Publications

CECDO as an organization has published a number of reports between 1994 and 2008. They can all be downloaded from the publications page of the CECDO website www.cecdo.org and are as follows:

The first CECDO report Dental Specialties and Continuing Professional Education (1994).

This was drafted as a consensus document during the May 1994 CECDO meeting in Athens. .

Widström E., Eaton K.A. & van den Heuvel J. (1996)
Dentistry in the EU and EEA, a Council of European Chief Dental Officers Survey.
Published by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland.
ISBN 951-33-0231-8.

Widström E. & Eaton K.A. (1999)
Systems for the Provision of Oral Health Care, Workforce and Costs in the EU and EEA – A Council of European Chief Dental Officers’ Survey.
published by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland.
ISBN 951-33-0772-7.

Licensing Examinations in Dentistry. Proceedings of the Special Meeting in Jerusalem March 1999

( Report of the presentations on the rationale of licensing examinations, and the views of The EU, UK (GDC), The Netherlands, Finland, Israel and Jordan.

Working for Oral Health in Europe. A Discussion Document from the Council of European Chief Dental Officers. The Netherlands, July 2000 This discussion document highlights a range of oral health policy areas which should currently give cause for concern to all those involved with the provision and funding of oral health care in Europe. If they are to be addressed it will be necessary for all European states to act in harmony.

Report of CECDO workforce survey (August 2005)

This report answeres the question: How Does Oral Health Care Workforce Planning Take Place in Each EU/EEA MemberState ? It is accompanied by two XL files with answers to some of the questions which CDOs answered

Provisional recommendations on cross infection control (2008) This paper is based on data from a CECDO survey and a workshop held at the CECDO Meeting in Jerusalem in May 2007.

Provision of Emergency Oral Health Care – workshop report (2008). Also during the May 2007 meeting, CECDO members agreed the need for a survey to determine how emergency oral health care was provided in their countries. A questionnaire was drafted which asked CDOs to address aspects of the provision of emergency oral health care in their countries:

In addition CDOs from various European countries have collaborated to publish a range of papers in academic journals which describe the systems for the delivery of oral healthcare in European countries and their differences. These publications report the work of their authors, many of whom are CDOs. They are not CECDO publications and do not claim to be. They include:

Widström E. & Eaton K. A. (2004) Oral Healthcare Systems in the Extended European Union. : Oral Health Preventive Dentistry ; 2: 155-194

Widström., E., van den Heuvel. J (2005) : More attention to Public Health in the European Union – implications for dentistry: In: International Dental Journal . 2005: 55: 157-161

Widström E. & Eaton K.A.(2006) Factors guiding the number of dental specialists in the European Union and Economic Area. Nor. Tannlegeforen Tid. Journal of the Norwegian Dental Association ; 116 : 718 – 721

Sanz M., Widström E., Eaton K.A (2008) . Is there a need for a common framework of dental specialties in Europe? European Journal of Dental Research ; 12: 138 – 143.

Patel R., Eaton K.A., Garcia A., Rincon V., Brooks J. (2011) An investigation into the numbers of dentists from 19 European Economic Area (EEA) member states currently registered to work in the United Kingdom and the key differences between the practice of dentistry in the UK and their member states of origin. British Dental Journal; 211: 133 – 137

Zusman SP, Eaton KA, Harris M, Amariei C. (2015) A pilot project to improve the oral health of orphans and of the elderly in residential care in Constanta, Romania. Community Dental Health; 31: 1-4.

Ziller S, Eaton KE*, Widström E (2015) The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in European Union Member States: Part1: Germany. British Dental Journal; 218: 239 – 244. (Erroneously published as KE rather that KA).

Bravo M, Martin LS, Casals E, Eaton KA, Widström E (2015) The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in European Union Member States: Part 2: Spain. British Dental Journal; 219: 547 – 551.

Pegon-Machat E., Faulks D., Eaton K.A., Widström E., Higues P, Tubert-Jeannin S (2016). The healthcare system and provision of oral healthcare in EU Member States: France. British Dental Journal ; 220: 197 – 203.

Demaskinos P, Koletsi-Kounari H, Economue C, Eaton KA, Widström E. (2016) The healthcare system and provision of oral healthcare in EU Member States: Part4 Greece. British Dental Journal 220: 253-260.

Oancea R, Amariei C, Eaton KA, Widström E. (2016) The healthcare system and provision of oral healthcare in EU Member States: Part5 Romania.. British Dental Journal ; 220: 361- 366.

Malkiewicz K, Malkiewicz E,. Eaton KA, Widström E. ( 2016)The healthcare system and provision of oral healthcare in EU Member States: Part 6 Poland. British Dental Journal 2016; 221: 501 -507. .

Woods, N., Ahern, S., Burke, F., Eaton, K.A., Widström, E. (2017): The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in the European Union member states. Part 7: Republic of Ireland. British Dental Journal; 222: 541-548

Bindi, M., Paganelli, C., Eaton, K.A., Widström, E. (2017): The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in the European Union member states. Part 8: Italy. British Dental Journal; 222: 809-817

Pälvärinne R., Widström E., Forsberg B.C., Eaton K.A., Birkhed D.(2018)The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in European Union Member States: Part 9: Sweden. British Dental Journal ; 224: 647-651.

Sinclair E., Widström E., Eaton K.A. (2019) The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in European Union Member States: Part 10: comparison of systems and with the United Kingdom. British Dental Journal; 227: 305 – 310.

Charalambous C., Mamas T., Eaton K.A. (2019) The system of the provision of oral healthcare in the Republic of Cyprus and the effect of the economic crisis. Oral Health Preventive Dentistry, Sep 10:1-7. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a43002. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:31508601

Eaton K.A., Ramsdale M., Leggett H., Csikar J., Vinall K., Whelton H., Douglas G. (2019) Variations in the provision and cost of oral healthcare in 11 European countries: a case study. International Dental Jourrnal, doi: 10.1111/idj 12437 [e pub ahead of print].