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BULLETINS CONFERENCE ON LABORATORY RELATIONS SET FEB. 1-2: Each constituent society has been invited to send a representative, at ADA expense, to par ticipate in a conference February 1-2 at the ADA headquarters building on relations of the profession with the dental laboratory industry and craft. The ADA House of Delegates, at the request of the Board of Trustees, ap proved the conference at the annual session in November. In a letter of invitation to constituent societies, ADA Secretary Harold Hillenbrand explained that since it is imperative that every consti tuent society be represented, the Association will provide transportation and per diem for the 2-day meeting for one representative from each con stituent society, as authorized by the House. Societies are encouraged to send additional representatives. Doctor Hillenbrand's letter emphasized that "only through an informed, responsible leadership communicating effectively at the component and constituent levels can the American Den tal Association and the dental profession make a strong impact upon future relations with the dental laboratory craft." ADA President-elect F. Dari Ostrander will open the conference. Other participants will include members of the ADA Councils on Legislation and Dental Trade and Laboratory Relations, and representatives of state dental societies and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Dental Labo ratories . FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY NADSP: The first annual report issued by the National Association of Dental Service Plans indicates that the 11 active NADSP members had a total of 181 private group contracts in force covering 1,056,251 subscribers. Of these, 173 contracts covering 1,036,275 persons were underwritten and eight contracts covering 19,976 were adminis tered on a cost-plus basis. In addition, 63 administrative contracts in volved publicly-funded programs covering 255,490 beneficiaries. Total combination of private and public contracts was 244, with 1,311,741 persons covered, not including dependents. Largest member orga nization providing coverage was California Dental Service with 121 con tracts covering 897,642 persons. Additionally, California had 13 Project Head Start contracts covering 25,000 children. APPOINT OSTRANDER TO DEFENSE HEALTH UNIT: ADA President-elect F. Dari Ostrander of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been appointed to the Department of Defense Dependents' Medical Care Advisory Committee. The appointment was made by Thomas D. Morris, assistant secretary of defence. Doctor Ostrander, a member of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty since 1934, will fill the vacancy created earlier this year by the resignation of Gerald D. Timmons, who had served on the commit tee since 1962.
T he Journal of the A m erican D ental Association is published monthly by the American Dental Association at 211 E. Chicago A ve., Chicago 60611. Second class postage paid at Chicago.
This attractive, color, 12" x 16" poster is avail able at no cost from the Bureau of Dental Health Education. It is requested that 25 cents in coin be sent with each request to cover mailing costs. Dental societies and women's aux iliaries may request pos ters in quantities for dis tribution to schools. In such case, send 50 cents in coin for each 5 posters.
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN: The February Journal will contain the complete statement of the ADA Dental Health Program for Children as adopted by the House of Delegates at the Dallas annual session in November. C. R. WELLS, FORMER ADA PRESIDENT, DIES AT 71: C. Raymond Wells, a retired rear admiral in the Naval Reserve who served as ADA president in 1943-1944, died December 9 in Great Lakes (111.) Naval Hospital at the age of 71. Doctor Wells, who received his dental degree from Northwestern Uni versity in 1918, was the chief dental officer of the Selective Service System in World War II. He was a past president of the New York Academy of Dentistry, of the 2nd District Dental Society of the State of New York, and of the International College of Dentists, and was a strong advocate of fluoridation. 1,322 DENTISTS PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH EVALUATION PROGRAM: A record total of 1,322 dentists— 22 percent of those registered— participated in the third Health Evaluation Program at the Dallas annual session, provided free to members of the ADA and the National Dental Association. Included in the physical examination were chest radiographs, electrocardiogram and blood pressure, a test for glaucoma and visual acuity, a blood chemistry test and urinalysis, and Panorex radiographs of the head and neck. The Program was staffed by 147 professional and nonprofessional personnel. Final results were mailed to participants in early December. E. W. SKINNER, L. H. BOWDEN DIE: Eugene W. Skinner, emeritus pro fessor of physics at Northwestern University Dental School and past chair man of the Dental School's department of dental materials, died December 3 at the age of 70. He worked on various subcommittees for preparation of standards for the ADA in the field of materials and equipment, and assisted the Council of National Board of Dental Examiners in the field of dental materials. He recently joined Coe Laboratories as research director. Lemuel H. Bowden, president of the Louisiana State Dental Associa tion, died December 5 at the age of 50. He was graduated in 1940 from the Loyola University (New Orleans) School of Dentistry and resided in Baton Rouge.
HIGHLIGHTS DALLAS ANNUAL SESSION: House of Delegates overwhelmingly adopts American Dental Association Dental Health Program for Children (p. 45); Maynard K. Hine, outgoing ADA president, terms children's program a chal lenge and pays tribute to ADA Secretary Harold Hillenbrand (p. 46); Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala.) commends ADA at Opening Meeting (p. 49); House of Delegates okays balanced budget (p. 51)? four receive honorary membership in ADA (p. 53); Board of Trustees announces appointments (p. 57) and ap points council chairmen (p. 58). REVIEW OF 1966 NEWS: Capsule review of the more important news highlights of 1966 appears on pages 62-63. APPROVES REORGANIZATION OF PHS: HEW Secretary John W. Gardner gives approval to reorganization of the Public Health Service into 5 new bureaus (p. 66). NEW RESTORATION TECHNIC: A new preparation for esthetic restora tion of deciduous anterior teeth is presented on page 82. This type of restoration has the ability to survive extensive abrasion and can be placed with reasonable cost to the patient. BANDLESS M BRACKET: Research has indicated that the bandless M bracket protects adhesives that attach orthodontic brackets directly to teeth. An article on page 103 describes that without the M bracket tested adhesives encountered moisture and the integrity of the bond was not main tained. PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY AND DENTAL PRACTICE: A 1-year study was con ducted to determine what kind of services dentists were performing, and daily office records of 88 dentists were analyzed. The results, in a report starting on page 111, suggest that dentists practicing preventive dentistry had a greater income, extracted less teeth, made fewer dentures, but did more gold inlays and foil restorations. CUSTOMIZED SHADE GUIDE: A customized shade guide for vacuum-fired porcelain-fused-to-gold made less difficult the selection of colors for clinical application, while anterior vital teeth as a single restoration in the incisor region presented more of a problem in matching colors than off shades or stained teeth, according to a presentation on page 114. DENTAL PLAQUE IN HUMANS: A report of a study of dental plaque in humans fed by stomach tube and those fed by mouth shows that plaque mate rial from persons nourished by stomach tube was much less acidogenic than plaque material from persons fed orally (p. 119). DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION: In a 4-year dental health education study conducted among first-year high school students in Tennessee, results showed that education did little to alter habits formed up to the teen years (p. 124). COUNCIL AND BUREAU REPORTS: Reports of ADA councils and bureaus start on page 129.
BULLETINS CONFERENCE ON LABORATORY RELATIONS SET FEB. 1-2: Each constituent society has been invited to send a representative, at ADA expense, to par ticipate in a conference February 1-2 at the ADA headquarters building on relations of the profession with the dental laboratory industry and craft. The ADA House of Delegates, at the request of the Board of Trustees, ap proved the conference at the annual session in November. In a letter of invitation to constituent societies, ADA Secretary Harold Hillenbrand explained that since it is imperative that every consti tuent society be represented, the Association will provide transportation and per diem for the 2-day meeting for one representative from each con stituent society, as authorized by the House. Societies are encouraged to send additional representatives. Doctor Hillenbrand's letter emphasized that "only through an informed, responsible leadership communicating effectively at the component and constituent levels can the American Den tal Association and the dental profession make a strong impact upon future relations with the dental laboratory craft." ADA President-elect F. Dari Ostrander will open the conference. Other participants will include members of the ADA Councils on Legislation and Dental Trade and Laboratory Relations, and representatives of state dental societies and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Dental Labo ratories . FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED BY NADSP: The first annual report issued by the National Association of Dental Service Plans indicates that the 11 active NADSP members had a total of 181 private group contracts in force covering 1,056,251 subscribers. Of these, 173 contracts covering 1,036,275 persons were underwritten and eight contracts covering 19,976 were adminis tered on a cost-plus basis. In addition, 63 administrative contracts in volved publicly-funded programs covering 255,490 beneficiaries. Total combination of private and public contracts was 244, with 1,311,741 persons covered, not including dependents. Largest member orga nization providing coverage was California Dental Service with 121 con tracts covering 897,642 persons. Additionally, California had 13 Project Head Start contracts covering 25,000 children. APPOINT OSTRANDER TO DEFENSE HEALTH UNIT: ADA President-elect F. Dari Ostrander of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been appointed to the Department of Defense Dependents' Medical Care Advisory Committee. The appointment was made by Thomas D. Morris, assistant secretary of defence. Doctor Ostrander, a member of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty since 1934, will fill the vacancy created earlier this year by the resignation of Gerald D. Timmons, who had served on the commit tee since 1962.
T he Journal of the A m erican D ental Association is published monthly by the American Dental Association at 211 E. Chicago A ve., Chicago 60611. Second class postage paid at Chicago.
This attractive, color, 12" x 16" poster is avail able at no cost from the Bureau of Dental Health Education. It is requested that 25 cents in coin be sent with each request to cover mailing costs. Dental societies and women's aux iliaries may request pos ters in quantities for dis tribution to schools. In such case, send 50 cents in coin for each 5 posters.
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN: The February Journal will contain the complete statement of the ADA Dental Health Program for Children as adopted by the House of Delegates at the Dallas annual session in November. C. R. WELLS, FORMER ADA PRESIDENT, DIES AT 71: C. Raymond Wells, a retired rear admiral in the Naval Reserve who served as ADA president in 1943-1944, died December 9 in Great Lakes (111.) Naval Hospital at the age of 71. Doctor Wells, who received his dental degree from Northwestern Uni versity in 1918, was the chief dental officer of the Selective Service System in World War II. He was a past president of the New York Academy of Dentistry, of the 2nd District Dental Society of the State of New York, and of the International College of Dentists, and was a strong advocate of fluoridation. 1,322 DENTISTS PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH EVALUATION PROGRAM: A record total of 1,322 dentists— 22 percent of those registered— participated in the third Health Evaluation Program at the Dallas annual session, provided free to members of the ADA and the National Dental Association. Included in the physical examination were chest radiographs, electrocardiogram and blood pressure, a test for glaucoma and visual acuity, a blood chemistry test and urinalysis, and Panorex radiographs of the head and neck. The Program was staffed by 147 professional and nonprofessional personnel. Final results were mailed to participants in early December. E. W. SKINNER, L. H. BOWDEN DIE: Eugene W. Skinner, emeritus pro fessor of physics at Northwestern University Dental School and past chair man of the Dental School's department of dental materials, died December 3 at the age of 70. He worked on various subcommittees for preparation of standards for the ADA in the field of materials and equipment, and assisted the Council of National Board of Dental Examiners in the field of dental materials. He recently joined Coe Laboratories as research director. Lemuel H. Bowden, president of the Louisiana State Dental Associa tion, died December 5 at the age of 50. He was graduated in 1940 from the Loyola University (New Orleans) School of Dentistry and resided in Baton Rouge.
HIGHLIGHTS DALLAS ANNUAL SESSION: House of Delegates overwhelmingly adopts American Dental Association Dental Health Program for Children (p. 45); Maynard K. Hine, outgoing ADA president, terms children's program a chal lenge and pays tribute to ADA Secretary Harold Hillenbrand (p. 46); Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala.) commends ADA at Opening Meeting (p. 49); House of Delegates okays balanced budget (p. 51)? four receive honorary membership in ADA (p. 53); Board of Trustees announces appointments (p. 57) and ap points council chairmen (p. 58). REVIEW OF 1966 NEWS: Capsule review of the more important news highlights of 1966 appears on pages 62-63. APPROVES REORGANIZATION OF PHS: HEW Secretary John W. Gardner gives approval to reorganization of the Public Health Service into 5 new bureaus (p. 66). NEW RESTORATION TECHNIC: A new preparation for esthetic restora tion of deciduous anterior teeth is presented on page 82. This type of restoration has the ability to survive extensive abrasion and can be placed with reasonable cost to the patient. BANDLESS M BRACKET: Research has indicated that the bandless M bracket protects adhesives that attach orthodontic brackets directly to teeth. An article on page 103 describes that without the M bracket tested adhesives encountered moisture and the integrity of the bond was not main tained. PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY AND DENTAL PRACTICE: A 1-year study was con ducted to determine what kind of services dentists were performing, and daily office records of 88 dentists were analyzed. The results, in a report starting on page 111, suggest that dentists practicing preventive dentistry had a greater income, extracted less teeth, made fewer dentures, but did more gold inlays and foil restorations. CUSTOMIZED SHADE GUIDE: A customized shade guide for vacuum-fired porcelain-fused-to-gold made less difficult the selection of colors for clinical application, while anterior vital teeth as a single restoration in the incisor region presented more of a problem in matching colors than off shades or stained teeth, according to a presentation on page 114. DENTAL PLAQUE IN HUMANS: A report of a study of dental plaque in humans fed by stomach tube and those fed by mouth shows that plaque mate rial from persons nourished by stomach tube was much less acidogenic than plaque material from persons fed orally (p. 119). DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION: In a 4-year dental health education study conducted among first-year high school students in Tennessee, results showed that education did little to alter habits formed up to the teen years (p. 124). COUNCIL AND BUREAU REPORTS: Reports of ADA councils and bureaus start on page 129.