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| Desk of the Executive Director | |||||||||||||||
| FDA Dental Amalgam Review | Foundation Section News | ||||||||||||||
| PFA Dental Museum |
Section News- International |
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| The Legacy Continues… |
Section News- United States |
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| PFA Adds Another Book |
Beverage of Choice for Teens | ||||||||||||||
| Minority Dentists Honored |
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United States
California Loma Linda University School of Dentistry’s Awards Committee Secretary LaDean Gregg reports presenting the Foundation Scholarship to Elizabeth Park by Dean Charles J. Goodacre. PFA Fellow, Dean Emeritus Judson Klooster first presented Elizabeth with notification of her selection in the Awards Chapel.  L-R: Dean Emeritus Judson Klooster presenting notification to Elizabeth Park Georgia Chair Karyn Stockwell planned an outstanding event of such varied dental activities that the Leadership Weekend was a microcosm of all of dentistry. Using a three-chaired mobile dental clinic, the Georgia Section kicked off “Give Kids a Smile” with PFA fellows participating, including MCG senior dental student Rhoda Joiner, who was our PFA Foundation Scholarship Award recipient.  Scholarship recipient Rhoda Joiner being assisted by PFA Fellow Jim Reyneirson, with Fellow Richard Weinman in background |
Illinois Past PFA President William Kort attended the Honors Day Program at the University of Illinois College of Dentistry to present the PFA Student Awards. The PFA Senior Certificate was presented to Greg Schardt, who has been accepted into the University of Illinois’ orthodontic program. Greg’s father is on the faculty there, and Dr. Kort greeted both of them at the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dinner that evening. The Foundation Scholarship Award was presented to Reshma Dhake, Class President, by PFA past President William Kort. Nebraska The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry’s Assistant Dean for Student Affairs M. L. Pudwill sent a letter thanking the Academy and the Foundation for the opportunity to participate in the Dental Student Scholarship Program. Dean John W. Reinhardt presented the Foundation Scholarship to Kristin Fornander at their 17th annual Professionals’ Day Awards Ceremony last March. The PFA Scholarship Award was prominently listed in their program.  L-R: Recipient Kristin Fornander with Dean John Reinhardt |
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Argentina
PFA International Trustee Bernardo Levit and PFA Fellow Ivan Moldauer presented a table clinic at the Miami Winter Meeting and Dental Expo. Their work titled “A Comprehensive Approach for the Treatment of Halitosis” was awarded first prize for demonstrating a new method for the treatment of this condition. The monetary award that was presented to the doctors was donated to the PFA Foundation.  L-R: Committee Judge Dr. John Tabak, Dr. Ivan Moldauer, Trustee Bernardo Levit, and Dr. Samuel Dorn, President of the American Association of Endodontists Philippines Chair Diampo Lim hosted their annual Convocation Dinner in conjunction with the 94th Philippine Dental Association annual meeting.  L-R: Dean Diampo Lim, PFA Trustee Mamoru Sakuda, Vice Chair Hermogenes P. Villareal |
Guatemala
Chairman Bertram Moldauer hosted an Induction Ceremony to bring in two new Fellows into the Academy. New Fellow Dr. Roberto Wehncke is the Director of Oral Health for the Department of Sacatepequez (Guatemala). Dr. Wehncke discussed plans for the construction of a new dental facility to provide basic services for the San Miguel Duenas community in Antigua. New Fellow Dr. Garrick Morales Bravetti is the General Manager and owner of GMB Industries of Guatemala, which is dedicated primarily to the import and export of dental materials into Central America. Dr. Morales has sponsored several dental missions to El Estor, a Guatemalan province in the Department of Izabal.  L-R: New Fellow Dr. Garrick Morales accepting PFA Certificate from Chair Bertram Moldauer Associate Professor Cecilia Campoverde, Director of the Guatemala Project for the Department of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, thanked the Academy and Chairman Bertram Moldauer on behalf of the people of El Triunfo, Guatemala, for organizing a dental mission at their one-room clinic. The people of El Triunfo are working with “Transport,” an organization that offers free transportation of donated goods to Guatemala. Australasia Trustee William Winspear and PFA President-elect Kevin Roach will be attending the FDI Congress in Sydney this September and will officiate at their Academy Breakfast on Thursday, 18 September, in the Skyline Terrace at the Sydney Convention Centre. The breakfast will commence at 7 A.M. until 8:30 to induct some 25 new Fellows. The cost is AUD$40. For more information e-mail Dr. Mark Sinclair at MarkSin@ix.net.au |
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| Canada President-elect Kevin Roach and Canadian Trustee Barry Dolman hosted their annual Induction Ceremony for new Fellows on Saturday, 24 May 2003, at the historic Jasper Park Lodge, located in a UNESCO World Heritage site in Alberta, Canada. PFA President Gary Lowder and Dr. Tom Brenneman, Western Canada PFA Chair and CDA President, also presided over the installation of some 27 new Fellows. Installed were Drs. Harry Ames, Monty Audenart, Col. Scott Alan Becker, Ron Bell, Jean Bodnar, James Bonar, Hugh Campbell, Peter Degiacomo, Jan Doyle, John Gryfe, Wayne Halstrom, Nelson Hui, Gord Johnson, Randy Lang, Shawn Lee, Marjorie MacDonald, Vipin Mithia, Thomas O’Brien, Donald Russel, John Scott, Keith Snelgrove, Leon Stein, Bryan Tompson, Robert Turnbull, Jeffret Williams, Gordon Wong, and Maurice Wong. Dr George Peacock from Regina, Saskatoon, current Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatoon, was honored with Canada’s PFA Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Perry Trester from Vancouver, British Columbia, past President of the British Columbia Dental Association, past member of the Canadian Dental Association Board of Governors and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon educator, was honored with Canada’s PFA Distinguished Service Award. |
Also attending were Canadian Dental Association past Presidents George Sweetnam, Richard Sandilands, Bryun Sigfstead, along with CDA President-elect Louis Dube, JCDA Editor John O’Keefe, British Columbia PFA Section Chair Evelyn McNee, Atlantic Chair Gary MacDonald, Ontario Chair Aldo Boccia, and PFA Fellow James Richardson, President of the Academy of General Dentistry. The Pfizer Consumer Healthcare helped to sponsor the event and provided additional material support along with contributions from Drs. E. J. Rajczak, R. V. Glover, Don Bonang, W. Beaton, Scott Noprquay, Ron Smith, Don Allan, S. Fremeth, Wayne Barro, Chantal Charest, Alex Lieblich, Jim Brass, Robert Carmichael, W. MacPhee, Marguerite Neelands, Cary Letkemann, Greg Homenick, J. L. Hornibrook, E. Ambrose, Donald Butler, Lionel Hastings, A. Camarda, Norman Roy, F. A. Irwin, Melanie Wood, V. B. Shaffner, David Psutka, R. Wainwright, Mel Hawkins, R. F. Evans, Arlene Dagys, R. Odland and Elgin Thompson. Fellow Diane Legault of Quebec was elected to the Quebec National Assembly. |
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Table of Contents - July/August • 2003
Past PFA President Martin Naimark
2003 Calendar
Desk of the Executive Director
FDA Dental Amalgam Review
Foundation Section News
PFA Dental Museum
Section News- International
The Legacy Continues…
Section News- United States
PFA Adds Another Book
Beverage of Choice for Teens
Minority Dentists Honored
Dental World
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