Delegate Check-in Desk · Counter 4

Indian Dental Association

Dr. Akanksha

Delegate · BDS

ID IDA-GA-2026-0429ACCESS · L2

Your badge is ready, Doctor.
Welcome to Goa.

29 – 30 August 2026 · Goa, India

The 20^th IDA
National Conference

Planet Hollywood Beach Resort, South Goa. Two days of clinical sessions, hands-on studios, and one very unusual case presentation.

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until the lamp is lit

2,400 delegates

46 speakers

12 CDE credits

1 secret session

Day One · Saturday, 29 August

08:00

Registration & Delegate Kit CollectionFoyer, Level 1 — collect your loupes discount voucher, you will use it

09:15

Inaugural Ceremony & Lighting of the LampGrand Ballroom — IDA National President & Goa State Branch

10:00

Keynote — Digital Dentistry 2026: Intraoral Scanners to Chairside MillingHall 1 · Dr. R. Sundaram, Chennai

11:00

Networking BreakTrade Expo, Pavilion A — 60+ exhibitors

11:30

Minimally Invasive Endodontics: Rotary vs. ReciprocatingHall 2 · Dr. Meera Joshi, Mumbai

13:00

LunchThe Verandah, Poolside — Goan fish curry, obviously

14:00

Hands-On: Anterior Composite LayeringSeat held for youWorkshop Studio 3 · 24 seats · pre-registration required

15:30

Panel — Implantology in the Compromised RidgeHall 1 · Five clinicians, one very opinionated moderator

17:00

Scientific Paper Presentations — PG CategoryHall 4

19:30

Delegate Dinner & Fado NightSunset Lawns — dress code: smart casual, sandy shoes forgiven

Day Two · Sunday, 30 August

09:00

Oral Medicine Update — Early Detection of OSMFHall 1 · Dr. K. Nair, Kochi

10:15

Paediatric Behaviour Management: The First VisitHall 2 · Dr. S. Fernandes, Panaji

11:15

Tea & Trade ExpoPavilion A

11:45

The Perio–Systemic Link: Managing the Pregnant PatientHall 2 · Dr. A. Rane — safe radiography, trimester timing, and why she is glowing

13:00

LunchThe Verandah

14:00

Craniofacial Growth & Development: From Tooth Bud to OcclusionHall 1 · begins at week six of embryonic life, and ends somewhere around your first crown prep

15:15

Radiology Reading Room — Live Diagnostic ChallengeHall 3 · bring your eyes

🔒 16:30

SPECIAL SESSION — [ RESTRICTED ]Clearance L3Hall 3 · Attendance by personal invitation only. Complete the Delegate Knowledge Challenge to raise your clearance level.

18:00

Valedictory & CDE Credit DistributionGrand Ballroom

One session on this programme is locked to your badge.

QUESTION 01 / 05Score 0

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Indian Dental Association

Clearance
Level 3

Granted · 30 Aug 2026

Well done, Doctor.

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Now unlocked · 16:30 · Hall 3

Case Presentation #2601
A Live Diagnostic Challenge

Presented by Dr. Nirali Birjandi. A single film. One patient, initials N.B., aged 34. The delegate who reads it correctly wins the only prize worth having at this conference.

Case #2601 · Reading Room · Hall 3

Read the film.

Wipe the film away with your finger and give us your diagnosis.

Case 2601 film

PT: N.B. · 34Y · F ACQ 14/07/2026 12:48 3.5 MHz · GA 11W6D

Trouble wiping? Clear the film for me →

Sonography of the baby

Case #2601 · Final Diagnosis

It isn’t a radiograph.

Akanksha — we’re having a baby.

And you, Doctor, are going to be a Masi.

Jan 2027Arriving

171 bpmHeart rate

48.6 mmCrown–rump

11W 6DAt this scan

Goa Fetal Medicine Centre, Mapusa · First Trimester Scan
Everything normal. Everything perfect.

With all our love — Nirali & Farhan