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FDI and Sunstar in Etoy, Geneva

December 10, 2012

During my last stay in FDI Geneva, I had the pleasure to visit Sunstar head office in Etoy, Switzerland.

Sunstar is a leading global company in the Mouth & Body Care field,eg GUM, Butler and Ora2.

We had the opportunity to share FDI’s projects, namely Vision 2020 and take notice of Sunstar global approach and Sunstar Foundation.

Curious, the designation of the company started from the concept of brushing teeth twice daily, in the morning, Sun and in the evening, Star…

Thanks to Mayumi, Mayur and Shigeki for a wonderful reception to the FDI!

From left to right, Jean Luc Eiselé, FDI executive director, Mayumi Kaneda, diretor of Sunstar Foundation and Global Public Relations, me, Emmanuel Chevron, Associate Director, Business Development & Corporate Relations of the FDI, and Mayur V. Dixit, Global Professional Relations and Scientific Affairs.From left to right, Jean Luc Eiselé, FDI executive director, Mayumi Kaneda, diretor of Sunstar Foundation and Global Public Relations, me, Emmanuel Chevron, Associate Director, Business Development & Corporate Relations of the FDI, and Mayur V. Dixit, Global Professional Relations and Scientific Affairs.

With Mayumi Kaneda.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh – Dental Experts Conference 2012

November 30, 2012

I had the pleasure to visit for the first time Bangladesh, last November. I took the opportunity to meet with the Bangladesh Dental Society. I got a better picture of oral health in this 9th most populous country of the world…

Group photo with some of the around 400 dental medicine students I had the chance to address on behalf of the FDI, at the Dental Experts Conference, organized by Unilever Asia.

TV interview focusing on the FDI as a century old organization and the “Life. Learn. Laugh” Program. The partners in Bangladesh are the Bangladesh Dental Society and Pepsodent. The interviewer was Vaidehi Ketkar, from Unilever Asia.

One of the speakers, Fred Schafer, CFC Clinical Unilever.

Picture from the hotel.

My special thanks to Ju-un Choudhury, Ishtiaque and all the Unilever team in Bangladesh.

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6th Moscow International Dental Exhibition MosExpoDental

November 18, 2012

By mutual invitation of the CEO of the 6th Moscow International Dental Exhibition MosExpoDental, Lina Vartanyan, and the president of Russian Dental Association, Vladimir Sadovski, I have been in Moscow last November.

Opening of the exhibition.

Group photo at the opening. On my right, the CEO Lina Vartanyan, and on my left, Prof. Sadovski, president of Russian Dental Association.

Meeting of the FDI-ERO Working Group Integration, which I had the honor to open. Participants focused in particular on the Europe-wide standardization of several aspects of the profession as well as local approaches to pan-European issues, such as recognition of diplomas – with a view to increasing the professional mobility of dentists – oral health policy and academic training.

The chair of the working group (WG) and FDI National Liaison Officer, Elena Ivanova, from Russia, with the chief dental officer of the Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation and rector of the Moscow State Univesity of Medicine and Dentistry, Prof. Oleg Yanushevich, on her right, and Vladimer Margvelashvili, from Georgia, member of the WG and chair of the FDI Communication Committe, on her left.

In the frames of the meeting, took place an exchange of view from presidents from Eastern European countries. Most of them, Russian speaking language, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and also Ukrania, Armenia and Georgia.

I had the opportunity, as lecturer invited to the ongoing parallel congress “Innovations in Dentistry”, to deliver a presentation about FDI Vision 2020 – challenges of National Dental Associations.

Group photo of all the participants, at the end.

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FDI African Strategy for Africa – Capetown

October 31, 2012

Group photo of the participants (see list below).

30 delegates converged on Cape Town, South Africa, 30 and 31 October, to hammer out principles and action for future FDI undertakings on the African continent.

They included presidents and representatives from 16 national dental associations, a government official, a delegate from the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as FDI council and committee members and staff.

The aim was to listen, learn and agree on a common strategy to build capacity, reinforce credibility and enhance the operational effectiveness of African national dental associations.

Commitment

African Summit on Oral Health (30 to 31 October 2012): Declaration

FDI World Dental Federation and 16 Presidents and representatives of its member National Dental Associations (NDAs) at the African Summit on Oral Health in Cape Town on 30 and 31 October 2012:

within the context of the overarching vision of ‘Leading the World to Optimal Oral Health’;
mindful of the crucial role of oral health in general health; and
alarmed by the omission of oral health from the ongoing discussions on WHO draft global work plan 2014-2019

FDI and NDAs commit to:

improving efficiency in order to reinforce credibility as national strategic advisor in the field of public oral health policy making;
enhancing leadership and management skills;
reinforcing inter-NDA communication and information exchange.

In support of these commitments, FDI and its NDAs will:

develop and facilitate training to enhance NDA skills in strategic planning, leadership, negotiation, governance, marketing and communications and project management;
advocate actively for oral health in the African continent;
develop a framework with WHO for data collection and dissemination;
implement and promote this strategic plan for African NDAs.

Strategic session

Addressing at SADA, South African 2012 Congress – “Dental dignity for all”.

From left to right, Johannes Smit, Roux Vermeulen, Board Chairperson, and Maretha Smit.

FDI Unilever press conference. The FDI African Oral Health Summit was made possible through an unrestricted grant from Unilever Oral Care.

Another group photo… from Springboks Rugby Team, South Africa (by coincidence, sharing the summit hotel).

A view to Robben Island, from the harbour.

Meeting delegates. Present at the meeting were:

Health officials
Dr. Bimpe Adebiyi (Nigeria), Chief Dental Officer, Dr. Benoit Varenne, WHO-Regional Focal Point Oral Health and Noma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Delegates
Dr. Marc-Aurèle CATRAYE, Association des Chirurgiens-Dentistes du Benin, Benin, Dr. Jocelyne Gare Kopiho, Association des Chirurgiens-Dentistes du Burkina Faso (ACDB), Burkina Faso, Dr. Brigitte Banza, Association Nationale des Chirurgiens-dentistes, Democratic Republic of Congo, Prof. Marvet Rashed, Egyptian Dental Association, Egypt, Dr. Gilbert A. Ankrah, Ghana Dental Association, Ghana, Dr. Mamadu Cande Guinea-Bissau Dental Association, Guinea Bissau, Dr. Jane G. Wamai, Kenya Dental Association, Kenya, Dr. Susan Maina, Kenya Dental Association / FDI Strategy For Africa Task Team, Kenya, Dr. Ahmed Ba, Association des Odonto-Stomatologistes du Mali (AOSMA), Mali, Prof. Lahcen Ouseha, Association Marocaine de Prévention Bucco-Dentaire (AMPBD), Morocco, Dr. Paula Ahing, Mozambique, Dental Association, Mozambique, Dr. Ibrahim Amadou, Association des Chirurgiens Dentistes du Niger, Dr. Oluotimi Olojede, Nigerian Dental Association, Nigeria, Dr. Wakabe Kane, Association Nationale des Chirurgiens-dentistes Senegalais (ANCDS), Senegal, Dr Roux Vermeulen, South African Dental Association, South Africa, Dr. Fadil Elamin, Sudanese Dental Union, Sudan, Dr. Alphonse Mangamana, Association des Chirurgiens-Dentistes du Togo (ACDT), Togo, Dr. Gerald Tsoka, Dental Association of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe,

FDI World Dental Federation
Dr Orlando Monteiro da Silva, President.
Members of the FDI Strategy for Africa Task Team: Dr. Emile China (Benin), FDI Councilor, Dr. Patrick Hescot (France), FDI Councilor, Prof. Denis Bourgeois (France), President of GADEF,
FDI head office: Dr Jean-Luc Eiselé, Executive Director, Dr Virginie Horn, FDI Education and Development Manager, Christopher M. Simpson, Communications manager.

Moderator
Ms. Danièle Castle (Switzerland).

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Oral-B Symposium – Madrid

September 28, 2012

By invitation of Oral-B, I had the opportunity to present the FDI Vision 2020 to an important group of dental professionals, in Madrid, early this month.

With renowned iberian opinion leaders in the field of dentistry

Mariano Sanz, professor from Universid Complutense de Madrid, UCM, charing the session

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Terima kasih! Thank you Bali, Indonesia, for the National Oral Health Month 2012!

September 13, 2012

Invited by Unilever, I had the opportunity to get closer to the reality of oral health in Bali. I met with government members, academics, professionals, industry and population.

I was welcomed by the president of the Indonesian Dental Association, Zaura Rini Anggraeni.

Diah Setia Utami, directorate general of health care – Republic of Indonesia.

Meeting with deans from sixteen Indonesian dental schools.

National oral health month 2012 opening ceremonial.

FDI main projects were outlined during my speech.

Balanese dance performance.

More than five thousand children learning how to brush their teeth.

To teach, first we have to give the example.

Oral screening at the local faculty.

Interview with the national television.

Bali is considered by many as one of the world best island. Indeed, its an unique place, but it is the Balinese people and culture what makes this island different.

I would like to address my appreciation to the committee of the National Oral Health Month in Indonesia: PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk.; Indonesian Dental Association (PDGI); and Association of Dentistry Faculty Indonesia (AFDOKGI) for their collaboration in implementing the program for the third time.

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Macau: a very special region…

September 5, 2012

After the 100th FDI Congress in Honk Kong, I had the opportunity to attend the II Sino-Portuguese Dental Congress in Macau.

Many thanks to the Government of Macau, to Dr. Peter Pang, president of Macau Dental Association, to Dr. Carlos Augusto, chair of the organising committee and Dra. Cristina António, recently elected president of MDA.

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Paulo Melo, president of the Board of the Portuguese Dental Association, Me, Carlos Augusto and Jaime Portugal, president of Portuguese scientific society SPEMD.

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Me and Peter Pang, presidente of Macau Dental Association.

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Group photo of the Portuguese delegation.

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Global group photo.

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Recognition of the Macau Dental Association to the Portuguese Dental Association.

With James Chih-Chien Lee, on my left, president of the Asia Pacific Dental Federation/Asia Pacific Regional Organization (APDF/APRO) of the FDI, and other distingued attendies

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Thank you Hong Kong for the 100th FDI AWDC!

September 4, 2012

多謝香港舉行第一百屆FDl世界牙醫聯盟週年會議。

It is now more than one month since the 100th FDI Annual World Dental Congress drew to a close in Hong Kong: I would like to take this opportunity to look back and draw some conclusions and share my thoughts on where FDI is headed during the coming years.

A little bit of FDI history by the occasion of the 100th congress in Hong Kong.

“The dentist is a little like the sentinel at the door of the human citadel, part of its defence with physicians and surgeons; often it is he who sounds the first alarm the the whole organism is in danger. He protects the region he is charged to guard against disease. If it is destroyed he restores it and re-establishes it to such a degree as to restore a physiological function believed lost. (…) So it can be said that dentistry is the most specialized, the most distinctive and the most autonomous among the medical sciences.”, FDI President, Charles Godon, inaugurating the founding of FDI (in 1900).

Opening ceremony entrance.

Group photo with local authorities, FDI officers and local organizing committee before the ceremony.

With Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong prime minister.

Formal opening of the ceremony.

Recognition by the World Health Organization: In a recorded address, to the FDI 2012 Hong Kong Welcome Ceremony, WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, paid tribute to the dental profession as a pioneer in the concept of preventive medicine—bearing in mind that prevention is cited as the main weapon in the fight against NCDs—and highlighted to role and outreach of specific projects such as Live.Learn.Laugh.

A message from Margaret Chan, general director of WHO

Political visibility: FDI managed to attain a high level of political visibility among the authorities of both the People’s Republic of China and its Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. This was especially apparent at the Welcome Ceremony, held in the presence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and the Chinese Minister of Health. FDI awarded the latter a special Award for his contribution to oral health in China.

Awarding Chen Zhu, Chinese Minister of Health.

From left to right, Sigmund Leung, president of HKDA and chairperson of the local organising committee, Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong prime minister, Chen Zhu, China Health Minister, me and Jean-Luc Eiselé.

Roll call of nations.

Audience from all over the world.

Good luck…

Vision 2020: A high level of consensus was in evidence among the 300 or so General Assembly delegates at Vision 2020’s first reading. But it also generated a lively discussion on the role of the profession and it was an opportunity to reinforce our vision of the dentist as the leader of the dental team: Delegation – Yes; Substitution – No. Bearing in mind that the document was drafted, debated by all our members and committees, revised, and presented in something less than a year, this is quite an achievement. The dental profession worldwide now has an overarching vision of its future and can set about designing the policies and strategies that will get us where we want to be by 2020.

FDI Vision 2020 press conference. From left to right, Stanley M. Bergman, chairman and CEO of Henry Schein Inc, Tao Xu, Professor and Dean, School of Stomatology Peking University (China), myself, Michael Glick, chair of the Vision 2020 Task Team, Analia Mendez, global director of Health Programmes & Partnerships for Oral Care and Household Care categories in Unilever.

Local and international media at the press conference.

Forum Session 1 – Vision 2020.

These are just a few examples of how FDI has made and is making its voice heard through advocacy for better oral health at a global level. Its impact is also felt through global channels of social communication as well as reports from Hong Kong in the world media such as China Daily and the New York Times, among others. Our aim is to pursue this strategy, in line with the requirements and resolutions of the General Assembly.

World Oral Health Forum: the inaugural edition of this new and innovative FDI event provided a real opportunity for a number of FDI stakeholders, including the dental industry, to freely discuss issues of concern. The presentations took place within the context of the General Assembly—i.e. we were taking advantage of the presence of a significant number of member national dental associations—but outside its political ramifications, that is, interventions were on a personal level and did not reflect a ‘national approach’. The event’s format proved a huge success for future congresses.

Forum Session 2 – Caries, a silent epidemic.

Forum Session 3 – Sustainable Development and Green Dentistry.

Addressing the General Assembly A.

Delegates at the General Assembly.

With Mitsuo Okubo, president of the Japan Dental Association.

Portuguese Dental Association delegation.

Highly participated discussion.

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome new FDI member associations from Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Georgia, Germany, Mozambique, and the United Kingdom. I would also like to congratulate all individuals working within FDI who were elected to posts of responsibility during the 2012 General Assembly.

With Silvio Cecchetto, president of the Brazilian Association of Dentists, ABCD.

FDI staff.

Young Dentist Worldwide forum.

Me, FDI president-elect, TC Wong, and executive director, Jean-Luc Eiselé, among young dentists.

Colgate media briefing “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures” Oral Health Education Program.

Group photo at the Unilever booth.

Congress participants.

Scientific posters.

Scientific session.

Now we can look forward to moving onwards and upwards at our 101st Annual World Dental Congress, to be held in Istanbul from 28 to 31 August 2013, under the brand name FDI 2013 Istanbul and theme ‘Bridging Continents for Oral Health’.

Taner Yücel, president of the Turkish Dental Association presenting the 101st FDI AWDC in Istanbul, 2013.

From Hong Kong to Istanbul. Sigmund Leung, myself and Taner Yücel.

From 28 to 31 August 2013.

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Vision 2020: a vision for young dentists

August 21, 2012

“The main goal of IADS always has been to unite the world’s dental students, to give them the opportunity to meet and discuss about their education, their profession and their future as a dentist.”

I was present at their 59th Annual Meeting

During my address to the delegates at the IADS & IDW Meeting, where I introduced FDI Vision 2020, and maybe due to the enthusiasm felt by those young dentists, I realized: young dentists worldwide will make it happen! They will be the responsible to continue it and to measure the impact after 2020. Young dentists were always a personal concern. I admire their ambitions and willingness to learn and improve skills.

With Ionut Luchian, IADS (International Association of Dental Students) immediate past president, and Stefánia Zsuzsanna Radó, president.

With the Portuguese delegation dental students at the IADS Meeting.

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BRASIL SORRIDENTE (Smiling Brazil)

July 31, 2012

FDI Vision 2020 was official presented in Brazil. Under the invitation of the Brazilian Federal Government I was invited to present the program of the FDI VISION 2020, last 1st August, in Rio de Janeiro.

The program “Brasil Sorridente” this year under the theme “Primary Care: Universalization with Quality” is a Federal Government policy aiming to expand and improve Oral Health in Brazil. The 6th edition of this seminar had more than 1300 participants and 200 speakers.

I believe that it was a good beginning to introduce and spread Vision 2020. It was well received with a great will to go forward with it.

A smiling Vision 2020 has began!

Gilberto Pucca, national coordinator of ‘Smiling Brazil’, outlines the challenge of providing oral health care to the entire population within the context of primary health care.

You can download the event schedule in English or Portuguese (pdf).

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