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NEWS

THE DENTAL WORLD IS MEETING UP IN COLOGNE

29 EXHIBITORS FROM INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME; LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS EXPECTED FROM INDIA
From 25-29 March 2025, the International Dental Show is taking place spanning 180,000 square metres offers ideal conditions for an efficient
in Cologne for the 41st time and will once again underline its position visit to the trade fair. IDS offers extensive services to make the trade fair
as the world’s leading trade fair for dentistry and dental technology. experience as pleasant as possible for the visitors – from personalised
With around 2,000 exhibitors from over 60 countries and a tickets that can be administered online, which are also valid as public
foreign share of around 77%, IDS 2025 is currently transport tickets for the region, through to exclusive
demonstrating its strong international alignment. travel offers from Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa.
The most strongly represented countries among the The IDSconnect platform, which will be available
exhibitors are expected to be Korea, Italy, the USA, online from the beginning of March 2025, offers digital
China, Turkey, Spain, France and Switzerland. The contents like seminars, corporate presentations and
offer is enhanced by numerous country pavilions from learning sessions, which enhance and expand the on-site
all continents. India for the first time will boast of 29 visit to the trade fair. In this way, IDS unites analogue
participating companies. and digital formats and creates a forward-looking trade
In terms of visitors, in 2023 around 120,000 trade fair structure.
visitors from 122 countries attended the trade fair – IDS By combining tradition and innovation, enhanced by
2025 aims to exceed this benchmark. international diversity and future-oriented themes, IDS 2025 sets new
The optimised hall layout with four entrances and exhibition space benchmarks for the dental and trade fair industry.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS Lupin Dental announces the world’s first supervised
DOCTORS’ LIABILITY UNDER automated multi-treatment dental robotic system
CONSUMER PROTECTION POST-MARKET CLINICAL STUDY BEING CONDUCTED IN INDIA

ACT, REJECTS REVIEW PLEA
Lupin Dental SAS, an early-stage company focusing
According to recent rulings by the on innovative dental technology, is proud to
Supreme Court of India, there is announce the successful first clinical use of the Lupin®
no exemption for doctors under Robotic System at Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College
the Consumer Protection Act and Hospital, Pune. Lupin Dental is conducting a
(CPA), meaning they can be held post-market clinical study in India to demonstrate
liable for medical negligence and the safety and performance of its robotic system for
deficiencies in service under the minimally invasive tooth preparation procedures
Act; patients can file complaints for aesthetic veneers. The trial is ongoing, with six
against them in consumer courts patients successfully treated.
if they believe they have received The team of Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental
substandard medical care. College and Hospital, Pune, Dr Vijaysinh More
This ruling is based on the 1995 (Principle Investigator), Dr Pankaj Kadam, Dr Santosh
case “Indian Medical Association Jadhav, Dr Yogesh Khadtare (Co-Investigator) and Dr
vs. V.P. Shantha” where the court Sarah Mariam (Clinical Research Coordinator) are
decided that medical services fall conducting this trial.
under the definition of “service” According to Co-founder Galip Gürel. “The
in the CPA. The Supreme Court extreme precision and the repeatability of the
has recently rejected petitions system is providing the most minimally invasive
to reconsider this judgment, tooth preparation for veneer treatments, one of the
further solidifying the position most challenging procedures in the field of aesthetic
that doctors are not exempt from dentistry and democratizing this complex procedure for dentists at all levels”.
the CPA. This means that patients Dr.Vijaysinh More, Clinical Trial Principal Investigator, Bharati Vidyapeeth University commented:
can seek compensation from “The Lupin Robotic System’s minimally invasive tooth preparation approach, and unique precision,
doctors for medical negligence executes exactly what is planned virtually; with optimized handpiece angulation, preserving the
or deficiency in service through maximum enamel and therefore ensuring a very good bonding protocol.”
consumer courts. Visit https://lupindental.com/ for more details.

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