Park Young-guk, the finance supreme council member of the World Dental Association, elected as the next chairman
Sep 08, 2025
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At the '2025 FDI World Dental Parliament' held in Shanghai, China on the 7th, Supreme Council member Park ran alone and was elected. It is the second feat for a Korean after the late former chairman Yoon Heung-ryul, who served as president of the World Dental Association between 2003 and 2005.
Founded in 1900, the World Dental Association is an oral health care organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and working closely between countries to improve global oral health. It currently has more than 1 million dentists from 132 countries.
Park Young-guk, the next chairman, was born in 1956 and graduated from Kyung Hee University College of Dentistry, served as the president of Kyung Hee University's dental school, the president of the dental school hospital, and the vice president of Kyung Hee University, and has served as the finance supreme member of the World Dental Association since 2023.
Park Young-guk, the next chairman, said, `We are also looking back on the world's trust and status in dentists in Korea. The roles and responsibilities have increased as well", and "We will try to find out what the role and responsibility of dentists is for improving the oral health of the people in the future and ensure that our country takes the lead in global issues."
Kwak Soon-heon, director of the Health Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, `The election of a Korean as the next president of the World Dental Association is a feat that has been widely recognized for the international status and expertise of the Korean dental profession", and "The government will also work harder to develop global oral health and promote international cooperation with this achievement."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
