Myanmar Dental Association Explained

Myanmar Dental Association
Native Name:	Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း
Formation:	1979
Type:	Professional association
Headquarters:	Yangon, Myanmar
Location:	Myanmar
Membership:	4,001
Language:	English and Burmese
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Thein Kyu
Num Staff:	25
Website:

The Myanmar Dental Association (my|မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း; MDA) is a professional association established in 1979 which has more than 4,000 members.^[1] The association publishes Myanmar Dental Journal every year.^[2] It arranges Myanmar Dental Conference in which FDI World Dental Federation speakers also make their presentations.^[3] Myanmar Dental Association and Myanmar Dental Council are the only two professional organizations for Myanmar dentists.

Leadership

Past presidents of the organisation include:

1. Aung Than (1979–1984)
2. Khin Mg Lay (1985–1995)
3. Myint Naing (1996–1998)
4. Ba Myint (1998–2008)
5. Thein Tut (2009–2011)
6. Pwint Hpoo (2012–2015)
7. Thein Kyu (2016–2019)
8. Myint Htain (2020-present)

See also

• Dentistry
• University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay
• University of Dental Medicine, Yangon
• Myanmar Dental Council
• Myanmar Dental Association (Yangon Region)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nay Aung, BDS(Mdy) . January–February 2014 . Myanmar Dental Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308023914/http://www.mda-myanmar.org/about-mda/ . 2016-03-08 . Reports . Myanmar Dental Journal.
2. Web site: Nay Aung, BDS(Mdy) . January–February 2015 . Myanmar Dental Journal . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308024913/http://www.mda-myanmar.org/OJS/ojs-2.3.8/index.php/mdajournal/index/ . 2016-03-08 . Reports . Myanmar Dental Journal.
3. Web site: Myanmar Dental Conference. Nay Aung, BDS(Mdy). January 2016. Online reports. Myanmar Dental Association. 2016-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20161029093020/http://www.mda-myanmar.org/conference2016/home2016.html. 2016-10-29. dead.