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I recall opening my Dental World articles with “An Attitude of Gratitude” theme as I looked forward to the opportunity of serving as President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. This past year has added greatly to my awareness of the tremendous dedication and commitment to the vision of the Academy that is so richly held by its leadership and Fellows.
I now conclude my year as President of the Academy with an “expanded” Attitude of Gratitude. I am grateful for all the Section Chairs who presented annual awards meetings recognizing the outstanding contributions of existing Fellows and inducting many new Fellows who had qualified themselves through their dedication and contributions to the dental profession. I am grateful for the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees for faithfully leading the progress of the Academy forward as they completed their assignments to strengthen the Academy’s purpose and vision in their respective Regions of the world and to fulfill their specific assignments for the Academy. I am grateful for the Foundation of the Academy and their faithful dedication to processing the flood of new grant applications, which numbered almost three times what they have been in the past. Special recognition is due the Foundation’s Executive Director, Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi, for his tireless efforts so ably given in the past and so aptly given now at tremendous personal sacrifice. I am grateful for the work of the standing committees of the Academy whose efforts have created the presence of the Pierre Fauchard bust and informational kiosk at the ADA Headquarters Library (Dr. Ray Klein, Hall of Fame Committee Chair), the revision of the Academy’s Constitution and Bylaws with legal review (Dr. Mike Perpich, Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair), the budgetary reconciliation to a status of current and projected annual financial stability (Dr. Kevin Roach, Budget and Finance Committee Chair), the nominations and presentations of the annual awards of the Academy, which included the Elmer S. Best Memorial Award honoring Dr. Gunnar E. Carlsson of Sweden and the Pierre Fauchard Gold Medal honoring Dr. Harald Loe, former Director of the National Institute of Dental Research (Dr. James Englander, Awards Committee Chair), |
and the continued stabilizing service of the other standing committees and chairs whose efforts assure the success and excellence of the Academy.
I am grateful for the leadership and dedication of our Executive Director, Dr. Richard Kozal, and his wife Judith—who are known and loved worldwide for their service to the Academy. As a result of their enthusiasm and dedication, the day-to-day functions of the Academy roll forward providing countless services of the Academy to the Fellows in all Sections throughout the world. Also, Richard has led the way, with the assistance of the Academy Webmaster Mark Stanley, toward upgrading our premier Web site, www.fauchard.org with reproductions of the Academy’s new brochure, multi-lingual translations of Academy literature, and Web site information, historical articles, and the inclusion of individual Section web page capability. I am grateful for our Editor, who assimilates and prepares all of the information submitted from all over the world to create the Dental World insert to Dental Abstracts for publication and mailing internationally and for reproduction on the Academy Web site. It seems to me that this “Attitude of Gratitude” thing is both infectious and contagious. Once infected by the feeling it creates, the carrier possesses the ability to turn tiring tasks into tremendous blessings. When it spreads to others, both the carrier and the recipient who experience the hard work, dedication, and service, become joyful. The rewards are satisfying, and ever present in countless ways. Once infected, there are no recommended cures. In fact, it becomes the cure for many other life ailments, which obscure our vision of being all that we were created to be in whatever endeavor. Excellence and success are then the natural consequences of a life filled with gratitude. I thank you all, most sincerely, for your support and for being the great leaders and professionals that I know you are. |
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On 15 August, at 1:30 a.m. PDT, our great friend, a PFA past Academy President, the Foundation Executive Director, slipped away in his long dark fight against the cancer that had ravaged his body for more than a year. Never the one to complain, he fought the disease daily as he carried out his duties. L-R, President Gary Lowder with past Presidents Shig Kishi and M. David Campbell For those of us who knew this great man from his actions, and not just his laurels, Dr. Shig Kishi was an outstanding contributor to his profession and to the Academy/Foundation particularly. He graduated with honors from USC’s School of Dentistry in 1969 and had been elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society. As an undergraduate, he was awarded the first Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for cancer research. In 1991, he returned to USC to do a postdoctoral study in clinical and theoretical applications of computers in dentistry. This knowledge he also applied to the Academy as well as serving USC as a clinical Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging. He maintained a faculty relationship with USC as a clinical Assistant Professor in Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Kishi maintained a dental practice since 1969 and served as Expert Dental Consultant for the California Board of Dental Examiners. He was Chairman of the Peer Review Panel of the Orange County Dental Society, as well as being an active member of the Society’s Ethics Committee. Dr. Kishi was Deputy Executive Director and Secretary for the Academy of Dentistry International (ADI). He was a member of the California Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Sessions, USC’s Jones Gold Foil and Cast Gold Study Club, USC’s Century Club Board of Directors, and served on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Section of the American College of Dentists (ACD). He was an Associate Member of the Chicago Dental Society, a USC Golden Life Member, a member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the International Academy of Gnathology, the American Prosthodontic Society, the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry, the International Academy of Computers in Clinical Dentistry, the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI), as well as the ADA and the California Dental Association. Dr. Kishi’s honors and awards were as numerous as were his activities. He received the 1998 Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgien-Dentistes Gold Medal. He was a Fellow in PFA, ACD, ICD, AGD, and ADI. Shig co-authored the book Legacy, which is still available from PFA, which highlighted professional success and dental leadership qualities. Dr. Kishi’s activity in our Pierre Fauchard Academy started as Chairman of the Southern California Section, then served a term as International Trustee from Region V (Western USA). He was elected to serve as Academy President for 1997-1998. Many consider this a turning point in the Academy’s progress to attain international leadership status with the other dental honor societies. Under Dr. Kishi’s leadership, his background in computers permitted him to upgrade the Central Office system (which has continued even today), to computerize the production of Dental World (which had been done entirely by typewriter/galley sheets until that time), and to use his own skills later to computerize the PFA Foundation. These were major innovations for their time. Under Shig’s able leadership, the Pierre Fauchard Academy established a Web site for the Academy that created an instant link with members from all over the world directly to the Central Office and to the Academy publications.  L-R, President Shig Kishi making Elmer Best Award presentation to Professor Robert Weill with Trustee Pierre Marois at Paris Hall of Fame |
During his PFA officerships, he realized the importance of actually having the officers, on all levels, get out to the different Sections personally to make contact with the Academy Fellows. He instituted more travel for the Central Office staff and directed the Dental World staff to cover important events on site, so as to establish a continuing personal relationship with international Fellows and their international publications. These far-reaching changes, still in effect today, have enhanced the status of the Academy globally and have made maximum usage of their ongoing area leaderships in representing the Academy. The Academy staffs provide the familiar contact (and background history) during far-flung visitations in introducing the changing officers from year-to-year to the many hard working Section Chairs around the world. Shig also suggested to such travelers to undertake cultural studies of the various countries that PFA serves. I t was under Dr. Kishi’s initial duty as incoming President, with outgoing President C. F. Larry Barrett, that the U.S. venue for the International Dental Hall of Fame was established at the Samuel Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore. Drs. Kishi and Barrett lead a delegation of contributing PFA International Officers to Baltimore (in three buses from Washington, DC) to formally establish our Wall of Fame on the Museum’s third floor. That year of Dr. Kishi’s leadership was one of tremendous activity for PFA. He initiated the European Tour of active Sections to encourage their full development. He was a large influence for our first International Continuing Education Course in London. He commenced the staff training in bringing them along and had many of the events videotaped for the first time for our archives, a feature that has been continued to this day. He made the site of our the Wall of Fame at the Paris Conseil National de L’Ordre des Chirurgien-Dentistes a place of formal PFA ceremonies, presenting the Elmer Best Award at the site. He attended the huge Japan Section Meeting on our behalf. Shig was one of the major supporters of moving our PFA Central Office to Las Vegas to become established in a teaching institute. This was accomplished during his term of office.  L-R, Belgium Chair Jose Dahan with Honorary Fellow Guido Vanbelle and President Shig Kishi in Brussels All the while, he did double duty as Executive Director for the Foundation in helping to establish its priorities, grants programs, and dental school scholarships under the late General Robert Shira. Dr. Sigeo Ryan Kishi was a quiet man complemented by his wonderfully supportive wife Emily. What words he had to say were precise and cutting to the core of the situation. He had the ability to sort through the rhetoric, to get to the heart of the problem, then address the major concern to arrive at a solution. His logic was so exacting that all debate was eliminated as his conclusion became evident to all. This was Dr. Kishi’s personal battle against cancer. He did not want sympathy or to show any weakness. Part of his fight against the forces attacking him was to do his many jobs just as capably as always, right up to the day he left for the hospital. We can close such a eulogy with the following wisdom—”the faults of our friends we write upon the sand, their virtues upon stone tablets of love and memory.” But the spirit of Shig will still be with us all. He had some things he wanted to see finished and he will finish them.  President Scott Welch being counseled by Foundation Director Shig KishiMemorial Services were held on 23 August at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that a donation be made in his name to the Foundation’s Shig Kishi Memorial Fund. Send the check to PFA, P.O. Box 80330, Las Vegas, NV 89180-0330. |
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Being PFA President is more than a trek through time. At the Annual Awards Luncheon, a Fellow takes the oath of office and then about a year later relinquishes the gavel at the Sunday evening closing dinner. Between those dates, the President travels through time and space in guiding the Academy, establishing policy, and carrying out the wishes of the Board. But the position entails more than simply sitting in the chair at the head of the table. One of the most important functions that any leader can perform is to actually go to his Section Chairs personally, visit their home territories, and listen to their successes and problems. This is often not considered by the membership, yet it is so appreciated by those with whom our President spends valuable time. The President naturally needs to concentrate on why some Sections are not carrying out any service projects, annual meetings, or membership recruitment. Those are areas of our international organization that need fixing. A visit to such Sections is sometimes no more than a dinner meeting with the leadership to solve problems and offer help from the international officers to get started with a public service project, scholarships, and regular functions. Then there are those Sections that are doing an outstanding job on all levels. They are thriving and having a good time doing worthwhile activities. You see their efforts published in every issue in Section News. And, while it would be simple for the President to skip these Sections who do not need any help, it is as important, if not more so, to attend their functions to demonstrate the Academy support, encouragement, and the President’s personal appreciation for the efforts on behalf of our profession. They deserve the attention and have earned it. In between, there are Sections that limp along, or do a few projects that get attention, but lack enthusiasm or consistency in leadership. A visit from the President shows that we are concerned about their causes. How can we help? Being an international organization, our areas of interest are worldwide. The President cannot simply be at all points of the compass during the year. So Trustees, past Presidents, even Section Chairs, and Academy/Foundation officers help to fill in the voids. |
They keep in contact with the Sections, offer help, do visitations, get reports in to the international Board so they are kept informed of problems as well as the successes, and to offer solutions or help where they can. The Academy is not an island. Each Section, each country, each State, has different and unique situations they must face within the profession, with their governments, and with the economy. The International Officers must take these all into consideration. But most essential is communication. For this reason, we have a maintained staff at the Central Office, the publishing Office, and the Foundation Headquarters to provide assistance. This staff has served many faithful years and faced many of the problems that are brought to them. If it is not within their realm, the staff can get it to the proper area for solution. That is the importance of the continuity of our staff members—Secretary/ Treasurer Richard Kozal, Foundation Executive Director Shig Ryan Kishi, and Editor Jim Brophy along with their wives and office helpers. The key to keeping this fine instrument running well is the President at the top working with the Officers, staff, Section Chairs, the Fellows, and even the public. Thus, the President represents the Academy as a figurehead and as chief activist. Part of that active role is taking time from their offices, from their lives, away from their family to go out into the world and touch as many of our members as possible. These trips are scheduled very carefully to try to be in different parts of the world over years to accomplish the goal of meeting with the distant Sections on as best a rotating basis as possible that financially can be done on behalf of the Academy. This year it was the President’s duty to attend to our Fellows in Europe, one of our largest areas of membership. And accomplish this task President Gary Lowder did with distinction and class. |
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Past UK Chair Dr. Raj Rayan has been instrumental in planning a major tour with the Dental Association Group for 23 January to 3 February 2004, to south India and Sri Lanka. But earlier provisions can be made to attend the 58th Indian Dental Conference in Vijayawada, India, 22-25 January 2004. 58th India Dental Conference Vijayawada is the capital of Andhra Pradesh located on the banks of the Krishna River. The theme of the dental conference is “Dentistry: Changes and Challenges.” More than 200 scientific and general interest programs are being offered with a dozen “hands-on” workshops. The preconference courses start on 20 January, registration is on 22 January, and the conference closes on 25 January. British Dental Association Group Tour The tour itself will arrive in Bangalore, India, on 24 January, tour the historic sites of Belur, Halebid, and Mysore on 27 January, then an afternoon tour to historic Srirangapatnam on the 28th, then on to |
Trivandrum just south of Thiruvananthapuram with a tour of Hindu Vedantaa on the 30th, Kovalam Beach on the 31st, and a trip to Cape Comorin on 1 February with an evening dinner at the Kerala Village. The following day, the participants will fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for an evening conference with the Sri Lanka College of Practitioners. On 3 February, they will leave to return to London by direct flight. The cost for this tour is £1500 per person sharing accommodations. Any Fellow interested in participating or discovering more information should contact Dr. Rash Patel at Rashthedentist@hotmail.com or Dr. Raj Rayan at RajRayan@compuserve.com. For further information about the 58th Indian Dental Conference, contact organizing Chairman Dr. C. Krishnarjuna Rao at lkp@58idc.org or visit their Web site at www.58idc.org. |
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United Kingdom  L-R, Ahila and Raj Rayan, Nora and Rash Patel, Shirley and Jim Brophy, and Loreli and Gary Lowder President Gary Lowder with staff Editor Jim Brophy made their first stop in London. We met with Rash Patel, United Kingdom Chairman, and Raja Rayan, the immediate past UK Chair. Over a quiet dinner, we discussed the activities of the Section, its future potential, its past history, and the problems the Section and the profession faced in their country. Even with Margaret Thatcher’s leadership efforts to convert the country from a socialized economy to a capitalistic one, changes have been slow in coming to fruition. While much of the profession is still in the National Health Service struggling to survive, many doctors who opted to practice fee-for-service dentistry are also struggling to make ends meet. This has its effect in recruitment of those professionals struggling. And many successful professionals are taking on the leadership roles to help rebuild the system. The long discussion of how to solve some of these problems seems to be in good hands with Drs. Patel and Raja, but only tremendous efforts and time will bring the country and our PFA Section back to the prominence it once held when the situation was better. Both promised to make efforts to seek out quality members and are including PFA in many joint activities to continue to keep our name in the forefront of dentistry there. |
France President Gary Lowder and Editor Brophy then chunneled to Paris to meet with International Trustee Pierre Marois and French Section Chair Hubert Ouvrard. The first evening, President Lowder received the PFA Report on Europe from Trustee Pierre Marois. The next day, we all attended the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgien-Dentistes headquarters for a small reception to met the new Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and to renew our friendship with outgoing President Andrè Robert. President Lowder then placed our latest Hall of Fame plaque for Dr. Gerald Leatherman of England on the International Wall of Fame at our main site for the International Dental Hall of Fame. In the ceremony, Dr. Lowder was accompanied by Trustee Pierre Marois, French Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and immediate past Conseil President Andrè Robert. |
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Association Bus Social Dentaire
Attending the 18 June outing to see the mobile dental clinic were PFA President Gary Lowder, PFA International Trustee Pierre Marois, Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, immediate past Conseil President Andrè Robert, PFA Section Chair Hubert Ouvrard, PFA Editor Brophy, PFA photographer Shirley Brophy, Conseil General Secretary Dr. Agnes Veille-Finet, Adjoint General Secretary Dr. Michael Lubin, Bus Coordinator Dr. Daniel Kuntz, bus scheduler Katia Saidi, and dental assistant Christelle Cleret.  L-R, PFA President Gary Lowder, past Conseil President Andrè Robert, General Secretary Dr. Agnes Veille-Finet, PFA Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Adjunct Secretary Michael Lubin, Trustee Pierre Marois, and Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe The dignitaries were taken on a tour of this new bus, which was an exceptional example of a touring dental facility. It is one of the finest examples, in fact, of the Foundation’s grant to an ongoing project that has demonstrated our international professional support for the general public. We have our International Trustee Pierre Marois to thank for getting the Foundation involved. We thank then Conseil President Andrè Robert for permitting us to become involved with their project several years ago. And further thanks to the entire staff and PFA Fellows for supporting this genuine effort of the Academy.  L-R, Conseil President Mahe, PFA President Lowder, past Conseil President Robert, General Secretary Veille-Finet, and Trustee Pierre Marois inside the clinic Recognition of our contribution is displayed prominently on the sides of the mobile dental clinic. Staff Interviews Editor Brophy then spent the rest of the afternoon with the bus to interview Dr. Daniel Kuntz and learn the history of the clinic and its current activities. This was not easy to do with both knowing only a little of each other’s languages.  L-R Dr. Dan Kuntz, Assistant Christelle Cleret, President Lowder, Conseil past President Robert, coordinator Katia Saidi However, photographer Shirley Brophy had better success with English-speaking Dr. Agnes Veille-Finet back at the National Conseil Central Office. |
The Social Bus
The concept for this project was initiated in 1995 by the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgiens-Dentistes through Xavier Emmanuelli. In 1996, a reconditioned truck had dental equipment installed and hit the streets of Paris with 110 dentists participating in servicing the poor of Paris. Later that year, de l’Association Bus Social Dentaire (ABSD) was created to operate the scheduling of volunteers, sites, patients, and treatments. At that time, the chief sponsors of this pilot project were l’Ordre National des Chirurgien-Dentistes, la Drass, Hopital sans Frontieres, and in 1997 the Pierre Fauchard Academy. The demand and use of the bus became so great, along with the general wear and tear on it, that the Conseil needed to outfit a replacement for their first mobile dental clinic. So in 2000, a former medical mobile clinic was purchased and outfitted with dental equipment. With the financial aid of several organizations, including the City of Paris and the Pierre Fauchard Foundation, the clinic began to serve a wider area and a greater number of patients.  Conseil President Andrè Robert with Bus II in 2001 With the advancement of dental technology and with the experience of using these “made-over” trucks for dental needs, the Conseil determined it needed an actual dental clinic on wheels. Since the Conseil’s project was firmly established in the community, was well-accepted by everyone, and was serving dental needs far beyond their current resources, the Conseil sought out funding for constructing a mobile dental clinic from the ground up. This was not an easy task. The streets of Paris are often very small and difficult to negotiate, if even possible, for such a large vehicle. So a standard Paris commercial delivery truck was adopted for the framework of the clinic. This opened larger areas of the city and suburbs up for possible locations. Disability access was insured. Stationary struts were included to stabilize the clinic when parked. The most modern technology was adapted to fit the room and needs of the volunteer dentists. But the mission was accomplished. The new dental clinic is truly equal to the most up-to-date modern dental office. The National Conseil has a right to be proud of their achievement. In 2003, they accepted delivery of their new mobile dental clinic that actually was designed with every square inch in mind for dental procedures. The new dental bus represents the state-of-the art concepts in dentistry and has expanded its ability to serve the Paris environs. Due to their ongoing tremendous response to the dental needs of the public, and their established record of service, many organizations helped with financing the newer, sleeker mobile clinic. Along with the original supporters, l’Ordre National des Chirurgien-Dentistes was joined by le Conseil General des Hauts-se-Seine, la DRASS 75, le Conseil Regional d’Ile de France, la Ville de Paris, la Fondation Abbe Pierre, la Federation Mutualiste Parisienne, and several banks, dental labs and supply houses. Dental Clinic Statistics In 1999, the mobile clinic served 2119 patients at 286 locations with 761 personnel hours donated. In 2000, the clinic served 2235 patients at 301 locations with 847 hours donated. In 2001, 2336 patients were seen at 326 locations with 795 hours donated. And by September of 2002, 1873 patients were treated at 340 locations with 879 donated hours. Eighty percent of the patients are male. Fifty-four percent of the patients are between the ages of 25 and 39; 24% are age 40 to 65; 20% are 16 to 24 years of age; and only 1% are over age 65, with another 1% under the age of 16. Seventy-five percent are indigents, 7% are on social security, and 11% are on medical aid. The cultural breakdown is even more astounding as the bus serves the world at the Paris doorstep. Only 9% are French, 27% are European, 36% are Arab, 21% are African, 5% are Asian, 1% are from South America, and 1% are from North America. The bus attends nine various sites in Paris and its suburbs on a rotating basis. It arrives at 8:15 a.m. and departs at 1:15 p.m. under normal circumstances. In 2002 (up to September), 11% of the treatment were examinations, 17.4% radiographs, 11.2% amalgams; 15.9% composite fillings, 9.2% root canals, 14% extractions, 6.6% periodontal treatment, 0.3% prostheses, and 14.4% cleanings. Nota bene: The report was in French and your Editor may have missed some idiomatic details. But regardless, the statistics are impressive as is the facility itself. The PFA Foundation can be justly proud of the part we have played in this ongoing public dental service. |
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United Kingdom L-R, Ahila and Raj Rayan, Nora and Rash Patel, Shirley and Jim Brophy, and Loreli and Gary Lowder President Gary Lowder with staff Editor Jim Brophy made their first stop in London. We met with Rash Patel, United Kingdom Chairman, and Raja Rayan, the immediate past UK Chair. Over a quiet dinner, we discussed the activities of the Section, its future potential, its past history, and the problems the Section and the profession faced in their country. Even with Margaret Thatcher’s leadership efforts to convert the country from a socialized economy to a capitalistic one, changes have been slow in coming to fruition. While much of the profession is still in the National Health Service struggling to survive, many doctors who opted to practice fee-for-service dentistry are also struggling to make ends meet. This has its effect in recruitment of those professionals struggling. And many successful professionals are taking on the leadership roles to help rebuild the system. The long discussion of how to solve some of these problems seems to be in good hands with Drs. Patel and Raja, but only tremendous efforts and time will bring the country and our PFA Section back to the prominence it once held when the situation was better. Both promised to make efforts to seek out quality members and are including PFA in many joint activities to continue to keep our name in the forefront of dentistry there. France President Gary Lowder and Editor Brophy then chunneled to Paris to meet with International Trustee Pierre Marois and French Section Chair Hubert Ouvrard. The first evening, President Lowder received the PFA Report on Europe from Trustee Pierre Marois. The next day, we all attended the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgien-Dentistes headquarters for a small reception to met the new Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and to renew our friendship with outgoing President Andrè Robert. President Lowder then placed our latest Hall of Fame plaque for Dr. Gerald Leatherman of England on the International Wall of Fame at our main site for the International Dental Hall of Fame. In the ceremony, Dr. Lowder was accompanied by Trustee Pierre Marois, French Chair Hubert Ouvrard, Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe, and immediate past Conseil President Andrè Robert. |
 L-R, Trustee Pierre Marois, Chair Hubert Ouvrard, PFA President Gary Lowder, Conseil past President Andrè Robert, and current Conseil President Pierre-Yves Mahe placing new Dr. Leatherman plaque on Wall of Fame For the afternoon, we were taken to a poor French suburb, (I believe Boulogne-Billancourt) to inspect their mobile dental clinic in service, which is partially funded by a PFA Foundation grant, and to meet the personnel that run the program. Our PFA Foundation is one of several grant participants supporting this essential dental service to Paris. The well-equipped and efficiently run mobile dental clinic has an established schedule to service the indigent of the Paris area. Local dentists volunteer their time and talents. The final evening in Paris was spent in meeting with President Lowder, Trustee Pierre Marois, France’s Chairman Hubert Ouvrard, and Editor Brophy going over the year’s successes and future French plans for PFA. Early the next morning, President Lowder, Trustee Marois, and Editor Brophy left for Berlin to meet with German Chairman Frank Braun and to hold the Elmer Best Ceremony. |
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Flying to Berlin was actually cheaper, faster, and more convenient than taking a train. We stayed at the Hotel Kempimski where Herr Horst-Wolfgang Haase, publisher for Quintessence and 1992 Elmer Best Award recipient, subsidized most of the expenses. That evening, President Lowder and Trustee Pierre Marois met with German Section Chair Frank Braun and Elmer Best Award recipient Gunnar Carlsson of Sweden to discuss the next day’s events. Fortunately, everyone from four different countries, spoke excellent and fluent English. So the evening went quickly, covering a variety of topics from the state of PFA affairs in the world and in Europe, to Dr. Carlsson’s dental research and anthropological studies on hominid teeth, to Dr. Braun’s book on the best wines of Germany. |
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The Elmer S. Best Award Ceremony  L-R, New Fellow Ljilja Locke being congratulated by President Lowder, Trustee Marois, and Chair Braun The next afternoon, Saturday, we all gathered for a German Section Reception to present the Elmer Best Award to Dr. Gunnar Carlsson of Sweden. Herr Haase was not only in attendance, but covered the reception expenses. The Meeting was held in the Kaiser Wilhelm II Room in the Kaiseraal of the Sony Center. After the appropriate introductions, new Fellow Dr. Ljilja Locke was inducted into the Academy by President Lowder, Trustee Marois, and German Chair Frank Braun. PFA President Gary Lowder gave introductory remarks followed by the presentation of the 2003 Elmer E. Best Award to Professor Gunnar E. Carlsson. That evening, Herr Horst-Wolfgang Haase invited us to his home to join with his publishing staff in an outstanding “Garden Party.” Each of us spent some time discussing PFA with Herr Haase and thanked him for his continuing efforts to help the Academy worldwide. Dr. Braun is a very good friend of the Haase family and provided the introductions with distinction. We all felt part of the warm Haase family in the relaxed atmosphere created by this great publisher at his home. |
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Dr. Harald Loe was born and raised in Norway where he graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1947. In 1952, he earned his dental degree from Oslo University. Following a decade as a research associate at Oslo University and private practice there, he received a Fulbright Research Fellowship at the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in Chicago where he graduated with his PhD in Orthodontics in 1961. The following year, he was appointed Professor and Chair for the Department of Periodontology at the Royal Dental College in Aarhus, Denmark, where he became Dean in 1972. That same year, he accepted a position as Director of the Dental Research Institute at the University of Michigan. In 1986, Dr. Loe became Dean for the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, where he served until 1994. In 1997, the UConn Board of Trustees named him Dean Eemeritus as well as Professor Emeritus. He is also a visiting Professor at the University of Berne (Switzerland) School of Dental Medicine. During 1966-1967, Dr. Loe was a Hirschfeld Scholar to the Hebrew University.
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Foundation President Carl Lundgren Report We have all lost a real friend in Shig Kishi’s passing. We miss him a great deal. Shig had been battling cancer for a year, and despite the disease, the chemotherapy, the radiation, and the severe pain in his coccyx, he was devoted to the task of processing the awarding of last year’s grants awards and then the extensive task of screening 160 inquiries and the resultant grant applications. He was devoted to getting his work completed. He did—just one day before he was hospitalized in July. A heroic effort that I shall never forget. He wanted us to move on through. His Executive Director’s place will be impossible to duplicate, but we will try. He preferred that Dr. Halik replace him. The Executive Committee is in unanimous accord, and the Board will need to confirm that in San Francisco in October.  Dr. Carl Lundgren |
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| Our Web site is continually being updated to make it more informative and attractive. Some of the following are the new additions for the site, which I ask that you check out for yourself. Any suggestions you have for more improvements are welcomed. Please contact me at the Central Office address, or e-mail them to me. 1) Download pages for members are found on the “Inquiries Page.” This new addition allows anyone to download the PFA logo for their Section use, a Nomination Form for recruiting, the new PFA booklet, and the new Constitution and Bylaws once they are finalized by the Board. 2) Translation Link for Europe and Latin America can be found on the Main Page and on the “Inquiries Page.” 3) Music has been added to the International Hall of Fame pages. 4) Historical Dental Lithographic Slide Show is being developed for adding to the site. As of the first of June, our recruitment goal for the year, which is 600 new members, has not kept the same pace as last year’s achievement. Region 1–Europe has inducted 43 new Fellows, including 8 in Kenya and 5 in Bulgaria. Region 2–Northeastern United States has inducted 51. Region 3–Southeastern United States has inducted 23 in Georgia under Chair Karyn Stockwell’s leadership. Louisiana’s nominations are being processed. Region 4–Midwest United States has inducted 26, with Indiana and Ohio pending processing. Region 5–Western United States has inducted 17. Region 6–Canada has inducted 26. |
Region 7–Latin America has inducted 11. Region 8–Australasia is holding their induction this September for 37 members. Region 9–Asia has inducted 67 members. Region 10–Central United States has inducted 23 with the Minnesota applications pending. This represents 324 new members completed or pending—only half our goal. The Autumn usually hosts a number of State dental meetings. This is a good occasion for our Sections to hold their meetings to bring up those recruitment numbers. The “graying” of the current PFA membership requires that we take a long hard look at the younger dental leadership to select those quality perspectives that would add to our own leadership activities. PFA has more to offer new Fellows than ever before. We have updated much of our organizational materials and made them more available to the Section leadership. The Foundation has been very cooperative in helping to fund Section projects to provide Section activity for the membership. Their dental scholarships throughout the world have raised the dental perspective of PFA to a global level. All we need now is for the local Fellows to recruit. This is essential to continue to generate our programs that serve our profession and the general public. The stronger you make our Academy, the larger voice we have in global dentistry as a proactive dental organization. Each member has the ability to do this, to magnify their service in our profession, and to extend their talents into infinite regions. It is all up to YOU. |
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Our Foundation Makes a Difference by Foundation Vice President Fred Halik |
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Once again, our past year proved fruitful for the Academy Sections who have sponsored and participated in several projects receiving Foundation grants. Fellows of the Academy volunteer in clinical settings to provide hands-on service to indigent populations. Five of the 16 Foundation-approved grants are Section sponsored. Including the student scholarships, those grants total close to a third of a million dollars.
Dr. Carl Lundgren, Foundation President, has invited all Section Chairs and Fellows to identify needs in their communities, develop plans for a program, and apply to the Foundation for assistance. Grant requests from Sections have a high priority in the approval process. These activities are the substance of what the Academy stands for. This has proved to be a cohesive benefit for participating Sections. Last year’s PFA Section grants included: Kentucky’s annual Spring focus on the Special Olympics where Chairman Karl Lange’s Section provides dental health education, screening, and referral for over 300 participating athletes. This positive dental experience is a result of the effort put forth by the Section Fellows, staff members, and families. Michigan’s PFA Section volunteered to attend a Summer camp for disabled adults in the northern Michigan wilderness (see article in last DW issue). Section Fellows, under the leadership of Chair Virginia Merchant, including past PFA president David Campbell, provided needed dental services. A PFA grant made this significant service possible. |
Tennessee’s section, under Chairman Rueben Pelot III, spark-plugged servicing the Volunteer Ministry Center, which houses a dental clinic designed to serve the huge task of meeting the dental needs of the completely homeless and indigent men in the Knoxville area. The Foundation funds makes a major difference there and utilizes more of that Section’s Fellows as volunteers.
Japan’s ever-active Section, Chaired by Trustee Mamoru Sakuda, is providing an incredible service for a population group not seen by most of us—dental service for leprous patients living in colonies that find it very difficult to obtain. This Section deserves commendation from us all for their efforts to reach out to these forgotten people. The Foundation support helps make this possible. France’s mobile dental clinic has been serving the Paris area for several years, providing for the dental needs of the indigent, poor, and homeless. Our Foundation grant helped make this a reality and has continued to permit the expansion of this program. While the Foundation grants have made the funding possible, the ideas for these services have originated from the Sections themselves. The Section leadership has put them into operation and the Fellows have carried the programs out. This is the type of partnership that we are all dedicated to in serving the needy public. We ask that more Sections become involved in such projects. This strengthens the Academy, its Sections, and fulfills the mandate of the Foundation. |
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the Executive Director… by Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi Editor’s Note: Serving the Academy and the Foundation were total commitments by the late Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi. Even while in pain and treatment for cancer, Dr. Kishi completed his tasks with distinction and precision. This was his latest report. |
Having gone through half the grant application requests by the first of July, 26 grants have been rejected for not meeting our criteria. These applicants have been informed by letter along with the reason for the rejection. This totals a dollar amount of $220,897.
The remainder of those applications accepted total $69,956. These requests have been forwarded on to the Grants Application Committee for evaluation and recommendation to the Foundation Board at their annual Meeting this October. At that time, all grant applications will have completed the review process for the Board’s determination. |
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Chile
Chile PFA Board Member, Dr. Vera, presented the PFA Scholarship Award to dental student Enrique Araneda at the University Campus.
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Australasia
Trustee William Winspear, active in hosting this September’s FDI Congress in Sydney, has reported that their PFA Section will be inducting 37 new Fellows during the Session. Bulgaria Chairman Valentin Moutaftchiev inducted five new Fellows into PFA last June during a membership dinner in Sofia. The New Fellows are Drs. Laura Andreeva, Lyubomir Donev, Krasimir A. Galabov, and Radi Venkov, all of Sofia.  Chair Professor Valentin Moutaftchiev (left) with new Fellows Chile Chairman Jaime Koifman S. presented the Foundation Scholarship Certificate at their annual Gala Meeting of the Chile Section. International Trustee Bernardo Levit attended to assist in inducting eight new Fellows into the Academy along with Secretary Nicolas Triantafilo V. and Treasurer Ana M. Latorre P.  Chair Jaime Koifman presenting certificate to Enrique Araneda Finland Past Section Chair Leila Telivua passed away last April. Born in 1929, she graduated from the dental school in Helsinki in 1953. She then attended postgraduate studies at the Eastman Dental Hospital in London. She became an endodontist in 1981 and maintained a dental practice in Helsinki from 1957 to 1996. She served as President of the Finnish Dental Association between 1976 and 1983. She was the first woman to be elected to the FDI Council in 1982 and served until 1990. She also served as FDI Vice President from 1984 to 1990. Japan Trustee Mamoru Sakuda has indicated that the Japan Section Constitution requires that the term for Chairman is two years. He will be stepping down as Japan’s Chair on 11 October 2003 in Shizuoka City. Dr. Kuwahata will take over as Japan Chair, but Dr. Sakuda will continue to serve as Trustee as that term is for three years. |
Guatemala/Belize Chair Bertram Moldauer and his wife Yolanda arrived in Ft. Lauderdale for the graduation of their son, Ivan Moldauer, from the Nova Southeastern University School of Dentistry’s program in endodontics. Just a few weeks earlier, PFA Fellow Ivan and his fiancée Gina Cozzarelli from Guatemala had wedded in Ft. Lauderdale. Now Dr. Ivan Moldauer has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Endodontics at Nova in Florida.  Dr. Ivan Moldauer receiving degree at Nova Graduation Ceremony  L-R, Byron, Chair Bertram and Yolanda Moldauer, Ivan and Gina Moldauer, Editor Jim Brophy |
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The 1971 Elmer S. Best Award recipient Louis J. Baume passed away last May. He was born in 1913 and received his doctorate from the dental school in Bern in 1939. He went on to become a research associate at the Hooper Foundation for Medical Research in San Francisco and at the Institute of Experimental Biology at Berkeley between 1948 to 1954. He returned to Switzerland to become Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva in 1955 where he retired in 1983. He was a dental expert on WHO from 1963 on. Between 1979 to 1981, he was FDI President and received the Miller Prize in 1991. Spain Section Chair Professor Javier Garro passed away on 31 July 2003 while working in his dental clinic in Pamplona. Dr. Garro was a Professor at the University of the Basque Country. His quiet leadership for PFA will be dearly missed. Just last May, in Santiago de Compostela, Chair Professor Javier Garro presided over Spain’s Investing Ceremony and |
Dinner for some 23 new Fellows. He was assisted in this by the Chairman of the Galizian Autonomic Government Professor Fraga, the Vice-Rector of the University, and Section Secretary Dr. Jimenez. Welcomed into Fellowship were Drs. Eduardo Anitua of Vitoria, Manuel Anton-Radigales of Madrid, Fernando Autran of Barcelona, Pedro Badanelli of Madrid, Ignacio Barjua of Valencia, Laura Ceballos of Granada, M. Filomena Estrela of Valencia, Pilar Gandara of Santiago de Compostela, Rafael Garcia-Espejo of Cordoba, Abel Garcia of Santiago de Compostela, Celso Gonzalez of Vigo, Anibal Gonzalez of Sevilla, Federico Hernandez of San Cugat del Valles Barcelona, Beatriz Lahoz of Pamplona, Francisco Saverio Martelli of Florence, Italy, Arturo Martinez-Berna of Madrid, Eduardo Padros-Serrat of Barcelona, Esteban Padulles of Barcelona, Rafael Pla of Albacete, Jose Pumarola of Barcelona, Isabel Saez of Sevilla, Francisco Javier Silvestre of Valencia, and Jose Manuel Somoza of Santiago de Compostela. The Ceremony was held in the old College Building of the University which celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1995 of its founding. Their Section’s next annual meeting will be in Cordoba on 30 April and 1 May 2004. |
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Georgia
Chair Karyn L. Stockwell reports presenting the PFA Senior Student Award to Medical College of Georgia senior Cang Huynh by PFA Fellow Dr. Wayne Herman at the college’s Awards Day Ceremony last May. Dr. Herman presents the Award with a brief history of Pierre Fauchard in a memorable manner.  Fellow Wayne Herman presents the PFA Senior Student Award to Cang Huynh Illinois The Section hosted their Breakfast Meeting on September 6th with ACD and ICD during the annual session of the Illinois State Dental Society Meeting at the Oak Brook Hills Hotel and Resort. Massachusetts The Tufts University School of Dental Medicine presented the PFA Senior Student Award to recipient Nicole Vane at the 10th annual Tufts University School of Dental Medicine’s Senior Awards Dinner last May.  Dr. Nicole Vane receiving PFA Award California, Southern Section Past PFA President and Foundation Treasurer George Higue was honored by the USC Alumni Association on Saturday, 6 September 2003, at their Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, being presented the USC Alumni Association President’s Award. This award was developed by the Alumni Board of Governors to recognize volunteer excellence, loyal service, and dedication to the university. Following the Luncheon, USC will kick off its college football season with BYU at the Coliseum. |
Texas Chair C. Roger Macias, Jr, hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting last May during the Texas Dental Association annual session. Dr. Macias presented the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. David May, past Section Chair. TDA president Don Lutes attended the breakfast along with ADA 15th District Trustee Frank Eggleston. Dr. Macias inducted into membership new Fellows Drs. Warren Branch, Phillip Nauert, and Pam Berlanga. New York Chair Bruce Seidberg of Syracuse convened their annual Induction Meeting in Rochester with more than 80 attending. Present were State President William Calnon, ADA Trustee Kirk Gleason, past NYSDA President James Orcutt, past PFA President Fred Halik, and a host of other dignitaries. The 2003 PFA Section Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. Howard B. Fine of Rochester who had served dentistry through as Secretary for AAE, ADA Trustee, and on the Board of Governors for the New York State Dental Association.  Distinguished Service Award recipient Dr. Howard Fine receives plaque from Chair Bruce Seidberg Past Section Chair Edward Feinberg of Scarsdale was honored with the Section’s Appreciation Plaque for his two years as Section Chair and for his continuing service as new member coordinator for one of the largest Section classes of new members. Dr. Feinberg inducted 27 new Fellows into membership: Drs. Mark Bauman, William Caryl, Jr, Stuart Chassen, Marilyn Eaves, Edmund Eaves, Stanley Einbender, Harry Einbender, Steve Essig, Vickie Ryan-Haskins, Viren Jhaven, Gregory Libatore, William Maloney, Richard Mayne, Joseph McMenamin, David Miller, Richard Rubin, Gary Schopher, Pasqule Scutari, Jerrold Shapiro, Hank Schiffman, Paul Spenadel, Robert Trager, Robert Vitkus, Richard Weiss, Alan Winik, and Sheldon Winik. |
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