Overview

From Tuesday, November 28 to Saturday, December 2, 2023, the ADF Congress offers you 100 theoretical, practical and interactive sessions led by 400 speakers.

This is a unique opportunity for all oral health professionals (practicing dentists, students or retirees, dental assistants, dental hygienists or prosthetists) to develop their skills. The diverse sessions will allow them to:

  • update their knowledge
  • learn about innovations
  • review and improve their practices.

Interactivity at every session

You may ask speakers questions during their talks. Download the ADF app, click on Live and then on Questions & Votes / Participate, and then select the session and write your question.

The scientific leader of the session receives the questions and acts as a spokesperson for participants, asking the speaker to elaborate on the points raised.

A variety of educational formats

The sessions come in different lengths and formats, theoretical and practical, to offer as many choices as possible to scientific program participants.

A variety of educational formats

The sessions come in different lengths and formats, theoretical and practical, to offer as many choices as possible to scientific program participants.

THEMATIC session 3 hours
Facilitated by a scientific leader with expert speakers, each thematic session addresses themes specific to daily practice and its environment.

POINTS OF VIEW session — 1.5 hours
Two or three speakers present, compare and confront their ideas on a given topic.

Q&A session — 1.5 hours
In a room configured like an arena, a renowned speaker answers questions on a given subject from the audience, seated in an arc around him.

DEBATE session — 1 hour
Two speakers present contradictory points of view and try to convince the audience.

ESSENTIAL session — 1 hour
One speaker develops a given subject in 50 minutes of speaking time, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A with the audience.

INTERACTIVE session — 1.5 hours
How about giving your opinion on treatment choices? Your participation is anonymous. Using your phone, you answer the moderator’s questions and evaluate your knowledge.

LIVE-TELEVISED ON-PATIENT DEMONSTRATION — 3 hours
The demonstration sessions allow you to follow a treatment procedure on a patient. They confirm you in the idea that you know what to do and can do it. The sessions take place in a specially equipped dental office in the Palais des Congrès, in compliance with the rules of hygiene and asepsis. The demos are broadcasted live in a conference room and facilitated by an expert.

PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS — 3 hours
The hands-on workshops allow you to work individually or in pairs, following the demonstrator’s directions and gestures, step by step