SPEMD Eventos Científicos e Culturais (Portugal)

SPEMD Eventos Científicos e Culturais (Portugal) is the events and scientific-cultural arm associated with the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e de Medicina Dentária (SPEMD), the Portuguese society for stomatology and dental medicine. The society was constituted on 21 June 1919 under charter (Alvará) no. 514/1919, making stomatology the first medical specialty in Portugal to organize itself as a scientific society. It was founded by a commission of physicians — Amor de Melo, Tiago Marques, Sacadura Falcão, Pereira Varela, Ferreira da Costa, Quartim Graça and Brito Ferreira — and began with only a few dozen members. The association is headquartered in Lisbon, at Rua Prof. Fernando da Fonseca, no. 10A, office 7, and operates three regional sections: Norte (based in Porto), Centro (based in Coimbra) and Sul (based in Lisbon). Its statutes, approved at an extraordinary general assembly on 21 February 2015, define it as a national, non-profit scientific and cultural association of unlimited duration, the successor to the former Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia founded in Lisbon in 1919. SPEMD's core activity is continuing education and scientific exchange for dentists and stomatologists. It organizes courses, the Noites da SPEMD, national and international meetings, research prizes and grants, and its flagship annual event, the Congresso Anual SPEMD. The XLVI Congresso Anual SPEMD was scheduled for 9–10 October in Porto at the Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, following the XLIV Congress in 2024 at the Fundação Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda. The society also publishes a journal (Revista), maintains a scientific patronage programme, and promotes initiatives such as the Mês de Saúde Oral (Oral Health Month) and a Selo de Reconhecimento (recognition seal). As a membership body, SPEMD serves stomatologists, medical dentists and students, with annual dues (anuidade) and a reserved members' area on its website. It is a private, non-profit entity rather than a listed company, and it engages with international bodies such as the FDI World Dental Federation, whose continuing education programme and annual congress it publicizes to Portuguese professionals.

The Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia was constituted on 21 June 1919 and received charter (Alvará) no. 514/1919. This made stomatology the first medical specialty in Portugal to organize itself as a scientific society. The founding commission consisted of the physicians Amor de Melo, Tiago Marques, Sacadura Falcão, Pereira Varela, Ferreira da Costa, Quartim Graça and Brito Ferreira. At its foundation the society had only about three dozen members. The spirit behind its statutes was to guide and promote the scientific, deontological and ethical training of its members through lectures, courses and high-quality congresses. For decades the association lobbied the competent authorities for the creation of organized teaching, advocating the introduction of a stomatology discipline with a specific curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine. In the early twentieth century, only a licence or a habilitation letter was required to extract teeth; a portaria of 13 July 1870 had established the programme for admission to dentist habilitation examinations. The society later became the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e de Medicina Dentária, described in its statutes as the continuator of the former Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia founded in Lisbon in 1919. Its current statutes were approved at an extraordinary general assembly held on 21 February 2015. Under those statutes the society is a national, non-profit scientific and cultural association of unlimited duration, headquartered in Lisbon at Rua Prof. Fernando da Fonseca, no. 10A, office 7, with three regional sections: Norte (Porto), Centro (Coimbra) and Sul (Lisbon). It may create further sections, delegations or other forms of representation, including in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira, and may join or affiliate with similar national and foreign institutions. Over its long history SPEMD has maintained a programme of scientific and cultural events. Its annual congress has been held for decades; the XLIV Congresso Anual SPEMD took place on 11–12 October 2024 at the Fundação Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda in Porto, and the XLVI Congresso Anual SPEMD was announced for 9–10 October at the Fundação Cupertino de Miranda in Porto. The society also runs courses, the Noites da SPEMD, research prizes and grants, a scientific patronage programme, the Mês de Saúde Oral and a Selo de Reconhecimento. It publishes a Revista and maintains links with international bodies such as the FDI World Dental Federation, whose continuing education programme and 2026 annual congress in Prague it promotes to Portuguese professionals.

• Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia constituted; charter (Alvará) no. 514/1919 granted.

• Portaria establishes the programme for admission to dentist habilitation examinations (historical context cited by SPEMD).

• Current statutes approved at an extraordinary general assembly.

• XLIV Congresso Anual SPEMD held on 11–12 October at the Fundação Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda in Porto.

• XLVI Congresso Anual SPEMD scheduled for 9–10 October at the Fundação Cupertino de Miranda in Porto.

• 2026 annual membership dues (anuidade) open for payment.

National non-profit scientific and cultural association for stomatology and dental medicine professionals in Portugal, focused on continuing education, scientific exchange and professional representation.

• Congresso Anual SPEMD

  Flagship annual scientific congress of the society, held in Porto in recent editions.

• Cursos SPEMD

  Continuing education courses for dental professionals, including endodontics and restorative topics.

• Noites da SPEMD

  Recurring scientific and networking evening events.

• Revista SPEMD

  The society's journal publication.

• Prémios and Bolsas

  Research prizes and grants with published regulations and awardees.

• Mês de Saúde Oral

  Oral health awareness initiative aimed at professionals.

• Selo de Reconhecimento

  Recognition seal programme of the society.

1. 1SPEMD official websitespemd.pt
2. 2SPEMD – Notíciasspemd.pt
3. 3SPEMD – Históriaspemd.pt
4. 4SPEMD – Estatutosspemd.pt
5. 5Wikidata – SPEMD Eventos Científicos e Culturais (Portugal)wikidata.org