Damascus-SANA
With Arab and international participation, the activities of the Twenty-first International Scientific Conference of the Dental Association were launched today at the Ebla Hotel and Conference Palace in Damascus.
In a speech during the opening, the Minister of Health, Dr. Hassan Al-Ghubash, stated that the Ministry is keen on continuous communication with medical unions and cooperation to raise the practical and scientific level of doctors, as the association of science, practice and scientific research is the successful basis for advancing the profession and expanding its horizons, indicating that this scientific activity with its accompanying training courses is one of the means Enhancing professional knowledge and scientific research for its role in achieving scientific, knowledge and skill additions for dentists.
Dr. Al-Ghubash stressed that despite the sanctions and difficulties, efforts are being made to develop new ideas and visions that enrich work, improve performance and raise the level of aspirations to proceed in the construction phase, raise the level of community health and improve public health indicators by providing and developing all national expertise and competencies in coordination with all partners, where the Ministry provides oral health services. And teeth for free, despite their high costs, through 727 clinics in health centers in Syria, in addition to the specialized centers that provide specialized treatment services such as jaw surgery, orthodontics, periodontics and therapy. During the first half of this year, their services exceeded 240 thousand services, while the number of services in hospitals and independent bodies reached 34,000 services in the same period.
A member of the central leadership of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, head of the Office of Popular Organizations and Professional Syndicates, Eng. Hoda Al-Homsi pointed out that the dental profession is in continuous development because it combines science, art and beauty, indicating the importance of the conference to learn about medical and treatment developments, whether at the level of the Arab world or the world.
The President of the Dentists Syndicate, Dr. Zakaria Al-Basha, stated that the conference topics are diverse and center on cosmetic and preventive dentistry, dental implants, fixed prostheses, pathological anatomy, orthodontics, laser uses, oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontal diseases, restorative and endodontic treatments, forensic dentistry, temporal disorders and dishes, noting that some of the lectures will be online as well. It is accompanied by a series of scientific workshops and training courses that highlight the latest materials and equipment in the field of dentistry.
In a statement by SANA between the head of the Dental Syndicate in Jordan, Dr. Azim Qaddoumi, that Jordan’s participation is important for the exchange of scientific and practical activities, especially during the current time, as more than 150 doctors will participate in the conference, 5 of whom will lecturers, who will present scientific papers, stressing that Syria is a pioneer in the field of dental sciences and has provided many of energies in the scientific field.
The conference will last for 3 days, and on the sidelines of the conference an exhibition of medical and dental equipment will be held for a number of local companies specialized in dental medical equipment and treatment materials.
The inauguration was attended by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Bassam Ibrahim, the President of Damascus University, Dr. Muhammad Osama Al-Jabban, the heads of the Dental Association branches, a number of doctors and a crowd of dental faculties students in Syrian universities.
Rama Rashidi
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