Myanmar Dental Association (Yangon Region)
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| မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး | |
| Formation | 1994 |
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| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Membership | 500 |
Official language | English and Burmese |
President | Naing Htun Thwin |
| Staff | 15 |
| Website | yangon-mda |
The Myanmar Dental Association (Yangon Region) (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး; MDA-Ygn) is a professional association established in 1994 which has more than 500 members. It arranges many continuing dental education programs for Myanmar dentists and community oral healthcare programs for Myanmar people.[1] Myanmar Dental Association and Myanmar Dental Council are the only two professional organizations for Myanmar dentists.
Past presidents of the organisation include:
- Dr Cho Khant (1998)
- Dr Cho Sit (1998–2000)
- Prof. Dr. Ba Myint (2004–2008)
- Prof. Dr. Thein Htut (2008–2012)
- Prof. Dr. Pwint Hpoo (2012–2016)
- Prof. Dr. Thein Kyu (2016)
- Dr Naing Htun Thwin (2016–present)
