Scientific Program
Updated 4 February 2025
10.30am - 6.30pm
Registration open
8.00am - 5.00pm
Registration open
8.45am - 9.35am
Keynote: Understanding periodontitis: Lessons learned and unlearned
9.35am - 10.15am
Keynote: Diabetes and periodontal health: Implications for disease prevention and early identification
10.30am - 11.00am
Morning tea amongst the exhibition
11.00am - 11.30am
Session moderator: Lisa Heitz-Mayfield
Latest advances in minimally invasive soft tissue grafting for treatment of mucogingival deformities
Dr Lorenzo Tavelli »
Sponsored by Geistlich
11.30pm - 12.30pm
Group 1: Post graduate education; past, present and future
UQ Periodontal PG Training Programme update
A/Prof Ryan Lee (UQ) »
DClinDent Perio program at the University of Adelaide: An overview
A/Prof Sushil Kaur »
An update on postgrad perio training and research at Otago University
A/Prof Tino Mercado »
Progress and changes of the Sydney course over the last 15 years – problems, challenges and future plans
Prof Axel Spahr »
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch and poster session amongst the exhibition
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Moderator: Saso Ivanovski
ANZAP Medallion Competition
Judges: Panos Papapanou » and Evanthia Lalla »
Presenters: Dr Isaac He » Dr Stella Lee » and Dr Sheng Quach »
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
3.00pm - 3.45pm
Moderator: Saso Ivanovski
Clinical controversies in everyday practice
Non-regenerative treatment of peri-implantitis
Dr Andre Bendyk »
Regenerative surgery in the treatment of peri-implantitis. Does it work? Does it matter?
Dr Patrick Tseng »
Buccal soft tissue dehiscence around implants; Prevention and treatment
Mehdi Valizadeh »
3.45pm - 4.45pm
Keynote: The 2018 Classification of Periodontitis: Principles, gray zones and diagnostic challenges
4.45pm
Day close
8.00am - 5.00pm
Registration open
8.30am - 9.15am
Keynote: Periodontitis and cognition: updates from recent and ongoing research studies
9.15am - 10.00am
Moderator: Tasha Mackie
From around the country
Tissue Destruction in Periodontitis
Marcelo Figueredo » (GrifUniv)
Lasers in periodontics
Dr Pradeep Koppolu »(WA)
Embracing digital dentistry for the modern implant surgeon
Luan Ngo » (UVic)
10.00am - 10.30am
Morning tea amongst the exhibition
10.30am - 11.10am
Moderator: Tasha Mackie
Keynote: Reconsidering the role of the oral health care team in managing patients with diabetes
11.30am - 12.00pm
ANZAP AGM
12.00pm - 1.00pm
Lunch amongst the exhibition
1.00pm - 1.30pm
Moderator: Axel Spahr
Implant aesthetic complications: Prevention and treatment
Dr Lorenzo Tavelli »
Sponsored by Geistlich
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Clinical controversies in periodontal treatment
Gingival grafting surgery, a subspecialty within periodontics
Emma Megson »
Who is this for? “Flapless” Emdogain
Rebecca Ellis »
To move or to remove! Orthodontic management of periodontally compromised teeth
Dr Prashant Zaveri »
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Afternoon tea amongst the exhibition
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Moderator: Axel Spahr
Winning poster presentations
3.30pm - 4.30pm
Keynote: Evidence-based treatments for periodontitis and peri-implantitis: Highlights of the EFP Guideline Workshops
4.45pm - 5.15pm
Panel discussion
Dr Rachel Garraway, Prof Lisa Heitz-Mayfield, Prof Saso Ivanovski, Prof Evanthia Lalla, Dr Stephen Meraw, Prof Panos Papapanou, Dr Lorenzo Tavelli
5.15pm - 5.30pm
Meeting close
5.30pm - 6.30pm