PFA Dental World Newsletter — May/June • 2003

	Dental World^®		May/June • 2003
	PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY


	President’s Message
	Our dream or vision of what we wish to create in our life and the world around us represents the driving force behind our actions. When we are clear in our intentions about the fulfillment of those dreams, that driving force fuels the reality of the legacy of our lives. As Fellows of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, we are living in the fulfillment of the dream or vision of Dr. Elmer S. Best. He dreamed of excellence, service, and integrity within the profession and the research literature it produced. I have personally witnessed those qualities in the lives of the Fellows of the Academy whom I have met, and I am continually reminded of the goodness in the hearts of dentists worldwide. That awareness of goodness and excellence within the members of the profession of dentistry can be a driving force to maintain those same high standards in our own practice of dentistry. Whatever dream or vision we hold in our hearts and minds is reflected in our actions and will ultimately become our own legacy. In the early 1970s, singer Karen Carpenter sang these words in her recording Look to Your Dreams. “Look to your dreams. Do they still seem worthwhile? Do they still seem in style? Are you glad they’re still there?		Once conceived, once believed, fantasy’s reality’s childhood. Look to your dreams and tomorrow may be better for you and me. The future may say, ‘blame blind yesterday for taking dreams away.’ Look to your dreams. They could mean more than they seem.” A successful businessman, Dexter Yaeger, defined success as “the progressive fulfillment of your own worthwhile dreams.” I suppose that we all are seeking some form of success in our lives. How that looks in the end will most likely depend on our ability to identify our own dreams or vision and then progressively fulfill it through our actions and efforts. To do so requires an inherent trust in the goodness of life and the hope that all service has worthwhile purpose. That trust is basic to life. Many call it faith. Whatever you wish to call it, it is the ultimate fuel for our actions. Another successful facilitator and business leader, Steven Covey, says: “Compelling trust is the highest form of human motivation.” I wish for us all the progressive fulfillment of our own worthwhile dreams.
			Gary Lowder, DDS President

Table of Contents - May/June • 2003

Presidents Message

Foundation News - United States

2003 Calendar

Section News- International

Executive Board Meeting

Section News- United States

Executive Board Meeting Cont'd

Congressman Charlie Norwood…

Membership

The Last Trumpets of Tribute

Save a Dying Dental Art

Foundation News go to Page-1 | Page-2 | Page-3

Calendar 2003

24 May

26 May

31 May

18 September

18-21 September

24-27 September

11 October

23 October

24 October

23-26 October

24 October

25 October

26 October

25-29 October

Canadian PFA Breakfast, Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta

Chile Section Meeting

Korean Section Meeting, Seoul, Korea

Australasia Section Breakfast Meeting, Skyline Terrace
Convention Centre, 7 a.m., Sydney

91st FDI World Congress, Sydney, Australia

New Orleans Dental Conference, New Orleans

34th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section, Shizouka City, Japan

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

(Have your PFA Event date put here. E-mail Editor Brophy at PFADWJMB@aol.com)


	Executive Board Meeting
	Salt Lake City, Utah, 8 March 2003 L-R, Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal, President-elect Kevin Roach, President Gary Lowder, Vice President Mike Perpich, past President Scott Welch, and accountant Dan Jonker
	Immediate past President Scott Welch opened the early morning meeting with the Invocation. President Gary Lowder discussed the group’s mission to build on the legacy of the past and establish a foundation of compelling trust. Dr. Lowder noted that our liabilities as leaders are to rise to a higher level of responsibility and accountability. Trustees’ Approval Dr. Lowder then reported that the formal mail ballot of the Board of Trustees was unanimous in favor of holding the Executive Board Meeting in place of the Constitutional decreed Interim Board of Trustees Meeting. Dr. Shira’s Funeral President Lowder was the Academy’s representative at Dr. Shira’s funeral. He discussed the warm reception at Dr. Robert Shira’s funeral by the General’s family. Dr. Lowder had opportunity to speak at the funeral and read Dr. Shira’s “Celebrate Life” passage in the book Legacy. Past PFA President Shira’s funeral was magnificent and dignified, as befitted this great man. New Orleans Meeting Minutes The Minutes of the Annual Board of Trustees Meeting in New Orleans (2002) were accepted, with discussion, but no changes. Dr. Lowder stressed the need for the Trustees to travel in their regions to attend the PFA Section events. President-elect Kevin Roach, who is going as a Delegate from Canada, will represent PFA at the FDI Congress in Sydney, Australia, at this Autumn’s meeting.		Central Office Report Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal reported for the Central Office. They have sent out 31 Distinguished Service plaques and one outgoing Chairman’s plaque since the New Orleans Meeting. Outstanding Student Certificate recommendation letters have been sent to all the U.S. and Canadian dental schools. Updated membership lists and delinquent members lists have been sent to all the Section Chairs. PFA Web Site The Web site has been updated with a new look. More pages have been added, including the up-to-date membership list and articles on the history of dentistry. Arrangements are being designed for linking the main PFA Web site with Section Web sites. Treasurer’s Report All the Academy bills are current. The Board then reviewed the financial statement to date with the Academy’s accountant, Dan Jonker, who explained it line item by line item. Two large expenses last year ran over budget, the new pamphlets and legal expenses. Otherwise, the Academy would be in the black. The Executive Board will then work on drawing up the 2003-2004 budget for the San Francisco Meeting presentation and approval by the Board of Trustees. The goal for this year is to recruit 600 new members to balance the retirements and those going to Life status. The Leadership Conference was postponed indefinitely. The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies have been delayed to save the expense. Free copies of our publications to libraries will cease, and the libraries and dental schools will be advised to download them off our Web site. All dues income goes through a bank lock box that sends daily statements to the Central Office, which are then entered into the Central Office main computer for crediting and sent on to the accountant. The office staff can be kept to a cost minimum due to the lock box processing. To bill and collect individual Section dues, which vary from Section to Section, would require expansion of the staff to handle this complex task, resulting in increased overhead and additional costs for lock box usage.

Executive Board Meeting Continued...

Executive Board
Conference Calls

Quarterly conference phone calls continue to keep the Executive Board informed about the Academy’s financial status. PFA is filed with the State of Nevada as a not-for-profit foreign corporation operating in the State of Nevada.

The current PFA pamphlet has had its inserts updated for use in recruitment. This pamphlet is available upon request from the Central Office.

Section Chair’s Caucus

The tremendous input from the Section Chair Caucus, exchange of ideas, and addressing questions to PFA Officers directly has demonstrated to be more informative in focusing on their individual approaches to running their Sections from individuals who are actually doing the job, that the Board felt a Leadership Conference might not be needed. Instead of a Leadership Conference run by the International Officers speaking from their positions to mostly the same active Section Chairs, the officers felt that more was achieved by having the Section Chairs address the Officers with their needs and suggestions. So for the time being, the Leadership Conference has been tabled to concentrate on the Section Chairs’ concerns.

FDI Membership

Discussion ensued about the value of continued membership in the FDI. We are Associate Members at their annual Congress and have no vote. The contacts that are made there and the PFA Meetings can be accomplished without FDI membership and the expense of sending representatives. Many of our Officers already attend for other organizations and can handle that representation. It was unanimously agreed to drop our membership in FDI for the near future.

President-elect Kevin Roach will represent us at the FDI Congress in 2003 at Sydney, and in India in 2004.

PFA International
Dental Museum

The PFA Dental Museum was discussed as more dental materials have been donated. With the increased space to be available (at no charge) in the new UNLV Dental School, the museum will be able to expand. This is all coming about as a result of the general dental feeling that our century or so of dentistry in the New World has significant meaning and impact on our populations. We are seeing it evolve and develop as we speak from the jungles of Central America to the top educational institutes in the United States and Canada. Founders and leaders of this development have only recently died, like our Dr. Robert Shira. PFA realizes the necessity of preserving that heritage now if we are to be able to collect such artifacts from our immediate history to continue to educate future generations. PFA’s founding mission was to provide the profession with accurate up-to-date scientific and technological discoveries. By extension of that mandate, it has become essential to demonstrate where we came from to get to today. The general public has increased its awareness for their need for dental treatment and prevention. They have become more than silent partners in wanting to know what we are doing. Our mission in that area is to educate ourselves and the public of whence we came and where we are. This demonstrates our profession’s commitment to improving their health constantly through improved research and adapting better technology. For example, the newly completed Marquette University Dental School (Wisconsin) has included various period dental operatories on display. Dr. Brobert Ibsen of Den-Mat has funded a turn of the century dental office that will be placed in the new dental school. The administrators of Marquette Dental School have the vision to see, as well, how important it is to demonstrate visually the progress the profession of dentistry has made on the public’s behalf. As an international organization, we are the ONLY such organization to begin this collection progress worldwide. We ask all our members to consider donating such ancient dental materials to the PFA Museum and we will cover the shipping costs. Please contact the Central Office before doing so.

National Dental Museum

The Harris Dental Museum in Baltimore has offered to do a site honoring the life of Dr. Robert Shira for a sizeable donation. It was felt that Dr. Shira’s life and his contributions to the entire profession merited their attention on its own, and they would be remiss not to honor him on behalf of the entire profession.

San Francisco Annual Meeting

Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal has filed with the ADA arrangements for the PFA Meetings during their annual Session. He has requested that we be housed at the San Francisco Marriott, the ADA headquarters hotel for the Board of Trustees Meetings for the Academy and Foundation from 24 October through 26 October. This will include the President’s Luncheon on Saturday 25 October, the President’s Reception that evening, and the no-host President’s Dinner on Sunday evening 26 October. This schedule of events and housing hotel information will be forthcoming from the Central Office, subject to the ADA Housing Committee’s approval.

Nominating Committee

Dr. Kevin Roach of Canada, as President-elect, will become President for 2003-2004.

Dr. Michael Perpich was nominated for President-elect.

Dr. Howard Mark was nominated for Vice President

Awards Committee
Report

The Awards Committee report from Trustee James Englander was discussed. The manner of having past award Gold Medal recipients nominating candidates was suggested for change to approval by the Awards Committee and to allow the Board of Trustees to also nominate candidates, particularly when there is no clear cut choice. The PFA Gold Medal is given to a U.S. resident for outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession. This Award, the Academy’s highest honor in the United States, is presented annually at the President’s Luncheon.

The Elmer S. Best Award, the Academy’s alternate highest honor, is presented to an outstanding professional outside the United States. The nominee must have unanimous approval of the Awards Committee and two thirds vote of the Board of Trustees. The Award is usually presented in or near the country of the awardee at a special event.

The Dental Trade and Industry Recognition Award is presented to an outstanding manufacturer that additionally contributes to the dental profession in philanthropic ways.

The Awards Committee, with the approval of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees, also recommends additional awards such as Distinguished Service, Honorary Fellowship, and Appreciation Awards when the occasion arises.

Constitution and Bylaws

Vice President Michael Perpich discussed integrating the suggestions of the Academy’s attorney, Jon Howe, to streamlining the Constitution and Bylaws to unify the changes. One of those suggested changes was to rename the Secretary/ Treasurer’s position to Secretary General. Another was to rename the former Memorial Luncheon, which had been changed to the Awards Luncheon, now to be called the President’s Luncheon. This is held on Saturday at noon during the annual meeting and the ADA Session.

The agreed changes will be incorporated into our documents, submitted to Trustee Mark Howard for checking, then to attorney Jonathan Howe for legal approval, and then submitted to the Board of Trustees at the annual meeting in San Francisco for adoption.

Long-Range Plan

Trustee Howard Mark has drawn up a comprehensive long-range plan for the Academy, which has covered every aspect of improving our organization. Nothing was left out. The Executive Board at this meeting—and their dedicated activities between meetings—has begun to implement the more immediate suggestions from that plan.

International Dental
Hall of Fame

While the decision was to postpone some of the members already recommended due to the expenses—for right now—applications for future inductees are still being accepted by Chairman and past PFA President Ray Klein.

Dr. Ray Klein and International Trustee Pierre Marois have arranged to have our Hall of Fame established at the ADA Headquarters Building Library (Chicago) with a television format that can call up the plaques and that person’s biography. Drs. Klein and Marois reported excellent cooperation with the ADA over this matter, particularly with ADA Executive Director Dr. James Bramson and staff person Carol Overman.

Secretary General Richard Kozal visited the site when he attended the Chicago Dental Society’s Mid Winter Meeting last February. He gave a glowing report of its format and location. You can view the site yourself on-line at http:// www.ada.org/prof/prac/issues/library/catalog.asp. There is a picture of the site with a bust of Pierre Fauchard. To the right of that bust is the computer/monitor to go through the Hall of Fame. You may make the trip by clicking on the picture.

Foundation Report

The Executive Board has requested funds from the Foundation for various programs. President Lowder will write a grant request letter to the Foundation for their approval.

Past PFA president and Foundation Public Relations Chairman filed a report that the Foundation has awarded $97,500 in student scholarships and $204,104 in project grants for 2002. That brings the total dating from its 1996 initiation to 150 grants awarded and more than 500 dental scholarships amounting to $2,224,000. A list of those awarded this year will appear under Foundation News.

Dr. Barrett’s New Orleans presentation to the Academy Board of Trustees of his plan to try and raise $3 million to increase the Foundation’s principle, had as yet to be approved by the Foundation Board, according to Foundation President Carl Lundgren. The Academy did appoint three Trustees to help out on the project when it has been established by the Foundation.

Closing

President Gary Lowder gaveled down the meeting’s end in late afternoon after a full day of hammering away at the issues PFA was facing. Many items were thoroughly discussed and action commenced in preparation for presentation to the Board of trustees in San Francisco’s Meeting.

	Table of Contents - May/June • 2003

	Presidents Message		Foundation News - United States
	2003 Calendar		Section News- International
	Executive Board Meeting		Section News- United States
	Executive Board Meeting Cont'd		Congressman Charlie Norwood…
	Membership		The Last Trumpets of Tribute
	Save a Dying Dental Art
	Foundation News		go to Page-1 \| Page-2 \| Page-3


			Calendar 2003
	24 May 26 May 31 May 18 September 18-21 September 24-27 September 11 October 23 October 24 October 23-26 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 25-29 October		Canadian PFA Breakfast, Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta Chile Section Meeting Korean Section Meeting, Seoul, Korea Australasia Section Breakfast Meeting, Skyline Terrace Convention Centre, 7 a.m., Sydney 91st FDI World Congress, Sydney, Australia New Orleans Dental Conference, New Orleans 34th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section, Shizouka City, Japan 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 (Have your PFA Event date put here. E-mail Editor Brophy at PFADWJMB@aol.com)

	Executive Board Meeting Continued...

	Executive Board Conference Calls Quarterly conference phone calls continue to keep the Executive Board informed about the Academy’s financial status. PFA is filed with the State of Nevada as a not-for-profit foreign corporation operating in the State of Nevada. The current PFA pamphlet has had its inserts updated for use in recruitment. This pamphlet is available upon request from the Central Office. Section Chair’s Caucus The tremendous input from the Section Chair Caucus, exchange of ideas, and addressing questions to PFA Officers directly has demonstrated to be more informative in focusing on their individual approaches to running their Sections from individuals who are actually doing the job, that the Board felt a Leadership Conference might not be needed. Instead of a Leadership Conference run by the International Officers speaking from their positions to mostly the same active Section Chairs, the officers felt that more was achieved by having the Section Chairs address the Officers with their needs and suggestions. So for the time being, the Leadership Conference has been tabled to concentrate on the Section Chairs’ concerns. FDI Membership Discussion ensued about the value of continued membership in the FDI. We are Associate Members at their annual Congress and have no vote. The contacts that are made there and the PFA Meetings can be accomplished without FDI membership and the expense of sending representatives. Many of our Officers already attend for other organizations and can handle that representation. It was unanimously agreed to drop our membership in FDI for the near future. President-elect Kevin Roach will represent us at the FDI Congress in 2003 at Sydney, and in India in 2004. PFA International Dental Museum The PFA Dental Museum was discussed as more dental materials have been donated. With the increased space to be available (at no charge) in the new UNLV Dental School, the museum will be able to expand. This is all coming about as a result of the general dental feeling that our century or so of dentistry in the New World has significant meaning and impact on our populations. We are seeing it evolve and develop as we speak from the jungles of Central America to the top educational institutes in the United States and Canada. Founders and leaders of this development have only recently died, like our Dr. Robert Shira. PFA realizes the necessity of preserving that heritage now if we are to be able to collect such artifacts from our immediate history to continue to educate future generations. PFA’s founding mission was to provide the profession with accurate up-to-date scientific and technological discoveries. By extension of that mandate, it has become essential to demonstrate where we came from to get to today. The general public has increased its awareness for their need for dental treatment and prevention. They have become more than silent partners in wanting to know what we are doing. Our mission in that area is to educate ourselves and the public of whence we came and where we are. This demonstrates our profession’s commitment to improving their health constantly through improved research and adapting better technology. For example, the newly completed Marquette University Dental School (Wisconsin) has included various period dental operatories on display. Dr. Brobert Ibsen of Den-Mat has funded a turn of the century dental office that will be placed in the new dental school. The administrators of Marquette Dental School have the vision to see, as well, how important it is to demonstrate visually the progress the profession of dentistry has made on the public’s behalf. As an international organization, we are the ONLY such organization to begin this collection progress worldwide. We ask all our members to consider donating such ancient dental materials to the PFA Museum and we will cover the shipping costs. Please contact the Central Office before doing so. National Dental Museum The Harris Dental Museum in Baltimore has offered to do a site honoring the life of Dr. Robert Shira for a sizeable donation. It was felt that Dr. Shira’s life and his contributions to the entire profession merited their attention on its own, and they would be remiss not to honor him on behalf of the entire profession. San Francisco Annual Meeting Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal has filed with the ADA arrangements for the PFA Meetings during their annual Session. He has requested that we be housed at the San Francisco Marriott, the ADA headquarters hotel for the Board of Trustees Meetings for the Academy and Foundation from 24 October through 26 October. This will include the President’s Luncheon on Saturday 25 October, the President’s Reception that evening, and the no-host President’s Dinner on Sunday evening 26 October. This schedule of events and housing hotel information will be forthcoming from the Central Office, subject to the ADA Housing Committee’s approval. Nominating Committee Dr. Kevin Roach of Canada, as President-elect, will become President for 2003-2004. Dr. Michael Perpich was nominated for President-elect. Dr. Howard Mark was nominated for Vice President		Awards Committee Report The Awards Committee report from Trustee James Englander was discussed. The manner of having past award Gold Medal recipients nominating candidates was suggested for change to approval by the Awards Committee and to allow the Board of Trustees to also nominate candidates, particularly when there is no clear cut choice. The PFA Gold Medal is given to a U.S. resident for outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession. This Award, the Academy’s highest honor in the United States, is presented annually at the President’s Luncheon. The Elmer S. Best Award, the Academy’s alternate highest honor, is presented to an outstanding professional outside the United States. The nominee must have unanimous approval of the Awards Committee and two thirds vote of the Board of Trustees. The Award is usually presented in or near the country of the awardee at a special event. The Dental Trade and Industry Recognition Award is presented to an outstanding manufacturer that additionally contributes to the dental profession in philanthropic ways. The Awards Committee, with the approval of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees, also recommends additional awards such as Distinguished Service, Honorary Fellowship, and Appreciation Awards when the occasion arises. Constitution and Bylaws Vice President Michael Perpich discussed integrating the suggestions of the Academy’s attorney, Jon Howe, to streamlining the Constitution and Bylaws to unify the changes. One of those suggested changes was to rename the Secretary/ Treasurer’s position to Secretary General. Another was to rename the former Memorial Luncheon, which had been changed to the Awards Luncheon, now to be called the President’s Luncheon. This is held on Saturday at noon during the annual meeting and the ADA Session. The agreed changes will be incorporated into our documents, submitted to Trustee Mark Howard for checking, then to attorney Jonathan Howe for legal approval, and then submitted to the Board of Trustees at the annual meeting in San Francisco for adoption. Long-Range Plan Trustee Howard Mark has drawn up a comprehensive long-range plan for the Academy, which has covered every aspect of improving our organization. Nothing was left out. The Executive Board at this meeting—and their dedicated activities between meetings—has begun to implement the more immediate suggestions from that plan. International Dental Hall of Fame While the decision was to postpone some of the members already recommended due to the expenses—for right now—applications for future inductees are still being accepted by Chairman and past PFA President Ray Klein. Dr. Ray Klein and International Trustee Pierre Marois have arranged to have our Hall of Fame established at the ADA Headquarters Building Library (Chicago) with a television format that can call up the plaques and that person’s biography. Drs. Klein and Marois reported excellent cooperation with the ADA over this matter, particularly with ADA Executive Director Dr. James Bramson and staff person Carol Overman. Secretary General Richard Kozal visited the site when he attended the Chicago Dental Society’s Mid Winter Meeting last February. He gave a glowing report of its format and location. You can view the site yourself on-line at http:// www.ada.org/prof/prac/issues/library/catalog.asp. There is a picture of the site with a bust of Pierre Fauchard. To the right of that bust is the computer/monitor to go through the Hall of Fame. You may make the trip by clicking on the picture. Foundation Report The Executive Board has requested funds from the Foundation for various programs. President Lowder will write a grant request letter to the Foundation for their approval. Past PFA president and Foundation Public Relations Chairman filed a report that the Foundation has awarded $97,500 in student scholarships and $204,104 in project grants for 2002. That brings the total dating from its 1996 initiation to 150 grants awarded and more than 500 dental scholarships amounting to $2,224,000. A list of those awarded this year will appear under Foundation News. Dr. Barrett’s New Orleans presentation to the Academy Board of Trustees of his plan to try and raise $3 million to increase the Foundation’s principle, had as yet to be approved by the Foundation Board, according to Foundation President Carl Lundgren. The Academy did appoint three Trustees to help out on the project when it has been established by the Foundation. Closing President Gary Lowder gaveled down the meeting’s end in late afternoon after a full day of hammering away at the issues PFA was facing. Many items were thoroughly discussed and action commenced in preparation for presentation to the Board of trustees in San Francisco’s Meeting.