The visit of the president of the FDI to Future University
We had the pleasure to welcome Dr Patrick Hescot the president of FDI (The World Dental Federation) in The Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine Future University on 26 Jan 2017. The FDI is the biggest global dental organization with 130 member societies and around 140000 members from all over the globe. The visit was scheduled on the president's first official visit to Egypt. The president of the Egyptian dental syndicate Dr Yasser El Gendy and Dr Nahawand Thabet the representative of the FDI in Egypt accompanied the valuable guest during his visit. The university was chosen as one of the leading educational facilities in Egypt, After a guided tower in the lecture rooms, labs and clinics the guests had a meeting with the vice dean of the faculty of dentistry prof Nevien Ragy and Prof Osama El Shahawy head of pediatric dentistry dept & president of the Egyptian society of pediatric dentistry and children with special needs in planning to held the WOHD ( World Oral Health Day) in Future University. WOHD is an annual FDI event and is celebrated worldwide in March and this year Future University was chosen to host the main event in Egypt. The event will be organized in the university under the FDI slogan of this year (Live mouth smart) in collaboration with Egyptian society of pediatric dentistry and children with special needs and will include of activities promoting for proper oral health maintenance.