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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
More than 150 |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
There were delegates and speakers from Many countries around the world like: United states of America, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, India, China, Thailand, Tanzania, Singapore, and Ethiopia… |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
Yes |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
- Department of Health, Ministry of public Health • Bureau of dental health • Bureau of international cooperation • Intercountry center for oral health |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
Our research presentation was oral and some of the participants had questions the research. For example; one of them asked me that “why you didn’t use permissible level of fluoride in powdered milk determined by Iranian standards and you used WHO and international standards in this research?” the our answer was: “we wanted to present this paper in international conference and since other countries people aren’t familiar with Iranian standards in this field, we preferred to use the international standards in our article in an international conference. Also in some cases there aren’t any standards in Iran for fluoride permissible levels. |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Dr. Bruce Spittle, Editor-in-Chief of fluoride from New Zealand. |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
Since this conference is held every two years and there are many health problems due to amount of fluoride in some regions of our country, I think holding this conference in Iran would help to solve this kind of problems. There will be a chance to use opinion and proposals of experts from all over the world to decrease the fluoride problems. (Of course last year this conference held in Tehran, but we hope this happen again and again…) |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
It was routine for me as I go to this conference every two years. But in this conference, we were taken to some villages in order to get familiar with health problems due to fluoride in people who were exposed to these problems, directly. |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
In 32nd conference of the international society for fluoride, I met many experts in fluoride field and went to many sessions such as:
Platform session I: Biological effects of fluoride
Platform session II: Epidemiology of Flurorosis
Platform Session III: Fluorosis prevention
Platform Session IV: Defluroridator
Platform Session V: Mitigation
The participants could talk and discuss with each other.
We discussed to have collaboration in some field of researches related to fluoride problems in drinking water and training in the future. In this conference, we were taken to some villages in order to get familiar with health problems due to fluoride in people who were exposed to these problems, directly. |