Governance
09/18/2026

ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø General Assembly 2026: Key decisions from Prague

At the 2026 ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø World Dental Congress in Prague, ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø members came together for Parliament meetings and the General Assembly, where important decisions were taken on the organization’s priorities and future direction. Discover the key outcomes from Prague.

GA2026 room

The General Assembly (GA) is ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø’s supreme legislative and governing body. Meeting once a year, it sets ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø’s policies, strategic direction, missions and objectives, and oversees progress towards their achievement.

The GA also approves the annual budget, establishes the annual subscription of the Regular Members, receives and takes necessary action on reports of the Council, and elects Regular, Associate, Affiliate and Supporting Members, Committee and Council members, as well as the Speaker of the GA.

This year, in Prague, the voting members of the GA took the following decisions:

 

ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø welcomes new associations to its membership

At the GA in Prague, voting members approved the admission of the following organizations to ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø membership, further expanding the global community represented within ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø.

Regular members

  1. Zambia Dental Association
  2. Association Nationale des Chirurgiens-Dentistes du Cameroun
  3. Association Dentaire Malagasy – Madagascar
  4. Sierra Leone Medical And Dental Association
  5. Kuwait Dental Association

Affiliate members

  1. International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology

 

Discover the election results: newly appointed officers

The General Assembly in Prague also confirmed the following elections and re-elections to ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø’s Council and Standing Committees.

Council Members

Councillor – Prof. Dr Hiroshi Ogawa (Japan) – re-elected to his second term

Science Committee

Chair – Dr Wendy Thompson (UK)
Member – Dr Marcelo Araujo (USA) – elected to his first term
Member – Prof. Walter Yu-Hang Lam (Hong Kong, SAR China) – re-elected to his second term

Public Health Committee

Member – Dr Miguel Pavão (Portugal) – elected to his first term

 

New policy statements

ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø policy statements, which detail ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø’s position on issues of interest within the oral health community, are put together through consultation, discussion, and consensus among leading dental experts from around the world. This year, the GA adopted six policy statements:

1.    Basic Dental Education
2.    Bisphenol A
3.    Lifelong Oral Health
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5.    Radiation Safety in Dentistry
6.    Research and Scientific Integrity in Oral Health

The newly adopted policy statements are available for consultation and will soon be published in the .