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Tufts University School of Medicine

Vision:
Global Leaders in Oral Health

Mission:
Education Committed to Clinical Excellence

• Provide a contemporary curriculum with themes of integration, as well as a preclinical and clinical environment that incorporates emerging practice models and technologies.

Knowledge to Improve General and Oral Health

• Alignment of research and scholarship to contribute to knowledge and practice for oral and general health.

Care and Community

• Provide and develop an environment promoting a culture of inclusivity and contemporary care for faculty, staff, students, alumni, and patients locally and globally.

We achieve our mission through:

• Evolving comprehensive dental education that integrates science, technology, patient needs, and lifelong learning in a world-class environment
• Interdisciplinary, dynamic research to improve oral care and impact overall health
• Recruitment, development, support, and retention of a diverse group of exceptional students, faculty, staff, and alumni
• Civic engagement in service to our local, regional, national, and global communities

Values:

• Professional excellence and integrity in living, learning, and practicing with the highest ethical and clinical standards
• Commitment to advance dentistry through the integration of education, research, and collaboration
• Respect for one another’s rights, opinions, and beliefs in a diverse, culturally sensitive, and supportive environment
• A culture of open communication that fosters a sense of community

Arab Society of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction (ASOPD)

The mission of the society is spreading interest in the subject of orofacial facial pain disorders among dentists, and the general public, and following up on scientific developments in the field of Orofacial Pain at the level of the Arab world:

Increase the scientific and professional awareness of medical and dental professionals of the Orofacial pian in the Arab world.
Gathering colleagues, specialists, and interested in this field from all Arab countries within this society.
Developing strong cooperation between members of the society and international academies such as the AAOP and EAOPD.

Any dentist specializing in the following specializations can be an active member of this association:

Orofacial pain and sleep disorders.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral medicine
Prosthodontists
Neurologist
Otolaryngologist

The Society seeks to achieve these goals by the following means:

1. Holding periodic conferences at least once every two years.
2. Holding lectures and seminars, and establishing seminars to exchange information and experiences, among practitioners, in the field of orofacial pain.
3. Providing scientific advice on the subject of orofacial pain in the professional setting, scientific and legal institutions.
4. Organizing training courses to qualify colleagues who wish to treat oral and facial pain, as well as those who wish to develop their skills in this field, as well as supervise these courses.
5. Working on issuing a special magazine and supporting scientific research in the field of Orofacial Pain.
6. Work to establish and supervise continuing education programs in the field of Orofacial Pain.
7. Organizing participation in international conferences and meetings.
8. Working to increase pre-doctoral education in the field of orofacial pain in Arab universities.

Founding Board of the Arab Association for Orofacial Pain

The American Headache Society

The mission of the American Headache Society is to improve the care and lives of people living with headache disorders. The American Headache Society (AHS) is a professional society of health care providers dedicated to the study and treatment of headache and face pain.

The Society’s objective is to promote the exchange of information and ideas concerning the causes and treatments of headache and related painful disorders. Educating physicians, health professionals, and the public and encouraging scientific research are the primary functions of our Society.

AHS activities include an Annual Scientific Meeting, a comprehensive headache symposium, regional symposia for neurologists and family practice physicians, publication of the journal Headache and sponsorship of the American Migraine Foundation.