Singapore IDEM

April 27, 2012
Singapore Ministry of Health, Gan Kim Yong, addressing at the opening. My speech is below.

Singapore Ministry of Health, Gan Kim Yong, addressing at the opening. My speech is below.

Opening ceremony - IDEM Singapore 2012 at Suntec. Me, Singapore Ministry of Health, Gan Kim Yong, Michael Dreyer, managing director, and Philip Goh, president of the Singapore Dental Association (SDA).

The IDEM/SDA exhibition, in co-operation with FDI World, was a huge success with 20% more attendants than the last edition.

The IDEM/SDA exhibition, in co-operation with FDI World, was a huge success with 20% more attendants than the last edition.

Giving an example of FDI publication Oral Health Atlas to Singapore Ministry of Health.

Giving an example of FDI publication Oral Health Atlas to Singapore Ministry of Health.

I was moderator of the "FDI Lecture: Pathogenesis and Management of Periodontal Disease – Changing Concepts" by Connie Drisko, from USA.

I was moderator of the "FDI Lecture: Pathogenesis and Management of Periodontal Disease – Changing Concepts" by Connie Drisko, from USA.


Orlando Monteiro da Silva elected for the position of President-Elect of the FDI World Dental Federation

September 11, 2009

Orlando Monteiro da Silva, was elected president of the FDI World Dental Federation by a large majority, during the General Meeting held in Singapore last 4 September.

The FDI is the world’s leading, independent and authoritative dental organization. Founded in Paris in 1900, it is based in Geneva and it is comprised of almost 200 member associations from 134 countries, representing more than a million dentists from all over the world. It has official ties with the World Health Organisation and with the United Nations.

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Statement about the elections for President-Elect of FDI in next Singapore Congress

March 10, 2009

FDI Singapore 2009Dear FDI colleagues and friends,

At the end of this year I will be finishing my term of office as President of the Council of European Dentists (CED). In the last General Assembly in Brussels I announced that I will not run again.

My commitment with the FDI has been well known for many years.

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