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About CAPP

Centre for Advanced Professional Practices (CAPP) was founded in 2005 in Dubai, UAE with the sole purpose of delivering excellence in Dental Continuing Medical Education in the Middle East and beyond. CAPP is an American Dental Association (ADA) C.E.R.P Recognised Provider, specialising in Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) dental education programmes.

  • Total of 109,298 dental professionals attended in 723 CME programmes
  • One of largest CME providers in the Middle East
  • ADA C.E.R.P. Recognised Provider
  • Currently doing business with 89% of the top 100 dental companies
  • Operational in UAE, Singapore and Kuwait

CAPP’s Customers & Partners

CAPP’s clients and partners vary from dental professionals, large multinationals to SMEs that are looking for partners in the Middle East. Amongst CAPP’s customers are Denstply Sirona, Ivoclar Vivadent, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), 3M, Oral-B(P&G), Colgate-Palmolive, Kerr Dental, KaVo, VITA, Straumann, Neoss, EMS, Mectron, Hu-Friedy, Philips Sonicare, NSK, FKG, Global, Carestream, Planmeca, Invisalign, Shofu, DeguDent, Henry Schein, 3Shape, COLTENE, Heraeus Kulzer, Jordan, Kings College London Dental Institute, Aachen University just to name a few. CAPP also works with local and international dental organisations, associations and academies such as The Saudi Dental Society, Lebanese Dental Association, Qatar Dental Society, Kuwait Dental Association, Singapore Dental Association, International Federation of Dental Hygienists, Tipton Training, British Academy of Restorative Dentistry (BARD), British Academy of Dental Implantology (BADI), Aachen Dental Laser Center (AALZ), RWTH International Academy - RWTH Aachen University just to name a few.

Growth

For the past 14 years CAPP has facilitated over 723 CME programmes educating 109,298 international participants. Ever since 2005 CAPP has experienced year-on-year growth and in 2018 alone CAPP educated 19,526 international dental professionals.

CAPP Asia
CAPP Asia

With the opening of CAPP Asia in 2012, the company’s reach has expanded to the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. CAPP Asia main focus in the region is the Asia-Pacific Edition of the CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Conference & Exhibition held in Singapore on a bi-annual basis.

CAPP Training Institute
CAPP Training Institute

Opened in 2016, CAPP Training Institute is a world-class facility for continuing professional development in Dubai. The Training Centre can accommodate up to 30 delegates. It is equipped with phantom heads, clinical units with high, low and speed-increasing handpieces, microscopes, the latest TV/AV equipment and a lot more.

Dental Tribune MEA
Dental Tribune MEA

CAPP is the owner of the print and digital publication. CAPP is delivering six print editions annually to over 21,000 dental professionals (126,000 copies annually) and newsletters to over 62,000 active subscribers every two weeks (approx. 1,612,000 e-mail annually). The news reaches the dental community worldwide.

Conferences & Exhibitions

CAPP is the organiser of the two leading dental scientific conferences in the region: CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Conference & Exhibition (1st edition in 2005) and Dental Facial Cosmetic International Conference & Exhibition (DFCIC) (1st edition in 2009).
Both these conferences are annual events with joint events as Dental Technician International Meeting (DTIM), Dental Hygienist Day (DHS), Digital Orthodontics Symposium (DOS) and Various Dentistry Awards.

Continuing Dental Education

CAPP offers over 190 days of hands-on training courses per year across a broad spectrum of subjects. Classes vary in length from one-day seminars and short courses to long-term hands-on training courses in Restorative, Aesthetic, Endodontics, Implantology, Lasers leading to Certificates, Diplomas, Fellowships and Master’s Degrees. All programmes are certified from the authorised accreditation entities. Most of CAPP’s training courses are taking place at the CAPP Training Institute located in Dubai, UAE.

mCME Self Instruction

CAPP together with Dental Tribune provides the opportunity with its mCME - Self Instruction Programme, a quick and simple way to meet your continuing education needs. mCME offers the flexibility to work at one’s own pace through the material from any location at any time. The content is international, drawn from the upper echelon of dental medicine, and also presents a regional outlook in terms of perspective and subject matter.

Event Marketing & PR

CAPP offers multi-faceted collaborations with leading brands in the dental industry such as 3M, Oral-B (P&G), Philips Sonicare, Colgate-Palmolive, Wrigley’s, Ormco and GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) (just to name a few) to engage with the community of dental professionals. CAPP helps the companies to establish accredited year-round programmes for dental professionals – from one day hands-on courses to large scale dental conferences. In addition, CAPP’s database of 68,750 dental professionals (data from March 2019) in MEA, provides the opportunity to every company to reach the majority in the region.

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