The IAPD was founded in 1969 as the International Association of Dentistry for Children, a forum for paediatric dentists and for general dentists who treat children. Today, from its secretariat in Geneva, it links 87 national member societies and, through them, more than 30,000 dentists. Its official journal, the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, is shared with the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry. It convened the summit behind the Bangkok Declaration on Early Childhood Caries, and it develops the Consensus Recommendations that clinicians, educators and policymakers use around the world. Every second year the profession meets at its world congress: Cape Town in 2025, Osaka in 2027.

Membership is the front door to all of it, and Legacy Live built the system behind that door. A dentist anywhere can apply online, pay a fee matched to their country’s World Bank income group, and go straight to the journal, the lecture library and congress discounts. The Secretariat approves, renews, reminds and reports from one dashboard, and a reconciliation screen finds any payment that never reached a member’s profile. The IAPD Fellowship runs on the same record. It covers the application, two years of CE credits with evidence, exam fees and results, certificates, and a directory of Fellows who choose to be listed. It also handles the yearly CE, attestation and fee that keep FIAPD current. For families, we built Fluoriders Corner, the campaign that began with children dancing and brushing at the Cape Town congress. Less time goes on chasing payments and spreadsheets. More goes on the reason IAPD exists: a cavity-free future for children.