Social Contribution of the Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology

Abstract

  After more than 40 years as a member of the Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology (JDSA) and 17 years as a board member, the author has recognized the importance of not only daily educational, research, and clinical activities, but also activities outside the JDSA (such as those involving the Japanese Association for Dental Science and the government) so as to increase the JDSA’s contribution to the dental community and the public. Consequently, the author has worked to promote several issues related to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. In other words, the author decided to go beyond “contributing to the progress of dentistry and dental health care through the results of academic activities” to “bringing about valuable changes in dental health care in Japan through the results of academic activities” as his own goal. In all of these tasks, the knowledge and experiences that the author has gained through JDSA activities have played major roles. Based on these experiences, the author would like to ask not only the current board members and committee chairs and members, but also young dental anesthesiologists who will become active as key JDSA members in the future to take an interest in social contribution in the context of the JDSA’s activities and to work actively and strategically to further enhance the JDSA’s presence.