FDI World Dental Federation and dentalxchange.com Announce Alliance to Impact Worldwide Dental Community.Business Editors/Health and Medical Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 29, 2000 Two leaders of the dental community have formed an alliance designed to optimize lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. among dental professionals worldwide. FDI World Dental Federation The FDI World Dental Federation, established in Paris in 1900 as the Fédération dentaire internationale, is the world's leading organization representing the dental profession. (FDI FDI See: Foreign direct investment ), the professional, independent, worldwide organization of dentistry dentistry, treatment and care of the teeth and associated oral structures. Dentistry is mainly concerned with tooth decay, disease of the supporting structures, such as the gums, and faulty positioning of the teeth. , and dentalxchange.com, the leading provider of Internet-based tools and e-commerce solutions for the dental community, have joined forces to make dentalxchange.com's online library of high-quality, peer-reviewed continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). (CE) courses available to FDI's worldwide membership at www.fdi.org.uk. The alliance was announced today at the FDI's Centenary World Dental Congress in Paris. "Through their international and national dental associations, practitioners around the globe turn to FDI for reliable direction on every aspect of their practice," said Dr. Per Ake Zillen, FDI executive director. "We want to make sure our members know that dentalxchange.com's curriculum is the most reliable source of CE on the Internet and urge them to take full advantage of it." "FDI is tireless in its efforts to identify and disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. information that raises global practice standards," said Dr. William F. Wathen, vice president of dentalxchange.com's Oral Health Science Division. "Likewise, dentalxchange.com's steadfast goal is to encourage lifelong learning by raising the worldwide standard of dental CE. This partnership enables each of us to fulfill our missions." The goal of dentalxchange.com's online library is to provide the most comprehensive curriculum of post-doctoral dental education available on the Internet. Through that curriculum, dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
Currently the library includes more than 80 courses authored by more than 55 leading lecturers, making it by far the largest and broadest CE online library for dental professionals available today. Ultimately the library will offer hundreds of courses across all facets of dentistry, from worldwide clinicians. The FDI World Dental Federation is a 100 year-old non-profit federation of 140 national dental associations, representing 700,000 dentists worldwide, and 30 international dental associations. Its missions are (1) to be the authoritative, professional, independent, worldwide voice of dentistry, (2) to support the principle that all people should have access to the best possible care to achieve optimal oral health, (3) to support and promote the interests of the member associations and their members, and (4) to contribute internationally to the development and dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there of policies, standards and information related to all aspects of oral health care. Dentalxchange.com is the leading provider of Internet-based tools and e-commerce solutions for the $60 billion dental industry. The company brings together dentists, manufacturers, suppliers, dental professionals and patients to educate, evaluate and integrate the dental community and its resources. The Web site is the most trafficked commercial dental site on the Internet with more than 14,000 registered dentists, 2.5 million monthly hits and 130,000 monthly user sessions A count of how many times all users access a Web site regardless whether the same person came back several times during the measurement period. If a user leaves and returns within a short time, some systems count those sessions as one. Contrast with unique visitors. See also user session. . It is based in Irvine, and is privately held. For more information, visit the Web site at www.dentalxchange.com. |
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