title: Orthodontics in the Mediterranean Area.
abstract: The article describes on the results of the first Workshop that SIDO organized in December 2005 in Cairo getting together twenty Countries who discussed Orthodontics in the Mediterranean Area. The aim was to take a picture, for the first time, of the state of Orthodontics in the different Mediterranean Countries using it as basis for a further co-operation. Progress in Orthodontics (published in English, indexed in Medline, free of charge website and downloading) was offered by SIDO as the means for a scientific and organizational sharing, and to spread a Mediterranean Orthodontic culture all over the world. The first step toward mutual understanding was completed and for the first time we collected data and the Mediterranean Orthodontic Integration Project (MOIP), on which we can base a coming meeting and debate, was introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calò
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garino
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cozzani
mesh_terms: D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012953:Societies, Dental; D000078329:Workforce