The Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO), a non-profit scientific association based in Milan, was founded in 1968. The mission of SIDO is to provide continuing education and support to its members, to be an advisor and consultant on Orthodontic issues and guidelines at the EU, at the Italian Ministry of Health and Education and at the governmental agencies both centrally and locally, to support regional and local programs and campaigns of orthodontic screening of the population as well as orthodontic care to disadvantaged children. SIDO has become the only Italian Orthodontic Society to be acknowledged legal status by the Ministry of Public Health. SIDO is a national CE provider acknowledged by the Ministry of Health.