Italian Academy of Orthodontic Technology
| Abbreviation | AIOT |
|---|---|
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | Bologna |
| Location |
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Official language | Italian |
President | Stefano Pandolfi |
Key people |
Sergio Paludetti (Secretary) |
| Affiliations |
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The Italian Academy of Orthodontic Technology (Italian: Accademia Italiana di Ortodonzia Tecnica (AIOT)), is a professional association for orthodontic technicians based in Italy, the other being ORTEC (Tecnici Ortodontisti Italiani).
Council
The Academy is run by a council, of which current members include Stefano Pandolfi (president), Sergio Paludetti (secretary) and Paolo Tedesco (treasurer).
Annual congress
Each year, the AIOT holds a national congress alongside that of the Italian Academy of Orthodontics (Accademia Italiana di Ortodonzia, AIDOR) in a major Italian city such as Rome, Florence or Bologna.
Invited speakers consist of nationally and internationally renowned dental professionals. Italian speakers have included Fabio Fantozzi, Stefano Negrini and Stefano Pandolfi while overseas speakers have included current DTA president James Green, Roger Harman and Guido Pedroli.
The academy also holds a congress alongside the Italiani Association Orthodontic Specialists (Associazione Specialisti Italiani Ortodonzia, ASIO) congress.
Partner organizations
The AIOT has a close working relationship with other European orthodontic technology organizations such as the Society for Orthodontic Dental Technology (Gesellschaft für Kieferorthopädische Zahntechnik, GK), the Polish Association for Orthodontic Technology (Polskie Towarzystwo Techniki Ortodontycznej, PTTO) and the Orthodontic Technicians Association in the United Kingdom.
