Invited Speaker
Prof. Bill Kahler
Bill maintains a full-time specialist private practice restricted to Endodontics and is a Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney. He is a Board member and Treasurer of the International Association of Dental Traumatology and is an author of the ‘IADT Guidelines for management of traumatic dental injuries’. He graduated DClinDent (Endo) from the University of Adelaide and has a PhD from the University of Sydney as well as numerous Fellowships. Bill has published more than 100 papers in international dental, material science and engineering journals. Bill is an author for 9 book chapters on endodontic outcomes, vital pulp therapy, and dental trauma, including the iconic North American and European texts, “Pathways of the Pulp” and the “Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth”. He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and has international research collaborations in every continent. In 2024 Bill received the Australian Dental Association Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to endodontics as a clinician, researcher and educator.
Invited Lecture:
Management of Acute Dental Trauma in the Permanent Dentition. What is new from last guidelines – different perspectives
Abstract:
The International Association of Dental Traumatology guidelines were first introduced in 2001 and then updated in 2007, 2012 and 2020. New guidelines developed as research showed improvements in patient care and clinical practice in the management of dental traumatology. The IADT guidelines have been the standard of care in the management of dental traumatology for a quarter of century but as research develops the guidelines must stay current with the times. This essay will probe potential changes to the next guidelines and where patient care can be improved. Let’s start that conversation in Poland at the 23rd World conference in Dental Traumatology.