Int. J. Oral Surg 1980: 9: 408-409
Athens, GreeceThe 2nd Hellenic Conference on Maxillofacial Surgery took place on 3-4 November atthe Athens Hilton Hotel. There were 200participants and 40 papers were presented,covering all the fields of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, such as Orthognathic Surgery, Fractures of the Facial Skeleton, Tumors and Tumorous conditions of the OroFacial region, as well as research. From the
International News
foreign participants papers were presentedby G. I. FORDYCE Postgraduate DentalDean of London University, Prof. CHRISDOKU, Boston, U.S.A., Prof. E. STEINHAUSER, Erlangen, Germany, J. ROWE!tMAN,Consultant Oral Surgeon, London, Prof. R.FRIES, Austria, Ass. Prof. J. MINDERJAHN,Austria, R. ACHARD, Consultant Oral Surgeon, France.
From right to left: President of the LA.O.S., Prof. VAN DER KWAST; President of the H.S.O.S.Ass. Prof. A. YANNOULOPOULOS; Minister of Social Services, Mrs. A. SrNODlNOU and Rector ofAthens University, Prof. F. MrTsIs.
The President of the International Association of Oral Surgeons W. A. M. VAN
DER KWAST, was kind enough to honor ourconference with his presence and presentedan elegant paper on "Unusual lesions of thepalate". He also stressed the aims of the
I.A.O.S. in a forceful presentation at theclosing ceremony which ended with an address by the President of the Hellenic Society, A. YANNOULOPOULOS. The next conference will take place in Spring 1981.