Category: Dental medicine
João Pimenta at the Brazilian Academy of Dentistry
João Pimenta has just joined the Brazilian Academy of Dentistry (AcBO – Academia Brasileira de Odontologia), chaired by Mario Groisman. The Portuguese dentist will be sworn in as an Honorary Academic, thus becoming part of the AcBO Academic Board.
Portuguese dentist contributes to the drafting of ASCO guidelines
The dentist Rui Amaral Mendes is part of the team of experts responsible for writing the guidelines “Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw”, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. This is the first time that a Portuguese dentist has been involved in the creation of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) guidelines.
David Penn’s first time in Portugal
The consultancy GM Business Consulting will welcome David Penn for two lectures under the topics of “Clear Aligners, Aesthetics and Building a Practice for the Future” and “Predictability and Clear Aligner Therapy? What Is Real and What Is a Cartoon!” on the 4th and 5th of October, in Lisbon.
50% of Portuguese people don’t know what orthodontics is
The OralMed Dental Medicine Clinics recently developed the first “Portrait of Orthodontics in Portugal” – a nationwide study that assesses the main motivations and withdrawals of Portuguese people in relation to orthodontics and offers several suggestions for dentists.
Madeira: dentists will have a career in the public health service
The Regional Secretary of Health of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), Pedro Ramos, recently announced the creation of a public service career in dentistry. The decision was made known during an audience with the surgeon general of the Order of Dentists (OMD), Orlando Monteiro da Silva, and the representative of the OMD Board of Directors in the RAM, Gil Fernandes Alves.