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Our Annual Scientific Meeting was held on Saturday 21st of September at the Conrad Dublin Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 and we celebrated the 41st anniversary of the Irish Academy Of American Graduate Dental Specialists.

Speakers for IAAGDS September ‘24

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

8.30-9.00amRegistration with Tea/Coffee
9.00amWelcome and Introduction
Dr Tom Houlihan
9.15-9.45amTitle: “Small smiles, Big impact: Aligner Treatment for Young Patients
Dr Marielle Blake
Chairperson: Dr Tom Houlihan
9.45-10.15amTitle: “Is the Cutting Edge Also the Bleeding Edge?”
Dr Kevin O’Boyle
10.15-10.45amCoffee Break
10.45-11.15amTitle: “Cracked Teeth”
Dr Fergus Duddy
11.15-11.45pmTitle: “Hard and Soft Tissue Management Post Trauma”
Dr Tiernan O’Brien
11.45-12.00pmCoffee Break
12.00-12.30pmTitle: “Emergency Pain Relief Protocols”
Dr John Lordan
12.30-1.00pmTitle: “The Extraction Socket: Optimisation for Implant Placement”
Dr Paul Quinlan
1.00-2.00pmComplimentary Finger Food and Drinks
8.30-9.00amRegistration with Tea/Coffee
9.00amWelcome and Introduction
Dr Edward Cotter
9.15-9.45amTitle: “All Smiles: What Prosthodontics can do for our Patients”
Dr Arthur O’Connor
Chairperson: Dr Edward Cotter
9.45-10.15amTitle: “Updates on the Treatment of Hypomineralised Teeth”
Dr Cal McCarthy
10.15-10.45amCoffee Break
10.45-11.15amTitle: “Paediatric Dental Sleep Medicine”
Dr Catherine McKinley
11.15-11.45pmTitle: “Biteguards”
Dr Edward Cotter
11.45-12.00pmCoffee Break
12.00-12.30pmTitle: “When the Tissue is the Issue: Managing the soft tissues in orthodontic patients: Before, During and After Treatment”
Dr Rachel Doody
12.30-1.00pmTitle: “Do you Take out Teeth?”
Dr Tony Coughlan
1.00-2.00pmComplimentary Finger Food and Drinks

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Our Annual Scientific Meeting was held on Saturday 23rd September at the Conrad Dublin Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 and we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Irish Academy Of American Graduate Dental Specialists.

Speakers for IAAGDS September ‘23

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

8.30-9.00amRegistration with Tea/Coffee
9.00amWelcome and Introduction
Dr Tom Houlihan
9.15-9.45amTitle: “Distraction Osteogenesis: an old method of new bone formation
Prof Gerry Kearns
Chairperson: Dr Tom Houlihan
9.45-10.15amTitle: “Endodontic Update 2023”
Dr John Lordan
10.15-10.45Coffee Break
10.45-11.15amTitle: “Where Should the Front Teeth Go?”
Dr Edward Cotter
11.15-11.45pmTitle: “Endodontic Diagnosis”
Dr Fergus Duddy
11.45-12.00pmCoffee Break
12.00-12.30pmTitle: “Minimising Risk in Restorative Dentistry”
Dr Gerry Cleary
12.30-1pmTitle: “Frenectomies in Children”
Dr Tiernan O’Brien
1.00-2.00pmComplimentary Finger Food and Drinks
8.30-9.00amRegistration with Tea/Coffee
9.00amWelcome and Introduction
Dr Donal Blackwell
9.15-9.45amTitle: “Soft Tissue Grafting Surgical Techniques
Dr Jason Owens
Chairperson: Dr Donal Blackwell
9.45-10.15amTitle: “When Tongues Talk” Form, Function & Untold Tale
Dr Catherine McKinley
10.15-10.45amCoffee Break
10.45-11.15amTitle: “Enhanced Irrigation in Endodontics”
Dr Pat Cleary
11.15-11.45pmTitle: “Treatment Efficiency in Implant Dentistry: Maximising Margin, Minimising Complications”
Dr Paul O’Reilly
11.45-12.00pmCoffee Break
12.00-12.30pmTitle: “Orthodontic Behaviour – factors associated with a successful treatment outcome”
Dr Marielle Blake
12.30-1.00pmTitle: “Endodontic Surgery”
Dr John Dermody
1.00-2.00pmComplimentary Finger Food and Drinks

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We are having our ASM this year in the Conrad Hotel on the 30th of September. Registration starts at 8.30am. We have a great line up of speakers. I hope to see you there.

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