On 9-10 January 2012, WHO convened an Informal Consultation with Member States and other Agencies of the United Nations. The subject under discussion was a comprehensive global monitoring framework and voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of NCDs. This is the second response of WHO to monitoring and evaluation tasks set down in [...]

FDI President praises growing reputation of SLDA At a late July event in Sri Lanka, FDI President Dr Roberto Vianna highlighted the growing reputation of the Sri Lanka Dental Association (SLDA), mirroring, he said, “the growth of dentistry in the country. It is now one of the most important professional societies in Sri Lanka and highly [...]

World Oral Health Day 2011 will take place on 12 September. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)’, sometimes called chronic diseases. You will find information below on: 1. Choice of theme: why did FDI choose this theme? 2. A description of the WHPA Action Toolkit, developed by FDI on behalf of the World [...]

Young dentists “come to dentistry very much with the same ideals embodied in the FDI vision of leading the world to optimal oral health,” FDI President Roberto Vianna told participants at the 58th Annual World Congress 2011 of the International Association of Dental Students (IADS) and Young Dentists Worldwide (YDW). Delivering a Congress keynote address [...]

At a late July event in Sri Lanka, FDI President Dr Roberto Vianna highlighted the growing reputation of the Sri Lanka Dental Association (SLDA), mirroring, he said, “the growth of dentistry in the country. It is now one of the most important professional societies in Sri Lanka and highly esteemed at both national and international [...]

In a two June addresses, FDI President Dr Roberto Vianna saluted oral health professionals for their expertise, “a key component, he said, ”in community-based health care and prevention strategies.” “Their role needs to be strengthened and emphasised if meaningful progress is to be achieved in reducing oral disease burdens,” stressed Dr Vianna. Addressing the assembled [...]

Some 26 dental surgeons from all over Benin took part in a recent FDI continuing education seminar on ‘Quality assurance in dentistry’. Its objective was to help professionals implement quality management and monitoring procedures into their daily dental practice, via a step-by-step analysis of hygiene and asepsis procedures. The aim of quality assurance in dental [...]

A leading global dental organisation is urging dentists to petition chief dental officers (CDOs) and government ministers to ensure oral health is put at the top of the agenda at the United Nations Summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This year, the World Oral Health Day (WOHD) theme is on NCDs, and the FDI World Dental [...]

FDI President-Elect calls for oral health to be included in education on NCDs. In an address on 7 July, FDI President-Elect Orlando Monteiro da Silva called for oral health to be included in educational programmes dedicated to the control and prevention of NCDs. “As a dentist, I would like to emphasise the role of oral [...]

FDI has called for oral disease to be integrated into the list of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) for priority action within the United Nations and WHO. Jean-Luc Eiselé, FDI Executive Director told a Civil Society Hearing on NCDs held at the UN headquarters in New York on 16 June that the current list – which comprises [...]