The XXXV Iberian Conference of University Professors of Prosthodontics was held in the city of Bilbao on March 8 and 9, 2024.

Every year, an Iberian meeting/conference (Spain and Portugal) of university professors of prosthodontics is held. This year 2024 the XXXV Iberian Conference of University Professors of Prosthodontics has been held in the city of Bilbao, organized by the faculty of the Faculty of Medicine and Nursing of the University of the Basque Country – Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and SEPES (Sociedad Española de Protesis Stomatology and Aesthetics).

This year more than 50 Oral Prosthetics professors from the different universities attended.

On behalf of the International University of Catalonia, Dr. Josep Cabratosa-Termes and myself. During the two days of conferences and colloquiums, two topics of great importance were addressed today: the new university law regarding the new professional categories within the University and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

With regard to AI, there was talk of its importance in image diagnosis (cbct, MRI, CT…), but also the need to adapt the training of new dentists to this reality. As for imaging diagnosis, AI can improve the reliability of making a correct diagnosis based on 3D images obtained from cbcts.

But in the subject of teaching, it was seen the need to make changes in how teaching is given and the way to evaluate the work of students, since, programs like the GPT and its ease of making texts on scientific topics , force to make changes in all those written works, such as the TFG (Final Thesis of Degree), TFM (Final Thesis of Master). In all the topics discussed, adaptation to this new reality entails a complementary effort by all the teaching staff, both in personal training and changes at an institutional level. Quite a professional challenge.

The next meeting, the one in 2025, will be held in the city of Barcelona, where the teaching staff of the University of Barcelona will organize it.