PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY OF THE DENTAL PROFESSION

The Council of European Dentists (CED) represents over 340,000 dentists across Europe. The association is composed of 32 national dental associations from 30 European countries.

The association's objective is to develop and execute policy and strategy in order to:

• Promote the interests of the dental profession in the EU;
• Promote high standards of oral health;
• Promote high standards of dentistry and dental care;
• Contribute to safeguarding the protection of public health;
• Monitor, analyse and follow up on all the political and legal developments and documents of the EU that involve dentists, dental care and oral health;
• Actively lobby the European Institutions and Parliament, in order to serve the legal and political interests of dentists, including consumer protection issues.

Council of European Dentists (CED) [Österreichische Zahnärztekammer (Austrian Dental Chamber); Chambres Syndicales Dentaires asbl, Verbond der Vlaamse Tandartsen (Belgium); Bulgarian Dental Association; Cyprus Dental Association; Czech Dental Chamber; Danish Dental Association; Estonian Dental Association ( Eesti Hambaarstide Liit); Finnish Dental Association ( Suomen Hammaslääkäriliitto – Finlands Tandläkarförbund); CNSD - Confédération Nationale des Syndicats Dentaires (France); Bundeszahnärztekammer (Germany); Hellenic Dental Association; National Committee for Hungarian Dentistry, MOK Fogorvosok Területi Szervezete (Dental Section of the Hungarian Medical Chamber), Magyar Fogorvosok Egyesülete (Hungarian Dental Association); Irish Dental Association; ANDI - Associazione Nazionale Dentisti Italiani, AIO - Associazione Italiana Odontoiatri; Latvian Dental Association; Lithuanian Dental Chamber; Association des Médecins-Dentistes du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg; Dental Association of Malta; Dutch Dental Association – NMT; Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists; Portuguese Dental Association - Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas; Slovak Chamber of Dentists; The Medical Chamber of Slovenia; Spanish Dental Association (Consejo General de Colegios de Odontólogos y Estomatólogos de España) ; Swedish Dental Association ; British Dental Association ].

Observers : Croatian Dental Chamber ; Icelandic Dental Association ; Norwegian Dental Association ; Swiss Dental Association

Public Policy Advocacy

• Monitoring EU political and legislative developments which have an impact on the dental profession
• Issuing policy statements and drafts amendments to proposed EU legislation so as to ensure that the views of European dentists are reflected in all EU decisions affecting them
• Providing expertise for the EU institutions in the areas of health and consumer protection, training, safety at the work place and internal market legislation
• Providing a platform for the exchange of information between national dental associations, and supports them in understanding the effects and implementation of EU legislation, in particular members from the new Member States and EU accession countries.
• Cooperating with all major European associations of health professionals and other liberal professions on policy issues of common interest.

Policy areas

• Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
• Education and Professional Qualifications
• eHealth
• European workforce for health
• Infection control
• Liberal Professions in Europe
• Medical Devices
• Oral Health
• Patient Safety and Quality of Healthcare
• Tooth-whitening products