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have been designed in an interdisciplinary manner with a multitude of tracks to choose from every segment and provides you with an unique opportunity to meet up peers from both industries and academics belonging to Dental Practice and Oral Health.This is a 3 day event from 24th May to 26th May ,2018 in Vienna, Austria where we wish your Vivacious presence to make this event a sucess.The theme being " Ideas and Approaches in Bridging Perfection with Practice " assures to give you a better vision of the changing and prospective changes of Dentistry.<div class=lit_links><a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/International+Conference+on+Dentistry+and+Dental+Practice-a0510402332">International Conference on Dentistry and Dental Practice</a></div></DIV><DIV class=lit>"Seeing the dentist regularly is an important part of maintaining good oral health," says Bill Kohn, DDS, Delta Dental Plans Association vice president of <span class=highlight>dental science</span> and policy.<div 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