About The New Zealand Society of Periodontology

Membership of the Society

• Full membership of the Society is available to all members of the New Zealand Dental Association
• Associate membership of the Society is available to dental hygienists and therapists; associate membership provides all rights of membership except the right to vote
• Honorary Life membership is awarded to anyone whom the Society wishes to honour.
  Currently this honour is extended to five members of the Society:
     -  Dr Newton Wickham
     -  Dr Paul Harvey
     -  Associate Professor Alan Laws
     -  Associate Professor Angela Pack
     -  Dr Niel Ewart
• All enquiries for membership of the Society should be directed to the Treasurer, Dr Ling Feng Soo
  86a Bush Road, Albany, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
  email: perio@dentalontheshore.co.nz

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Management of the Society

President	Dr Douglas Waters
Vice-President/President Elect	Dr Richard Henderson
Treasurer	Dr Ling Feng Soo
Secretary
Committee Members	Dr John Boyens Dr Hilary Raffle Dr Tiffany Logan Dr Helen English

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History of the Society

The conception of the Society came about following the musings of three eminent New Zealand periodontists: Dr Newton Wickham, Dr David Watt and Professor William (Bill) Cunningham. At a meeting held on September 19th 1951 during the NZDA conference in Napier the Society was established formally with ten foundation members. The foresight of those inaugural members has been fulfilled with the Society celebrating its 50th anniversary in Auckland in 2001 in conjunction with the 8th biennial meeting of the International Academy of Periodontology. Over that time the Society has gone from strength to strength and continues to meet the challenges of promoting periodontal health to the dental and other health professions and to the general public.

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Journal of the New Zealand Society of Periodontology

The Journal of the Society is published once or twice a year depending upon availability of copy.  The Journal is distributed free to all members of the Society and is available to overseas subscribers on payment of an overseas subscription.

Editor of the Journal:
Dr Douglas W Holborow BDS(Otago) FDSRCS Edin
Discipline of Periodontology
School of Dentistry
PO Box 647
Dunedin, New Zealand

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