Australian Dental Congress 2025: A world-class event on your doorstep

What’s even better than a world-class dental event right here in Australia? One that comes right to our door, which is what the Australian Dental Congress 2025 (ADC2025) is doing from 8-10 May when it comes to Perth for the first time in 16 years.

Register now for the dental industry event of 2025, featuring international keynote speakers and a program created by dentists for dentists. Visit www.adc2025.org.au

Over an information and event-packed three days, delegates will be able to attend a varied array of presentations, delivered by leading experts in their field, drawn from Australia, and especially Western Australia, and around the world, all of whom will bring a wealth of knowledge and lived experience to their work.

Speakers include leading lights from overseas

Dr Jason Smithson

With a specific interest in direct composite resin artistry and minimally invasive all ceramic restorations, Dr Smithson has presented to dentists locally, nationally, and internationally (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Europe). He practises at Revitalize Dental Centre in Cornwall, UK, where his focus is microscope enhanced adhesive dentistry.  He also has presented from undergraduate to master’s level at major universities and prestigious international meetings including BACD, BAAD, AACD, AARD, SIDOC, and BOS.

Dr Victor Clavijo
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A renowned expert in restorative dentistry at Araraquara Dental School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, Dr Victor Clavijo is a professor in the Advanced Program in Implantology and Restorative Dentistry at the ImplantePerio Institute, he combines academic rigor with practical application. Dr Clavijo also serves as a Visiting Professor of Advanced Operative and Adhesive Dentistry at the University of Southern California. With over 60 publications in national and international journals, he is dedicated to evidence-based practice. Active in research, he continually seeks innovative approaches to enhance dental care for his patients and students.

Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam

An oral medicine specialist with expertise in temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine, Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam is the discipline lead in Oral Medicine at the University of Western Australia’s Dental School and is actively involved in teaching and research. Ramesh has numerous peer-reviewed publications to his credit, in addition to co-authoring several chapters, and co-editing and co-authoring three books – notably Contemporary Oral Medicine – and also serves as a reviewer for several journals. He has lectured around the world and has public appointments at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital.

Associate Professor Sue-Ching Yeoh

An Ahpra-registered oral medicine specialist, Associate Professor Sue-Ching Yeoh maintains a clinical appointment at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse where she is a member of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Oncology Team. Sue holds an academic post with the University of Sydney and is the current Head of Training for the DClinDent (Oral Medicine) program. Sue has significant experience in the management of oral conditions in medically compromised patients, particularly in the fields of haemato-oncology, head and neck oncology, immunology and rheumatology, and dermatology. Her clinical interests include disorders and vesiculobullous disease, odontogenic and salivary gland pathology, among others.

In addition to a diverse Main Scientific Program, ADC2025 will feature an Exhibition carefully curated to give time-poor dental practitioners, who can sometimes struggle to find the time to keep up to date with all the clinical and technological advances in our profession, the opportunity to peruse the latest dental and associated innovations in one easily accessible location. This is also the perfect time to talk in person with the ‘who’s who’ of the Australian and international dental industry, gathered here in one easy location.

Outside of the official program, which includes Lunch & Learn sessions and pre- and post-workshops – these are selling fast so register for these now – delegates will have a chance to catch up with each other and meet with colleagues they might only ever be in contact with over Zoom.

The world of dentistry is coming to Perth with ADC2025 and we can't wait to welcome you to what will be the Southern Hemisphere's dental event of 2025.

Register now at adc2025.org.au

We would like to acknowledge Business Events Perth and Tourism Western Australia for their assistance in the preparation of this article.