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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 – conferences, short and long term hands-on courses leading to certificates, diplomas and fellowships, workshops and self-instruction programmes.

CAPP is the organiser of the two leading dental scientific conferences in the region: CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry International Conference (1st edition in 2005) and Dental Facial Cosmetic International Conference (DFCIC) (1st edition in 2009). Both these conferences are annual events. CAPP is the owner of the CAPP Training Institute which a world-class training facility for continuing professional development in the knowledge hub Dubai.

Our 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 our customers are Denstply Sirona, Ivoclar Vivadent, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), 3M ESPE, Oral-B (P&G), Colgate-Palmolive, Kerr Dental, KaVo, VITA, NEOSS, Philips Sonicare, Carestream, Planmeca, Invisalign, Shofu, DeguDent, Henry Schein, 3Shape, COLTENE, Heraeus Kulzer, Jordan, Kings College London Dental Institute just to name a few. CAPP also works with local and international dental organisations and associations such as The Saudi Dental Society, Lebanese Dental Association, Qatar Dental Society and Kuwait Dental Association.

Growth

For the past 12 years CAPP has facilitated over 410 CME programs educating over 62,000 international participants. Ever since 2005 CAPP has experienced year-on-year growth and in 2016 alone CAPP educated 13,856 international dental professionals (Lower versus 2015 due to AP CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Singapore being held bi-annually). CAPP has become the leader in Continuing Dental Education programs in the region.

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 International Conference held in Singapore on a bi-annual basis. 

CAPP Asia would like to thank all of its business partners, sponsors and supporters for together making CAPP the success it is today.

CAPP Training Institute
CAPP Training Institute

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

Dental Tribune MEA
Dental Tribune MEA

CAPP is the owner of the Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa, print and digital publication. CAPP is delivering six print editions annually to over 20,000 dental professionals (120,000 copies annually) in the Middle East and Africa region and delivers newsletters to over 41,000 active subscribers every two weeks (approx. 984,000 e-mail annually). Through its international website, the latest industry news reaches the largest dental community worldwide.

DENTAL CONFERENCES & EXHIBITIONS
  • CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry Int’l
  • Conference & Exhibition | Dubai & Singapore
  • Dental-Facial Cosmetic Int’l Conference & Exhibition (DFCIC)
  • Dental Technicians Int’l Meeting (DTIM)
  • Dental Hygienist Day
  • Various Dentistry Awards
CONTINUING DENTAL EDUCATION

CAPP offers over 60 hands-on courses per year across a broad spectrum of subjects. Classes vary in length from one-day seminars and short courses to weekly classes and degree programmes. All programmes are certified from the authorised accreditation entities.

ADA CERP RECOGNISED PROVIDER
ADA CERP RECOGNISED PROVIDER

Centre for Advanced Professional Practices (CAPP) is an ADA CERP Recognised Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education.

mCME SELF INSTRUCTION PROGRAMME

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.

CORPORATE MARKETING, PR & EVENTS

CAPP offers multi-faceted collaborations with leading brands in the dental industry such as Oral-B (P&G), Philips Sonicare, Colgate-Palmolive, Wrigley’s 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. In addition, CAPP’s database of 41,000 dental professionals in MEA, provides the opportunity to every company to reach the majority in the region.

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