Dental Industry Meeting & Events

The Australian Dental Industry Association (ADIA) participates in and coordinates a number of domestic and international industry events and exhibitions. This dental industry events calendar will provide you with information on upcoming industry events, either organised by ADIA or allied stakeholders that may be of interest to stakeholders in the dental industry and dental professions.

Clinical skills required for providing periodontal therapy most effectively and efficiently may be enhanced and strengthened by viewing all instruments as a total unit rather than as separate entities. These workshops present innovative instrument designs and solutions driven approaches to meet the inevitable challenges of mechanically treating “invisible” root surfaces and examine the design characteristics of a variety of hand instruments and are listed for appropriate skill levels.

  Sydney Dental Hospital (17/05/2012, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM)

Today dentists are challenged with and an increased complexity in aesthetic dentistry. Furthermore, dentists are faced with an ever-changing selection of materials, procedures and requests from patients. At the heart of all this is what is most ideal for your patients. This lecture will review practical and new options for treating many of the challenges we encounter in everyday practice. Participants will be exposed to various contemporary restorative materials.

  South Yarra, Victoria (17/05/2012, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Designed for clinicians and dental technicians who want to provide patients and customers with state-of-the-art implant based restorative dentistry. This program provides an excellent foundation for practice growth, with a focus on step-by-step procedures to plan and restore single missing teeth in healed sites. Implant related biology, surgery fundamentals, patient selection and communication, treatment planning and prosthetic options are among the areas addressed during the program.

  Auckland (18/05/2012, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM)

The general dentist is constantly bombarded by advertisements for a plethora of new aesthetic materials and techniques. This programme assembles a panel of experts to critically evaluate the science behind what is available in the market and what is clinically successful for direct and indirect aesthetic materials and techniques. On completion of the programme, each participant should be familiar with current aesthetic materials and techniques, their applications and their clinical performance.

  South Melbourne, Victoria (18/05/2012, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

This is a hands on professional development course (8 CPD points) and is designed to cover sagittal and transverse expansion as well as bite planes and occlusal bite pads. We will not be concentrating on wire components they were covered in the first course . However they are still important and great care must be taken positioning the wire components. This course is limited to ten people per class, and is designed to provide the participant with the maximum amount of individual tuition.

  Sydney (19/05/2012, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM)

Did you know that when implemented correctly, a hygienist/therapist can be four more times more profitable than an employed dentist? A visit to the hygienist/therapist should be a memorable & pleasant experience that has your patients saying "wow" & referring other patients. This exclusive short course will show you exactly how to build & maintain a high performance hygiene department that is profitable, adds value to your practice & keeps your patients coming back happily over many years.

  Sydney (19/05/2012, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM)

This program provides regular monthly non-clinical Continuing Professional Development sessions for New Graduates (up to 5 years) to cover the personal and professional issues which are likely to arise, and to assist them to develop the skills and resources they will need to enable active engagement in the Dental profession. Food and wine are provided for the social networking component.

  South Yarra, Victoria (22/05/2012, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM)

Proudly sponsored by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) and GS1 Australia, these information sessions will introduce supply chain professionals to the latest initiatives in national health supply chain reform, including the National Product Catalogue (NPC) and eProcurement Solution.

  Melbourne (23/05/2012, 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM)

Periodontal disease and diabetes are common chronic conditions which have a bidirectional relationship with each other. These diseases share common inflammatory pathways and the treatment of one affects the other. Many patients will attend dental practices having already been diagnosed with diabetes and there are some important facts that all providers of oral health care should know so they can educate their patients well and confidently, and provide appropriate care.

  Adelaide, South Australia (23/05/2012, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

Proudly sponsored by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) and GS1 Australia, these information sessions will introduce supply chain professionals to the latest initiatives in national health supply chain reform, including the National Product Catalogue (NPC) and eProcurement Solution.

  Sydney (24/05/2012, 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM)

ADIA member businesses, industry associations and professional institutes are able to upload details of their events without charge. Please use the EVENTS SUBMISSION PAGE or contact the ADIA National Office via email at events@adia.org.au or by telephone on 1300 943 094 (Internationally + 61 2 9319 5631).