesion after removing Fig 5 Complete healing after 1 month

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