Author: DentalPro
OMD: elections determine new boards for the Specialty Colleges
The elections for the Specialty Colleges of Oral Surgery, Periodontology, Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics of the Order of Dentists determined on 30th April, after elections with high participation.
“My passion has always been oral surgery. It’s time to give back what I’ve enjoyed in my 28-year career”
Seventeen years after its regulation, more than a hundred dentists will be able to define in April the first board of the College of Oral Surgery. António José de Sousa heads the first list to present itself in an unprecedented election to this body of the Portuguese Dental Association (OMD). If the present is a time for “hands on” work, the dentist sees the future of the specialty with a greater participation of colleagues, looking at the training of professionals, communication, and social action as flagships of the project he presents for the next four years.
Madeira will allow a career in dentistry in the public health service
The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM) approved, in plenary session, the creation of a career in dentistry within the National Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM).
Luís Monteiro participates in WHO’s new nomenclature of malignant oral lesions
Luís Monteiro participated in the new classification of potentially malignant lesions of the Collaborative Oral Cancer Centre of the World Health Organisation (WHO). It was the first time a Portuguese dentist was involved in this classification.
Incisivos, the Dental Entrepreneurs Association was born
Incisivos – Association of Dentistry Entrepreneurs chaired by Miguel Martins, was created to support the dental sector, in the context of an unprecedented crisis. Alongside dentists who have set up businesses, the association is made up of managers, owners, oral hygienists, and all business owners in that sector.