European Gum Health Day 2017 in Azerbaijan

12 May 2017

#PerioDay

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Azerbaijani Society of Periodontology has actively celebrated the 12 May 2017 European Gum Health Day, an international awareness day, jointly with the European Federation of Periodontology. Activities took place under the slogan ‘Fighting Periodontal Disease Together’.

 

The Society have organized a range of activities in Azerbaijan: seminars, free periodontal screenings, sharing event information via social media, sending out posters to our members, a press release on the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease:

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Dr. Cavid Ahmedbeyli has delivered “Prevention, early diagnostics and treatment of periodontal diseases” full day seminar and workshop (supported by Curaprox), with a special attention to the European Gum Health Day 2017, to the dentists involved in state retraining programs in Periodontology at the Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors Department of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery.

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“Current approaches in the treatment of periodontal disease” seminars were hosted by Dr. Ramiz Ahmedbeyli and Dr. Aslan Mammadov for the undergraduate and postgraduate dental students at Azerbaijan Medical University Dental School.

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Society board members and the most of the general members have conducted free periodontal screenings in different regions of Azerbaijan and gave the information about the importance of periodontal disease with further prevention and treatment recommendations.

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On behalf of Azerbaijani Society of Periodontology, we sincerely congratulate our Society members, dentists and periodontists practicing in Azerbaijan with European Gum Health Day of and express our gratitude to them for joining us in fighting periodontal disease together.