Welcome to The Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry Home Page.

The Central Office is located at:
The Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry,
c/o Oral Health Association of Japan (Koku Hoken Kyokai),
Komagome TS Bldg., 1-43-9 Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0003, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3947-8891, FAX: +81-3-3947-8341
Mail：gakkai5@kokuhoken.or.jp

About The Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry

Background

The Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry, founded in 1955, is made up of specialists from all dental schools in Japan. Our members also include private and hospital dental practitioners. We remain the only dental society that covers the whole area of conservative dentistry, i.e., operative dentistry, endodontics and periodontology, in Japan.

Members

The society had 4,705 members including 90 honorary members as of 31 March 2025

General assembly

General Membership Meeting is held once a year in conjunction with the spring scientific meeting. Extraordinary Membership Meeting may be held in conjunction with the autumn scientific meeting.

Executive members (Term: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027)

President:
Chiaki Kitamura , Kyushu Dental University
Vice-president:
Hideki Shiba , Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
Yoshiharu Mukai , Kanagawa Dental University, School of Dentistry
Immediate-Past president:
Mikako Hayashi , The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Dentistry

Directors: 74
Standing directors: 17
Auditors: 2
Managers: 4

Executive meetings

Directors' meetings are held twice, and Standing directors' meetings and held four times per year, for the discussion of academic activities, budgets, committees' proceedings, etc.

Standing Committees

The Editorial Committee, chaired by Osamu Takeichi
The Public Relations and Insurance Committee, chaired by Hidefumi Maeda
The Dental Educational Committee, chaired by Yoshishige Yamada
The Academic Committee, chaired by Satoshi Kawano
The Long-range Planning Committee, chaired by Satoshi Yokose
The Terminology Committee, chaired by Yoshiko Masuda
The Negotiation Committee, chaired by Atsutoshi Yoshimura
The International Relation Committee, chaired by Masahiro Saito
The Accredited Specialists Committee, chaired by Takahiko Morotomi
The Dental Hygienist Examination Committee, chaired by Hiromichi Yumoto
The Election Administration Committee, chaired by Matsuo Yamamoto
The Ethics Committee, chaired by Yoshiharu Mukai
The COI Committee, chaired by Yoshiharu Mukai
The Constitution and By-laws Committee, chaired by Hideki Shiba
The Awards Committee, chaired by Hideki Shiba
The Publicity Committee, chaired by Yuichiro Noiri

Scientific meetings

Scientific meetings are held biannually in spring and autumn.

"Scientific meetings"

"Abstracts" of "The Japanese Journal of Conservative Dentistry"

Bulletins/Journals/News

"The Japanese Journal of Conservative Dentistry" is issued in February, April, June, August and October.
English journal "Operative Dentistry, Endodontology and Periodontology (ODEP)", will start publishing from December 2021.
The Journal publishes original research articles, review articles and case reports related to operative dentistry, endodontics and periodontology.

Japanese Journal

The Japanese Journal of Conservative Dentistry

The Japanese Journal of Conservative Dentistry (J-STAGE)

English Journal

Operative Dentistry, Endodontology and Periodontology

Operative Dentistry, Endodontology and Periodontology (J-STAGE)

Research trends

1. Operative Dentistry
   
   • Early caries detection
   • Adhesion to tooth structure
   • Esthetic restorative materials
   • Durability of restoration
   • Minimal intervention
2. Endodontology
   
   • Pulp biology
   • Endodontic biomaterials
   • Rotary root canal instrumentation
   • Endodontic application of cone beam CT
   • Root canal irrigation
   • Endodontic microbiology
3. Periodontology
   
   • Etiology and epidemiology of periodontal diseases
   • Immunology of periodontitis
   • Periodontal tissue engineering
   • Mucogingival and alveolar bone plastics
   • Periodontal micro flora
   • Supportive and sustainable tissue management
4. Interdisciplinary topics
   
   • Dental tissue regeneration
   • Clinical application of Lasers

Dental specialist system

The system for accredited specialist has been continued since 1991, to improve the quality in the area of conservative dentistry.

International exchange

The Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry (JSCD) signed a friendship agreement with the Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry (KACD) on 1997. According to this agreement, international joint meetings are held every year, alternately in Japan and Korea.

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