85th General Session, International Association For Dental Research

Main Category: Dentistry
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Article Date: 10 Mar 2007 - 3:00 PDT

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Did you know that osteoporosis can be detected using ordinary dental x-rays? …that there's a new way to cure canker sores? ...that scientists are getting closer to creating tissues to augment or replace injured, defective, or diseased body parts?

These are but a few of the thousands of pieces of information which will be presented when the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) holds its 85th General Session & Exhibition, March 21-24, 2007, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It will also be the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research and the 31st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research.

This year, nearly 3,000 scientific presentations will be made, divided among plenary/oral/poster sessions and symposia/workshops. (For releases on selected topics, please see the white section of this Press Kit.) Estimates are that over 4,500 dental scientists, educators, students, and practicing dentists from around the world will convene, representing the latest thinking in dental research.

In addition to the individual presentations, there will be Distinguished Speaker lectures, symposia, and workshops during the four-day meeting, dealing with special-interest symposium topics ranging from gender effects on temporomandibular disorders, to frail older adults with dementia and failing dentition, to the impact of Hurricane Katrina on oral medicine and pathology in New Orleans.

Featured during Meeting Week will be the IADR/Unilever Hatton Awards Competition (45 competitors from 22 countries) for student investigators. The presentations, in poster format, will be judged by top-level scientists. Winners will receive cash prizes and plaques.

The Opening Ceremonies and Welcome Reception, from 4:15 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 21, will provide an exciting kick-off for the week's activities. Many awards and fellowships, including the 2007 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards (goldenrod section), will be presented. Refreshments at the Welcome Reception, to be held in historic Generations Hall, are generously sponsored by Crest Oral-B P&G Professional Oral Health.

The Distinguished Lecture Series will feature presentations by two prominent individuals:

* "Human Embryonic Stem Cells: The Time is Now", Susan Fisher (Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA), Thursday, March 22, 8:00 am, Convention Center, Auditorium A (This event is graciously sponsored by Quintessence Publishing.)

* "Global Perspectives on Health Science Institutions and Research", Karen Holbrook (President, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA), Saturday, March 24, 8:00 am, Convention Center, Auditorium A [NB: This is the W.J. Gies Distinguished Speaker Lecture.]

For the second consecutive year, there will be three sessions of "Late-breaking News", featuring "hot" scientific breakthroughs (Thursday, March 22, 9 am, oral session, Room 287; Thursday, March 22, 3:30 pm, poster session, Exhibit Hall I2-J; and Friday, March 23, 9 am, oral session, Room 285).

Lawrence Tabak, Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will make a special "State-of-the-Institute" presentation on Friday, March 23, at 8:00 am, in Auditorium A of the Convention Center.

One of the unique opportunities offered to students is Lunch & Learning, where students may sign up to discuss, over an informal luncheon, topics of interest with senior researchers. This year, Lunch & Learning will be held on one day only - Thursday, March 22. Twenty-eight senior scientists from a wide variety of dental disciplines are volunteering their services for this event.

Returning for the fifth consecutive year are Keynote Speakers, who will be presenting "state-of-the-science" addresses in all of the Scientific Groups. Returning to the IADR meeting is a Job Opportunity Bulletin Service (JOBS), available to all registrants, located in the IADR Registration Area. Bulletin boards will be available to job recruiters to post job vacancies. There will also be a New Member Orientation Reception (Wednesday, March 21, 1:30-2:00 p.m.), where new members can find out about becoming more involved in the IADR and its specialty Groups and Committees. This reception is generously supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Co.

For the 27th consecutive year, commercial exhibits will be featured at the Meeting. Meeting participants are encouraged to visit the booths of the following:

Confirmed Exhibitors (as of March 2, 2007)

Exhibitors - Booth Assignment

3M ESPE Hospitality Center
4-Front Research 606-608
Abilit Corporation 407
Allied High Tech Products, Inc. 514
American Dental Association 206-210
Astra Tech Island 810
Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University Health Science Center 415
Biolase 516
Bisco Dental Products 607
Blackwell Munksgaard 900
Brasseler USA 802
British Dental Journal 510
CDC Division of Oral Health 315
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 601
Colgate-Palmolive Company 600-602
Crest Oral-B, P&G Professional Oral Health 500-502
Den-Mat/Lumineers By Cerinate 801
DENTSPLY International 401
Friends of NIDCR 414
GC America Inc. 800
GlaxoSmithKline 706-710
Global Surgical 403
Heraeus Kulzer, Inc. Island 716
Hill Top Research 703
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 203
J. Morita USA, Inc. 507
Kerr Corporation 300
King's College London 209
Kuraray America, Inc. 506
Laclede, Inc./Biotene 511
Louisiana State University - School of Dentistry Health Sciences Center 317
MANI, INC. 302
Microbiology International 715
Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (MinnCRest) Program - University of Minnesota 416
McNEIL-PPC, INC. 702
Mosby - Elsevier 803
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research Island 410
NewTom Dental - a division of Dent-x 509
NIDCR's TIRR at the University of Minnesota 409
Nobel Biocare 700
NYU Global Public Health 216
Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc. 814-816
Sangi Co., Ltd. 508
Scantron Industrial Products Ltd 603
Septodont 515
Shofu Dental Corporation 610
Southern Dental Industries 611
SS White Burs, Inc. 614
Stanford/NASA National Biocomputation Center 202
Sunstar Americas, Inc. 701
The Journal of Clinical Dentistry 517
Therametric Technologies, Inc. 717
Tokuyama America, Inc. 609
UCLA School of Dentistry 211
Ultradent Products, Inc. 501-503
University of Alberta 220
University of California, San Francisco 310
University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine 316
University of Florida College of Dentistry 218
University of Iowa College of Dentistry 314
University of Leeds 306
University of Manchester, School of Dentistry 217
University of Maryland Dental School 215
University of Michigan School of Dentistry 308
University of Missouri-Kansas City 201
University of North Carolina 207
University of Tennessee College of Dentistry 214
University of Washington School of Dentistry 200
Whip Mix Corporation 411
Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programs Island 402
Xradia, Inc. 902
Zircar Zirconia Inc. 616

The Exhibition will be held, with the scientific posters, in Exhibit Hall I2-J at the Convention Center. Exhibit hours will be from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23, and from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, March 24. In addition to the scientific portion of the meeting, participants will have ample opportunity to sample the many cultural and social offerings available in New Orleans and its environs.

The 85th General Session promises to provide an exciting forum for scientific exchange that should be rewarding for all who attend.

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Contact: Linda Hemphill
International & American Association for Dental Research

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