{"id":3593,"date":"2024-03-15T18:53:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/dr-cristina-teixeira-discusses-orthodontics-the-power-of-choice-at-dental-pro\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:28:24","slug":"dr-cristina-teixeira-discusses-orthodontics-the-power-of-choice-at-dental-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/news\/interviews\/dr-cristina-teixeira-discusses-orthodontics-the-power-of-choice-at-dental-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Maria Cristina de Faria Teixeira discusses the topic \u201cOrthodontics: The Power of Choice\u201d at Dental Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Maria Cristina Faria Teixeira, the XXIX Congress of the Portuguese Orthodontic Society (SPO) is &#8220;a congress that promotes scientific updating and clinical training. For this very reason, we adapted the congress theme &#8211; Orthodontics: the power of choice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In this event, according to the chair of the organizing committee, the orthodontist has the &#8216;power of choice&#8217; of the technique(s) to be defined in their patient&#8217;s treatment plan. This decision-making must be ethical and meet the needs of the patient.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The SPO Congress also aims to &#8220;create a debate on contemporary challenges and the transition of the different techniques already underway, contributing to the clarification and progress of orthodontics in Portugal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organizer, \u201cthis is a highly significant and long-standing conference organized by the SPO, already regarded as the premier event for scientific updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panel of speakers includes leading figures in national and international orthodontics in their respective fields of research, specialization, and teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The XXIX SPO Congress will take place between October 26 and 28 at the Tagus Park Congress Center in Lisbon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalpro.pt\/2023\/10\/24\/ortodontia-o-poder-da-escolha-e-o-tema-do-congresso-da-spo-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Orthodontics: the power of choice&#8221; is the theme of the 2023 SPO Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[81,68,64],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","tag-dental-pro-en","tag-interviews","tag-portuguese-orthodontic-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saodente.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}