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 |
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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 Ozias Cunha FERNANDES |
Cameroon |
Dr Jean MIDOUNGE |
Central African Republic |
Dr Marthe Augustine KIRIMAT |
Chad |
Dr Abourma KEFAS |
Comoros |
Dr Ahamada Said ALIYASSAON |
Congo |
Dr Bienvenu MAKANGA |
Côte d’Ivoire |
Dr Marie-Laure TCHERE Yavo |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
Dr Umba Kazadi MAMY |
Egypt |
Dr Armany KHALIFA |
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 |
Kenya |
Dr Miriam MURIITHI |
Lesotho |
Dr Navoneiwa LINJEWILE-MAREALLE |
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 Amalia MEPATIA |
Namibia |
Dr Juvenary J. RUTABANZIBWA |
Niger |
Dr Amadou IBRAHIM |
Nigeria |
Dr Bola ALONGE |
Rwanda |
Dr Adolph KARENZI |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Dr Milciades Quaresma Dos Santos NETO |
Senegal |
Dr Codou BADIANE |
Seychelles |
Dr Andre Michel Wix CUPIDON |
Sierra Leone |
Dr Patrick DON DAVIS |
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 |
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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 Wiley LAM |
India |
Dr Leimapokpam SWASTICHARAN |
Iran |
Dr Hamid SAMADZADEH |
Iraq |
Dr Fakhri Abed Ali ALFATLAWI |
Israel |
Dr Lena NATAPOV |
Japan |
Dr Nobuhiro TAGUCHI |
Kuwait |
Dr Yousif AL-DUWAIRI |
Malaysia |
Dr Maryana MUSA |
Mongolia |
Dr Bazar AMARSAIKHAN |
Myanmar |
Dr Khin MAUNG |
Nepal |
Dr Shaili PRADHAN |
Oman |
Dr Salahudeen A. AL BULUSHI |
People’s Republic of China |
Dr Shuguo ZHENG |
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 |
Viet Nam |
Dr Nguyen Thi Hong MINH |
Europe
Country |
Chief Dental Officer |
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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 Chrystala CHARALAMBOUS |
Czech Republic |
Dr Roman ŠMUCLER |
Denmark |
Dr Lene VILSTRUP |
England |
Dr Sara HURLEY |
Estonia |
Dr Taavo SEEDRE |
Finland |
Dr Anne NORDBLAD |
France |
Dr Sophie DARTEVELLE |
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 Andis PAEGLITIS |
Liechtenstein |
Dr Hans Jörg MARXER |
Lithuania |
Dr Alina PURIENE |
Luxembourg |
Dr Nico DIEDERICH |
Macedonia |
Dr Elena SOZOVSKA |
Malta |
Dr Paula VASSALLO |
Moldova |
Dr Aurelia SPINEI |
Netherlands |
Dr Maaike WIJNHOUD |
Northern Ireland |
Dr Simon REID |
Norway |
Dr Hildur Cecilie SOHOEL |
Poland |
Dr Elzbieta MALKIEWICZ |
Portugal |
Dr Rui CALADO |
Romania |
Prof. Dragos STANCIU |
Russian Federation |
Prof. Oleg JANUSHEVICH |
Scotland |
Dr Tom FERRIS |
Slovakia |
Dr Neda MARKOVSKA |
Slovenia |
Prof. Dr Martina DREVENSEK |
Spain |
Dr José Luis Dopico PLAZAS |
Sweden |
Dr Mariana NÄSLUND-BLIXT |
Switzerland |
Dr Peter SUTER |
Ukraine |
Dr Iryna MAZUR |
Wales |
Dr Andrew DICKENSON |
North America
Country |
Chief Dental Officer |
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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 |
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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 |
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Argentina |
Dr Javier CANZANI |
Brazil |
Dr Livia Maria Almeida COELHO DE SOUZA |
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 |
2022 World Dental Congress
The 2022 FDI World Dental Congress in Mumbai has been cancelled. The 2022 FDI World Dental Parliament will be taking place in Geneva 18-25 September 2022. Unfortunately, the annual Joint Forum sponsored by the FDI Public Health Committee and our Section has also been cancelled.
FDI CDO/DPH Section
This year’s Section Annual Business Meeting (ABM) will again be held virtually. All Section Members are encouraged to attend. The link to this meeting is here.The meeting will take place at 09h00-10h00 Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, 14 September 2022 via Microsoft Teams.
A preliminary list of Agenda items is:
1.Section elections.
2.Global impact of the WHA75 Global Oral Health Strategy and engagement of national CDOs in the resultant 2023 Action Plan for Public Oral Health.
3.Global uptake of the FDI Vision 2030: Delivering Optimal Oral Health for All, and next steps for national CDOs.
Section Members are welcome to forward to the Chair any issues that they feel require the attention of the Executive Board. The Chair may be reached at zusmans@gmail.com.

2021 World Dental Congress
From 26-29 September 2021, the Australian Dental Association and FDI presented a completely virtual, special edition of the World Dental Congress (WDC). Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Congress was moved 100% online for the first time.
FDI CDO/DPH Section
Rather than holding a 2021 Section Annual Business Meeting, we held a virtual “Open Executive Business Meeting” for our Executive Board Members, whereat any Section Members who were interested and available were able to observe. The meeting took place at 09h00-10h00 Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, 29 September 2021.
The list of topics discussed was:
1.Global impact of COVID-19 on oral health, and actions that have been taken at the WHO/transnational and CDO/national levels to address them.
2.Global impact of the WHA74 Resolution on Oral Health and engagement of national CDOs in the resultant 2022 draft Global Strategy, and its subsequent 2023 Action Plan for Public Oral Health.
3.Global uptake of the FDI Vision 2030: Delivering Optimal Oral Health for All, and next steps for national CDOs.
4.Global rollout of the ACFF Global Consensus for Achieving a Dental Cavity-Free Future, and next steps for national CDOs.
FDI Public Health Committee / Chief Dental Officer Forum
As in previous years, a joint FDI PHC/CDO Section Forum was held during the 2021 WDC. The virtual program was entitled: Success stories on integrating Oral Health into General Health, and included:
1. Success story: Education - evidence based
2. Success story: Policy
3. Success story: Dissemination to public and/or other healthcare providers
ACFF Policy Labs
2019 ACFF Policy Lab report 2018 ACFF Policy Lab report 2017 ACFF Policy Lab report
ACFF Global Consensus for Achieving a Cavity-Free Future
A Global Consensus for Achieving a Cavity-Free Future Policy Recommendations Executive Summary
Executive Board 148
Director General’s Report on Oral Health
Recorded Proceedings (see Session 8)
Resolution on Oral Health :
• Arabic - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-ar.pdf
• Chinese - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-ch.pdf
• English - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-en.pdf
• French - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-fr.pdf
• Russian - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-ru.pdf
• Spanish - https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB148/B148_R1-sp.pdf
Dr Tedros hails landmark resolution on oral health
World Health Assembly 74
Amended Director General’s Report on Oral Health
Click on ”Committee A”, then on “Seventh Meeting of Committee A” and “Item 13.2”, then go to 2:18:19 (vote) and 2:23:07 (Dr Tedros’ comments).
WHO Global Strategy On Oral Health
Executive Board 150
World Health Assembly 75
National interventions on WHO Draft Global Strategy On Oral Health
https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly
(see Committee A tab, 8th&9th Sessions, Item 14.1, starting at 3:44:59)
FDI intervention on WHO Draft Global Strategy On Oral Health
https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly
(see Committee A tab, 10th Session, Item 14.1, starting at 08:30)
IADR intervention on WHO Draft Global Strategy On Oral Health
https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly
(see Committee A tab, 10th Session, Item 14.1, starting at 07:20)
WHA75 Adoption of WHO Global Strategy On Oral Health
https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-fifth-world-health-assembly
(see Plenary tab, 8th Session, Item 9, starting at 01:35)
WHO Media Release