PERIONZ

The conception of the Society came about following the musings of three eminent New Zealand periodontists: Dr Newton Wickham, Dr David Watt and Professor William (Bill) Cunningham. At a meeting held on September 19th 1951 during the NZDA conference in Napier the Society was established formally with ten foundation members. The foresight of those inaugural members has been fulfilled with the Society celebrating its 50th anniversary in Auckland in 2001 in conjunction with the 8th biennial meeting of the International Academy of Periodontology. Over that time the Society has gone from strength to strength and continues to meet the challenges of promoting periodontal health to the dental and other health professions and to the general public.