GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Nobel Biocare will introduce a new continuing and post-graduate education program in a series of 17 training and education conferences on four continents around the world. The "Nobel Biocare World Tour 2006" will start on 9 March in Frankfurt and end on 18 November in Barcelona. Nobel Biocare expects around 30,000 participants to attend these training and education events. Heliane Canepa, President and CEO for Nobel Biocare said: "From our close collaboration with dental professionals around the world, we know that this type of knowledge transfer among dentists and industry addresses a large need."

In June 2005, Nobel Biocare conducted its second World Conference, a bi-annual Training and Education for dental professionals in Las Vegas. Heliane Canepa said, "We were overwhelmed with the echo of the event." Around 6,000 professionals from over 70 countries participated at the four-day conference.
The feedback from participants and the company's own assessment swiftly led to the decision to launch a worldwide training and education program - based on the same concept. Canepa said, "Together we want to become better - for the benefit of the patients."

The Nobel Biocare World Tour 2006 is a completely new format. It will bring together world-leading experts in implant and esthetic dentistry with local experts and conference attendees to share their knowledge in state-of-the-art patient treatments.

Live cases transmitted via satellite, including implant surgeries and esthetic restorations, will demonstrate the latest preferred patient treatment options. Additionally, hands-on and in-depth training for all levels of dental professionals will be included.

Nobel Biocare will also present the latest research and clinical findings from its pipeline of products and solutions. Each conference will include an update on the company's research into the development of a bone inductive implant based upon the TiUniteT technology and the Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2). Canepa said, "This new technology has the potential to dramatically reduce, or even eliminate, the need for invasive and time-consuming bone grafting procedures."

Dates for the World Tour 2006:

Frankfurt, Germany March 9 - 11, 2006	Baltimore, Maryland, USA April 1 - 3, 2006
Sun City, South Africa April 9 - 11, 2006	Mumbai, India April 21- 23, 2006
Malmö, Sweden April 26 - 28, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona, USA May 4 - 6, 2006
Tokyo, Japan May 19 - 21, 2006	Paris, France June 14 - 16, 2006
Sydney, Australia August 2 - 4, 2006	Sao Paolo, Brazil August 16 - 18, 2006
Hong Kong, China September 3 - 5, 2006	Maastricht, The Netherlands September 7 - 9, 2006
London, United Kingdom September 14 -16, 2006	Dresden, Germany October 19 - 21, 2006
Rimini, Italy October 26 - 28, 2006	Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 2 - 4, 2006
Barcelona, Spain November 16 - 18, 2006

More information about the World Tour 2006 is available on www.nobelbiocare.com

SOURCE: Nobel Biocare

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