OMICS Group’s 2^nd International Conference on Dental and Oral Health organized with a focus on meeting the challenges of dentistry together towards tomorrow was a great success where eminent keynote speakers from various reputed institutions made their resplendent presence and addressed the gathering.

Dental-2014 witnessed an amalgamation of peerless speakers who enlightened the crowd with their knowledge and confabulated on various newfangled topics related to the field of dental. Mohamed Abdelmageed Awad, of the Egypt Association of Dental Research presented a paper on “Getting successful all-ceramic restorations”; Sammy Noumbissi from the International Academy of Ceremic Implantology, USA gave an insight of Ceramic Implantology through his presentation titled, “All Ceramic Implantology with Zirconia Dental Implants: Rationale, Case Selection, Treatment Planning and Clinical outcomes”. Dave Singh of BioModeling Solutions LLC, USA enlightened the audience about the “Changes in 3D nasal volume after biomimetic oral appliance therapy in adults”; Marie M. Tolarova of the University of the Pacific, USA spoke on “Prevention of cleft lip and palate and craniofacial anomalies”; Miroslav Tolar from the University of the Pacific, USA described about the “Bone tissue engineering in the oral and craniofacial regions”; James L. Ratcliff representing the Rowpar Pharmaceuticals, USA explained about the “Time’s arrow in the treatment of oral and systemic disease”, Abdullah A. Faidhi from Saudi Society of Maxillofacial Surgery Saudi Arabia spoke on “Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in neonate”; Mark Bowes representing the South African Academy of Aestheic Dentistry, South Africa presented his views on “State of the art multidisciplinary aesthetic dentistry”, Ninian Peckitt of Nicolas and Asp Center European University College UAE discussed about the ‘Engineering Assisted Surgery™- The Gold Standard in Personalised Care’, and finally, Isabel Rambob of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, USA gave an insight on “HIV, TB & smoking”.

Organized in collaboration with Saudi Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (SSOMFS), Alexandria Oral Implantology Association (AOIA), South African Association of Aesthetic Dentistry (SAAAD), Egyptian Association of Dental Research (EADR), London School of Facial Orthotropics (LSFO), Italian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (IAED), and the International College of Neuromuscular Orthognathology (ICNOG), Dental-2014 dealt with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the teeth, gums, and related structures of the mouth and including the repair or replacement of defective teeth.

Dr. Dave Singh, President, BioModeling Solutions LLC, USA conducted a workshop on “Certification for the DNA appliance^TM System” on April 23, 2014, in connection with this conference as a curtain raiser to this topic.

Poster presentations were presented by students and the best posters were awarded to Nabeel Shama from Jazan University, Saudi Arabia, Shady Moussa from Zagazig University, Egypt, Sunnaeyah Waris from University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan, Majdah Al-Khadhari, Ministry of National Guard, Saudi Arabia and Zuhal Kirzioglu from University of Süleyman Demirel, Turkey.

All the papers presented at the Dental-2014 will be published in the proceedings of the Medline indexed Journal ‘Oral Health and Dental Management’.