CALLING ALL DENTAL EDUCATORS AND EVERYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN DENTAL TRAUMA EDUCATION!

The upcoming IADT World Congress on Dental Traumatology and 5th Trans-Tasman Endodontic Conference in Brisbane, Australia, August 11-13, 2016, will have a new and long overdue feature in the program: an Educators Forum. The purpose of the forum is to share information about efforts around the world to teach both professional colleagues and the lay public about dental trauma. In addition, there will be a discussion on how IADT and other dental organizations can become more involved in promoting dental traumatology in the educational curricula of dental schools around the globe. You are strongly encouraged to attend one or both sessions of the Educators Forum, Friday, August 12 from 1430 to 1630.

EDUCATORS FORUM
19th WORLD CONGRESS ON DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY AND THE 5TH TRANS-TASMAN ENDODONTIC CONFERENCE (August 11-13, 2016)
Session 1: Promoting dental traumatology to the public. Friday, 12 August, 2016: Session 1 – 1430-1515, Plaza P1
• Introduction (role of IADT Guidelines and Dental Trauma Guide) – Leif Bakland
• Educating the public in Chile – Marie Therese Flores
• Educating the public in China – Yi Gong
• Educating the public in Scandinavia – Georgios Tsilingaridis
• Educating the public in Australia – Brett Dorney

Session 2: Promoting traumatology in dental education. Friday, 12 August, 2016: Session 2 – 1545-1630, Plaza P1
• Role of traumatology in dental education – Paul Abbott
• Traumatology in U.S. educational standards – Leif Bakland
• Panel Discussion (Moderator: Leif Bakland)
     – Should traumatology be a special discipline in dentistry?
     – How to incorporate clinical experience in dental education?
     – Trauma education in Kuwait – Lars Andersson
     Jens Ove Andreasen, Lars Andersson, GeorgiosTsilingaridis, Paul Abbott