International College of Dentists - Europe

Foundation Activities

Third International Meeting Academy of Medical Sciences Odessa, Ukraine, September 2007

European Section participates for the third year at the International Meeting in Odessa, Ukraine, September 2007.

In accordance with the Agreement of Mutual Understanding between the Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute of Stomatology, in Odessa, Ukraine, (AMSO) and the European Section of ICD, two speakers were again sponsored through the Philip Dear Foundation of the European Section of ICD, to travel and to address the Third International Meeting in Odessa in September 2007, namely Dr Jan van Hoeve, a periodontist from The Netherlands (and Treasurer of the European Section) and Dr. Lisa Papagiannoulis, a consultant paedodontist from Athens, Greece and currently president of the International Association of Paediatric Dentists. Full report here later.

Future European Section Work in Odessa

In April 2008, Dr. van Hoeve will again travel to Odessa to participate in a special meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Stomotalogy and the 75th anniversary of Ukrainian Dental Association.

In addition, Dr Sabine Maréchaux, a retired Swiss Fellow, is giving of her time voluntarily to teach in Odessa, with special reference to paediatric periodontics. Dr. Maréchaux virtually created the Paedodontic clinic at the University of Geneva. and has wide experience in teaching under-graduate and post-graduate students how to treat children.

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Second International Meeting, Academy of Medical Sciences Odessa, Ukraine, September 2006

The two speakers sponsored by the European Section for the 2006 meeting were:

Professor Mossey is professor of Craniofacial Development and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant in Orthodontics, Tayside University Hospitals Trust. He is also Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborative Center for public health issues on congenital anomalies and technology transfer.
Professor Maria Nassika, from Athens, Greece, also addressed the meeting and was sponsored by the European Section. Her lecture was entitled: "Orthodontics as a member of the Cleft Interdisciplinary team”.