Spectacular World Dental Show Signal India’s Growing Dental Sector
Nov-Dec 2010

The three day event demonstrated to the world that the future of dentistry lies in India
IDA-ADITI hosted World Dental Show, the flagship event beyond compare, got off to a splendid start at the specially erected podium at the Bandra Kurla Complex here on 29 October 2010.
Dr Roberto Vianna, the President of the FDI World Dental Federation, who was the Chief Guest at the glittering ceremony, inaugurated the World Dental Show in the company of a galaxy of dental luminaries. The inaugural ceremony became truly global with the august presence of the President of the Federation of Dentaire International (FDI) and the faculty members from the University of California, San Francisco.
The World Dental Show, the leading dental trade exhibition and a key platform for expanding the Indian dental market was held from October 29-31, 2010 at the Bandra Kurla Complex, the emerging locale for trade exhibitions. Occupying over 20,000 sq. m. area of exhibition space, it was the biggest dental show ever held in India. Considerable participative interest in the World Dental Show was evinced by countries across all the continents except Africa. The ambience at the event left a truly international mark in the minds of the people. The event provided an opportunity to the participants to assimilate modern technologies and secure a chance to witness the state of the art dental equipment and products displayed.
As many as 32 companies from14 countries (China, Czech Republic, Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, UK, USA and UAE) other than the 123 companies from India had occupied 384 Trade Fair Stalls that displayed several innovative devices that made the event truly global. Over 1500 delegates had registered for participation at the Scientific Conference over the three days of the event. The international exhibitors were amazed at the potential that existed in the dental market in India. The exhibitors did a lot of business and they met the entire dental fraternity of India at one place. The exhibitors were really happy to see the large number of visitors numbering over 16,000 to the Show
The fact that the event was a sequel to what transpired at the inaugural event in 2009 goes to prove the concept and success of WDS as a global event and the desire of the exhibitors to participate in the development of dentistry in India. WDS 2010 brought together exhibitors from all over the world together with the doyens of Indian dental industry. In Mumbai, India's most dynamic industial and commercial city, WDS 2010 combined exhibition, scientific programme and the user-oriented workshops to create a platform which was unique in itself. All segments of the dental sector like dental professionals, trade and industry, laboratory technicians were well represented, besides the large number of dentally discerned who visited the three day fair. Events like this are expected to improve the oral healthcare sector in India and consequently oral health of the people which is the mission of IDA. range of products, technologies and innovations that were on display. WDS 2010 has successfully brought about a fusion of the latest innovations and emerging technologies from around the globe to India’s dental community.
WDS 2010 provided visitors with a truly global glimpse of the trends shaping the world of dentistry and the diverse range of dental professionals that the conference was able to attract. Visitors to WDS 2010 also benefited from the wide-range of products, technologies and innovations on display.
Encouraged by the success, preparations for the event to be held in September 2011 have already begun and booking of booths for WDS 2011 has started in right earnest in this event itself.
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