March 3, 2010

El contingente brasileño en el Chicago Midwinter Meeting, el congreso más tradicional de Estados Unidos, hizo sentir su presencia. Los directivos de la Asociación Brasileña de Odontología (ABO) viajaron a esta ciudad para promocionar el Congreso Mundial de la Federación Dental Internacional (FDI) en Bahia, Brasil, que se celebrará del 3 al 5 de septiembre. La celebración del congreso mundial de FDI, cuyo presidente es el Dr. Roberto Vianna, constituye un logro y un reconocimiento internacional de la odontología brasileña. Más información en www.fdi2010.com.br.

March 2, 2010

MIAMI, USA: The director of Salon Dental Chile Miguel Wechsler, the main dental expo in Chile, told Dental Tribune Latin America over the phone that the capital Santiago was only slightly affected by the recent powerful earthquake and that there was a tense calm in the nation, caught by surprise in the middle of the summer vacation. Mr Wechsler said that Chile's "strict building codes have saved thousands of lives, and 95 per cent of the infrastructure in the capital is intact."

March 1, 2010

The president of the Haiti Dental Association, Dr. Samuel Prophete, was invited by the Chicago Dental Society to give a speech at the opening session of the Chicago Midwinter Meeting as part of an initiative of Dental Tribune Latin America to help colleagues in Haiti following the January 12th earthquake.

March 1, 2010

Officers of the American Dental Association held a meeting requested by Dental Tribune Latin America to seek solutions to the crisis in Haiti, specifically to help colleagues from that country who have lost lives, families, offices and means of work.  

March 1, 2010

Dr. Samuel Prophete, president of Haiti Dental Society, visited Chicago to meet with the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Chicago Dental Society (CDS) and seek help for dentists in his country. Dr. Prophete was very happy to learn that Chicago was founded by a Haitian named Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, with whose statue in downtown Chicago Dr. Prophete was photographed. "It was destiny that brought me here", he said.

March 1, 2010

Dr. Adán Yáñez, president of the Ibero-Latin American Dental Federation (FDILA), headquartered in Mexico (federaciondental.com), generously offered to devote all of its conference in Puerto Vallarta to the "A Smile for Haiti" global campaign.

March 1, 2010

The Ibero-Latin American Dental Federation (FDILA) will dedicate the four days of its congress in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to the "A Smile for Haiti" campaign. The FDILA congress takes place May 12 - 16, 2010.

March 1, 2010

The New York University School of Dentistry (NYU) has donated 25 dental chairs to the Haiti Dental Society. They will be transported to Haiti through the efforts of the Henry Schein, which on its own has already donated $ 1,200,000 to help the Haitian people. In addition, Steve Kess and Tim Sullivan of Schein said they will send technicians to install units, one of the first steps of the company in its effort to directly assist dentists in that country.

March 1, 2010

The Brazilian contingent at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting made his presence felt. The president of the Brazilian Dental Association (ABO), Dr. Newton Miranda, traveled to this city to promote FDI World Congress in Bahia (September 3 - 5), whereas the Association of Dental Surgeons of Sao Paulo (APCD) did the same to promote the 100th anniversary of the association, to be held in 2011.

February 26, 2010

CHICAGO, IL, USA: The president of the Haiti Dental Society, Dr Samuel Prophete, has asked US dental associations and professionals for support to rebuild the public health system of his country and for help to colleagues whose offices have been destroyed. Dr Prophete, who was invited by the Chicago Dental Society to join this year’s Midwinter meeting, gave a speech during the opening session of the Chicago Midwinter Meeting as part of an initiative of Dental Tribune Latin America to help colleagues in Haiti following the 12 January earthquake.

February 25, 2010

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Dr Michael Stablein, Chicago Dental Society (CDS) President, said to Dental Tribune Latin America, the reason the Chicago Midwinter Meeting works so well is very simple: advance planning, and, of course, 145 years of experience at doing dental meetings. Being the most significant CDS endeavour by far, the Meeting is generating US$50 million for the local economy every year, according to the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.

February 15, 2010

The earthquake in Haiti has left little of what had been an already poor health-care and dental health-care system. Even prior to the earthquake, medical and dental assistance was often only provided through the aid of international volunteers. Dr Gary Godley and his son Lance are two practising dentists from Naples in Florida who decided to leave their country and bring much needed dental care to people in Haiti. DTI Group Editor Daniel Zimmermann had the opportunity to speak with them about their experiences on a dental mission in 2009 and the state of dentistry in Haiti prior to the earthquake.

January 25, 2010

Santo Domingo - El programa televisivo "Odontología en su Hogar" cumplió 13 años de programación ininterrumpida, un verdadero récord para este tipo de programas que presenta casos clínicos, opiniones de odontólogos y especialistas e información odontológica para el público en general.  

January 25, 2010

Ciudad de México - El Dr. Jaime Edelson asumió en noviembre de 2009 la presidencia de la Asociación Dental Mexicana (ADM), durante el congreso de la organización, celebrado paralelamente a la feria AMIC Dental. Ambas asociaciones se concentran actualmente en organizar el Congreso Mundial de la Federación Dental Internacional (FDI) de 2011 en su país.  

January 25, 2010

Miami - El Dr. Jesús Ochoa es el primer latinoamericano en ser elegido como miembro de la exclusiva Sociedad Americana de Estética Dental (ASDA), una selecta organización que agrupa a los creadores de conceptos y de tratamientos fundamentales en este campo como la adhesión, las carillas de porcelana o el diseño de la sonrisa.  

January 25, 2010

Curitiba, Brasil - El Dr. Antônio Inácio Ribeiro es un experto internacional en administración, gestión y marketing del consultorio, tópicos cada vez más importantes debido a la fuerte competencia en la profesión. Con más de 20 libros publicados sobre el tema, Ribeiro sabe bien de lo que habla porque trabaja en un mercado como Brasil, donde hay más de 200,000 odontólogos. Ribeiro, colaborador habitual de esta publicación, responde a nuestras preguntas.  

January 25, 2010

El experto en marketing brasileño Antõnio Inácio Ribeiro ha sido nombrado director editorial de la sección online de Dental Tribune International (DTI) en portugués, la cual cual ofrece noticias sobre la odontología brasileña y puede verse en www.dental-tribune.com/brazil.

January 25, 2010

Nueva York - El Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM), el mayor congreso científico y la mayor feria de productos comerciales de Estados Unidos, tuvo una asistencia de 59,166 personas en su 85° edición anual, incluído un gran contingente de odontólogos latinoamericanos y españoles.