The Myanmar Dental Association ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း; MDA) is a

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...

established in 1979 which has more than 4,000 members. The association publishes ''Myanmar Dental Journal'' every year. It also arranges Myanmar Dental Conference in which

FDI World Dental Federation FDI World Dental Federation, often shortened to FDI (french: Fédération Dentaire Internationale), is the world's leading organization representing the dental profession. It serves as the principal representative body for over one million dent ...

speakers also make their presentations. Myanmar Dental Association and

Myanmar Dental Council The Myanmar Dental Council ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆေးကောင်စီ; MDC) is a professional association established in 1970 which has more than 4,000 members. The ...

are the only two professional organizations for Myanmar Dentists.

Leadership

Past presidents of the organisation include: #

Aung Than Aung Than ( my, အောင်သန်း) is a Burmese professor of dentistry, and the first rector of the Institute of Medicine, Yangon from 1964 to 1982. He later became the Burmese ambassador to Australia. See also * Myanmar Dental Assoc ...

(1979–1984) #

Khin Mg Lay Khin Maung Lay ( my, ခင်မောင်လေး; born 13 November 1941) is a Burmese dentist who served as Rector of the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon from 1983 to 1992. He was the second president of the Myanmar Dental Associatio ...

(1985–1995) #

Myint Naing Myint Naing ( my, မြင့်နိုင်) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner who currently serves as Chief Minister of Sagaing Region and previously served as an Amyotha Hluttaw member of parliament for Sagaing Region C ...

(1996–1998) #

Ba Myint Ba Myint ( my, ဘမြင့်; born 13 November 1950) is a Burmese dental professor who served as Rector of the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon from 2004 to 2007. He was the fourth president of the Myanmar Dental Association (MDA) ...

(1998–2008) #

Thein Tut Thein Tut ( my, သိန်းထွတ်; also spelt Thein Htut, born 13 November 1955) is a Burmese former dental professor at the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. He was also the president of the Myanmar Dental Association (MDA) fro ...

(2009–2011) #

Pwint Hpoo Pwint Hpoo ( my, ပွင့်ဖူး; born 13 November 1947) is a Burmese former dental professor at the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. He was also the president of the Myanmar Dental Association (MDA) from January, 2012 to January ...

(2012–2015) #

Thein Kyu Thein Kyu ( my, သိန်းကြူ) is a Burmese dental professor who served as Rector of the University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay from 2010 to 2012 and in University of Dental Medicine, Yangon from 2012 to 2015. He is also the president ...

(2016–2019) # Myint Htain (2020-present)

References

Medical and health organisations based in Myanmar {{Dentistry-stub