Dental World®		July/August • 2002
	PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY

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	Thoughts From the President
	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.
			Scott M. Welch, DDS President

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	Table of Contents- July/August 2002
	Presidents Message		Professor Dr. Walter Lieber Bielli
	PFA Annual Meeting Schedule		Dr. Joseph A. Devine
	Elmer Best Award Ceremonies		Now, the Rest of the Staff
	Dr. Michael J. Cripton		Membership, Membership
	Dr. Raymond D. Wenn		Membership and Retention
	Dr. Kenneth C. Bentley		2002 Calendar
	Dr. Denis Forest		FDI World Dental Foundation
	100th -Canadian Dental Assoc.		Foundation News- International
	One Section Chairman’s Program		Foundation News - United States
	Guatemala		Section News- International
	Awards Banquet		Section News- United States
	Dr. Minori Horiuchi		Nota Bene
	Dr. Rufino N. Achacoso
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	PFA Annual Meeting Schedule New Orleans, Louisiana 18–20 October 2002—New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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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	100th Anniversary of the Canadian Dental Association
	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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	Table of Contents- July/August 2002
	Presidents Message		Professor Dr. Walter Lieber Bielli
	PFA Annual Meeting Schedule		Dr. Joseph A. Devine
	Elmer Best Award Ceremonies		Now, the Rest of the Staff
	Dr. Michael J. Cripton		Membership, Membership
	Dr. Raymond D. Wenn		Membership and Retention
	Dr. Kenneth C. Bentley		2002 Calendar
	Dr. Denis Forest		FDI World Dental Foundation
	100th -Canadian Dental Assoc.		Foundation News- International
	One Section Chairman’s Program		Foundation News - United States
	Guatemala		Section News- International
	Awards Banquet		Section News- United States
	Dr. Minori Horiuchi		Nota Bene
	Dr. Rufino N. Achacoso
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