The event will take place on August 11th and 12th at Expo Center Norte (São Paulo) and will feature prominent figures in Brazilian dentistry and renowned businesspeople

São Leopoldo Mandic Faculty (SLMandic), a national leader in Dentistry among higher education institutions in Brazil, announces the launch of the Odonto Conference, the largest dental education event in Brazil. With the confirmed presence of over 50 renowned dental specialists in lectures and hands-on workshops, and an expected participation of more than 20,000 professionals (online and in person), the conference will take place at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo on August 11th and 12th, 2025. In addition, the event will feature more than 20 activities, including workshops, practical classes, and technical sessions so that participants not only learn but also know how to perform and implement the most modern procedures on the market in their daily practice.

“Brazil is currently the country with the largest number of dentists in the world, with over 400,000. We are also the country with the largest number of Dentistry courses, with over 540 active faculties. These numbers show us the relevance of this market, and it cannot stagnate. That is why we created the Odonto Conference, an event that, in addition to discussing topics with renowned professionals in the sector about the future of dentists and our global standing, aims to be a milestone in valuing and maintaining the excellence of Brazilian Dentistry,” explains Zeca Junqueira, Director of New Business.

On this occasion, topics such as entrepreneurship, new clinical techniques, professional positioning, and market trends will be discussed. Among the confirmed speakers for the event are: Dr. José Luiz Junqueira, dental surgeon and founder of São Leopoldo Mandic; João Adibe, president and CEO of the Cimed Group;  Paulo Bonavides (Uncle Paulo), dentist, influencer, and actor; Paulo Kano, founder of the Paulo Kano Education Center; André Carneiro, specialist and master in dental prosthetics and coordinator of Polygon Prosthetics and Restorative Dentistry; Carla Sani, CEO of Sorridents; Karla Marques Felmanas, VP of Cimed; Ricardo Novack, founder of Success Odonto; Alexandra Dias, adjunct professor of Periodontics at UFRJ; and Geninho Thomé, founder and scientific president of Neodent.

“The Odonto Conference was created with the urgent purpose of maintaining Brazil as a world reference in dental education. It will be two days of immersion, with the biggest names in the market teaching what no one teaches in the classroom, also providing networking, technical improvement, and a vision for the future for professionals in the field. The event's partner companies were also hand-picked, sharing the same purpose of uniting cutting-edge knowledge and the latest market trends in a single space,” concludes Zeca.  

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Dental Conference
Data: August 11th and 12th, 2025
Location: Expo Center Norte – Rua José Bernardo Pinto, 333 – Vila Guilherme – São Paulo
More information and tickets: https://odontoconf.com.br/

About São Leopoldo Mandic

Considered one of the top ten higher education institutions in the country for 15 consecutive years according to the MEC's ​​General Course Index (IGC), Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic brings together a faculty of PhD professors with extensive scientific production, trained at the best educational institutions in Brazil and abroad. Structured with state-of-the-art laboratories, complete dental clinics, and practice settings in affiliated hospitals and Basic Health Units, the institution offers students practical experience in Dentistry and Medicine courses from the 1st year, as well as research activities and community service. It has realistic simulation laboratories, modern resources for diagnosis and training, and an innovation HUB, all serving undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It also has extension projects such as the Health Boat, which brings medical and dental care to underprivileged communities. The São Leopoldo Mandic Faculty has nine other units distributed throughout the country and one in Portugal, offering postgraduate courses, and two more undergraduate units in Medicine, in the cities of Araras-SP and Limeira-SP. Channels: slmandic.edu.br; facebook.com/saoleopoldomandic; instagram.com/saoleopoldomandic/.

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