The ADA NSW Convention - Institute for Dental Implants

The ADA NSW Convention
A convention for the whole dental team
Fostering Teamwork, Furthering Technology
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney 13-15 September 2012

AN INVITATION
the Chair of the Local Organising Committee
The members of the Local Organising Committee of
the NSW branch of the Australian Dental Association
enthusiastically invite you to the ADA NSW Convention
2012 to be held at the Darling Harbour Convention
Centre in Sydney. This iconic venue will comfortably
accommodate Convention participants and at the same
time place attendees on Sydney city’s beautiful doorstep.
day dentistry. However, dentistry encompasses the
entire team -and exciting and riveting lectures will be
available to all members of the oral health care fraternity.
Dentistry is a dynamic profession that requires constant
updating by its members - do not fall behind. This is an
ideal Convention to absorb and rejuvenate yourselves
the dentists, and your entire team.
Speakers as well as scientific lectures are strongly aligned
with the theme of the Convention-“The Dental Team”.
Renowned international speakers John Sorensen,
Bernice Ko, Eric Lowenhaupt, and Fridus Van der Weijden
provide the basis for what promises to be a spectacular
line up. Included will also be an array of talented Australian
and New Zealand speakers.
An extensive trade exhibition will keep the team updated
with the latest technology in dentistry. In addition, a themed
gala dinner promises to be an event not to be missed!
The aim of the Convention is to provide participants
with a current and comprehensive outline of modern
The Convention will provide an opportunity for colleagues
to learn, interact and socialise with each other.
Remember that Together Everyone Achieves More.
Yours Sincerely
Larry Uria
Chair
ADA NSW Convention 2012 Local Organising Committee
The ADA NSW 2012 Convention Local Organising Committee (LOC)
LOC Committee Chair: Dr Larry Uria
Committee Members: Dr Michelle Heffernan, Dr Jemima Kalos, Ms Barbara Hayes and Ms Rochelle McPherson
Convention Organiser
ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development
PO Box 132, St Leonards NSW 1590 • Phone: 1800 737 346 • Fax: 02 8436 9933 • Email: convention@adansw.com.au
OUR SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsor Investec Dental Finance
Investec Dental Finance is a specialist bank that provides
financial solutions specifically for dental professionals.
We are proud to again be the Platinum Sponsor of the
ADA NSW Convention 2012.
We invite you to find out more about our innovative range
of distinctive banking products and services, which
include; equipment, fit-out & motor vehicle finance, cash
management facilities, commercial property finance,
goodwill and practice purchase loans, home loans and
professional overdrafts. For more information, please visit us
on stand or go to www.investec.com.au/professionalfinance
Gold Sponsor Guild Insurance
Guild Insurance is the largest insurer of allied health
professionals in Australia, providing professional indemnity,
business, car and home insurance to more than 90,000
clients. With customer service staff located in every
state, Guild Insurance delivers personal service to clients
across Australia. For further information visit our website
at www.guildinsurance.com.au
Silver Sponsor Colgate Oral Care
Colgate-Palmolive is a global leader in oral care technology,
products and education. Colgate’s products include
technologically advanced toothpastes, toothbrushes,
mouthrinses and dental floss.
Colgate Professional Oral Care provides professional
anticavity, gingival health, sensitivity and tooth whitening
products. Colgate’s Bright Smiles Bright Futures program
provides oral health education to millions of children
around the world each year.
For more information please visit our trade display or
visit www.colgateprofessional.com.au
Silver Sponsor Biohorizons
BioHorizons is one of the fastest growing companies in
the dental implant industry. Our comprehensive
portfolio of dental implants and biologics products is
evidence-based and scientifically-proven. BioHorizons
has continued to provide clinician’s unique products
supported by university based research. Our combination
of advanced implant technologies, biologics has enabled
BioHorizons to provide comprehensive solutions for
both patients and clinicians. For further information visit
www.biohorizons.com or call 1300 13 12 19.
Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor Silver Sponsor

VENUE All convention sessions and social functions will be held at the
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia
SOCIAL & SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
THURSDAY SATURDAY
Welcome Reception
Thursday, 13 September 2012
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to relax and enjoy the company of your fellow Convention delegates and
presenters, colleagues and friends overlooking the lights of Darling Harbour.
Cost: Full Convention Delegates – included in your registration fee
Additional Ticket – $95 inc GST
Saturday Breakfast Session
Saturday, 15 September 2012
7:30am – 8:45am
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
A Convention first which promises to be one of the most talked about sessions. Join us for a rare opportunity to hear
Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan who was kidnapped and held to ransom in Somalia in 2008. Be inspired by
his story of survival, resilience and hope.
Cost: Full Convention Delegates - included in your registration fee
Additional Ticket - $75 inc GST
Convention Gala Dinner
Saturday, 15 September 2012
6:30pm for 7:00pm
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Gala Dinner has always been a memorable event in itself, and this one will be no exception. The Parkside Ballroom
will be transformed into the glitz, glamour and romance of the 1920’s as we immerse ourselves into the decadence of
“The Great Gatsby”. Be entertained, surprised, wined and dined at what is shaping up to be the dental industry’s social
event of the year. Numbers are limited for this event, so be sure to indicate if you will be attending when you register.
Cost: Full Convention Delegates – included in your registration fee
Additional Ticket - $225 inc GST
SATURDAY
INFORMATION
Accommodation
Special Convention rates have
been secured at nearby Darling
Harbour and Sydney Hotels.
Book online at:
http://conferences.ozaccom.com.
au/2012/adn12/index.aspx
Cancellation & refund policy
By registering for this event, you
agree to the cancellation and refund
policy as outlined below:
Cancellations must be notified in
writing to the Convention Organiser.
• Before 1 July 2012 will incur a
$150 cancellation fee
• Before 31 August 2012 will receive
a 50% refund fee
• After 31 August 2012 there will be
no refund.
Dietary requests
All meal breaks will cater for
vegetarians, with gluten and dairy
free options available.
Should you have any additional
dietary requests, please note these
on the registration form or contact
the Convention Manager by email
convention@adansw.com.au prior to
1 September 2012. In some cases, an
additional cost may apply.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Friday, 14 September 2012
Time Presentation Speaker
9:10am – 9:50am Convention Opening Presentation Special Guest Speaker
Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston
9:50am – 10:50am Special Presentation Invited International Speaker
Dr John Sorensen (USA)
11:30am – 12:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
3:45pm – 5:00pm
Concurrent Sessions
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Endodontics: Part 1
Prevention and Treatment of Peri-implantitis: A Clinical Challenge
Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
E-Health Update
Dental Team Session: Animal Dentistry
Implant Maintenance
Down In The Mouth: Oral Anatomy And Pathology Review
Paediatric Dentistry
Stem Cells: Building a new tooth: do we have the technology?
Benchmark Your Practice
Practice Management Session: Conflict Management
Debilitated Dentitions – Are Composite Resin Restorations
A Viable Option?
Oral Hygiene Considerations For the Orthodontic Patient
Genomics, transcriptomics and periodontal risk assessment
Dental Team Session: A Day in the Paediatric Dental Practice
Invited International Speaker
Dr Bernice Ko (USA)
Dr Lisa Heitz-Mayfield
Dr Peter Cistulli & Dr Neil Peppitt
Dr Neil Hewson
Dr David Clarke
Dr Fridus Van Der Weidjen
Prof Jules Kieser and
Assoc Prof Hedley Coleman
Assoc Prof Richard Widmer
Prof Mark Bartold
Dr Brad Wright
Mr Gary Smith
Prof Ian Meyers
Invited International Speaker
Dr Eric Lowenhaupt (USA)
Prof Greg Seymour
Assoc Prof Richard Widmer

Time Presentation Speaker
Saturday, 15 September 2012
7:30am – 8:45am
Saturday Breakfast Session
Between the Horn of Africa and Hell
Special Guest Speaker
Mr Nigel Brennan
9:00am – 10:00am A Multidisciplinary Approach to Endodontics: Part 2 Invited International Speaker
Dr Bernice Ko (USA)
9:00am - 10:30am
Concurrent Sessions
Explaining Professional Mystiques - is it necessary to write
a novel?
Microbiology
Special Guest Speaker
Stuart Littlemore QC
Invited International Speaker
Dr Fridus Van Der Weidjen
(Netherlands)
6 Possible Ways of Treating Class II Malocclusion with Invisalign Dr Morris Rapaport
10:00am - 10:30am
Concurrent Sessions
11:10am – 12:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
3:45pm - 5:00pm
Concurrent Sessions
Rehabilitation in Composite Resin, Limitations and Possibilities
Dental Team Session: Oral Pathology
Sealing Caries in Paediatric Patients
Special Presentation from “Mr Money”
Advanced Interpretation of Dentoalveolar Lesions
Should we blame the techo - enhancing dentist ceramist
communications
Caries Prevention Cradle to Grave
Pain Management
Tots, tweens and teens. Paediatric dental trauma in
everyday practice
The Prevention and Treatment of Dental Trauma
Special Presentation
Management of the common congenitally missing teeth
Managing hypomineralised / hypoplastic first permanent
molars
Cone Beam, Multislice CT, MRI, Intraoral and Panoramic
Radiography
Dental Team Session: Infection Control
Is it Failure of Treatment or simply a Healing Variable
Orthodontics
Reminiscences’ of an “Incident” First Responder
Gingival recession in our Orthodontic patients
Practice Accreditation and My Practice – what’s in it for me?
Dr Tony Rotondo
Assoc Prof Hedley Coleman
Assoc Prof Bernadette Drummond
Special Guest Speaker
Mr Paul Clitheroe AM
Assoc Prof Bernard Koong
Dr Chris Ho & Mr Brad Grobler
Prof Laurence Walsh
Prof Chris Peck
Dr Juliette Scott
Dr Brett Dorney
Invited International Speaker
Dr John Sorensen (USA)
Dr Stephen Duncan
Assoc Prof Bernadette Drummond
Assoc Prof Bernard Koong
Prof Laurence Walsh
Dr Brian Fitzpatrick
Prof Mehmet A. Darendeliler
Dr Chris Griffiths
Dr David Grossberg
Dr Murray Thomas
PLUS…
Concurrent Sessions
• Hands-on Clinical Workshops with special guest international and local presenters
• Live Clinical Demonstrations
• Workshops on Medical Emergencies, Practice Management Software,
Computerised Dentistry and much more
• Industry Exhibition

OUR PRESENTERS
Dr John Sorensen
Dr John Sorensen DMD, PhD is an internationally recognised expert in prosthodontics, ceramic
restorations, crown & bridge systems and implant abutment systems. Dr Sorensen has taught
dentists both in the United States and internationally. Currently working at the Pacific Dental
Institute Education Centre in Oregon, Dr Sorensen teaches dentists in hands on courses how
to perform aesthetic, implant and reconstructive dentistry procedures. He is on the editorial
boards of numerous professional dental publications and has published more than 75 scientific
articles and over 100 dental research abstracts. Dr John Sorensen is sponsored by 3M ESPE.
Dr Bernice Ko
Dr Bernice Ko is the Course Director of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Endodontic Continuum Lecture and Hands-on Workshop, serving local and foreign general.
Dr Ko is a Diplomate with the American Board of Endodontics and is a Lecturer with the
Section of Endodontics at UCLA. She maintains an Endodontic-Periodontic private practice
in West Los Angeles, California. Dr Bernice Ko is sponsored by Sybron Endo.
Professor Lisa Heitz-Mayfield
Professor Heitz–Mayfield, an Adelaide graduate, obtained a Masters in Periodontology (1996)
and PhD (1998) from Lund University, Sweden. She received a scholarship at the Brånemark
Osseointegration Centre, Sweden, and an ITI scholarship at the University of Berne, Switzerland
where she became Head of the Oral Microbiology Research Laboratory, 1999-2003.
Her positions include Professor at the CRROH, UWA, The University of Sydney, and The University
of Hong Kong and maintains a specialist practice in Perth.
Dr Fridus Van Der Weidjen
Dr Fridus van der Weijden graduated in 1984 from the State University Dental School in
Utrecht, the Netherlands and was accredited by the Dutch Society of Periodontology
in 1990. He received accreditation as a ‘senior investigator’ by the Netherlands Institute for
Dental Sciences in 2000, and in 2005 as an ‘Implant-specialist’ by the Dutch Society of Oral
Implantology. Dr Fridus van der Weijden is sponsored by Oral B.
Prof Jules Kieser
Jules Kieser obtained a BSc from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 1971
before going on to qualify as a dentist in 1975. He went into practice first in the outback of
South Africa and subsequently in London and Johannesburg. While in practice, he received his
PhD in 1989 and was appointed as Reader in Craniofacial Biology and also Honorary Professor
of Anatomy at Wits. In 1996 he was appointed to the Chair, and Head of the Department of
Oral Sciences, University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Assoc Prof Richard Widmer
A/Prof Richard Widmer is the Head of Department at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead,
and is also in private specialist practice. Richard has a broad experience in clinical paediatric
dentistry as well as being a very active teacher of under-graduates and post graduates across
all health disciplines. Richard is also the co-editor of “The Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry “,
now in its third edition and available in seven languages.
Assoc Prof Hedley Coleman
Assoc Professor Coleman graduated with distinction as a dentist in 1985 from the University
of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed a Masters Degree in the
Branch of Oral Pathology in 1992. In 2003 he obtained a Fellowship from the South African
College of Pathologists and in 2007 fulfilled the examination requirements for the Fellowship
in the Faculty of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia).
He presently holds a conjoint appointment as Associate Professor with the ICPMR, Westmead
Hospital and the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney.

Prof Mark Bartold
Professor Bartold is currently Professor and Director of the Colgate Australian Clinical Dental
Research Centre at the University of Adelaide. He is a member of the editorial board of
eight international dental journals and is the current Editor of the Australian Dental Journal.
Professor Bartold has authored over 200 scientific articles in the field of periodontology.
In addition to his research and teaching commitments he also maintains a private specialist
periodontics practice.
Prof Ian Meyers
Professor Meyers is currently in general dental practice in Brisbane, and has honorary
professorial positions with The University of Queensland School of Dentistry, and James Cook
University School of Medicine and Dentistry. His major interests include adhesive restorative
dental materials, diagnosis and management of the worn dentition and minimum
intervention dentistry.
Dr Eric B. Lowenhaupt
Dr Lowenhaupt, D.D.S. attended Florida State University for undergraduate studies and Emory
University in Atlanta for his Dental and Orthodontic training. Since 1986, he has been in the
private practice of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in Florida. Eric lectures nationally
and internationally through his affiliation with (G) nathos (The Ricketts School for Bioprogressive
Education, Southeast) and VOCA (Vital Orthodontic Considerations Australasia).
Prof Greg Seymour
Professor Seymour is a clinical periodontist and is Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry and
Professor of Periodontology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is also co-director
of the Molecular Immunopathology Group in the Sir John Walsh Research Institute at the
University of Otago. He has authored or co-authored over 330 papers in the scientific literature
in the areas of periodontology and oral immunology and has been awarded a number of
international research prizes.
Stuart Littlemore QC
Stuart Littlemore is a barrister, author, documentarian and creator of ABC TV’s ‘Media Watch’.
Stuart is one of Her Majesty’s Counsel, practising at the Bar in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra,
Brisbane, Hobart, Perth, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. In his legal work, he specialises in
media law, criminal law and administrative law.
Assoc Prof Bernadette Drummond
Professor Drummond is currently head of the Discipline of Paediatric Dentistry at the University
of Otago where she co-ordinates two graduate programmes, and provides specialist clinical
care for children and adolescents. Her research focuses on improving the oral health-related
quality of life in children, particularly those with teeth anomalies, severe early childhood
caries or medical and developmental disabilities. She has investigated the long-term success
of restoring children’s teeth and a range of novel preventive approaches.
Assoc Prof Bernard Koong
Bernard consults full time and is a partner at a multidisciplinary comprehensive private
radiology group in Western Australia and also consults internationally. He also holds the
position of Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, where he provides radiology
programmes for Faculty of Dentistry journal. He presents internationally and is published
extensively in journals and textbooks.
Prof Laurence Walsh
Professor Walsh is well known to Australian and international audiences. Laurie has authored
over 200 research publications, over 40 national or state level protocols and guidelines, and
over 150 technical reports and literature reviews. His research publications have attracted
over 3200 citations. Laurie has been the Head of the University of Queensland School of
Dentistry since 2004. He maintains a part-time specialist practice in special needs dentistry,
and serves on the ADA Inc Infection Control Committee.

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Full Convention Registration Fee INC GST
Includes access to convention sessions, morning and afternoon tea, lunch, welcome reception, gala dinner, satchel, industry exhibition entry and Saturday breakfast session
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(by 31 July 2012)
Standard Registration
(from 1 August 2012)
Dentist – ADA Member Membership No.: $1350 $1650
Dentist – Non Member $1450 $1750
Dentist Assistant – NSW DAA Member NSW DAA Membership No.: $495 $495
Dental Assistant – Non NSW DAA Member $495 $550
Dental Auxiliary employed by ADA Member Employer’s ADA Membership No.: $1000 $1000
Dental Auxiliary not employed by ADA Member $1350 $1650
Corporate/Technician/Prosthetist $1750 $1750
Complimentary Functions INC GST
Pleases indicate if you will be attending these functions (1 x tickets is included in the Full Convention Registration fee, however RSVP is required for catering purposes).
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Thursday, 13 September 2012
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Welcome Reception: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Breakfast Session: 7:30am – 8:45am
Convention Gala Dinner: 6:30pm for 7:00pm Dinner
One Day Registration INC GST
Includes access to convention sessions, morning and afternoon tea, lunch and industry exhibition for one day only. Does not include access to welcome reception, gala
dinner or Saturday breakfast session. Tickets for these events can be purchased separately in the Additional Functions section.
Category Fri, 14 Sept 2012 Sat, 15 Sept 2012
Dentist – ADA Member Membership No.: $750 $750
Dentist – Non Member $875 $875
Dentist Assistant – NSW DAA Member NSW DAA Membership No.: $250 $250
Dental Assistant – Non NSW DAA Member $275 $275
Dental Auxiliary employed by ADA Member Employer’s ADA Membership No.: $500 $500
Dental Auxiliary not employed by ADA Member $825 $825
Corporate/Technician/Prosthetist $875 $875
Additional Functions INC GST
One (1) ticket for each of these functions is included in the Full Convention Registration Fee. Additional tickets may be purchased for guests/partners, or One Day registration.
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Saturday, 15 September 2012 Breakfast Session: 7:30am – 8:45am _______ x tickets at $75
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