The 35th congress of the Egyptian Orthodontic Society

January 26-28, 2023, Luxor

The 35th congress of the Egyptian orthodontic society was held from January 26-28, 2023, in Luxor, Egypt. The congress was attended by renowned orthodontists and researchers from Egypt and around the world. Luxor was the capital city of ancient Egypt and hosts more than 50% of old Egyptian antiquities. The congress had a diverse mix of keynote lectures and presentations.

A successful anniversary event was the International Dental Show IDS, which came to an end on Saturday, 18 March 2023, after five intensive days. This year, the IDS celebrated its 100th birthday and was also held for the fortieth time - with an impressive turnout among exhibitors and visitors: around 120,000 trade visitors from 162 countries came to Cologne to find out more about the comprehensive range of dental medical and dental technology products presented by 1,788 exhibiting companies from 60 countries. “IDS 2023 was convincing all along the line and at the same time proved that it continues to reinvent and develop itself even after 100 years. The dynamic, innovation and power emanating from IDS are impressive. And IDS has once again confirmed that it is a world-leading trade fair. The quality of visitors was - and I say this not only as Chairman of the VDDI, but also as an IDS exhibitor - sensational. This year’s claim, ‘100 years of IDS – shaping the dental future’ stands for the synonym for the outstanding significance of the trade fair today and in the future,” commented Mark Stephen Pace, Chairman of the Association of the German Dental Industry (VDDI).

The congress featured 5 keynote lectures by prominent orthodontic speakers from around the world namely Dr. Ali Darendeliler from Australia, Dr. Ute Schneider-Moser from Italy, Dr. Moschos Papadopoulos from Greece, Dr. Waddah Sabouni from France, and Dr. Nour Tarraf from Egypt/Australia. In addition, it featured around 26 oral presentations from speakers from 14 different countries. Topics covered included advances in orthodontic technology, clinical orthodontic procedures, and the use of digital technologies in orthodontics. A poster session featured several poster presentations from researchers and students on various orthodontic topics. These provided an opportunity for discussion, exchange of ideas, and networking among attendees.

IDS convinced once again with its high level of internationality and quality of the visitors. 60 percent of the trade visitors came from abroad. As usual the attendance from the EU countries Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain, but also from Belgium, Romania and Greece was high. A high share of visitors was recorded from Asia, South America, the USA and Canada again.

The general assembly of the Society took place after the first day’s sessions and featured election of the new Board of the Society and a celebration to sign an agreement for cooperation between the Egyptian Orthodontic Society and the Saudi Orthodontic Society by the respective presidents Dr. Abbas Zaher (EOS) and Dr. Mohamed Al Harby (SOS).

Trends: Stringent digital workflow and improved sustainability

Two trends were clearly recognizable at the 40th International Dental Show 2023: The stringent digital workflow and an improved sustainability. For example, digital X-rays that are upside down can be turned the right way around using artificial intelligence, whereby the image plate scanner used is produced in a CO2 neutral way. In addition, the digital workflow in the laboratory is becoming more effective. For example, two models can be scanned now in the extraoral scanner at once.

Josef Richter, Chief Operating Officer & President, GC Europe AG

An interesting and intensive social program was organized around the scientific sessions in order to give chance to all attendees to participate in the tours as well as lectures. Several tours to the most important sites were organized in addition to a tour in hot-air balloons to witness the most inspiring sun rise. The congress Gala Dinner was organized in the premises of the Luxor Temple, a breath taking 4500-year-old temple, included a Pharaonic show and awards ceremony to visiting speakers and five attending presidents of orthodontic societies that have agreements of cooperation with the EOS; Mexico, Greece, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Azerbeijan. A trip in traditional feloukas on the Nile, followed by traditional dinner featuring local show and food variety was the final event of the congress and all International and Egyptian guests bed farewell on a promise not to miss the annual congress of the EOS next year.

“The anniversary event of IDS 2023 went extremely well for us. We already noticed on the second day that our investments in an even larger stand and many live presentations had paid off: Numerous visitors informed themselves at our stand and the decision-makers reached a conclusion. Because the personal exchange between the industry, users and the trade is of immense importance within our dental family. Skepticism prevails within several industries that the digital trade will overtrump on-site trade fairs, but in 2023 one noticed that the customers and users could hardly wait to dive into the trade fair experience.”

Prof. Abbas Zaher President of