First Arab children's dentistry conference opens in Damascus

Syrian Health Minister Muhammad Eyad al-Shatti on Wednesday opened the first Arab conference of children's dentistry and the first scientific conference of the Syrian Society of Children Dentistry.

The event is organized by the society in collaboration with the Health Ministry and the Dentists' Union in Syria.

In an inaugural speech al-Shatti said, "This conference comes in the context of the efforts exerted by the union in the area of scientific research." He reviewed the great achievements attained in the field of dentistry in Syria.

The four-day conference was attended by the chairman of the Physicians' Union, the Assistant Secretary General of the Arab Dentists Union, several Arab states's ambassadors in Damascus and representatives of children's dentistry societies in Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, France, the USA and Japan.

The Syrian minister opened the scientific exhibition and was briefed, together with other delegates, on the latest developments in the field of dentistry.