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Dental World®
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November / December • 2001
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Thoughts From the President
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As we approach the holiday season, it is with heavy heart that I write my first address. We have all been deeply affected by the tragic events of September 11th. To all of those who mourn the loss of loved ones, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Like so many, we will be forever indebted to all those who have given so much in responding to the attack on our freedom and way of life. I have personally grieved for the loss, applauded the courage, and been inspired by the sacrifice of so many for the good of all. It is my hope that we, the worldwide members of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, will also rise to the occasion and help those in need. When I ponder the events of the past months and contemplate my term in office, I wrestle with my own feelings of inadequacy. To follow the great leaders who have gone before me is very humbling, and I am reminded of the words written by Dr. Shigeo Ryan Kishi when he honored Dr. Clifford F. Loader, the recipient of the Pierre Fauchard Academy Distinguished Service Award in 1995 with his essay “The Visionary.” “Some people dream of things that can be, while others simply turn their eyes and follow a life of least resistance. . . . Dreamers are also known as visionaries or people possessed of that unique ability that reaches beyond what is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own, and to make it come true. . . . |
Cliff’s life as a visionary has helped him build bridges of love and human understanding, for he is truly our ambassador of goodwill and friendship to over 40 countries on behalf of his profession and his country. . . . His life, as a visionary and dreamer, has helped not only our profession, but has also touched the very fabric of our society to the extent that it forever changed the lives of the people of his community and the lives of individuals throughout the world.”
To all of the former Presidents, I congratulate you and thank you for your great example. I honor all of you. I also honor Dr. Shigeo R. Kishi and Dr. Clifford F. Loader—two men who have greatly influenced my professional career. Dr. Loader was Mr. Pierre Fauchard Academy for me. We became acquainted as dental examiners. I followed Dr. Loader through the chair of the American Association of Dental Examiners, and now as President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Kishi has been a wonderful example and has encouraged and helped me greatly. He is the epitome of a leader, and it is in great humility that I follow him and those who have served before. May we all be “Visionaries, and dare to live a life with a vision of how it can be,” especially during this time of trial for our global community. |
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Scott Welch, DDS
President |
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Table of Contents- November / December 2001
Thoughts from the President
PFA website
Hall of Fame
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From the Desk of Congressman Charlie Norwood…
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On August 2nd, we finally passed our Patient Protection Bill with the promise of President Bush’s signature. It is a compromise and still must pass a Senate Conference, though.
We won 100% of what we started out to do in 1995 and 90% of our 2001 version. In this bill, there are (1) patient protections for every citizen; (2) each person can chose their own doctor; (3) provides an external review independent of insurers with dentists on the panel for dental claims; (4) when a claim is denied or delayed and it causes death or harm, the HMO can be sued in state court for damages; (5) provider nondiscrimination, especially important for oral surgeons; and (6) prompt payment of services. |
When negotiations broke down in June, Congressman Norwood met personally with President Bush in late July. They agreed on an HMO Reform bill, but it took daily sessions to hammer out the exact details that everyone could live with. We did not finish until 6:15 am on the day scheduled for the House vote. It passed.
I am satisfied that we have a good bill for the six hard-fought years I have put in on it. If you need more details, write me at P.O. Box 499, Evans, GA 30809, or call 706/738-8400. |
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Asian Pacific Dental Congress / Korean Dental Association Scientific Congress / 3-7 April |
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Meet Our President-Elect Dr. Gordan B. Stine
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| Dr. Gordan Stine was born in Charleston, SC. He is a graduate of the College of Charleston and of Emory University School of Dentistry. He maintained a full-time general dentistry practice in Charleston from 1950 to 1985. In 1983, he affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) as clinical associate professor in community dentistry, Director of Dental Continuing Education, dental advisor with the South Carolina Area Health Consortium, and as special assistant for community and dental affairs to former President James Edwards. Dr. Stine has been very active in the dental profession, having served as President of the Charleston Dental and Coastal District Dental Societies and President of the South Carolina dental Association. He is the past PFA Chairman for South Carolina and Academy Trustee. He is a recipient of the South Carolina PFA Outstanding Service Award for 1992 and 2000. He is a cofounder and past Chairman of the South Carolina Dental Political Action Committee, and a past City of Charleston Councilman. Dr. Stine also is a former Chairman and member of the Charleston County Council, of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Regional Council of Governments, and of the South Carolina Regional Council of Governments. From 1991 to 1995, he served on the Board of the National Association of Regional Councils. In his community, Dr. Gordan Stine has served as past President of the Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce, the Charleston Bicentennial Committee, the Exchange Club of Charleston, the Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund, |
the Congregation Beth Elohim, the College of Charleston Alumni Association, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Association, the Trident United Way, and the Community Pride of Charleston County. For 12 years, he served on the College of Charleston Board of Trustees and as Vice Chairman for eight years. In 1998, he was named Dentist of the Year by the South Carolina Academy of Dentistry. In 1992, he was named the Charleston Dental Society’s Dentist of the Year. The Exchange Club of Charleston awarded him their Man of the Year Award in 1964, and the next year he was presented their Outstanding Service Award. The Boy Scout Camp Health Center was named in his honor in 1996. He received the Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award in 1985. Dr. Stine was the College of Charleston Alumnus of the Year in 1966; he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane letters from that institution in 1999; and the next year, he was selected for the College of Charleston Alumni Award. The MUSC Dental Lifelong Learning Program was named after him in 1994. He received their Distinguished Service Faculty Award in 2000. Dr. Gordan Stine has been honored with three Orders of the Palmetto by former Governors Riley, Campbell, and Beasley, and with the Order of the Silver Crescent from current Governor Hodges. |
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2002 |
CALENDAR |
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3-7 April 19 – 23 October Fall |
24th Asian Pacific Dental Congress/44th Korean Dental Association Scientific Congress ADA 143rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana FDI 90th Annual World Congress, Vienna, Austria |
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2003
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25-29 October Fall |
ADA 144rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA FDI 91st Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia |
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From the Desk of the Executive Director
by Dr. Shig Ryan Kishil |
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| The Foundation Executive Committee, after the unprecedented events in New York City on 11 September 2001, decided to cancel their annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. The concerns addressed were (1) that air travel has become exceedingly more difficult due to the reduction and alteration of flight schedules making traveling unpredictable; (2) the meeting packet with the grant applications had been sent out to all the Board members with recommendations so they could be approved by phone; (3) there were no pending items requiring immediate attention; (4) the scholarship grants were already being processed and do not require a vote; and (5) there is always the possibility of renewed danger on long flights that does not outweigh the need to gather personally in Kansas City. |
Although this is an unprecedented action by the Executive Committee, we now live during an unprecedented time in our nation’s and world’s history. Vice Chairman Carl Lundgren reports that the Foundation had received 34 priority one through five grant requests for this term totaling $330,459. Seven applications were rejected ($64,260). This left $266,199 in recommended grants. This year’s grants budget was $192,000, but with the carryover amounts from the 1999 and 2000 budgets being $80,345, the approved grants could be funded with $6146 in excess for 2002. He moved that the Board approve the meeting packet report as published. |
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These Are Unprecedented Times
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With the international disaster at New York City’s World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, and the destruction of the U.S. Pentagon in Washington, DC, the same day, resulting in some 5000 deaths of innocents from all over the world, our lives are changed forever. Even the tiny country of Belize (pop 220,000) reported losing two of its citizens at WTC. But our world has grown closer since those disasters. Former enemy countries are starting to work together to combat these cowardly terrorists realizing that they are the enemy of us all.
We in PFA have been working together for professional reasons with our Sections all over the globe. And as a result of this peaceful extension between us all, the Central Office, the Foundation, and Dental World have received outpourings of sympathy and genuine sorrow from Trustee Bernardo Levit in Argentina, Secretary-Treasurer Jimenez Squella in Chile, Chairman Vladimer Margvelashvilli in Tbilisi, Georgia, Trustee Pierre Marois in Paris, Chair Ernesto Acuna of Mexico, Belgium Chairman Professor Jose Dahan, and Mrs. Mitch Nakayama of Japan, to name a few of the many who have responded. President David Campbell forwarded this message from Michigan Dental Association President William Chase: “We pray for those who lost their lives at the hands of the vengeful and cowardly terrorists. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to those who anxiously await the fate of loved ones still missing. |
Our prayers continue to pour out to them in this aftermath of destruction and despair. Our gratitude is extended to the thousands of relief workers, who, amidst the ruins of the World Trade Center and a section of the Pentagon, continue to risk their own lives in the hope of finding additional survivors. “We pray, too, for a world whose future will be filled with peace for all people regardless of their religious and/or political persuasion. Senseless acts, like the ones we witnessed on September 11, have no logical place in this world.” That well sums it all up, except to add the last line of our past President Shig Kishi’s report, “The term a normal way of life has changed for an unknown period of time and we will be asked to make adjustments.” Many organizations are currently raising funds for this disaster and the Academy lauds their efforts. But when the dust settles, we will still need to extend the hand of peace through professionalism, through education, and through our Fellowship. Consider making a Peace Donation to the Foundation for our world scholarships that educate healing professionals and Foundation grants serving the poor of this planet. Send them to the PFA Foundation at 1441 Avocado Avenue, Suite 508, Newport Beach, CA 92660. In this way, you will be investing in the future of peace through our profession. It all starts with one person at a time. |
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PFA Website
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The PFA Website (www.fauchard.org/) was initiated in 1997 under President Shig Kishi’s farsighted recommendation. The Board at that time recognized the need early on concerning the importance of the Internet to connect widely separated parts of our organization. In this way, information could be updated quickly and shared electronically worldwide. Dental World alone saved several days in e-mailing copy and receiving proofs back from the printer, receiving more current information from around the globe, and the most recent copy of the magazine can be read by the members before it gets to them in the mail. Past issues can be accessed at the same site that serves as a backup to the extensive paper archives.
In the four years since that innovative beginning, Internet improvements have been speedily forthcoming and more establishments are hooked on. Animation and thousands of different colors have been just a few of these improvements. The Academy has used these improvements to add forms on our site for ready access to the farthest reaches of the globe, a membership directory, Foundation contributions, and calendar dates. This has saved PFA thousands of dollars in printing a membership directory, lists, and mailing costs, not to mention the speed of the communications. The phone and fax costs have been reduced by providing this site as well as freeing the Central Office staff time from needing to answer them. Images from the PFA Museum, the Musee d’Art Dentaire, and the Samuel Harris National Dental Museum have been added along with the records of past Awards and their recipients. Our database acts as a backup to the Central Office as well. A kind of electronic insurance, archives, and communicator all in one as a safety precaution against fire or electrical loss. |
Our site also permits links to other dental sites (and vice versa), which eases the surfer in traveling the Internet. We also have an on-line gift shop where PFA materials may be purchased. Our service has been provided by 4insight out of Minnesota since its inception. They are a phone call, fax, or e-mail away with a response time of 24 hours. They provide daily maintenance, regular updates, and expanded services when needed. Current plans are to redesign the opening pages to take advantage of the new Internet improvements, yet the older computers in third-world areas are still accommodated; to add animation to enhance site interest and attractiveness; to post articles of interest from The Journal of History of Dentistry; to add new features and educational sections; to institute a password protection system for security of privacy; to conduct interactive surveys; to add appropriate music; to provide a ready source for Foundation grant applications and information pertaining to them; to add continuing education links; and to post a daily leadership news update. This is an evolutionary process for the future where the entire planet will one day be electronically tied together instantly. And we are established now at its beginning. |
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Pierre Fauchard Academy,
Dr. Richard A. Kozal, Secretary/Treasurer P.O. Box 80330 Las Vegas, NV 89180-0330 |
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(800) 232-0099 (702) 651-5537 PFAJDK@aol.com |
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Table of Contents- November / December 2001
Thoughts from the President
PFA website
Hall of Fame