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The mission of the International College of Prosthodontists (ICP)
The ICP is an organization of internationally-trained prosthodontists, prosthodontic residents, and scientists who have interests in contributing to the advancement of the Prosthodontic specialty and discipline, and in promoting excellence in patient care across the globe.

History
The International College of Prosthodontists was founded in 1984 with the establishment of a steering committee composed of prosthodontists from seven different countries: Australia (Lloyd Crawford), Canada (George Zarb), Japan (Makoto Matsumoto), Sweden (Bo Bergman), Switzerland (Peter Scharer), the U.K. (the late Rowland Fereday, William Murphy, and Harold Preiskel), and the U.S.A. (Jack Preston).

It has been organizing biennial Conferences around the world. The aim has been to hold Conferences every two years in a different country and on a different continent. Past conferences have taken place in:


 * 1) 1985 - Seattle, Washington
 * 2) 1987 - Interlaken, Switzerland
 * 3) 1989 - Toronto, Canada
 * 4) 1991 - Hiroshima, Japan
 * 5) 1993 - Burgenstock, Switzerland
 * 6) 1995 - San Diego, CA
 * 7) 1997 - Malta
 * 8) 1999 - Stockholm, Sweden
 * 9) 2001 - Sydney, Australia
 * 10) 2003 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * 11) 2005 - Crete, Greece
 * 12) 2007 - Fukuoka, Japan
 * 13) 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa
 * 14) 2011 - Hawaii, Waikoloa Village (Big Island)
 * 15) 2013 - Turin, Italy
 * 16) 2015 - Seoul, Korea
 * 17) 2017 - Santiago, Chile
 * 18) 2019 - Amsterdam, The Netherland
 * 19) 2021 - Shanghai, China

For more details on the history of the ICP, see the ICP official website

The organization's official web site
https://www.icp-org.com/index.html.

The organization's official peer-review journal
The International Journal of Prosthodontics, published by Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc. (ISSN: 0893-2174).