International College of Dentists - Europe - News and International Developments

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CANADIAN SECTION
For the fourth year, the Canadian Section supports the third year dental students from Universite Laval Dental School in the treatment of the needy people of Coronel Oriedo, Paraguay, under the supervision of a faculty member.

The Canadian Section also provided a grant of $3,000.00 to provide dental equipment and a grant of $4,000.00 to provide supplies to a rural dental clinic in Legurga, Latvia.

MEXICAN SECTION
The Mexican Section donated $200,000.00 pesos to the Teleton Institution. Located in Mexico City and Guadalajara, the Teleton Institution provides professional health care services to handicapped children.

Ten Fellows of the Mexican Section, have for the last two years, provided dentures for the very poor people living in the mountains seven hours from Mexico City.

PHILIPPINE SECTION Supports and developed the "saving the 6s" project in the Pag-asa elementary School in Quezon City. The specific objective was to educate the 1,500, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in oral health.

SOUTH AMERICAN SECTION
The Uruguayan District provide a "Preventative Dental School Program" for low-income families.

USA
The USA Section is funding the training of 22 dentists in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to receive a Certificate of MPH in Dental Public health after two or three years, respectively.

ICD USA Section's 34th International Journalism Awards Competition: Winner 2006: Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society: Vol. 52/No. 4 Winter 2004

Each year, the Massachusetts Dental Society nominates and elects deserving members for
recognition as an MDS “volunteer hero.” Volunteer heroes—comprised of men and women, general practitioners and specialists— reside in all parts of the state. Some are retired; some are at early points in their careers. They are individuals who have dedicated their energy and time to organized dentistry and are as diverse as dentistry itself. This annual recognition is a special way for the MDS to say “thanks” to those deserving members who give so much of themselves and
their time to organized dentistry. We invite you to meet them here - Key Volunteer Heroes 2003

ICD USA Section's 34th International Journalism Awards Competition: Winner 2006: Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society: Vol. 52/No. 4 Winter 2004