iADH: International Association for Disability and Oral Health iADH: International Association for Disability and Oral Health
the EXECUTIVE committee

The iADH is an international association whose council is made up of representatives of many national organizations from around the world. Any country that has a national society that advocates for the disabled may join the iADH and appoint a member to sit on the council as a representative of that country. Countries who have more than 60 members in their national association are allowed to have 2 members to represent them on council.

Every two years the council meets at an international congress and during a general meeting elects an Executive that includes a President, a Secretary-Treasurer, the President-Elect, the Immediate Past-President, two Members at Large and an Editor.
  • President: Luc Martens
  • Past President: Jan Anderson-Norrinder + View Biography
    Jan comes from Göteborg, Sweden and is currently Senior consultant in Hospital Dentistry and Director of Mun-H-Center, the National Orofacial Resource Center for Rare Disorders in Göteborg, Sweden.

    president@iadh.org / jan.andersson-norinder@vgregion.se
  • President Elect Leda Mugayar + View Biography
    Leda was born in Brazil and was in private practice in paediatric dentistry and special care patients from 1980-2003 in Sao Paulo –She has her specialy in Pediatric Dentistry from Showa University Japan , Masters in Preventive Dentistry from University of California at San Francisco - UCSF & Paulista University - Sao Paulo – Brazil. She also has her specialty in Radiology and Oral Diagnosis as well as Special Care Dentistry,. Dr Mugayar was an associate Professor in Faculty of Dentistry - Sao Paulo- Brazil ( 1981 to 2003). She currently is Head of Special Care Unit - Westmead Centre for Oral Health – Sydney Australia. She has numerous books and articles published in the area of special needs.

    Dr Leda Mugayar,
    Head of Special Care Unit
    Westmead Centre for Oral Health

    PO Box 533
    Wentworthville NSW 2145
    AUSTRALIA

    Tel :+61.2.9845.7814
    Fax:+61.2.9845.5740
  • Secretary Roland Blankenstein + View Biography
    Roland was born in The Netherlands but graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1969 and moved to the UK in 1970 where he has lived ever since. He obtained his M.Sc. in Paediatric Dentistry from the Eastman Dental Institute of the University of London in 1976. He was a founding member of the British Society for Disability and Oral Health in 1975 and was on the Executive Committee for 10 years, and President in 1997. He was International Representative to the IADH from 1998-2004. He retired from clinical work in July 2004.
  • Honorary Editor Timucin Ari
  • Members at Large Gabriela Scagnet and Junichi Mega
the shadow committee

The shadow executive is made up of members from council who work with the executive thereby involving more people – giving a larger group experience with the hope that this will improve the sustainability of the organization.
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