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© 2006 SAGE Publications IntroductionThe 5th World Workshop on Oral Health and Disease in AIDS, which was held in Phuket, Thailand, in July, 2004, follows the previous four successful meetings held in Skukuza, South Africa (2000), London (1996), San Francisco (1993), and San Diego (1988). There were over 150 participants from 27 countries and representatives from all the major groups studying the oral aspects of HIV infection. The program consisted of plenary lectures, posters, and workshops. The breadth of clinical and basic science was reflected by the subdivision of the workshops into those focusing on clinical aspects, those focusing on basic science aspects, and those focusing on a mixture of both, and the translation of basic science to clinical problems. These parallel themes were a feature of all the recent workshops and allowed for excellent interchange with all research aspects and questions being discussed at the plenary sessions. Prior to the Workshop, the international scientific committee and the chairs of each of the eight workshops posed research questions in the relevant areas. As expected, some questions could be answered fully, some questions were answered partially, some questions could not be answered at all, and some questions raised other research issues that need to be addressed. The final sessions of the workshop attempted to identify a research agenda for the future, including those questions which had not been answered and new areas of importance, which the workshop, as a whole, felt were of international importance.
We acknowledge the support for the meeting from: The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (Grant numbers #1 R13 DE016162-01 and PO1 DE07496), USA; the International Association for Dental Research; the World Health Organization; Prince of Songkla University, Thailand; The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand; The Ministry of University Affairs; The Governors of Songkhla and Phuket Provinces; Hat Yai City Municipality; and The Tourism Authority of the Thailand Southern Office, Region 1, with publication supported by the Thai Government and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/National Institutes of Health, USA. We also thank: The Dental Council of Thailand; The Dental Association of Thailand; The Thai Faculties Board; Colgate-Palmolive (Thailand) Limited; Dentsply (Thailand) Limited; NSK Nakanishi Inc.; Accord Corporation Limited; Dental-Siam Enterprise Co. Ltd; Haad Thip Public Co. Ltd; Thai Dental Products Co. Ltd; Thai International Public Co. Ltd; Pfizer Consumer Healthcare; Taykokchai Dental Co. Ltd; and Boonrawd Trading Co. Ltd.
Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 19, No. 1,
3 (2006)
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