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

Chair
Dr James Taylor
Canada
Secretary
Dr Hiram Lockhart
Bahamas
Member
Dr Chng Chai Kiat
Singapore
Member
Dr Riana Clarke
New Zealand
Member
Dr Codou Badiane Mané
Senegal
Global Chief Dental Officers

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

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 Elisabeth Correia RODRIGUES

Cameroon

Dr Jean MIDOUNGE

Central African Republic

Dr Marthe Augustine KIRIMAT

Chad

Dr Abourma KEFAS

Comoros

Dr Ahamada Said ALIYASSAON

Côte d’Ivoire

Dr Marie-Laure TCHERE Yavo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Dr KABUYA wa Muele Alexandre

Egypt

Dr Ghada Marei Taha NASR

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

Hungary

Dr Orsolya NEMETH

Kenya

Dr Consolata OGGOT

Lesotho

Dr Lieketseng PETLANE

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 Marta MAPENGO DOMINGOS

Namibia

Dr Nguundja MD UAMBURU

Niger

Dr Amadou IBRAHIM

Nigeria

Dr Bola ALONGE

Rwanda

Dr Adolph KARENZI

São Tomé and Príncipe

Dr Ednilsa CARVALHO

Senegal

Dr Codou BADIANE

Seychelles

Dr Martin HALL

Sierra Leone

Dr David Idris KAMARA

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

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 Kitty HSE

India

Dr Leimapokpam SWASTICHARAN 

Iran

Dr Hamid SAMADZADEH

Iraq

Dr Fakhri Abed Ali ALFATLAWI

Israel

Dr Lena NATAPOV

Japan

Dr Nobuhiro TAGUCHI

Kuwait

Dr Meshaal ALI AHMED

Malaysia

Dr. Noormi Binti OTHMAN

Mongolia

Dr Dulguun BATBOLD

Myanmar

Dr Khin MAUNG

Nepal

Dr Shaili PRADHAN

Oman

Dr Salahudeen A. AL BULUSHI

People’s Republic of China

Dr Shuguo ZHENG

Qatar

Dr Rami Ahmad ASSAD

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

Türkiye

Dr Emre KORKUT

Viet Nam

Dr Nguyen Thi Hong MINH

Europe

Country

Chief Dental Officer

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 Andri ARISTOTELOUS

Czech Republic

Dr Roman ŠMUCLER

Denmark

Dr Lene VILSTRUP

England

Dr Sara HURLEY

Estonia

Dr Ave PÖLD

Finland

Dr Merja Liisa AUERO

France

Dr Géraldine ROSET

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 Sanita INTLERE

Liechtenstein

Dr Hans Jörg MARXER

Lithuania

Dr Alina PURIENE

Luxembourg

Dr Carlo AHLBORN

Macedonia

Dr Elena SOZOVSKA

Malta

Dr Paula VASSALLO

Moldova

Dr Aurelia SPINEI

Netherlands

Dr Maaike WIJNHOUD

Northern Ireland

Dr Caroline LAPPIN

Norway

Dr Kjersti Refsholt STENHAGEN

Poland

Dr Konrad MALKIEWICZ

Portugal

Dr Inês Monteiro FILIPE

Romania

Prof. Dragos STANCIU

Russian Federation

Prof. Oleg JANUSHEVICH

Scotland

Dr Tom FERRIS

Slovakia

Dr Neda MARKOVSKA

Slovenia

Dr Krunoslav PAVLOVIC

Spain

Dr Joaquin Rubio AGENJO

Sweden

Dr Mariana NÄSLUND-BLIXT

Switzerland

Dr Marcell HUNGERBÜHLER

Ukraine

Dr Iryna MAZUR

Wales

Dr Andrew DICKENSON

North America

Country

Chief Dental Officer

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

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

Argentina

Dr Javier CANZANI

Brazil

Dr Doralice Severo DA CRUZ

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

 

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