Registration for both events is now officially closed. Registration for local participants (students from school of Denistry, Aristotle University) will start in the next few days.
Welcome letter
On behalf of the organizing committee and the European Dental Students’ Association (EDSA) I would like to invite you to the 49thEDSA Meeting in conjunction with the 9th EDSA Congress in the beautiful city of Thessaloniki, Greece. (April 1-8, 2012).
It is the first time in the history of EDSA that Thessaloniki has been honored with the organization of the biennial congress of the Association as well as the biannual meeting. There are a lot of reasons for this decision of EDSA. A very important one is that Thessaloniki is always a very attractive and easy to reach European destination.
The main theme of the Congress is going to be the “Clinical applications in dental aesthetics; options and compromises”. This topic brings to surface the major issue of aesthetics when the crushing percentage of patients has very high anticipations in this area of dental rehabilitation. Parallel themes that are going to get analyzed, taking as a handle the main topic, are current dental research, specialization and ethics regarding dental practice. Lectures and workshops are going to be held during the Congress, under the supervision of prominent figures in the field of Dentistry.
The prominent international and national invited speakers in the scientific program, the exciting social program and the extensive traders’ exhibition, with the support of our sponsors, will attract the attention of a large number of dental students and make this congress a very successful and memorable one in the history of EDSA.
EDSA meeting is the most important encountering of dental students around Europe, discussing all aspects of dental education and more. In the meeting, participants are EDSA Executive Committee, EDSA delegates of members-countries, Local organizing committee, dental students interested in taking part in EDSA activities (not necessarily from EDSA member countries), representatives of national and international dental students' associations and representatives of the Sponsors.
Thessaloniki is renown through the ages as the home of Alexander the Great, with notable Byzantine monuments, including the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessalonika, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as several Ottoman and Sephardic Jewish structures. In the present times, Thessaloniki is widely known for the International Trade Fair, the International Thessaloniki Film Festival. Thus, Thessaloniki is a place to be for everyone once in their lifetime.
Chairwoman of the Local Organizing Committee, Elpida Samara
Web Editor: Dimitris Tatsis, EDSA Executive Committee member