On December 17, the 5th General Election and 2024 Academic Annual Meeting of the Dental Materials Professional Committee, Shanghai Stomatological Association, was successfully held at the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
At the meeting, Professor Lin Kaili, the former chair of the Dental Materials Professional Committee, first reviewed the main work during his term and presented the 2024 work summary report of the committee. Subsequently, Chief Physician Sun Jian, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Stomatological Association, read out the "Approval of the Request for the General Election of the 5th Dental Materials Professional Committee." The General Election was presided over by Chief Physician Li Xiaomei from the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University. According to the election method, 17 standing committee members, 5 vice-chairpersons, and 1 chairperson of the 5th Dental Materials Professional Committee were elected. Afterward, Secretary-General Sun Jian presented the appointment letter to the newly elected Chairperson, Researcher Liu Xin, and congratulated on the successful completion of the election of the 5th Dental Materials Professional Committee.
The newly elected Chairman, Researcher Liu Xin, delivered a speech, expressing gratitude to Professor Sun Jiao, the former honorary chairperson, for her hard work in the Dental Materials Professional Committee. She also stated that she would strengthen scientific research cooperation between basic research on dental materials and other related fields in the future to promote the development of dental materials and academic exchanges across disciplines.
In the academic report session, the meeting invited Associate Professor Yang Shengbing from the Ninth People's Hospital to share an excellent report on "Research on Antibacterial Biomaterials." Professor Chen Feng from Shanghai Stomatological Hospital (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Stomatology) gave a report titled "Functional Regulation and Tissue Repair Applications of Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Composite Biomaterials," which sparked heated discussions among the delegates. Material research is one of the hotspots in the field of stomatological scientific research. This academic annual meeting provided a platform for exchanges between material research scholars and clinicians, promoting academic exchanges involving multiple specialties and disciplines such as dental materials and stomatology, and facilitating the dissemination and transformation of scientific research achievements as well as cross-disciplinary cooperation.
Finally, the first plenary committee meeting/standing committee meeting of the 5th term was held to discuss the committee's work plan for the next year. Professor Liu Xin put forward requirements for the work of the new Dental Materials Professional Committee, hoping that the newly elected committee members would actively participate in the committee's activities, carry out work in academic exchanges, science popularization activities, party building, and other aspects, make full use of WeChat groups to provide suggestions and ideas on the committee's platform, strengthen academic exchanges, and better promote the research and application development of dental materials.
