The European Dental Students’ Association (EDSA) was founded in 1988 in Paris, France and currently represents more than 65,000 dental students from 182 dental schools in 32 different countries. The EDSA is a non-profitable and a non-political organization that is open to all local or national dental students’ associations in the European region. Its offices are located in Dublin, Ireland. The EDSA has several aims including: - Inform students about the E.U. organization and politics in relation to dental medicine - Defend the interests of dental students - Foster collaboration on student-led projects - Develop and promote international networking and students exchanges - Connect different educational systems - Animate a globally active student community - Encourage national dental students associations to co-operate on an international level In other words, the EDSA aims to raise a constant “students’ point of view” in a national and international forum in addition to expressing European dental students’ opinions on educational, professional and social aspects of dentistry.