The SIPRO Congress 2024 opens with a deliberately provocative question and a basic concept which will be developed in all the reports.

The question (Prosthesis or Oral Rehabilitation?) has its origin in the name itself of our Scientific Society. Too often “Prosthesis” is a synonymous of technique and technicality, if not virtuosity: It is a concept centered more on the Operator rather than on the recipient, that is the Patient, while the term “Oral Rehabilitation” suggests an awareness on a large scale of the conditions and the real needs of the person-patient. Here the cultural concept of “Sustainability” is introduced: All the Speakers, whose quality is a guarantee of success, have been asked to propose sustainable solutions and alternative therapies in order to respect the person, the time and the financial resources of both the patient and the dentist’s surgery, without lowering the quality of the therapies.

After the Opening Lecture, which Prof. Franco Locatelli (President of the Italian Council of Health) will give about “Sustainability of Italian and European Health Systems”, all the presentations will be about different interesting topics such as the organization of office, the use of 3D printers, Oral Facial Pain, removable prosthesis, orthodontic pretreatment, implantation surgery. Furthermore there will be hands-on in collaboration with our Sponsor Companies, and two live sessions with extensive discussion at the end of each session.

The Congress is addressed also to an international audience, so the two official languages will be Italian and English, all the proceedings will be in both the languages.

Also, May is perhaps the best month to enjoy Florence and all the wonders you will be surprised by! We will wait for you in Florence, on 23-24-25 May 2024!