2019 Officers President: Youssef Talic President Emeritus: Joseph Tamari President Elect: Nadim AbouJaoude Vice President: Nasser El-Hamlan Imm. Past President: Georges Tawil Registrar: Joseph Sabbagh Treasurer: Edmond Koyess Deputy Treasurer: Fadl Khaled Editor: Ramzi Haddad Contact Information ICD Section X Middle East Att: Registrar Joseph Sabbagh josephsabbagh@homail.com www.icdme.com Section X Facebook Section President Talic, who greet- ed the audience and expressed his pleasure to be among them in Beirut. Fellow Nicole Geha Chair, of the CE day, went briefly over the day’s program and then left the floor to eight different Fellow speak- ers, as well as the guest speaker Dr. Imad Ghandour. Lectures cov- ered the ways in which each dental specialty dealt with preserving or succeeding in rebuilding a perfect smile through endodontics (Fadl Khaled), implant surgery (Nadim Mokbel), periodontics (Alain Roma- nos), prosthodontics (Nadim Abou- Jaoude), pedodontics (Mohamad Ezzedin) and laser technology. Our guest speaker shared his exper- tise in using Cad Cam technology, namely digital tools and artificial in- telligence, in the quest for a perfect smile. Photo Album The Zahi Khalaf Merit Awards ceremony was held at midday. The day ended with the induction of nine new Fellows into the College, eight from District 1 and one from District 2. Photo Album (L) RIYADH MEETING, Feb. 9-10, 2018, five new Fellows inducted; (R) BEIRUT MEETING, Dec. 8, 2018, nine new Fellows inducted. Hadlak, Eman Al Namnakani, Saud Orfali and Mansour Al Rajaie. The meeting ended with a hand- ing over of the presidency between Presidents Tawil and Talic, and an address by the new Section Presi- dent Talic. Photo Album Beirut Section Meeting The 52nd Section X Meeting and Celebration was held at the Hilton Habtour Hotel in Beirut on Dec. 8, 2018. It consisted of four differ- ent activities: Continuing Educa- tion Program, the Zahi Khalaf Merit Awards, an Induction Ceremony and a banquet. The day-long Continuing Educa- tion Program was under the heading “Smile Mission 2020, Celebrating 100 Years”. Regent Philip Souhaid gave a word of welcome followed by THE GLOBE 2019 SECTION REPORTS 4 5