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io n am in , an ion-exchange-resin that is an anorectic w ith a side effect th a t interrupts sleep, an action very sim ilar to am p h etam ines. H ow ever, u n lik e a m p h eta m in e s, w hich are class II drugs, phenterm ine is a class IV d ru g , h a v in g relative low p o ten tial for abuse. I used phenterm ine on w eekends. My w eig h t fell from a chubby 200 lb to a reasonable 175. T h e d ru g becam e a tool to add extra hours for w eek en d ch o res. It d id n o t p ro d u c e e u p h o ria n o r was it used as a “party d ru g .” Yes, I ordered phenterm ine, from a legitim ate dental su p p ly house, and used it. I did n ot feel th a t I was com m itting a crim e w orthy of the disgrace it has b ro u g h t. . . . T h e local police chief heard of my p red ic am e n t, from a p h arm a cist, a n d
suddenly I was the center of a local d ru g investigation. Next, the State Board of D ental Exam iners stepped in to reh ab il itate me. I signed a consent order v o lu n tarily because I love dentistry, and I am a good dentist w ho has h ad 18 years of practice w ith no previous problem s. T h e pu b licatio n of my disciplinary action by the state b oard ’s new sletter was definitely the m ost painful. T h e state board n ot only m ailed its new sletter to all my peers but also to a n o n p racticin g hygienist w ho is a relative of the ow ner of my hom etow n new spaper, w ho m ailed it directly to the new spaper. . . . Yes, I was front page new s—“D entist D isciplined” w ith all the gory details. W ith this front page article, my p u n ish m en t n o t only affected me, b u t now included my fam ily, wife, and b rother w ho is also a d en tist. I le arn ed h u m ility quickly. My colleagues sh o u ld be w arned of the consequences of error ju d g m en ts in the use of the pow er we have in o u r DEA certificate and the way products are legitim ately offered by our dental su p p ly catalogues.
D E N T IS T R Y ’S
I feel th at changes should be m ade to protect us from ourselves. I th in k th a t o u r DEA certificate should be lim ited to those substances th a t we can use in o u r practice an d the products advertised by our p ro fessional m ail order houses sh o u ld be lim ited to products th at are “in the scope of dentistry.” I am truly sorry for my stu p id actions an d prom ise, if perm itted, to co n tin u e an o th er troublefree 18 years of dentistry. ROBERT T. CLONINGER, DDS LINCOLNTO N, NC
Copies of the recently ap p ro v ed Revised A N SI/A D A specification no. 25 for dental gypsum products an d A N SI/A D A specification no. 63 for root canal barbed roaches and ra sp s are a v a ila b le , o n w ritte n request, from the C ouncil on D en ta l M a te ria ls, In s tru m e n ts , a n d E quipm ent.
H E R IT A G E
TH E PRESIDENTS D octor Jam es A. Saddoris was installed as the A ssociation’s 124th president at the 1987 H ouse of Delegates session in Las Vegas. As president, he presided over the 1988 H ouse, w hich approved a com prehensive policy statem ent on dental auxiliaries an d recom m ended ap p o in tm e n t of a com m ittee to study dental licensure an d freedom of movem ent. Reared in Cleveland, OK, Dr. Saddoris practiced general dentistry there for 6 years before m oving to T ulsa. H e served 5 years as trustee from the T w elfth D istrict an d is a past m em ber and chairm an of the ADA C ouncil on Federal D ental Services. Dr. Saddoris also is a past-president of the O k lah o m a D ental A ssociation, w hich nam ed him its M an of the Year in 1982. H e was a m em ber of the clinical faculty of the O ral R oberts U niversity School of D entistry and served on the editorial board of D ental Econom ics. D u rin g his term as president, Dr. Saddoris established a special com m ittee to assess the role of US dentistry and the ADA in the w orld d ental com m unity. H e strengthened organized dentistry’s ties w ith dental trade g roups an d helped in tro duce the long-range p la n n in g process th a t has culm in ated this year in the developm ent of a strategic p lan for the Association. In addition, Dr. Saddoris has been a m em ber since 1984 of the A m erican Fund for D ental H e a lth ’s Board of Directors w here he has served as treasurer. H e is currently the fu n d ’s vice-president and chairs an ad hoc com m ittee o n program s, w hich is charged w ith p lo ttin g the organization’s future directions. V ice-president G eorge Bush won the presidency in a year th a t saw 995,000 acres of Y ellow stone P ark destroyed by fire and Am erica retu rn to space w ith the la u n ch of Discovery. T h e w orld w atched as R onald R eagan an d M ikhail G orbachev m et an d reached an historic accord on arm s control w hile R ussian troops were being pu lled out of A fghanistan: and Iran an d Iraq were talking ab o u t a truce.
350 ■ JADA, Vol. 119, September 1989
James A. Saddoris
1987-1988
the
io n am in , an ion-exchange-resin that is an anorectic w ith a side effect th a t interrupts sleep, an action very sim ilar to am p h etam ines. H ow ever, u n lik e a m p h eta m in e s, w hich are class II drugs, phenterm ine is a class IV d ru g , h a v in g relative low p o ten tial for abuse. I used phenterm ine on w eekends. My w eig h t fell from a chubby 200 lb to a reasonable 175. T h e d ru g becam e a tool to add extra hours for w eek en d ch o res. It d id n o t p ro d u c e e u p h o ria n o r was it used as a “party d ru g .” Yes, I ordered phenterm ine, from a legitim ate dental su p p ly house, and used it. I did n ot feel th a t I was com m itting a crim e w orthy of the disgrace it has b ro u g h t. . . . T h e local police chief heard of my p red ic am e n t, from a p h arm a cist, a n d
suddenly I was the center of a local d ru g investigation. Next, the State Board of D ental Exam iners stepped in to reh ab il itate me. I signed a consent order v o lu n tarily because I love dentistry, and I am a good dentist w ho has h ad 18 years of practice w ith no previous problem s. T h e pu b licatio n of my disciplinary action by the state b oard ’s new sletter was definitely the m ost painful. T h e state board n ot only m ailed its new sletter to all my peers but also to a n o n p racticin g hygienist w ho is a relative of the ow ner of my hom etow n new spaper, w ho m ailed it directly to the new spaper. . . . Yes, I was front page new s—“D entist D isciplined” w ith all the gory details. W ith this front page article, my p u n ish m en t n o t only affected me, b u t now included my fam ily, wife, and b rother w ho is also a d en tist. I le arn ed h u m ility quickly. My colleagues sh o u ld be w arned of the consequences of error ju d g m en ts in the use of the pow er we have in o u r DEA certificate and the way products are legitim ately offered by our dental su p p ly catalogues.
D E N T IS T R Y ’S
I feel th at changes should be m ade to protect us from ourselves. I th in k th a t o u r DEA certificate should be lim ited to those substances th a t we can use in o u r practice an d the products advertised by our p ro fessional m ail order houses sh o u ld be lim ited to products th at are “in the scope of dentistry.” I am truly sorry for my stu p id actions an d prom ise, if perm itted, to co n tin u e an o th er troublefree 18 years of dentistry. ROBERT T. CLONINGER, DDS LINCOLNTO N, NC
Copies of the recently ap p ro v ed Revised A N SI/A D A specification no. 25 for dental gypsum products an d A N SI/A D A specification no. 63 for root canal barbed roaches and ra sp s are a v a ila b le , o n w ritte n request, from the C ouncil on D en ta l M a te ria ls, In s tru m e n ts , a n d E quipm ent.
H E R IT A G E
TH E PRESIDENTS D octor Jam es A. Saddoris was installed as the A ssociation’s 124th president at the 1987 H ouse of Delegates session in Las Vegas. As president, he presided over the 1988 H ouse, w hich approved a com prehensive policy statem ent on dental auxiliaries an d recom m ended ap p o in tm e n t of a com m ittee to study dental licensure an d freedom of movem ent. Reared in Cleveland, OK, Dr. Saddoris practiced general dentistry there for 6 years before m oving to T ulsa. H e served 5 years as trustee from the T w elfth D istrict an d is a past m em ber and chairm an of the ADA C ouncil on Federal D ental Services. Dr. Saddoris also is a past-president of the O k lah o m a D ental A ssociation, w hich nam ed him its M an of the Year in 1982. H e was a m em ber of the clinical faculty of the O ral R oberts U niversity School of D entistry and served on the editorial board of D ental Econom ics. D u rin g his term as president, Dr. Saddoris established a special com m ittee to assess the role of US dentistry and the ADA in the w orld d ental com m unity. H e strengthened organized dentistry’s ties w ith dental trade g roups an d helped in tro duce the long-range p la n n in g process th a t has culm in ated this year in the developm ent of a strategic p lan for the Association. In addition, Dr. Saddoris has been a m em ber since 1984 of the A m erican Fund for D ental H e a lth ’s Board of Directors w here he has served as treasurer. H e is currently the fu n d ’s vice-president and chairs an ad hoc com m ittee o n program s, w hich is charged w ith p lo ttin g the organization’s future directions. V ice-president G eorge Bush won the presidency in a year th a t saw 995,000 acres of Y ellow stone P ark destroyed by fire and Am erica retu rn to space w ith the la u n ch of Discovery. T h e w orld w atched as R onald R eagan an d M ikhail G orbachev m et an d reached an historic accord on arm s control w hile R ussian troops were being pu lled out of A fghanistan: and Iran an d Iraq were talking ab o u t a truce.
350 ■ JADA, Vol. 119, September 1989
James A. Saddoris
1987-1988