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World Federation for Laser Dentistry

WFLD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2006-2008
President

Samir Nammour
Division of Oral Laser Applications
Department of Dental Science
Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege
Rue Paul Spaak, 3
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Office 32 2 6497599
Fax 32 2 6441923
E-mail: : s@nammour.be or s.namour@ulg.ac

Past-President

Isao Ishikawa
Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science , Tokyo Women�s Medical University
8-1 Kawado-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162, 8666 Japan
Office tel/fax 81 3 3226 0825
E-mail ishikawa@abmes.twmu.ac.jp

President Elect

Norbert Gutknecht
University of Aachen Medical Faculty
Clinic of Conservative Dentistry
Pauwelsstr. 30
52074 Aachen, Germany
Home 49 2471 8161
Office 49 241 808 964
Fax 49 241 803389644
E-mail ngutknecht@ukaachen.de

Secretary

Aldo Brugnera Junior
Chairman of the Biomedical Laser Center at IPD
Chairman of the Laser Center at APCD
Rua Groenlandia, 183
(Jardim Am�rica)
01434-000 S�o Paulo, Brazil
Office 55 11 3887 4327 OR 3885 4636
Mobile
Home
Fax 55 11 3885 1392
E-mail abrugnera@uol.com.br

Treasurer

Jean Paul Rocca
Technologie laser et environnement oral
UFR Odontologie. UNSA
24 Av. Diables bleus
06357 Nice Cedex 4, France
Tel. 33 4 93269435 or 33 4 92001125 or 33 492001111
Fax 33 492001263
E-mail jprocca@unice.fr

Chairman of the 2008 WFLD Congress

Johnny Wong
8th Floor, China Chem, 333 Plaza,
333 Castle Peak Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone 852 2741 8080
Fax 852 2742 2121
E-mail eteeth@i-cable.com

Newsletter and Website Editor

Marita Luomanen
Institute of Biomedicine/Anatomy
Biomedicum
P.O Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Home (Mobile) 358 50 555 2947
Office 358 9 191 25239; 358 9 602833
Fax 358 9 640 260
E-mail marita@luomanen.com
E-mail marita.luomanen@helsinki.fi

MEMBERS/DIVISION CHAIRMEN

George Romanos
President of the North American Division
New York University
College of Dentistry, Dept of Implant Dentistry
345 East 24th Street
10011 New York, USA
E-mail Dr.G.E.Romanos@t-online.de
E-mail gr.42@nyu.edu

Carlos De Paula Eduardo
President of the South American Division
Department of Restorative Dentistry
School of Dentistry, Sao Paulo University
Av. Prof. Lineus Prestes, 2227 Cidade Universitaria
05508-900, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil
Phone 55 11 3085 2188
Fax 55 11 3085 6907
E-mail cpeduard@usp.br

Toni Zeinoun
Director of Post-Graduate Program of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebonese University
Hazmieh, Camelia Center, 3rd Floor
Beirut, Lebanon
Home (Mobile) 961 3 555566
Office 961 5 457280
Fax 961 5 457280
E-mail tzeinoun@ul.edu.lb

Loh Hong Sai
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Faculty of Dentistry, National University Hospital
5 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119074
Home 065 383 0313
Office 065 772 4938
Fax 065 773 2600
E-mail omslohhs@nus.edu.sg

Matthias Frentzen
University Dental Clinic Bonn
Department of Operative Dentistry and periodontology
Welschnonnenstr. 17, D-53111 Bonn

Phone: 49 228 287 22470

Fax: 49 228 287 22146

E-mail frentzen@uni-bonn.de

The Aim of WFLD

The aim of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry (WFLD) is to serve as a non-profit medium for the exchange, advancement and dissemination of scientific knowledge, elated to the use of lasers for application and research in the oral and dental environment. Membership is encouraged from all those interested in research, development and use of laser technology related to dentistry, biology, medicine and surgery, so as to develop lines of communication between all phases of laser technology with the objective of improving standards in laser dentistry, furthering education, research and development and providing meetings for the exchange of ideas and methodology in the field of laser dentistry.
The History of WFLD

WFLD (before 2006 the ISLD) congresses are held every two years, and attract international delegates from around the world. The first congress took place in 1988 in Tokyo, Japan, under the direction of Professor Emeritus Hajime Yamamoto, who had the foresight to recognize the need for an international event to bring together the world experts on laser dentistry. The WFLD/ISLD has gone from strength to strength thanks to expert guidance of the subsequent presidents, Professor Jacques Melcer of Paris, France, Professor Lynn Powell of Salt Lake City, USA, Professor John W. Frame of England, Professor Loh Hong Sai of Singapore and Professor Isao Ishikawa of Japan.

The congresses have been held in Tokyo (1988), Paris (1990), Salt Lake City (1992), Singapore (1994), Jerusalem (1996), Hawaii (1998), Brussels (2000), Yokohama (2002), S�o Paulo (2004) and Berlin (2006).