Dr Sophie Dartevelle is the President of the French Union for Oral Health. She gained her DDS in 1985 from the  Université́ Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. She has been director of a WHO Collaboration Centre since 2012 and is a member of the French Dental Association Delegation to the FDI.  She has also been working in private dental practice since 1987, in addition to memberships on boards such as the French Dental Association and an expert for the French National Authority for Health.