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InternationalCollege ofDentists
“Recognizing Service and the Opportunity to Serve”
Honoring our colleagues...
...Commitment to ourprofession
USA Section
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honorWho We Are...
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The International College of Dentists is the pre-eminenthonorary organization of the world’s outstanding dentists whohave, by their actions, demonstrated an abiding interest andconcern for their profession.
One of the most significant events in a person’s career isthat of being recognized as a Fellow of an organization ofprofessional distinction.
In the dental profession, such acceptance signifies that onehas brought honor to the profession through devoted serviceand high ethical behavior, and that in return, one is bestowedthe highest honor of that profession through acceptance as aFellow in the International College of Dentists.
The idea for the College was created in 1920 by Dr. LouisOttofy with the help of Dr. Tsurukichi Okumura of Japan andincorporated in 1928. Its purpose was to promote cordialrelations within the profession and help disseminate scientificinformation.
The College was formed to advance the science and art ofdentistry for the health and welfare of the public, to bringtogether the world’s outstanding members of the dentalprofession for the exchange of dental knowledge, and toencourage the growth of the profession worldwide.
The International College of Dentists is a leadinghonorary dental organization dedicated to therecognition of outstanding professional achievement,meritorious service, and the continued progress ofthe profession of dentistry for the benefit of allhumankind.
ICD Mission
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commitment...and What We Believe
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The International College of Dentists has several importantobjectives. These include:
• To advance the art and science of dentistry for the health andwelfare of the public internationally.
• To encourage postgraduate study and research in the field ofdental science and cognate subjects.
• To endeavor to bring together outstanding members of the dentalprofession of the world for the purpose of fostering the growthand diffusion of dental knowledge and to encourage an exchangeof goodwill among members of the profession.
• To cultivate and foster cordial relations among those engaged inthe professon of dentistry and other health professions.
• To cooperate with dentists and various organizations for theprevention and control of oral disorders.
• To preserve and elevate the dignity of the profession by enjoiningall members to maintain the highest ethical standards andprofessional conduct.
• To perpetuate the history of dentistry.
• To recognize conspicuous service to the profession and provide amethod of granting Fellowship in the College.
• To encourage and support projects of a humanitarian nature.
International College of DentistsPresidents (l-r) Victor J. Lanctis-2002;Lon D. Carroll -2005;Minoru Horiuchi -2003; Ramon Castillo -2004
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historyWhere We Came From...
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November, 1920-Tokyo, JapanThe idea for International College ofDentists was conceived at a farewellparty for Louis Ottofy, D.D.S., M.D.,LLD. He was returning to the UnitedStates after practicing dentistry 23years in the Philippines and Japan.Dr. Tsurukichi Okumura of Japan wasin attendance and urged Dr. Ottofyto form an international organizationto study the progress of the dentalprofession and distribute the informationto all countries around the world.
1926- Philadelphia, USAAt the 6th International DentalCongress, Dr. Ottofy’s Japanesefriends reminded him of the promisemade several years earlier inJapan. Plans were disclosed for anorganization to be composed ofleading international dentists. Itspurpose would be to promote cordial relations within theprofession and help disseminate scientific information.
December 31, 1927-Chicago, USANew Year’s Eve, the International College of Dentists wasofficially born.
1928-Chicago, USA250 Fellows located in 162 different countries, states andprovinces accepted Fellowship in the College. The first Fellowswere those with international reputations who were active in theFederation Dentaire Internationale.
Dr. Louis Ottofy
Dr. Tsurukichi Okumura
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future...and Where We’re Going
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Fellowship in the ICD
The International College of Dentists has an extensiveprocess of screening candidates for acceptance to Fellowhip.Following are the selection credentials for potential Fellows:
• Must have been active for at least five years in clinical practice,in teaching, in research or in government service.
• Must be a member in good standing of his or her nationaldental organization, if such exists.
• Must be at least thirty years of age and a graduate of a dentalschool recognized by the College.
• Must be recognized as an active contributor to the dentalprofession and community and be held in high esteem byboth for integrity and character.
• Must be acceptable to the Board of Regents or governingbody of the Section or Region in which he/she resides.
Candidate qualifications are evaluated by as many as 25Fellows during the screening process, which ensures the highestquality membership in the ICD.
The limited membership of the College is by design,paradoxically contrasting its worldwide involvement.
The College membersip totals over 10,000, and with 6,000members in the USA Section and about 4,000 members inother sections around the world.
The ICD is highly respected throughout the world. We areguardians of its dignity and welcome the challenge to live up toits standards in all that we do.
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icd organizationHow We Operate...
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When you become a Fellow, you are a member of multi-layeredorganization. First, you are a Fellow in a worldwide organizationof the International College of Dentists. Members are organizedinto twelve autonomous sections and an International Sectioncomposed of twelve regions.
The Sections and Regions of theInternational College of Dentists
Section I USASection II CanadaSection III MexicoSection IV South AmericaSection V Europe, IsraelSection VI India, Sri LankaSection VII JapanSection VIII Australasian - New Zealand, Fiji IslandsSection IX Philippine IslandsSection X Middle East
Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Muscar, Oman,all Arab Emirates and Yemen
Section XI KoreaSection XII Chinese TaipeiSection XX Inernational
Region 21: Central America, PanamaRegion 22: China 22A, Hong Kong 22BRegion 23: Thailand, Laos, KampucheaRegion 24 Pakistan, Afghanistan, BangladeshRegion 25: Malaysia, Singapore, IndonesiaRegion 26: North Africa, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, TunisiaRegion 27: South Africa, Zimbabwe, ZambiaRegion 28: Central AfricaRegion 29: Egypt, SudanRegion 30: Iran, TurkeyRegion 31: VietnamRegion 32: Bermuda, BahamasRegion 33: MalaysiaRegion 34: Myanmar
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icd governance...Internationally
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The International College is administrated by an InternationalCouncil composed of 26 Councilmen, five College Officers andthree Ex-officio Members, the Secretary General, the DeputySecretary General, and the Editor. International Headquartersis located at:
International College of Dentists51 Monroe St. Suite 1400Rockville, Maryland 20850-2408 USA
The USA Section, as the largest section, has ten internationalcouncilmen. There are three International Councilmen fromSection V Europe, and two each from Section II Canada andSection VII Japan. All remaining sections are represented by asingle International Councilman.
The Internatonal Council meets once yearly to conductCouncil business, alternating between a site held in conjunctionwith the American Dental Association Annual Session and aninternational site, generally held in conjunction with the annualsession of the Federation Dentaire Internationale or the annualsession of the host section’s national organization.
The International Council of the International College of Dentists
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usa section organizationHow We Operate...
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The new Fellow is inducted at a convocation held annually inhis or her home country. The USA Section holds their convocationduring the Annual Session of the American Dental Association.Approximately 250 new Fellows are inducted yearly in the USASection. They can, however, choose to be inducted at anyother convocation held worldwide, with the approval of theUSA Section.
The USA Section is subdivided into Districts. There arepresently seventeen Districts in the US, corresponding to theseventeen Trustee Districts of the American Dental Association.
Map ofUSA Section
Districts
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usa section governance...Nationally
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The USA Section’s Board of Regents is made up of 17 Regentsand six Officers. The Registrar and Deputy Registrar are currentlythe same two individuals as the Secretary General and DeputySecretary General of the International Council. The USA Sectionshares space with the International College of Dentists.
To help with the duties in each Regency, the Regent has aVice Regent and a number of Deputy Regents, most commonlyone per state, but often more in the more populous states.
They meet twice a year as a body, once just prior to theAnnual Convocation held in the fall in conjunction with the ADAAnnual Session, and again in the summer in conjunction withthe USA Section Foundation sponsored Continuing EducationConference (CEC). The CEC is a free educational seminar forFellows and is generally held in scenic or historical sites, givingFellows and their families an opportunity for social activitiesas well as educational enrichment.
Every three years the USA Section has a leadership conferenceto strengthen the internal organization.
Past President Carl G. Lundgren, USA Section (left) has presented the gavel to PresidentRobert L. Bartheld, USA Section (right)
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local sectionsHow We Operate...Locally
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Every Fellow in the USA Section is also a member of aconstituent chapter-generally a single state. In many largerstates, the state is subdivided into several smaller componentchapters. Most state organizations have meetings, activities,and projects that are closely linked with that state’s DentalAssociation’s meeting functions.
The local section is headed by a Deputy Regent who isappointed by the District Regent. The Deputy Regent mustpossess many important qualities, including leadership, staturein the state and community, and an ability and willingness towork closely with colleagues, state officers and the Regent.Many think of the Deputy Regent as “The Key to the College”;he or she is considered the heartbeat of the ICD, providing thebuilding blocks for the growth and advancement of the College.
The Deputy Regent is responsible for finding dependable,talented appointees to serve as the Editor and as members ofthe Screening Committee. He or she is also responsible forrecruitment, local fellowship, and local projects that includescholarships for dental, dental hygiene, and dental assistingschools.
Dean Lonnie H.Norris, TuftsUniversity School ofDental Medicine(right) presents theOutstanding StudentAchievement Awardto Dr. Alon Grosman(left)
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usa section projectsMaking a Difference
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Our projects had their start in 1961 when the USA Sectionhad accumulated sufficient reserve funds to enable us to embarkon USA Section projects proposed by our Board of Regents.Proposed projects to benefit the Section’s membership, theCollege, the profession and the dental health of all people werestudied to determine their purpose and financial feasibility.
Dental Journalism SeminarThe college jointly sponsors with the American DentalAssociation and the American Association of Dental Editorsthis seminar that provides an insight for participants in writing,editing, management, computer publishing and other phasesof journalism. The Seminar is a motivating force for improveddental publications.
Dental Journalism AwardsHeld annually, this program recognizes and awards outstandingdental jounalism by editors in and out of the dental profession.In their 31st year, these awards encourage improvement incontent, coverage, format and quality in dental journalism. thefour categories include: Platinum Scroll, for showing the mostimprovement; Platinum Pen, for the most outstanding article orfeature; Platinum Pencil, for the most creative and effective useof illustrations or other graphic arts; and Special Citation, forpresenting an unusual treatment. The Platinum Publicationaward goes to the best overall dental publication.
Outstanding Leaders in DentistryThe ICD presents a VHS video taped series of OutstandingLeaders in Dentistry reviewing their accomplishments andpresenting their views on the dental profession.
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usa section projectsMaking a Difference
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Clinicians, practitioners, researchers and educators who havecontributed significantly to the profession of dentistry arerecognized in these videotapes. Important events in theirlives provide human interest aspects with historical value. Thevideotapes include why they chose dentistry as a career, thefactors that influenced the character and timing of theircontributions, their views of dentistry’s past and future fromtheir own historical perspective. The tapes are intended foruse by professional associations, dental schools, libraries,and those who have a personal interest in the profession ofdentistry. There are currently 59 tapes.
The Humanitarian Outreach ProjectThe USA Section of the ICD recently provided a $25,000grant to help fund the original Humanitarian OutreaachProject, the Vietnam Project. This humanitarian project is aninternational cooperative effort that will help Vietnamesedentists address their country’s dental needs through theestablishment of a specialty training program in publichealth dentistry at Odonto-Stomotology in Ho Chi Minh City.The program was developed through Dentistry Overseas,which is sponsored by the ADA. Dentistry Overseas, which is adivision of Health Volunteers Overseas, a private non-profitorganization committed to improving health care in developingcountries through training and education.
Other USA Section projects include the Visiting ScholarRoom at the Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry inBaltimore, Maryland, the International Student Exchange, theInternational Clinicians Program, and the Senior Dental StudentAward. More detailed information on these and other ICDprojects can be found on our website at www.usa-icd.org.
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usa section foundationHow We Help
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The ICD USA Section Foundation was chartered on January22, 1986, as a non-profit corporation. The Foundation thusopened an important avenue for ICD Fellows to make taxdeductible gifts, donations, bequests and other suchcontributions to scientific and charitable causes selectedand supported by the ICD USA Section. The Foundationsignificantly adds to the already great stature and work ofthe ICD.
The Foundation makes valuable grants to worthy ICD eventsand projects that have included the Child Abuse PreventionProject, Latvian Library Project, Mongolian Dental HealthProject, Clinical Scholarship to Brazil, the Community DentalHealth Project in Cameroon Africa, and the North-South DentalHealth Initiative.
The Foundation reflects the innovative spirit of the Collegeand the fellows that have endowed it. A Foundation hasremarkable flexibility because it can respond to a need as itbecomes manifest, it can strike out quickly in a new direction,and it can give to a single community or throughout the worldbased on the action of its Trustees.
Past PresidentsEmanuel W.Michaels, Richard A.Shick, and CharlesM. Simons identifythe USA Section as asignificant contributorto the NationalMuseum of Dentistry
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usa foundation projectsHow We Help
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Annual Free Continuing Education ConferencesThere have been 21 well-attended free conferences held in
various parts of the US staffed by current state-of-the-artspeakers from regional dental schools. This was the firstmission of the Foundation and recent conferences have beencompletely filled.
George D. SelfridgeFellowship Orientation ProgramThe fellowship Orientation Program is a multi-media presentationdesigned to educate new candidates for fellowship and theirfamilies and guests about the College-its history, identity,objectives, structure, projects, and other activities.
This program takes place the evening prior to the USASection’s Convocation and their induction into the College. Ina social setting following theformal programs, the Fellow-Elect have the opportunityto meet the Officers, Regents,and Councilmen of the Sectionand the Trustees of theFoundation, as well as interactwith their new colleagues.
The program began in 2000,and has proved to be both verypopular and very informative.Those who have participatedhave felt a deeper “sense ofownership” of the College.
Dr. and Mrs. George Selfridge
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Other USA Section Foundation projects include CareerOptions in Dentisry, a partnership between the UNC School ofDentistry and the Foundation, assisting those seeking a careerin dentistry, and providing the speakers for the ICD SouthAmerican Continuing Education Update. Another project is theSamuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry Internship, anannual grant to support a dental intern to organize and catalogarchival items at the museum. This is the same museum thathouses the Visiting Scholar Room, a USA Section sponsoredproject.
Dr. Thomas E.Emmering at thepodium during theFellowshipOrientation Program.Dr. Lloyd J. Phillipsand Dr. Donald E.Johnson will alsospeak.
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How To Reach Us...
...by mail
International College of Dentists51 Monroe St. Suite 1400Rockville, Maryland 20850-2408 USA
...by phone
(301) 251-8861 phone(301) 738-9143 fax
...by e-mail
...through our website
www.icd.org-International Collegewww.usa-icd.org-ICD USA Section
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