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Dr. Gerd Schindler, Colonel (MC, DS) GERMAN Armed Forces Joint Medical Service Past - Vice Chairman SDFDS SDFDS Brazil Announcement II Dear Collegues, On behalf of the new Chairman SDFDS, Major General Prof. Dr. Yimin Zhao from P.R. China and the new Executive Commitee, I would like to inform You about the new status of the 2010 FDI - Military Conference in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. There will be a military meeting for 2 days on Monday August 30th and Tuesday August 31st. The preliminary agenda, as well as two hotel recommendations with accompanying maps, are available here. Please announce Your intention to attend as soon as possible. If you would like to attend the FDI main congress – which is strongly encouraged, a special reduced rate unit will be available until May 15th. If you would like to give a presentation please forward your abstract as soon as possible. Details are available on the abstract form. We will keep you informed about any further developments immediately at this website. Please feel free to contact me if or any member of the executive committee if You have any further questions, helpful contacts, or information! Looking forward announcing more information and best regards Yours Dr. Gerd Schindler, Colonel (MC, DS) GERMAN Armed Forces Joint Medical Service Past - Vice Chairman SDFDS SDFDS Brazil Announcement Dear Collegues, On behalf of the new Chairman SDFDS, Major General Prof. Dr. Yimin Zhao from P.R. China and the new Executive Commitee, I would like to inform you about the status of the 2010 FDI - Military Conference in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. I have been in contact with some collegues in brazil for several weeks now but have not yet confirmed when the military conference will begin and end. Futhermore, we do not yet have a recommendation for a suitable hotel or a draft program. I have communicated the urgent need for this information, and I remain optimistic that I will receive it within the next few days. Please check back here for more information as it becomes available. Also, pease feel free to contact me personally if You have any further questions, helpful contacts or information! Looking forward announcing more details soon. Yours SECTION OF DEFENCE FORCES DENTAL SERVICES 2009 CONFERENCE REPORT The FDI Section of Defence Forces Dental Services (SDFDS) 2009 annual conference was hosted by the Armed Forces Medical Service Singapore at the main FDI congress site Suntec Convention Center in Singapore. The conference was organised around the theme “Dental Healthcare for the next generation Armed Forces”, which is within the SDFDS focus, “to exchange ideas, innovations, concepts and experiences within the areas for Defence Dental Services”. Our singaporian hosts had arranged an excellent military dental programme that took place over two days including two scientific meetings and additional visits to the Armed Forces Medical Headquarters and Heritage Museum. The scientific programme was presented over 1 and ½ days with presentations by military speakers from Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Turkey, UK and the USA. Topics covered were the SDFDS’s areas of common interest: (1) Field dentistry, which includes equipment and deployments; (2) Forensic dentistry – mass disaster victim identification; (3) Maritime and aviation dentistry, including barodontalgia; (4) Digital and tele-dentistry; (5) Management of dental service delivery, which includes, but is not limited to performance assessment and improvement, readiness and dental management programmes; (6) Oral and Maxillofacial Treatment of polytraumatised soldiers during combat missions and last but not the least, (7) Clinical related topics. A new SDFDS Executive has been elected, Major General Professor Yimin Zhao from the 4th Military Mecical University in Xi´an China, who organised and hosted the 2006 event, is the new chairman, some additional data clarification concerning the other positions still has to be processed. The programme also included a Mess Reception and a Host Nation Dinner at military messes of the Singapore Armed Forces. Military colleagues from next year congress site Brazil did not attend but I got the opportunity to talk about next year`s SDFDS congress with the new FDI President, who was well informed about our military group. The Past Executive Committee and all SDFDS members would again like to express their sincere thanks for help and support, especially by Laurence Jocaille, of the FDI World Dental Federation`s HQ, who made this highly professional and well organised military programme possible. Our sincere thanks and appreciation are expressed towards our hosts, the Local FDI and SDFDS Organising Committee, the Chief of Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps – Brigadier General Dr. Benjamin Seet and Colonel Dr. Tan Peng Hui, a senior dental officer and Commander SAF Military Medicine Institute and last but not least to all their superiors who made that 2009 conference possible. Bonn, Germany, 15. October 2009 Colonel (MC, DS) Dr. med.dent. Gerd Schindler, German Bundeswehr Medical Service (Past)VICE-CHAIRMAN: SECTION DEFENCE FORCES DENTAL SERVICES Dr. Gerd Schindler, Colonel (MC, DS) GERMAN Armed Forces Joint Medical Service Vice Chairman SDFDS Programme Welcome Note: SDFDS 2009 Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Chairman SDFDS and the Executive Committee I am happy to announce our 2009 Military Conference in Singapore. We are all witnessing difficult conditions like the financial crisis and swine influenza which don´t make preparations easier for our hosting Singaporean colleagues. After military conferences off from the main FDI congress site in 2006 (Xi´an, China / Shenzen) and 2008 in Stockholm, not to forget a cancellation of the Dubai meeting in 2007, we are "on site" again in Singapore. We all should not forget that we – as the military representatives - are as well representing a very long tradition within the FDI. Since foundation in 1903 the military dentists have an own group under the FDI umbrella which was first named Committee on Defence Dental Services (CDFDS) and renamed Section on Defence Forces Dental Services (SDFDS) some years ago. We all have to be aware however that people change not only within our group. In former times chief executive directors of FDI have had a strong liaison with us military people, like Olof Carlsson and J.T. Barnard – they were one´s of us, made their way to highest positions within FDI and always didn´t forget about their origin and steady and helpful communication with us. Nowadays we can be sure that civilian colleagues know about our existence but within FDI I am convinced that we have to demonstrate our presence again. Therefore I am asking You to register for the main FDI congress and to show up in Your service dress, understanding that many of us get the permission and funding to do so. You should as well communicate with the respective representatives of Your national dental association – we have to emphasize again that we are an integral part/group of FDI. We will keep You informed – please feel free to contact us if You have any further questions! Looking forward meeting you in Singapore Yours COL(DR) Tan Peng Hui Chairman LOC SDFDS 2009 Commander Military Medicine Institute Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps Welcome Message Welcome to Singapore It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the SDFDS 2009 in Singapore from 30 Aug - 2 Sep 09. Dental Healthcare for the Next Generation Armed Forces is the main theme of SDFDS 2009. Military dentistry faces a longstanding foe. Our soldiers will know toothache for as long as they have teeth. The best defence against it is prevention and knowledge. SDFDS is a forum to share that knowledge in military dentistry. SDFDS 2009 will be held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, the same venue as the FDI World Dental Congress 2009. We recommend that you stay in the nearby Pan Pacific Hotel, where 100 rooms have been reserved for military delegate until 31 July 09. Book your room online at here and enjoy the same special rates offered to FDI participants. There is plenty to see in Singapore; for example, the iconic Esplanade Theatre and the famous Raffles Hotel. Complete the experience with a stroll through the fashion street of Orchard Rd. Singapore also abounds with military history. Being a British naval base in World War II, tours of the underground command centre of the British Malaya Command and the huge 15-inch gun battery are recommended. If you are planning on going to an overseas conference, choose SDFDS Brazil 2010. Here, you will educate yourself of dentistry, experience Asian hospitality and meet old friends. Hope to see you in August! 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