日本歯科医学会

History of JADS

1948	Founded as the Japan Dental Association Academic Conference.
1960	Organized with 7 specialized organizations, namely, the Japanese Association for Oral Biology, the Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry, the Japan Prosthodontic Society, the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Japanese Society of Dental Materials and Equipment, the Japanese Orthodontic Society, and the Japanese Society for Dental Health.
1964	The Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology joined JADS.
1967	The Japanese Society of Pediatric Dentistry joined.
1972	The Japanese Society of Periodontology joined.
1973	The Japanese Dental Society Of Anesthesiology and the Society for Dental Materials and Devices joined.
1974	The JADS significantly revised its rules to improve its organizational structure; mainly to enhance the integration of clinical and academic works and the establishment of a financial basis. The Japan Society of Dental History and the Japanese Society of Dental Practice Administration joined, making a total of 14 specialized organizations.
1982	The Japanese Society of Dental Materials and Equipment and the Society for Dental Materials and Devices were merged and renamed the Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices.
1992	The Japanese Society of Oral Therapeutics and Pharmacology joined.
1999	The Japanese Society for Disability and Oral Health and the Japanese Society of Gerodontology joined.
2005	The Japan Association for Dental Education, the Japanese Society of Oral Implantology, and the Japanese Society for Temporomandibular Joint joined. Currently, there are 19 specialized organizations in this Association.

Past Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Japanese Association for Dental Science

Term of office  : 1960-1961
President         : Yutaka Nagao
Vice President : Masaru Suzuki / Katsumi Nagamatsu

Term of office  : April 1, 1962-March 31, 1964
President         : Rinzo Higaki
Vice President : Masaru Suzuki / Iwao Nagai

Term of office  : April 1, 1964-March 31, 1966
President         : Rinzo Higaki
Vice President : Kiyoshi Ohi / Hikari Saka

Term of office  : April 1, 1966-March 31, 1968
President         : Masaru Suzuki
Vice President : Kiyoshi Ohi / Yoshio Yagyu

Term of office  : April 1, 1968-March 31, 1970
President         : Masaru Suzuki
Vice President : Isoji Kato / Shunichi Nakamura

Term of office  : April 1, 1970-March 31, 1972
President         : Fuji Sugiyama
Vice President : Jiro Okamura / Shunichi Nakamura

Term of office  : April 1, 1972-March 31, 1974
President         : Mikio Shirasu
Vice President : Takahiro Matsui / Tadahiro Kirino （-October 14, 1973）Shoichi Ando（October 15, 1973-）

Term of office  : April 1, 1974-March 31, 1976 / April 1, 1976-March 31, 1978
President         : Mikio Shirasu
Vice President : Takao Fusayama

Term of office  : April 1, 1978-March 31, 1980 / April 1, 1980-March 31, 1982 / April 1, 1982-March 31, 1985
President         : Mikio Shirasu
Vice President : Heiji Maizumi

Term of office  : April 1, 1985-March 31, 1988
President         : Heiji Maizumi (-November 28, 1986）
Vice President : Imao Sunada (Acting President from November 29, 1986-)

Term of office  : April 1, 1988-March 31, 1991
President         : Imao Sunada
Vice President : Hiroshi Sekine

Term of office  : April 1, 1991-March 31, 1994
President         : mao Sunada (-November 30, 1991) , Hiroshi Sekine (January 15, 1992-)
Vice President : Hiroshi Sekine (Acting President from December 1, 1991 to January 24, 1992) , Tsuyoshi Saito (January 25, 1992-)

Term of office  : April 1, 1994-March 31, 1997
President         : Hiroshi Sekine (-September 29, 1996) , Tsuyoshi Saito (November 25, 1996-)
Vice President : Tsuyoshi Saito (Acting President from September 30, 1996-November 24, 1996), Hironori Sagawa (November 25, 1996-)

Term of office  : April 1, 1997-March 31, 2000
President         : Tsuyoshi Saito
Vice President : Minoru Ai

Term of office  : April 1, 2000-March 31, 2003
President         : Tsuyoshi Saito
Vice President : Yuzuru Kaneko

Term of office  : April 1, 2003-March 31, 2006
President         : Tsuyoshi Saito
Vice President : Norimasa Kurosaki

Term of office  : April 1, 2006-March 31, 2009
President         : Kazuhiro Eto
Vice President : Norimasa Kurosaki / Yoshinobu Ide