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To quote from Rainer Maria Rilke, “And now let us welcome the year full of things that have never been.” To paraphrase this, let us welcome the new century, full of things that have never been.
Our new graduates have problems concerning how to practice dentistry. They have money problems. Many have large debts and school loans to pay. They have concerns about practice. Do they work for someone? And I do mean work, as in “Do as you are told,” even if you do not agree with the diagnosis or treatment plan. This is a continuation of school where students take information, take techniques, and take what is available. After graduation, many new dentists take what the practice owner gives them. They take what the insurance company gives them. It all adds up to teaching the new dentists to be takers! Let us ask them to give something back to the community which they are a part. Help them to learn the joy that comes from giving to others. Help them, through service to others and service to the community, learn the attitude that will make them absolutely wonderful practitioners. They will learn what is important in life ... giving to others, not whether your car costs more than someone else’s, or your house is better than anyone else’s. That is the kind of value and virtue we need to put in the hearts of our new dentists. Let the new dentist be part of the solution! Your Academy has recognized the “taker” problem. For many years we have been active in offering help. The Academy presents, with no strings attached, one senior in each of our 54 dental schools and 28 international schools a check for $1,500. This year we gave $121,500 to dental students around the world. We, PFA members, have successfully done what other organizations have either talked about, or tried to do in a limited way. We began the Mentoring Program many years ago. We encourage our Section Chairs to work with the dental schools and to arrange for mentors and students to meet with the intent that students will have a friend in dentistry. This experienced friend becomes a person in whom the student can confide, a friend who maintains an ethical practice, and a person with whom they can talk about problems in dentistry in an ethical way. Our Foundation is responsible for many programs. We have programs all over the world providing care for the poorest of the poor in the Dominican Republic and in Brazil. We provide a mobile dental clinic in Paris, the availability of cleft palate surgery in Vietnam, and a multimedia center in Costa Rica to name a few. The Academy is spreading the meaning of what it means to be a dental professional serving the world. The Academy has become a major figure in world dentistry. |
I will have the honor of representing our Academy at the FDI Congress, which is the World Dental Parliament. The ADA, ADI, and the PFA are the only U.S. organizational representatives. Our Academy provides leadership. In fact, last year every candidate for the office of ADA President-Elect was a PFA Fellow.
We are an organization with a membership of 7,700 Fellows from 65 countries. I am proud to say that our PFA Foundation is now the world’s largest international dental philanthropic organization. Our Foundation uses your contributions to help serve people. Our overhead is low, with only one paid employee—a part-time Executive Director. The Board of Trustees is made up of volunteers who are the past Presidents of the Academy. The Dental Hall of Fame in Paris, with branches in Baltimore and in Toronto, was created to honor the great leaders of dentistry. By honoring our past, we bring meaning and awareness of our profession to the world. Many in our profession have little knowledge concerning the great contributions to patient health provided by these outstanding leaders. I thank you all for what you have done. To be a PFA Fellow makes one, in addition to being a fine dentist, a giver, not a taker. By giving and supporting the Academy, you should be proud of the help you have provided worldwide. In a five-year period we have awarded grants in excess of $1.5 million. In the near future, we expect to present a unique Continuing Education course. This is a concept that I believe has never been experienced before. We hope to be able to present this course to our Fellows at no charge! I am hopeful that the Foundation will be able to expand our programs, increase the funds for the student scholarships and increase the number of students who receive these scholarships. I want to thank you all for your help and support. We could never have succeeded without the caliber of people you make available with your membership. Many of you who have contributed so much would have helped people anyway, but under PFA we magnify your ability to bring greater service to the world. In many organizations today the emphasis is on, “What do I get out of it?” In PFA, I am happy to say that the great majority asks, “What can I do to help?” We are givers. I thank you for that. Malcolm David Campbell, DDS President |
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While the United States searched Florida for a new President among thousands of dented computer cards, our International President Malcolm David Campbell and his wife Janet commenced their first PFA International Tour. And what an excellent place was there to begin than in the heart of Europe—Belgium. Chairman Professor Jose Dahan and his gracious wife Marite greeted us to PFA Region I. Arriving the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (U.S. holiday), we joined Professor Dahan for dinner at Maison du Felix in a quiet sector of Brussels.
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The dinner, however, was all but that as President Campbell greeted the doctors and wives from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.After dinner, Dr. Campbell took the floor to discuss the importance of the personal internationality of our Fellowship. In a setting where only three of the visiting doctors had met before, the congeniality of the evening transcended the various language barriers to be a deeply rewarding experience for us all, in the name of Pierre Fauchard.
Chair Dahan presented Dr. Raymonde Duque to International President Campbell for conference of Honorary Membership on this great lady. In this private, intimate ceremony, before peers from four different nations, this honor was more than a simple expression of Academy recognition for one of Belgium’s finest professionals. This was a welcoming into Fellowship so often experienced in our international organization. Professor Dahan had arranged the setting to maximize the opportunities for us all to become well acquainted and begin new friendships. The midnight hour came too quickly as our first evening in Europe, and President Campbell’s first official duty, came to a successful close. |
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A rainy Thanksgiving morning did not dissuade the entourage from accompanying Marite Dahan through the churches of Ghent (Gent) and Brugge northwest of Brussels. The highlight of our tour was to actually see the famous paintings Het Lamb (Mystical Lamb), icons painted by the great Flemish masters the van Eyck brothers (1432) in St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Gent. For the U.S. Fellows, this was the city where our Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 with Britain, was drawn up and signed. We then hurried back to Bruxelles (Brussels) to prepare for the Belgium/Luxembourg Section Installation Ceremony and Awards Dinner. Professor Dahan had again outdone himself in arranging the ceremonies to be held at La Maison du Cygne (the Restaurant of the Swan) on the Grand Plaza of old Brussels. The several hundred-year-old restaurant greeted dignitaries from all over Europe, including our own New Hampshire Chair David Stahl and his wife, Bonnie. The room was covered with original paintings from Flemish master Brueghel.  Professor de Boever receiving plaque from President Campbell Professor Dr. de Boever from the University of Ghent presented a brief course on TMJ Dysfunction. This followed Professor Dahan’s all-day PFA scientific seminar at the Park Hotel on Dysfunctional Occlusion. After dinner, President Campbell gave a few remarks thanking Chairman Jose Dahan and Marite for their hospitality. “In a world of takers, we bring the joy of helping people. We, professionals, understand the value of service to our communities on all levels.” Dr. Dahan then presented Professor de Boever to President Campbell for bestowment of PFA International Honorary Fellowship. Our President went on to stress how our many PFA Sections worldwide bring together fellow professionals to continue Pierre Fauchard’s life work in sharing knowledge as Professors Dahan and de Bouver did today. But the Academy is more than that. We recognize and honor those in our profession who have gone beyond this in dedicating their lives to dentistry. |
And so we honor Drs. Raymonde Duque and de Bouver for their outstanding works here in Belgium. But the Academy is more than that. We establish Fellowship among the professionals with events, such as this dinner, to promote networking, to make contacts, and most importantly, to establish friendships and social exchanges. “As President, I cannot feel the warmth of your hand in a letter. I cannot share a conversation with you in a Dental World column. But being here with you this evening makes the world smaller for us all. The magic of this moment will last in our memories. And that is what PFA is all about.”
 Chairman Jose Dahan and President Campbell with new Fellows Chair Jose Dahan and President David Campbell inducted four new Fellows into the Academy. The highlight of the ceremony was the singing of the Belgium Section Induction Song by the new Fellows.  L-R, Fellow Frederic Bonnard holds his laugh while new Fellows sing their induction song Midnight came again too soon. But President David and Janet agreed that it had been an excellent way to celebrate our Thanksgiving. |
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Belgium III
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Belgium III A sunny Friday shone on International President Campbell and Editor Brophy tramping through the mud at Waterloo Battlefield as they tried to understand the crucible that was 1815 Europe, which brought almost a half million men to these farm fields that June of long ago. Tens of thousands were never to leave as old Europe gave birth to a new continent, which included Belgium a dozen years later. As we envisioned the carnage that was visited on this place in the heat of clashing armies, we contrasted it with our mission of bringing healing to the dental world.
 Editor Brophy and Marite Dahan overlooking Waterloo Battlefield We asked Marite Dahan, our guide, why this great battlefield was not marked with more monuments and memorials. She replied, “If we did that for every battlefield in Europe, we would have no land left to live on!” We, healers by nature, givers in our dental profession, as we trod the mud of Waterloo, came to understand that our PFA role in world history becomes more important as the Academy provides an alternative to covering Europe, and the planet, with battlefields. President Campbell pondered that the Academy and the Foundation are bringing dental assistance to meet the needs of a shrinking world. We honor those who serve the health of the public. We bring world Fellowship to practicing dentists, researchers, teachers, and the profession’s leaders to encourage their efforts. This reaching out to other cultures to help them, regardless of past conflicts, can also affect a change in attitudes toward one another. Our international officers can reinforce that message of healing and peace in visiting our global Fellows like no other international organization does. |
Touching each other, one person at a time, has a ripple effect wherever we go. We need to do more touching, to bring more Fellowship, and to tame an angry world with our gentleness of healing.
The night before President Campbell had talked about the joy of service to our communities. For the PFA, the entire world is our community. Editor Brophy responded with a quote from Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Chicago waterfront, “Make no small plans.” Friday evening’s dinner was at the original Leon’s of Belgium, in a section of the city that was really hopping. President Campbell, Chair Dahan, and Editor Brophy spent the evening in discussion about the Foundation’s grants. Dr. Dahan’s Section has developed a WEPE (West-East Professional Exchange program) in which they would sponsor an exchange of dentists between western and eastern Europe. Besides cementing relations across the former Iron Curtain, Dr. Dahan noted that it would elevate the level of dental practice in the former Eastern Bloc countries that have been kept in a technological darkness for decades.  L-R, Janet and David Campbell with Jose and Marite Dahan saying good-bye at Leon’s This intercountry mentorship, one dentist at a time, takes the PFA role to a higher state. This fulfills the PFA mission in sharing knowledge as did our namesake. This is the ripple effect that changes the world so there might be no more Waterloos or Iron Curtains. This is the potential PFA has to help the world. And our leaders are making no small plans. |
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PARIS
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Sunday morning, our entourage trained to the City of Lights to prepare for the FDI World Congress. European Trustee for Region I, Pierre Marois, and his lovely wife, Seba, received us in their home within the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. Dr. & Mrs. Marois hosted a huge cocktail party to bring together PFA and the ADA attending the Congress. French Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Fellow Juan Serrano, and Iowa Fellow (and FDI officer) Kathryn Kell mixed with all the top ADA Officers.  L-R, President Campbell, French Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Europe Trustee and host Pierre Marois, and Christian Ragu After the party, Dr. Marois gave us a tour of a modern French dental office run by Drs. Christian and Pierre Ragu. Then it was off to dinner on the Champs Élysées at the famous Fouquet’s Barrière where our Trustee and his wife hosted some 60 guests to welcome ADA President Robert Anderton and PFA President David Campbell as guests of honor, along with many past ADA Presidents and current officers. |
 L-R, ADA officers Jack Harris, President Robert Anderton, PFA Trustee Pierre Marois, and past ADA President Tim Rose touring French dental office
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The Pierre Fauchard Academy is an affiliate member of FDI, along with 14 other dental associations of which ADI (Academy of Dentistry International) is the only other international honor organization. We are entitled to three representatives who may speak, but have no vote. Our Philippines Chairman, Dean Diampo Lim, represented the Asian Pacific Regional Organization, sitting in the first row in front of us. Our PFA Chairman Vladimer Margvelashvili of the Georgia Republic was behind us. Our Mexico Chair, Ernesto Acuna was not only a voting delegate for Mexico, but was a candidate for the FDI Council itself. PFA Fellow Henk Schotte, Treasurer of The Netherlands, was also in attendance. PFA Chair for Slovenia, Professor Matjaz Rode, was the voting delegate for his country. And, of course, the many ADA Delegates we know, like Tim Rose and Jack Harris, were present. It was like home week for us with so many Fellows there. PFA world leadership was well represented.  Assembly A with Dr. John Hunt presiding On Monday, President Campbell and Editor Brophy toured the exhibitions and meeting areas, registered, and divided up the many meetings at which President Campbell wanted us to have representation. Dr. Campbell also battled a cold from the damp, rainy day and running from sunup to well after sunset—meeting and greeting our Fellows attending. Most were impressed that we were there and participating. And we let them know we were there. Between the two officers, they distributed 136 PFA business cards during the duration of the meetings. |
 L-R, Iowa Fellow Kathryn Kell, Netherlands PFA Treasurer Henk Schotte, and President Campbell In the center of the lower floors were huge meeting areas for the many scientific lectures that were scheduled. The half floors, being in the corners, did not connect with themselves. If you had a meeting in room 202A and another in 232B you had to go down to a complete floor and cross over hundreds of exhibits and thousands of visitors to get to the next meeting in five minutes.  Our Philippines Chair Dean Diampo Lim greeting President Campbell Every time you wished to enter the FDI areas, you needed to remove your identification card and have the ushers put it through a machine. This was to count the number attending. Some 5,000 people registered for the Congress and this process considerably slowed down entry. The escalators from floor to floor were changed from our Monday exploration so that the up and the down ones met at the same place on the same floor. To continue your journey up (or down) you had to go through the exhibits to get to the next bank of elevators to continue your journey. This was not only a fire hazard for escaping the building, but it brought the crowds from the floor above and the floor below to the same spot on the in-between floor, creating a people jam. All for the sake of driving you through the exhibits. |
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General Assembly A—Tuesday
Tuesday morning Congress A Session opened with President Campbell and Editor Brophy answering roll call for the Pierre Fauchard Academy, which commenced the six-hour long world dental business session. The agenda manual was an inch thick. They distributed the manuals in English, French, Spanish, and German.  President David Campbell preparing to answer the roll call President Campbell got the last English one. Editor Brophy had to feverishly translate his from German. So he was awake for the entire time. Earphones at each seat provided multilingual translations. Voting was done on handheld instruments that registered with a computer that displayed the results on huge screens. Korean Luncheon |
 A pair of Campbells: South Africa Dental Association Executive Director Neil Campbell and PFA President David Campbell Meeting—Wednesday President Campbell held morning court with representatives from various PFA Sections to discuss matters in their areas. Editor Brophy attended the Press Room and interviewed several FDI leaders (who then knew we were there). Visiting the FDI booth promoting next year’s Congress in Kuala Lumpur earned us an interview with FDI President-elect A. Ratnanesan of Malaysia, and an introduction to Malaysia Dental Association President Ng Kok Han. The evening hosted the Gala Opening of the World Dental Congress at an offsite sports arena—the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. Why the opening ceremony is held halfway through the week’s events was never discovered by your Editor. But it was a grand ceremony. The Opening Ceremony for FDI was also that for the hosting French Dental Association (ADF) Meeting. FDI President Jacques Minot handled the honors along with ADF Secretaries General Patrick Hescot and Michel Chabre. The colorful roll call brought the flags of 129 countries to the stage with the 90 musicians of the Orchestre National de Paris entertaining us. Buses brought us back and forth from our hotel. Committee—Thursday We began the morning attending various committee meetings, or intending to. By this time in the weeklong Congress, the crowds had reached crushing level and travel from one side of the Palais to the other was impossible. The posted guides were red-suited, very attractive young ladies in little booths, but they spoke halting English. I spent some time trying to convince one that the meeting to be held in Room TBD meant “to be designated” and was not an actual room that she was feverishly looking for on her Palais map. She directed me to the FDI booth, who then directed me to the FDI office, all hidden away and all across the floors on different floors. Editor Brophy spent the afternoon in the hidden FDI Office interviewing wandering FDI officers. President Campbell wandered the Palais looking for meeting rooms that we swear did not exist, but he handed out PFA business cards and made contacts.  President Campbell at the FDI Affiliate Associations Meeting |
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ADA Reception at the American Embassy
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The invitation read that Kenneth Moorefield, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, and Dr. Robert Anderton, ADA President, requested the pleasure of our company at a reception celebrating the FDI Centenary on 13 November at 5:30 pm at the American General Consulate. This was not an easy thing to do. Getting a cab in the evening was a 45-minute wait in line and most will not take three passengers. Finding 2 rue Saint Florentin was another problem as it was across the city near the Louvre. Once we got there, the Marines needed our invitation and passport for identification. (I thought to ask them who our new President was today. But they were a no nonsense bunch.)  ADA President Robert Anderton greeting PFA President David Campbell and wife Janet at ADA Reception The American Consulate is in the light of the huge Ferris wheel that graces the end of the Champs Élysées. The palatial mansion that houses the U.S. Delegation in Paris had originally been owned by France’s famous Tallyrand. It was acquired by the United States shortly after WWII as the headquarters for administering the Marshall Plan. Except for the dutiful Marine guards, the spacious reception rooms were more Tallyrand than General Marshall. |
 L-R, FDI Asst Executive Director J. T. Barnard, PFA Trustee Pierre Marois and wife Seba at ADA Reception We proceeded through the reception line renewing acquaintances with the ADA Officers and were greeted by International Trustee Pierre Marois and Seba. (Pierre owns Paris.) Many PFA Fellows were there and helped us with introductions, such as FDI Committee officer, our own Kathryn Kell, and Mexico Chair Ernesto Acuna who introduced us to the PFA section officers from Spain. Our newest Fellow, inducted in Belgium only a few days before, Dr. Shulman, formally introduced us to FDI Counselor Michele Arden.  L-R, New Belgium Fellow Dr. Schulman with FDI Counselor Michele Arden from Belgium |
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by Editor James Brophy |
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FDI by Editor James Brophy The Federation of Dentistry International was organized at the Third International Dental Congress held in Paris in 1900. On 15 August 1900, Dr. Charles Godon of Paris (a PFA Hall of Fame honoree) laid the groundwork for the FDI. Today, during its centennial year, FDI is a federation of national dental associations in 129 countries with 28 international affiliate members, of which PFA is one, and 17,000 members, of which your editor is one. FDI has official status with the United Nations and with the World Health Organization. Its objectives are to represent the dental profession on a voluntary, non-governmental, international basis. The organization is to arrange a World Dental Congress (usually during the regular meeting of the host country’s dental association) to advance international programs that promote oral and general health of the world’s population while elevating the status of our profession. Their mission is defined in four statements:
The FDI organizational structure consists of Executive Officers and a Council at the head of their annual General Assembly. The General Assembly consists of Member Associations, Affiliate Member Associations (like ours), Regional Organizations, WHO, and international standardization organizations. Along with the Commissions, the projects, and committees, this comprises their World Dental Parliament. |
This loose confederation of dental associations suffers from two main problems—finances and that the large dental associations are wary to cede their authority to a higher organization like FDI. FDI does unite the world’s dental groups in their national goals of improving the public health and elevating the profession. But to do this effectively, it must deal with rival dental associations within the same country, and in the case of emerging third world countries, no dental organization at all. Its effectiveness is limited by the money commitment made to its organization. To run the $5-million to $6-million organization, FDI depends on the goodwill of its member associations, the desire of individual dentists to pay another dental organizational fee (if they can), and the benefice of the world’s dental trade industry. On the other hand, their ability to evidence and distribute the latest in scientific research enlists the finest in the world’s dental educational community to make their global impact. This is evolving into a world dental standard authority. FDI stands on the brink in history to move forward to secure its position as a definitive global representative of our profession, or languish as a weak federation of national dental sovereignties. To move forward would take more than just the common ground of promoting world dental health. It will take strong FDI leadership and the courage of the major national dental associations to do it. The time has come, as the world grows smaller, to recognize and to serve the needs of the world’s population. FDI is the organization in place, right now, that can do it ... if they can overcome the dental politics of the moment. The answer is simple, but the remedy is difficult. The major dental organizations of the world must cede authoritative recognition to FDI in exchange for adequate representation. This ceded authority needs to include adequate funding to free FDI from financial constraints and reprisals. The FDI, in turn, must form a committee that can help developing countries to form their own national dental associations adequately representing their dentists. The stronger the member associations make FDI, the more able it is to withstand the attack of dental politics and governmental control. But in achieving this goal, FDI will better be able to carry out its missions. To get there from here, we need to stop paying lip service to the lofty goals and put our funding where it will actually serve the needs of the world’s dental population. |
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Japan Dental Association
Reception A bus then took us and the ADA dignitaries to one of the two events after the ADA reception. The FDI was hosting an organ concert at Notre Dame and the Japan Dental Association was holding their reception. President Campbell, who had tickets for the concert, chose to attend the Japanese Reception and sent Janet Campbell to represent us at the concert. The bus took us to the other end of the Champs Élysées to the Kleber Pavilion to the Japanese Reception sponsored by Shofu, Yoshida, GC Corp., and J. Morita Corp. The reception was enormous, covering three floors and a large garden. Hundreds of people filled the floors where each specialized in different cuisines. On the Japanese floor, we met with the officers of the Japan Dental Association and talked with Masahiko Horie, the Japanese Ambassador’s Minister in Paris. On the Latin floor, we met with Dr. Acuna and the Spanish delegation again. By the time we reached the Italian floor, President Campbell left with the ADA Officers to be bused back to the Notre Dame Concert. Editor Brophy went on to discuss establishing a PFA Section in Red China with Professor Zhang Xiu Yin of Shanghai No. 2 Medical University, and Wan Xiang of the China Ministry of Health in Beijing. After a pleasant conversation with Neil Campbell, Executive Director of the South African Dental Association, the Editor walked back to the Meriden Hotel where we were staying.  President Campbell going through the Japanese Delegation receiving line Meeting—Friday Oh, Friday morning came too early with post-receptionitis. President Campbell met with Trustee Marois for breakfast, while Editor Brophy attended the FDI’s three-hour Editor’s Conference on Electronic Publishing. President Campbell then met with Philippines Chairman Dr. Diampo Lim to finish out his morning. Our small delegation of two reunited for lunch at the Affiliate Members Association Meeting. This meeting was chaired by FDI Speaker of the House John Hunt and was attended by some 25 delegates. The diversity of the varied organizations made it difficult to get a consensus of what direction to take. Dr. Hunt listened patiently to everyone’s concerns. Our delegation suggested that each group select the FDI Committee or Commission they were interested in consulting on, and that this overall committee discuss the logistics of that action. This plan was adopted. This meeting was two hours. |
We then dashed off for the Dental Aid Organization Meeting, which we had been personally invited to attend by FDI Associate Director J. T. Barnard to discuss our Foundation. This meeting was chaired by FDI Executive Director Per Ake Zillen himself, with some 20 delegates in attendance, including the ADA, ADI, and the University of Maryland. FDI had just initiated four pilot programs to assist needy countries. To continue such programs, and expand into more projects, the FDI was searching for their role in bringing together funding groups. Along with other delegates, PFA suggested that FDI act as a clearinghouse for such activities to avoid duplicating efforts. We also suggested that such groups as PFA, ADI, and perhaps ICD, which have member sections in those project countries, be consulted to assist in getting the aid and equipment in the country to the right people. Per Ake asked if there might be ill feelings among the competitive honor societies to do this. The ADI delegates responded that they were PFA Fellows, too. It was a proud moment for your Editor to hear that. The ADI President pointed out that our groups would be honored to help one another to serve the needs of these countries. And we all agreed. Per Ake asked your Editor if I thought FDI should be doing this. I replied, “If not FDI, then what other world dental organization?” This meeting ran three hours, but it melded many groups under FDI leadership to begin to serve the world dental needs. And PFA was there. Editor Brophy left exhausted by the day’s events, but President Campbell and Janet represented PFA at the FDI sponsored dinner boat cruise on the Seine River. General Assembly B—Saturday The morning had us at the final session to close up the loose ends of business. Our friend Ernesto Acuna was running for FDI Counselor on the Board against two incumbents for two spots. In the initial voting, Dr. Acuna came in second. But when they broke out the next round of contesting Dr. Acuna against one incumbent, then the other, the European bloc was able to re-elect their incumbents.
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Central Office Reports Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal |
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At last fall’s President’s Luncheon, Dr. Harold Slavkin of Los Angeles was honored with our Pierre Fauchard Gold Medal. This Award is given annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession. The recipient is nominated by a committee of past recipients, which includes all the living past recipients of this Award. This committee, as individuals, submits their nomination to receive this Award each year. |
These names are then submitted to the Academy Board at their Interim Meeting for approval, which this year will be held in Atlanta, March 21-24 at the Westin Airport Hotel. All reports for that Interim Meeting must be in the Central Office no later than March 1 to be included in the Meeting Agenda Manual. The schedule for the Meeting itself will be a dinner meeting Wednesday, Board Meetings all day (7:30 am – 5 pm) Thursday and Friday, and departure on Saturday. The annual Meeting will be held during the 141st annual ADA Session in Kansas City October 13-17, 2001. | |
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MEND Dental Clinic receives First Humanitarian Award
Gonzalo is a 33-year-old father of four who stands at a busy intersection hoping to be chosen for day labor. One day, with a terrible toothache and no means to pay for dental treatment, he took the bus to the MEND Dental Clinic in Pacoima, California, in the San Fernando Valley. He had the painful tooth removed even though he had been missing seven anterior teeth since he was 14 years old and could not afford to have them replaced. He never allowed himself to smile. Gonzalo then received x-rays and a dental examination from one of the several volunteer dentists who conduct the clinic. After receiving hygiene instruction and a cleaning, fillings were placed and, most importantly, a partial denture was provided. You should see him smile now! This $5,000 PFA Humanitarian Grant was awarded to the MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity) Dental Clinic in addition to a Foundation grant for $10,000. This was the inaugural presentation for the International Humanitarian Grant. The grant was competitive and directed to grant awardees performing in the “Services to the Public” category, which includes clinics for the poor, cleft palate surgeries, tobacco cessation, Special Olympics services, etc. This Humanitarian Award is given to one recipient only once.  L-R, MEND’s Dr. David Campbell, Foundation Vice President Carl Lundgren, MEND Board President Dr. Robert Marius Foundation Vice President Carl Lundgren presented this First Humanitarian Award of the PFA Foundation to Drs. David Campbell and Richard Marius, the President of the MEND Board of Directors. The occasion was a continuing education meeting of the San Fernando Valley Dental Society where Dr. Martin Courtney was President. Executive Director of the MEND Clinic Marianne Hill was present to share the ceremony. The MEND Dental Program provides emergency dental care, examinations, evaluation for child and spousal abuse, home care instructions with free toothbrushes and toothpaste, prophylaxis and fluoride treatments, periodontal scaling and curettage, amalgam and composite restorations, oral surgery, and limited prosthetic replacement of maxillary anterior teeth. The MEND patient population is 90% Hispanic with a 10% mixture of other nationalities. All of these patients have the same problem. They are poverty level individuals of all ages with no dental insurance and no access to dental care. The clinic is staffed by oral surgeons and general dentists from the San Fernando Valley Dental Society. Dental hygienists, registered dental assistants, and pre-dental college student personnel also volunteer. The only remuneration any of them receive is the warm feeling of enriching another human life with their role as a compassionate dental healer. The Foundation has joined this team of volunteers on the front lines of directly helping those who cannot help themselves. Your contribution to the Foundation is carefully used for just such causes. In this way, you are helping to make a difference in our shrinking world. France Chair Hubert Ouvrard presented the Foundation Scholarships to two outstanding students: Guillaume Honore from the University of Lille in the north of France, and Olivie Andre from Paris 7. International Trustee Pierre Marois assisted at the ceremony held at the Dental University of Paris 7 with Dean Marie-Laure Boy-Lefevre, Dean Pierre Lafforgue of Lille, and French Secretary Charles Gastaud. Also attending were Fellows Professor Patrick Missika and Professor Philippe Monsenego.  L-R, Recipient Olivie Andre, Trustee Pierre Marois, Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Dean Marie-Laure Boy-Lefevre, and Dean Pierre Lafforgue Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry Secretary Mable Chiu at the University of Hong Kong announced the awarding of the Foundation Scholarship to BDS V student Yip Hok Siu Ian by Dean F. C. Smales on behalf of PFA Chair Jeffrey Tsang last December at the Furama Hotel.  L-R, Recipient Yip Hok Siu Ian receiving award from Dean F. C. Smales The Ceremony of Prizes and Awards was jointly hosted by the University of Hong Kong Dental Faculty and Prince Philip Dental Hospital for some 90 dental students and trainees. Attending to observe our scholarship presentation were Vice President of General Affairs Dr. Leong Che Hung, who is also President-elect of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; University Vice-Chancellor W. I. R. Davies; and President of the Hong Kong Dental Association P. Y. W. Lai. Singapore Dean Chong-Lin Chew of the National University of Singapore announced the presentation of the PFA Scholarship check to student Siak Shyong Goh by Dr. Gerald Lim last August during their Awards Day.  L-R, Dr. Gerald Lim making presentation to recipient Siak Shyong Goh Uruguay Chair Roy Cooper extends his thanks to the Foundation for their scholarship to his Section. |
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Iowa Chair Steven Hedlund presented the Foundation Scholarship to University of Iowa School of Dentistry Junior Kevin Rencher of Idaho Falls, Idaho.  L-R, Junior Kevin Rencher receiving Scholarship from Chair Steve Hedlund Louisiana Lance Savoie, a senior at the LSU School of Dentistry, received the PFA Scholarship. Lance has been Class President for three years and is student representative to the LSU School of Dentistry Alumni Association Board.  L-R, Chair Frank Martello, recipient Lance Savoie, Dean Eric Hovland Minnesota Trustee Michael Perpich presented the Foundation grant check for $5,000 to the Minneapolis District Dental Society for their Sharing & Caring Hands Clinic in Minneapolis. Sharing & Caring Hands provides safety and hope to those who cannot obtain help from any other public organization. The Shelter provides a host of services to over 20,000 people each month. Run completely on donations, the Shelter receives no State, Federal, or United Way funds for support. The Minneapolis District Dental Society provides the dental services to their dental clinic.  L-R, PFA Trustee Mike Perpich, Shelter Founder and Director Mary Jo Copeland, and Minneapolis District Dental President Doug Lambert Mississippi The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson presented their Foundation Scholarship to senior Andrew Achord for demonstration of great potential for developing into an outstanding leader in the dental profession with qualities of integrity, imagination, initiative, and communication. Recipient Andrew is the son of Dr. and Mrs. James Achord of Brandon, Mississippi. PFA Chair William Buchanan, who is also Associate Dean at the School of Dentistry, presented the award with Dean J. Perry McGinnis.  L-R, Chair William Buchanan, recipient Andrew Achord, Dean J. Perry McGinnis Nebraska Chair Paul Tamisiea presented our Scholarship check to Creighton University School of Dentistry student Todd G. Weber with Dean Wayne Barkmeier.  L-R, Dean Wayne Barkmeier, recipient Todd Weber, and Chair Paul Tamisiea Texas Associate Dean for Student Affairs H. Philip Pierpont at the University of Texas, Houston Dental Branch, announced the awarding of the PFA Scholarship to Daniel C. Mallory.  L-R, Scholarship recipient Dan Mallory and Dean Ronald Johnson Washington State Associate Dean for Academic and Clinical Services Penelope Leggott announced the selection of University of Washington School of Dentistry senior Mel Agan to receive the Foundation Scholarship. The Award presentation was made by PFA Chair David Minahan with University of Washington dental school Dean Paul Robertson.  L-R, Chair David Minahan and Dean Paul Robertson with recipient Mel Agan
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Rhode Island PFA Meeting Australasia PFA Fellowship Induction, Brisbane, Australia 13th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, Bordeaux, France-- 25th European Prosthodontic Conference, Prague, Czech Republic 89th FDI World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ADA 142rd Annual Meeting, Kansa City, Missouri |
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 Chair Dra. Lucy Dalva Lopes held their Meeting and Leadership Conference with Professor Frederic Korvec last December. Lithuania Lithuania Dental Association President Gintaras Juodzbalys sent the Academy a Christmas card. Spain Ilustre Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Odontologos y Estomatologos Chairman Manuel Alfonso Villa Vigil and Treasurer Jose Font Buxo wish the Academy a successful New Year in their recent missive. United States California, Northern Section  L-R, Trustee Gary Lowder, Biographer Cynthia Brattesani, Dean Charles Bertalomi, and Chair Dan Castagna Chair Daniel Castagna hosted their annual Installation and Awards Luncheon, with more than 60 attending, held during the CDA Scientific Session last September in San Francisco to honor the University of California San Francisco Dental School Dean Charles Bertalomi with their Distinguished Service Award. The Biographer was Fellow Cynthia Brattesani, with Chairman Dan Castagna doing the presentation. International Trustee Gary Lowder inducted new Fellows Nava Fathi, Sloan McDonald, William Moore, Nader Nadershahi, Martin Rayman and William Saupe.  New Fellows with Trustee Gary Lowder and Chair Dan Castagna |
California, Northern Section continued Their Faculty Recognition Awards went to Drs. Belinda Gregory-Head (UOP) and Dorothy Perry (UCSF). The Faculty Training Grants were awarded to Drs. Doug Young (UOP) and Harold Goodis (UCSF). The Section’s own Scholarship Awards were presented to UOP’s Kirsti Detwiler and UCSF’s Paul Weller. The International PFA Senior Student Awards went to UOP’s Tiffani Cotter and UCSF’s Hoa Lai. The Foundation Scholarship Awards were presented to UOP’s Natsha Lee and UCSF’s Brian Davey. Their Section’s Allied Service Award was presented to Hazel O. Torres. The event’s keynote speaker was Executive Director Tim Comstock of the California Dental Association. Secretary/Treasurer Stafford Duhn reports 240 members in their Section. Connecticut Chair Howard Mark had a busy year with his Fellows becoming involved in several programs. “Protecting the Smiles of Connecticut’s Children” is a program designed to avoid sports injuries by educating the parents, students, teachers, and coaches about mouth guards. This effort is chaired by Fellow Gregory Egnaczyk of Shelton. The Mentorship Program at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine under Chairman Howard Mark will become a school requirement. This is supported by the University, the alumni, and the PFA. For the last seven years, the PFA and the dental school students have participated in the Special Olympics programs during the summer and the winter games. The Section sponsors a “tee” during the ADA Golf Tournament held to benefit the Oral Health 2010 Committee Initiatives. The Section has also supported the UConn Dental School’s Peru Dental Mission in the Amazon. Our Section has sponsored a grant proposal for a “Bridge the Gap” Program in the Bridgeport area to serve the dental cares of the needy. The next meeting of the Connecticut Section will be on 9 May 2001 at the Al Dente Restaurant in the Foxwoods Resort and Casino. This will be held during the State Dental Meeting. Florida Chair Robert Hart attended the Hall of Fame presentation for L. D. Pankey in Key Biscayne. Last December, he presented the Foundation scholarship award to University of Florida College of Dentistry student Tamara Tibby. The Section held its annual Breakfast Meeting with ICD during the Florida National Dental Congress last June in Orlando. New Fellows Thomas Nordman, Joseph Calderone, Don Ilkka, Frank Catalanotto, Russ Rainey, and John Krueger joined other new members Clifford Marks, Don Tillery, Robert Cowie, Neil Torgerson, William Grider, and Mark Mitchell. Chairman Robert Hart was elected Region Trustee to succeed Gordan Stine. Dr. Gary Herbeck will become Florida Section Chair. |
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The Illinois Section accepted four new Fellows during the PFA President’s Luncheon last October. International President Fred Halik conducted the inductions.  A couple of colonels and an admiral—Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal, past Loyola Dean Rafael Suriano, retired ICD Registrar Richard Shafer CBS Medical Advisor dentist Dr. Marvin Berman was the Section’s Outstanding Dentist of the Year Award recipient at the President’s Luncheon. The Academy Board has installed Dr. Chris Baboulas as the new State Chair.  International President David Campbell with University of Illinois Dean Bruce Graham and photographer Shirley Brophy, whose daughter is dating Dean Graham’s son at the University of Michigan Iowa Past PFA President Larry Barrett and his wife Lois have established a PFA Educational Award at the University of Iowa School of Dentistry in honor of the late Dean James McLearn and of past Executive Associate Dean John Montgomery. The McLearn-Montgomery Award will alternate years between a faculty member and a dental student. This year, a faculty member, Dr. Debra Haselton of the Department of Family Dentistry received the Award presented at the PFA Luncheon Meeting.  L-R, Lois and Larry Barrett, Dr. Debra Haselton, Hermine McLearn, and Dean John Montgomery Maryland Dr. Don Brotman has been selected as the new State Chairman. Massachusetts Chair Norman Becker reported on the Presentation of Chair Award at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Dean Lonnie Norrisa and accepted for the university by Roslyn Berenberg. The Chair recipient Athena Papas will also receive the PFA Section’s Award for Distinguished Service at the PFA Meeting during the Yankee Dental Congress. PFA Fellow Erling Johansen, Dean Emeritus and endowed Professor for Dental Research, gave the Response. Tufts President John DiBiaggio, a PFA Fellow as well, welcomed all to the Ceremony.  L-R, Dean Emeritus Erling Johansen, Dean Lonnie Norris, Tufts Trustee emeritus Roslyn Berenberg, Dr. Athena Papas, Tufts President John DiBiaggio |
Michigan The Detroit Dental Bulletin for November/December highlighted President Campbell’s Installation as PFA President in a two-page article written by Editor (and PFA Michigan Chair) Virginia Merchant who also included a sidebar piece on the Academy itself. The Michigan Dental Association’s publication called New Doc contained an article by Dr. William Huszti entitled “Dentistry’s Best Kept Secret: Mentors” in which he mentions that he nominated our President Malcolm David Campbell to the ADA for its Outstanding Mentor Award. “You cannot begin to use the word retirement when referring to Dr. Malcolm David Campbell,” wrote Huszti. How well we know! “He’s an advocate of continued learning, continued self-improvement, and giving back to the community and dentistry. He is active in organized dentistry locally and at the state level. He is rarely home, traveling around the world as an ambassador for our profession. What touches me deeply are his generosity and clear desire to help others surpass the successes and milestones he has set in his career. His goals are pure and warm. He is an uncommon person and, to me, exemplifies all the best in a proud time-honored profession.” Rhode Island Chair M. Christine Benoit reported holding the annual Awards Reception and Induction Ceremony last May in Warwick to present the Outstanding Dentist of the Year Award to Dr. Robert Bartro of Woonsocket. The RIDA attorney and dental lobbyist Patrick Quinlan was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation. Six new Fellows were inducted for the year. Their next Awards Reception will be on Tuesday evening, 15 May 2001, to add more Fellows to their 84 total. Three service projects keep the Ocean State Fellows busy. For eight years, Mentorship Chairman Richard Walsh paired up new dentists with established dental practices. PFA Fellows participate in the “Donated Dental Services,” which provides $2 million in dental care to the needy. The Section’s “Hey Dude, Chew Isn’t Cool!” has been a smashing success. A Foundation grant made this traveling display possible.  L-R, Fellows Mary and Jeffrey Karish-Dodge, James and Robert Bartro, John Biernacki, and James Brennan Section Chair Christine Benoit retired as Chairman to assume her duties as Vice President of the Rhode Island Dental Association. Dr. Richard Walsh was appointed as her successor. Dr. Walsh is Trustee of the South County Dental Society, past component President, and serves on the RIDA Council on Scientific Sessions. Wisconsin Trustee Jim Englander is hosting a wine tour of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Germany this September. Anyone interested please e-mail Jim at CJenglndr@aol.com or fax him at 414/271-8006. South Carolina PFA Vice President Gordan Stine presented their Section’s Honor Award to Fellow Larry Ferguson, Section Vice President, during the November Meeting of the Coastal District Dental Society. Pictures were taken by Section President Gene Atkinson II.  L-R, Vice President Gordan Stine and Fellow Larry Ferguson |
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REGION 1—Europe Pierre Marois France REGION 2—N.E. USA Robert Friedman Connecticut REGION 3—S.E. USA Robert S. Hart Florida REGION 4—Midwest USA James A. Englander Wisconsin REGION 5—Western USA Gary Lowder Utah REGION 6—Canada Kevin Roach Ontario REGION 7—Latin America Bernardo Levit Argentina REGION 8—Australasia William Winspear Australia REGION 9—Asia Eiichi Katagiri Japan REGION 10—Central USA Michael Perpich Minnesota |
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