Editorial

摘要

The Japanese Dental Science Review (JDSR) is one of the official journals of Japanese Association for Dental Science (JADS: http://www.jads.jp). The history and overview of JAPS will be introduced here in relation to the publication of JDSR. The Association was first founded in 1949 as an academic conference in Japan Dental Association (JDA) and established as an academic society named JADS within JDA in 1960 with affiliation of 7 specialized organizations involving the Japanese Association for Oral Biology, the Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry, the Japanese Prosthodontic Society, the 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. It currently comprises 21 specialized organizations and 18 authorized organizations which are the major academic dental societies in Japan as listed in JDSR. Those organizations are independently characterized as the core societies leading their specialized fields not only domestically but also internationally. The numbers of the JADS members are 95,627 as of February 28, 2011, consisting of 64,940 JDA members and 30,687 members of specialized and authorized organizations.