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Dental World®
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November/December • 2000
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President’s Message
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I would like to congratulate Dr Frederick Halik on the completion of his term as President. He has certainly been one of the most erudite of our leaders. Our international Sections often request visitations from PFA Officers. Fred has represented us well throughout the world.
In November, Editor Brophy and I will attend the FDI Congress in Paris. I realize Paris is a tough duty, but someone has to do it! The Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, under the chairmanship of Dr Robert Shira, has become internationally recognized for its significant contributions to the worldwide dental health community. Our Hall of Fame of Dentistry, under the chairmanship of Dr Raymond Klein, has locations in the Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Maryland, and in Paris. In these two locations, we have placed our commemorative plaques honoring outstanding dentists of the world. |
Tufts University’s Dean of the School of Dental Medicine, past President of the American Dental Association, past President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and his current position as the President of the Pierre Fauchard Foundation. He has provided the motivation to bring the Foundation to its place of honor within the dental community. It is difficult to express in words the gratitude, respect, and honor our profession owes Dr Shira.
The semiannual Board Meeting will not be held in Chicago in 2001. Instead, the meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, with arrival on Wednesday, March 21, and departure Saturday, March 24. This change will provide a better interval and balance between our two scheduled meetings. It is with humility and pride that I assume the Presidency of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. I am honored to have the opportunity to work with this outstanding visionary Board of Trustees. As I look forward to this year, I welcome your counsel, advice, and support. |
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Dr. Malcom David Campbell
President |
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In Memoriam
Wife of PFA President Dies After Battling Cancer |
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The gracious lady Margie Long, wife of immediate past President Jim Long of Starkville, Mississippi, passed away 11 September 2000 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer.
Her service as PFA First Lady was exemplary. The final appointment for her husband’s term last year was to include our Hall of Fame Ceremony in Miami, Florida. From there, he was to be whisked away to Mexico City for the FDI Meeting and Elmer Best Ceremony. Sadly, it was not meant to be. While putting up a strong front but deeply concerned, President Long officiated at the L. D. Pankey Hall of Fame installation without his partner Margie. She had taken ill and went to the hospital. |
Immediately after the Miami ceremony, Jim returned to Mississippi to look after his wife; he was to meet us in Mexico City later that week. But Margie was not well and her battle against cancer was begun with Jim at her side. We missed them both in Mexico City. But now we will miss her most in our lives.
Dr Long has requested memorials be made in Margie Long’s name to the Cancer Research Fund or the Heart Foundation. |
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Foundation Footsteps of 1999
by Vice President Carl Lundgren |
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| The Foundation Board approved $317,050 in Grant Awards last year, bringing the total awarded over a four-year period to $1.2 million. Scholarships totaled $121,500, with 81 being given globally in the amount of $1500 apiece. The 54 dental schools in the United States received one each, and 27 were presented in 18 other countries. Our 22 Service Projects totaled $195,550, mainly with the use of volunteer dental personnel. The following is a list and thumbnail sketch of their activities: • Fundacao Esperanca of Michigan manages a dental clinic on the Amazon River in Brazil for the poor. • MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity) provides direct dental care to poverty-level uninsured patients in southern California. • The Rhode Island PFA will run a chewing tobacco cessation program in their state called “Hey Dude, Chew Isn’t Cool!” smokeless tobacco project. Under the enthusiastic leadership of Chair M. Christine Benoit, the Section has a portable display for exhibition in classrooms, health fairs, shopping malls, and sporting events. Brochures, posters, and videotapes are given to dentists to distribute. •The South Carolina PFA will provide a smokeless tobacco program, which provides a half-day seminar given by Dr John Barry in conjunction with the Medical College of Charleston. Participants are given literature, videotapes, and lecture instruction to duplicate the formal program for local schools, civic organizations, or any other appropriate groups. • Funding for the Special Olympics/Special Smiles program will be carried out by the Kentucky PFA. This Section functions as a part of the Kentucky Dental Health Coalition. Section Chair Karl Lange organizes that participation. The names of dentists who may be able to provide treatment in the patient’s local area are provided. In 1998, 600 special athletes received dental health education and screenings. The same was expected for 1999. Overhead costs are about $7 per athlete. • The Kentucky PFA will also provide funding for children to attend the Lexington Children’s Museum to see the dental health exhibit and have dental screening and health education. These children will see how toothpaste is made. Last year 1053 children participated. Of that total, 734 were screened by 278 volunteers. • Driving Miles for Healthier Smiles—Christina’s Smiles in Texas provides dental care for needy patients in cities where the Professional Golf Association holds tournaments. • Esperanza International of Solana Beach, California, provides dental diagnosis and hygiene for the poorest children of Tijuana, Mexico. These children live in or near the city dump and find their sustenance there. • The Center for Victims of Torture in Minnesota cares for 14,000 people who have been intentionally impoverished by their governments. The Minnesota PFA helps those people with direct dental care. Because of the patients’ psychic and physical trauma, the dentists providing this service need special training. • The Children’s Dental Health Association of San Diego, California, provides dental care for poor children. |
• Laval University of Quebec provides dental care in the Dominican Republic to the poorest of the poor. • The University of the Pacific School of Dentistry provides dental care in one of their many programs to the children of immigrant families of San Francisco. Most of these children are from southeast Asia. • The Ohio State University School of Dentistry provides extramural geriatric care at senior citizen centers. • Health Volunteers Overseas provides an introductory workshop for those dentists interested in volunteering for overseas charitable assignments. • The Omaha Campus for Hope Dental Center in Nebraska is an 85-bed facility for low-income patients who are chemically dependent. Catholic Charities is establishing a dental clinic to serve that population. • The University of California School of Dentistry in San Francisco provides a student-run dental care program for the homeless. • The Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation of Nevada will fund the training of five instructors on the Dentrix Clinical Work Station, a computer software program. This is part of the establishment of a new Dental Hygiene program in northern Nevada. • The Canadian PFA will develop an Academy Hall of Fame room at their National Dental Museum at the University of Ottawa, which will feature the fathers of Canadian dentistry. • The University of Costa Rica School of Dentistry will continue to develop its Multimedia Teaching System. • The PFA Section of Costa Rica will again provide a continuing education program at which the Loader-Espinach Prize will be presented. • The Pierre Fauchard Academy will sponsor a Leadership Conference, enhance its publications, and maintain a web site for the membership. The PFA Foundation awarded grants to five requesting PFA Sections last year because the philosophy of the Foundation Board is that the backbone of the Academy is active service participation by its individual members. These grants of up to $5000 can empower those activities. This creates enthusiasm as the grant results are achieved in the service field. Membership tends to increase when project results are seen. This is the same impact that service clubs, like Rotary and the Lions, achieve in their projects. The PFA is a dental service organization as well as an honor society. Thus, grant applications from our Sections have a high priority in the granting process. This autumn’s Meeting in Chicago provided a new group of dedicated organizations that requested funding to service our profession in helping the public we serve. As soon as that list is finalized we will publish that as well. All members through their Sections and all Sections are invited to participate in this process. As the Elks say in their service activities, “Our whole influence in life is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the emotions we feel, because the influence of a good deed continues on forever.” |
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2001 Calendar |
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| 29-31 March |
PFA Academy Board Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia |
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| May |
Australasia PFA Induction, Brisbane |
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| 6-8 September |
25th European Prosthodontic Association Conference, Prague |
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| 27 September-1 October |
FDI World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| 13-17 October | 141st ADA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri PFA Academy & Board Meetings |
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Central Office
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| Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal announced that PFA now has a lockbox for payment of dues for US members only. This allows for immediate deposit of the monies coming in to the Academy while providing a daily listing of those making payment. In the past, with dues coming due at the same time, the Central Office would be swamped with checks and charges that tied up the personnel for some time in itemizing them for deposit and entering each of them separately in the computer. A lockbox service provides for immediate direct deposit (and hence earning interest for the Academy right away) while providing the Central Office with an |
alphabetized listing of those paying that can quickly be entered into the Academy computer by the Central Office.The cost savings to the Academy over the old method is but one advantage. The time savings, allowing personnel to respond to members’ requests immediately instead of being tied up processing dues, is another. So, it is necessary that members use the enclosed PFA statement envelope when paying dues. For dues only, the lockbox address is: Pierre Fauchard Academy, P.O. Box 503642, St. Louis, MO, 63150-3642. This service is offered through the Bank of America. |
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Pierre Fauchard Academy,
Dr. Richard A. Kozal, Secretary/Treasurer P.O. Box 80330 Las Vegas, NV 89180-0330 |
Telephone:
Toll Free : Fax: E-mail: |
(702) 651-5013
(800) 232-0099 (702) 651-5537 PFAJDK@aol.com |
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Dame Margaret Seward Honored at Awards Luncheon |
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| At the PFA Awards Banquet held at Chicago’s Swissôtel during the ADA Meeting on Saturday, 14 October, Dame Margaret Seward of Great Britain was among those dignitaries honored by our Academy for their distinguished service to our profession globally. Dame Margaret received Honorary Fellowship in the Academy for her long list of continuing activities to British dentistry as well as her worldwide service. |
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Dame Margaret Seward
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Dame Margaret Seward is Advisor to the National Health Service Executive of the Department of Health in England. She also serves as Director of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the United Kingdom. She is Chairman of the sole competent authority for the Regulation of Specialist Training in Dentistry.
Dame Margaret qualified at the London Hospital Medical College Dental School, earning her BDS Honours in Prosthetics in 1959 and specializing in oral surgery. While holding a Registrar post in oral surgery, she worked as Dental Officer to the Nursing Staff at the London Hospital. Dame Margaret then took her Fellowship in Dental Surgery and was appointed head of the dental unit at Highlands Hospital in North London. After starting a family, she completed her MDS at the University of London. She then entered the Community Dental Service in Hertfordshire. In 1975, Dr Seward was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the British Postgraduate Medical Federation. There she compiled the Department of Health survey on the Provision of Dental Care by Women Dentists in England and in Wales. In 1978, she became editor of the British Dental Journal, a post she held until 1992. And in 1989, she became editor of the International Dental Journal. She has been a leading figure in FDI, serving as Chairman for its Committees on Communications, Ethics, and Legislation. Dame Margaret also served four years on the FDI Council (1989-1992). |
Dame Margaret was the first woman elected to the General Dental Council (1976), the dental governing body in the United Kingdom, and became its President in 1994 for a five-year term. Dr Seward was also the first woman to be elected to the Board of Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1980), becoming the first woman Vice Dean in 1990. She has also served as President of the British Dental Association (1993-1994). Dr Seward also served as President of the Middlesex and Hertfordshire Branch of the BDA (1986) and of the Section of Odontology of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dame Margaret is an ICD Fellow and Editor of the Digest of the European ICD Section. She is an ACD Fellow and member of its Editorial Board; she is also an ADI Fellow and Honorary Member of the ADA. Dame Margaret has lectured extensively throughout the world and has numerous articles and books published. Currently, she is Director of the “Better Opportunities for Women Dentists” project and the Teamwork Project. For her dedication to our profession, Dr Seward was appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours list of 1994 and was awarded Damehood (DBE) in the New Year’s Honours list of 1999, thus being the first woman dentist to achieve such status. |
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