Conference Title: Disruptive Paradigms in Prosthodontics
Conference Location: Sheraton Centre Hotel / Toronto, Canada
September 2-5, 2025
ICP 2025 – Toronto! promises an unforgettable experience with opportunities for fellowship, scholarship, and professional growth. Join us as we unite global experts, practitioners, and researchers to explore Disruptive Paradigms in Prosthodontics. This theme will spark discussions on innovations, challenges, and advancements in patient care while reflecting on both the past and future of the field. Scientific sessions will explore:
- Disruptors from the Past: A look back at key developments that have revolutionized prosthodontics.
- Disruptors into the Future: A forward-looking exploration of the technologies and ideas that will shape the next generation of care.
- Beyond Implant Fables: Debunking myths and examining the future potential of dental implants in prosthodontic care.
- Towards Centenarian Care: Addressing the unique challenges when caring for the aged and frail, as numbers of centenarians and supercentenarians climb.
- From Materials to Interfaces: Exploring cutting-edge materials and interfaces between manufacture, biology, practitioners, patients and clinical care outcomes.
- From Multidisciplinary to Interdisciplinary: Shifting the focus from multidisciplinary collaboration to true interdisciplinary practice in prosthodontics.
- Maxillofacial: Back to the Future: Revisiting the role of unique maxillofacial techniques from the past, and exploring new advances that are shaping the future.
- Digitally Disrupted Dentistry: Investigating the impact of digital technologies on the prosthodontic care – the potential future of computer centred care.
- Risking Failure: Examining the factors that contribute to prosthodontic treatment failure, and how to manage and mitigate risks in clinical practice.
- Prosthodontic Advocacy: Balancing advanced care with minimal intervention to seek the highest quality care for the broadest population.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
09:00 – 17:00 ICP Board Meeting
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
09:00 – 17:00 ICP Board Meeting
17:00 – 18:30 Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast with Sponsors and Exhibitors
08:30 – 11:00 Keynote Focus Session: Disruptors From the Past
Dr. George Zarb, Canada, Invited Speaker, Preiskel Prize Recipient
Dr. Michael MacEntee, Canada, Invited Speaker
Dr. John Wolfaardt, Canada, Invited Speaker
11:00 – 11:30 Morning Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:30 – 13:30 Keynote Focus Session: Disruptors Into the Future
Dr. Alon Preiskel, UK, Invited Speaker
Dr. Peter Fritz, Canada, Invited Speaker
Dr. Tom Salinas, USA, Invited Speaker
13:30 – 14:30 Conference Lunch with Sponsors and Exhibitors
14:30 – 16:30 Concurrent Focus Session: Beyond Implant Fables
Dr. Frank Tuminelli, USA, Invited Speaker
Dr. Lambis Petridis, UK, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
Abstract portal will be open soon for submissions
14:30 – 16:30 Concurrent Focus Session: Towards Centenarian Care
Dr. Frauke Müller, Switzerland, Invited Speaker
Dr. Sayaka Tada, Singapore, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
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16:30 – 18:00 Competition Poster Session & Reception with Sponsors and Exhibitors
Abstract portal will be open soon for submissions
18:00 Session Adjourns
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
07:30 – 08:30 Breakfast with Sponsors and Exhibitors
08:30 – 10:30 Concurrent Focus Session: From Materials to Interfaces
Dr. Taiseer Sulaiman, USA, Invited Speaker
Dr. Arzu Tezvergil-Mutluay, Finland, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
Abstract portal will be open soon for submissions
08:30 – 10:30 Concurrent Focus Session: From Multidisciplinary to Interdisciplinary
Dr. Carlo Ercoli, USA, Invited Speaker
Dr. Dave Felton, USA, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
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08:30 – 10:30 Concurrent Session: Resident and Registrar Oral Presentation Competition
Resident and Registrar Oral Competition Presenters: Session 1
Abstract portal will be open soon for competition submissions
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:00 – 13:00 Concurrent Focus Session: Maxillofacial: Back to the Future
Dr. Dale Howes, Australia, Invited Speaker
Dr. Harry Reintsema, The Netherlands, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
Abstract portal will be open soon for submissions
11:00 – 13:00 Concurrent Focus Session: Digitally Disrupted Dentistry
Dr. Cristian Coronel, Ecuador, Invited Speaker
Dr. Manabu Kanazawa, Japan, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
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11:00 – 13:00 Concurrent Focus Session: Resident and Registrar Oral Presentation Competition
Resident and Registrar Oral Competition Presenters: Session 2
Abstract portal will be open soon for competition submissions
13:00 – 14:00 ICP Member Business Luncheon (ICP Members Only)
13:00 – 14:00 Conference Lunch with Sponsors and Exhibitors
14:00 – 16:00 Concurrent Focus Session: Prosthodontic Advocacy
Dr. Meriting Thokoane, South Africa, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
Abstract portal will be open soon for submissions
14:00 – 16:00 Concurrent Focus Session: Risking Failure
Dr. Mariam Margvelashvili Malament, United States, Invited Speaker
Dr. Ramesh Chowdhary, India, Invited Speaker
Oral Abstract Presenters
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16:00 Session Adjourns
19:00 – 23:00 ICP Reception and Banquet
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast with Sponsors and Exhibitors
09:00 – 10:20 Keynote Focus Session
Dr. Orly Lobel, United States, Invited Speaker
10:20 – 11:10 Morning Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:10 – 12:30 Keynote Focus Session: Keynote Presentations will be posted shortly
12:30 – 12:45 Announcements
12:30 Meeting Adjourns
14:00 – 19:00 ICP Group Social Outing
The Toronto Aquarium & Dinner at the CN Tower 360 Restaurant
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
Elective Niagra Falls Tour- details are forthcoming
The 2025 program schedule is subject to change.