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Reports on the 100th FDI World Dental Congress in Hong Kong.
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Introduces the FDI Vision 2020 project.
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Explains the background to the Global Caries Initiative website.
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The 100th FDI World Dental Congress was held in Hong Kong from 29 August to 1 September 2012. This article gives a report on the congress, which saw the first FDI World Oral Health Recognition Award being given to Professor Zhu Chen, the Minister of Health in China. During the congress, both the FDI Vision 2020 project and the Global Caries Initiative website were launched.
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Yeung, C. The 100th FDI World Dental Congress. Br Dent J 214, 525–526 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.483
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.483
