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British D ental Association • T h e new Repre sentative Board, January 25, elected W . Peebles as chairman and R obert W alker as chairman o f council. W alker has a grasp of practice and administration w hich will be of great value to the Association. Internationally he is better known as chairman o f the Public D ental Health Service Com m ittee o f the Fédération Dentaire Internationale. T h e British Dental Association has ap pointed R . G. M acLean from Scotland as assistant secretary. W ith his w ide experience o f dental practice as well as o f negotiation, pu blic speaking and Com m ittee work, M r. M acL ean will be a valued addition to the Headquarters Staff. Lakonia Disaster • A. A. Leigh, a British den tist aboard the “ Lakonia,” writes in the British D ental Journal of his experiences when he foun d himself aboard the rescue ship “ M on t calm ” as the only person w ith any m edical knowledge. U nder his guidance, helpers man aged to restore normal respiration to many apparently drowned and exhausted survivors suffering from severe exposure. T h e British press com mented on Leigh’s statement that, with his experience on the “ M ontcalm ” o f lay volunteers restoring to con sciousness a number o f people w ho might seem to be dead, he deplored the lack o f initiative o f the personnel o f other vessels w ho did not recover from the water bodies o f persons who appeared to be drowned. Industrial D entistry • T h e D ental M agazine of D ecem ber 1963 published a paper by Berman and Slack on clinical research in industrial dentistry, o f the greatest im portance to all dentists w orking in industry. T h e paper serves as a useful introduction to a very wide branch of dentistry and by its guidance may encourage practicing dentists to engage themselves in useful investigations within their own sphere o f practice.
National H ealth Service (N H S ) • T h e M inis try o f Health has finally given way to repre sentations o f the General Dental Services Com mittee b y distributing to patients a leaflet on the subject of Health Service treatment w hich indicates that the responsibility is on the patient at the outset to ascertain whether the dentist is w illing to accept him under the Health Service, and that if he wanted treat ment w hich is not necessary for dental fitness the dentist is entitled to charge him a fee— the amount o f which is n ot controlled by the NHS. T h e leaflet explains many other details of the Service and if read should do m uch to eliminate past misunderstandings. N ew regulations for the N H S are expected to be laid before Parliament in M arch. Parliamentary N ews • T h e British Dental As sociation has given a statement to the press that the reply o f the Minister o f Health in the House o f Com m ons, to a question asking whether he was aware o f the practice o f some dentists requiring patients to have preliminary treatment done privately for a fee before ac cepting the patient under the National Health Service, was a generalization w hich did not recognize the right o f the patient to receive the treatment he wanted and the right o f the dentist to give it. General D en tal Council (G D C ) • One o f the Council’ s responsibilities is to be satisfied that the standard and content o f undergraduate dental education in the U nited K ingdom and R epublic o f Ireland and the examinations which must be passed are satisfactory. In Novem ber 1963 the G D C published “ Recom m endations Concerning the Dental Curriculum ” outlining their current views and indicating changes o f interest to those trainin g/ examining schedules and also to dentists in general practice. T h e policies advocated throughout the d o c ument are those o f flexibility and integration. T h e schools and examining bodies are given
IN T E R N A T IO N A L DENTISTRY . . . V O L U M E 68, A P R IL 1964 • 131/601
great freedom to plan courses o f instruction and to arrange examinations in any w ay they think proper, provided they com ply with the “ m inim a” laid down by the G D C . T h e docum ent stresses that certain princi ples must be observed, one o f the m ost im por tant being “ that the dental course should be planned as a whole with each plan leading in logical sequence and w ithout undue interrup tion to the rest.” A sensible balance between the practical and the academ ic sides o f train ing is stressed. T h e recom mendations have been well re ceived b y all sections of the profession, but new and enlarged dental schools are required as soon as possible. Sir W ilfred Fish has announced that at the end o f his present term o f office as President o f the General Dental Council, w hich expires on July 3, he will not seek reappointment to the council. G. H . Leatherm an, D .M .D ., F.D .S., R .C .S., D.Sc. GERMANY
D ental M eetin g • T h e fourteenth session o f the Deutsche Gesellschaft fu r K iefer und Gesichtschirurgie (German O ral Surgeon Society) w ill be held M ay 14-16 in Graz, Austria. Chairm an o f the meeting w ill be Prof. Dr. D r. A. Rehrmann. T h e principal theme o f the meeting will be acute trauma in the ja w and face. B R A Z IL
Visiting Lecturers • J. A. Salzmann, United States orthodontist, addressed Brazilian ortho dontic societies on a recent private visit to Sao Paulo. Arm ando Stefanelli, Argentinian orthodon tist, presented two courses on functional ortho pedic orthodontics at dental schools in Sao Paulo and R io de Janeiro. In August, Brazilian orthodontic surgeons will be host to John I. Ingel, professor o f peri odontics and endodontics at the University of W ashington School o f Dentistry. D r. Ingle will lecture on periodontics and endodontics. H ans Freudenthal, C.D. N EW ZEALAND
D ental M eetin g • T h e Second Biennial C onfer ence o f the New Zealand Dental Association will be held, August 24-28, at the University o f Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. C lini cians w ill include: Prof. H . Sicher, K . A dam son, Prof. C . Graham and J. H ibberd. Further inform ation may be obtained from the secre tary o f the society, 12 K itchener St., Auckland, C .l.
Provincial Secretaries M eet • Secretaries of provincial dental organizations held their fourth annual conference D ecem ber 2-4 in M ontreal. O ne day o f the conference was spent at the oral cytology conference which also was attended by representatives o f the dental schools. A m ong the subjects discussed w ere: the National D ental Examining Board, legislation, provincial fee schedules, group practice, interprofessional relations, dental service corporations and the Canadian Fund for Dental Education. C O L O M B IA
National M eetin g • T h e Colom bian Federation o f O dontology w ill hold its third national meeting, July 17-21, in Cali. International dentists will participate in the scientific pro gram. Further inform ation m ay be obtained from A lfonso Aristizabal, executive secretary, Federación O don tologica Colom biana, A par tado Aereo 6440, Cali, Colom bia. A R G E N T IN A
M eetin g of D elegates to Latin Am erican D en tal Federation • This m eeting was held in Buenos Aires during the developm ent of the Federation’ s Fourteenth International M eet ing. It was attended by representatives from the dental organizations o f Venezuela, Ecua dor, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, the D om inican R epu blic and A r gentina. T h e Fédération Dentaire Internationale was represented by its vice-president, H arold Hillenbrand, secretary of the Am erican Dental Association. T h e meeting was held to discuss the reor ganization of the Latin Am erican Dental Fed eration and to prepare a new statement. The possibility o f . com m unicating with similar groups in Central Am erica and N orth Am erica was discussed, in addition to establishing a regional group in the F D I. Public Health D entistry • T h e Ministry of Social Assistance and Public Health called a meeting of national and provincial delegates to unify criteria o f programs on public health dentistry. A. Calle Guevara was in charge of coordination. T he assembly studied 12 proposals. Some of the recommendations w hich were approved are: prom otion o f the wide use o f preventive methods to control oral diseases and especially fluoridation o f drinking w ater; conducting studies on the possibility o f including records o f dental alterations and diseases in interna tional standards and on methods to standardize dental terminology. Juan Chaneles, D.D.S.
G R E A T B R IT A IN
British D ental Association • T h e new Repre sentative Board, January 25, elected W . Peebles as chairman and R obert W alker as chairman o f council. W alker has a grasp of practice and administration w hich will be of great value to the Association. Internationally he is better known as chairman o f the Public D ental Health Service Com m ittee o f the Fédération Dentaire Internationale. T h e British Dental Association has ap pointed R . G. M acLean from Scotland as assistant secretary. W ith his w ide experience o f dental practice as well as o f negotiation, pu blic speaking and Com m ittee work, M r. M acL ean will be a valued addition to the Headquarters Staff. Lakonia Disaster • A. A. Leigh, a British den tist aboard the “ Lakonia,” writes in the British D ental Journal of his experiences when he foun d himself aboard the rescue ship “ M on t calm ” as the only person w ith any m edical knowledge. U nder his guidance, helpers man aged to restore normal respiration to many apparently drowned and exhausted survivors suffering from severe exposure. T h e British press com mented on Leigh’s statement that, with his experience on the “ M ontcalm ” o f lay volunteers restoring to con sciousness a number o f people w ho might seem to be dead, he deplored the lack o f initiative o f the personnel o f other vessels w ho did not recover from the water bodies o f persons who appeared to be drowned. Industrial D entistry • T h e D ental M agazine of D ecem ber 1963 published a paper by Berman and Slack on clinical research in industrial dentistry, o f the greatest im portance to all dentists w orking in industry. T h e paper serves as a useful introduction to a very wide branch of dentistry and by its guidance may encourage practicing dentists to engage themselves in useful investigations within their own sphere o f practice.
National H ealth Service (N H S ) • T h e M inis try o f Health has finally given way to repre sentations o f the General Dental Services Com mittee b y distributing to patients a leaflet on the subject of Health Service treatment w hich indicates that the responsibility is on the patient at the outset to ascertain whether the dentist is w illing to accept him under the Health Service, and that if he wanted treat ment w hich is not necessary for dental fitness the dentist is entitled to charge him a fee— the amount o f which is n ot controlled by the NHS. T h e leaflet explains many other details of the Service and if read should do m uch to eliminate past misunderstandings. N ew regulations for the N H S are expected to be laid before Parliament in M arch. Parliamentary N ews • T h e British Dental As sociation has given a statement to the press that the reply o f the Minister o f Health in the House o f Com m ons, to a question asking whether he was aware o f the practice o f some dentists requiring patients to have preliminary treatment done privately for a fee before ac cepting the patient under the National Health Service, was a generalization w hich did not recognize the right o f the patient to receive the treatment he wanted and the right o f the dentist to give it. General D en tal Council (G D C ) • One o f the Council’ s responsibilities is to be satisfied that the standard and content o f undergraduate dental education in the U nited K ingdom and R epublic o f Ireland and the examinations which must be passed are satisfactory. In Novem ber 1963 the G D C published “ Recom m endations Concerning the Dental Curriculum ” outlining their current views and indicating changes o f interest to those trainin g/ examining schedules and also to dentists in general practice. T h e policies advocated throughout the d o c ument are those o f flexibility and integration. T h e schools and examining bodies are given
IN T E R N A T IO N A L DENTISTRY . . . V O L U M E 68, A P R IL 1964 • 131/601
great freedom to plan courses o f instruction and to arrange examinations in any w ay they think proper, provided they com ply with the “ m inim a” laid down by the G D C . T h e docum ent stresses that certain princi ples must be observed, one o f the m ost im por tant being “ that the dental course should be planned as a whole with each plan leading in logical sequence and w ithout undue interrup tion to the rest.” A sensible balance between the practical and the academ ic sides o f train ing is stressed. T h e recom mendations have been well re ceived b y all sections of the profession, but new and enlarged dental schools are required as soon as possible. Sir W ilfred Fish has announced that at the end o f his present term o f office as President o f the General Dental Council, w hich expires on July 3, he will not seek reappointment to the council. G. H . Leatherm an, D .M .D ., F.D .S., R .C .S., D.Sc. GERMANY
D ental M eetin g • T h e fourteenth session o f the Deutsche Gesellschaft fu r K iefer und Gesichtschirurgie (German O ral Surgeon Society) w ill be held M ay 14-16 in Graz, Austria. Chairm an o f the meeting w ill be Prof. Dr. D r. A. Rehrmann. T h e principal theme o f the meeting will be acute trauma in the ja w and face. B R A Z IL
Visiting Lecturers • J. A. Salzmann, United States orthodontist, addressed Brazilian ortho dontic societies on a recent private visit to Sao Paulo. Arm ando Stefanelli, Argentinian orthodon tist, presented two courses on functional ortho pedic orthodontics at dental schools in Sao Paulo and R io de Janeiro. In August, Brazilian orthodontic surgeons will be host to John I. Ingel, professor o f peri odontics and endodontics at the University of W ashington School o f Dentistry. D r. Ingle will lecture on periodontics and endodontics. H ans Freudenthal, C.D. N EW ZEALAND
D ental M eetin g • T h e Second Biennial C onfer ence o f the New Zealand Dental Association will be held, August 24-28, at the University o f Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. C lini cians w ill include: Prof. H . Sicher, K . A dam son, Prof. C . Graham and J. H ibberd. Further inform ation may be obtained from the secre tary o f the society, 12 K itchener St., Auckland, C .l.
Provincial Secretaries M eet • Secretaries of provincial dental organizations held their fourth annual conference D ecem ber 2-4 in M ontreal. O ne day o f the conference was spent at the oral cytology conference which also was attended by representatives o f the dental schools. A m ong the subjects discussed w ere: the National D ental Examining Board, legislation, provincial fee schedules, group practice, interprofessional relations, dental service corporations and the Canadian Fund for Dental Education. C O L O M B IA
National M eetin g • T h e Colom bian Federation o f O dontology w ill hold its third national meeting, July 17-21, in Cali. International dentists will participate in the scientific pro gram. Further inform ation m ay be obtained from A lfonso Aristizabal, executive secretary, Federación O don tologica Colom biana, A par tado Aereo 6440, Cali, Colom bia. A R G E N T IN A
M eetin g of D elegates to Latin Am erican D en tal Federation • This m eeting was held in Buenos Aires during the developm ent of the Federation’ s Fourteenth International M eet ing. It was attended by representatives from the dental organizations o f Venezuela, Ecua dor, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, the D om inican R epu blic and A r gentina. T h e Fédération Dentaire Internationale was represented by its vice-president, H arold Hillenbrand, secretary of the Am erican Dental Association. T h e meeting was held to discuss the reor ganization of the Latin Am erican Dental Fed eration and to prepare a new statement. The possibility o f . com m unicating with similar groups in Central Am erica and N orth Am erica was discussed, in addition to establishing a regional group in the F D I. Public Health D entistry • T h e Ministry of Social Assistance and Public Health called a meeting of national and provincial delegates to unify criteria o f programs on public health dentistry. A. Calle Guevara was in charge of coordination. T he assembly studied 12 proposals. Some of the recommendations w hich were approved are: prom otion o f the wide use o f preventive methods to control oral diseases and especially fluoridation o f drinking w ater; conducting studies on the possibility o f including records o f dental alterations and diseases in interna tional standards and on methods to standardize dental terminology. Juan Chaneles, D.D.S.