The Swedish Dental Association – SDA

The Swedish Dental Association – SDA (Sveriges Tandläkarförbund – STF) represents the Swedish dental profession and works on issues that are important to the role of dentists in society. These include professional ethics, education and science as well as the quality of dental care.

All these are important issues not only for dentists but also for ensuring that patients can be offered dental care of the highest quality. The SDA's extensive programme of professional development courses and the annual national odontological congress are examples of the association's activities.

The association has 9,500 members and is part of Saco.

The Swedish Dental Association publishes two periodicals:

  • Tandläkartidning – (15 editions per year. Includes news and comment on issues such as dental policy and ondontology).
  • Swedish Dental Journal (a scientific periodical in English, with 4 editions per year, in which Swedish research is presented to members and to an international readership).

Four national organizations work closely with SDA:

Privattandläkarföreningen (Private Dentists' Association) in swedish
Tjänstetandläkarföreningen (Swedish Association of Public Dental Officers)
Sveriges Odontologiska Lärare (Association of Odontology Teachers)
Studerandeföreningen (Association of Dentistry Students) in swedish

www.tandlakarforbundet.se in english