Edition number forty has just ended and will go down in history not only because it
celebrated an important anniversary but for the numbers it provided: 323 exhibiting
companies in one single hall 20 thousand metres square, about 21 thousand visitors over
three days of the exhibition (figures are still provisional), over 3000 participants in the
various cultural events organised during the 5th EXPODENTAL Forum.
“The success of the return to Milan has exceeded expectations”, was the impromptu
comment from Gianfranco Berrutti, President of UNIDI.
“Despite these not easy times for the economy in general and consequently for trade
fairs”, the President of UNIDI continued, “INTERNATIONAL EXPODENTAL has
proved itself capable, still 40 years on, of being a showcase and catalyst of interest for
the entire dentistry sector. For three days, our sector has forgotten the recession and has
managed to look forward, offering product and technological solutions that will affect
the sector in coming years, changing our way of treating and rehabilitating patients.”
The number of visitors to the exhibition and of participants in cultural and scientific
events at the 5th EXPODENTAL Forum, where prestigious names from the academic
and professional worlds appeared on the podium, confirm how keeping up-to-date both
with products and with scientific developments is an indispensable part of training for
professionals who want to remain competitive in a market undergoing constant change.
“I believe that the success of this edition, even more than in the past”, continued
President Berrutti, “must be attributed to UNIDI’s decision to maintain direct and
constant relations with all players in the dental sector and with their associations, be
they trade unions, scientific societies or associations. Today more than ever,
INTERNATIONAL EXPODENTAL is the showcase of the entire dental sector, a place
for