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CDA Distinguished Service Award
CDA’s Distinguished Service Award is given to recognize outstanding
contributions to the dental profession, the dental community or the oral health
of Canadians at large, in a given year or outstanding service over a number of
years. It may also recognize outstanding contributions at the academic,
corporate, specialty society, council, commission or committee level.
Presentation to Dr. Clive Friedman
*Presented by Dr. Alexander Mutchmor, the Vice President, pictured above on
the right next to Dr. Clive Friedman. Dr. Mutchmor is currently the CDA
President-Elect. Photo by Mr. Greg Teckles.
It is said that the quality of our society will be judged by the manner in which we treat our most vulnerable citizens. If this
is the case, then the dental profession is fortunate indeed to have Dr. Clive Friedman within its ranks.
Dr. Clive Friedman is a pediatric dentist who has devoted his career to improving the lives of children and those with
special needs. His other interests include behavioral facilitation, family violence, caries management, motivational
interviewing, and functional oral health.
He was educated in South Africa and obtained his specialty training at Louisiana State University. He was a member of
CDA’s Committee on Clinical and Scientific Affairs for close to a decade, CDA’s Sub-Committee on Hospital Dentistry
and its Committee on Community and Institutional Dentistry. He also served on the CDA-ACFD Special Care in Dentistry
Working Group, CDA’s National Seniors Task Force and he chaired CDA’s National Task Force on Early Childhood
Caries. Closer to home, he served on the ODA’s Special Needs Task Force and has taught for many years at Western
University and the University of Toronto.
Internationally he has served on the Education Committee of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health,
and on the Advisory Board for a rare bone disorder called FOP, and has presented at numerous conferences. He is
Associate Editor of the British Journal of Disability and Oral Health and has served as a consultant to the Special
Olympics.
It is said that actions speak louder than words. His actions attest to a caring, compassionate and dedicated man who
has devoted his career to helping those in need. This includes participating in volunteer missions to the Honduras and
Mexico.
He is someone who will go to great lengths to build a rapport with his young patients, including, among other things,
wearing different colored shoes in the clinic.
His work has provided much needed attention to the area of special needs patients and to those who are most vulnerable,
and for this, the profession and society are its grateful beneficiaries.
I am delighted to present Dr. Clive Friedman with the CDA Distinguished Service Award.