Detailed Programme
1 October 2026 (Thursday) |
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| Registration (ground floor) | |||
| Volga + Amstel (3rd floor) |
Belleveue (24th floor) |
Meeting room A+B | |
| 09:00–11:30 | Workshop 1 From Scan to Smile: 3D Printed Complete Dentures in Clinical Practice Giacomo Anselmo (Germany) |
EPA Specialist exam | |
| Main Hall Suite I (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 1: Danube + Foyer 2 (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 2: Belleveue (24th floor) |
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| 13:00–13:20 | Opening Ceremony | ||
| 13:20–14:20 | Oxford Lecture Suresh Nayar (USA) Beyond Limitations: Advancing Maxillofacial Prosthodontics for the Next Generation of Care |
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| 14:20–15:10 | Andre Chen (Portugal) From Protocols to Principles: Decision-Making in Contemporary Implant-Supported Prosthodontics |
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| 15:10–15:40 | Coffee Break | ||
| Digital Options in Implant and Conventional Prosthodontics | Rehabilitation Strategies and Advanced Materials | ||
| 15:40–16:30 | René Foltan (Czech Republic) The Role of Digital Technologies in Orthognathic Surgery for Comprehensive Aesthetic Dental Rehabilitation |
Hana Hubálková (Czech Republic) Rehabilitation Strategies for Aging Patients – from Natural Dentition to Implants |
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| 16:30–17:20 | Lukáš Hauer (Czech Republic) Patient-Specific Subperiosteal Implants 2.0 in Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Limitations |
Michaela Jarešová (Czech Republic) Dream bigger with direct composites- when and how fibers truly overcome fracture limits |
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| 17:20–18:10 | Jiří Blahák (Czech Republic) Digital workflow in implantology—prosthetically driven, patient-focused |
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| 19:00–19:15 | Welcome Ceremony | ||
2 October 2026 (Friday) |
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| 08:00–19:00 | Registration (ground floor) | ||
| Main Hall Suite I (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 1: Danube + Foyer 2 (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 2: Belleveue (24th floor) |
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| Materials and Surface Innovations in Personalized Implant Dentistry | Oral Presentations Digital Dentistry |
Oral Presentations Materials |
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| 08:50–09:40 | Timo O. Närhi (Finland) Next-Generation Implant Surfaces: A Bioinspired Path from Osseointegration to Mucointegration |
Taygun Sezer (Türkiye) Effect of Scan Body Type on CAD Alignment Precision in Digital Implant Workflow Reema Yusef (Israel) Effects of Sterilization Cycles and Torque Levels on Dimensional Accuracy of Titanium Implant Scan Bodies: An In Vitro Study Lucas Ongenae (Belgium) Early outcomes of milled, 3D-printed, and conventionally fabricated complete dentures: a single-blinded crossover clinical trial Yuzlem Erol Osman (Türkiye) Effect of Different IPA Washing Durations on the Properties of 3D-Printed Permanent Resin Materials After Thermal Aging Eren Çayirli (Türkiye) Effect of Different IPA Cleaning Protocols and Thermal Aging on the Performance of Additively Manufactured Permanent Restorative Resins |
Buse Özdemir Önal (Türkiye) Effect of Toothbrushing and Home Bleaching on the Color Stability of 3D-Printed Permanent Resins: A Comparative In Vitro Study Esra Yüksel (Türkiye) Evaluation of Fabrication Trueness, Marginal and Internal Fit of Additively Manufactured Endocrowns Compared with Subtractive Manufacturing Sevim Nur Ozbayramci (Türkiye) The effect of polyphenol-rich beverages on the color parameters of restorative materials Beyza Özer Küçük (Türkiye) Comparative Analysis of Physicochemical and Surface Characteristics of Novel Dental Restorative Materials Mara Gaile (Latvia) Influence of Light-Cured and Dual-Cure Resin Cement on Marginal Integrity of Glass-ceramic Veneers: An In Vitro Study |
| 09:40–10:30 | Jenni Hjerppe (Switzerland) Considerations for personalized design and choice of material in single implant restorations |
Oral Presentations Digital Dentistry |
Oral Presentations Materials |
| Orhun Ekren (Türkiye) Effect of Internal Pontic Design Modifications on the Mechanical Properties and Marginal Fit of 3D-Printed Resin Fixed Partial Dentures Azize Demir (Türkiye) Effect of Ambient Light Color on the Accuracy of a Confocal Intraoral Scanner: An In Vitro Study Maria Gabriela Packaeser (the Netherlands) Effect of Internal Configuration on the Trueness and Production Efficiency of Additively Manufactured Dental Models Simge Alici (Türkiye) Trueness of Eleven Intraoral Scanners in Scan-Only and Tooth-Number-Guided Workflows: Comparison With Two Laboratory Scanners İrem Fatma Ünaldi (Türkiye) How Many Times Can a Diamond Bur Be Used Before the Fit of CAD/CAM Crowns Deteriorates? A Micro-Computed Tomography Study |
Sinem Kantarcioglu (Türkiye) Influence of CAD/CAM and 3D-Printed Restorative Materials, Material Thickness, and Curing Mode on the Degree of Conversion of a Dual-Cure Resin Cement Chau Anh Luu (Hungary) Surface Characterization of Dental Composites: Influence of Topography and Composition on Material Interactions in Composite Repair Julie Bartáková (Czech Republic) Analysis of the effect of surface finishing/polishing on roughness of dental filling materials evaluated by a digital microscopy Ece Kübra Yürekli (Türkiye) Influence of Different Over-Curing Procedures on the Flexural Strength and FTIR Characteristics of a Permanent 3D-Printed Resin Büşra Nur Gör (Türkiye) Evaluation of the Esthetic, Mechanical, and Chemical Properties of Next-Generation CAD/CAM Prosthetic Materials Following Different Surface Treatments |
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| 10:30–11:20 | Christel Larsson (Sweden) Materials choice for successful outcome |
Oral Presentations Digital Dentistry |
Oral Presentations Materials |
| Mustafa Caner Akgül (Türkiye) Influence of Ferrule and Occlusal Preparation Geometry on Stress Distribution in Restored Mandibular First Molars: A Finite Element Study Arzu Yıldırım (Türkiye) Effect of Print Orientation and Layer Thickness on the Flexural Strength of a 3D-Printed Permanent Crown Resin Berfin Yildiz (Türkiye) The Effect of Hesperidin and Robinia Pseudoacacia L. Extract on the Microtensile Bond Strength of a Dual-Cure Resin Cement Elif Zeynep Kılıç (Türkiye) Shear bond strength of an intraoral repair system for 3D printed and milled CAD-CAM materials Fatma Cetin (Türkiye) Evaluation of the Accuracy and Precision of Photogrammetry in Partially Edentulate Dental Arches |
Habibe Öztürk Ulusoy (Türkiye) Effect of Short-Term Vacuum Ultraviolet Photofunctionalization on Wettability and Cement Bonding of Titanium and Zirconia Surfaces Tuğba Ak Açıkgöz (Türkiye) Evaluation Of The Physical Properties Of Zirconium And Hybrid Ceramic Materials Manufactured By 3D Printing And Milling Methods Following Treatment With Different Surface Cleaners Seçil Özkan Ata (Türkiye) Comparative Analysis of Initial Surface Characteristics and Post-Aging Optical Changes of Next-Generation Restorative Materials Fabricated by Additive and Subtractive Methods Egehan Dogan (Türkiye) Mechanical Evaluation of a Novel Fiber-Reinforced CAD/CAM Composite for Dental Restorative Applications Simge Solak (Türkiye) Evaluation of the Effect of Washing Protocols on Color Change (ΔE₀₀) in 3D-Printed Resin Materials |
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| 11:20–11:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| Digital Manufacturing in Prosthetic Dentistry | Oral Presentations Digital Dentistry, Education in Dentistry & Gnathology |
Oral Presentations Materials |
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| 11:50–12:40 | Waleed Elshahawy (Egypt) Milling Machine vs. 3D Printer: Which One Could Be the Prosthetic Solution for the Next Generations? |
Irem Karagözoğlu (Türkiye) Comparative Evaluation of Conventional Impression, Intraoral Scanning, and Photogrammetry in Full-Arch Implant Rehabilitation: A Pilot Digital Accuracy Study Duygu Kurklu Arpacay (Türkiye) Do Color-Coded Occlusal Contact Areas Reflect Occlusal Force Distribution? A Clinical Pilot Study Using Intraoral Scanning and T-Scan Analysis Derya Doğan Evlice (Türkiye) Digital Assessment of Virtual Reality-Supported Porcelain Laminate Veneer Preparation Training Using Three-Dimensional Deviation Analysis Isil Kecik Buyukhatipoglu (Türkiye) Three-Dimensional Digital Assessment of Tooth Reduction Accuracy with Different Preparation Index Techniques in Crown Preparation Melike Ozbaykal (Türkiye) Prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorders in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome |
Gizem Ayaz (Türkiye) Influence of Different Surface Treatment Protocols on the Bonding Surface Roughness of Various CAD/CAM Materials: An In Vitro Study Gulsah Kaya (Türkiye) Influence of Immersion Solutions on the Color Stability of Three Resilient Denture Liner Materials Eleni Tsialiafa (Greece) Effect of acidic solutions on surface morphology and microstructure of monolithic zirconia ceramics Beril Koyuncu (Türkiye) Impact of CAD/CAM Restorative Materials on the Polymerization Efficiency of Resin Based Luting Materials Duygu Aksoy (Türkiye) Gastric Acid Challenge Across Manufacturing Techniques: Chemical Stability and Mechanical Integrity of Ceramic and Ceramic-Like Restorative Materials |
| 12:40–13:30 | Giacomo Anselmo (Germany) Monolithic Polychromatic Prosthetic Solutions |
Oral Presentations AI in Dentistry & Interdisciplinary Cooperation |
Oral Presentations Materials & Implant Prosthodontics |
| Hanna Kostyrko (Poland) Prompt Optimization in Artificial Intelligence for the Assessment of Dental Impressions: A Comparative Study with Prosthodontic Specialists Danique Bouwmeester (the Netherlands) The Use of Deep Learning for Quantifying the Progression of Tooth Wear on Occlusal Intraoral Photographs Nurseli Işıklı (Türkiye) Mask R-CNN-Based Automatic Tooth Segmentation and Kennedy Classification with Applegate-Based Modification Space Detection on Panoramic Radiographs Beyza Ataç (Türkiye) Prompted SAM3 for Prosthodontic Segmentation in Panoramic Dental Radiographs: A Leakage-Safe Evaluation Ebru Arslan (Türkiye) Full-Mouth Rehabilitation of Severe Tetracycline-Stained Dentition with Zircon-Porcelain Crowns: A Multidisciplinary Case Report |
Elisa Çelİk (Türkiye) Effect of Different Denture Cleansing Agents on Surface Roughness and Soft Liner Bond Strength of Conventional and 3D-Printed Denture Base Resins: An In Vitro Study Res. Dağlar Aksakal (Türkiye) Fracture Strength of Heat-Cured PMMA with Recycled CAD-CAM Zirconia Waste Sıla Sevim (Türkiye) Effect of Different Food Simulating Liquids on the Solubility and Color Stability of 3D-Printed Provisional Crown Materials Rumeysa Yıldırım (Türkiye) Full-Arch Rehabilitation of a Completely Edentulous Patient With Implant-Supported Screw-Retained Prostheses: A Case Report Hüseyin Bozer (Türkiye) Rehabilitation of Maxillary Partial Edentulism with a Fiber-Reinforced Toronto Bridge: A Case Report |
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| 13:30–14:30 | Lunch | ||
| Healthy Ageing and Prosthodontic Care | Stem Cells in Future Dental Care | ||
| 14:30–15:20 | Joke Duyck (Belgium) Preventive & Follow-up Care in Frail Elderly: Clinical Guidelines & Organisation of Care |
Jakub Suchánek (Czech Republic) From Theory to Practice: How Far Are We from Using Stem Cells in Dental Care |
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| 15:20–16:10 | Anastassia Kossioni (Greece) Prosthodontic Care in an Ageing Society: Pathways to Healthy Ageing |
Oral Presentations Interdisciplinary Cooperation & Fixed Conventional Prosthodontics |
Oral Presentations Materials, Removable Conventional Prosthodontics & Restorative Dentistry |
| Valerie Arsentyeva (Slovakia) Interdisciplinary Management of a Patient with Multiple Tooth Agenesis and Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Syed Rashid Habib (Saudi Arabia) Effect of Chairside Finishing and Polishing Procedures on Surface Roughness of Contemporary Dental Ceramics: A Comparative Material-Based Analysis Bouthaina Mahjoubi (Tunisia) Surface Treatments and Bonding Protocols for PEEK Corono-Radicular Restorations: A Systematic Review Minh Le (Sweden) 10-Year Clinical Outcome of Posterior All-Ceramic Single Crowns: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Günseli Sıla Şahin (Türkiye) Cephalometric and Soft Tissue Changes Following Full-Mouth Rehabilitation of a Pseudo-Class III Patient: A Case Report |
Tünde Radics (Hungary) Interfacial Tensile Strength of Ceramic–Polymer Bonds as a Function of ZrO₂ Polycrystalline Ceramic Composition Bilun Karataş (Türkiye) Effect of Simulated Visible Light Exposure on the Color Stability of Dual-Cure and Light-Cure Resin Cements: An In Vitro Study Lorena Mosconi Clemente (Brazil) Correlation between fungal load and salivary inflammatory profile in denture-related stomatitis Bilge Çakar (Türkiye) Comparative Analysis of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Denture Base Materials: Conventional vs. Additive Manufacturing Serap Akkocaoglu (Türkiye) Effect of Luting Resin Type and Ceramic Translucency on Final Color of Laminate Veneers: An in vitro study |
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| 16:10–16:20 | Break | ||
| 16:20–17:50 | ABM meeting | ||
3 October 2026 (Saturday) |
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| 08:30–13:15 | Registration (ground floor) | ||
| Main Hall Suite I (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 1: Danube + Foyer 2 (3rd floor) |
Parallel meeting room 2: Belleveue (24th floor) |
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| Advanced Prosthetic Solutions and the Role of AI | Oral Presentations Implant Prosthodontics & Fixed Conventional Prosthodontics |
Oral Presentations Implant Prosthodontics & Materials |
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| 09:00–09:50 | Norina Forna (Romania) Advanced prosthetic solutions for a new era of rehabilitation |
Ameer Biadsee (Israel) Clinical evaluation of the accuracy of the static inter-occlusal single screw-retained implants records designed CAD-CAM system: a comparative in vivo study Aybala Tuba Kİbar (Türkiye) Implant-Supported Full-Mouth Rehabilitation in an Edentulous Maxilla and Partially Edentulous Mandible: A Case Report Bengisu Ata (Türkiye) Comparison of Different Prosthetic Approaches in Implant-Supported Fixed Prostheses: A Case Report of Two Female Patients Şule Gül Önder (Türkiye) Dynamic Smile Analysis in Full-Arch Implant-Supported Prosthetic Planning for Edentulous Patients: A Clinical Protocol Study Ilgin Dogan (Türkiye) The Effect of Different Restorative Materials on the Fracture Resistance of Endodontically and Non-Endodontically Treated Teeth |
Walaa Magdy Ahmed (Saudi Arabia) Complete mouth Rehabilitation Using Customized Subperiosteal Implants for Atrophic arches Virginia Zakkak (Israel) Effect of Interim Prosthesis Dimensions on Scan Accuracy and Passive Fit in a Reverse Scan Body Workflow: An In Vitro Study Tuğçe Koç (Türkiye) Comparison of Retention of Cemented and Conometric Abutments With Different Taper Angles Following Thermomechanical Aging Joseph Nissan (Israel) Biomechanical considerations for Long-term Implant support Posterior Partial Restorations – Prostheses Design Magdalena Osiewicz (the Netherlands) Two- and three-body wear of BPA-free resin composites |
| 09:50–10:40 | Antonín Tichý (Czech Republic & Germany) Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry: From Core Concepts to Prosthodontic Applications |
Oral Presentations Implant Prosthodontics |
Oral Presentations Maxillofacial Dentistry, Materials & Others |
| Simge Hasançebi (Türkiye) Zygomatic Implants in Full-Arch Rehabilitation of a Patient with Severe Maxillary Atrophy: A Case Report Fatma Ersil (Türkiye) Customized Healing Abutments and Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Outcomes: Early Results from an Ongoing Randomized Clinical Trial Jonáš Celerýn (Czech Republic) Prosthetically Driven Full-Mouth Rehabilitation of a Patient with Severe Tooth Wear, Reduced Vertical Dimension and Complex Implant Site Management: A Two-Year Case Report |
Kevser Külekçi (Türkiye) Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a Mandibulectomy Patient with Implant-Supported Fixed and Removable Partial Dentures: A 4-Year Follow-Up Case Report Mohammed-Amin Boukhari (France) The PATZI Protocol and the STAR Concept in Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation: A Digitally Guided Decision-Making Framework for Complex Maxillectomy Defects Nermin Demirkol (Türkiye) Evaluation of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Self-Controlled Pilot Study Havva Yaren Arisoy (Türkiye) Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics in Prosthodontic Clinic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the PIDAQ Elif Yilmaz Biçer (Türkiye) Effect of surface treatments on the bond strength between orthodontic attachments and 5Y-PSZ ceramics |
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| 10:40–11:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| Occlusion, Parafunction, and Biomechanics | |||
| 11:10–12:00 | Osamu Komiyama (Japan) Overload of dental prosthesis – parafunctional effects and the central nervous system |
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| 12:00–12:50 | Tereza Sierpinska (Poland) Occlusion analysis in dental treatment-what we have to know |
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| 12:50–13:00 | Closing Ceremony | ||
Last update on 16 September 2026.
The programme might be subject to necessary changes.
The EPA Congress 2026 is accredited by the Czech Dental Chamber’s
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system and has been awarded a total of 12 credits.
