ADF 2012 - Conference and Trade Exhibition

The ADF provides dentists with a wide range of services, including continuing professional education, publications, product certification, bibliographic databases and an arbitration committee. It also represents the French dental profession on an international level.

Each year, the ADF organises an annual Congress, a major event which actively contributes to the continuing professional education of dentists.

The ADF keeps dentists regularly informed of all new developments in the field of dentistry through a wide range of publications.

Information on major dental topics for the general public is available to journalists through the ADF press department.

Maintaining cohesion through dialog and action
With its 25 affiliated professional associations covering the full range of the dental profession, the ADF has succeeded in its 40 years of existence in becoming the unifying force behind the entire profession. By providing the dental profession with a unique forum for reflection and discussion, and by acting as a leading force – particularly in the area of continuing professional education – the ADF plays a major role in keeping the profession united.

Working for progress and quality
The cohesiveness of its member associations and the vital work undertaken by its commissions are key assets in the ADF’s endeavours to promote the advancement of the dental profession.
The ADF works for the benefit of the general public as well as that of the dental community, with the future of the dental profession as a permanent guideline. It has set its aims accordingly and is putting all its efforts into encouraging scientific progress, raising the quality standards of products and equipment, improving service and the dentist-patient relationship, bringing forward new prevention methods, and finding better ways of answering the expectations of patients.

Representing the dental profession
Through the diversity of its affiliated organisations and member associations, through the wide range of its activities, the French Dental Association provides a link between 30,000 dental practitioners and guarantees that the plurality of the dental profession is correctly represented within the framework of public health actions. As a major representative of the dental profession, the ADF also ensures that a permanent dialog is established on a national and international level between the profession and its key partners, including decision makers, public authorities and the media.

• To co-ordinate the action of its affiliated associations and ensure their cohesion;
• To represent the dental profession, particularly in dealings with the French public authorities and with international authorities;
• To defend the interests of the dental profession;
• To be the voice of the dental profession in dealings with the general public;
• To do the utmost to promote the dental profession and scientific progress in the field of dentistry, with particular regard to product certification and continuing professional education.

The ADF is the voice of the dental profession not only in France, but also abroad, where it represents France within international professional organisations such as the FDI World Dental Federation. The ADF also works in close partnership with the World Health Organisation.

Taking the profession forward
Its varied membership and its scope of action in France and abroad enable the ADF not only to represent the profession but also to foster future-oriented thinking and to take a proactive stand on behalf of the entire dental profession, as shown by the major developments in this area over the past few years. The ADF was for example instrumental in organising a qualifying diploma for dental practice and setting up curricular reforms. It is also actively involved in the advancement of the profession through its dynamic contribution to the evolution of academic training and continuing professional education, the elaboration of assessment tools, and the implementation of common professional standards for dental practitioners.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Association Dentaire Française
7 rue Mariotte
75017 PARIS - FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 58 22 17 10
Fax: +33 1 58 22 17 40
E-mail: adf@adf.asso.fr
Website: www.adf.asso.fr

Exhibition venue: Palais des Congrès de Paris