MI Society symposium at ORCA 2026

GC International

Fri. 3. July 2026

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ZAGREB, Croatia: The International Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry (MI Society) recently held its symposium during the 2026 Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA) congress, bringing together leading experts and a highly engaged audience to advance the implementation of minimum intervention oral care (MIOC) in clinical practice. The symposium showcased the transition from a traditional operative, disease-centred approach towards a holistic, person-focused model of care. With its emphasis on prevention, susceptibility assessment, minimally invasive intervention and long-term maintenance, this model reflects a fundamental shift in contemporary dentistry.

The symposium was presented by Profs. Avijit Banerjee, Ivana Miletić and Falk Schwendicke, who delivered a strong and well-balanced programme designed to translate scientific evidence into practical clinical perspectives. They addressed the MIOC philosophy, material selection for minimally invasive operative dentistry and the recently published international expert consensus on supporting MIOC implementation.

The symposium attracted a full audience and generated dynamic and thoughtful discussion. The level of interaction and the practical focus of the questions demonstrated clear interest from the dental community in moving beyond theory and implementing MIOC in daily clinical practice. Participants engaged in meaningful exchanges on clinical application, material selection, barriers to MIOC implementation at healthcare system level and the challenges of translating evidence into real-world settings.

The symposium further built on the outcomes of the process reported in consensus paper, “Minimum intervention oral care (MIOC)—overcoming implementation barriers: An international expert consensus”. Developed through an expert consensus process supported by the MI Society and held in Munich in Germany in December last year, the paper provides structured, evidence-informed recommendations to support the uptake of MIOC across clinical practice, education, workforce organisation and healthcare system design.

Overall, the symposium represents an important step forward in aligning scientific evidence, clinical practice and healthcare systems, reinforcing the role of MIOC as a key framework for improving oral healthcare outcomes. Speaking on the significance of the event, Prof. Schwendicke remarked: “There is clear momentum to translate consensus into real-world implementation across healthcare systems and clinical practice in primary care.”