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Association Affairs A D A S E M IN A R S T U D IE S L A B O R A T O R Y L IC E N S IN G

CHICAGO: As a result of a seminar on license or registration of den­ tal laboratories and dental labora­ tory technicians— held in the ADA Headquarters Building April 1213—continued opposition to the licensing of dental laboratories and technicians w ill be recommended to the ADA House of Delegates by the Council on Dental Laboratory Relations. Accompanying the C ouncil’s rec­ ommendation w ill be several posi­ tive suggestions and cautionary observations. Acting in response to 1970 and 1971 House directives fo r reexam­ ination of ADA policy in laboratory and technician licensure, the Coun­ cil sponsored a two-day review to study the matter. Frederick E. Hasty, Jr., ADA second vice-president, presided at the opening ses­ sion of the seminar.

The ADA C ouncil on Dental Laboratory Relations sponsored a sem inar on licensure or registra­ tion o f dental laboratories and dental laboratory technicians in C hicago du ring A pril. Above, C. W. Gilman (left), ADA assistant executive director, education and hospitals, w ho presided at one o f the sem inar sessions, meets w ith C ouncil members. From left: Ira E. Klein; W alter A. Cyhel; Robert L. Taylor; Joseph P. Thiriot, Council secretary; and Joseph T. Brophy, Council chairman. Below, Frederick E. Hasty, Jr., ADA second vice-president, addresses the opening session of the seminar.

Among those taking part in the seminar were representatives of 25 ADA constituent societies, of­ ficers of the National Association of Dental Laboratories, and repre­ sentatives of 15 NADL components. Several state dental groups had studied the question of licensure and registration with local labora­ tory organizations— in light of the conclusions and recomm endations of the Battelle Memorial Institute study of the dental laboratory in­ dustry. Three ADA constituent soJADA, Vol. 84, June 1972 ■ 1241

itive and effective means of identi­ fying a qualified dental laboratory fo r the benefit of the industry, the dental profession, and the con­ sumer public.

P R IC E C O M M IS S IO N R E G U L A T IO N S E X P L A IN E D

Harvey Sarner (right) o f Chicago, w ho is special counsel, offers an explanation to a problem d u ring th e recent meeting of the ADA Council on Insurance in the ADA Headquarters B uilding. Also seated are Henry E. Kelly (left), C ouncil member, and Ralph D. Coffey, Council chairman. S tanding (from left): Clabourne W. Nickels, w ho was elected vice-chairm an; Robert J. Zeoli, C ouncil member; Joseph Gaynor, a consultant; Kenneth Allen, chairm an o f the Insurance com ­ m ittee o f the Am erican Student Dental A ssociation; and Leon J. English, a C ouncil member.

cieties represented noted that they have had statutory regulation for more than a decade. These are Florida, which requires registration of dental laboratories; South Car­ olina, which has registration of dental technicians; and Oklahoma, which has a registration require­ ment fo r both dental laboratories and technicians. In a prelim inary statement is­ sued after the meeting, the Coun­ cil reported that delegates to the 1972 House should be aware of a critical need fo r a “ continuing sur­ veillance of the socioeconom ic ram­ ifications of licensure or registra­ tion in the dental laboratory area.” There are other considerations that the Council plans to relay through the Board of Trustees to the fall meeeting of the House in San Francisco. Among the mat­ ters that the Council plans to cover in its reports w ill be: —The strong support of the As­ sociation fo r the certified dental technician program of the National Board fo r C ertification in Dental Technology.

—The proposed program of the Joint Commission on Certification of Dental Laboratories— a volun­ tary program now under develop­ ment by the National Association of Dental Laboratories and the ADA. The Council believes that immedi­ ate and positive action by both organizations is essential to the success of this program. —A change in attitude is some states concerning statutory regula­ tion of the dental laboratory in­ dustry. —The present two-year m orator­ ium recommended by the Depart­ ment of Health, Education, and Welfare on further licensure of additional types of personnel in the other health service fields. —The favorable results of statu­ tory registration programs fo r lab­ oratories and technicians reported by the Florida, Oklahoma, and South Carolina constituent dental societies. —The social, technological, edu­ cational, and political changes that are accelerating the labora­ tory industry’s need fo r some pos­

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CHICAGO: The follow ing are brief explanations of portions of the reg­ ulations adopted by the federal Price Commission which are in­ tended to assist members of the dental profession in their prac­ tices. However, because of their brevity, the explanations should not be treated as conclusive in a particular situation. These explanations were com­ piled by W. Elliott Dunn of the ADA staff. 2.5% Fe e In c re a s e n o t A u to m a t­ ic. The dental health care regula­ tion does not permit an autom atic 2.5% fee increase. Increases may be made in response to rising al­ lowable costs, reduced to reflect any productivity gains— and then only if the increase in fees does not result in a profit margin in excess of the base period profit margin. 2.5% Is N o w C u m u lativ e. The Price Commission recently an­ nounced that dentists, at their op­ tion, may increase fees on a cumu­ lative basis. Linder this ruling, fo r example, a dentist may increase his fees by 5% after tw o years (on or after Jan 1, 1973) rather than by 2.5% each year. However, such a cumulative fee increase is not auto­ matic, and remains subject to the remaining regulatory fee increase criteria. H e a lth In su rers R e v ie w in g B il­ lings. If current dental billings com­ pared to past billings appear to be in violation of the President’s eco­ nom ic price stabilization controls, insurers are required under the regulations to confer with the den­ tists about these increases and to obtain m odifications where appro­ priate. In this regard, it is im portant to note that the 2.5% lim itation is a lim itation on the dentists' total rev­

enue, and that a fee increase fo r a particular dental procedure may exceed 2.5%. In addition, the allow ­ able cost increase required to just­ ify a dental fee increase need not relate to that particular dental pro­ cedure. E xceptions. If a dentist’s profes­ sional expense increases—since Jan 1, 1971— have exceeded the am ount of fee increases permitted under the regulations or if fo r some other reasons a hardship or ineq­ uity has developed, he may apply fo r an exception to his local dis­ tric t d irector of internal revenue. Form S-16 and new Form S-53 (if available) should be used and may be obtained from your local IRS office. Exceptions w ill be granted when the dentist is able to show that com pliance w ith the regula­ tions results in a gross inequity or

undue hardship. Care should be taken to spell out the nature of the hardship o r the inequity. More P ro fits -N o Fee Increase. A dentist w ho does not increase his base fee is free to w ork more hours, increase his productivity, or other­ wise increase his gross revenue, his profits, and his profit margin w ithout regard to the regulations. The base fee is the highest price charge in a substantial number of transactions fo r a particular ser­ vice during the period beginning July 16, 1971, and ending Aug 14, 1971. The Fee S chedule. The Price Commission recently announced that the p rincipal services fo r which base prices must be listed in the schedule are those that constitute 90% of the annual revenue, except that any price of $5 or less need

PRICE COMMISSION REGULATIONS

Price S chedules an d Signs: m “ A health care provider shall (must) m aintain in each of its facilities a schedule showing its base prices fo r its principal services, and any change in such price. The schedule shall be made available fo r public inspection, and a copy shall be fu r­ nished to the Internal Revenue Service or the Price Commis­ sion on request. A sign shall be posted in a prom inent place in each fa cility stating the availability and location of the sch e d u le .. . . ”

Fees: m “ A noninstitutional provider of health care services may charge a price in excess of the base price w ith respect to the furnishing of a service only to reflect increases in allowable costs that it incurred since the last price increase or that it in­ curred after Jan 1, 1971, whichever was later, and that it is continuing to incur, reduced to reflect productivity gains, and only to the extent that such increased price shall not re­ sult in an increase in such provider’s p ro fit margin as a per­ centage of revenues, before income taxes, over that prevail­ ing in the base period, providing, however, that the provider’s aggregate price increases shall not exceed 2.5% per year. For nonprofit organizations, the price increase cannot cause an increase in net revenue as a percentage of total revenue over that prevailing during the base period. “ No provider of health care services shall adopt any changes in charging practices, reduction in the quality of service, or any other practice fo r the purpose of avoiding com pliance w ith these regulations.”

not be listed. A schedule of the base fees and all changes in those fees should be stated on the fee schedule. It is necessary fo r every dentist to post a sign w ithin easy view of his patients stating the availability and location of the fee schedule. Definitions of some of the more im portant term s involved are as follow s: A ggreg ate p rice increases has a dual meaning. First, in contrast to item-by-item increases, it means that a given cost increase may be reflected in any related or unrelated fee increase. Second, it means the am ount of the annual revenue in­ crease resulting from the fee in­ crease, not the am ount of the fee increase itself. Base p e rio d is, at the option of the individual, any tw o of the last three fiscal years ended before Aug 15, 1971. For purposes of cal­ culating a profit margin during the base period, a weighted average of the profits fo r the tw o years cho­ sen shall be used. Base p rice is the highest fee at or above w hich at least 10% of each service was priced to any class of patient during the period begin­ ning on July 16, 1971, and ending on Aug 14, 1971. Price increase is an increase in the unit price of a service or a de­ crease in the quality or extent of a service. P ro fit m argin is the ratio that operating incom e (net sales, less cost of sales, and less normal and generally recurring costs of busi­ ness operations, determined before nonoperating items, extraordinary items, and income taxes) bears to net sales as reported on the per­ so n ’s financial statement prepared in accordance w ith generally ac­ cepted accounting principles con­ sistently applied.

NEWS OF DENTAL FEES LABELED MISLEADING

CHICAGO: The American Dental Association has protested by letter NEWS OF DENTISTRY / JADA, Vol. 84, June 1972 ■ 1243

A D A M E M B E R S R E T IR E M E N T P LA N (Equity and Fixed Incom e A ccount Statistics) March 30, 1972

A pril 21, 1972*

E quity A ccount Num ber of Units U nit Value Total E quity Account

1,672,540 $

13.69

$22,891,000

1,683,077 $

14.23

$23,957,000

Fixed Incom e Account

$ 4,283,000

$ 4,337,000

Total Fund

$27,174,000

$28,294,000

w ill be available also at the m ini­ mum fare. t h e jo u r n a l is now carrying the official housing application form s. In order to obtain suitable accom modations, it is urged that the form be filled out as soon as possible and sent to the ADA Hous­ ing Bureau, 260 Fox Plaza, San Francisco, 94102.

•Latest date figures available

Dental Education a news report comparing dental costs in the United States and Ger­ many. The protest was directed to Richard S. Salant, president of the CBS News Division of the Colum­ bia Broadcasting System. In the letter, Peter C. Goulding, ADA d irector of comm unications, has called statements made in the report am biguous, misleading, and deceptive. A portion of the letter states that “ US dental costs are higher than in other countries, but so are US medical costs and so are US wages . . . . US dental fees have risen more slowly than wages in recent years, and far more slow­ ly than medical fees or hospital charges.”

Mark Hopkins, Stanford Court, and the Huntington. The headquarters and co-head­ quarters hotels are reserved for officers and trustees, past pres­ idents and past trustees, state so­ ciety officers, and official dele­ gates and alternates. Complimentary bus service w ill be provided by the Oakland ho­ tels to the Civic Auditorium , where the scientific sessions w ill be held. Bus service between the airport hotels and the Civic Auditorium

S U G G E S T S T H R E E -Y E A R D E N T A L C U R R IC U L U M

SAN FRANCISCO: The president of the University of the Pacific has recommended the three-year cur­ riculum as one of the most sound ways of alleviating a critical short­ age of dentists and physicians in the United States. Speaking at a join t session in San Francisco of the International College of Dentists and the Amer­

Annual Session A D A A N N U A L S E S S IO N T O A T T R A C T 2 5 ,000

CHICAGO: The 113th annual ses­ sion of the American Dental Associ­ ation—scheduled Oct 29 through Nov 2 in San Francisco—is ex­ pected to attract more than 25,000 dentists, wives, and guests. Housing accom modations w ill be offered in 89 hotels and motels in San Francisco, Oakland, and the airport area. Headquarters hotel w ill be the Fairmont, where the House of Delegates will meet, and co-headquarters hotels will be the

Chairman Eugene M. Nelson (center) studies the agenda during the recent meeting o f the ADA C ouncil on Relief. Shown w ith him are (standing, from left) Harold S. Eberhardt, ADA Treasurer; Berhard J. Conway, acting secretary; Conrad L. Inman, Jr., and Alexander F. Gorski, Council members. Seated are other C ouncil members, Lloyd O. Skaalen (left) and Fritz A. Pierson, vicechai rman.

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John S. Zapp, deputy assistant secretary for legislation (health) for HEW, was the guest speaker at a banquet which followed the third annual student table clinic program—sponsored by the American Student Dental Association—at the College of Dental Medicine of the Medical Uni­ versity of South Carolina. Above, Dr. Zapp addresses students, faculty, and guests at the awards banquet, while (below) William P. Smith, sophomore student, demonstrates the principles of electrosurgery to Joseph Beard, a practitioner from Anderson, SC, who was a judge at the pro­ gram. A dental assistant student also watches.

ating very expensive plants— large portions of which stand idle dur­ ing the summ er m onths when stu­ dents are on vacation. In the University of the Pacific’s three-year curriculum , the fa c ili­ ties w ill be operated all year as students w ill attend classes fo r fo u r academic quarters (about 11 months) each year rather than the traditional three quarters (nine months), McCaffrey said. In addition to extending the aca­ dem ic year, the accelerated train ­ ing is being accom plished by de­ leting redundant areas of instru ct­ ion and by more efficient presenta­ tion of material. McCaffrey said that “ we are not radically changing fundam ental curriculum content, but we are just tightening it up and making it more pertinent to today’s dental practice.”

T H IR D -Y E A R S T U D E N T S IN G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M S

ican College of Dentists during the 102nd annual scientific meet­ ing of the C alifornia Dental Associ­ ation, Stanley E. M cCaffrey dis­ closed that the university’s den­ tal school recently adopted the three-year curriculum as a means of increasing its production of graduates. The program w ill en­ able the school to turn out a third more dentists every year w ithout expanding its existing plant. He reported that the ADA Task Force Com m ittee on Manpower found a shortage of 29,847 den­ tists in this country in 1970. He added that the Carnegie Commis­ sion on H igher Education has rec­

ommended a 20% increase in stu­ dent places in dental schools if the grow ing demand is to be met. The problem , McCaffrey pointed out, is not a lack of applicants, as applicants exceed total admissions each year by nearly three to one at the dental schools in the United States and Puerto Rico. “ Many qualified students are unable to enter dentistry because the schools are filled to capacity,” he said. Expanding the present schools to accom m odate more students would require huge expenditures of money, the educator noted, and said the schools already are oper­

HARTFORD, CONN: Two thirdyear dental students at the Uni­ versity of C onnecticut w ill be spending their fourth year in grad­ uate program s ordinarily reserved fo r those who already have their dental degrees. Raymond Fonseca has been accepted as an Intern in oral sur­ gery at Parkland Memorial Hosp­ ital in Dallas, and David Romeo w ill go into the graduate ortho­ dontics training program at the C onnecticut dental school. Both w ill get credit toward their dental degrees and w ill receive those degrees at the same tim e as th eir classmates in 1973. The fourth year at the Connec­ tic u t dental school is composed of a variety of elective courses, and students are encouraged to explore different options. Most of the other third-year students plan to spend th e ir fourth year in the sch oo l’s dental clinics, according to W illiam M. Davidson, associate dean fo r undergraduate educa­ tion.

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R. C onner

D. Cox

M. England

G. G lick

12 T E A C H E R T R A I N I N G F E L L O W S H I P S A W A R D E D

CHICAGO: Twelve dentists have been awarded teacher training fel­ lowships fo r the 1972-1973 aca­ dem ic year by the Am erican Fund fo r Dental Education, according to John J. Salley, chairman of the awards com m ittee and dean of the University of Maryland dental school.

Each fellow ship includes a sti­ pend of $6,000, a $500 allowance fo r each dependent, and full tuition costs. The fellow ship is fo r one year of study at the graduate level and may be renewed fo r a second year if the recipient is engaged in a two-year course. All recipients must certify that they intend to teach fo r a minimum

E. Plekavich

J. G artrell

of five consecutive years on a fu ll­ tim e or half-tim e basis at an in­ stitution conducting a program of undergraduate professional edu­ cation in dentistry accredited by the ADA. 1 97 2 re c ip ie n ts Seven of this year’s recipients have had their fellow ships renewed fo r a second year. They are Robert M. Conner, who is studying peri­ odontics at Emory University (spon­ sor: Am erican Fund fo r Dental Edu­ cation); Dale U. Cox, Jr., studying orthodontics at New Jersey Col­ lege of Dentistry (AFDE); Marshall C. England, Jr., endodontics at the University of Pittsburgh (AFDE); and George L. Glick, studying peri­ odontics at Temple University (AFDE). Also, Howard M. Landesman, studying prosthodontics aMhe Uni­ versity of Southern California (Great-West Life Assurance Co.); Donald J. M orrison, studying peri­ odontics at Ohio State University (American Dental Trade Associ­ ation); and Edward J. Plekavich, studying prosthodontics at the Eastman Dental Center (AFDE). The five new recipients are James G. Gartrell, who w ill study peri­ odontics at the University of Wash­ ington (cosponsors, Omicron Kap­ pa Upsilon and AFDE); Lawrence I. Goldblatt, who w ill study oral pathology at Indiana University (AFDE); Bluett E. Jones, who w ill study radiology at Vanderbilt Uni­ versity (AFDE); Mayra R. L. Mesa,

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H. Landesman

D. M orrison

who w ill study oral pathology at Boston University (George H. Whiteley, Sr., Memorial Trust); and Barbara West, who w ill study o rth ­ odontics at the University of Pitts­ burgh (AFDE). F e llo w s h ip s p o n s o rs Eight fellow ships were sponsored by the Am erican Fund fo r Dental Education and one each by the American Dental Trade Association, Great-West Life Assurance Co., and the George H. Whiteley, Sr., Me­ morial Trust. One fellow ship was cosponsored by Om icron Kappa Upsilon fraternity and the AFDE. The Whiteley Trust fellow ship is named in honor of one of the fo un d ­ ers of the Dentsply International Inc. It was established in 1969 by his son, George H. Whiteley, Jr., chair­ man of the board of Dentsply, through a $100,000 trust fund set up in the name of the AFDE. This marks the first year that Om icron Kappa Upsilon, the nation­ al dental honor society, has co­ sponsored a fellow ship. A check fo r $3,000 fo r this purpose was pre­ sented by Leon B. Sowell, OKU imm ediate past president, to AFDE President Alvin L. Morris during the

John R. Thompson (center), who served as chairman of the department of orthodontics at Northwestern University for 25 years, recently was honored by his faculty colleagues at the Union League Club in Chicago. Dr. Thompson receives a plaque from Hal Perry, present chair­ man of the department of orthodontics, as Norman Olsen, dean of the Northwestern University Dental School, looks on.

recent annual meeting of the Amer­ ican Association of Dental Schools in Las Vegas. H o n o r s C. W. Craig

The OKU teacher fellow ship is named in honor of the late Charles W. Craig, who served fo r many years as secretary-treasurer of the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kap­ pa Upsilon and was affectionately known as “ Mr OKU.” This year’s awards bring the total to 116 which the American Fund fo r Dental Education has awarded since the program was established in 1958. This represents an expendi­ ture of approxim ately $875,000 fo r this program.

A F D E M IN O R IT Y S T U D E N T S C H O L A R S H IP S A V A IL A B L E

CHICAGO: A deadline of July 1 has been set fo r filing applica­ tions fo r dental scholarships fo r undergraduate disadvantaged mi­ nority students awarded by the American Fund fo r Dental Educa­ tion. To be eligible fo r this program,

a disadvantaged student must be a US citizen from a m inority group which is currently under-repre­ sented in the dental profession. This would include, in particu­ lar, Negroes, Mexican-Americans, American Indians, and Puerto Ricans. Applicants must com­ plete their final year of predental studies during the first year of the scholarship. Each annual grant is fo r up to $2,500, depending on need. The scholarship may be renewed fo r each year of dental school; thus, a total of $12,500 may be paid over a five-year period. According to Joseph E. Dick­ inson, AFDE executive vice-president, “ each dental school sets its own requirements fo r admis­ sion. Because of the academic requirements of the dental cur­ riculum , it is usually necessary fo r the applicant to have com ­ pleted at least tw o years of pre­ professional education. Many students receive a baccalaureate degree prior to adm ission.” Last year, 61 scholarships were awarded— including 23 spon­ sored by the W. K. Kellogg Foun­ dation, eight sponsored by the

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City; four each spon­ sored by the ADA and the Grant Foundation, Inc.; three sponsored by the Woods C haritable1Fund of Chicago; two each sponsored by the Chicago Com m unity TrustWalter J. Hamlin General Fund and the James C. Wallace, Jr., Memorial Fund; and one each sponsored by the Ascoli Fund, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the Harris Bank Founda­ tion, the insurance industry, the Klingenstein Foundation, The M cCorm ick Trust, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Mobil Oil Corp., PepsiCo Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., Prudential Insurance Co., and the Wm. W rigley Jr. Co. Application form s can be ob­ tained from the American Fund fo r Dental Education, 211 E Chi­ cago Ave, Chicago, 60611.

H IN M A N M E E T IN G , A C D A ID L O A N P R O G R A M

CHICAGO: C ontributions of $12,500 from the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting in Atlanta and $5,000 from the American College of Dentists have been received for the new guaranteed student loan program of the American Fund fo r Dental Education. These co ntributions— along with $50,000 allocated recently by AFDE— have brought the total money raised to date for this pro­ gram to $67,500. The Fund’s ini­ tial goal is to raise $500,000 for the new student loan program. W illiam L. Callahan, Jr., general chairman of the Hinman meeting, presented the g ro up ’s check to Marvin C. Goldstein, a member of the AFDE Board of Trustees. This contribution is restricted to five southeastern dental schools— in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee— which w ill each receive $2,500 in loan deposit funds. On a 10-1 ba­ sis, this w ill make $25,000 in loan funds available to dental students

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at each of the five dental schools. The g ift from the American Col­ lege of Dentists is unrestricted and w ill become a part of the general loan fund, which w ill be distributed to all accredited dental schools— prorated on an enrollm ent basis. The ACD’s check was presented by Charles F. McDermott, a regent of the College, to AFDE Executive Vice-President Joseph E. Dickin­ son. The Fund’s new loan program has been given top priority by the AFDE, and the initial goal of $500,000 in loan deposit funds w ill pro­ vide about $5 m illion in loan funds to dental students.

The Am erican Fund fo r Dental E ducation’s new guaranteed loan program fo r dental students received support from tw o sources recently. Above, W illiam L. Callahan, Jr. (second from right), general chairm an o f the 1972 Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting, presents a check fo r $12,500 to Marvin Goldstein, AFDE trustee. This co n tributio n Is restricted to AFDE loan program s at five southeastern dental schools. Looking on are (from left) Charles F. Davis, president, Fifth Dis­

C O M M U N IT Y R E L A T IO N S P R O G R A M IS A D O P T E D

tric t Dental Society; W illiam Garrett, AFDE trustee and ADA past president; and Carl Laughlln, ADA president. Below, Charles F. M cD erm ott (left), regent o f the American College o f Dentists, is thanked by Joseph E. Dickinson, AFDE executive vice-president, w ho has ju s t accepted a $5,000 c on tributio n from ACD. Others are Robert J. Nelsen (second from right), ACD executive director, and ACD E ditor Robert I. Kaplan.

NEWARK, NJ: The College of Med­ icine and Dentistry of New Jersey has formed the Board of Con­ cerned Citizens—a special advi­ sory group which reports directly to the president and trustees on all matters affecting the college employees and the community. The group was created because the com m unity needed a com ­ munication vehicle with the col­ lege adm inistration about policies and activities, follow ing a series of com m unity problems arising last year from the development of the college’s 56-acre campus in Newark. Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., attends all meetings of the Board of Con­ cerned Citizens and works closely with them to resolve and prevent problems.

C IT E S P R E V E N T IV E R O L E O F H Y G IE N IS T

KANSAS CITY, MO: Dental hygienists can become the most im por­ tant disease preventive link be­ tween dentists and th eir patients. This was the message given by

John H. Heiser, and oral surgeon from Overland Park, Kan, as he addressed the recent annual con­ vention of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Dental Hygienists’ Alumnae Association. According to Dr. Heiser, a den­ tal hygienist should not only as­ sess the patient’s mouth but also his face. “ The white patch in the mouth or the skin blemish that

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was not there when the patient was last in the dentist’s office are findings to which the dental hy­ gienist should alert the dentist. . .. The dentist is responsible for eval­ uating the observations made by the hygienist.” According to Dr. Heiser, each person has what he calls “ factor X.” In one person, an irritant will cause cancer, while the same ir­

tal educators in terms of their edu­ cational attainment, academic rank, and primary teaching re­ sponsibility. Dental faculty are listed alphabetically, by primary teaching areas, and by dental school affiliation. A copy of the D irectory is avail­ able at a cost of $5 from the Amer­ ican Association of Dental schools, 211 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, 60611.

PHARM ACY S TU D EN TS R A T E L E C T U R E S E R IE S

Students at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School o f Dentistry, Hackensack, NJ, w ill receive hospital dental experience at the C atholic Medical Center o f B rooklyn and Queens as a result o f an agreem ent signed by representatives o f the tw o institutions. Pictured at the signing are (seated) Dean Louis B oucher (left) of the school and Alvin J. Conway, executive d ire cto r of the Medical Center. Standing are Samuel Bieber (left), provost o f the university, and Raymond Zam bito, chairm an of the CMC departm ent o f dentistry.

ritant w ill not have the same effect on another person. He named smoking as an irritant that can cause cancer in one person, but in another can cause something entirely different and something benign. He emphasized: "The key motto of the dental hygienist, therefore, is ‘be w atchful.’ ” Dr. Heiser is known in Kansas fo r his involvement with persons who want to control or stop smok­ ing.

tion provides inform ation on 10,124 dental educators represent­ ing 58 dental schools in the United States, fo ur US schools that offer only advanced education pro­ grams, and nine Canadian den­ tal schools. The D irectory includes a num­ ber of tables which describe char­ acteristics that differentiate den­

WAUKESHA, WIS: A lecture series on oral health and the pharmacist at the University of Wisconsin school of pharmacy is proving very valuable to both the dental and pharmaceutical professions. Students attending the series receive an “ Oral Hygiene Center fo r Com m unity Pharmacy’’ certifi­ cate presented jointly by the Wis­ consin State Dental Society and the W isconsin Pharmaceutical Association. At the conclusion of this year’s six-hour lecture series, seniors participated in an evaluation study of the series. In addition to provid­ ing a rating of the presentation and material in the series, the eval­ uation w ill be used to improve the lecture series fo r the 1973 class.

D EN TA L ED U C A TO R S’ D IR E C T O R Y A V A IL A B L E

Kay M oore, Miss West V irginia University fo r 1972, flashes her w innin g sm ile and demonstrates

CHICAGO: The fourth edition of the D irectory o f D ental Educators has been published by the Ameri­ can Association of Dental Schools. The publication is based on the survey of dental educators, begun in March, 1971 by the AADS under contract with the Division of Den­ tal Health of HEW. The new edi­

brushing

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Skaff, a sen io r in the dental school. Miss Moore is a senior in W VU’s division of dental hy­ giene.

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Rating statements from 1 to 5 (1—agree strongly; 2—agree; 3— in between; 4—disagree; and 5— disagree strongly), the seniors rated the series an overall 1.50. The highest ratings were in the areas of interest and presentation techniques, w hile the lowest (2.25) related to the pace of the series. Individual comments from the students indicated their desire for more material at a faster pace. The value of oral health inform a­ tion fo r graduating pharmacists became apparent during the de­ velopment of the Waukesha Coun­ ty (Wis) pharmacy-dentistry pro­ gram in 1970. After the University of Wisconsin school of pharmacy curriculum committee reviewed

materials presented by Waukesha County pharmacists, the oral health series was inserted in a public health course fo r seniors starting with the class of 1971. Donald Van Scotter, a practicing periodontist from Milwaukee and associate professor of periodontology at Loyola (Chicago) dental school, presented fo u r hours of material emphasizing oral ana­ tomy and physiology, normal and unhealthy tissue, and the use of oral hygiene aids. Joseph Doherty, deputy chief of dental health of the Wisconsin State Department of Health, pre­ sented a session on fluoridation. The final lecture was devoted to the pharm acist’s role in oral

health, including research and pro­ grams developed in the Waukesha County pharm acy-dentistry pro­ ject. In the concluding questions of the evaluation, the seniors indi­ cated very definite interest in ad­ ditional inform ation on oral health. Dr. Van Scotter has played a vital role in the overall success of the series; he received an “ excel­ lent” rating from more than 75% of the students. Associate Dean Melvin Weinswig included the fo l­ lowing statement in his summary: “ The overall evaluations are excel­ lent and would rank among our higher courses.”

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

At the conclusion of this year's six-hour lecture series on oral health and the pharmacist at the University of Wisconsin school of pharmacy, seniors participated in an evaluation of the series. Above, Donald Van Scotter (right), practicing periodontist from Milwaukee, answers questions after a lecture. Below, Joseph Doherty, deputy chief of dental health of the Wisconsin State Department of Health, discusses fluoridation with three of the seniors.

GRADUATE, POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS ■ Programs of education and re­ search leading to degrees in the biological and clinical sciences re­ lated to dentistry are available at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. Inform ation fo r pro­ grams in the biological sciences may be obtained from A. R. Ten Cate, Faculty of Dentistry, Univer­ sity of Toronto, 124 Edward St, Toronto 101, Ontario, Canada. For details of clinical sciences, con­ tact G. S. Beagrie, assistant direct­ or, Division of Postgraduate Den­ tal Education, at the above ad­ dress. The dental school also offers courses leading to specialist certi­ fication in dental public health, oral surgery and anesthesia, or­ thodontics, pedodontics, perio­ dontics, and anesthesia as it ap­ plies to dentistry. Contact Dr. Beagrie fo r details. TRAINING PROGRAM ■ A research training program in biomedical engineering is being offered for graduate dentists ori­ ented toward the application of engineering and the physical sci­ ences to dental research. Two 1253

years of m ultidisciplinary study are expected to satisfy requirements fo r the master’s degree. The PhD degree is awarded fo r those who continue additional academic pur­ suit and exhibit an excellence in research. Current areas of research include, but are not limited to, com­ puter analysis of dental radio­ graphs, biophysics of the dental pulp, electrical activity of the mus­ cles of mastication, dynamics of occlusion, and bio-instrum entation. A limited number of postdoctor­ al fellow ships carrying a stipend, starting at $6,000 per year, plus dependency allowance, and tu ­ ition remission, tax free, are avail­ able. Contact Director, Biomedi­ cal Engineering & Science, Drexel University, 32nd & Chestnut St, Philadelphia, 19104.

Samuel Blum (left), president of the D istrict of C olum bia Chapter of the Am erican Society o f Dentistry fo r Children, presents a film on children’s dentistry, “ The Development o f the Human T o oth," to Charles L. B roring, chairman of the departm ent of pedodontics at Georgetown University dental school. The educational film was created by the ASDC fo r students of dentistry. Dr. B roring is a past president o f the local chapter.

W. SCHO EN TO S TA Y AS DEAN A T LO YO LA

CHICAGO: William P. Schoen, Jr., dean of the Loyola University den­ tal school, has decided to remain in his position fo r another year.

W. Schoen

He had announced earlier that he would relinquish his position and return to teaching on a fu ll­ tim e basis in the dental school as chairman of the departm ent of den­ tal materials. Dr. Schoen has served as Loyola dental dean since 1956, and was instrumental in planning the new $9.3 m illion dental school building in Maywood which was finished in 1969. Dr. Schoen received his dental degree in 1929 from Loyola.

Dental Societies A V O ID S T A N D P A T ’ A T T IT U D E O N C A R E

WEST POINT, NY: Dentists were warned to avoid a “ stand pat’’ attitude in opposition to new ar­ rangements fo r dental care through government or private prepayment plans. Leo W. Roohan, Jr., who is pres­ ident of the Dental Society of the

State of New York, addressed members of the Ninth District Den­ tal Society at a meeting in West Point. “ Many new methods of care de­ livery, both in m edicine and den­ tistry, are now in the form ulative stage,” Dr. Roohan said. “ Which ones w ill survive to become reali­ ties is any man’s guess, and those that are finally adopted probably w ill be greatly m odified from the blueprints we are reading and hear­ ing about now .” He noted that the first criterion to be considered is whether and

Staff members from the ADA C ouncil on Dental Education attended a recent meeting of the National Board fo r C ertification in Dental Technology In Alexandria, Va. Thomas Glnley, C ouncil associate secretary, and M argaret Ryan, C ouncil assistant secretary (far left below) met w ith NBC trustees, consultants, and staff to discuss the certified dental technician pro­ gram. Also shown are (from left) John Sowter, trustee, North Carolina: Eric Stoer, legal counsel; Trustees Charles Nagy, New Jersey; Robert Rivard, Rhode Island; and M orrison Marshall, M ichigan; Robert M. Gregory, executive director; Meyer Tescher, New York, NADL education com m ittee chairm an; Trustees A rthu r Gordon, C alifornia, and Stanley Steiner, Illinois; Sandra Simon, adm inistrative dire ctor; and W im burn Wallace, of the Psychological Corp.

A Dental Career Night, hosted by Dental Explorer Post 600 at Dentsply International Inc., York, Pa, drew more than 100 young adults and par­ ents. The puprose of the seminar was to acquaint high school students with the potential for careers in dentistry and affiliated fields. Above, adviser Robert Lupp welcomes students and parents and outlines the schedule of events. Seated at the table are (from left) Carol Rosenzweig, president of the York County Dental Assistants Society; Brenda Keech, dental assisting instructor, York Area Vocational Technical School;

to w h a t d e g r e e — t h e y will b e n e fit t h e p u b l i c . H o w t h e y will affect t h e p r a c t i t i o n e r a l s o is a c r i t e r i o n , b u t a s e c o n d a r y o n e , he said. Dr. R o o h a n p o in ted o u t that dentists a r e r i g h t f u l l y c o n c e r n e d if a p l a n ‘‘in a n y w a y u n d e r m i n e s o r i m p e r ­ ils” th e in te grity of th e ir p ro fe s ­ sion. H e u rge d both g o v e rn m e n t p la n ­ ners for pu blicly fin a n ce d health p la n s a n d p riva te u n d e r w r ite r s of p r e p a y m e n t p r o g r a m s to r e c o g ­ nize the need for co nsultation with t h e d e n t a l p r o f e s s i o n in f o r m u l a t ­ ing p ro g ra m s . H e d e cla re d that t h e r e m u s t b e f l e x i b i l i t y all a r o u n d . Dr. R o o h a n also d is c u s s e d the health m a in te n a n c e o rg a n iza tio n (H M O ) a p p r o a c h — insisting that dental benefits s h o u ld be included “ b e c a u s e d e n t a l h e a l t h is a n e s ­ s e n t i a l e l e m e n t in t o ta l h e a l t h . ”

MALOCCLUSION CHIEF TOPIC AT MEETING

S A N F R A N C I S C O : T h e g r o w in g in­ terest a m o n g dentists w h o treat c h i l d r e n in t h e i r p r a c t i c e s in t h e early d e te c tio n of m a lo c c lu s io n and the p o s s ib le p re ve n tio n of severe m a l o c c l u s i o n will o c c u p y a h ig h p ri­

Bruce Lindemuth, CDT; M. F. Hagerman, vice chairman, York-Adams area council explorers committee; Donald Jacobs, president, York County Dental Society; Bernard Beazley, vice-president and general counsel, Dentsply; Frank Koblitz, director, Dentsply physical chemistry laboratory; John Giles, chief petty officer, US Navy; and Peggy Miller, president, York County Dental Hygienists Association. Below, Kathy McDonald (right), recently graduated dental hygienist, tells about campus life and college studies.

o r it y at t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e A m e r ic a n S o c ie ty of D entistry for C h i l d r e n at t h e St. F r a n c i s H o te l in S a n F r a n c i s c o O c t 2 7 - 2 9 . A c c o r d in g to J o h n J. T o c c h in i, S a n R a m o n , Calif, c h a i r m a n of th e scientific p r o g r a m at- th e A S D C m e e tin g , th re e m e m b e r s of the d e ­ p a r t m e n t of o r t h o d o n t i c s at t h e U n i ­ versity of the P acific S c h o o l of D e n ­ tistry will t h o r o u g h l y d i s c u s s this su b je ct— w ith a critique on each presentation by three A S D C - m e m ber pedodontists. E u g e n e E. W est, ch a irm a n of the d e p a rtm e n t, a n d R o n a ld H. R o th a n d W illi a m W . P a d e n , m e m b e r s of t h e d e p a r t m e n t staff, will b e t h e

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s p e a k e r s . C r it iq u e s will b e g iv e n b y C lin to n C . E m m e r s o n , H e m e t , Calif; R o b e rt A. M e e se , T u c s o n ; a n d Fae T. Ahlstrom , Las Vegas. C lin ic s will ru n c o n c u r r e n t ly o n Saturday afternoon (O ct 28) on four t o p i c s o f i n t e r e s t t o all d e n t i s t s w h o tre a t y o u n g s t e r s in t h e i r p r a c ­ tices— p e d o d o n tic endodontics; cu rre n t c o n c e p ts of fissure sealants a n d c o m p o s it e s ; m a n a g e m e n t of d e n t a l in j u r i e s in c h i l d r e n ; a n d p e r i­ o d o n tic s for the child, in c lu d in g p la q u e co n trol a n d the role of the auxiliary. C h a r le s A. S w e e t, Jr., O a k la n d , is c h a i r m a n o f t h e m e e t i n g to w h i c h all d e n t i s t s a r e i n v i t e d .

P R A IS E S C O N F E R E N C E

C D A A N N U A L M E E T IN G H EAR S FROM A S TR O N A U T

SAN FRANCISCO: With astronaut Neil A. Armstrong and the theme of “ Preventive Dentistry in the Space Age” as key attractions, more than 15,250 attended the recent 102nd annual scientific meeting of the California Dental Association in San Francisco—a 25.3% increase over 1971. Arm strong spoke to an overflow audience of more than 4,000 on Sunday, April 16, which coincided with the Apollo 16 launching. Plat­ form guests included Carl A. Laughlin, ADA president, and Carlton H. Williams, ADA Speaker of the House. Now an engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati, Armstrong said that the techno­ logical spin-off from Am erica’s space program already is proving of vast benefit to mankind. The ESSA satellites map the globe’s weather patterns almost hourly, and the Comsat satellites make global com m unications speedier and cheaper. He predicted that science and technology will solve the w o rld ’s ecological problems. Would Mars be a good place to have a dental practice?

O N Q U A L IT Y C O N T R O L

A stronaut Neil A. A rm strong, firs t man on the moon, was honored after delivering the key address at the opening cerem onies of the 102nd annual scientific meeting o f the C alifornia Dental Association in San Fran­ cisco.

“ Having a practice there might be a little slow ,” Arm strong said. “ There are no people there. Of course, you’d only have to pay in­ come tax every 687 days (one Mar­ tian year).” Other features at the meeting were courses and table clinics pre­ sented by 19 dental and medical clinicians, closed-circuit color TV, motion pictures, and a mobile plaque control center cospon­ sored by the Northern California Society of Periodontists and the CDA.

PHILADELPHIA: More than 85 rep­ resentatives of the dental profes­ sion and other interested groups attended a work conference on “ Quality C ontrol” that was high­ lighted by an address by US Rep William Roy of Kansas. The con­ ference was sponsored by the Phil­ adelphia County Dental Society. Dr. Roy informed the group that Congress is aware of the lack of proper distribution of health care— including dental care— in this country fo r a large segment of the population. He indicated that more than $75 billion was spent in 1971 fo r health care, and that much more will have to be spent in the future. He complimented the dental pro­ fession fo r its foresight in using prepaid insurance programs and the insurance corporations to help make dental care available to more individuals. He also pointed to this work conference on “ Quality Con­ tro l” as a step forward by the pro­ fession to assure the public of the high quality of service it should receive fo r the dollars invested. Four other authorities spoke on various aspects of quality control. They were A. Gerald Renthal, as-

Editors of journals that w on firs t place awards in the dental

e d ito r o f the Journal o f the C alifornia Dental A ssociation;

journalism com petition sponsored by the International College

and the Golden Scroll Award to Alfred E. Gilmore, d ire cto r of

o f Dentists receive plaques at the ADA C ouncil on Journalism

developm ent and pu blic relations at the University of the Pacific

Conference in New Orleans. The Golden Pencil Award was

fo r C ontact Point. V ictor H. Frank, president of the ICD, makes

presented to Frank M. Kenward (left), e d ito r o f Prater o f Psi

the presentations.

Omega; the Golden Pen Award to Stephen S. Yuen (center),

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cards may contact Sprain Associ­ ates, 735 Securities Bldg, Seattle, 98101, or the W ashington State Dental Association, 417 Grosvenor House, Seattle, 89121. The Sprain Associates public relations firm developed the buttons and cards.

D’AM ICO G E TS W ISCONSIN D E N TA L S O C IE TY PO ST

A perm anent dentistry exh ib it—designed by th e Southern C alifornia Dental Association and valued at $400,000—was opened to the p u blic in A pril at the C alifornia Museum o f Science and Industry. C. G ordon Watson, ADA executive director, was among dign itarie s attending a special preview. Dr. Watson, shown w ith Mrs. W atson (right), explains one o f the exhibits to three guests.

sistant professor of comm unity medicine, University of Pennsyl­ vania medical school; Hyman K. Schonfeld, associate professor of public health, Yale medical school; Max H. Schoen, chairman of the com m ittee on health services re­ search, dental health section, Am erican Public Health Associa­ tion; and Viron Diefenbach, ADA assistant executive director: den­ tal health. These presentations were fo l­ lowed by individual group discus­ sions, with assigned leaders for each group who later offered a summary of the ideas and conclu­ sions.

WSDA reception for state legisla­ tors during the legislative session in January. The buttons also are being passed out by officials of the WSDA at other appropriate events around the state. The buttons and blue cards are available at cost to members of the WSDA fo r handing out to pa­ tients, after talks to school groups, and sim ilar occasions. Constituent or component soci­ eties interested in inform ation on obtaining the buttons and sim ilar

MILWAUKEE: Joseph P. D’Amico, who has served as executive sec­ retary of the Greater Milwaukee Dental Association, has been named executive secretary of the Wisconsin State Dental Society. He w ill succeed Kenneth F. Crane, who w ill retire Dec 31 af­ te r 31 years of service. A native Milwaukeean, D’Amico entered the US Army in 1943 and served as a combat infantry of­ fice r in World War II and in the Korean War. He retired in 1964 with the rank of major to join the Greater Milwaukee Dental Associ­ ation. While in the military, he served in the arm y’s public relations and comm unity relations field in the United States, Germany, Italy, and Korea. In his last assignment, D’Am ico was chief of public infor­ mation headquarters at the 5th US Army at Chicago.

Dental political action in Oregon received its firs t form al support from a dental trade company du ring the recent annual meeting of the Oregon Dental Association. Jaren Poulson (second from left), president o f DOPAC, the Dentists fo r Oregon Political A ction Comm ittee, receives a check fo r membership from Ed Sandin, ow ner o f Sandin Dental Supply Co o f Portland. Others pictured are W illiam Howard (left), public relations chairman of ADPAC, the American Dental Political A ction Committee, and John Price, president of the ODA.

W SDA PUTS ‘SM ILE’ IN TO HEALTH DRIVE

SEATTLE: As a focal point of a new dental health education ef­ fort, the W ashington State Den­ tal Association is distributing a specially designed smile button attached to a card with a slogan and the WSDA designation. The slogan is “ When you smile, put some teeth in it.” Initial distribution was at the 1258 ■ NEWS OF DENTISTRY

N e w dim ensions o f dental care delivery rep orted at National D ental H e alth C o n fe re n c e

ed fo r HM O p la n n in g and d e v e lo p m e n t stages, o n ly 17 plan to o ffe r any d e n ­ tistry. T he

N a tio n a l

“ d ire c ts

Health

S ervice

C orps

its d e v e lo p m e n t to th e q u e s ­

tio n o f lim ite d m a n p o w e r,” said H. M c­ D onald R im ple, MD, d ire c to r. T he C orps “ c a n n o t a lle via te all health

needs b u t

d o e s g ive th e o p p o rtu n ity to a lle via te s h o rta g e s

by m aking tw o -ye a r a s s ig n ­

Fresh a p p ro a c h e s to th e den ta l d e live ry

d e n ta l h e a lth sta tu s. S ym p to m s id e n ti­

m ents o f p h ysicia n s and d e n tis ts to areas

system w e re d e s c rib e d at the 23rd Na­

fie d by th e p a tie n t as lo w e rin g d e n ta l

o f th e n a tio n w h e re c ritic a l health m an­

tio n a l

C on fe re n ce , A p ril

he a lth s ta tu s c o n trib u te d m ost h ig h ly to

p o w e r sh o rta g e s o ccu r. C orps pe rso n n e l

24-26, in th e ADA H e a d q ua rte rs B u ild in g .

d e n ta l visits, he said. Even w ith in s u r­

w ill be selected fo r a ssig n m e n t to 120

T he C o n fe re n c e is c o sp o n so re d a n n u a l­

a n ce co v e rin g

c o m m u n itie s by J u ly ."

ly

fo r care w ill s till m o st s tro n g ly in flu e n c e

To h e lp C o rp s p e rso n n e l o p e ra te as “ fu ll and co e q ua l m em bers o f th e local

on

u tiliz a tio n o f d e n ta l c a re .” N ew N a tio n a l P ro g ra m s. C o n fe re n ce

h e a lth w as k e yn o te d by Rep Al U llm an

p a rtic ip a n ts d e scrib e d new g o ve rn m e n t

ch a rg e

(D-O re), o f th e House W ays and M eans

p ro g ra m s in health care delivery.

m em b e rs are sa la ried so th e d e n ta l fees

Dental H ealth

by th e

C o u n c ils

on

Dental

Health

and D ental Care P rogram s. C o n tin u in g

g o v e rn m e n t

fo c u s

co sts “ perceived

needs

h ealth

p ro v id e r c o m m u n ity ," assignees fees fo r th e ir services.

C orps

C o m m itte e . He p re d ic te d th a t resolving

O m issio n o f d e n ta l care in h ealth m ain ­

are re tu rn e d to th e US T reasury. T he c o l­

th e q u e s tio n o f n a tio n a l health in su ra n ce

te n a n c e o rg a n iz a tio n s (HMOs) is usually

le c tio n o f fees helps deve lo p c o m m u n ity

“ w ill

d u e to “ c o s t lim ita tio n s and m an p o w e r

p a tte rn s th a t lead to “ in d e p e n d e n t, post-

c o n s tra in ts ,” said Daniel P atterson, MD,

C o rps m e d ica l o r d e n ta l p ra c tic e .”

e n c o m p a s s th e

firs t

half o f the

1970s.” Rep U llm a n ’s o w n n a tio n a l h ealth b ill

a c tin g d e p u ty d ire c to r fo r HM O service,

For C h ild re n O nly. G o ve rn m e nt p ro ­

w o u ld phase in d e n ta l coverage fo r c h il­

HEW. T here are 30 p re p a id g ro u p p ra c ­

g ra m s s p e c ific a lly p ro v id in g d e n ta l care

d re n up to age 12 s ta rtin g in th e fifth

tic e health p la n s in th e c o u n try w h ich

fo r c h ild re n w e re d iscussed

year.

are e s s e n tia lly HMOs se rving a b o u t 6.5

health sp o ke sm e n .

P a tie n t u tiliz a tio n o f d e ntal care was re p o rte d by J o h n N ew m an, PhD, on th e

m illio n e n ro lle e s, he said. He ca lle d th e HMO a fle x ib le fo rm o f

New M e d ica id p ro visio n s w ill co ve r d e n ­ tal care fo r c h ild re n , w h e th e r states have

m an p o w e r, health fa c ilitie s ,

im p le m e n te d T itle XIX o r n o t, e xp la in e d

C e n te r stu d y. T h e m a jo r va ria b le s in seek­

and c o n su m e rs to d e liv e r a broad sp e c­

R o b e rt C. Falne, reg io n a l d e n ta l d ire c ­

ing d e n ta l health care w ere id e n tifie d as

tru m o f health se rvices to an e n ro lle d

to r, P u b lic Health Service, Seattle. The

s o c ia l sta tu s, re s o u rce a v a ila b ility, and

g ro u p . O f th e 80 g ro u p s p re se n tly fu n d ­

d e n ta l p ro v is io n s in clu d e e m e rg e n cy and

b asis o f a N a tio n a l O p in io n

Research

o rg a n iz in g

by p u b lic

p re ve n tive care fro m th e o u ts e t o f th e p ro g ra m and w ill in c lu d e “ as ra p id ly as Dr. H. McDonald Rimple, interim director, National Health Service Corps (far right) discusses the Corps and its development with other National Dental Health Conference participants (left to right) Ferris M. Hoggard, Division of Dental Health, Public Health Service, Dr. Charles Coker, regional dental consultant, Atlanta, Health, Education, and Welfare, and Lt Col William E. Landefeld, dental affairs director, Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services. The conference dealt with new elements developing in the dental delivery system.

p o s s ib le ” ro u tin e th e ra p e u tic care. “ S p e cia l d e n ta l p ro je cts are p a rt o f th e M aternal and C h ild re n Health S er­ v ic e ,” said C harles F. C oker, MCHS re­ g io n a l d e n ta l c o n s u lta n t in A tla n ta . By 1971,

59

c h ild re n

and

yo u th

p ro je c ts

o ffe re d c o m p re h e n sive h ealth care p ro ­ g ra m s to m eet m edical, de n ta l, and o th e r health needs, p a rtic u la rly fo r lo w in c o m e fa m ilie s. D ental health p ro je c ts fu n d e d In clu d e d

N a tio n a l U rban

L e a gu e -sp o n ­

sored d e n ta l services in day care c e n ­ ters, in c re m e n ta l d e n ta l care p ro g ra m s d o ve ta ile d in to M odel C ities p ro g ra m s, and ca re fo r yo u th s in a p u b lic h o u sin g p ro je ct. C h ild re n ’s

d e n ta l

h ealth

is

“ s h o rt­

c h a n g e d ” by in a d e qu a te flu o rid a tio n s u r­ v e illa n c e ,

rep o rte d

T hom as

H ushow er,

sa n ita ry e n g in e e r, W ater S u p p ly P rogram s D ivisio n , E n viro n m e n ta l P ro te c tio n A g e n ­ cy. “ S u rv e illa n c e o f th e flu o rid a tio n in ­ s ta lla tio n a fte r th e s w itc h is tu rn e d on

is q u ie tly ig n o re d ,” he said. “ R ecent state flu o rid a tio n p ro g ra m e va lu a tio n surveys have revealed th a t less th a n

half th e

w a te r sa m p le s c o lle c te d fro m d is trib u tio n system s in six states c o n ta in e d flu o rid e io n levels w ith in th e range re c o m m e n d ­ e d .” H u sh o w e r added th a t “ a b o u t half th e p o p u la tio n s claim ed to be on flu o ­ rid a tio n are re a lly re ce ivin g flu o rid e .” D e n tists can h e lp to im p ro ve e xis tin g Greeting Rep Al Ullman (D-Ore), keynote speaker at the National Dental Health Con­ ference are (left) Dr. Robert L. Overholt, Chair­ man of the ADA Council on Dental Care Pro­ grams, and Dr. Robert J. Pollock, ADA Eighth District trustee.

w a te r flu o rid a tio n p ra c tic e s by s h o w in g in te re s t in state s u rv e illa n c e w o rk, s u p ­ p o rtin g s ta te fu n d in g fo r o p e ra to r tr a in ­ in g , and a skin g to k n o w e xa ctly w h a t th e ir state is d o in g on s u rve illa n ce . D e n ta l D e liv e ry S y s te m s : The status o f g ro u p p ra c tic e was d e fin ed by Ferris M.

H o g g a rd ,

PHS

D ivisio n

of

Dental

H ealth. A rece n t PHS survey id e n tifie d

basis o f th e New Y o rk M ed ica id e x p e ri­

D elta pays a t th e c o n c lu s io n o f th e b a sic

715 g ro u p p ra c tic e s o f th re e o r m ore d e n tis ts

e n ce by Naham C. Cons. Dr. F rie d m an , U n ive rsity o f C a lifo rn ia ,

se p a ra te p a ym e n t fo r fo llo w -u p visits.

(2,412 fu ll-tim e and 736 p a rt-tim e ) and

Los A n g e le s, d e scrib e d his d e n ta l care

7,358 a u x ilia rie s (6 ,0 2 5 fu ll-tim e and 1,333

in d e x (DCI), a m ea su re m e n t th a t c o m ­

th e p ro fe s s io n is n o t p re p a re d fo r [th is

p a rt-tim e ). M ore th a n h a lf w ere g e n era l

b in e s bo th “ p ro ce ss and o u tco m e fe a ­

ty p e

p ra c tic e g ro u p s, 26.2% w ere s in g le sp e ­

tu re s o f d e n ta l ca re .” T he in d e x m ea­

“ We fo u n d o u rse lve s s e llin g [a ] c o n tro l

c ia lty g ro u p s , and 16.8% o ffe re d care in

su re s “ o p tim u m as w e ll as s u p e rflu o u s

p ro g ra m to co n su m e rs th a t is n o t a va il­

tw o o r m ore s p e cia ltie s.

o r d e fic ie n t c a re ” w hen m ee tin g assessed

a b le fro m the p ro fe s s io n ." O f 600 d e n ­

needs

tis ts in D elta plans, 17 have file d p ro ­

d e n tis ts , to ta lin g

3,148 g ro u p

H o g g a rd d e scrib e d th e ty p ic a l g ro u p :

or

d u rin g

p e rio d ic

care.

As

p la q u e c o n tro l p ro g ra m “ S h o c k in g o f]

as

to ta l

it

b u t m akes no

m ay

p ro g ra m ,"

be,

how ever,

said

P arkin.

fo rm e d in 1969; a p a rtn e rs h ip a rra n g e ­

F rie d m an said in c o n c lu d in g , “ it is th e

gra m s. O f th e 1,443 fa m ilie s (6,000 pa­

m en t w h o se

level o f th e p o p u la tio n 's o ral h e a lth th a t

tie n ts ), fiv e p a tie n ts have g o n e th ro u g h

p a rtn e rs are no w

in th e

p ro ce ss o f in c o rp o ra tin g ; co m p o se d of

rea lly co u n ts. T he p u rp o se o f th e DCI

c o n tro l p ro g ra m s. A n d o f th e $168,000

fo u r d e n tis ts , th re e

is to reveal n o t o n ly w h a t is being d o n e

paid fo r g e n e ra l d e n tis try [b y D e lta ] $122

p a rt-tim e ; p ro v id e s g e neral d e n tis try but

b u t also w h a t it is necessary to d o in

has been paid fo r c o n tro l p ro g ra m s .”

has m em bers tra in e d in o ne o r m ore o f

an o rg a n ize d d e n ta l ca re p ro g ra m .”

fu ll-tim e

and

one

“ S ta n d a rd ize d

th e s p e c ia lty areas. A s pa rt o f th e re s tru c tu rin g o f d e n ta l

p a tie n t

O ne p ro g ra m th a t “ p ro m o te s p re ve n tive

e x a m in a tio n

d e n tis try th ro u g h

re g u la r v isits to th e

p ro c e d u re s w ith cle a rly stated g u id e lin e s

d e n ta l o ffic e ” is th e W a sh in g to n Dental

de ­

fo r d e n ta l e xa m in e rs” w as th e m eth o d

S e rvice in c e n tiv e p lan, said

R o b e rt A.

s crib e d th e p o te n tia l o f re g io n a l board

de ve lo p e d by New Y o rk to eva lu a te th e

M a cD o n a ld ,

p re sid e n t,

e x a m in a tio n system s. Dr. C o llin s is se c­

a d e qu a cy o f care p ro vid e d d e n ta l M ed­

W a sh in g to n D ental S ervice. T he in c e n tiv e

ca re

d e live ry,

W illia m

K.

C o llin s,

e x e c u tiv e

vice

retary o f th e N orth East R egional B oard

icaid p a tie n ts ,” said Dr. C ons, d ire c to r,

p ro g ra m is based on g ra d e d co p a ym e n ts

co m p o se d o f 11 states w h ic h a g re e to

B ureau o f Dental Health, New Y o rk State

fo r th e

a cce p t a s ta n da rd ize d

D e p a rtm e n t of Health. T h is c lin ic a l e va lu a tio n o n ly stu d ie d the

q u e n t years fo r th e in d iv id u a l w h o a n ­

‘ ‘te c h n o lo g ic a l

s ch e d u le s range fro m 70% p a id by th e

e x a m in a tio n

all

o f th e m helped d evelop. "T h e re s u lts o f th a t re g io n a l test are

and

fu n c tio n a l

b u t can serve

aspects

“ as a u seful

in d iv id u a l,

red u ce d

in

subse­

n u a lly o b ta in s d e n ta l care. C o p a ym e n t p ro g ra m to 100% fu ll paym ent.

a cce p te d in any and all o f th e p a rtic i­

o f ca re ”

p a tin g states as q u a lific a tio n fo r th e c lin ­

a d m in is tra tiv e to o l fo r id e n tify in g in a d ­

R esults o f th e W a sh in g to n stu d y, said

ica l re q u ire m e n t fo r lice n su re in p la ce

e q u a c ie s ." Of th e p ro b le m cases e xa m ­

M a cD o n a ld , in d ic a te th a t “ fo r a d u lts at

o f a series o f separate state board e x­

ined,

th e 70% and 80% levels, th e average

a m in a tio n s .” T his p ro c e d u re “ speaks to

w h ic h

a re q u ire m e n t fo r o n ly one p o s td o c to ra l

p le te d e n tu re s had 26% d e fic ie n c y , p a r­

co st w a s red u ce d

e xa m in a tio n and c o m p le te ly e lim in a te s

tia l

th o se in d iv id u a ls at 90% to

th e p o s s ib ility o f a s in g le state board

b rid g e w o rk 12%.

“ p ro s th e tic d e n tis try gave th e

d e n tu re s

is th e area

m ost tro u b le .”

13%,

and

cro w n

Com ­ and

yearly g ro s s to ta l c o sts w e re $145. T his to $85 o r 41% fo r

a ctin g as an e c o n o m ic re g u la to r o r as

P re v e n tio n in P re p a y m e n t. T he firs t

an e n fo rc e r o f p o litic a l o r p re ju d ic ia l d ic ­

d e n ta l p re p a ym e nt p ro g ra m to add pla q u e

th e y w e n t to 90% to

ta te s ,” e xp la in e d C o llin s.

c o n tro l to its co ve ra g e was e xp la in e d

levels.

w e re $75 a n n u a lly, reduced to $45 w hen

in

by C h a rles E. P arkin, p re sid e n t, D elta

p ro ­

Dental Plan of Utah. To be c e rtifie d fo r

tio n a l

a research

co ve ra g e , the d e n tis t’s c o n tro l p ro g ra m

a va ila b le fro m

b asis by Jay W. F riedm an, and on th e

m ust fo llo w an o u tlin e deve lo pe d by Delta.

Health.

Q u a lity m ea su rin g

D e n ta l

C are.

P ro b le m s

q u a lity o f d e n ta l care

g ra m s w ere discu sse d

on

100% c o ­

pa ym e n t levels. C h ild re n ’s in itia l costs 100% c o p a ym e n t

C o p ie s o f p re s e n ta tio n s fro m th e Na­ D ental

Health th e

C o n fe re n ce

C o u n c il

on

are

Dental

Dental Research George Dickson (left), Washing­ ton, DC, receives the Wilmer Souder Award at the recent an­ nual session of the International Association for Dental Research in Las Vegas. Making the pre­ sentation is Gerhard Brauer, Washington, DC, chairman of the Souder awards committee. The award is given annually for research in the field of den­ tal materials.

B A L I N T O R B A N P R IZ E C O M P E T IT IO N A N N O U N C E D

MINNEAPOLIS: The presentation of the 1972 Balint Orban P r iz e including a $200 award to the au­ th o r of the best paper based on graduate research—w ill highlight the Oct 25-28 annual meeting of the Am erican Academy of Periodonto log y in San Diego. The graduate student research program during this meeting w ill consist of papers read fo r the Ba­ lint Orban Prize. Students concur­ rently in graduate or postgraduate periodontal training program s, and those who have completed such training w ithin the past 18 months are eligible to enter the com peti­ tion. The w inning paper w ill be pub­ lished in the Jo u rn al o f P eriodon tology, and all other papers may be subm itted to the editor of this journal fo r consideration fo r pub­ lication. Each participant w ill be allowed 20 minutes fo r the presentation. The paper should be approxim ate­ ly 15 minutes long, leaving about five minutes fo r open discussion. Each interested student should subm it a curriculum vitae, the title of the presentation, and an abstract of 500 words sum m arizing the con­ tent of the paper no later than July 1. These data should be sent to Lars E. A. Folke, Chairman, 1972 Balint Orban Prize Committee, Division of Periodontology, University of M innesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, 55455.

IN S T IT U T E O F O R A L B IO L O G Y S E T S M E E T IN G

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF: Outstand­ ing authorities in th e ir fields will be members of the faculty fo r the 29th annual meeting of the Amer­

ican Institute of Oral Biology to be held in Palm Springs Oct 13-17. The faculty and the subjects of their presentations are: —Jennifer Jowsey, d irector of orthopedic research, Mayo Clinic, who w ill discuss the effect of aging of bone tissue, methods of prevention of osteoporosis in man as indicated through animal re­ search, and the effect of function on bone grow th, development, and rem odeling. — Melvin Moss, dean, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery— bone inductive sys­ tems (relating osseous induction to new developments in transplan­ tation im m unity and the ide ntifi­ cation of donors fo r allogeneic bone graft material), the nonexist­ ent hinge axis, and phytogeny and comparative anatomy of calcified tissues (presenting a comparative anatomy of tooth structure through the invertebrates). — Emil Steinhauser, chairman, departm ent of oral and m axillo­ facial surgery, Canton Hospital, Lucerne, Sw itzerland— bone trans­ plantation as applied to m axillo­ facial and oral surgery and as re­ lated to the developm ent of new transplantation research m ethod­ ology, new developm ent in ortho­ gnathic surgery fo r developmental and congenital defects, and seg­ mental osteotom ies— including tooth transplantation and tooth repositioning.

— Paul Terasaki, professor of surgery, UCLA School of Medi­ cine— determ ining histocom patibil­ ity by tissue typing and tissue m atching, tissue com patibility in organ transplantation, including a history of the successful develop­ ment of kidney and other trans­ plants, and the application of tis­ sue com patibility to bone and tooth transplantation. —Joseph Volker, president, Uni­ versity of Alabama at Birm ing­ ham—the effect of the develop­ ment of federal health insurance and health services on the devel­ opm ent of new dental school cur­ ricula, and the future of dentistry in the delivery of health care in general practice and in the spe­ cialties. As has been the case in the past, the participant in the meet­ ing w ill receive a bound copy of the prepared m anuscript. The pro­ gram is scheduled to perm it a dis­ cussion of each lecture, w hich— together with forum discussions— w ill be directed to bringing out the practical applications of these subjects to the practice of den­ tistry. Thirty hours of postgraduate credit is honored by the American Academy of General Dentistry. For additional inform ation and application form s, please w rite to James A. Ducasse, Membership Chairman, PO Box 897, Glendora, Calif 91740.

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Public Health T E S TIN G W O RKSH OPS C O N D U C TE D BY DDH

B E T H E S D A , M D : Dental educators are g a in in g n e w insight into w a y s of testing s tu d e n ts d u rin g tw o -d a y testing a nd m e a s u re m e n t w o r k ­ sh o p s w h ic h are being co n d u cte d b y the H E W D ivisio n of Dental H e a lt h at u n iv e r s itie s a n d c o lle g e s th ro ug h o u t the country. The workshops have been de­ s ig n e d for dentists a n d auxiliaries w ith te a c h in g responsibilities and for clinical in s tru cto rs w ith lectur­ ing a n d te stin g re sp on sib ilitie s to h e lp t h e m c o n s tru c t reliable w rit­ ten e x a m in a tio n s for students. Slide-tape presentations— divid­ e d in to five c o u r s e s — h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d b y t h e D iv is io n staff fo r w orkshop use. They include gu id e lin e s for p re p a rin g an d eval­ uating instructional objectives; utilizing m u ltip le c h o ic e q u e s ­ tions; p re p a rin g true-false, m a tc h ­ ing, a n d c o m p le tio n qu e stio n s; using essay q u e stion s for o p tim u m benefits; a nd co n s tru c tin g m a ­ trix es of s t u d e n t r e s p o n s e s to test item s and u sin g th e m to assess th e d is c rim in a tin g p o w e r a n d dif­ ficulty level of in d iv id u a l test item s. In a d d i t i o n , t e n f o u r - to t e n m in u te c o lo r trig g e r film s have b e e n d e v e l o p e d f o r u s e in t h e w o r k s h o p s . T h e y p o rtra y typical s t u d e n t -t e a c h e r s itu a tio n s a n d in­ teractions, and serve as the stim u ­ lus fo r s m a ll g r o u p d is c u s s i o n s by w o r k s h o p participants. T h e first w o r k s h o p w a s h e l d in D e c e m b e r at L a k e T a h o e , Calif, a n d a joint w o r k s h o p recently w a s held for faculty of M a ry la n d , H o ­ w a rd , Virginia, a nd G e o rg e to w n U n iv e r s it ie s in M a r y l a n d . Inquiries c o n c e rn in g the w o r k ­ s h o p c a n be d ire c te d to R o b e r t J. Lucas, Chief, Tra in in g P ro gra m , D ivision of D ental Health, Dental H ealth C e n te r, 14th A v e a n d La ke St, S a n F r a n c is c o , 94118.

T h e M arch A g a in s t D ental D isease, Inc., a n o t-fo r-p ro fit c o rp o ra tio n to h elp p ro v id e fu n d s fo r d e n ta l h e a lth ca re fo r c h ild re n o f lo w -in c o m e fa m ilie s , w as o rg a n iz e d re c e n tly a t a m e et­ in g in th e ADA W a s h in g to n O ffic e . Mrs. E rm a A n g evin e, e x e c u tiv e d ir e c to r o f th e C o n s u m e rs Fe d e ra tio n o f A m e ric a , w a s e le c te d p re s id e n t. She is s h o w n a c c e p tin g an a d v a n c e c o n tr i­ b u tio n o f $50,000 fro m W. G. R u g g ie ri, C o lg a te -P a lm o liv e Co. re p re s e n ta tiv e . O th e rs (fro m left) a re M a u rice S a kla d , v ic e -p re s id e n t; E d d ie G. S m ith , Jr., s e c re ta ry ; and C arl G. O paskar, tre a su re r.

AD D R ESSES DDH S TA FF ON DENTAL CARE

B E T H E S D A , M D : A university e d u ­ c a t o r w a r n e d t h a t “ it s h o u l d b e re c o g n ize d fro m th e outset that even th o u g h the goal of excel­ le n c e — th e a c h ie v e m e n t of the delivery of d ental s e rvice s to e very s e g m e n t o f s o c i e t y is a w o r t h y o n e — it i s m o s t u n r e a l i s t i c i n t h i s day and tim e.” S p e a k in g to e m p lo ye e s of the D ivision of D ental H ealth, N ational Institutes of H e a lth, a n d g u e s ts o n th e d e v e lo p m e n t of an a d e q u a te n a tio nw ide system of dental care delivery, F re d e ric k G . A d a m s , s p e ­ cial a ssistant to th e p re s id e n t, U n i­ versity of C o n n e c tic u t, Hartford, a d d e d that, w h ile that go al s h o u ld be m a in ta in e d , a m o r e rational, ste p -b y-ste p a p p r o a c h to th e p r o b ­ l e m a l s o is n e e d e d . H e s u g g e s te d the o rg a n iz a tio n of d e live ry s y s te m s to re a c h se le cte d population g ro u p s , age groups, religious groups, and ethnic g ro u p s by defined need, and he fo re s a w a b ro a d role for th e fe d ­ e r a l g o v e r n m e n t in t h e e x t e n s i o n of health services t h ro u g h national dental care pro g ra m s. D r . A d a m s is w i t h t h e a llie d h e a lth p r o f e s s i o n s p r o g r a m at th e University of C o n n e c tic u t, a n d has

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a s p e c i a l in te re s t in t h e d e v e l o p ­ m e n t of dental p r o g r a m s a n d the t r a i n i n g o f p e r s o n n e l i n v o l v e d in the delivery of d ental services. H is p r e s e n t a t i o n at t h e D iv is io n of D e n ta l H e a lth w a s o n e of a se r­ ies o f c a r e d e v e l o p m e n t s e m i n a r s s p o n s o r e d b y t h e D i v i s i o n ’s c a r e developm ent branch.

COM PLETE NEW DENTAL E D U C A TIO N PR O G R AM

S A N T A F E S P R IN G S , C A L IF : Nine residents of th e W h ittie r health d i s t r i c t h a v e c o m p l e t e d 11 t w o h o u r c la s s e s in d e n t a l a n d n u t ri­ tion e d u c a tio n a n d tra in in g a n d have received certificates of a w a rd from the Rio H o n d o A re a Action C o u n c il, Inc, the a g e n c y w h ic h c o s p o n s o r e d th e pilot p r o g r a m w ith the W hittier Dental T a s k F o rc e , Inc. T h e pilot p r o g r a m w a s la u n c h e d to te a ch l o w -i n c o m e p a re n ts p r o ­ per h o m e p re ve n tiv e oral h y g ie n e for th e m s e lv e s a n d their fam ilies a n d h o w to b u y the m o s t nutrition for their dollars to e n s u re g o o d general and dental health. T h e parents w e re given practice teach­ ing so th e y c a n te a c h their pe ers in f u t u r e n e ighborhood work­ shops.

A U X ILIA R Y T E A C H E R S S TU D Y R A D IO LO G Y

B I R M I N G H A M , A L A : I n s t r u c t o r s in d e n t a l a u x i l i a r y s c h o o l s f r o m 11 states atten d e d a re ce n t tw o -w e e k c o u r s e in d e n t a l r a d i o l o g y at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a in B i r m i n g ­ h a m ( U A B ) S c h o o l of Dentistry. T h e p r o g r a m w a s a im e d at im ­ p ro v in g the c o m p e t e n c y of dental r a d i o l o g y t e a c h e r s in d e n t a l a u x i l ­ iary tra in in g s c h o o ls , a c c o r d i n g to A rth u r H. W u e h rm a n n , project di­ r e c t o r . It w a s c o n d u c t e d b y t h e d e ­ p a rtm e n t of d e n tal ra d io lo g y w ith the sp o n so rsh ip of the U S P H S B u ­ reau of R a d io lo g ic a l Health. T h e first s u c h c o u r s e in t h e c o u n t r y w a s c o n d u c t e d last y e a r at the dental school.

co n trib u tes greatly to the s u c c e s s of the dental p ro g ra m . A n u n u s u a l facet of th e p r o g r a m is t h a t s e r v i c e m e n w i t h t h e b e s t d e n ­ tal h e a l t h h a v e t o p t r e a t m e n t p r i­ ority. T h e y a re re ca lle d a n n u a lly for preventive tre atm en t an d e d u ­ c a t i o n in d e n t a l c a r e , a n d t h e y are seen im m e d ia tely for dental p r o b l e m s . In A p r i l 1 9 7 1 , d u r i n g t h e third a n n u a l e va lu a tio n of th e p ro ­ g ra m , 5 1 % of the service p e r s o n ­ n e l w e r e c l a s s i f i e d a s d e n t a l l y fit. It i s h o p e d t h a t t h e p e r c e n t a g e will h a v e g r o w n to 7 4 this ye a r. Dental assistants, d ental h y g ie n ists, a n d d e n t a l t h e r a p i s t s a r e w i d e ­ ly u s e d in t h e C a n a d i a n D e n t a l C orps program .

C A N A D IA N S D IS C U S S P R E V E N TIV E D E N T IS T R Y

B E T H E S D A , M D : T w o C anadian d e n tal officers re ce n tly visited the D ivision of Dental Health, B u re a u of Health M a n p o w e r E d u ca tio n , H E W — c lo s in g th e ir t h r e e - d a y visit w ith a s e m in a r o n the preventive dentistry p r o g r a m of the C a n a d ia n a rm e d forces. Lt C o l D. H. P ro th e ro e , b a se d e n ­ tal o f f ic e r C F B E s q u i m a l t , B ritis h C o l u m b i a , a n d C o l L. G . C r a ig ie , C F B C a m p B o rd o n , Ontario, direc­ tor of the C a n a d ia n F o rce s Dental S e rvice s S c h o o l w h ic h trains a u xil­ iaries fo r th e C a n a d i a n D e n ta l C o rp s , explained that th ro u g h the prevention p ro g ra m the C o rp s has re d u c e d th e in c id e n c e of oral dis­ e a s e in s e r v i c e p e r s o n n e l b y in ­ cre a s in g th e n u m b e r of s e rv ic e m e n w h o a r e “ d e n t a l l y f it’’ a n d b y m a i n ­ t a in in g that fitness. S in c e s e rvic e in th e m ilitaryforces is v o l u n t a r y , m o s t o f t h e t r o o p s h a v e m a d e the service their career, w h ic h

General DENTAL LABOR ATO RY

T W O A R M Y D E N TIS TS

GROUP SETS C O N FER EN CE

R E C E IV E P R O M O TIO N S

National Defense

persons, in c lu d in g several th o u ­ sa n d E u r o p e a n families. L a b o r a t o r y facilities c o n s is t of a casting m a c h in e , b u rn -o u t oven, a m i n i m u m s u p p ly of d e n t u r e teeth, d e n t u r e f l a s k s , a n d p r e s s . It i s s u g ­ g e s te d that th e t e c h n ic ia n try to b ring w ith h im a n y e q u ip m e n t that h e f e e l s is p a r t i c u l a r l y n e c e s s a r y . A pplications should be directed to D e n n is G . K a r z a g , D ir e c to r of P rogram s, Aesculapian Interna­ tional, 27 E C a n o n P e r d id o St, S a n t a B a r b a r a , Calif.

W A S H I N G T O N , D C : T w o dentists h ave received p ro m o tio n s to the r a n k of b r i g a d i e r g e n e r a l in t h e U S A rm y Dental C o rps. T h e y a r e J a c k P. P o l l o c k , w h o h a s b e e n p r i n c i p a l a d v i s e r o n all dental m atters to th e assistant s e c ­ retary of d e fe n s e for health a n d e n v ir o n m e n t f o r th e past 18 m o n th s, a n d S u r i n d a r N . B h a s k a r , w h o is d ire c to r of th e U S A r m y Institute of Dental R e s e a rch a n d c o n su lt­ ant o n oral p a th o lo g y to th e A r m y s u rg e o n general.

C H I C A G O : T h e Illinois D e n ta l L a b o ­ ratory A s so cia tio n has set the dates

International H O S P ITA L S E E K S D E N T A L

B rig Gen Pearson W. B ro w n , d ir e c to r o f d e n ­

L A B O R A T O R Y T E C H N IC IA N

ta l a c tiv itie s a t B ro o k e A rm y M e d ic a l C enter, Fort 1967,

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of S e p t 15 to 17 for the n e w ly form ed M id-Am erican Conference for dental laboratory technicians. T h e co n fe re n c e has o perated for the past three years u n d e r the n a m e of T e c h n i c i a n s ’ Day. U n d e r the n e w form at, the c o n ­ f e r e n c e will r u n fo r t w o a n d a half d a y s of te c h n ic a l exhibits, table clin­ ics, a n d lim ite d a t t e n d a n c e clin ic s b y n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n c l i n i c i a n s . In addition, a m a n a g e m e n t se m in a r w ill b e h e ld S u n d a y , S e p t 17. T h e c o n f e r e n c e will b e h e ld at t h e M a r r i o t t M o t o r H o t e l in C h i c a g o . T h o s e w is h in g further inform ation m a y c o n ta c t G e o r g e R. C o le m a n , E x e c u t i v e D ire c to r, Illinois D e n ta l La b ora to ry Association, 550 Front­ a g e R d , N o r t h f i e l d , III 6 0 0 9 3 .

D IS A B L E D V E TE R A N S JO IN D E L TA PLAN

C O L D S P R I N G , K Y : E m p l o y e e s of the Disabled A m e ric a n V eterans h a v e b e c o m e t h e first g r o u p t o e n ­ roll in t h e D e l t a D e n t a l P l a n of Kentucky. In m a k i n g t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t , Tom D e h n e , assistant national a d ju ta n t fo r th e D A V , said that “ w ith the a d d itio n of these b e n e ­ fits p r o v i d e d b y D e l t a D e n t a l , w e h a v e a d d e d g re a te r d im e n s io n to o u r p re pa id health care p ro g ra m a nd h e lp e d elim inate for o u r m o re th a n 650 e m p lo y e e s and their fa m ­ ilies t h e t w o m a j o r c a u s e s o f d e n ­ tal d i s e a s e — n e g l e c t a n d f e a r . ” J. E d M c C o n n e l l , p re s id e n t of K e n tuck y B lue C ro ss and Blue S h ie ld a n d D elta D ental Plan of K e n tucky, c o m m e n d e d the o rgan i­ zatio n for p ro v id in g their e m p lo y e e s w ith these n e e d e d dental care b e n e ­ fits. H e s t a t e d t h a t “ t h e n e e d f o r p r e p a i d d e n t a l c a r e is a p p a r e n t w h e n 9 8 % o f o u r c o u n t r y ’s p o p u ­ lation has s o m e fo rm of dental dis­ ease, yet only a b o u t 4 0 % of these ind ivid u a ls see a dentist m o r e often t h a n o n c e e v e r y five y e a r s .” I n i t i a l l y , D e l t a D e n t a l is o f f e r i n g pre pa id dental ca re benefits to e m ­ ployee g ro u p s of 50 or m o re m e m ­ b e r s in o r d e r t o g a i n t h e b r o a d

T h o m a s G. D ehne, a s s is ta n t na­ tio n a l a d ju ta n t, D isa b le d A m e ri­ can V e te ra ns, s ig n s an a g re e ­ m e n t e n ro llin g DAV e m p lo y e e s in th e D elta D ental P lan o f K en­ tu c k y . L o o k in g o n is C h a rle s A. B aker, d is tr ic t d ire c to r, K en­ tu c k y B lu e C ross and B lu e S h ie ld and D elta D ental P lan o f Ken­ tu c k y .

m e m b e r s h i p b a s e re q u ire d to s u s ­ t a i n it. W h e n m e m b e r s h i p b e c o m e s l a r g e e n o u g h , it i s e x p e c t e d t h a t th e p r o g r a m ca n be offered to sm all g r o u p s a n d , eventually, to individ­ uals a n d fam ilies o n a n o n g r o u p basis.

LIS TS S U G G E S T IO N S IN D E N T A L R E C R U I T M E N T

H A R T F O R D , C O N N : R e cruitm ent at t h e h i g h s c h o o l level a n d c o n ­ tinual local se lf-a sse ssm e n t m a y b e c o m e im portant steps for a ny c o m m u n i t y t o t a k e if it w a n t s t o attract dentists to p ractice there. T h e s e are a m o n g su g ge stio n s m a d e by G e o rg e E. B o u d re a u , a s e n i o r s t u d e n t at t h e U n i v e r s it y of C o n n e c t i c u t d e n t a l s c h o o l , in a s tu d y of possible reasons w h y C o n n e c t ic u t dentists located their p ra ctice s w h e r e th e y did. C om bining inform ation from o th e r re g io n a l s tu d ie s w ith his o w n s u rv e y of C o n n e c t ic u t dentists, B o u d r e a u s a id t h a t — in g e n e r a l — dentists a p p e a r to m a k e d e cisio n s o n w h e r e to locate their practices on personal value ju d g m e n ts, not o b je c tiv e criteria. H e n o te d , for e x a m p le , that “ m a n y of the d e n ­ tists s u r v e y e d r e t u r n e d to p r a c t ic e in t h e s ta te in w h i c h t h e y w e r e b o r n

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and w h e re they had attended high sc h o o l, a n d 2 6 % elected to p ra c ­ t ic e in t h e ir h o m e t o w n s . ” H o w e v e r, there are o th e r tips for c o m m u n it ie s h o p in g to attract d e n t i s t s , B o u d r e a u ’s s t u d y i n d i ­ cates: — N ot surprisingly, high in c o m e c o m m u n it ie s s e e m m o s t attractive. — C o m m u n itie s w h ic h are c e n ­ te rs of retail a ctiv ity a r e d e s ir e d l o c a t i o n s . T h i s i s b e c a u s e it s e e m s “ m a n y p e o p le seek their dental care w h e re they d o their s h o p ­ p ing.” H e pointed out several u n e x ­ p e c te d f in d in g s f r o m th e s tu d y of the d e n tis t-p o p u la tio n ratios for all 1 6 9 C o n n e c t i c u t t o w n s . A m o n g th e se w e re that c o m m u n it ie s w ith h ig h p ro p o rtio n s of elderly peop le , higher than average m a n u fa ctur­ ing activity, a n d h ig h p r o p o r t io n s o f m i n o r i t y p o p u l a t i o n all s e e m t o h o l d a n e d g e in d e n t i s t r e c r u i t ­ m ent.

C O R R E C TIO N

C H I C A G O : In its A p r i l I s s u e , t h e e rron e o usly reported the d e a th of K e n n e th E. S te n in g e r of S u n C i t y , A r i z , in its l i s t i n g o f d e n ­ tists w h o d ie d re ce n tly.

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A s h e a d of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of allied health scie nc e s, C o lle g e o f P h a r m a ­ cy a n d Allied Health P rofessions, Northeast Louisiana University,

S. C la rk

B y the University of N o rth C arolina d e n t a l s c h o o l w i t h t h e R i c h a r d F. H u n t, Jr., S p e c ia l M e m o r ia l A w a r d f o r e x c e l l e n c e in u n d e r g r a d u a t e t e a c h i n g , D a v i d P. D o b s o n , p r o ­ f e s s o r a n d c h a i r m a n of t h e d e p a r t ­ m ent of re m o va b le p ro s th o d o n tics. J. W e sto n

J. B ya rs

Ja m e s A. Byars, a s S . S . W h i t e / F o r t W o r t h retail m a n a g e r .

M o n r o e , S a m V. C la rk , w h o h o l d s both a dental degree and a m aster of p u b lic health d e g re e. A s re s e a rc h a s s o c ia te p ro f e s s o r of clinical s u rg e ry a n d d ire c to r of re­ se a rch for craniofacial anom alies, th e Institute of R e c o n s tru c tiv e P las-

PROM OTED

T o t h e r a n k of c o l o n e l in t h e U S A rm y Dental C o rps: H a r o l d R. L a r s o n , w h o i s c h i e f of the division of p rofe ssion a l d e ­ v e lo p m e n t at th e U S A r m y Insti­ tute of D ental R e s e a rch . H a r r y L. M e r t z , J r . , w h o i s c h i e f of th e m a te rie l a n d facilities b r a n c h in t h e O f f i c e of t h e A s s i s t a n t fo r Dental Services.

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HONORED

tic S u rg e ry , N e w Y o r k Un ive rsity M e d i c a l C e n t e r , P eter J. C o cc a ro , w h o re ce n tly retired f r o m th e U S P H S as a d ental director. T o m a n a g e m e n t positions with the S. S. W h it e Retail D ivisio n: D o n a l d T . G rif f in , a s s a l e s m a n ­ a ge r, a n e w ly cre a te d post.

D. G riffin

Neal New ton , C l a s s o f 1 9 5 1 , w h o has se rve d as p re s id e n t of the M issouri Dental A ssociation and m a i n t a i n s a p r a c t i c e in W e b s t e r Groves, Mo. W.

W ith Distinguished A lu m n u s A w a rd s by the Harvard Dental A lu m n i A s ­ sociation to re c o g n iz e o u ts ta n d in g c o n trib u tio n s to dentistry a n d d e n ­ tal e d u c a t i o n : L e o n a r d D. N a th a n , a m e m b e r of the C la s s of 1917, w h o w a s as­ sociated w ith the sch oo l for 27 years. F re d e ric k A. T re v o r , C l a s s o f 1922, w h o ta u g h t oral p a th o lo g y at H a r v a r d f o r m o r e t h a n 2 0 y e a rs . R u s s e l l D. W a s s , C l a s s o f 1 9 1 9 , w h o se rve d as tre a s u re r of th e H a r­ vard Dental A lu m n i A sso cia tio n for 25 years. A s ‘ ‘A l u m n u s o f t h e Y e a r ” b y t h e W a s h in g to n University (M o ) S ch o o l of D e n tistry fo r his “ s e rv ic e a n d d e vo tio n to the dental p ro fe s s io n .”

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W ith an h o n o ra ry dental d e g re e by the m e d ic a l faculty of th e U n iv e r­ sity of Z u r ic h , S w it z e r la n d , fo r his c o n t r i b u t i o n s in e x p e r i m e n t a l p e r ­ io d on ta l s c ie n c e s a n d for his o ut-

H. Z a n d e r

s ta n d in g m erits as an e d u c a t o r of E u r o p e a n o r a l s c i e n t i s t s , H. A . Z a n ­ der, p r o f e s s o r o f p e r i o d o n t o l o g y , Ea stm a n Dental C e n te r and U n i­ versity of R o ch este r, N Y .

ELECTED

A s national p re sid e n t of S ig m a E p s ilo n De lta d e n tal fraternity, J o s e p h F. S h o r e , W y n n e w o o d , P a ,

J. S h o re

w h o previously served as president of the P h ila d e lp h ia G r a d u a t e C h a p ­ ter of S E D , as national treasurer, a n d as natio nal g ra n d c h ap la in .