Welcome to join the 10 year anniversary celebrations of the Dental Technician Education at Turku University of Applied Sciences!

We would like to invite you to the anniversary seminar and celebratory dinner Friday 26 September 2025. The seminar will be held at ICT-City Campus at Turku University of Applied Sciences and the dinner at restaurant Grädda. Register by 19 September and join the celebrations! You can purchase the dinner card when registering.

Preliminary programme

(The event will be held in English)

10 Year Anniversary Seminar: Future of Dental Technology and it's materials

at Turku University of Applied Sciences, ICT-City Campus, Auditorio Lambda, Joukahaisenkatu 3, 20520 Turku

8.30 - 9.00 Morning coffee

9.00 - 9.30  Induction for the Day

• Opening words, Vice Rector Juhani Soini, Turku UAS
• A Short History of the Dental Technician Education at Turku UAS, Pasi Alander, Senior Lecturer, Turku UAS

9.30 - 10.15 FEPPD, Representing the European Dental Technician at the Political Level, Patrik Johnson, CEO of Umeå Dentallaboratorium

10.15 - 11.00 Dentist - Dental Technician partnerships in digital dentistry, Petteri Nissinen, Dentist, Oral hammaslääkärit and Jukka Wichmann, Dental Technician, DigitalDentalDesign Oy

11.00 - 12.00 Lunch break

(Lunch is at own expense. There is a reservation for the seminar guests at restaurant Kaivomestari at EduCity Campus of Turku UAS. Price for the lunch is 12,20€. The guests also have a choise to buy lunch at the student restaurant Kisälli at EduCity at the price of 9,20€)

12.00 - 13.00 Polymers and Resin Composites in Dentistry, Pekka Vallittu, Professor, University of Turku

13.00-14.00 The Future of Dental Ceramics, Michael Gödiker, Project Manager in Ceramics R&D, Vita Zahnfabrik

14.00 - 14.30 The Importance of Dental Technician Education for Finland, Ilkka Tuominen, Head of Finnish Dental Technician Association

14.30 - 14.50 Coffee

14.50 - 15.10 Immersive Learning in Dental Technology, Johannes Halttu, Lecturer, Turku UAS

15.10 - 15.30 RDI Projects in Oral Health Research Group, Pasi Alander, Lecturer and Research Group Leader, Turku UAS

15.30 - 16.00 Closing words

Anniversary Dinner

at Restaurant Grädda, Piispankatu 15, 20520 Turku

Time: Dinner begins at 18.00 pm (The restaurant closes at 23.30 pm)

Dinner card is purchased upon registration.

More information about the event:

Noora Laiho, Dental Technology Instructor

+358 50 442 0010

noora.laiho@turkuamk.fi

and

Päivi Kilponen, Project Advisor, Lecturer

+358 22 633 50

paivi.kilponen1@turkuamk.fi