Legislation approved by the state senate Jan. 26 would create a dentist-led Statewide Office of Oral Health within the state Department of Public Health charged with addressing the “significant human and financial costs” of unmet dental needs. As amended Jan. 25 and forwarded to the state assembly, SB 694 says the new statewide office “may [...]

nternational professors and the chief dental officer have agreed it would not be feasible for the use of dental amalgam to be banned in the short term but phasing down was the right approach. Speaking to a meeting of MPs and senior stakeholders from the industry at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dentistry, CDO Barry [...]

Quality improvement efforts in organized dentistry and throughout the health care system offer opportunities to increase access to care and “improve and maintain the oral health of the U.S. population,” says a report funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and DentaQuest Institute and intended to advance the national health policy dialogue. Although quality improvement in [...]

John Milne re-elected as Chair of General Dental Practice Committee Dr John Milne has been re-elected as Chair of the British Dental Association (BDA) General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC). Members of GDPC today (27 January 2012) voted to renew the mandate to lead the UK’s general dental practitioners, first won by Dr Milne in 2009. [...]

Author: Pavel Scarlat On the last days of October 2011, the Association of Italian Dental Students (AISO) had the honor to organize the XLI National Congress and LIX General Assembly, which gathered together students and young dentists from more than 20 Italian Universities, as well as international students. The event has successfully covered [...]

International Association of Dental Students and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations have agreed to strengthen the bond in order to serve the interests of the worldwide health student community. The act of collaboration was officiallized within a Memorandum of Understanding which was signed by both parties during the 60th IFMSA General Assembly in [...]

By Dr. Chandresh Shukla, India, President of DSWAI and Dr. Ionut Luchian, Romania, Immediate Past President of IADS International Association of Dental Students (IADS) & Young Dentist Worldwide (YDW), the sister organizations which are actually leading and changing the new dental community, had this year their annual meeting in New Delhi, India. 2011 is a very special [...]

At the 27th of July, during the annual congress of IADS in New Delhi, India, a new Executive Committee was elected. The EXCO consists of the following persons right now: Stefania Rado (Hungary) – President Pavel Scarlat (Romania) – General Secretary Babak Sayahpour (Germany) – Treasurer Karolina Florykova (Czech Republic) – Editor Cristiana Focseneanu (Romania) – International Exchange Officer Ionut Luchian [...]