ESLO 2008 newsletter 6-12-2007 by Dr. Olivier SOREL President of ESLO Scientific Committee

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Dear Lingual Orthodontic Friend,


We were delighted to hear that our friend, Alain Decker, has accepted
the responsibility of organising the 8th ESLO Conference in Cannes at
the French Riviera. When Alain suggested to us that we join up with
the organisation of the Scientific Programme, we realised, after our
initial elatio

n, the extent of the responsibility that we had accepted and we began
to ask ourselves some questions. Some of these included: How do you
organise a successful conference? What will most interest the
audience? What do conference delegates, having invested a considerable
amount, expect when they come to such meetings?

The response to these questions will necessarily involve perfect
organisation, which fortunately will be taken care of by the
President, A. Decker. Similarly, it also involves organising a
Scientific Programme, which responds to the clinical and practical
questions of our daily practice, as well as the acquisition of new
knowledge. Such knowledge may not have an obvious link to our work in
the chair, but may well have a place in the practice of tomorrow.

Lingual Orthodontics is practiced as a team, and is a job which, in
the chair, involves two pairs of hands. This is where our assistants
have a significant role to play. This is why we are creating a space
for them.
We would like to limit the number of rooms in order to concentrate on
the essential, and to select the best conferences without missing
anything.



::1

The first subject discussed will concern what maxillo-facial surgery
brings to the balance of our treatments. Aesthetics are our patients'
main motivation. Our society offers numerous possibilities that enable
people to improve their appearance, either through various
manipulations, diets or cosmetic surgery.

In this field, we find ourselves at a crossroads between this concern
for physical appearance and our specialised branch of health care,
which is concerned with complex morphological and functional
balances.Modifying the position of the teeth by orthodontics alone, or
in combination with maxillo-facial surgery, has significant
consequences on facial balance. The quest for dental balance must be
done while being aware of the general periodontal balance which
involves the periodontium, temporol-mandibular joints and of course
the face, the smile and so on ...This theme will be at the heart of
our first subject: "Maxillo-Facial and Aesthetic Surgery".The speakers
will present their point of view as well as their approach. Analysis
of the treatment indications and objectives will present approaches
which lead to a greater level of care. We all come face to face with
these techniques and our consideration of this subject is not new.
This is why you are invited to present the way you work so that we can
share our knowledge in a global way (ref. Request for presentations).


::2

The second subject discussed will aim to highlight the benefits of CAD/
CAM: Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing.

Information Technology has already invaded our surgeries and this will
continue. Our good old casts are in the process of becoming obsolete,
wax set ups are becoming out of date, standardised retainers are under
threat ...
The development of CAD/CAM especially affects laboratory procedures
that now come back to orthodontists with greater precision and
interactivity...
The top experts, all pioneers in these techniques, will be present to
show us the most recent advances.


::3

Our third subject concerns multi-disciplinary treatments. Now that
adults have invaded our surgeries, we find ourselves confronted with
problems that we rarely find in adolescents, due to their young and
fully healthy dentition.

Adults, on the other hand, have a dental history with numerous
treatments, missing teeth, prostheses etc.
The ODF treatment plan cannot be separated from its context and
rehabilitating a mouth can require the skill of all the
specialisations of ORL and dentistry: Periodontics - endodontics -
implantology - prosthetics - maxillo-facial surgery - orthodontics ...
Implementation of these complex treatments requires clearly predicting
a treatment plan which precisely defines the order of practitioners
and the time required, as well as providing an assessment of treatment
costs and an explanation of the risks associated with any treatment.
By choosing to develop an interdisciplinary approach, we wish to bring
into focus the whole approach, as well as highlight certain crucial
points of the specialisations with which we work.


::4

Orthodontic material, including its most recent developments as well
as their implementation is an unavoidable subject, due to the
creativity of our specialisation where new ideas are constantly on the
boil.


::5

Clinical application is a subject close to the hearts of all
conference delegates. I am certain that we will finish this conference
with many new ideas but also several clinical tricks, which will be
useful to our daily practice.



The Scientific Committee is looking forward to your contributions and
would like to receive as many as possible to make this conference
lively and inventive.
We are eager to meet everyone in Cannes for the 8th ESLO at the
beginning of July (July 3 to July 6, 2008).

Best and warm regards
Olivier SOREL
President of ESLO Scientific Committee