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As your International President, I am pleased to keep you current on your Academy’s activities. Your Academy is in sound financial condition and very aptly served by our Secretary General Dr. Richard Kozal and his wife Judith out of our headquarters in Las Vegas. At our March 2004 Executive Meeting, the Executive Committee elected to add a $10 increase to the Academy dues for 2005, with the intent of returning these extra funds to the individual Sections. The parameters under which these extra funds will be allocated will be the main topic of discussion at our Section Chairs Caucus at our Annual Meeting in Orlando this fall. Our Constitution and By-Laws were completely reorganized in 2003 by President-elect Michael Perpich and Vice President Howard Mark. In 2004, Howie has taken on the task of rewriting our Policy Manual, and at the Chicago Interim Meeting of our Foundation, he was asked to act as chair of the committee to perform similar tasks for the Foundation. Our Academy has a proud tradition of supporting the dental literature, as evidenced by our journal Dental Abstracts, which is produced bi-monthly and lauded as a very tangible Fellowship benefit. Inserted in this journal you will find Dental World—this is the Academy and the Foundation’s main voice to PFA Fellows worldwide. Under the stewardship of our committed, loyal editor, Dr. James Brophy, the Dental World sets a high standard among honor college publications in several areas— accurate, timely reporting of Academy and Foundation Meetings, Section Meetings/activities, and news about our individual Fellows worldwide. I am always immensely proud of what our Fellows are accomplishing, whether it is in the United States, Europe, Latin America, or other international Sections. Editor Brophy welcomes your written or online submissions. Many of our Sections in which a dental school is located are involved in mentorship programs with senior students. My experience with mentorship is that it is a mutually beneficial situation wherein the mentor gains from the student’s youthful enthusiasm and the student benefits from the mentor’s sage advice gleaned from years of practice management and clinical expertise. If your Section has a dental school and you would like to participate in a mentorship program, or perhaps initiate such a program, contact your local Section Chairperson for literature and support. The Academy’s museum, opened in 1999, is located on the Health Sciences Campus of the Community College of Southern Nevada in the large waiting room of the Dental Facility Practice/Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting Programs building. Since the opening, we have received significant donations from many our colleagues. The donations range from small instruments, dental books, historical pictures and prints, to large dental equipment, dental cabinets, and more. Additional donations have been pledged and are forthcoming. Funds have also been used to buy some very rare antique dental instruments, which have increased the overall value of the museum. Along with the equipment that we have restored for the new dental school at UNLV, the Academy has been the recipient of a circa 1900 complete dental operatory used by Dr. Henry Zeller through the generous patronage of Dr. Robert Ibsen, CEO of DentMat Corporation. Our Hall of Fame honoring outstanding historical fathers of dentistry is a very respected project with venues in Paris, France; Baltimore, Maryland; and the ADA Headquarters in Chicago. Some notable Hall of Fame members are Drs. G. V. Black, Harold Hillenbrand, L. D.Pankey, Charles E. Godon (France) and James B. Willmot (Canada). |
Future inductions include Dr. Frederick S. McKay, the American Father of Fluoridation of municipal water supplies, which will be held in Colorado this June; and the first Japanese notable, Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki, the Father of Modern Dentistry in Japan, in his native country later this Fall. Our charitable arm, the Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, provides a third of a million dollars to projects, grants and dental student scholarships annually. Pierre Fauchard Academy Sections across the world have benefited from the grants afforded their projects by the Foundation. These projects, and many others, are designed to deliver dental health care to patients who are indigent, uninsured, or have limited access to dental treatment facilities. A list of 2003 recipients was published in Dental World, March/April 2004 issue. For the most part, volunteer professionals give of their time and resources to these projects in the spirit of the Academy’s service mission so that financial support can be invested in supplies and instruments. The Academy’s Web site, www.fauchard.org, went online in August of 1996, and since its inception has continually expanded, providing significant information about the Academy and the Foundation. We have recently added a download page for members and a translation link for our international Fellows. Web site improvements, many suggested by our Section Chairs in San Francisco last fall, will be implemented in 2004. We are continually formulating plans to improve the overall site to better serve our membership. From an Academy position, we are in the process of implementing “Section Chairmen” pages to be used by our Sections to promote their various activities and meetings. We are also investigating Ofoto, Kodak’s online photo shop, to allow Sections worldwide to send digital photos along with their online activity reports. This latter system would allow our Editor to have these photos printed and available for upcoming issues of Dental World in a matter of days. Your Academy honors outstanding practitioners on an annual basis. The Pierre Fauchard Academy Gold Medal is designated for outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession and is presented annually to an individual holding a dental degree or its equivalent who resides within the United States. Dr. Linda C. Niessen, an outstanding public health dentist, is the 2004 winner of the Gold Medal. The Elmer S. Best Award (named for our founder) is presented annually to a member of the dental profession outside the United States. The recipient who is engaged in the practice of dentistry and/or dental education and/or dental research shall have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of dentistry. The 2004 recipient of the Elmer S. Best Award is Professor Zhang of Beijing, a most respected teacher and renowned implantologist in China. Other awards, such as the Dental Industry & Trade Award of recognition, the Distinguished Service Award, the Certificate of Merit, Honorary Fellowship, and the President’s Award may be granted, although not necessarily on an annual basis. Many of these awards will be presented in Orlando this fall at our Awards Luncheon—your reservation envelope is included in this issue of Dental World.I look forward to meeting new Fellows and renewing old friendships at our annual Awards Luncheon on 2 October 2004 in Orlando. |
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Dr. Kevin L. Roach
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President Kevin Roach suggested the title of this article while he, Hall of Fame Chairman Ray Klein, and Editor James Brophy finished their meals with about 350 others attending the Colorado Dental Association’s Awards Luncheon on Friday, 11 June 2004. The title was a triple entente. We were sitting outside in a tent on a mountain in Vail; under a cloud cover at 8200 feet in the Rockies; enveloped with the warm camaraderie of the dental professionals and their guests from all parts of Colorado.  L-R, Dean Howard Landesman, Hall of Fame Chair Ray Klein, and PFA President Kevin Roach The Master of Ceremonies was Gary Cummins, Executive Director of the Colorado Dental Association, who started the event promptly and continued to move smoothly on time. Team Spirit Awards were presented, as well as the Community Volunteer of the Year Award, the Outstanding Council Member Award, the Exceptional Service Award, their Distinguished Service Award, Recognition of State Representative Lauri Clapp and State Senator Steve Johnson, as well as a fund presentation to Dean Howard Landesman of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  Hall of Fame Chair Ray Klein Near the middle of the program, past PFA President Ray Klein was called to the podium to give the history and Colorado background on Dr. Frederick McKay. Dr. Klein’s eloquent, bo-oming voice filled the large enclosure in spite of the flapping of the tent sides driven by the cool Rocky Mountain high zephyrs. |
His words echoed through the local valleys so that somewhere, I am sure, even the spirit of Dr. McKay heard his words.  President Roach presenting McKay plaque to CDA President Jerry Peterson At the end of the presentation, Dr. Klein introduced our Inter-national President Kevin Roach for the actual Hall of Fame presentation plaque to the Colorado Dental Association President Jerry Peterson during their 118th CDA Annual Session with nearly 550 registered for this Meeting in Vail— some two-hour drive west of Denver. The PFA Hall of Fame plaque will be displayed at the CDA he-adquarters in Denver. President Roach thanked the CDA for this special opportunity to make this fitting presentation at the highlight event of their meeting at the Vail Cascade Re-sort & Spa on the roof of America. Dr. McKay would have been proud. Dr. Roach thanked all the professionals we had met at the gathering who had been so warm and sincere in their appreciation of our visit.  PFA President Kevin Roach with Colorado Chair Bonnie Ferrell The Luncheon closed with an address on “Finding Balance in Your Busy Life” by Olympic track star Dr. Janis Klecker. |
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Frederick S. McKay was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on 13 April 1874. He was educated in the public schools in Milford and Boston, Massachusetts. At an early age, he wanted to become a musician, but health problems would not allow him to. As a young man, he worked in his father’s dry goods store in Milford and played with the local bands. When his health failed due to what was thought to be tuberculosis, he moved to Colorado in 1894. After numerous odd jobs, he became discouraged and returned to Massachusetts. He worked as a streetcar conductor and developed what would become a lifelong love for trains and locomotives. His brother-in-law, a dentist, encouraged him to entertain the idea of studying dentistry. So in 1897, he entered the Boston Dental College, which later became Tufts University School of Dentistry. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to start his junior year and graduated in June of 1900. History tells us that he was so exhausted from working odd jobs, playing in bands, working as a conductor, and pursuing his dental studies that he nearly collapsed at his graduation. He then spent the summer recuperating at his sister’s home and later went to Colorado Springs for health reasons. He arrived in Colorado Springs in 1901 and worked as a dental associate for $75 a month. At that time, he noticed patients with the presence of multiple teeth that contained white or brown spots. And in severe cases, the enamel was pitted. He became disturbed that many of his fellow practitioners were apathetic about identifying the cause and solution to this cosmetic problem. By 1905, Dr. McKay had become interested in orthodontics and moved to St. Louis to begin his orthodontic training. While in St. Louis, he noticed the brown stain was prevalent in that region as well. He continued his research in the area, but was unable to find an answer. In 1908, he returned to Colorado Springs due to health reasons and practiced orthodontics while still continuing to investigate the “Colorado Brown Stain.” By May of 1908, he and other members of the El Paso County Odontological Society presented a patient at the Colorado Dental Association Meeting to illustrate and to promote interest in the condition. To his dismay, those at the Meeting manifested little interest. In December of 1908, a committee of Drs. McKay, Fleming, and Burton was formed by the El Paso County Odontological Society to examine the teeth of the public school children in the Colorado Springs area for evidence of the “Brown Stain.” On 8 January 1909, the school board granted permission to examine the children. The dental society allocated $21 to cover the cost of the exams. During the Spring of 1909, they examined 2945 children and were astounded to discover that 87.5% were afflicted with some degree of stain or mottling. Those particularly afflicted were native to the Pike’s Peak region. There were many theories developed for the cause of the stain. Some felt it was limited to the poor; others felt that it was due to eating too much pork or drinking milk from local cows; others attributed it to radium; and still others suggested it was due to a calcium deficiency in the local drinking water. In 1908, Dr. McKay corresponded with Dr. G. V. Black, Dean of Northwestern University School of Dentistry in Chicago about the unique Colorado Brown Stain. Dr. Black became interested and began to study the problem. In 1909, Dr. Black came to Colorado Springs to see for himself the stained enamel first hand. This led to many years of research and study between the two men, which culminated in the publication of their earlier report in Dental Cosmos in 1916. Funding for such studies was minimal, so Dr. McKay used his own funds primarily to support his research. In 1910, he was granted $300 from the City of Colorado Springs. By the next year, while serving as President of the Colorado Dental Association, he received $150 to assist with his study. Dr. McKay applied for and received the first research grant for $800 from the National Dental Association to continue his work. By 1915, it was agreed that something in the water was causing the brown stain. But test after test failed to identify the critical substance. |
 President Kevin Roach and Hall of Fame Chair Ray Klein holding Dr. McKay plaque The first answer came from research done by Dr. H. V. Churchill, Chief Chemist for the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). Dr. Churchill had read Dr. McKay’s reports and ordered specific tests to identify trace elements. His studies revealed an unusually high percentage of fluoride in the water where mottled enamel occurred. By 1917, Dr. McKay had become interested in periodontics and moved to New York to further his education. He practiced his new specialty in New York City. But his interest in the Colorado Brown Stain never faltered. By 1931, Dr. McKay had spent over a quarter of a century establishing that mottled enamel of the teeth was caused by an excess of natural fluoride salts in the water supplies. He often noted that people with mottled enamel appeared to have less tooth decay than others without the affliction. But his interest was limited to identifying the cause of the stain than its resultant effect on tooth decay. During the late 1930s, extensive studies of many thousands of children in districts where the domestic water supply contained fluorine definitely established that there was an inverse relationship between the use of fluoridated water and a low decay rate. Later studies demonstrated this conclusively. Decay rates increased in communities where water supplies were changed to nonfluoridated water. Finally, after many years of research and hundreds of studies, it was determined that one part per million parts of water effectively reduced tooth decay up to 65%. Dr. McKay’s early observations of mottled enamel and his determination to ascertain its cause led to the discovery of the benefits of fluoridated water supplies. In 1940, Dr. McKay returned to Colorado Springs to continue his research, but he soon found himself practicing dentistry. He died on 21 August 1959 at the age of 85. During his life, he published more than 50 articles on his fluoride research, lectured extensively, and contributed to textbooks on the subject. The great scientific and humanitarian value of his services brought him numerous honorary memberships in dental and other professional organizations along with many special awards and honorary degrees. |
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The University of the Pacific will name its School of Dentistry in recognition of its Dean, and PFA Fellow, Arthur A. Dugoni on Saturday 28 August 2004 during a black-tie gala at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. This will be the first time a university will name its dental school after a current dean.
Dr. Richard Valachovic, Executive Director of the American Dental Education Association, noted that “Dr. Dugoni has been an inspirational leader of his own dental school since 1978—an amazing 26-year record in a time when the average length of a dean’s term is 71/2 years. But this longevity of service is only the beginning of what is special about his achievements. Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is no one in dental education more respected and beloved than Art Dugoni. “This affection for him spans every aspect of the dental profession. He is equally at home among practicing dentists, hygienists, dental faculty, and students; and is as comfortable interacting with members of his specialty of orthodontics as well as with dentists from other countries.” The gala is expected to draw 1500 guests that will include many leaders in dental education, organized dentistry, government officials, corporate executives, faculty, staff, and students. Legendary comedian Bill Cosby will perform after the official naming ceremony, followed by a reception and dancing at The Rotunda at San Francisco City Hall. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni Endowment. On 27 August 2004, UOP will sponsor a two-day National Leadership Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel featuring John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, an internet networking leader, along with other keynote speakers such as founder and director of Practical Clinical Courses Dr. Gordon Christiansen, ADA Executive Director Dr. James Bramson, Forsyth Institute President and CEO Dr. Dominick DePaola, founder of Pride Institute Dr. James Pride, USC School of Dentistry Dean Harold Slavkin, American Dental Education Association Executive Director Dr. Richard Valachovic, and Vice President of Colgate-Palmolive Company Dr. Anthony Volpe. |
Dr. Dugoni is currently President of the American Dental Association Foundation (2003-present). He has been President of the ADA (1988-1989), the American Dental Education Association, the American Board of Orthodontics (1985), the California Dental Association (1982), and the American Association of Dental Schools (1994-1995). He is also past Treasurer of the FDI World Dental Federation (1992-1998) and for the ADA (1987-1988). He has served in the House of Delegates for the California Dental Association for 27 years, for the ADA for 20 years, and for the American Association of Dental Schools, now the American Dental Education Association, from 1978 to the present). He was also ADA Trustee for 16 years.
He has received pages of honors in the profession, including the 1996 PFA Gold Medal and the 1982 PFA Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Dugoni graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (forerunner of UOP) in 1948 after serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1951. He rose from the ranks of Pediatric Dentistry Assistant Professor through Operative Dentistry then Orthodontics Professor and Chairman of the Department to UOP Dean in 1978. In his long distinguished career, Dr. Dugoni established many innovative and far advanced programs at UOP School of Dentistry, which were student-centered in education. The University of the Pacific is the first chartered university in California. Their School of Dentistry has served the Bay Area community for 108 years, operating 11 clinics within its San Francisco location. It rotates students through its extramural clinics—the Union City Dental Health Care Center, Highland General Hospital, and Stockton’s Advanced General Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Clinics. This event marks an important point in the history of United States dentistry. |
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The Milwaukee County Historical Society presented a Commendation Award at their 51st Annual Banquet last May to Marquette University School of Dentistry in recognition of the Joseph and James Englander Dental Museum located in the new dental school. The credit for this achievement goes primarily to Dr. Peter Jacobsohn, the curator, for his tireless work to produce a high quality display of dental history. |
Community College of Southern Nevada
Daniel L. Orr II of Las Vegas writes, “I want to thank you so much for the hospitality you proffered to my two Ecuadorian dental colleagues, Drs. Zambrano and Zurita, recently when we toured the museum. It is a wonderful entity to have available here in Las Vegas…and a valuable experience for visiting health professionals. The Museum located in the old Baltimore Dental College Building contains a section of wall on the third floor for the U.S. venue of the PFA Hall of Fame. The newly installed Dr. Frederick McKay’s plaque was added to our wall section this June. |
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Saturday, 2 October 2004, Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel, Orlando, Florida (Luncheon reservation envelope attached inside your mailed Dental World issue) Awards Chairman James Englander and his committee have nominated the following outstanding professionals to receive this year’s Awards.
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| PFA Gold Medal This Award is designated for outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession. This award is presented annually to an individual holding a dental degree or its equivalent who resides within the United States. This year’s nomination to receive PFA’s highest U.S. Award at the Awards Luncheon is Dr. Linda C. Niessen. Dr. Niessen serves as Vice President of Clinical Education at DENTSPLY International, where she is responsible for developing, directing, and coordinating corporate-wide clinical education and opinion leader programs. Dr. Niessen holds a faculty appointment as Clinical Professor in the Department of Restorative Sciences at Baylor College of Dentistry and a member of the Texas A&M Health Services Center in Dallas, Texas. She provides patient care at the VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas. She has authored over 60 articles and a textbook on geriatric dentistry entitled, Geriatric Dentistry: Aging and Oral Health. Dr. Niessen is recipient of the ADA’s Geriatric Dental Health Award for her work on providing dental care to people with Alzheimer’s disease. As Clinical Professor on the faculty of the Baylor College of Dentistry, Dr. Niessen serves as the health reporter for Dental Health Check, a weekly news feature providing oral health information for consumers. Dental Health Check originates on WFAA-TV, the Dallas ABC affiliate, for the daybreak and the midday newscast. It is also broadcast on TXCN, the Texas Cable News network. This presentation is the only dental feature offered as part of a regularly scheduled local newscast in the United States, reaching approximately 1 million people weekly. To date, Dental Health Check has broadcast over 500 news segments on oral health to Dallas Metroplex and Texas viewers since its 1993 inception. At Baylor College of Dentistry, she served as Professor and Chairman in the Department of Public Health Services (1994-1998). She has served as Director of the Geriatric Dental Program at the VA Medical Center in Perry Point, Maryland; and as Chief of the Service Unit Dental Program at the USPHS Indian Hospital in Talihina, Oklahoma. |
 Dr. Linda C. Niessen Dr. Niessen has served as President of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry and of the American Association of Women Dentists. She currently is President of the Friends of NIDCR, and Chair-elect for 2005 of the Dallas County Dental Society’s Southwest Dental Conference. She is a graduate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (1977), also earned a degree in public health at their School of Public Health (1982), and a Master’s Degree (1982) in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government. Her undergraduate work was done at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Niessen is member of the Texas Association of Public Health, the Texas Dental Association, the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, the Dallas County Dental Society, FDI, the American Dental Education Association, the Federation of Special Care in Dentistry, the Gerontological Society of America, the International Association of Dental Research, the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, the American Association of Women Dentists, the ADA, the American Public Health Association, and the Student Clinicians of American Dental Association (President, 1990-1991). Among her many honors and distinctions, Dr. Niessen has earned the Chicago Dental Society’s Cushing Award (2003), Harvard’s Silver Anniversary Award (2002), the Chicago Dental Society’s Gordon Christiansen Recognition Lecturer Award (1997), and Fellowship in ICD (1993) and ACD (1987). Dr. Linda Niessen is married to a physician and has two sons. |
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| This Award is presented annually to a member of the dental profession outside of the United States who is engaged in the practice of dentistry and/or dental education and/or dental research. The recipient shall have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of dentistry, and shall be a member in good standing of the official dental organization of their respective country. This year’s nomination is to receive this Award at the 3rd International Congress of Dental Implants in Beijing (sponsored by Quintessence Journals publisher Horst Wolfgang Hasse, the 1992 recipient of the Best Award) on October 22-23, 2004, is Professor Zhen-Kang Zhang of Beijing, China. Dr. Zhen-Kang Zhang is a Professor at the Peking University School of Stomatology in Beijing, China. He was born in1934 in Wuxi, Jiangsun Province of China. He earned his dental degree at the Faculty of Stomatology of Beijing Medical College (1952-1956), then did his advanced study in the Department of General Surgery at Beijing Third People’s Hospital (1958-1959), and his postdoctoral study at UCLA’s School of Dentistry and at Chicago’s Northwestern University School of Dentistry (1982-1983). At the Peking University School of Stomatology, he became Director of the Research Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and later Director of the Academic Committee for the School of Stomatology. Then he was member of the Academic Committee of the Medical College and rose to Professor and Honorary Dean of the Peking University School of Stomatology. He also served as Director of the Computer Center on Dental Research for the Ministry of Health of China. He has been President of the Chinese Stomatological Association; Vice President of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Standing Councilor for the Chinese Medical Association; Director of WHO Collaboration Center for Research and Training on Preventive Dentistry; Councilor for IADR; President of the Chinese Division of IADR; President for the Chinese Division of FDI; ICD Regent for China; Consultant to the National Committee for Oral Health (MOH); Editor-in-Chief for the English edition of the Chinese Journal of Dental Research; Editor for the Journal of Modern Stomatology; and Editor for the Chinese Continuing Education Journal of Dentistry. Dr. Zhang was Vice Chairman of the National Foundation of Oral Health and Vice Chairman for the Chinese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He was a member of the National Examination Committee Board for Licensed Doctor Examinations (MOH). He holds Honorary Professorships at the Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, the China Medical University School of Stomatology; and the Xi’an Medical University School of Stomatology. Dr. Zhang has over 200 published articles and has authored/edited dozens more. |
 Professor Zhen-Kang Zhang Dr. Zhang has received numerous awards such as the National Award for the Advancement of Science and Technology, some dozen municipal and ministry awards for the advancement of science. He is a national expert for outstanding contributions in Stomatology. He is the recipient of the Model Worker Certificate from Beijing. He earned First Prize for the best reference books in eastern China, First Prize of Guanghua Fund of Science and Technology, and First Prize for the best textbooks for the national colleges and universities. Dr. Zhang was honored as Famous Physician of Beijing Medical University, the Best Teacher from the same institution, and the Certificate of Outstanding Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University’s School of Dentistry. He is a Fellow in ICD, in the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong, in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and in the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Probably one of his most notable activities was to separate the Society of Stomatology from the Chinese Medical Association in 1996 to establish the Chinese Stomatological Association. This is what Pierre Fauchard did in the late 1700s in establishing a separate Guild of Dental Surgeons apart from the Medical Guild of the times, which initiated Dentistry as a specialty on its own that grew into today’s modern dentistry. Dr. Zhang is one of the founders for “National Love Teeth Day.” As Executive Director for this event for a decade, he firmly established nationwide oral health education. He was directly involved in the educational system reforms for dentistry in China, including college education, the length of the curricula, establishing courses for the undergraduates, graduate education, and academic degrees given. He did much the same for dental hygienists and dental technicians, and he initiated continuing education projects. Dr. Zhang’s reforms did not stop there. He is involved the work of national examinations for licensing physicians and dentists, national reform of the oral medical system, and the promotion of community and private clinical practice in China. Dr. Zhang certainly has reinvented the role of Pierre Fauchard in China. His lifelong endeavors suggest him as the “Chinese Father of Modern Health Sciences.” |
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| This Award is presented to a Fellow of the Academy in appreciation of loyal and dedicated service to the Academy. This year’s nomination for the Award to be presented at the Awards Luncheon is Dr. Robert L. Ibsen of Santa Maria, California. Dr. Robert L. Ibsen, a practicing dentist, is founder and CEO of Den-Mat Corporation—one of the largest suppliers of cosmetic and restorative dental products in the United States. He is also responsible for the development and manufacture of Rembrandt Oral Health Care Products for the consumer marketplace. Dr. Ibsen graduated from the USC College of Optometry (1953) and the USC School of Dentistry (1958). He has served as Expert Examiner for the California State Board of Dental Examiners and as a Clinical Lecturer at Boston University’s Henry Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry. He is named as Associate Clinical Professor at the New York University College of Dentistry and is Clinical Instructor at USC’s School of Dentistry. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, ACD, and ADI. He is also a member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the Academy of General Practice, the Academy of International Dental Studies, and the American Academy of Dental Materials. Dr. Ibsen has maintained a general practice in Santa Maria since 1958. His early work led him to discover many new techniques and materials that helped improve the way dentists practice today. This prompted him to found Den-Mat Corporation in 1974. His development of Cerinate Porcelain Veneers in 1984 has enabled dentists to preserve, restore, and enhance teeth without extensive cutting of the natural teeth that characterized cosmetic dentistry in the past. |
 Dr. Ibsen Dr. Ibsen was co-author of the first book on adhesive dentistry and holds numerous dental patents. He has written many articles published in renowned journals, and has lectured extensively internationally. His personal honors and achievements fill pages, as this quiet, humble man has changed the face of professional modern dentistry worldwide. Additionally, Dr. Ibsen was a founder of the Bank of Santa Maria and of the La Cumbre Savings Bank. Bob Ibsen has been a personal friend of dentistry. He is a generous philanthropist to many worthwhile causes. And he is a wonderful, warm person to be with. All the pages of a C.V. cannot tell you that. As a PFA Fellow, Dr. Ibsen most recently funded the purchase of the 1990s Zeller Dental Office for placement in the UNLV School of Dentistry in the name of PFA and Den-Mat. He sponsored a CEU course for PFA at one of our Interim Meetings in Las Vegas. And in the early 1990s, he sponsored Miss America at the ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, and escorted her to attend our PFA Meeting there to greet us all. Bob and his wife Marcia have three grown children—Noreen, Rob, and Cathy. |
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| This award is not necessarily given out every year, as are the others, but it is restricted to no more than one per year. It was designed to recognize and honor an outstanding leader in the dental field for contributions to our profession, although the individual may not be a dentist. The Award this year will be presented at the Awards Luncheon to Arthur Zwingenberger, President and Chairman of SciCan, a Division of Lux and Zwingenberger Ltd. of Toronto, Canada SciCan is a major manufacturer and leading distributor of Products in the health care industry. Its name is well known for innovation, high quality products, and dependability. The manufacturer of the Statim Autoclave was founded in 1957 by Arno Zwingenberger to introduce successful European orthopedic products to Canada. In 1990, SciCan was formed as a division of Lux and Zwingenberger and then entered the U.S. market through their Pittsburgh-based subsidiary. In 1993, SciCan Medtech AG was established in Zug, Switzerland, to distribute their products and expand its sales worldwide, most recently into China. In 1987, the company received the ISO Certification that assures its customers and dealers that SciCan products meet stringent manufacturing and after-sales standards. In 2000, BHT-Hygienetechnik, a German manufacturer of the Innova line of washer-disinfectors, was added as a subsidiary to the main company, and sister company to SciCan. |
Arthur Zwingenberger, BA, MA, from the University of Toronto, joined Lux & Zwingenberger Limited in 1964. In 1975, he became its President and Chairman in 1996. His SciCan Division has operated in Canada since 1982, establishing a reputation for reliability and product backup service. Its two business segments are divided between distributing superior quality medical, dental, and orthotic equipment from many sources into the Canadian market, while the other segment develops and manufactures novel and unique technologies for instrument handling systems and sterilization for the health care field. In 1989, they introduced the Statim Cassette Autoclave into the market, which uses a patented steam and pressure process to sterilize instruments five times faster than conventional autoclaves. This product has won several design and product awards in Canada and in Europe and is now an essential product in practices on five continents. Company President Arthur Zwingenberger for many years has been associated with the Dental Industry Association of Canada, as well as the American Dental Trade Association in the United States. He is a member of the federal government’s Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade (SAGIT), Medical and Health Care Products and Services; a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Standards Association; a member of the Board of Directors for the Dentistry Canada Fund; a Director of Tafelmusik—Canada’s premiere baroque orchestra; and a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto. |
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1 October 2004, Friday 8-9:30 am ADA Opening Session 10-11 am Executive Board Session, Genoa III Room 10-11:30 am Section Chair Caucus, Amalfi Room 11:45 am-noon Caucus Report to the Academy Board noon-1:30 pm Academy working lunch 1:30-5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Genoa II Room 2 October 2004, Saturday 7:30-11:30 am Foundation Board Meeting, Plaza III Room 11:30 am-2 pm Awards Luncheon, Ritz Ballroom II 2:30-5 pm Foundation Board Meeting, Plaza III Room 6:30-8 pm President’s Reception, Ritz Ballroom II 3 October 2004, Sunday 8 am-noon Foundation Board Meeting, Genoa III Room (continental breakfast/working lunch) 1-5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Genoa III Room 6:30-10:30 pm PFA Dinner Party, Napoli I Room (reservations only) Nota Bene 1. All Section Chairs are invited to attend the Academy Board Meetings, the President’s Reception, and the “no host” Dinner Party. 2. ALL REPORTS for the Board Meeting are to be received by the Central Office no later than 5 September 2004 to be included in the Meeting Agenda Manual. Oral reports to be scheduled no later than 10 September 2004 to be included on the agenda. No spontaneous oral reports will be allowed during the meetings. |
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This Award is selected exclusively by the current PFA International President to honor an individual who our President views as actively promoting our profession on many other levels, taking into consideration outstanding community and civic service, leadership, and dedication to serving humanity. This transcends the other award requirements, which concentrate on dental activities in our profession. This year President Kevin Roach has selected Dr. Gordan B. Stine to receive this honor at the Awards Luncheon.
Dr. Gordan B. Stine, a retired dentist, retired school administrator, retired community/civic leader has spent his entire life in the service of others. As he crosses through his eighth decade, he views a career that spans a variety of activities and achievements. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Gordan graduated from the College of Charleston and then earned his dental degree at Emory University School of Dentistry. He maintained a full-time dental practice in Charleston from 1950 to 1985. In 1983, he affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) as a Clinical Associate Professor in Community Dentistry, as Director of Dental Continuing Education, as their liaison and dental advisor with the South Carolina Area Health Consortium, and as Special Assistant to former University President James Edwards on community and dental affairs. Dr. Stine served as President of the Charleston Dental Society, President of the Coastal District Dental Society, and President of the South Carolina Dental Association. He served PFA starting as South Carolina Section Chair, then as Academy Board Trustee, Academy Vice President, and PFA President-elect. He is recipient of the 1992 and 2000 PFA South Carolina Section Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Stine is co-founder and past Chairman of the South Carolina Dental Political Action Committee, and is a past Councilman for the City of Charleston. Dr. Stine also served as past Chairman for the Charleston County Council, for the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Regional Council of Governments, and for the South Carolina Regional Council of Governments. From 1991 to 1995, Dr. Stine served on the Board of the National Association of Regional Councils. In his community, Gordan has served as past President of the Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce, and is/was a member of the Charleston Bicentennial Committee, the Exchange Club of Charleston, the Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund, Congregation Beth Elohim, the College of Charleston Alumni Association, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Association, the Trident United Way, and the Community Pride of Charleston County. For 12 years, Dr. Stine served on the Board of Trustees for the College of Charleston, eight of those years as Board Vice Chairman. |
 Dr. Gordan B. Stine In 1998, Dr. Stine was named Dentist of the Year by the South Carolina Academy of Dentistry. In 1992, he had been honored as Charleston Dental Society’s Dentist of the Year. The Exchange Club of Charleston presented him their Man of the Year Award in 1964, and the following year they presented him with their Outstanding Service Award. The Boy Scout Camp Health Center was named in his honor in 1996. He had received their Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award in 1985. Dr. Gordan Stine was the College of Charleston Alumnus of the Year in 1966 where in 1999 he was awarded their honorary degree of Doctor of Humane letters, and in 2000 was selected for their Alumni Award. The MUSC Dental Lifelong Learning Program was named after Dr. Stine in 1994. And he was presented their Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2000. Dr. Stine has been awarded an unprecedented three Orders of the Palmetto by former South Carolina Governors Riley, Campbell, and Beasley; and has been honored with the Order of the Silver Crescent by State Governor Hodges. In 2002 at the 229th Annual Meeting of the Greater Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Stine received their highest award, the Joseph P. Riley Leadership Award. In that presentation, they cited his “distinguished dental career of more than 50 years and his volunteer service of thousands of hours to hundreds of local organizations,” mentioning the Exchange Club of Charleston, the Coastal Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts, the YWCA of Greater Charleston, the Charleston Jewish Federation, MUSC Alumni Association, the Trident United Way, the Palmetto Safety Council, the Charleston County Aviation Authority, the Cooper River Bridge Replacement Study Committee, the South Carolina Association of Counties’ Legislative and Constitution Committees, and the Charleston County Council (op.cit. Dental World, November/December 2001 and September/October 2002 issues).
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The awarding of the PFA Honorary Fellowship Award is presented to an individual who has locally performed outstanding services on behalf of our profession over time. This recognition is to honor such individuals, not necessarily a dentist, who have made significant contributions to dentistry in their respective areas and PFA wishes to acknowledge those individuals. This year, Brian James Henderson of Perth, Ontario, was presented this honor during the Canadian Dental Association Meeting in Vancouver in March of this year.
Brian Henderson earned his BA degree with honors at Queens University (1960) and his Masters in Education at the University of Ottawa (1972). Until he retired in 2000, he served as Director of Accreditation, Director of Professional Services, and Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Dental Association. From 1978 until 1983, he was Coordinator of the Medical/Allied Medical Education and Accreditation for the Canadian Medical Association in Ottawa. From 1973 to 1978, he served as Dean of the Health Sciences Division for the Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. At Algonquin College, he was Chairman of the General Arts and Sciences Department and Director of Social Sciences (1970-1973) and Supervisor of the English Faculty in the Applied Arts Section (1968-1970). At South Carleton High School, he was a teacher in English (1960-1961) and became the English Department Head in 1961 to 1968. He was a Tutor in the English Department at Queens University from 1959 to 1960. |
In 1991, Brian Henderson was one of six Founders of HealthTeam Association (HTA) and during his activity with them, worked on a number of projects such as the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, the College of Dental Technologists of Ontario, the Health Protection Branch of Health Canada, the Ontario Board of Funeral Services, the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa/Vaad ha’Ir, the College of Dental Technicians of British Columbia, the Labour Mobility Workshop Facilitation, for the National Association of Pharmacy Regulators (NAPRA), and for the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. |
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IThis Award is presented to honor the distinguished work of an individual in his Section in both his professional and his personal life as well as his activity for the Academy. This year this special award will be presented posthumously to Dr. Javier Garro Barrio, the late PFA Section Chair for Spain, (op.cit. Dental World, November/December 2003 issue) at the PFA Section Ceremony in Cordoba.
 Professor Javier Garro Barrio In addition to Dr. Garro’s outstanding and exemplar service to the Academy in Spain, he was likewise dedicated to teaching and practicing his profession. This man had a zest for life in many directions. |
Fortunately, dentistry was one of them. He started his career with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Zaragoza Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (1958), his dental degree from the University of Madrid (1960), and his specialty degree at the University of Navarra (1972). He began teaching at the University of Paris Vasco in 1979, and by 1989 was Chairman of Pathology and Therapeutic Dentistry on the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Bilbao.
He also maintained a private practice in Tafalla, Navarra, from 1960 to 1967, when he moved to Pamplona and continued his practice from 1967 to his death. The PFA Officers wish to thank the extremely outstanding effort in putting together this year’s Awards Presentation candidates to the Awards Committee: Chair James Englander (U.S. Midwest Trustee) and his members past President Nicholas Saccone, European Trustee Pierre Marois, Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman, Latin American Trustee Bernardo Levit, German Section Chair Frank Braun, and past Indiana Section Chair Ray Maddox for their tireless efforts on behalf of the Academy for a job well done. |
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| Your PFA Foundation budgets an overall overhead of 23% of the year’s earnings and almost nothing toward raising more funds. And yet we now have a corpus of $7.2 million fair market value. Over the last nine years, we have donated about $3 million to support 250 service grants and awarded 720 scholarships to needy junior students who show leadership potential. The grants are used primarily to support organizations that provide free dental care for the underserved in the worldwide PFA sphere. How do we do that? We have an all-volunteer board with just one part-time Executive Director. We all work out of our own homes and communicate electronically.  Then acting Dean Jack Stockton presented the Foundation Award to student Manjinder Kler |
The investment program is a totally safe one, invested in long-term government-backed securities that guarantee an earnings amount that ensures an adequate fund for awards (about $380,000). We have never lost any money in any investment. These earnings are always freed up in time for our annual grant and scholarship awarding. The PFA Foundation Board has established a Memorial and Tributes Funds Committee that is chaired by Dr. Larry Barrett, a past PFA President. It will soon provide a framework where special gifts, large and small, can be given. This will provide a mechanism, Named Gifts, where a donor can honor colleagues or others, while at the same time support specific programs of the donor’s own choosing. By giving cash, appreciated securities, or even real estate, you can enable the Foundation to reach those who really do have a need. The Fellows of the Academy have been most generous over the years, adding donation amounts at dues paying time that has totaled $204,487 over the last nine years. Special memorial funds have been donated in the names of Dr. Fernando Brenes-Espinach, Dr. Robert Shira, and Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi, who were the first in the Memorial and Tribute Fund Program. It is more fun to give money away when you know it is working for the causes you care about the most. |
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Manitoba Western Canada Section Chair Tom Breneman reported that Acting Dean Norman Fleming of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to Manjinder Kler. British Columbia Foundation Award recipient Jordan Millar, a senior at the University of British Columbia, wrote to thank the Foundation and the Academy for the honor of being recognized. Last summer, he did an externship at USC in orthodontics from which he prepared a poster presentation at the IADR Conference last Spring. He attended his second National Committee on Students Affairs Conference last August as the Canadian Dental Association’s representative from UBC. He also attended the Vancouver District and Dental Society as the student representative and is the liaison to the Association of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia. Next year, he will take up a residency program at USC in orthodontics. |
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California, Southern Section President Carl Lundgren announced that three Foundation grants had been awarded to projects in Southern California. Amigos de Los Californios, an all-volunteer organization founded in 1996, provides dental care to isolated people living in the Sierra de San Francisco area of Baja California, 700 miles south of San Diego. Dr. Roger Kingston leads 24 volunteers traveling the two days in their own vehicles transporting equipment and supplies to the remote area. The Foundation provides $10,000 to acquire portable dental equipment and supplies for the program. |
President Kevin Roach attended the graduation ceremonies for Nova Southeastern University’s Faculty of Dental Medicine’s Graduation Cere-mony for his daughter Maureen. He also congratulated our Foundation Scholar-ship Awardee Dr. Shrinivas Rangarajan. Dr. Rangarajan, doing a residency at the U.S. Navy Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, plans on pursuing a career in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. |
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Massachusetts Chair Norman Becker reports the outstanding success of the Foundation grant for the CHIP Program. In May of this year, simultaneously 67 CHIP events were held in the six New England States and New York reaching more than 14,000 children with over 1000 dentists participating. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children declared this PFA co-sponsored event the largest child ID Project ever conducted in the United States. The CHIP Program was first introduced in 1998 in Milton, Massachusetts. This year, ADA President Eugene Sekiguichi attended along with many civic, professional, and government officials. The Chip Program has received a $5000 grant from our Foundation. Fellow Dr. David B. Harte, now CHIP Director emeritus, has been instrumental in organizing the Section’s participation. Other groups participated, such as the Masonic Lodges of the 8th District, the Massachusetts Dental Society, the police departments, the sheriff’s departments, the Wollaston Rainbow Assembly, the Rotarians, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Milton Times noted that “The Milton Rotary Club and the Pierre Fauchard Academy, an international dental honor society, based out of Paris, France, are sponsoring the Milton event.” The Milton Record-Transcript reported the event as well.  Dr. Jay Sullivan at CHIP booth |
 Boston University dental student Amelia Grabe receiving the Foundation Scholarship Award 14,000 children were “CHIP’ed” throughout New England that day. The CHIP Program (reported in Dental World, May/June 2002 issue) is now operational in 11 States and is being implemented in 19 others, approved in 13 more, and is being considered in Mexico and 13 Provinces of Canada. It is recognized as the most comprehensive recovery and identification program in the country. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notes that a child is reported missing every 41 seconds! This identification program includes a three-minute TV-quality videotaped interview, fingerprints, a tooth print with salivary scent tracer and DNA, and a DNA cheek swab. More than 190,000 children have gone through the program. Mari Megias, Associate Director of Communications for Boston University’s Henry Goldman School of Dental Medicine reports doing the news release for our PFA Scholarship Awardee junior student Amelia M. Grabe of Plainfield, New Hampshire. Amelia is active in the American Student Dental Association where she serves as the National Consultant in Membership, Marketing and Service. She is also the student representative on three ADA Councils. Her father, Dr. George Grabe, is a practicing dentist in Charlestown, NH. |
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92nd FDI World Congress, New Delhi, India Deadline for all annual Meeting Agenda packet reports 145th Annual ADA Session, Orlando, Florida PFA Academy/Foundation Annual Board Meetings, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Orlando, Florida Executive Board Meeting PFA Board Meeting/Section Chair Caucus Foundation Board Meeting Annual Awards Luncheon/President’s Reception Foundation Board Meeting/Academy Board Meeting Presidents Dinner Implantology Congress, Berlin, Germany Elmer Best Award Ceremony, Beijing, China 20th General Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Sciences, Yokohama, Japan PFA Hall of Fame Award installation for Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki, Yokohama, Japan (Have your PFA Event date put here. E-mail Editor Brophy at PFADWJMB@aol.com) |
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Ontario The Ontario Dental Association last May installed PFA Fellow Dr. Steven A. Goren as their President for 2004-2005. Their Honorary Membership Award was presented to PFA Fellow Dr. R. Malcolm (Mac) Balfour and their Barnabus Day Award was presented to PFA Fellow Dr. Norman E. Ironstone. Seems that the Ontario Dental Association is in good hands.
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Chair Professor Branislav Dastevski along with Professor Djukanovic attended the IX Dental Congress of the Balkan Stomatological Society last May in Ohrid, Macedonia. There were 1200 participants in the Congress’ theme “To share knowledge and experience” with more than 800 topics presented and 100 poster presentations. During the Congress, Professor Dastevski inducted new Fellows Professor Mile Carcev and Professor Ljuben Guguvceski, while presenting PFA Honor Awards.  Professor Dragoslav Djukanovic of Serbia presented the Certificate of Merit Award to Professor Branislav Dastevski, President of the Macedonian PFA Section |
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| Trustee Charles Eller reported on their 34th Annual Awards Luncheon for his Section held last April in Anaheim during the Spring Scientific Session of the California Dental Association. There were more than 100 in attendance, including PFA President-elect Michael Perpich, Foundation President Carl Lundgren, and Foundation Treasurer-emeritus George Higue. Their membership roster was also distributed at the Luncheon honoring Dr. Harold C. Slavkin, Dean of USC’s School of Dentistry. Dr. J. R. “Bob” Bobbitt gave a talk on “The Foundation Grants in Action.” The Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards were presented by President-elect Michael Perpich. Their Award of Merit was presented to Dr. Robert L. Ibsen of Den-Mat Corporation, and the PFA Special President’s Award was presented to Dr. George Higue. New Fellows were inducted by President-elect Michael Perpich and Foundation President Carl Lundgren. They were Drs. Amir H. Biniaz of Camarillo, James R. Bobbitt of Encinitas, R. K.Chetty of Los Angeles, Gerald Eidenmuller of Orange, Steven Gold of Santa Monica, Gregory Guichet of Orange, Arthur W. Johnson of Barstow, Nita Largoza of Chula Vista, Malek Mansour of Riverside, Kathleen Nuckles of Los Angeles, Eugene J. Schmidt of Fountain Valley, Richard A. Simms of Rancho Palos Verdes, Arnold Valdez of Claremont, and Robert D. Walter of Redlands. The 2004 Dental Student Awards were presented to Loma Linda University’s Andrea L. Carvalho, UCLA’s Amy Gimlen, and USC’s Bao-Thy Nguyen. The 2004 Dental Teachers of the Year Awards were presented to Loma Linda University’s Dr. Garth W. Brown, UCLA’s Dr. William W. Morgan, and USC’s Dr. Charles Wood. The Southern California Fauchard Plaque, initiated in 1971 by past PFA President Cliff Loader, was presented by Mark Slavkin to USC’s Dean Harold C. Slavkin. Dr. Harold Slavkin has had a long and industrious career in our profession and is one of the world’s leading authorities on craniofacial development and genetic birth defects. He began his career at USC’s School of Dentistry in August, 2000. As Dean, he holds the school’s G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Dean’s Chair in Dentistry. |
Prior to returning to USC, Dr. Slavkin served as the sixth Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), one of the National Institutes of Health. Under his leadership, the NIDCR produced the first Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health (June 2000). His tenure there was marked by the development of NIDCR’s first strategic plan, the renaming of the Institute to better reflect the scope of its activities, and a $110 million funding increase between 1995 and 1999. Dr. Slavkin is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ADA, IADR, and a Fellow in ACD and ICD. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from Georgetown University, the University of Paris, the University of Maryland, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Montreal. In 1968, Dr. Slavkin joined the USC dental faculty and authored the text Developmental Craniofacial Biology published in 1979. He has edited nine books and published 260 peer-reviewed scientific papers. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (1989-1995) and the first recipient of the George and Mary Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular Biology. Dr. Slavkin earned his BA degree from USC in English literature (1961) and his dental degree from USC in 1965. For seven years, he practiced dentistry in Westwood while doing research as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA’s School of Medicine and then in the USC Department of Biochemistry. The Southern California Section Officers are Chairman Charles Eller, Vice Chair Frank Curry, past Chairman Steven Ferriot, and Editor William Mihram. Their Board of Directors are Drs. Myron Bromberg, Edward Cowan Jr, Stephen Flanders, Theodore Fortier, and Denise Habjan. The Section also noted the passing of Fellows Harvey H. Cooperman, Henry C. Garabedian, Harold S. Harada, Ronald Hecker, Edward A. Johnson, and Shigeo Ryan Kishi |
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Rhode Island International Trustee Richard Walsh reports that his Section held their annual Meeting and Induction Ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick with over 45 attending to welcome Drs. Leland Blough and Brad Turchetta as new Fellows in the Academy. Dr. Francis A. Connor was honored by receiving their Outstanding Service Award in recognition of his many years of devoted service to the profession. A video presentation illustrating the PFA Web site was given. Past PFA President James Kershaw attended the event and even at the age of 92 still exhibits profound enthusiasm for dentistry. Utah Chair Richard Petty hosted their largest ever Section Meeting last February in Salt Lake City to induct four new members into Fellowship. Those inducted were Drs. Gary Crawford of Provo, Jeremy Ellis of Logan, Paul Innis of Park City, and James Ott of St. George. Past PFA President Gary Lowder attended as well as ADA Trustee Joel Glover of Reno, Nevada, and ICD 14th District regent (PFA Fellow) Newell Warr. After discussing the San Francisco PFA Meeting, Steven Hadley outlined Foundation application procedures for grants. Then reports were given on the grants presented to the St. George Clinic and to the Mexico projects Dr. Petty is involved in. The keynote speaker was past State Senator Lane Beattie, President of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, and former officer of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee. He provided some interesting insights into the workings of the Olympics that contributed to their overwhelming success. Immediate past PFA President Gary Lowder was honored with a special Utah State Section Chair Award for his outstanding service to the Academy and to his Utah Section. Washington State Chair David Minahan has been named to lead the University of Washington Alumni Association’s fundraising effort to raise $2 million for the renovation of B-Wing, the original 1947 facility built to house the dental school. The only renovation done previously was in 1973 and that focused only on the dental clinics, leaving much of the original building in serious need of upgrading. Wisconsin Chairman Glenn Maihofer held their annual Luncheon Meeting last May at Milwaukee’s City Center Hilton Hotel during the Wisconsin Dental Association’s Session. The PFA Meeting recognized past WDA Presidents, the student recipient of the Foundation Scholarship, presented their awards, and inducted new Fellows. WDA President Dennis W. Engel addressed the Meeting by applauding the past efforts of his predecessors in shaping the Wisconsin Dental Association and supporting their dental school. He is proud to follow in their footsteps. International Trustee James Englander gave information concerning the PFA Foundation and qualifying for financial aid in support of their projects. Dr. Englander was recognized for his service on the International PFA Board and for being instrumental in starting the Marquette Mentorship Program five years ago.  International Trustee James Englander Marquette School of Dentistry Dean William Lobb was honored as recipient of their Distinguished Service Award. The new dental school at Marquette was engineered and coordinated by Dr. Lobb’s vision and guidance. His efforts and input made the new school a “state-of-the-art” example in dental education. Seven new Fellows were inducted into membership: Drs. Jeffrey Kind, Patrick McCormick, Daniel Garcia, Gerald Eagan, Scott Greatens, Julio Rodriquez, and Patrick Laughlin. Their next gathering will be the Mentorship Dinner in late September at Marquette’s new dental school.  Chair Glenn Maihofer presenting Dean William Lobb of Marquette School of Dentistry with Distinguished Service Award |
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Kevin L. Roach President Canada Michael J. Perpich President-elect Minnesota Howard Mark Vice President Connecticut Richard A. Kozal Secretary General Nevada James M. Brophy Editor Illinois Gary Lowder Immediate Past President Utah |
REGION 1—Europe Pierre Marois France REGION 2—N.E. USA Richard Walsh Rhode Island REGION 3—S.E. USA Robert S. Hart Florida REGION 4—Midwest USA James A. Englander Wisconsin REGION 5—Western USA Charles Eller California REGION 6—Canada Barry Dolman Ontario REGION 7—Latin America Bernardo Levit Argentina REGION 8—Australasia William Winspear Australia REGION 9—Asia Mamoru Sakuda Japan REGION 10—Central USA Steve Hedlund Iowa |
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Carl Lundgren President California M. David Campbell Vice President Michigan Fred Halik Executive Director New York William Korte Treasurer Illinois George Higue Treasurer-emeritus California FOUNDATION EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS Kevin L. Roach |
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Trustee William Winspear awarded Honorary Fellowship to Professor-emeritus Noel D. Martin AM at their recent PFA Awards Dinner in Sydney, Australia. Professor Martin is recognized throughout Australia as an authority in dental education, dental public and community health, and preventive dentistry. He joined the faculty of dentistry at the University of Sydney in 1944 as a lecturer. He was then appointed the inaugural Professor of Preventive Dentistry in 1961. In 1970, Professor Martin was elected the Dean of the Dental Faculty, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. Professor Martin has had a distinguished career with many exceptional achievements, his role in introducing fluoride into the Australian water supplies was his finest. He has been the driving force in educating the public, and the government, of the benefits, efficacy, and safety of water fluoridation. Through these efforts he has reduced the rate of dental decay in Australian children to one of the lowest in the developed world.  PFA Trustee William Winspear Canada The Canadian Section Annual Awards & Induction Ceremonies were carried out last March 5 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. International PFA President Kevin Roach presided over the ceremonies assisted by British Columbia Section Chair Evelyn McNee, Western Canada Section Chair Tom Brenemen, and Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman, with over 90 Fellows and guests attending to induct 38 new Fellows into the Academy. |
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New members inducted were Drs. Larry Levin, Paul Germain, Brian Feldman, George Raborn, Dennis Fuchs, Ashok Varma, David Isen, David Lawson, Patricia Grassick, Tony Gill, Marcel Van Woensel, Lorne Wiseman, William McNiece, William Christie, Walter Dubrovolsky, Jonathon Lang, Gilbert Chapnick, Tony Chehade, Peter Doig, Kevin Doyle, Philip Shedletsky, Richard N. Rodney, Peter Nkansah, Keith Climenhaga, Peter M. Lobb, Jim Yuan Lai, Serge Langlois, Lisa McGregor, Ken Glover, Susan K. Chow, John B. Perry, Elizabeth Anne Toporowski, Michael Roux, Angelique Leung, Michele Williams, Peter E. Copp, Paul Andrews, and Robert Munce. Dr. Marcia Boyd was presented the PFA Distinguished Service Award in absentia for her outstanding contributions to dentistry as an educator and clinician. Marcia will be honoured again in Montreal at their next Meeting. Brian Henderson was presented with an Honorary PFA Fellowship for his many years of support to the profession as Director of Accreditation and Professional Services, and Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Dental Association. Also in attendance was President Louis Dube of the Canadian Dental Association, Vice President George Rhodes of Dentsply International, and Listerine Brand Manager Christine DaCoste of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. Also honoured at this event were the 10 Canadian student finalists who participated in the Student Clinician Program. They were the University of British Columbia’s Jasdip Minhas, the University of Alberta’s Derek Nordstrom, the University of Saskatchewan’s Kim Neudorf, the University of Manitoba’s Anita Glockner, the University of Western Ontario’s Ellen Park, the University of Toronto’s Amy Yuen, the University of Montreal’s Celine Messier, the University of McGill’s Melissa Lee, the University Laval’s Claude Raymond, and Dalhousie University’s Carlie Lemoine. The Canadian PFA Section will be holding a special event in Montreal during the FDI Congress to be held there in 2005. |
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| India The PFA Section held their 17th annual Convocation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Sunday 23 November last year at the Hotel Savera in Chennai. The Invocation was given by Drs. Vidya Hari and Priya. Chairman Nilesh Gandhi welcomed the guests and discussed attending the PFA International Meeting in San Francisco. He reported that India remains the second largest Section in the world for the fifth year. Chair Gandhi introduced the Chief Guest, Dr. B. P. Rajan, former Vice Chancellor of the Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University in Chennai and special Representative of the Government of Tamilnadu at New Delhi. Secretary/Treasurer, Dr. T. Samraj, presented 23 new Fellows for induction. Chair Gandhi administered the PFA Pledge to the new Fellow. Chief Guest Dr. Rajan awarded the Fellowship Certificates while Chairman Gandhi presented the PFA pins and Chief Editor V. P. Jalili handed them the PFA pens. Chief Editor V. P. Jalili distributed their new issue of the Journal of the PFA India Section. |
The Awards were presented by the Chief Guest. The Best Student Award of Bapuji Dental College, Davangere, for 2000 was presented to Dr. Dinesh Singh Chauhan; and for 2003 to Dr. S. G. Jyothi. The Best Student Award of Maulana Azad Dental College in New Delhi for 2003 was presented to Dr. Ambica Kathuria. The PFA International Student Scholarship Award for 2003 was awarded to Sandeep Pawade, II BDS, G.D.C. of Aurangabad. The PFA International Certificate of Merit for 2002 was presented to Dr. Hari Parkash, Professor & head of the department of Dental Surgery for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Dehli. Chief Guest B. P. Rajan is an International Honorary Fellow of PFA. He spoke about the ideals of the Academy and challenged the new Fellows to set an example in their own lives. He also suggested establishing a Continuing Education Programme to pass on their education to their colleagues in dentistry. On behalf of the new Fellows, Dr. Ragini, Principal of I.T.S. Dental College, Murad Nagar responded to establish such programmes for PFA in their college during the ensuing year. Dr. Raji Viola Samraj compeered the evening’s events where 120 participants attended the dinner and 100 delegates attended the Convocation. |
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| Colombia Chair Juan Gabriel Llano Osorio has permanently moved to the United States and thus has stepped down as Section Chair. International Trustee Bernardo Levit is seeking a replacement to continue our representation there. The Netherlands Chairman Anne-Elisabeth Dony has assumed the duties for her Section together with Secretary Jan van Bentum and Treasurer Nel Balkema. Dr. Dony succeeds Dr. Peter Crielaers. This year they will be celebrating their 15th Anniversary by scheduling a three-day trip to Barcelona, Spain, on 24-26 September. Professor Jordii Samso, a PFA Fellow of the Spain Section and Chairman of the European Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons will assist in hosting a speaker for the event. Their annual Spring Meeting was held on April 2, at which they discussed the government’s development plan for dental hygienists that has widespread implications. |
Spain Chair Jose M. Aguirre has planned their annual Ceremony in Cordoba this year in which the PFA Certificate of Merit would be posthumously awarded to their late outstanding Section Chairman Dr. Javier Garro. Macedonia Chair Professor Branislav Dastevskinotes that his is a small country on the Balkan Peninsula with about 2000 practicing dentists. They are planning to induct Professors Mile Cracev and Ljuben Guguvcevski of the Dental Faculty of Skopje University. He also invites us to the Macedonia Congress to be held there. |
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United States Florida Dr. Charles Mandell, a world lecturing implantologist, has thanked the Academy for being asked to become a Fellow in PFA. “It is an honor to be associated with this ethical and educational society.” Dr. Mandell is a diplomate of the International College of Oral Implantology, of the American Board of Implantology, a Fellow in the American Academy of Osseointegration, and has Fellowships in ADI and AGD. Illinois Past PFA President William Kort from Westchester has been honored in being elected to serve as the PFA Treasurer of the Foundation. Recently, he visited the Central Office in Las Vegas and toured the PFA Museum there.  Secretary General Richard Kozal and Foundation Treasurer William Kort |
Editor Jim Brophy last February received the highest Illinois Lions Award, the Illinois Foundation Fellowship Award, for his years of service in collecting used eyeglasses for needy countries. A week later, he was again honored at the 50th anniversary dinner of his Knights of Columbus Council for being the most outstanding Council President in their half century of service. Last March, the Waukegan Elks Lodge presented him their “Elk of the Year Award” at their Installation Dinner.  Lion Jim Brophy Michigan The Winter 2004 issue of University of Detroit Mercy Alumni publication The Leading Edge reported on the Michigan PFA’s Bay Cliff Health Camp Project last year, recognizing the volunteers from UDM—Dr. Chris Newman (‘98); Dr. Margaret DeVor (‘02), a 12-year dental assistant to past President David Campbell, and Dental Hygienist Stephanie Newman (‘98). A photograph of the participants was also included in the article. In the same issue, the PFA Mentorship Project was reported as having 30 students from DS2, DS3, and DS4 participating where the students attend programs at the end of the school day three times yearly and are invited to the two Michigan PFA breakfasts where they interact with our Fellows and most of the Michigan Dental Association leaders. Eighteen students attended the PFA breakfast during the Detroit District Dental Review where Alexa Vitek, DS4, was presented the 2003 PFA Scholarship Award by UDM Dean Steiman. Two pictures were included with the article, all mentioning PFA. |
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| Missouri Section Chair Jim Kulild inducted Dr. Ernest Jackson into Fellowship last March during the Missouri PFA Meeting held in conjunction with the Midwest Dental Conference in Kansas City. Professor Kulild presented material on the new postgraduate endodontics program at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry.  Chair Jim Kulild inducts new Fellow Ernest Jackson Chairman Jim Kulild also presented the Foundation Scholarship award to Kevin Cunningham, a junior dental student at the UMKC School of Dentistry during their Scholarship Award Ceremonies in Kansas City last September. |
 Chair Jim Kulild congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cunningham for receiving the Foundation Scholarship Louisiana Last March, the outstanding past Section Chair Peyton Sidney Nuewirth passed away from our ranks at the age of 92. A graduate of Northwestern School of Dentistry, he was born in New York, grew up in Tampa, lived in Peoria (Illinois) for 42 years and then moved to New Orleans. He served on the Illinois Board of Dental Examiners, and was very active in his community in the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. He became an Associate Professor at LSU’s School of Dentistry. He was an active leader in organized dentistry wherever he lived and was a great asset to the activities of the Louisiana PFA. |
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| PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY OFFICERS |
PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY TRUSTEES |
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Kevin L. Roach President Canada Michael J. Perpich President-elect Minnesota Howard Mark Vice President Connecticut Richard A. Kozal Secretary General Nevada James M. Brophy Editor Illinois Gary Lowder Immediate Past President Utah |
REGION 1—Europe Pierre Marois France REGION 2—N.E. USA Richard Walsh Rhode Island REGION 3—S.E. USA Robert S. Hart Florida REGION 4—Midwest USA James A. Englander Wisconsin REGION 5—Western USA Charles Eller California REGION 6—Canada Barry Dolman Ontario REGION 7—Latin America Bernardo Levit Argentina REGION 8—Australasia William Winspear Australia REGION 9—Asia Mamoru Sakuda Japan REGION 10—Central USA Steve Hedlund Iowa |
| FOUNDATION OFFICERS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEES |
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Carl Lundgren President California M. David Campbell Vice President Michigan Fred Halik Executive Director New York William Korte Treasurer Illinois George Higue Treasurer-emeritus California FOUNDATION EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS Kevin L. Roach |
C. Larry Barrett Iowa Gary Lowder Minoru Horiuchi |