Philippine Dental Association (original) (raw)

The Philippine Dental Association (PDA) is an association of professional dentists in the Philippines. It dates back to 1908 with the establishment of Sociedad dental de Filipinas. After World War II, on August 12, 1945, this organization merged with the National Dental Association (founded in 1924) to form the Philippine Dental Organization.It was inaugurated on September 7, 1945. The first issue of its official publication, the Journal of the Philippine Dental Association was published in January 1948.