The South African Society of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeons (SASMFOS) is a non-profitable professional organization representing the majority of specialist maxillofacial and oral surgeons in South Africa. Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery represents the surgical branch of dentistry (see link “about OMFS”).

SASMFOS annual national congress
29 October - 1 November 2010
The following files are available for download:

• Detailed congress brochure (PDF)
  (includes programme and registration form)
• Congress abstract form for oral presentations (DOC)

REMINDER: Early registration for the SADA/IDEC 2010 Congress closes on 31 July. Register online www.sadaidec2010.co.za

CURRENT ISSUES

Third molar controversy: Does it cause incisor crowding?

     •   SASMFOS position paper on third molar surgery           (PDF)

     • Abstracts - wisdom teeth removal indications          (PDF)

     •   Risk factors of third molar surgery (PDF)

• SASMFOS JACKETS AND GOLF SHIRTS - click here for more information.
• Oral Surgery in Patients on Anticoagulant Treatment

For news archives, click here.

Executive committee: current office bearers. Click Here

• 24/09/10 – 25/09/10
  Southern Implants Conference – Brussels  Belgium
  

• 24/11/10 – 25/11/10
  Southern Implants Conference – Chile S.America
  www.southernimplants.com

• 27/09/10 – 02/10/10
  AAOMS 92nd Meeting Chicago USA
  www.aaoms.org

• 06/10/10 – 09/10/10
  EAO 19th Annual Scientific Meeting: Clinical Controversies in Implant Dentistry
  Glasgow – Scotland
  www.eao.org

• AO  Basic Craniomaxillofacial Course
  August 2010- awaiting confirmation of dates

  AO East Africa Conference Kenya –Masai Mara
  September 2010 – awaiting confirmation of dates

  Contact :Noelle Turnbull at Synthes SA : turnbull.noelle@synthes.com

  AO Web : www.aofoundation.org

• Synthes hands-on workshops for Mandibular and Midface fractures : registrars and theatre scrub staff.
  March and September 2010
  truter.yolanda@sythes.com

• 29/10/10 – 01/11/10
  SADA/IDEC International Dental Exhibition and Conference
  ICC Durban
  Kwa Zulu Natal
  www.sada.co.za