About EOS

Foundation of the European Orthodontic Society by 10 Charter members

The first meeting of the Society in Berlin at the Grand Hotel de Russie

President: Dr W G Law

The constitution of the Society was agreed
Dr E H Angle was elected an Honorary Member

World War I: No meetings

Co-operation in the First International Orthodontic Congress

Co-operation in the Second International Orthodontic Congress

World War II: No meetings

The 28th Congress of the Society

President: Dr J A C Duyzings

Special event: a regatta was held and a model of a Dutch windmill was presented to the winners from Belgium.

The Dutch Society for the Study of Orthodontics gave to the EOS a magnificent silver model of a windmill, which was to be presented each year to the winner of the Silver Mill competition.

A light-hearted competition with a national flavour which is not too serious but is judged fairly.

It is a sport or a game for teams of the different countries represented at the annual congress.

The secret is only displayed just before the competition starts, it is a surprise.

Each winner is presented with a certificate with the outline in silver of the Silver Mill
The original Silver Mill resides permanently in the European Orthodontic Society’s headquarters in Hallam Street, London, and its base is inscribed with the names of the winners and the sport.

Death of Sheldon Friel, Past President and Honorary Member of the EOS.

His family gave a bequest to the Society to be used to commemorate his services to orthodontics and to the European Orthodontic Society.

Each year a lecture known as the Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecture is given by an eminent scientist to commemorate his contribution to the Society.

Co-operation in the Third International Orthodontic Congress.

The first Sheldon Friel Lecture was given by Kalevi Koski on ‘The mandibular complex’

The first (and only time) the congress took place in the Canary Islands: in Tenerife

EOS Research Awards given for the first time

Congress took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. First female President of EOS: Birgit Thilander

For the first time, abstracts of papers and posters presented at the Congress of the Society were published in the EJO – which continues to this day

The first W J B Houston research award was given to Dr I Lauweryns for her paper entitled ‘Magnetic resonance imaging of the masseter muscle in twins’

The first EBO exam took place, in Valencia.
This year also marked the beginning of close collaboration with EFOSA
This year was the first year the Houston Scholarship was awarded to carry out research – it was awarded to David Rice

Death of Beni Solow, Past President and Honorary Member of the EOS. An award was established to honour his outstanding work for the EJO as a member of the editorial board. The award is announced at the annual congress to this day.
Dr I. Kjær gave the first EOS postgraduate course on ‘Normal and pathological prenatal craniofacial development’ and ‘Cleft lip and palate: postnatal growth and clinical implications’
2000 was also the first year that there was a Postgraduate Party (which today is simply called the “Disco Night”)

First Beni Solow award was given to Birgit Thilander and colleagues for the paper ‘Orthodontic aspects of the use of oral implants in adolescents: a 10-year follow-up study’.

EOS Discontinued the Forum of National Orthodontic Societies in favour of EFOSA

100 Year Anniversary of the European Orthodontic Society. Congress took place in Berlin

No meetings due to Coronavirus pandemic

First meeting post pandemic took place in Limassol, Cyprus

Whilst the 100 year anniversary of the EOS was in 2007, 2025 will mark the 100th EOS Congress, and it will take place in Krakow, Poland