Societies Members of IOFOS
American Society of Forensic Odontology
President: Roy Sonkin
E-mail: rhs12@nyu.edu
President-Elect: Richard Weems
E-mail: rweems@uab.edu
Website: www.asfo.org
Australian Society of Forensic Odontology
President: Dr. Mark Leedham
E-mail: mark.leedham@internode.on.net
Secretary: Dr. Jenny Ball – PO Box 34, West Perth, WA, 6872
E-mail: jenny@adawa.com.au
Tel.: +61 0419 044 549 – Fax +61 08 9321 1757
Treasurer: Dr. Jane Taylor
E-mail: Jane.Taylor@newcastle.edu.au
Tel.: +61 0418 436 113
Website: www.ausfo.com.au
Austrian Society of Forensic Medicine (ÖGGM)
President: Prof. Dr. Walter Rabl, GMI Tirol, Medical University of Innsbruck,
Muellerstrasse 44 – A-6020 Innsbruck – Austria
E-mail: walter.rabl@i-med.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 9003 70631 Fax : +43 412 9003 73600
Website: www.oeggm.com
Brazilian Association of Forensic Odontoloy (ABOL)
President: Célio Spadácio
E-mail contato.abol@gmail.com
International Representative: Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva
E-mail ricardohenrique@usp.br
Website: http://www.portalabol.com.br
British Association for Forensic Odontology
President: Dr Phil Marsden, Dental Surgery, 170 Holland Park Ave, London, W11 4UH
E-mail: phmarsden@hotmail.com
Tel.: 020 7603 4155 Mobile: 07860 461800
Website: www.bafo.org.uk
Croatian Association of Forensic Stomatologists
President: Hrvoje Brkic, Gunduliceva 5, HR-10000Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385-14802145, Fax: 385-14802159,
E-mail: brkic@sfzg.hr
Secretary: Marin Vodanovic
Dansk RetsOdontologisk Forening – DROF
(Danish Society of Forensic Odontology)
President: Niels Dyrgaard Jensen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of
Forensic Medicine – section of Forensic Pathology, Unit of
Forensic Odontology,
Frederik V’s Vej 11 – 2100 Copenhagen – Denmark
Tel.: +45-35326160 – Mob +45-29615401
E-mail: niels.dyrgaard@forensic.ku.dk
Vice-President and Secretary: Laila Friis
E-mail: lailasfriis@gmail.com
Website: www.retsodont.dk
Finnish Association of Forensic Odontology
Chairman: Dr. Jaana Hurnanen, Department of Forensic Medicine,
Box 40, FIN00014 University of Helsinki / Finland
Tel: +358 40 5452527
E-mail: jaanahurnanen@hotmail.com
Secretary: Olli Varkkola
E-mail: olli.varkkola@helsinki.fi
Flemish Association of Dental Experts
Charman: Eddy de Valck, Parklaan 10, B-1852 Brussels, Belgium
Tel.: 32-22690642
E-mail: eddy.de valck@pandora.be
Association Francaise d’Identification Odontologique (AFIO)
President: Dr. Laborier, 16 rue Monchapet, 21000 DIJON, France
Tel: 33-380554726 Private tf: -380552856, Fax: 380582382
Dr. Marc Hutt, 11 Quai des Beteliers, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Tel. 33-388353000, Fax -388379464, private -607625213
E-mail: jmhutt@hotmail.com
Germany – Arbeitskreis für Forensische Odonto-Stomatologie
(German Academy of Forensic Odontostomatology)
President: Prof Dr Rüdiger Lessig, Institut für Forensische Medizin,
Franszosenweg 1, D-06112 Halle (Saale), Deutschland
Tel.: +49-345 557 1768 Fax: +49-345 557 1587
E-mail: ruediger.lessig@uk-halle.de
Vicepresident: Prof. Dr. Ludger Figgener, Westphelian Wilhelms-University of
Muenster,Center for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials
Waldeyerstr. 30, D-48149 Muenster
Tel.: +49 251 834 7080 Fax +49 251 834 7182
E-mail: figgenl@uni-muenster.de
Secretary: Dr. Claus Grundmann, Arnikaweg 15 D-47445 Moers, Deutschland
Tel.: +49 2841 40406 – Fax: +49 2841 40407
E-mail: clausgrundmann@hotmail.com
Website: www.akfos.com
Sociedad de Odontoestomatólogos Forenses Iberoamericanos -SOFIA-
President: Dr. Gabriel M. Fonseca Telephone: +56 956959332 presidencia@sofia.lat
Vice President: Dra. Catherine Sandoval-Marchant vicepresidencia@sofia.lat
Secretary: Dr. Víctor Tomei secretaria@sofia.lat
Treasurer: Dra. Claudina Avalos tesoreria@sofia.lat
Website: http://www.sofia.lat/index.php
Icelandic Society of Forensic Odontology
Chairman: Dr. Svend Richter, Skolavørdurstigur 1a, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel.:354-5522033, 354. Mob:8935679 Fax: 5622093.
E-mail: svend@isholf.is
Indian Association of Forensic Odontology
President: Prof. C. V. Subba Rao – Tel. Mob. +91-9444271527; +91-8189936199
E-mail: drsubbarao41@yahoo.com
Secretary: Dr. Ashith B. Acharya
Tel: +91 836 2468142 (Ext. No. 115)/ Mob. +91 9880192052
E-mail: ashith.acharya@sdmcds.edu or ashithacharya@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.theiafo.org
Indo Pacific Academy of Forensic Odontology
President: Prof. R. K. Gorea
E-mail: rakeshgorea@gmail.com
Vice-President: Dr. Neeraj TaneJa
Secretary: Dr. A.D. Aggraval
Tel. +919872020840; +917082900366
Web Site: http://forensicwayout.org
Israel National Police Volunteer Dentists Unit
Contact person: Dr. Tzipi Kahana, National Centre of Forensic Medicine,
67 Ben Zvi Road, P O Box 8495, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tel.: + 972 3 512 7857 – + 972507643407 – Fax: +972 3 683 3813.
E-mail: kahana.tzipi@gmail.com
Address: Disaster Victim Identification Unit – Division of Identification and
Forensic Science
Israel National Police Head Quarters
Sheik Jarah 1
Jerusalem, 91906 – Israel
Head of Unit – Dr. Revital Hivert
Italy – ProOF – Progetto Odontologia Forense
(Forensic Odontology Project)
President: Prof. Gian-Aristide Norelli, Chief Legal Medicine Section, University of Florence
V.le Morgagni 85, Firenze, Italy
Tel: +39 55415525 Fax: +39 557947567
E-mail: ganorelli@unifi.it
Secretary: Prof Vilma Pinchi.
E-mail: pinchi@unifi.it
Website: www.proofweb.eu
Italy – SIOLA Societa’ Italiana di Odontoiatria Legale e Assicurativa
President: Prof. Andrea Spota, Roma
Tel: +39 050 8756850 Fax +39 050 8756859
E-mail: info@siola.eu
Representative IOFOS: Dr. Emilio Nuzzolese, Bari
Tel:+39 080 5042555 Fax: +39 080 22031198 – Mobile:+44 787 2265162
E-mail: emilionu@tin.it
Website: www.siola.eu
Japanese Society of Forensic Odontology
Chairman: Kyioshi Minagouchi, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 , Mihama-ku, Ciba City, 261 Japan.
E-mail: minaguci@tdc.ac.jp
Yoichi Hanaoka, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 , Misaki-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tel.: 81-3-6300-9276
E-mail: yoichi.hanaoka@nifty.ne.jp
Korean Committee of Forensic Odontology/Dental Jurisprudence
Chairman: Prof. Chang-Lyuk Yoon, Department of Oral Medicine and Forensic
Odontology, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
Tel: 82-62-220-3895, Mob: 82-11-231-3626
E-mail: clyoon@chosun.ac.kr
The Netherlands – FMG – Forensisch Medisch Genootschap
President: Dr. Tatjana Naujocks
Vice President: Dr. Remy Smitshuizen
Secretary: Dr. Kees Das
Address: PO-box 2200 – NL-1000 CE Amsterdam – The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-20-5555245, Fax: +31-20-5555106
Reference Person: Dr. Frithjof Kroon
E-mail: frithjofkroon@hotmail.com – kroon@rpz.nl
Website: www.forgen.nl
New Zealand Society of Forensic Odontology
President: Dr Chris Brooks – Mobile Tel. +64 211410829
E-mail chris@citydental.net.nz
Secretary: Dr David Antunovic – Mobile Tel. +64 274962770
E-mail: dave.antunovic@xtra.co.nz
Postal address: NZSFO, C/o Dr D Antunovic, Vivian Street Dental Centre, 53
Vivian Street, New Plymouth, 4310 NEW ZEALAND
Tel.: +64-6-7584747 – Fax +64-6-7537703
Website: www.nzsfo.org.nz
Nigerian Association of Forensic Odontology
President: Prof Jonathan O. Lawoyin, D.D.S, MMSc, – Department of Oral
pathology/medicine, College of medicine, University college hospital,
Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
Tel.: (Mobile): +234(0)8053087079, 8023245193
E-mail: jonathanlawoyin@hotmail.com
Secretary:Dr Bamidele Kolude, BDS, FWAPMC, Msc. Department of Oral pathology/medicine, college of medicine,
University college hospital
lbadan Nigeria
Tel.: (Mobile) : +234 805 530 9574
E-mail: delekolude2003@yahoo.co.uk
Treasurer: Dr Olubukola Adeyemi, BDS, FWAPMC, Msc, department of Oralpathology/medicine,
college of medicine, University college hospital
Ibadan Nigeria
Email: oluwabukolawale2003@yahoo.com
Graphics/IT: Dr Ope Sigbeku, BDS, Department of Oral pathology/medicine, University college hospital, Ibadan.
E-mail: opesigbeku@yahoo.com
Norwegian Society of Forensic Odontology
Leader: Prof. Tore Solheim
E-mail: solheim@odont.uio.no
Vice Leader: Dr. Mojgan Mirtaheri
E-mail: mojgan_mir@hotmail.com
Secretary: Wencke Stene-johansen
E-mail:wenckesj@online.no
Forensic Odontology Society of the Philippines
Mail-Address: otcdsafp@gmail.com
President: Dr. Reynaldo C. Torres
Office of the Chief Dental Service Armed Forces of the Philippines, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City -Philippines
Tel: 029116001 local 6626
Secretary: dr. Domingo T. Singayan jr
Office of the Chief Dental Service Armed Forces of the Philippines
Tel: 09228220747
E-mail: singayandtjr@yahoo.com
Polish Society of Forensic Odontology
Address: Department of Forensic Medicine, Poznań University of Medical Sciences ul. Świecickiego 6, 60-781 Poznań, Poland
President: Katarzyna Wochna PhD, DDS
E-mail: kaj.wochna@gmail.com
Vice President: Mariusz Glapiński, PhD, DDS
E-mail m.glapinski@ptos.pl
Treasurer: Paweł Świderski, MD
E-mail: drpablo@tlen.pl
Secretary: Agnieszka Przystańska PhD, DDS
E-mail:aprzyst@ump.edu.pl
Website: www.ptos.pl
Portuguese Association of Forensic Sciences APCF (Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses)
President: Prof. Doctor Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira
E-mail: apcforenses@gmail.com or geral@apcforenses.org
International Department: Inês Morais Caldas & Daniel Pérez Mongiovi
E-mail: international@apcforenses.org
Treasurer: Prof. Doctor Áurea Carvalho
E-mail: tesouraria@apcforenses.org
Website: www.apcforenses.org
Rua Central da Gandra 1317 4585-116 Gandra Tel.:+351224157216
Laboratório de Ciências Forenses e Psicológicas Egas Moniz (LCFPEM)
Address: Campus Universitário, Quinta da Granja 2859-511 Monte de Caparica Almada, Portugal.
Prof. Dra. Cristiana Palmela Pereira (Portuguese Forensic Odontologist)
Tel.: +0351 212946856 – Fax: +0351 212946852 – Telem: +0351 914796217
E-mail: cristiana.pereira@fmd.ul.pt
Website: www.lcfpem.com
South African Society for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology
Chairman: Prof. Herman Bernitz, Dept of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology,
POBox 1266, Pretoria 0001, Rep of South Africa
Tel.: +27 12 319 2523 /+27 13 282 6419,0 Fax: +27 13 282 6419, Cell phone: +27 845125258
E-mail: bernitz@iafrica.com
Swedish Society of Forensic Odontology
Contact: Irena Dawidson, D.D.S. Ph. D.
The National Board of Forensic Medicine – Forensic Odontology Section
Retzius väg 5 – 171 65 Solna – Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)8 54 54 21 13 – Mobile phone: +46 (0)70 569 56 45 – Fax: +46 (0)8 32 56 27
E-mail: Irena.Dawidson@rmv.se
Swiss – FOCH – Forensische Zahnärzte der Schweiz
(Forensic Odontologist Confoederatio Helvetica)
President: Dr. med. dent. Bernhard H. Knell, Weinbergstr. 1 CH-8802 Kilchberg Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 715 52 32 (office) Fax: +41 44 715 52 37
E-mail: bknell@swissonline.ch
Thailand
Contact: Pol.Col. Surasak Choychumroon, Dental Section, Police General Hospital.
RAMI-1Road, Pathuman Bangkok 10330 Thailand.
Tel.: 0-2252-5918
E-mail: dentpolice@myway.com
Turkey – Society of Forensic Osteology, Odontology & Identification (ADOK)
President: Dr. Huseyin AFŞİN, PhD, – Forensic Odontology Unit, Council of Forensic Medicine
Ministry of Justice, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel.: +90 212 5855858 / Mob. +90 5322145921
E-mail: huseyinafsin@gmail.com
Secretary: Dr. Abdi Ozaslan
University of Istanbul, Cerrahpaşa
Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul/Turkey
Accountant: Dr. Yalçın BÜYÜK, Assoc.Prof,
E-mail: doctorbuyuk@gmail.com
Treasurer: Dr. A.Sadi ÇAĞDIR, M.D
E-mail: sadicagdir@gmail.com
Dr. M. Ziya Kır MD
ziyakir@yahoo.com
+905452553330.
Address of the association: Hacikadin caddesi, 18-1 Fatih-Kocamustafapaşa, Istanbul
Phone: 00902125855858
Website: www.adoktr.org
United Arab Emirates
Contact: Dr. Salem Aldhuhouri – Forensic Evidence Department – Abu Dhabi Police GHQ
Ministry of Interior – United Arab Emirates
E-mail: saldhuhouri@adpolice.gov.ae
Website: fed.adpolice.gov.ae
Ukraine – Ukraine Association of Forensic Odontology (UAFO)
President: Prof. Kostenko Yevhen -Dean of the Dental Faculty,
Uzhgorod National University, Head of the Scientific-Research centre of Forensic Odontology.
Tel.: +38 0312640361 / Mob. +38 067 5004660
E-mail: yevhen.kostenko@yandex.ru
Secretary: Dr. Ostap Beley
E-mail: oooups@gmail.com
Tel.+38 063 1533375
Treasurer: Dr. Mykhaylo Slyvka
E-mail: michail.slyvka@gmail.com
Tel. +38 0997339560
Secretary of Scientific-Research centre of Forensic Odontology – Dr. Myroslav Goncharuk-Khomyn
E-mail: mirhom@rambler.ru
foTel. +380 991212813
Website: http://uafo.org.ua/