Category: Dental medicine
The number of dentists in Portugal has almost doubled since 2010
At the end of the 2021, the Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas (OMD) [Dentists’ Association] was made up of 12,235 actively registered professionals practising in Portugal, almost double the amount registered in 2010, when the number was only 6,905. In 2021, in comparison to the year before, the number of actively practising dentists in Portugal increased by 5.1%. These numbers were revealed in the “Números da Ordem” [Association Statistics] Study, carried out
“The future will bring changes to the teaching of the profession”
In a conversation with DentalPro, Paulo Melo, current Head of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Universidade do Porto (FMDUP), revealed some of the goals for the mandate and says he has had the vital support of the whole faculty, professors, students and non-teaching staff.
SPEMD: XLII Annual Congress scheduled for October
A Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária [The Portuguese Society of Stomatology and Dental Medicine] (SPEMD) published a provisionary programme of their next meeting, scheduled to take place at the ‘Centro de Artes e Espectáculos’ in Figueira da Foz, on the 13th, 14th and 15th of October.
The 28th Portuguese Orthodontics Society Congress is almost here
The Portuguese Orthodontics Society (SPO) will carry out their annual congress between the 13th and 15th of October in Porto, at the Cupertino de Miranda Foundation, and the theme is “Orthodontics in Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation: new approaches”.
ANEMEDE moves to “Represent” Micro-companies in the Sector
Established on the 22nd of June, the National Association of Dental Medicine and Stomatology Companies (ANEMEDE) already has 20 associates and its main objective is to “defend the cause of businessmen, mainly the micro-companies, or small practices”, states Jorge Silveira, its founder.