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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
More than 2000 |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
South Korea, Japan, USA, UK, INDIA, Norway, Finland, France, Brazil, Taiwan, New Zealand, Canada, China, |
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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 : |
WHO, FDI |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
In my opinion it was in an acceptable level. My abstract was a part of a big study in Tehran on inequality. According to this title many persons ask me about the details of the study. I explained them about the general goals and meteorologic of the study. I referred them to some articles for more details that published in international journals. |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Hiroshi Ogawa the director of oral health in WHO, Christopher H. Fox Executive Director of IADR, |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
I think we can have many joint programs and workshops with WHO for improving oral health problem in Iran. The target groups can be Dentists, dental students, Dental hygienist, Dental managers, and Dental staff. According to my meeting with Dr. Ogawa, we discussed about WHO strategies for future. He told that integration between oral health and non- communicable diseases and limited of sugar consumption are two important programs for future. |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
Application for Korean visa was very simple without any problem. Unfortunately, we do not have a direct flight to South Korea from Tehran. For this reason, it was a long journey with its problem. Korea is an expensive country for life. For this point all expenses such as accommodation, food, and transportation are expensive for us. However, Korea is a high technology country and we had a good experiences about it. We had a visit from dental school in Seoul. it was a very good experience for me, I had a good discussion with academic members about their curriculum. we visited all departments, dental hospital and dental school. I prepared a complete report for my colleagues. |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
International association of dental research (IADR) is one of the biggest dental association for research in the world. For this reason, in their annual meeting many researchers and dentists participate. The presenters report their research in all field in dentistry. The newest topics and subjects for research in dentistry and the results of this subjects. In IADR we can share our experiences with other researcher from all over the world. The stem cell, quality of life, cancer, cariology were some common topic of research in the IADR meeting. As I told we had a visit from dental school and dental hospital in Seoul and I learned a lot of things about dental curriculum and programs according to my discussions with responsible staff in Seoul dental school. |