Mangaluru: A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences hosts 1st ACE-Karnataka National Confere

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Mangaluru, 11 Jul 2022: The first historic conference of the Association of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, 1st ACE-Karnataka Conference 2022 hosted by A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte (Deemed to be University) was inaugurated on the here on July 8 by N Vinaya  Hegqde, Chancellor of NITTE (Deemed to be University).

 

Dr Mithra N Hegde, organizing chairperson, secretary of ACE-Karnataka, vice principal of ABSMIDS welcomed the gathering and briefed the audience regarding the salient features of the conference.

 

Guest of honour, Dr K K Wadhwani, former dean, faculty of dental sciences, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow released the Conference souvenir.

 

 

A book on Micro-Dentistry in Endodontics authored by Dr Mithra N Hegde and Dr Shazeena was released by Guest of Honour, Dr P Karunakar, Principal and Dean, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad.

 

Dr U S Krishna Nayak, The 1st ACE- Karnataka PhD Research Grant award 2022 conceptualized by Dr Shashikala, Executive Committee Member of ACE-Karnataka, former vice-principal and head of the department at D A Pandu Memorial R V Dental College and Hospital was handed over in the occasion.

 

Dr Ramya Raghu, president of ACE-Karnataka presided over the function. Dr Neeta Shetty, organizing secretary delivered the vote of thanks. Dr Vandana Sadananda, joint secretary of ACE-Karnataka and the organizing committee compered the function.

 

The inaugural session was followed by two plenary sessions on the topics Geriatric restorative care: Demand and Challenges and Endodontic failures and retreatment strategies: Dilemma in decision making.

 

The sessions consisted of symposium, panel discussion and Q&A session with eminent resource persons which fostered discussion and inspired the participants with a wide array of themes. Industry Technology Platform Sessions (Demonstration and hands-on) were held on eight different topics which provided exposure regarding the latest materials and techniques available.

 

The conference was attended by more than 300 International and National delegates and post-graduate students and around 40 colleges participated from all over India.