March/April• 2003
	Calendar 2003
	8 March 24-30 April 26-28 April 18-21 September 24-27 September 23 October 24 October 23-26 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 25-29 October		Academy Executive Board Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah 25th Asia Pacific Dental Congress, Manila, Philippines Star of the North Dental Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota PFA Region 9 Meeting 91st FDI World Congress, Sydney, Australia New Orleans Dental Conference, New Orleans ACD Convocation ICD Convocation PFA Annual Board & Foundation Meeting, San Francisco PFA Board Meeting PFA Awards Luncheon, Presidents Reception Foundation Board Meeting: morning and afternoon session Foundation Board Meeting: morning session PFA Board Meeting: afternoon session Academy Dinner Party 144th ADA Session, San Francisco
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	Table of Contents- March/April 2003
	Presidents Message		Rebuttal
	Mary Ann Irvine		Foundation News
	Funeral Services		Grants and Scholarships
	Dr. Robert B. Shira		Foundation News Cont'd
	The Legacy Continues		Foundation News USA
	Our General Marches On		Section News- International
	Mobility Gains Momentum		Section News- Cont'd
	Central Office Report		Section News- United States
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	Rebuttal
	Your editor asks what differs from State to State in filling a tooth, extracting one, making dentures or other prostheses? In the immediate coming years, there will be a shortage of dentists to serve the growing U.S. population. Already, studies demonstrate that mobility of dentists has improved access to dental care. And the European Union already has continental licensure of dentists. Agreed that most dentists are conservative and do not wish to see federal government involvement, but teeth do not vary from neighbor State to neighbor State, like laws do. We can wait until the federal government comes to the realization that national licensure will be a benefit to the general public as well as to dentists changing locations for health or recreational reasons. Or the States, if they act now through their dental licensing boards, agree on certain parameters for accepting an out-of-State dentist to move in, they can keep their States’ rights to accept or reject an applicant. If they wait until time catches up with them, the federal government will be pressured toward national licensure.		If the States were so concerned about maintaining this as a personal right, over actually serving their populace, why did they let so many dental schools close in the last few decades? Why not State-fund the private dental schools, like Wisconsin does for Marquette’s School of Dentistry? Or why did public health cut off the Illinois dental schools from accepting public aid patients, a vital source of income and providers for the dental needs of indigents? National licensure is the coming trend. Either out of dental access needs or the simple realization that a student trained and graduated from Tufts has all the ability to practice in California. Competency can be judged after five years of practice. State licensing boards can act now to control the coming problem, or have it taken from them by an aggressive federal government. All this talk about States’ rights ended after a war was fought over this in the 1860s. The federal government that hatched OSHA for the dental profession, can do the same for licensure. Wait and see, or act now.

	Foundation News From the Desk of the Executive Director…by Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi
	As of the end of January, 38 grant applications have been mailed out. Only three Section Chairs have requested applications so far. Letters to 53 U.S. dental schools have been sent out with copies to the local Section Chairs. This will be followed with mailing the non-U.S. Section Chairs for their dental school selections.		All 2002 grant recipients (17) have been notified of their approval. The University of Costa Rica School of Dentistry grant for a Processing Video Clinic Unit was approved in honor of Dr. Brenes-Espinach, our Foundation benefactor. The total for all grants and the Loader-Espinach Award were $204,104 and the total scholarship awards were for $97,500 for 2002.

	$300,000 in Grants and Scholarships for 2002 by C. F. Larry Barrett
	For the year 2002, the Foundation has awarded in excess of $300,000 in grants and student scholarships worldwide. Foundation President Carl Lundgren detailed information about these grants, which include many volunteer projects providing dental care for underserved populations, such as in Mexico, Japan, France, and Italy The dental student tuition scholarships were created to assist financially challenged students who demonstrate leadership potential. Fifty-one dental schools in the United States and 18 non-U.S. dental schools were each given $1500 for a total of $76,500 in 2002. This brings the award total to $2,225,000 since 1996. Representative of the 2002 service grants include: • The Senior Friendship Centers of southern Florida, to support a program providing dentures for needy elders. • The Kentucky PFA Section program to provide health education, screening, and referrals for the Special Olympics participants. • The Thousand Smiles Foundation Craniofacial Surgery and Dental Care Mission that provides free surgical and dental services for needy children in Latin America. • The Roybal-Allard Children’s Dental Center that provides dental care for the underserved children in California. • The Wake Smiles Volunteer Dental Program providing dental care to indigents in Wake County, North Carolina. • The Volunteer Ministry Center of Tennessee that offers dental care for the homeless or abused individuals. • The Japan PFA program to provide dental care to leprous patients. • MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity) that provides free dental care to indigents in California. • The National Board of French Dental Surgeons, which maintains an emergency dental bus to deliver dental care to areas greatest in need throughout the Paris area. • The Dixie Donated Dental Services of southern Utah that provides services to the indigent. • Other grants awarded to dental-care and continuing education projects. To submit a grant application for the year 2003, please write to Dr. Shig Kishi, Executive Director, PFA Foundation, 1441 Avocado Avenue, Suite 508, Newport Beach, CA 92660-7704. The deadline for grant applications is 1 June 2003.

	Table of Contents- March/April 2003
	Presidents Message		Rebuttal
	Mary Ann Irvine		Foundation News
	Funeral Services		Grants and Scholarships
	Dr. Robert B. Shira		Foundation News Cont'd
	The Legacy Continues		Foundation News USA
	Our General Marches On		Section News- International
	Mobility Gains Momentum		Section News- Cont'd
	Central Office Report		Section News- United States
	2003 Calendar
	new online and printable format
	download newsletter in Adobe PDF format _665k		Page 1 | Page-2 | Page-3 | Page-4 |

	Foundation News Cont'd
	France International Trustee Pierre Marois presented the Foundation Grant check to support the Paris mobile dental clinic to President Andrè Robert of the Conseil National de l’Ordre at their dental headquarters in front of the premier venue for the PFA Hall of Fame. L-R, President Andrè Robert receiving grant check from Trustee Pierre Marois		Isreal Dean Jonathan Mann of Hebrew University—Hassad School of Dental Medicine (founded by Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity) presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to students Maayan Itzhaki and to Yossi Tam. Chairman Mario Ulmansky was thanked along with the Foundation and the Academy for this honor. Chile Chair Jaime Koifman S. presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to dental student Enrique Araneda. Mexico Chair Ernesto Acuna hosted their annual Meeting to present the Scholarship Awards to Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, FES Zaragoza of the UNAM, Enrique Dario Amarillas Escobar. Attending the ceremony were FES Zaragoza Dean Alfonso Gonzalez, Maestro Juan Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, and Dr. Jesus Santos S.

	United States Massachusetts Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Associate Dean for Student Affairs Mark Gonthier reported presenting the Foundation’s Scholarship Award to dental student Maria Ferriol by Dr. Maria Papageorge, a PFA Fellow. Maria Ferriol is also this year’s recipient of the Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Scholarship from Colgate-Palmolive for her outreach service work with the Hispanic underserved. She additionally has been selected as a resident in the Tufts three-year Periodontology program. Washington State The Dental Alumni News of the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association, Fall issue, made note of the PFA Foundation Scholarship Award presentation to senior student Michael George. California Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year) Awards Committee Secretary LaDean Gregg reported presenting the Foundation Scholarship Award to student Elizabeth Park by Dean Charles J. Goodacre, a 1971 graduate of Loma Linda Dental School himself. Elizabeth Park receiving award from Dean Charles Goodacre.		Louisiana LSU Health Sciences Center senior Benjamin Record was the recipient of the Foundation Scholarship Award for his leadership, professionalism, academic achievement, and potential to develop into a professional dental leader. Section Chair James Roethele made the presentation with LSU School of Dentistry Dean Eric Hovland. L-R, Chair James Roethele, recipient Benjamin Record, and Dean Eric Hovland