Section of Chief Dental Officers/Dental Public Health
The Section of Chief Dental Officers/Dental Public Health brings together Chief Dental Officers from around the world as well as researchers, educators, policymakers, practitioners and representatives of organizations engaged in dental public health.
Executive Board
The Chief Dental Officers/Dental Public Health Section uses the term Chief Dental Officer (CDO) as a generic term that describes the one person in a country that is currently officially appointed as the senior civilian federal government policy authority in oral health. In countries that do not have a national CDO, the representative of the organization where the regional CDOs come together nationally is listed. While our Section strives to keep this global CDO list up to date, we realize that periodic changes take place in CDO position incumbents in all countries and that that information may not be immediately available to our Section. For this reason, we welcome FDI Regular and Associate Members to help us continually update this list by contacting the FDI Webmaster when the incumbent of their national CDO position changes.
Africa
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Dr Farida SAIBI |
| Angola | Dr Djamila Saturnino OLIVEIRA |
| Benin | Dr Jean Guy ADJALLA |
| Botswana | Dr Faith GALEBOLE |
| Burkina Faso | Dr Rose DRABO |
| Burundi | Dr Juvénal Point MUYUKU |
| Cabo Verde | Dr Elisabeth Correia RODRIGUES |
| Cameroon | Dr Jean MIDOUNGE |
| Central African Republic | Dr Marthe Augustine KIRIMAT |
| Chad | Dr Abourma KEFAS |
| Comoros | Dr Ahamada Said ALIYASSAON |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Dr Marie-Laure TCHERE Yavo |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Dr KABUYA wa Muele Alexandre |
| Egypt | Dr Ghada Marei Taha NASR |
| Equatorial Guinea | Dr Gaudencio Esono NGOMO |
| Eritrea | Mr Sebhatu BEYENE |
| Ethiopia | Dr Molla GEDEFAW |
| Gabon | Mr Honoré MAGANDA MIHINDOU |
| Gambia | Dr Emmanuel BAMGELU |
| Ghana | Dr Constance ADDO-YOBO |
| Guinea | Dr Norbert TRAORE |
| Guinea-Bissau | Dr Lizandra CABRAL DOS REIS |
| Hungary | Dr Orsolya NEMETH |
| Kenya | Dr Consolata OGGOT |
| Lesotho | Dr Lieketseng PETLANE |
| Liberia | Dr M. KANAGASABAI |
| Madagascar | Dr Samoelà Hérédia RAZAFINDRAMBOHO |
| Malawi | Dr Martha CHIPANDA |
| Mali | Dr Seydou GUEYE |
| Mauritania | Dr Mohamed ABDALLAHI Ahmed |
| Mauritius | Dr Ian RAMDIN |
| Mozambique | Dr Marta MAPENGO DOMINGOS |
| Namibia | Dr Nguundja MD UAMBURU |
| Niger | Dr Amadou IBRAHIM |
| Nigeria | Dr Bola ALONGE |
| Rwanda | Dr Adolph KARENZI |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Dr Ednilsa CARVALHO |
| Senegal | Dr Codou BADIANE |
| Seychelles | Dr Martin HALL |
| Sierra Leone | Dr David Idris KAMARA |
| South Africa | Dr Mzimkhulu MCUBA |
| Swaziland | Dr Happiness N. MABUZA |
| Tanzania | Dr Baraka NZOBO |
| Togo | Dr Sama KOSSI |
| Tunisia | Dr Leila Larbi DOGHRI |
| Uganda | Dr Juliet Nabbanja KATUMBA |
| Zambia | Dr Mayuni SAKUSON |
| Zimbabwe | Dr Hardwicke MATIKITI |
Asia
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | Dr Eissa AL-HOSANI |
| Armenia | Dr Davit MATEVOSYAN |
| Bahrain | Dr Abbas FARDAN |
| Bangladesh | Dr Umme Salma ABDULLAH |
| Cambodia | Dr Tepirou CHHER |
| Brunei Darussalam | Dr Malissa Abdullah SIKUN |
| Georgia | Dr Vladimer MARGVELASHVILI |
| Hong Kong SAR | Dr Kitty HSE |
| India | Dr Leimapokpam SWASTICHARAN |
| Iran | Dr Hamid SAMADZADEH |
| Iraq | Dr Fakhri Abed Ali ALFATLAWI |
| Israel | Dr Lena NATAPOV |
| Japan | Dr Nobuhiro TAGUCHI |
| Kuwait | Dr Meshaal ALI AHMED |
| Maldives | Dr Joy PICKSTOCK |
| Malaysia | Dr. Noormi Binti OTHMAN |
| Mongolia | Dr Dulguun BATBOLD |
| Myanmar | Dr Khin MAUNG |
| Nepal | Dr Shaili PRADHAN |
| Oman | Dr Salahudeen A. AL BULUSHI |
| People’s Republic of China | Dr Shuguo ZHENG |
| Qatar | Dr Rami Ahmad ASSAD |
| Saudi Arabia | Dr Mohammed AL-RAFEE |
| Singapore | Dr CHNG Chai Kiat |
| South Korea | Prof. Kee-Wan CHANG |
| Sri Lanka | Dr. J M W Jayasundara BANDARA |
| Thailand | Dr Piyada PRASERTSOM |
| Türkiye | Dr Emre KORKUT |
| Viet Nam | Dr Nguyen Thi Hong MINH |
Europe
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Albania | Dr Dorjan HYSI |
| Austria | Dr Gabriele SAX |
| Belarus | Dr Andrei MATVEEV |
| Belgium | Dr Stefaan HANSON |
| Bulgaria | Dr Lydia KATROVA |
| Croatia | Dr Hrvoje PEZO |
| Cyprus | Dr Andri ARISTOTELOUS |
| Czech Republic | Dr Roman ŠMUCLER |
| Denmark | Dr Lene VILSTRUP |
| England | Dr Sara HURLEY |
| Estonia | Dr Ave PÖLD |
| Finland | Dr Merja Liisa AUERO |
| France | Dr Géraldine ROSET |
| Germany | Dr Sebastian ZILLER |
| Greece | Dr Aristomenis SYNGELAKIS |
| Hungary | Dr Ildikó PINKE |
| Iceland | Dr Helga ÁGÚSTSDÓTTIR |
| Ireland | Dr Dympna KAVANAGH |
| Italy | Dr Corrado PAGANELLI |
| Kosovo | Dr Blerim KAMBERI |
| Latvia | Dr Sanita INTLERE |
| Liechtenstein | Dr Hans Jörg MARXER |
| Lithuania | Dr Alina PURIENE |
| Luxembourg | Dr Carlo AHLBORN |
| Macedonia | Dr Elena SOZOVSKA |
| Malta | Dr Paula VASSALLO |
| Moldova | Dr Aurelia SPINEI |
| Netherlands | Dr Maaike WIJNHOUD |
| Northern Ireland | Dr Caroline LAPPIN |
| Norway | Dr Kjersti Refsholt STENHAGEN |
| Poland | Dr Konrad MALKIEWICZ |
| Portugal | Dr Inês Monteiro FILIPE |
| Romania | Prof. Dragos STANCIU |
| Russian Federation | Prof. Oleg JANUSHEVICH |
| Scotland | Dr Tom FERRIS |
| Slovakia | Dr Neda MARKOVSKA |
| Slovenia | Dr Krunoslav PAVLOVIC |
| Spain | Dr Joaquin Rubio AGENJO |
| Sweden | Dr Mariana NÄSLUND-BLIXT |
| Switzerland | Dr Marcell HUNGERBÜHLER |
| Ukraine | Dr Iryna MAZUR |
| Wales | Dr Andrew DICKENSON |
North America
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Anguilla | Dr Lindel BROOKES |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Dr Gregson WILLIAMS |
| Bahamas | Dr Hiram Mitchell LOCKHART |
| Belize | Dr Rafael SAMOS |
| Bermuda | Dr Celia Musson NZABALINDA |
| Canada | Dr James TAYLOR |
| Cayman Islands | Dr Naude DREYER |
| Costa Rica | Dr Nora Chavez QUIROZ |
| Cuba | Dr Maritza Sosa ROSALES |
| Dominica | Dr Idaline DARROUX-JOHN |
| Dominican Republic | Dr Juan José DOMINGUEZ |
| El Salvador | Dr Ana Vilma Ortega de BLANCO |
| Guatemala | Dr Carmen Lissette VANEGAS Chacón |
| Haiti | Dr Jean Marius LAFOND |
| Honduras | Dr Carlos Roberto AGUILAR |
| Jamaica | Dr Irving MCKENZIE |
| Mexico | Dr Heriberto Vera HERMOSILLO |
| Montserrat | Dr Coretta FERGUS |
| Nicaragua | Dr Concepcion PALACIOS |
| Panama | Dr Aminta GALVEZ |
| Puerto Rico | Dr Augusto ELIAS |
| St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis | Dr Randy LIBURD |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Dr Elizabeth PRAYMAN |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Dr Janice BARON |
| United States | Dr Tim RICKS |
Oceania
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Australia | Mr Mark CHILVERS |
| Fiji | Dr Tokasa Ratubalavu LEWENI |
| New Zealand | Dr Riana CLARKE |
| Phillipines | Dr Blesida SANCHEZ |
| Solomon Islands | Dr Ellison VANE |
| Vanuatu | Dr Jenny STEPHENS |
South America
| Country | Chief Dental Officer |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Dr Javier CANZANI |
| Brazil | Dr Doralice Severo DA CRUZ |
| Chile | Dr Carolina MENDOZA Van Der Molen |
| Colombia | Dr Sandra TOVAR Valencia |
| Ecuador | Dr Ximena RAZA |
| Guyana | Dr Joanes JEAN |
| Paraguay | Dr Gloria Medina QUIÑONEZ |
| Peru | Dr Jim Romero LLOLLA |
| Suriname | Dr Marcel PANDAY |
| Uruguay | Dr Pablo Bianco RICCI |
| Venezuela | Dr Defgren CAMEJO |
2025 World Dental Congress
Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Early-bird registration deadline: 31 May 2025
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