Journal of Disability and Oral Health
- Cover Date:
- August 2006
- Print ISSN:
- 1470-8558
- Electronic ISSN:
- 1754-2758
- Vol:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
Editorial
This is a significant year for the Journal. We are now six years old and will publish three issues this year. This is an important development, reflecting an enhanced submission rate and an increased interest in the Speciality of Special Care Dentistry. In Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the USA, and Japan the Specialty of Special Care Dentistry is recognised, with University Masters, Diploma and/or Royal College Fellowship awards. In the UK and Ireland, the Dental Councils have approved in principle the need for a speciali t y of Special Care Dentistry and Masters/Diploma programmes and Royal College memberships/ Diplomas for committed practitioners already exist. In Sweden, two postgraduate students are in training in Orofacial Medicine and we will hear from them at the forthcoming IADH Congress in Gothenburg. Readers cannot fail to have noticed that this issue is entirely made up of abstracts of the proceedings of the 18th Congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health, in Gothenburg. I have so enjoyed this preview of all that is going to be presented and discussed in Sweden at the end of next month. This promises to be a varied and stimulating insight into current research and clinical practice in Special Care Dentistry, as well as an opportunity t o catch up with old friends and new. The biennial congresses bring together practitioners from all over the globe – experts in their field from countries with wellestablished oral health care services but increasingly, with the aid of scholarships, individuals from countries where oral health care for the able-bodied is poorly developed and that for people with disabilities almost non-existent. The IADH, along with all its member organisations, has a role to play in ensuring that global oral health gains are felt by disadvantaged people too. To that end, the collaborative partnerships with the Federation Dentaire Internationale and the World Health Organisation are vital to making our voice heard, and the very real needs of people with disabilities known, in the wider dental community. We are all in this together! June Nunn, Editor Dublin, July 2006
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- Authors
- June Nunn
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