Indeed, it has been my great pleasure to take over the great responsibility of being the General Secretary of the 17th Alexandria International Dental Congress, which is considered as a colossal event. The fruitful congress is held biennially by the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University and is aimed to gather distinguished speakers and research workers from reputable universities all over the world in order to share their recent ideas, concepts and diversified knowledge. I do wish you all a pleasant and memorable stay in the "Pearl of Mediterranean" hoping to improve the performance, practice and skills of our dear guests, participants and colleagues."