FDI World Dental Congress
The World Dental Congress (WDC) is a flagship event for FDI, strengthening ties and fostering collaboration within the global oral health community.
To advance the science and practice of dentistry, the WDC delivers:
- a cutting-edge scientific programme
- interactive forums covering the most relevant topics in dentistry
- a dental exhibition attended by the most prominent figures in the dental industry
The FDI World Dental Congress, held in a different host country every year, offers a unique opportunity to meet with leaders of the oral health profession from around the globe.
The World Dental Congress boasts a diverse scientific programme with oral health experts who present on a broad spectrum of subjects in the dentistry field, from caries management protocols to regenerative endodontics. FDI takes great care in creating a unique and modern scientific programme every year.
The four-day dental exhibition offers the dental industry the opportunity to present the latest in oral health technology and practices. FDI is proud of its long-term partnership with exhibitors who consider the Congress to be one of their ‘must-attend’ events.
The General Assembly meets once a year at the World Dental Congress. For five days, over 300 FDI delegates debate and make decisions that will influence the future of dentistry. FDI Committees convene to further the projects they work on throughout the year, and FDI Sections and Regional Organizations also hold their annual meetings.
2019 San Francisco, USA
2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Madrid, Spain
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Poznań, Poland |
| 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2014 | New Delhi, India |
| 2013 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2012 | Hong Kong SAR |
| 2011 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2010 | Salvador, Brazil |
| 2009 | Singapore |
| 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2007 | Dubai, Unite Arab Emirates |
| 2006 | Shenzhen, China |
| 2005 | Montreal, Canada |
| 2004 | New Delhi, India |
| 2003 | Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | Vienna, Austria |
| 2001 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2000 | Paris, France |
| 1999 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1998 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 1997 | Seoul, Korea |
| 1996 | Orland, United States of America |
| 1995 | Hong Kong SAR |
| 1994 | Vancouver, Canada |
| 1993 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1992 | Berlin, Germany |
| 1991 | Milan, Italy |
| 1990 | Singapore |
| 1989 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1988 | Washington, United States of America |
| 1987 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1986 | Manila, Philippines |
| 1985 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1984 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1983 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1982 | Vienna, Austria |
| 1981 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1980 | Hamburg, Germany |
| 1979 | Paris, France |
| 1978 | Madrid, Spain |
| 1977 | Toronto, Canada |
| 1976 | Athens, Greece |
| 1975 | Chicago, United States of America |
| 1974 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Sydney, Australia |
| 1972 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1971 | Munich, Germany |
| 1970 | Bucharest, Romania |
| 1969 | New York, United States of America |
| 1968 | Varna, Bulgaria |
| 1967 | Paris, France |
| 1966 | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1965 | Vienna, Austria |
| 1964 | San Francisco, United States of America |
| 1963 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1962 | Cologne, Germany |
| 1961 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 1960 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 1959 | New York, United States of America |
| 1958 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1957 | Rome, Italy |
| 1956 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1955 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1954 | Scheveningen, The Netherlands |
| 1953 | Oslo, Norway |
| 1952 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1951 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1950 | Paris, France |
| 1949 | Milan, Italy |
| 1948 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 1947 | Boston, United States of America |
| 1946 | Paris, France |
| 1939 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1938 | Paris, France |
| 1937 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1936 | Vienna, Austria |
| 1935 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1934 | Como, Italy |
| 1933 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 1932 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1931 | Paris, France |
| 1930 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1929 | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 1928 | Cologne, Germany |
| 1927 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1926 | Philadelphia, United States of America |
| 1925 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1924 | Luxembourg |
| 1923 | Paris, France |
| 1922 | Madrid, Spain |
| 1921 | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 1914 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1913 | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1911 | London, United Kingdom |
| 1910 | Paris, France |
| 1909 | Berlin, Germany |
| 1908 | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1907 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1906 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1905 | Hanover, Germany |
| 1904 | St. Louis, United States of America |
| 1903 | Madrid, Spain |
| 1902 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1901 | London, United Kingdom |
