FIRA DE BARCELONA
        
        
          | 2013
        
        
          REPORT
        
        
          International Dental Forum
        
        
          11-13/April
        
        
          Gran Via. 8th event
        
        
          After 14 years of existence and seven events
        
        
          hosted by the company Puntex, the 2013
        
        
          event of Forum Dental was organised by Fira
        
        
          de Barcelona.
        
        
          The event brought together in one venue
        
        
          around 150 companies specialized in equipment
        
        
          for dental clinics. It also hosted the European
        
        
          Dental Forum, with 50 speakers and more
        
        
          than a thousand participants, including dentists,
        
        
          hygienists and speech therapists and dental
        
        
          technicians, presenting from a multidisciplinary
        
        
          perspective the latest developments in the field
        
        
          of dentistry in the 21st century.
        
        
          Specialists communicated the results of recent
        
        
          research, as well as the applications of innovative
        
        
          technologies such as, for instance, the use of
        
        
          implants developed from the patient’s stem cells,
        
        
          the new treatment for periimplantitis and other
        
        
          maxillofacial inflammations, together with the
        
        
          new diagnosis techniques based on the latest
        
        
          CAD/CAM systems.
        
        
          Exhibitors showcased a wide range of products;
        
        
          from the most classic –yet newest generation–
        
        
          recliner chairs to high-precision scanners
        
        
          producing diagnoses by computerized image.
        
        
          The professionals participating at Forum Dental
        
        
          came mostly from Catalonia, followed by Valencia
        
        
          and Madrid, but there was also a significant
        
        
          international attendance from Italy, Portugal,
        
        
          France, Andorra, Germany, Bolivia, Switzerland
        
        
          and Venezuela.
        
        
          The event was organised in cooperation
        
        
          with the official colleges of Dentists, Dental
        
        
          Technicians, Speech Therapists and Hygienists,
        
        
          and Dental Assistants of Catalonia.
        
        
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          AREA
        
        
          14,000 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          EXHIBITORS
        
        
          150
        
        
          TYPE
        
        
          Professional
        
        
          ACTIVITIES
        
        
          European Dental Forum,
        
        
          Congress of dentists,
        
        
          dental technicians,
        
        
          hygienists and speech
        
        
          therapists, Business
        
        
          Match, Speakers Corner
        
        
          50
        
        
          speakers