A three-day international seminar on dentistry started in the capital city of Hanoi on July 28 with the participation of n early 1,500 leading foreign and local dentists.

In the seminar opening address, Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu said that his ministry has instructed and encouraged local hospitals to promote the application of scientific achievements and modern technologies in people’s health care, especially in dentistry.

In addition, the country’s dentists had boosted cooperation and sought new technologies from foreign partners, the minister said while explaining reasons behind the improvement in dental and mouth care, particularly of children.

The seminar heard 32 presentations on odontology issues, including teeth transplantation , mouth operations and diseases related to teeth and mouth.

On the same day, participants visited an exhibition on dentistry that displayed dental equipment, materials for dentistry and dental and mouth care products made by leading firms from the US, Germany, France, the UK, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Israel./.