International Orthodontic Congress held in London
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The 8th International Orthodontic Congress, co-hosted by the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) and the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) was held this year in London. Professor Jonathan Sandler, Chairman of the organising committee told delegates at the opening ceremony: “This meeting brings together 6,200 colleagues from 90 countries around the world to celebrate all that is good about orthodontics.”
The transformative power of orthodontics and the contribution of some of the highest achieving orthodontists in the world were celebrated on the first day of the 8th International Congress, co-hosted by the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) and the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO).
Professor Jonathan Sandler, Chairman of the organising committee of the 8th IOC, told delegates and guests at the opening ceremony: “I have never been so proud to be British and a part of the World Federation of Orthodontists. This meeting brings together 6,200 colleagues from 90 countries around the world to celebrate all that is good about orthodontics.”
He added: “I have loved orthodontics for the last 30 years. There is something about our specialty which is irresistible, largely our ability to change lives on an almost daily basis.”
Professors Nigel Hunt and Professor Birte Melsen were both awarded honorary membership of the World Federation of Orthodontists while Bill DeKock, a founder of the WFO, received the first service award which has been created in his name. Tribute was paid to them all by Dr Roberto Justus, President of the WFO.
After the awards, Professor Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman, the eminent academic and clinician, took the stage for a talk called ‘The Many Faces of Orthodontics.’ She discussed the expectations of patients, the methods for measuring treatment outcomes and what the future might hold. So much has changed in the last decades, she said, with the numbers of people opting for treating rising dramatically and appliances and techniques evolving in a variety of ways.
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