8th International Biennial IAP Meeting, Auckland
New Zealand, October 27-29, 2001 : Day One

The IAP meeting began on 28 October with the overall theme of “Periodontal Bioengineering and Medicine: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century.” Incoming IAP President Uros Skaleric (Slovenia) and President of the Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology Isao Ishikawa (Japan) presented the welcoming remarks. Dr. Gordon Douglass (USA), President-Elect of the American Academy of Periodontology, presented the Keynote Address entitled “Prognosis for Periodontics in a Smaller World.

Session I, Periodontal Bioengineering and Biomimetics, was chaired by Dr. Mark Bartold (Australia) and featured three presentations. Dr. Steven Garrett (USA) spoke on “Regenerative Therapy – New Options for Keeping Teeth,” Dr. Hidemi Kurihara (Japan) presented “Potential of Malassez Epithelial Cells in Periodontal Regeneration,” and Dr. Mark Bartold (Australia) gave a talk entitled “Tissue Engineering for the Periodontium – a cell and molecular biology approach to periodontal regeneration.” 

Session II, entitled “Pathogenesis and Systemic Interrelationships of Periodontal Disease,” began under the chairmanship of Dr. Mark R. Patters (USA). Papers presented at this session included “Virulence vs. Host Factors in the Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases” by Dr. Thomas Van Dyke (USA), “Periodontal Disease and Interrelated Systemic Diseases: The Link with Serum Lipid/Triglyceride Levels” by Dr. Christopher W. Cutler (USA), and “Periodontitis as a Risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease and Pre-Term Low Birth Weight Infants,” by Dr. David Paquette (USA).

Session III, entitled “Periodontal Education” was chaired by Dr. Gordon Douglass (USA) and featured a presentation by Dr. Angela Pack (New Zealand) entitled “Periodontal Education in the New Millennium: Are we laying the right foundation?”  That evening, the attendees were guests at a dinner symposium sponsored by OraPharma where recent research into the efficacy of the locally-applied antibiotic Arestin in the management of periodontitis was presented by several speakers.

Day One       Day Two       Day Two Evening       Poster Winners       Sponsors       Photo Album