On the shores of the Bosphorus, in the city of Istanbul during the IADS & YDW 60th Annual Meeting (Turkey Part) and FDI World Dental Federation 101st Annual Congress , it will take place the 1st edition of the  International Dental Olympics Turkey 2013. The event will give the possibility to dental students compete in teams on the basis of their dental clinical skills, earn points and win prizes! 10 teams will compete in different rounds and each team will consist of 3 dental students.

The rounds of the competition are the following:
1. Radiography interpretation
There will be given some points on panaromic x-ray, team members try to write the correct names-definitions for them on a paper in couple of minutes.









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​2. Suturing on a chicken skin
Each member of a team get surgical suture equipments and a chicken skin. They try to put some simple sutures on the chicken skin in given time. Sutures will be evaluated by the jury  after all the competitors are done.

























3. Wax modelling
Each member of a team get required materials and wax . They try to do a modelling of a tooth in given time. Then, it will be evaluated by the jury.

















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4. Orthodontic wire bending

Each member of a team get required materials and wire. They try to bend it according to a shape of something (e.g. a star), in given time. It will be evaluated by the  jury.



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5. Preparing a tooth for crown on DentSim Simulators

One of a team member will prepare a tooth, all competeters will do the preparation on the same tooth, in given time.  It will be evaluated by DentSim itself.

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6. Open a cavity on DentSim Simulators (cavity creation)
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Another member of team will create a cavity(MO/MOD/DO)  for a filling on a tooth in given time. The cavity will be evaluated by DentSim itself.​















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Each team member will compete in all the 1., 2., 3. and 4. rounds. The first 4 rounds will be evaluated by the Jury composed of specialized Doctors. The last 2 rounds will be evaluated by the DentSim Simulator.  The team with the highest points in total will win the Olympics will be awarded as the 1st Winners of the International Dental Olympics and will get the prizes from our generous partners. Don’t miss the chance to participate in the first Olympics of the biggest international dental students meeting  in the world.