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I ran across a quote from Ezra Taft Benson, which he made in 1968. I thought this was appropriate for us today.
“I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles. I do not think our civilization will die that way. I think it will die when we no longer care—when spiritual forces that make us wish to be right and noble die in the hearts of men. … Great nations are never conquered from outside unless they are rotten inside.” Ezra Taft Benson was Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for 8 years. He later became the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. |
Some of our PFA members may become dissatisfied with some facet of our organization, but it is important that we do not disrupt the whole organization until we have checked out the whole process and gone through the correct procedures. We must be strong and resolute in our proceedings. We must endeavor to strengthen the Academy and further the great work that our past Presidents and leaders have started. Let us each use our influence to move the great work of the PFA forward into all nations.
May this issue of Dental World find you and yours well. |
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PFA Annual Meeting Schedule
New Orleans, Louisiana 18–20 October 2002—New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel |
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Thursday, 17 October
Arrival Date Friday, 18 October 7:30 am–5 pm, PFA Board Meeting, Marlborough B Room 8:30 am–11 am, Section Chair Caucus, Chequers Room 11:30 am, Section Chair Report to the Board Saturday, 19 October 7:30 am–11:30 am, Foundation Board Meeting, Chequers Room 11:30 am–2 pm, Awards Luncheon, Marlborough Room 2:30 pm–5 pm, Foundation Board Meeting, Chequers Room 6:30 pm–8 pm, President’s Reception, Cambridge Room Sunday, 20 October 8 am–5 pm, Foundation Board Meeting, Cambridge Room 1 pm–5 pm, Academy Board Meeting, Cambridge Room 6:30 pm–10:30 pm, PFA Dinner Party, Prince of Wales Room ....(reservations required) All reports for the Board Meeting must be received in the Central Office by 2 September to be included in the meeting packet. Make airline reservations now to get seats and the best fares. The block of hotel rooms will only be held until 1 July. |
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The Elmer Best Award Ceremonies
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The Pierre Fauchard Academy was founded in 1936 by Dr. Elmer S. Best of Minneapolis. His passion for the search for knowledge and his concern for raising professional standards guided the beginnings of the Academy, attracted outstanding dental researchers and teachers to its ranks, and led to a continuing role in fostering dental science.
So it was in honor of Dr. Best that the Academy’s highest award be named after our Founder. This award is directed to individuals outside the United States who have made major contributions to dentistry. It is named the Elmer S. Best Memorial Award. This year, the Awards Committee, with the unanimous consent of the Executive Board and acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees, approved that this Award be presented to PFA past President Dr. Michael J. Cripton of Canada.  L-R, President Scott Welch, Best recipient Michael Cripton, and Trustee Kevin Roach International Trustee for Canada Kevin Roach hosted the Best Award Ceremonies during the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Dental Association at their PFA Luncheon on 27 May 2002 at the Palais de Congress in Montreal. International President Scott Welch assisted in the services in presenting Dr. Michael J. Cripton the PFA’s highest Award. Dr. Cripton joins other former Canadian recipients Drs. C.H.M. Williams (1965), Donald W. Gullet (1970), William G. McIntosh (1980), Ronald E. Jordan (1985), and Nicholas A. Mancini (1994).  Canada’s new Fellows with President Welch and Trustee Roach (center) and Vice President Friedman (seated far left) In honor of the Best Ceremony and the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Dental Association, Fellowship was conferred on 35 new members by President Scott Welch, Trustee Kevin Roach, and incoming Trustee Barry Dolman. |
The “Ceremonie d’initiation de nouveaux collegues” installed the 2001 members, Drs. Philip G. Barer, James G. Brass, Hugh J. Campbell, Timothy F. Foley, Steven J. Fremeth, Manfred Friedman, Howard Gelfand, Steve Goren, Christina Heidinger, Williams Jenkins, Bohdan Kryshtalskyj, Cary D. L. Letkemann, Alex A. Liebich, Richard Marcus, Marvin Obar, David J. Psutka, Norman Roy, Michael Saso, Terance A. Shapero, Douglas B. Smith, Douglas J. Smith, Flavio Turchet, and Melanie Wood. Those 2002 candidates for Fellowship were Drs. Maureen Bourgeois, Chantal Charest, Greg Homenick, Peter Hornett, Douglas Johnston, Daniel Kandelman, Oleg Kopytov, Diane Legault, Antonio Mancuso, Paul Massicotte, Peter Neilson, and John Totton. Trustee Kevin Roach then presented the outgoing Chairman’s Plaque to Quebec Chair (1989-2000) Dr. Guy Maranda. More than 70 members and guests attended the PFA Luncheon, including many dignitaries, past CDA Presidents, PFA International President Scott Welch, PFA Vice President Robert Friedman, International Trustee for Canada Kevin Roach (host), Editor James Brophy, PFA photographer Shirley Brophy, and Northern California Section Chairman Dan Castagna. The ceremonies were videotaped; the videotape is stored in our PFA Museum archive for any future reference along with the other videotaped ceremonies of the last five years.  L-R, Barry Dolman, Guy Maranda, and Trustee Kevin Roach. PFA Outstanding Service Awards were presented to Drs. Kenneth C. Bentley, Denis Forest, and Raymond D. Wenn. Trustee Kevin Roach, past CDA President, hosted an excellent luncheon, moving events along so that the ceremonies were completed exactly at the time he specified to be able to return to the CDA Meeting Sessions. |
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Dr. Michael J. Cripton
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 Michael J. Cripton was born in Montreal in 1934. When he was 9, his father passed away and young Michael was placed in the Weredale Boys Home of Montreal. He became an enthusiastic part of the Weredale School and at an early age attained a place on the Supervisory Staff, a post he held until his graduation from the McGill Dental School in 1957. He then practiced general dentistry in Fredericton, New Brunswick.In 1959, he began his studies in orthodontics at the University of Montreal. Upon completing his studies in 1961, Mike and his wife Nancy moved to Moncton, New Brunswick, to become only the second orthodontist in the entire province. Dr. Cripton became Secretary and Registrar (1981) of the New Brunswick Dental Society. In 1976-1977, he served as President of the Canadian Dental Association (CDA). He had served on several of the CDA Councils including the Council on Dental Education, where he was the only non-Dean to become Chairman. Dr. Cripton is past President of the Canadian Association of Orthodontics and also of the Royal College of Dentistry of Canada, where he had previously served 8 years on their Board. From 1988-1993, he was PFA International Trustee for Canada and was elected to PFA International President in 1994—the only non-U.S. dentist to be so elected in the 60-year history of the PFA. He holds Fellowships in PFA, ICD, ACD, and ADI. Dr. Cripton has served as the Canadian Delegate to FDI at the Madrid and Athens FDI Congresses. |
But Dr. Cripton’s activities were not only in professional dentistry. He is a lifelong Rotarian with a 39-year record of perfect attendance. He was President of the Moncton Rotary Club (1970) and served as District Governor for Rotary International (1995). In 1998, he represented the Rotary at the New Delhi International Convention on the Council of Legislation. Currently, he is Co-chairman for the Rotary Zone Institute, which will host the Rotary Meeting in Moncton in September of 2003. Dr. Cripton was elected in 1970 to serve a four-year term on the Moncton City Council. He also served from 1985-1993 as Chairman of the Moncton Coliseum Arena Commission, which managed their 8000-seat Moncton Coliseum. Over the years, Mike has been involved in international and national figure skating competitions held in Moncton. He also served as Vice-President of the Atlantic Stereo organization that began a new radio station in Moncton. This month, he will retire as President of the Moncton Youth Residences (5), which manages a $2 million budget. Such outstanding leadership in all phases of community service has earned Dr. Cripton many awards besides the top PFA Award. He has received the Queens Silver Jubilee Medal (1977), the Builder of Youth Award (1988) from the Moncton Boys and Girls Clubs, the Canada 125 Medal (1992), Distinguished Service Awards from the CDA and from the Canadian Association of Orthodontists, and Honorary Membership (1988) from the New Brunswick Dental Society. |
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Dr. Raymond D. Wenn
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 Ray Wenn, born in 1943 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, earned undergraduate degrees from Prince of Wales College (1962), the University of Prince Edward Island (1971), and his dental degree from Dalhousie University (1975). He maintains a general dentistry practice in Charlottetown. |
He is a member of CDA (many Chairs and committees, President 1993-1994), FDI (national Treasurer 1995-1996), the Dental Association of Prince Edward Island (President 1984-1985), Dental Council of P.E.I. (Registrar 1995-1996), Instructor at Holland College, and served for a decade on the Village Council of Cornwall. He holds Fellowships in PFA, ICD, ACD, AGD, and ADI. Dr. Wenn is married with three children. He enjoys canoeing, fishing, skiing, biking, and squash. |
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Dr. Kenneth C. Bentley
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| Kenneth Bentley was born in 1935 in Montreal. He earned his dental degree from McGill School of Dentistry in Montreal in 1958, his medical degree from McGill in 1962, and he did his postgraduate internship at Montreal General Hospital until 1964. In that last year, he received the Canadian Fund for Dental Education Fellowship. He took up his oral surgery residency in 1964 at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where in 1965 he became Chief Resident. In 1966, he returned to Montreal to accept a position at McGill University until he became Dean and Professor in 1977 through 1987. Besides serving on many University committees, Dr. Bentley had been Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery, Director of the Division of Surgery and Oral Medicine, and Director of the Graduate Program. He served in various hospital appointments from 1966 through 1981 at Montreal General Hospital, Reddy Memorial Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, and St. Mary’s Hospital—where he currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee. Dr. Bentley is a member of the Association of Oral Surgeons of Quebec (Treasurer 1969-1970), Bellevue Society of Oral Surgeons, CDA (many Chairmanships and Committees), the Canadian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Secretary-Treasurer in 1970-1971, Chair of Dental Services in 1971-1972), the International Association for the Study of Pain, the International Association of Oral Surgeons, the Lafleur Report Society, the Montreal Dental Club (Secretary 1968), the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society, the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, and the Order of Dentists of Quebec. |
Besides the PFA Distinguished Service Award, Dr. Bentley holds Fellowships in PFA, ICD, ACD, Honourary Fellowship in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (1983), Fellowship in the Academy if International Dentals Studies (1983), and Honourary Membership in the W. F. Harrigan-Bellevue Oral Surgery Alumni Association (1983). He has received the Arnold K. Maislin Award from New York University (1984). He served as President of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry (1974-1976) as well as in the Chairs of that organization. L-R, President Scott Welch, recipient Ken Bentley, and Trustee Kevin Roach |
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Dr. Denis Forest
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 Denis Forest earned his B.A. (1961) and D.D.S. (1965) degrees from the University of Montreal. He received his M.S.D. degree in Oral Medicine from the University of Indiana (1968).Dr. Forest is Professor on the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the University of Montreal. He holds Fellowships in PFA and ICD. He is Editor of the Journal dentaire du Quebec and Director of the Journees dentaire international du Quebec, which is currently hosting the CDA’s 100th Anniversary Meeting in Montreal. Dr. Forest is the Director of Communications for the Ordre des Dentists du Quebec. |
He has been recognized by the Federation of Specialists in Quebec, the Canadian Academy of Oral Pathology, the Canadian Faculties of Dentistry, the Canadian Faculties of Oral Medicine, the Canadian Academy of Oral Radiology, the Ordre of Dentists of Quebec, and ICD. This past year, he received the Distinguished Service Award from CDA. Dr. Forest elevated the educational process of countless colleagues with the now standard notion that the oral cavity is a mirror of the body and its state of health. He has served on many Committees of the several organizations he serves and is a contributing author to many dental journals. |
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| The Canadian Dental Association was founded on 15 September 1902 in Montreal, Canada, with 344 dentists attending—about 25% of all the dentists in Canada. So, it was only fitting to celebrate their 100th Anniversary in the beautiful French-Canadian city where it all began. The hosting organization, in addition to the CDA, was les Journees Dentaires International du Quebec (JDIQ), which was hosting their 31st annual Meeting. The two groups held a joint convention to celebrate this event. Event sponsors included Aurum Ceramic, Ash Temple, Dentsply, Oral B, Pfizer, Crest, 3M, Kodak, Keith Health Care, Inc., and Proctor & Gamble. The dates were 25-29 May 1992 at the Montreal Convention Centre, the Palais des Congres de Montreal. There were meetings, courses, a golf outing, and the highlighted event—a black tie Gala Dinner on Sunday evening 26 May 2002 at the Palais de Montreal. Entertainment was provided by Jean-Guy Moreau, acrobatics by Ariel Ribbons, the Pulse dancers, and the fiddle playing of Frank Leahy between courses, culminating in dancing to Three’s Company Plus Dance Band until the wee hours.  L-R, CDA past presidents Michael Cripton and Kevin Roach CDA President George Sweetnam welcomed the guests and introduced FDI President Dato’ Dr. A. Ratnanesan along with ODQ President Robert Salois and ADA President D. Gregory Chadwick. Dr. P. Ralph Crawford gave a presentation on “A Century of Service” and his book by the same name—both in French and in English—was distributed after the dinner. The CDA dignitaries then presented their CFDS Thompson Trophy Award to Capt. Durand and to Sgt. Laura LaRoch. The dinner toast was given by CDA President-elect T. D. Breneman. The evening certainly was elegant with about 500 in attendance including PFA dignitaries President Scott and Kathleen Welch, past President Michael and Nancy Cripton, Vice President Robert Friedman, Trustee Kevin and Ann Roach, Editor James and Shirley Brophy.  L-R, PFA Vice President Robert Friedman, PFA Trustee Kevin Roach, FDI President Dato Ratnanesan, PFA President Scott Welch, Best recipient Michael Cripton, PFA Editor James Brophy Professional dentistry in Canada dates back to the 18th century when the area was known as New France and settled along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, according to Ralph Crawford in his book “A Century of Service.” During his discussion of the foundation of dentistry, Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761) was mentioned as the “Father of Modern Dentistry.” Jacques Cartier in his travels (1535-1536) mentions the scurvy that attacked his crew during that winter; it killed 25 of his 110 crew. |
The first barber-surgeon arrived in Quebec in 1651. By 1791, there were nine barber-surgeons that performed “tooth pulling” for the some 130,000 inhabitants in all of Canada. Later dentists, trained in preceptorship programs, migrated from the United States to the major cities of Canada. The first notice of a dentist appeared in 1814 in Nova Scotia. In 1815, Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859) came from Vermont and published the first Canadian book on dentistry. By the mid 19th century, dentistry was making great strides everywhere in the world, and these techniques found their ways to Canada. But the different types of “dentists” became a concern for regulating the profession, so the government finally passed a dental practice act in 1868. Canada itself was not brought together until the 1840 Act of Union that joined Upper and Lower Canada into a country with about 2.5 million inhabitants, with another 800,000 in the provinces of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. At this time, there were about 50 permanent dentists not counting the itinerant “dentists.” The Ontario Dental Association was first formed in 1867, and they began the effort to regulate professional dentistry in the now Dominion of Canada. By the next year, the government passed a bill that granted the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario the authority to make dental regulations. This was the first governmental act to let dentistry regulate itself in the world. The Quebec Dental Association was formed in 1869 in Montreal to suggest changes to the dental act. The Manitoba Dental Association was formed in 1883 in Winnepeg. The College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia became a fact in 1886. The New Brunswick Dental Society followed in 1890, with the Nova Scotia Dental Association formed the next year along with the Prince Edward Island Dental Association. The Newfoundland Dental Association came into being in 1893, then the North West Territories Council adopting regulations in 1889. With the 1905 Dominion Act creating the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, dentists formed the College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan in 1906 and the Alberta Dental Association that same year.  Dr. Willmott’s Hall of Fame plaque Our Hall of Fame member, Dr. J. B. Willmott of Toronto, lent his voice to the call for national unity and reciprocity. Quebec’s Association Secretary Eudore Dubeau mailed every dentist in Canada calling for a unity meeting in Montreal in 1902. The three-day meeting was held at McGill University. The Constitution for a Canadian Dental Association and a code of ethics was unanimously approved the first day. National licensure, proficiency, and portability took up the remainder of the meeting. While some of these matters are still debated today, the Canadian Dental Association has grown and prospered. Dr. Crawford’s “A Century of Service” is an excellent primer to cover the history of Canadian dentistry. Anyone interested in dental history will want to secure a copy for themselves from the CDA office in Ottawa. One is also maintained at the PFA Museum in Las Vegas. |
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One Section Chairman’s Program
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| Dr. Bertram Moldauer is Section Chair for Guatemala. He is also Section Chair for the neighboring country of Belize (formerly British Honduras). Dr. Moldauer is the only PFA Chairman to head two countries. But he has dental offices in Belize City, San Ignacio on the two countries’ border, and in Guatemala City. Neither country has many dentists, or many people. And Dr. Bertram Moldauer is a second-generation dentist. His father was the first dentist in then British Honduras. In the early 1940s, crossing from the coastal side of Belize to the western border town of San Ignacio on the only east-west road in Belize, was a Herculean task. Many times the senior Dr. Moldauer and young Bertram had to push their car up the hills to get along. And Mrs. Moldauer helped with the lab work. This was pioneer dentistry in the jungle towns of Central America. Today, Dr. Bertram Moldauer has the assistance of his son, Dr. Ivan Moldauer, and that of his senior dental student daughter Mitzi.  Storefront dentistry In a country where even a Maya Shaman can hang out a sign claiming to be a dentist, the Moldauer family is setting the standard for professional dental care in two countries.  Antigua |
 Crew climbing Tikal With much influence on the only professional dental school in the area, Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City, Dr. Moldauer is introducing many positive changes in his countries. The Moldauer family can be said to be the “Family of Dentistry” in the region. Sometimes persecuted by the governments at various times for their innovative ideas, the Moldauer family persists in reaching out to the indigent populations to serve their needs. Public Health Dentistry is not always supported by the well off, taxed classes. Last year (see May/June 2001 issue of Dental World), Dr. Bertram Moldauer funded a University program to take a dental team under his son, Ivan, into the jungles of Guatemala to provide dental services to indigent in the village of Ipala.  Antigua |
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This year, Dr. Bertram Moldauer launched a huge program, funded by himself in the name of PFA, Nova Southeastern Florida University Dental School in Ft. Lauderdale, the Guatemala Public Health Service, and the Knights of Malta. The program covered several cities and villages in providing everything from top-of-the-line dental care in the cities to pioneer dentistry in the up-mountain villages. The organization was astounding, with all segments being kept in contact with the Moldauer family by cell phones.
Participating in this enormous venture was your Editor James Brophy and PFA photographer Shirley Brophy (at their own expense), the entire six-member Moldauer family and their friends, Nova Southeastern Florida Endodontic Chairman Sergio Kuttler, faculty Jim Satovsky, and two of his endo graduate students—Taras Roud of the Ukraine and Raphael Garofalo of Canada, Francisco Marroquin University dental students—and Dr. Charles Mandel, an implantologist. We even had a Jesuit priest, Fr. Dickman, to insure the program’s success (and be the first patient). Most of us arrived Friday, 3 May 2002 to the “Land of Eternal Spring” where we were met by Dr. and Mrs. Moldauer at the Guatemala City airport. To get everyone acquainted for the project, Dr. Moldauer had us up at 5 am and whisked off to Flores, in the northern Guatemala Peten area, to tour the magnificent ancient Maya ruins at Tikal. There is nothing like an all-day tour, climbing to the top of tall temples, to unite a crew. On Sunday, we toured the capitol, Guatemala City, which is in the south central part of the country. The city was like any city in the United States with McDonald’s, Burger King, tall buildings, traffic jams, fine suburbs, and slums. Lunch was held at the suburban home of dental student Gina Cozzarelli, fiancée of Dr. Ivan Moldauer, where the last of the program’s participants arrived.  Guatemala City |
Then it was off to Antigua, about 65 km away, to check into the “Hotel of Dreams” or La Casa de Los Suenos. Antigua was the second capitol before the volcano erupted in the early 1700s and buried the first level of homes. When it was to be rebuilt years later, the older section was to be maintained with its cobblestone streets and Spanish exterior motif. But inside that façade were housed five-star tourist hotels, while many peasants slept in the old ruins that were not yet restored. The first capitol had also been buried years earlier. Upon arrival and check-in, the Nova group went to the Central Public Health Clinic to set up their million dollars of equipment and calibrate it. Shirley and Jim Brophy went with Knight of Malta Carlos Krafka to tour the Hermano Pedro Clinic and met with the Franciscan priests and sisters who take in the sick and ailing. It was heart-wrenching to see the little babies with so many cleft palates that are left at the clinic door with no names, no records, nothing, by their indigent parents that cannot care for them. The Knights of Malta and the city of Antigua are trying to help with the limited funds they can raise. The clinic needs 72 more wheelchairs to help their elderly patients. On Sunday evening, the group met for a kickoff dinner at the hotel. We were given our assignments for the week. We met the Guatemala government leaders of health, the retired Israeli commandoes that provided security, the local leaders of the Knights of Malta, and all the program participants.  Hermano Pedro Clinic |
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Hermano Pedro Clinic Needs Your Help If any of our Fellows or their families have an unused wheelchair or walker, please send it to the Hermano Pedro Clinic, 6a. Calle Oriente No. 20 La Antigua, Guatemala, Central America. Check them out at their Web site www.c.net.gt/Hpedro. Or send to Editor Brophy at 931 Glen Flora, Waukegan, IL 60085, USA, for forwarding. This July, the Pope will travel to this clinic to confer sainthood on Hermano Pedro as the first saint of Central America. Your contribution will share in the sainted work this man began and is the only lifeline to many so poor that they must give up their children. There are many causes asking for your help, but I have personally seen the poverty and problems that only this Clinic can handle in the area. I would not make this personal appeal if I were not truly shaken by the absolute need these people have. When I left the clinic after touring it, I emptied my wallet into the hands of the nun who showed us around. Thank God for plastic after that. |
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Photographer Shirley and Editor Jim Brophy were sent up the mountain to a small free health clinic in Cuidad Veija “to pull teeth.” The natives spoke no English (or German either); we had no translator, but a very enthusiastic 16-year-old assistant who we drew pictures for of the instruments we needed; which did not matter because they had very little anyway. Four forceps, two elevators, three syringes, no x-ray machine, no air conditioning or fan, and no asepsis, five useless Potts elevators, and a few mirrors and explorers were all we could come up with. |
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When the Director of the Guatemala Dental Health visited us, he explained that they had cut his Q200,000 budget (about $27,000) in half for this year for the entire country. He depended on volunteers from other countries to pay their own expenses to serve the needs of the Guatemala poor. Dr. Bertram Moldauer, his classmate, was a leader in doing these dental programs.
We extracted more than 70 teeth that week. And Photographer/Chemist Shirley Brophy was given a brief course on cleaning and fluoridating teeth, which she applied to some 34 local school students. Down in the valley, the Nova team was performing some of the most sophisticated surgeries in dentistry with the most updated equipment and technology available. In late afternoon, back at the hotel, area dentists from Guatemala City and Antigua gathered for two-hour slide lectures from the Nova team. Fortunately for me, the slides were in English, but the lectures were in Spanish. Attendance was about 30 for each afternoon’s lecture. When Dr. Charles Mandel, an implantologist, came in, he gave a six-hour lecture to the students and faculty at the Francisco Marroquin University Dental School in Guatemala City, then drove out to Antigua for another hour and a half lecture to the dentists there. |
On Wednesday evening, we all were driven back to Guatemala City to attend the Graduation Ceremonies of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin Facultad de Odontologia. The University was impressive, as were the Ceremonies, where dental student Mitzi Moldauer received the top award for being the best dental student in her year again (the third year in a row). PFA was mentioned as attending the Ceremony by the Dean, and we all were introduced. In the reception that followed, Dr. Moldauer button-holed every faculty member to join PFA. Mitzi Moldauer receiving top student award at Graduation Ceremonies On Thursday evening, we attended a reception given by La Asociacion Guatemalteca de Caballeros de la Orden de Malta (the Knights of Malta), where we were presented Recognition Certificates for our volunteer efforts and thanked personally by Antigua Mayor Carlos Garcia Mendez. PFA was included in the appreciation speech as a sponsor through the efforts of the Drs. Moldauer.
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On Friday afternoon, the government held a late luncheon (3 pm) to honor us all with Certificates for our participation in the week’s program. In attendance on behalf of the President of Guatemala were the Minister of Health, Dr. Francisco Bermudez Vila, and the Director of the Dental Public Health, Dr. Roberto Wehnke, and several other minor officials. All the program participants were honored until the end when the government presented a plaque to the Pierre Fauchard Academy for its help. We were then enlisted on the government rolls to come back and practice volunteer dentistry in the future and given customs clearance for bringing in our own instruments. Dr. Sergio Kuttler, on behalf of Nova Dental School, signed a mutual support agreement with the Guatemala Health Ministers to allow further Nova Programs in their country. |
PFA Chairman Moldauer was glowing. The program he had worked so long and hard to put together came off successfully beyond his expectations. But in doing so, he bonded his entire family to us all. At his Saturday Mother’s Day evening dinner in Guatemala City, he told us to make plans for coming back next year when we go to Belize for a similar program. Your Editor and an archeologist in Belize signed up immediately. This is the type of program that just one Chairman’s family put on with a few volunteers that helped so many. What are you and your Chairman doing this year? |
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The Annual PFA Awards Banquet will be held Saturday, 19 October 2002, at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel in the Marlborough Room at 11:30 am. At that time, the new PFA International Officers for 2002-2003 will be sworn into their offices. A reservation envelope is enclosed with this issue. The Luncheon will be $40 apiece, with tickets at the door. Please respond to the Central Office for reservations as the meals need to be ordered in advance of the event.
The PFA Awards will be presented during the ceremony. The PFA Gold Medal is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the art and science of dentistry. This year, this top PFA honor will be conferred on past PFA President Dr. Minori Horiuchi of Massachusetts. At the Awards Ceremony, The International Elmer Best Award will be presented to Dr. Rufino N. Achacoso of the Philippines. PFA International Certificates of Merit will be presented to Professor Dragoslav of Serbia and to past Uruguay Chair Walter Lieber Bielli. Honorary Fellowship will be conferred upon Iowa Dental Executive Director Robert W. Harpster. Director Harpster is retiring this year after serving Iowa dentistry since 1989. Then PFA President C. F. Larry Barrett had selected him to receive the President’s Award in 1997, and he now highly recommends Dr. Harpster for Honorary Membership in our organization. |
Robert Harpster is a native of Washington, DC, and a graduate of American University in 1966. He earned his masters degree in public administration in urban affairs and public relations in 1969 from the same University. He then spent 10 years as Chief Executive Officer and six years as Deputy Director of the League of Iowa cities, a volunteer nonprofit association, serving the public entities in Iowa. He then became Managing Director of Investors Management Group, Ltd., in Des Moines. He received two White House appointments—the first was as Iowa’s representative to the White House Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development (1978) and the other was as Iowan representative to the National Rural Community Facilities Conference in the same year. He has received nine gubernatorial appointments, including the “Year 2000 Committee,” the “State Coalition on Iowa Issues,” and “Healthy Iowans 2000.” As Iowa Dental Association Director, he has run a model office dealing with all the services provided for by a State professional organization. He has already received the ACD Service Award, the PFA President’s Award, and now will become an Honorary PFA Fellow. The Dental Trade and Industry Award will be given to Gerd Schulte, President of Degussa AG of Germany. The President’s Award, selected by President Scott Welch, will be presented to Dr. Joseph A. Devine. |
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 Minori Horiuchi was born 7 September 1927 in Kyoto, Japan, where he graduated from Doshisha High School in Kyoto in 1944. He was then enlisted in the Japanese Navy Air Force during World War II and was trained as a Kamikazi pilot as the War ended. How fortunate for both our countries that he was not needed for that final mission.In 1950, Dr. Horiuchi graduated from the Tokyo Dental College whereupon he served as a dentist in the 35th Station Hospital for the United States Army in Kyoto before coming to the United States in 1951. He then interned at the Guggenheim Dental Clinic in New York City until 1952. He then became a Clinical Fellow at the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children in Boston for the next five years, studying Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Horiuchi is a third-generation dentist. In 1888, his grandfather received the 56th dental license in Japan. His father earned his degree from the Tokyo Dental College in 1914 and from the University of Illinois in 1916. Both his grandfather and his father were Presidents of the Kyoto Dental Association. Dr. Horiuchi’s older sister and younger brother are also dentists in Japan. Dr. Horiuchi realized that to practice dentistry in Japan would be to live in the shadows of his grandfather and father, so he sought to pursue his own his own career in the United States. He re-earned his dental degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1960, and a postdoctorate in Orthodontics at Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1980. Dr. Min has gone on to serve as President of the Massachusetts Society of Dentistry for Children (1966-1967), President of PFA (1988-1989), President of the American Academy of Dental Science (1994-1995), President of the USA ICD (1997), and International President of ICD (2002-2003). Dr. Min also serves as Trustee on the PFA Foundation. Dr. Horiuchi served as Associate Director of the International Advanced Dental Education Program at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (1988-2001). In the late 1980s, Dr. Horiuchi opened his own general dentistry practice to include pediatrics and orthodontics to serve the Japanese speaking population in the Boston area. |
At present, Dr. Horiuchi is a lecturer in the Restorative Department at Harvard, an active member of the Forsyth Institute Board of Trustees, and practices in Newton Center, a suburb of Boston. Dr. Min Horiuchi has been decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of Sacred Treasure and the Medal of Gold Rays with Rosettes for his many contributions in dentistry and founding the Japanese Association of Greater Boston in which he served as their Founding President. Min also serves on the Board of Governors for the Boston Athletic Association, which promotes relationships between the United States and Japan. His organization promotes the Boston Marathon. Massachusetts Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci appointed him on the Asian-American Commission for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1999. That same year, the Tokyo Dental College appointed Dr. Horiuchi as manager of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi’s Memorial House in Shandaken, New York. His honors and awards are many. He has served as President of the Rotary Club of Newton (1970-1971), Trustee on Dean College of Franklin, Mass (1992-1997), served as Director of the West Suburban YMCA in Newton (1987-1996), and Trustee of the Newton Pride Committee (1997-current). He has Life Memberships in several organizations and has received the Prince Chichibu Award from the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation (1965) in Gifu, Japan. He holds a citation from the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991). He has been named “Notable Newtonian” and December 11 is Dr. Minoru Horiuchi Day in Newton, Mass. |
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 Rufino Achacoso, or Pen as he is fondly called, was born in 1924 in Botolan, Zambales, in the Republic of the Philippines. The outbreak of WWII disrupted his pre-law studies at the University of the Philippines, so he joined the United States Armed Forces of the Far East (USAFFE). After the War ended, Rufino entered the Manila Central University to study dentistry, at the same time as serving as Master Sergeant in the Philippine Army Military Police Command. He earned his dental degree in 1948.Dr. Achacoso did his postgraduate studies in Prosthodontics at the University of Illinois (1951-1952) and then in West Germany at the University of Cologne. |
He was appointed as the first Chief of Dental Services of the Philippine Veterans Memorial Hospital in 1956, during which he studied Hospital Training at the VA Hospital in New York and at the Bronx Veterans Hospital (1956-1957). In 1959, Dr. Achacoso was appointed a Dental Board Examiner by then Philippine President Carlos Garcia. He served on the Philippine Dental Association Board for 10 years, twice as President of the Quezon City Dental Chapter. He was also the Founding Chapter President of the Philippine Prosthodontic Society and the Philippine Academy of General Dentistry. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ADI. Dr. Achacoso has been active in the Christian Family Movement, the Philippine-Japan Cultural Exchange, the Quezon City Foundation for the Youth, the Rotary Club, and the Philippine Youth Symphonic Band. |
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Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1927, Joe Devine graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1948 and then earned his dental degree from Creighton University Dental School in 1952. After serving in the U.S. Army, he started a private practice in Cheyenne and became involved in organized dentistry.
Dr. Devine has held all the offices in the Wyoming Dental Association, including the Presidency. He served as ADA Trustee from the 14th District (1978-1984). He is a Fellow in PFA, ACD, and ICD. In the ADA, Dr. Devine has served as Delegate from Wyoming to the House of Delegates (1965-1979), as ADA 2nd Vice President (1974-1975), and then as ADA President (1986-1987). |
He is active in his community as a member of the Elks (BPOE), the Eagles (FOE), the Moose (LOOM), Rotary International, Alpha Epsilon Delta, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He served three terms on his school board, including two years as Chairman. He was a member of the Executive Committee for the Health Services Agency, and Chairman of the Wyoming Health Coordinating Council. His many awards include the PFA Gold Medal (1988), Creighton University Dentist of the Year (1985), Distinguished Alumnus of Creighton University College of Dentistry (1986), and Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Wyoming (1988). |
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When dentists think of staff, we usually think of dental assistants, administrative personnel, dental hygienists, and laboratory technicians.
However, this is really only a portion of our staff. If dentists are to have a successful practice, we must have an efficient staff in all phases of the practice so that it will be successful and trouble-free. It is important for us to do what we do well. That means we do dentistry. We do not have the time, knowledge, or temperament to do all phases of running a dental practice, which is a business. In addition to the immediate office staff, auxiliary staff is necessary. The selection of an accountant is obviously important. The accountant should come to the office on a regular basis. An accountant will be able to recognize any mathematical mistake and correct it immediately. I remember years ago, in my early days of practice, I was attempting to reconcile a bank statement. I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find the mistake. It was a very small amount of money, but frustrating because I simply could not find it. At that moment my accountant came in. |
I tossed him the checkbook and walked out of the room. He came to me in about five minutes with the answer. The problem was that I had been making the same mistake over and over. When I asked him how he could find the discrepancy so quickly, he replied, “Because I know where to look!” The reason we are skilled in dental treatment is because we know where to look. Obviously, there are more important considerations for hiring an accountant or tax preparer. To find the one you need, check with the Council for Accounting and Taxation, the National Association of Enrolled Agents, or your State’s Society of CPAs. Remember, for a tax preparer you need an accredited tax or an accredited tax advisor for accountants. It is better to have one who charges by the hour. A flat fee per return encourages them to pump out work quickly, as opposed to carefully. After dealing with the problems of patients and their care, you need an expert to deal with your tax and accounting situations to keep clear of government entanglements. |
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I would like to take this opportunity to make a suggestion that might help increase the number of new Fellows for 2002 and beyond. It will take some work, but the effort will reap tremendous benefits for the service we provide to those we serve.
Past PFA President (and current Foundation Treasurer) George Higue (1974) through countless hours of work brought in 1200 new members into the Academy in the United States. Past PFA President (and past DW Editor) Clifford Loader (1978) brought in an equal amount internationally. As a Section Chair in 1988, I noticed a number of individuals in my immediate area that were not Fellows. Therefore, I contacted them and invited them to our Fellowship. Some 63 new Fellows were then brought into the Southern California Section. There are a number of individuals who were on faculty at the various dental schools in the area that I did not know personally. I contacted them by telephone and by letter. I asked the Deans of the dental schools in my area to submit names of five or more of their faculty who they felt were highly qualified individuals for Fellowship. This system worked and we increased our membership. |
I realize that every state does not have a dental school, and that it will take some effort on the part of the Section Chairs to accomplish this. But I really feel that this effort would be worth their time. At least 265 new Fellows can be inducted into the Academy through contacting the Deans of the dental schools. The Section Chairs should set a deadline for themselves to call on the Dean(s) to solicit prospectives. The Deans are well aware of the work we do through their Foundation contact for scholarship awards. If any Chair needs a copy of the various types of letters to mail to the candidates, please contact me or the Central Office. I also realize that each country has a different protocol for inviting new Fellows into the Academy and that protocol needs to be respected. But we should not cease to recruit new members as the new graduates age into qualified younger prospectives. New members bring newer ideas, changes in perspective, and new programs to get involved in. This is a good thing for a thriving, growing Academy. Membership is everyone’s business! |
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Membership and retention is vital to the success of the PFA and to our beneficial influence on our profession. More members brings greater involvement in service projects. More service projects attract more members. This is critical to getting good, worthy new Fellows.
Service is our “raison d’etre,” our reason for being. Service is helping others. It is giving back. Fellows were chosen to be members of our Academy because they gave of themselves. As dignified, righteous professionals we distinguish ourselves and set the example for others to follow. |
We lead the way to raise the standards of our profession and do honor to our calling. Student scholarships and Foundation grants give us the tools for each Section Chair to develop almost any worthwhile service project you can think of. Three or four Sections can pool their grants and sponsor a CE course open to new potential members. Other ideas are out there just needing leadership to implement them. You are that leader. |
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90th FDI Congress, Vienna, Austria AADE Conference at the New Orleans Marriott PFA Academy and Board Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana 143rd ADA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (Have your PFA Event date put here. E-mail Editor Brophy at PFADWJMB@aol.com) |
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The FDI USA Section has sent out a notice that, as a result of decisions made at their Kuala Lumpur Meeting last January, “every member of a National Dental Association that is a member of FDI will automatically become an individual member of FDI.” In other words, your membership will become a part of your ADA dues benefits.
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| Since 1996, your Foundation has distributed $675,900 in scholarships, $970,540 in grants, $261,200 in PFA grants, and $45,000 to the Loader-Espinach Award for a total amount of $1,952,640 over this time. Your contributions to your Foundation are carefully apportioned to best serve our profession and to the public it serves. Foundation Executive Director Shig Ryan Kishi notes that as of 25 May, 17 letters were sent to non-U.S. dental school deans requesting the names for the Foundation scholarship winners to be submitted by the 14 July deadline. Yet to respond were deans from Germany, Netherlands, Korea, Peru, and Pakistan. Of the U.S. schools, 51 out of 53 have responded. Grant requests were for 93 applications with 10 going to Section Chairs. Thirty-six were received completed. Eighteen were sent to the grant application committee for review. These totaled $146,604. Eighteen applications, totaling $160,000, were rejected. The lawsuits brought against the Foundation in Costa Rica have all been dismissed. The Foundation has no further legal obligations in Costa Rica. President Haruo Morita of the J. Morita Corporation, a dental supplier, has donated $500 to the Foundation Student Scholarship Fund. All of us in the Foundation and the Academy thank Mr. Morita for his generosity. In the 18 March 2002 edition of the ADA News (at the top of page two), an article appeared that stated that “the PFA Foundation is seeking applications for grants it will award in 2002 to students and programs.” This article suggested applying for such to the Foundation. The article was incorrect in that the scholarship winners are selected by their dental school deans and not by the Foundation. This error was called to the attention of the ADA News, but so far no correction had been published. Many PFA Officers and the Foundation have been besieged by calls and e-mails requesting such awards. Please note that the Foundation’s Scholarship Award recipients are selected by the dental school deans themselves and not by the Foundation on an individual student request basis. We simply have no procedure to judge any student from the 81 scholarships awarded. This must be left up to each dental school to make that selection based on their knowledge of their students. We understand the requests that have generated from the ADA News article and regret the inconvenience on all those searching for such funding. But we did not generate that news article, and we have made several attempts to have it corrected as quickly as possible. Dr. Carl Lundgren attended the April meeting of the Association of Dental Foundation Executives. His recommendation for membership will be submitted to the Board. The Officers Bonding Policy from Travelers Insurance has been renewed. All reports for the Foundation Meeting are due in the Foundation Office by 3 September 2002 to be included in the meeting packet. |
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| Dr. Carl Lundgren writes that when the present Foundation grant format was first developed in 1994, the $300,000 income that was available for awards was divided into two groups: (1) student scholarships—82 at $1200 for a total of $98,400; and (2) $200,000 for grants. Now that the scholarship program with 81 awards has increased the individual funding to $1500; this increase of $23,100 comes from the monies available for grants. The Academy requests have also increased from $40,000 last year to $55,000 for the coming year. The $7500 annual Award to Costa Rica for the Brenes Espinach-Loader Award will continue indefinitely. All of this reduces the amount of funds available for grant programs. Last year was unusual in that there was an additional $82,000 remaining in the funds from the previous years that had been carried over, but this needed to be distributed per IRS regulations, or a 15% tax would have to be paid on the surplus. The consensus of the Foundation Executive Board, and that of the Grant Committee, is that the Academy’s requests for funds be treated in the same manner as any other grant request, with the exception that a full application form will not be required. That is to say that the Academy’s requests be broken down to their individual categories and assigned grant numbers to each. Then such requests will be evaluated and discussed separately as the other grant applications for consideration by the Foundation Board. This will require that the Academy supply a full page or more of information concerning who, what, where, when, how, and the history for each request so that the Board members can evaluate the need for funding. And it is important that this be done in a timely fashion for the Grants Committee to review the requests. The will of Dr. Brenes Espinach, from whence the majority of our funds stems, stipulated that we use his legacy for direct humanitarian purposes, which the Foundation has been properly doing. This change in procedure for the Academy brings their requests in line with the established Grant Evaluation Program procedures to insure we follow Dr. Espinach’s wishes. |
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La Lettre des Ordre National des Chirurgiens-Dentistes, the Journal of the French Dental Association, in their April 2002 issue, included an article on the presentation of the Foundation’s $10,000 check by International Trustee for Europe Pierre Marois to Dr. Andrè Robert, President of the National Council, for the Paris mobile dental clinic. Every year that the PFA International Officers have attended the Hall of Fame venue at their Headquarters, we have been given a tour of the mobile clinic for the underserved of Paris. Caroline Chazanne of Nantes University received the Foundation’s Scholarship Award at a Paris ceremony. French Section Chair Hubert Ouvrard presided with Section Secretary Charles Gastaud and Deans Henri Hamel of Nantes University and Marie-Laure Boy-Lefevre of Paris No. 7 University Dental School. |
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The University of Dublin’s Trinity College School of Dental Medicine Dean John Clarkson thanked the Foundation for the Scholarship Award presented to Orna McEntee. The ceremony was made more festive with Professor W. Watts, Chairman of the Dental Hospital Board, presenting flowers to her as well. Philippines Chairman Dean Diampo Lim hosted their annual PFAS Convocation during the 95th Philippine Dental Association annual Convention last May in Manila. The Section will host a scientific conference at the same time. |
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The Children’s Dental Health Association newsletter The Smile for April 2002, which serves San Diego’s underprivileged children, published a list of clinic donors that included the PFA Foundation. PFA Gold Medal recipient James Vernetti (1999) was also included in the list. The April issue of CDA Update contained an article on St. Leo’s Dental Clinic in Solana Beach, which had been initiated by Rotarians and staffed by volunteer dentists using donated equipment. The clinic has been surviving on donations and a $10 fee per patient, if they can afford it. The Foundation’s $10,000 grant will help to upgrade badly needed equipment and pay for non-donated services. Illinois Past PFA President William Kort attended the University of Illinois Honors Day where our Foundation Award was presented. Michigan Past PFA President M. David Campbell presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to David Studt at the University of Detroit Mercy during the Michigan Section Breakfast held at the Detroit Dental review last November along with dental school Dean H. Robert Steiman. This event was reported in the University of Detroit-Mercy’s dental alumni magazine. Minnesota International Trustee Michael Perpich with Section Chairman Michael Shafhauser presented a check for $10,000 to Kathleen McCulough-Zander for the Center for Victims of Torture. |
Nevada
The Spring 2002 Nevada Dental Journal issue printed an article on the PFA Foundation’s $5000 donation to the Dental Assisting Program at the Community College of Southern Nevada. The grant will be used to purchase needed equipment for their program that serves the greater Las Vegas area. The program has tripled in size since its inception in 1996, with Las Vegas being the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States. They have 74 students enrolled in dental assisting, of which 30 will be graduating this spring. Our Secretary/Treasurer Richard A. Kozal has been selected by the students to be their Commencement Speaker. New York The SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine presented their 2001 Scholarship Award to Victor Joseph Grazina and their 2002 Award to Amie M. McCarthy. Oregon Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry Nora Cromley has announced the 2002 Foundation Scholarship recipient as David Baker. Texas The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston has selected Jarrod Edward Jones to receive the 2002 Foundation Scholarship Award. |
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International Trustee Mamoru Sakuda reports that Fellow Dr. Masanori Kawaguchi was honored by Kyoto Governor Prefecture last November for his 50 years of dental service to leprosy patients in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Laos.
Dr. Kawaguchi then received the Welfare Award from the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper last March. Dr. Masanori Kawaguchi is the ideal representative of PFA professionals. In 1952, while studying at the Osaka Dental College, Dr. Kawaguchi organized the students for volunteer activities, which today is called the Umemoto Memorial Service Group for Lepra, to treat leper patients in some six countries that have been forced to live in isolated colonies with no dental treatment. His organization has attempted to sweep away the groundless prejudices against lepers. After becoming a PFA Fellow in 1972, he has worked with the Japan Section to uplift and develop the spirit of our profession. His organization has three PFA Fellows volunteering for service to the leper colonies. Truly a hero in dentistry, Dr. Kawaguchi deserves such honors from us all. |
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Uruguay Apologies to Chairman Roy Cooper and his Fellows for not receiving the last issue of Dental World. Hopefully this error will not occur again. Chairman Roy Cooper will be holding a meeting with International Trustee Bernardo Levit in Montevideo Dental School to discuss PFA activities and Foundation grants. Dr. Cooper reports developing a project on halitosis at the dental school to be undertaken by the Biochemistry Department and the Oral Pathology Department. |
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Entitled “Dentistry’s Handclasp Around the World,” this Section held their 32nd annual Awards Luncheon last April during the CDA’s Scientific Session in Anaheim. The Luncheon honored Dr. Richard Lee Kahn, who received their Distinguished Dentist of the Year Award. Dr. Kahn earned his dental degree from USC in 1964, becoming Chairman of Restorative Dentistry there in 1991. He has received many honors, including Outstanding Faculty Awards, Teaching Excellence Awards, and the Presidential Recognition Award from the USC Dental Alumni Association in 2000. The Honor Award Introduction was given by past PFA President Shig R. Kishi (1997-1998). The Introductions were made by Chair Charles Eller, with the Invocation given by William Frank. PFA President Scott Welch presented an Academy report with Foundation Vice President Carl Lundgren giving their report. President Welch, Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal, and Foundation Executive Director and past PFA President Shigeo Kishi inducted new Fellows Drs. Douglas Christiansen of San Diego, William Coffman of Yucaipa, Michael Kelley of San Diego, David Levine of Burbank, David Richards of San Diego, Ari Rosenblatt of Beverly Hills, Michael Schneider of Manhattan Beach, and Stephan Shepherd of Newport Beach. The Student Scholarship Award Recognition presenter was Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal for Loma Linda University’s Michael Erickson, UCLA’s Michael Pickard, and USC’s Rex Yanase. The Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards presenter was President Scott Welch for Loma Linda’s Dr. Ronald Blank, UCLA’s Drs. John Beumer III and William Morgan, and USC’s Dr. Ronald Green. The Foundation Grant Awards were made to Thousand Smiles Craniofacial Surgery and Dental Care Mission’s Drs. Tanaka and James Vernetti, to the Children’s Dental Center of Inglewood’s Dr. Cherilyn Sheets, to the Children’s Dental Health Association in San Diego’s Dr. Patricia Ann Billings, to Esperanza International’s Dr. Roger Kingston, to MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity) of Pocoima’s Dr. David Campbell, to the Royal-Allard Children’s Dental Center of East Los Angeles’ Dr. Naomi L. Bement, and to St. Leo’s Dental Center of North San Diego’s Drs. Robert Bobbitt and Roger Kingston. The Section Officers arranging this program are Chair Charles Eller, Vice Chair Hans S. Sjoren, past Chair Steven Ferriot, and Editor William Mihram. Connecticut International Trustee Howard Mark and Chair William MacDonnell hosted their annual Luncheon Meeting last May with more than 50 in attendance. CSDA Vice President Dr. Dean Clouthier gave the Invocation for the Induction Ceremony to enlist new Fellows Drs. Ronald Albert, Douglas Callis, Ronald D’Andrea, Mark Desrosiers, Vincent Dibenedetto, Gary Grilli, James Naylor, Margaret Ann Smith, Kathleen Burr, and Steven Lepowsky. Dean Peter Robinson welcomed the guests and gave a review of the UCONN School of Dental Medicine progress which has been named the top dental school in the United States. Professor-emeritus Cosmo R. Castaldi was presented with the PFA Distinguished Service Award for his dedication to the use of sports mouth guards and redesign of hockey helmets to reduce oral-maxillofacial injuries.  L-R, Distinguished Award recipient Cosmo Castaldi with Chair William MacDonald Congressman Robert Simmons (R, 2nd District) spoke on the support for oral care in Washington, DC. CSDA Executive Director Noel Bishop was in attendance as well to provide State Association updates. |
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Chairman Don-N Brotman hosted their Dinner Meeting last April with some 51 in attendance. After the introductions of several Deans and past Maryland State Dental Association Presidents, John Hasler was presented the PFA Award as an unsung hero for his design of the new dental school to be completed in July 2005. Eleven new Fellows were inducted. Dr Ted Berkinshaw gave an address on “Invisalign.” Foundation Scholarship recipient Maya Alqueza was also present.  Dean Richard Ranney with Scholarship recipient Maya Alqueza Florida Fellow Samuel O. Dorn of Plantation, Florida, has been elected President of the American Association of Endodontists at their 59th Annual Session held in Chicago this April. Dr. Dorn has been a member of AAE since 1973 and serves as Trustee of the AAE Foundation. Dr. Dorn is also President of the Greater Hollywood Dental Society, the Florida Association of Endodontists, the South Florida Endodontic Study Club, and the East Coast District Dental Society, which named him 1987 Dentist of the Year. He is also a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. Dr. Dorn serves as Professor and Director of postgraduate Endodontics at Nova Southeastern University School of Dental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale since 1996. He earned his dental degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Dentistry in 1970 and his certificate in endodontics from Nassau County Medical Center in 1976. Massachusetts The annual PFA Breakfast, held during the Yankee Dental Convention, was well attended by dignitaries such as Robert E. Boose, Executive Director for the Massachusetts Dental Society; MDS President Richard LoGuercio; 1st District ADA Trustee Edward Mehlman; and 12th District ADA Trustee Richard Haught.  |L-R, MDS Director Robert Boose, MDS President Richard LoGuercio, William Lober, Janice Conrad, ADA Trustee Ed Mehlman, and ADA Trustee Richard Haught Michigan Also reported in the Detroit-Mercy dental alumni news was Fellow William Chase who is finishing his term as President of the Michigan Dental Association. Dr. Chase had served six years as Editor of the Journal of the MDA. He is past recipient of the UDM Dental Alumnus of the Year Award and has served as an adjunct assistant clinical professor for 19 years. He is a member of PFA, ICD, ADG, and ICD. In 1999, he was honored as MDA’s Dentist Citizen of the Year for his volunteer work in Brazil and in the Philippines. He is past President of the Adrian Rotary Club and was their 1986 Rotarian of the Year. He was Rotarian District Governor in 1989-1990 and received their highest honor, the 1993 Service Above Self Award. At the request of the Rotary program, he began his volunteer work in their Brazil clinic. Nevada Chair Bill Rohel of Reno will host their annual Pliney Phillips Breakfast before the House of Delegates Meeting at the State’s annual session in San Diego this June. |
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Chairman Edward Feinberg reports that their Section Luncheon Meeting was held on 1 June at the Garden City Hotel during the annual Meeting of the New York State Dental Association with more than 70 attending. Past PFA President Fred Halik gave the Invocation. Among those attending besides NYSDA past President Fred Halik were NYSDA President Mark Feldman, Illinois ADA Trustee Leo Finley, ADA Trustee James Fanno, ADA Trustee Eugene Sekiguchi, New York ADA Trustee Howard Fine, ASDA Representative to NYSDA Amy Rappold, and NYSDA’s Executive Director Roy Lasky. NYSDA Secretary-Treasurer Kirk Gleason, NYSDA Councilman Tony DiMango, and NYSDA Governor Joseph Caruso inducted five new Fellows into the Academy—Drs. Joseph Cipollina of Brooklyn, Prabha Krishnan of Rego Park, Lois Levine of Great Neck, James Sconzo of Brooklyn, and Theodore Graff of Endicott. Section Co-chair Bruce Seidberg presented their Section highest honor to Dr. Jeffrey Burkes, chief forensic dentist for the World Trade Center (WTC) recovery effort. Dr. Burkes supervised 200 dentists and personnel coordinating the efforts of the WTC recovery and the American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens on 12 October 2001. He is the founder of the New York City Dental Mass Disaster Team as well as clinical assistant professor at NYU’s College of Medicine Dept. of Pathology. Keynote speaker was author Roger Kahn, who has written 23 books and articles on fitness. Serving on the NYSDA’s Meeting Committees were Fellows Ed Feinberg, Bruce Seidberg, Elliot Moskowitz, Tony DiMango, Peter Collins, Kirk Gleason, Michael Fallon, James Orcutt, Bill Calmon, Larry Wolfgang, Stuart Coleton, Bert Bildner, Frank Murphy, Joseph Caruso, and Alan Mazer. NYSDA President-elect Bill Calmon, who will be hosting next year’s PFA meeting Luncheon in Rochester, concluded the PFA Meeting with a traditional champagne toast. Past PFA President Fred Halik of Fairport received the New York State Dental Association’s Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his outstanding services to NYSDA at their Garden City Meeting of the Board of Governors. Dr. Halik is past NYSDA President, and of its local component the Seventh District Dental Society. He is a Delegate to the ADA and has served on the Board of Governors for 10 years. He was also instrumental in passing the 1987 Missing Persons and Identification of Unknowns Act by the NY Legislature. Dr. Halik is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and earned his periodontal certificate from Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. He practices in Rochester. In 1983, Dr. Halik received the Seventh District’s George D. Greenwood Award. Oklahoma Chair William E. Goodman held their annual Breakfast Meeting during the ODA Session last April to induct 12 new Fellows into the Academy and to present their Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Kevin Avery. Dr. Keith Keeter substituted for past Section Chair Jim Saddoris (past ADA president) as presenter of the Award. Their keynote speaker was attorney/columnist Joe Priest, who discussed “Ethics and Professionalism.”  L-R, Chair Richard Petty, William Larson, Cory Evans, Matthew Cheney, Keith Warr, Trustee Gary Lowder New Hampshire |
South Carolina
Immediate past Chair W. Eugene Atkinson of Orangeburg hosted their annual meeting last January in Charleston during the South Carolina AGD Conference which featured Dr. Didier Dietschi or Switzerland who spoke on aesthetic restorations. PFA President-elect Gordan Stine gave the keynote address. Their Distinguished Dentist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Carroll Player of Florence. Dr. Player is past President of the South Carolina Dental Association, ADA Committee Chairman, ADA Delegate and ADA Trustee. Pennsylvania Fellow Michael J. Cerviris is the new President of the Pennsylvania Dental Association. Also elected was Fellow Linda K. Himmelberger as Secretary. Fellow Richard J. Galeone has been elected President of the American Association of Dental Editors. Fellow Alvin H. Artz has been re-elected as Secretary/Treasurer of the American Endodontic Society. Section Chairman Joseph A. Donato is Chairman of the combined Fellowship Breakfast for PFA, ICD, and ACD held at the Liberty Dental Conference in Philadelphia. Fellow Robert S. Runzo was recently elected President of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Alumni Association. Past PFA President Nicholas D. Saccone was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Scranton Arae Foundation. Fellow John W. Staubach has completed his five-year term as Pennsylvania’s ADA Trustee. Washington State Fellow Paul B. Robertson has been selected by the Washington Dental Service Foundation as Distinguished Professor in Dentistry. Dr. Robertson recently retired as Dean of their dental school (see March/April 2002 Dental World). Dr. Robertson will host a symposium in 2004 featuring a panel of distinguished international speakers. In June 2001, Dr. Robertson was recipient of the Dean’s Club Honorary Life Member Award. Dr. Robertson had earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and his dental degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. He then served three years in the Air Force before earning his Certificate in Periodontics and his MS in Pathology from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, where in 1972 he joined the faculty as Assistant Professor in Periodontics. In 1973, he joined the faculty as Associate Professor at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. In 1976, he became full Professor and Chairman of Periodontology at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine until 1983 when he became Professor and Chair of the Department of Stomatology at UCSF. In 1988, he became Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia. Then in 1992, he was appointed Dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry. Dr. Robertson is a Fellow of PFA, ACD, and ICD. Fellow James N. Sledge was honored in the University of Washington Dental Alumni Winter/Spring 2002 issue of Dental Alumni News as the Alumni Profile for that issue. Dr. Sledge did his undergraduate work at Whitworth College after which he joined the Peace Corps. After working for the Peace Corps in Borneo, he went to work for Abbott Laboratories, where he developed a desire to serve as a dentist and entered the Washington Dental School before graduating in 1979. Their Alumni Association honored him as the 1990 Dentist-Citizen of the Year. He also serves as an ADA Delegate. He is a Fellow in PFA, ACD, and ICD. Utah International Trustee Gary Lowder held their annual Breakfast Meeting during the Utah Dental Association Convention last April to install Dr. Richard O. Petty as Utah Section Chair and to induct new Fellows Drs. William R. Larson, L. Cory Evans, Matthew C. Cheney, and Keith N. Warr.  L-R, Chair Richard Petty, William Larson, Cory Evans, Matthew Cheney, Keith Warr, Trustee Gary Lowder |
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As published in the last issue, we cannot use e-mail photographs for publication. They are good for identification, but not for reprinting. Please send the original photographs. If deciding which ones to send, the first priority would be a picture of the new Fellows inducted, and their names! Second priority is award presentations. All extra photos are either reused in another issue, or filed into a picture “morgue” for future use.
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