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March 25, 2024

A milestone for digital dentistry culture: presenting the DDS Quality Forum

Dr. Giuseppe Luongo

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Naples (1980) Post-graduate Specialization in Odontostomatology at University of Rome (1983) & in Maxillo-Facial Surgery at University of Naples (1988)
Adjunct Professor at the School of Maxillo-Facial Surgery of the University Federico II of Naples from 1999
Lecturer in many public and private Institute Meetings
Fellow of the International College of Dentistry (ICD)
Author of more than 50 articles on peer reviewed journals
Author of the book “ll Successo in Implantologia” (Elsevier)
Author of the book “Digital Implantology” (Quintessence) Founding Member of the Italian Academy of Osseintegration (IAO) Former President of the Italian Society of Osteointegration (SIO) Former President of the Digital Dentistry Society (DDS)

Dear friends and colleagues,

you may not know that the original idea to establish the Digital Dentistry Society (DDS) came from the necessity to create a non-biased source of scientific information in the field of digital dentistry. This aim is clearly defined in the mission of the society, reported in its statute.

Ten years after its foundation, the DDS is today indubitably recognised worldwide as the leading scientific society in its field. Following this, an interesting new project has been recently launched and is now in full swing: the Digital Dentistry Quality Forum.

The idea came from the evidence of a lack of clear scientific information on the correct use of digital technologies in dentistry, especially their benefits and limits. In particular, no criteria exist for the minimum parameters that digital devices and derived procedures must have to be safely used in daily dental practice.

The basic aim of the project is to come to a defined statement on the minimum quality characteristics of digital devices and procedures to be safely used in daily dental practice. The four chosen topics are:

  1. 3D radiology
  2. Intraoral and face scanners
  3. Guided surgery
  4. Digital prosthetics

Four groups of expert clinicians and researchers, each with its own coordinator, will take care of the process, which includes a careful analysis of the available literature and writing a first draft of the conclusion.

A subsequent closed meeting there will include a capillary comparison between the groups for drafting a single definitive document, which will be published in a high-impact journal as an official DDS position paper.

Representatives of all the DDS partner companies will be invited to be active parties in the process, together with ethicists and consumer representatives.

The results will be presented in 2024 in Florence, Italy, during the next Consensus Conference of the DDS.

We are sure that the scientific rigour with which this process was tackled and the resulting document, in addition to representing an important contribution to the realisation of our corporate mission, constitute the beginning of a cultural process for disseminating correct knowledge in the field of digital dentistry.

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