Challenges of European Dentisty

CED President Dr Wolfgang Doneus gives his opinion on the challenges that European Dentistry faces today to the Portuguese dental magazine Maxillaris.

CED General Meeting in Brussels re-elects Board of Directors, updates policy on dental amalgam, welcomes adoption of Professional Qualifications Directive

During the CED General Meeting on 22 November 2013, CED Members re-elected the CED Treasurer and three Directors, adopted a CED Position on the Minamata Convention concerning dental amalgam, updated CED Resolutions on responsible practice and on dental amalgam and welcomed the final adoption of the revised Professional Qualifications Directive.

CED-ADEE Joint Statement on Basic Dental Training

On 18 January 2013, CED and Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) issued a Joint Statement in connection to the Professional Qualifications Directive. The two called for basic dental training to be expressed not only in years (5 years of full-time study) but also in hours (5000 hours) and ECTS (300 ECTS). They also […]

CED General Meeting in Copenhagen: Professional Qualifications Directive, medical devices legislation, nitrogen sedation

CED General Meeting which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 11 and 12 May 2012, unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the use of nitrous oxide inhalation sedation in dentistry. CED members also adopted a position paper on the European Commission’s proposal to amend the Professional Qualifications Directive and again called for enhancing reporting obligations of […]

Joint statement of the European sectoral professions on Directive 2005/36/EC

On 7 November 2011, the European umbrella organisations of the seven sectoral professions (dentists, doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, veterinarians and architects) issued a joint statement on the modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC), setting out the fundamental principles the Commission should take into consideration when preparing the legislative proposal for the modernisation.

Joint statement of the European sectoral professions on the Directive 2005/36/EC

On 15 March 2011, the CED and the European umbrella organisations of the other six sectoral professions (doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, veterinarians and architects) issued a joint statement, warning against the undermining of the training requirements and the weakening of the standards for access to the professions in the modernisation of the Directive on the […]