Fred A. Freedman, Dental Trade Alliance, Vice President of Member Services, will be installed during the IDM General Assembly Meeting in Chicago. Freedman will begin serving a two-year term as President of the IDM on February 25, succeeding Dr. Gianfranco Berrutti from the Italian Dental Association, UNIDI.
Freedman has been employed by DTA since 2002. He has co–chaired various IDM working group committees, hosted international events on behalf of IDM, and has served on IDM’s Executive Board for the past six years. Additionally, Freedman has served the member companies of DTA by assisting with exports, regulatory affairs and standards, compliance issues, trade shows and exhibitions and member engagement. He is staff liaison with outside healthcare organizations including FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiography, the International Standards Organization, U.S. Department of Commerce, and adjacent organizations to the DTA.
Other DTA Members that have served as past presidents of IDM include the late Milly Goldstein from Harry S. Bosworth and Company and Christian Brutzer from Ivoclar Vivadent. The IDM typically convenes twice a year at the FDI Meeting in September (various locations) and at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting in the even years and at the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne, Germany, in the odd years.
About the Dental Trade Alliance
The Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) is a member supported trade association of suppliers and service providers of the oral health profession and industry with the common goal of improving the state of oral care. The organization provides resources, knowledge-sharing opportunities and advocacy supporting businesses throughout North America, with ties to the rest of the globe. With a dedication to oral health that reaches back to the 1800s, the modern day DTA is committed to the success of its members and the industry at large.
Through a combination of business intelligence, education initiatives and industry-leading events, the DTA drives a stronger bottom line for companies supporting the oral care marketplace. The organization’s policy and advocacy efforts focus on maintaining a safe oral care environment while minimizing regulations that make it difficult for suppliers and service providers to operate profitable businesses. The DTA Foundation (DTAF) supports the DTA mission closer to the patient level, by funding grants and scholarships to improve access and education. The Dental Trade Alliance is making a lasting impact on the oral care ecosystem.
Learn more about the DTA at dentaltradealliance.org.
About the International Dental Manufacturers Association
The International Dental Manufacturers is an association representing the joint international interests of regional member industry associations. They include the ADIA of Australia, ABIMO from Brazil, F.I.D.E from Europe, the JDTA from Japan, AMIC from Mexico, and the US Dental Trade Alliance. The IDM has been the home and the voice of International Dental Manufacturing for more than 40 years. The IDM represents the global interests of dental manufacturers on a broad range of interests from worldwide regulatory changes, international exhibition opportunities, International Standards Organization (ISO/TC 106) Meetings, global access to oral care and direct communications and involvement with the FDI, the International Dental Association.
Learn more about the IDM at www.idm-vox.org/.
