Call for papers/posters and delegates

INNOVATIONS IN MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL DEVICES

Thursday 29th March 2007

The Cardiff Medicentre
Wales College of Medicine
Cardiff University
Heath Park

Hosted by ‘The Dental School, Cardiff University’
PowdermatriX
Special Interest Group, Dental Research:

We are pleased to invite you to the forthcoming MEDITECH meeting on Innovations in Materials and Manufacturing of Dental Devices.

The objective of this meeting is to bring together manufacturers within the medical device sector, scientists, clinicians and researchers to present, discuss and network in the area of Manufacturing of Dental Devices.
Suggested topics for the meeting are as follows however new and novel procedures within the area of dental devices would be most welcome.

Dental devices, implants and orthodontics systems.

Dental materials, restoration systems, cements, ceramics and wear

CAD, manufacturing techniques and rapid prototyping

Intelligent systems, scanning and surgical reconstruction

Invited speakers will provide a state of the art review of the area and other organisations and researchers are invited to present their work, orally or as posters. Space will also be provided for products, software and demonstrations. Numbers will be restricted and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

If you wish to present a paper/poster or wish to attend please contact Rumana on or register directly on the website

Confirmed Speakers:
V.Shevtsova University of Brussels
S.Evans Cardiff University
S.Crownshaw EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions
S.J.Hayes Cardiff University School of Dentistry
B.Su Bristol University
J.Chen Indiana University Engineering & Technology, USA
G.Cevola Technical University of Milan
R.Williams UWIC,
O.Ghita Exeter University
P.Frampton James Kent (Ceramic Materials) Ltd
P.Tomlins NPL



Prof. John Middleton
Director of Biomaterials/Biomechanics Research Centre
Wales College of Medicine
Cardiff Medicentre
Heath Park
Cardiff CF14 4UJ Wales, UK

Tel/Fax. +44 (0)29 20682161
Email: middletonj2@cardiff.ac.uk