63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the IADR ANZ Division – Cairns
Conference Program
An overview of the full conference program is now available below. Titles of the allocated abstracts for each oral and general poster sessions are available to presenters and other delegates by clicking on the respective buttons on this page.
Guidelines for presenters for both oral and general poster presentations can be found on the websites Abstracts page. Colgate poster presenters please refer to information previously circulated by the competition organisers.
Please contact the Conference Organisers if you have any concerns regarding your session allocation.
Complementing the conference program, the organising committee is currently investigating the possibility of offering a complimentary tour of JCU's dental clinic and facilities for interested delegates on the 25th and/or 26th of September, depending on numbers. A bus would be provided for the return journey from the conference venue to JCU. If you are keen on taking part in this excursion, please express your interest by adding this option to your registration. The maximum number is 25 participants per trip, and places will be offered in order of registration. Please note that opting into this excursion will mean a 1.5 - 2 hour absence from the conference (includes travel time).
Sessions
Registrations Open
Conference Opening Ceremony
Plenary Lecture 1
Resorbable 3D printed scaffolds for alveolar bone regeneration: Benchside to chairside
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It is our great pleasure to welcome Professor Sašo Ivanovski as our first plenary speaker... More
Morning Tea
Colgate Poster Competition Juniors
Colgate Poster Competition Seniors
Symposium 1
ACODS
Best Evidence Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Student Professionalism
Chair: A/Prof Delyse Leadbeatter
Oral Session 1
Craniofacial
Buffet Lunch
Symposium 2
Causal inference approaches using observational data – the scientific framework and future directions for dental research
Chair: Prof Loc Do
Oral Session 2
Education
Colgate Posters general viewing
Afternoon tea
Oral Session 3
Endodontics
Oral Session 4
Microbiology/Iimmunology
Welcome Reception
Registration
Plenary Lecture 2
Colgate Eminent Speaker Plenary Lecture
Achieving Universal Oral Health Coverage for all is necessary but not sufficient
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Colgate Eminent Speaker We are delighted to welcome Marco as the Colgate Eminent Speaker to the... More
Morning Tea
Symposium 3
Strengthening Dental Public Health in Australia: Local Actions, Policies, and Workforce Development
Chair: Bradley Christian and Arash Ghanbarzadegan
Oral Session 5
Paediatric Dentistry
Oral Session 6
Periodontics
General Poster Session 1
- Digital Dentistry
- Oral Health
- Dental Materials
- Oral Medicine
- Endodontics
Buffet Lunch and IADR AGM
The IADR Annual General Meeting will take place in the Kuranda Ball room from 12:30-13:30.
Symposium 4
Building the evidence to foster an anti-racist dental health system in Australia
Chair: Dr Dimitra Lekkas
Oral Session 7
Implantology & Prosthodontics
Oral Session 8
Oral health 1
General Poster Session 2
- Education
- Geriatric Oral Research
- Microbiology
- Digital Dentistry
- Periodontics
- Maxillofacial
- Minimally Invasive Dentistry
- Cariology
Afternoon tea
Plenary Lecture 3
Bioactive materials for oral health: Present and future
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Professor and Chair, Department of Dental Biomaterials Professor, Joint Research Laboratory of... More
Gala Dinner & Awards Night
Registration
Symposium 5
Improving oral health of children from refugee & migrant backgrounds
Chair: A/P Dr. Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla
Oral Session 9
Oral Health 2
Morning Tea
Oral session 10
Multimorbidity, Polypharmacy, and Oral Health
Oral Session 11
Digital Dentistry and e-oral Health
Conference Closing
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Contact the event organiser
Get in touch with the event organisers by using this form or email direct to dentistryevents@jcu.edu.au.
James Cook University (JCU) is delighted to host the IADR ANZ's Annual Scientific meeting, with the ongoing and very generous support of Colgate as the principal sponsor and ACODS as further valued sponsor.