Free Communication Day - 4 décembre 2009

The Belgian society of Periodontology is pleased to announce the BVP–SBP free communications day on 4th December 2009 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm

Indeed, sharing nationally our research and know-how is very rewarding for everyone.

For this reason, every postgraduate students, faculty members, BVP-SBP members, private clinicians are invited to propose their own research / clinical case in the field of periodontology. (Clinical and basic researches, long-term periodontal results, multidiscplinary treatment, implant treatment, …)

Guidelines

Deadline Submission:

Summaries can be submitted online until 10th September 2009 at and will be addressed to a jury for a 15 minutes oral presentation.
The oral presentation can be either in English, French or Dutch but slides have to be in English.
A team presentation can also be considered (ex :perio/prosth, perio/ortho).

For Clinical / Basic Researches*:

The applicants must submit an abstract of their work (max. 400 words) according to a template: Introduction, materials and methods, results, conclusions.
The selection will be based on the quality of the abstract submitted with special emphasis on:

Originality and hypothesis of the study (scientific and clinical impact)
Methodology, including data quality
Data interpretation and conclusions

*Research abstracts already presented at international meeting can also be submitted

For Clinical Case Presentations:

The applicants must submit a short PowerPoint presentation including pictures, x-rays and case discussion. The presentation has to respect the template (5 slides) and should be converted in a pdf file before submission (or .ppt file if < 3 MB).
The selection will be based on the quality of the submitted clinical case submitted with special emphasis on:

Decision making
Treatment conduction
Final results
Picture quality

Prizes

Five prizes of 500 euros each will be granted at the end of the day in the different categories:

Basic research
Clinical research
Clinical case presentation (post graduate category)
Clinical case presentation (advanced clinician category)
Prize of the public: the best clinical case will be voted by the public

A special prize will also be addressed to the best undergraduate student presentation.

Publications of the winning cases/researches will be published in local journals.

The Belgian Society of Periodontology is looking forward your application!

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by the Board of BVP-SBP