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Charter Chapter Report

AO Japan Charter Chapter holdsinaugural meeting in TokyoBy Dr. Stephen L. Jacobs, Academy News Editorial Consultant,Vice Chair, Global Program Development Committee

A quarterly publication of the Academy of OsseointegrationVolume 26, Number 3 • 2015

In This Issue

AO Japan Charter Chapter holdsinaugural meeting in Tokyo . . . . .1President’s Message:AO to update strategic planfor 2015-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2How much money can discountimplants save, and is it worth it? . .32016 Annual Meeting willfocus on globalization ofimplant dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Academy News welcomesfive new editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5AO completes successful JapanCharter Chapter Meeting, plans2016 program in South Africa . . .7Dollars and Sense:Bob Salvin, CEO of Salvin DentalSpecialties: Entrepreneur, mentor,photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Academy honors 54 OutstandingStudents in Implant Dentistry . . .11Editor’s Editorial:Half truths and two times truthsand Diana Prince’s lasso . . . . . .14AO welcomes 601 newmembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Insert

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EditorBruce K. Barr, DDS

Board LiaisonMichael R. Norton, BDS, FDS, RCS (Ed)

Editorial ConsultantsLourdes Ann Christopher, DDS, MSMehrdad Favagehi, DDS, MSPaul A. Fugazzotto, DDSLouis R. Guenin, BDS, LDS, RCSStephen L. Jacobs, BDS, MJDF, RCSArchie A. Jones, DDSHarriet K. McGraw, DDSNavid Rahmani, DDSRobert L. Schneider, DDS, MSTolga Fikret Tolzum, DDS, PhD

Staff EditorRichard Bragaw, MA

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The latest AO Charter Chapter held itsinaugural meeting, in Tokyo, Japan, on July26. Dr. Takashi Sumi, Ichinomiya-City,Aichi, Japan, the AO Japan Ambassador,who had been working on this event forover a year, assembled a lineup of speakersfrom the UnitedStates, UnitedKingdom, and Japan,with a theme “TheScience of Implantsand AssociatedBiology.”

Extensive industrysponsorship, orga-nized locally, ensuredthat there was no costto the Academy, andmany major compa-nies involved in ourindustry were repre-sented.

The actual eventbegan the evening before, with a welcomereception at the Roppongi Hills Club,where the organizers, sponsors and speak-ers enjoyed traditional local hospitality,some short speeches and great company, allwith a spectacular view of Tokyo from over50 floors up.

Early the following morning over 300 del-egates from all over Japan and, moreimportantly, representing all of the coun-try’s leading implant associations andgroups, assembled at the Tokyo Inter-national Forum for the scientific meeting.

Dr. Sumi, and Drs.Kenji Takeshita,Tokyo, and KunihikoTeranishi, Tokyo,addressed the dele-gates, welcomingthem to the meetingand explaining theethos and purpose ofthe Charter Chapterinitiative.

AO President Dr.Russell D.Nishimura, WestlakeVillage, CA, wel-comed AO membersand non-members

alike to the largest Academy event everheld outside the shores of the NorthAmerican Continent. He urged non-mem-bers to join the AO family, benefit frommembership, and continue to grow the

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…continued on page 13The purpose of the Academy of Osseointegration is to advance the science and application of tissue replacement in oral and facial care.

Dr. Takashi Sumi, organizer of the Japan CharterChapter meeting, was also a principal speaker.

Implant dentistry is a dynamic andevolving field. The Academy ofOsseointegration must not onlyrespond to those changes but alsoimprove oral health by advancing thepractice of implant dentistry and relat-ed technologies.

On July 10, the AO Officers, Board ofDirectors and staff held an entire daymeeting under the guidance of Dr.

Ken Slaw, session facilitator. The goal was to develop the2015-18 AO Strategic Plan that would accelerate and focusthe organization’s activities in a manner consistent with theneeds of our membership and patients. The AO mission,vision, and core values were critically examined and are underrevision.

Domains of education, quality, membership and patient educa-tion/awareness were discussed and organized with the incor-poration of metrics to measure outcomes of these futureactivities, where possible and appropriate. Topics coveredincluded translating science into practice, education, ethicsand patient centered issues. The new plan should be complet-ed by October 2015 and will be shared with the membershipat that time. The key theme is optimizing member and patientbenefits on a global scale.

On July 11, the Board of Directors meeting was held. Theactivities of all AO committees were reviewed and integrationof the new strategic plan under development was initiated. Anexciting result of this meeting was the approval for a new sep-arate website for patients that should be more user friendlyand provide an additional benefit to AO members. The AOwebsite for members will also be critically evaluated and willundergo future upgrades and refinements, including streamingof live programs and development of more online continuingeducational materials. The goal will be a website that willmeet the needs of our global membership by providing educa-tional content at any time in multiple ways. The needs of ourmembership in 73 countries and especially of our young mem-bers are significant.

The global efforts of AO included the first meeting of the AOCharter Chapter Japan, held on July 26 in Tokyo, Japan. Over250 attendees made this the largest Charter Chapter meetingin this global initiative. The huge success can be attributed thesupport of Japanese implant groups working together to makethis meeting possible and all of those involved in the meeting.The AO Ambassador was Dr. Takashi Sumi and Meeting GMDr. Kunihiko Teranishi. Speakers included Drs. MichaelNorton, Stephen Jacobs, Tara Aghaloo and Japanese speak-ers Drs. Takahiro Ogawa, Hideaki Katsuyama, TadakazuObama, Eiji Funakoshi, Yoshinori Nameta, Seiichiro Kinjo,Akiyoshi Funato and Masan Suzuki. Moderators were Drs.

Toshiro Sugai, Reiji Natsubori, Kunihiko Teranishi,Yasuhiro Nosaka and Yoshiro Iida. AO is extremely gratefulto Dr. Sumi for leading this initial meeting.

Dr. Peter Moy and I will speak at the 2015 Meeting of theChinese Stomatological Association on September 26. Thiswill be another part of the AO’s global program to share thebenefits of AO membership and also promote attendance tothe 2016 AO Annual Meeting in San Diego that includes afocus on China. Chinese research and clinical innovations maynot be well known to some members. AO is committed tofacilitating the exchange of scientific and clinical knowledgeon a global level. Past AO annual meetings have includedfocus sessions on Japan and Korea.

The 31st AO Annual Meeting in San Diego is scheduled forFebruary 17-20, 2016. Speakers have been confirmed and anoutstanding scientific program has been developed by pro-gram chairman Dr. Moy and the 2016 Annual MeetingCommittee. E-posters will continue, and I expect to see arecord number of poster submissions and attendees. Thismeeting will also add a “Hands On” workshop session onWednesday afternoon, February 16, 2015 – the day before theofficial start of the main program. Several of our corporatesponsors will provide “hands on” experiences for those atten-dees who want to arrive a day early and take advantage ofthese sessions. Please look at the program book when it comesout later this year for the course descriptions and sign up earlyas there are a limited number of participants and the sessionsshould fill up to capacity quickly.

San Diego provides an amazing venue to host our meetingwith easy airline access from all over the world. SouthernCalifornia is known for its weather and there are plenty oflocal amenities. This includes beautiful beaches, golfing, shop-ping, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Safari Park,museums and restaurants. Please mark your calendars andschedule time to attend this meeting.

It is also important to note that the 2017 Annual Meeting willbe held March 16-18 in Orlando and the 2018 AnnualMeeting will be in Los Angeles on March 1-3. It is never tooearly to plan on attending these meetings as well.

The Academy of Osseointegration has a bright future ahead.It is you, our members, who continue to drive and shape thenumerous activities of this global organization. AO membersare committed to seeking and achieving the highest level oftraining, education, and quality patient care. The AO Board ofDirectors has embraced the challenge to guide the organiza-tion in new ways than in the past. Our efforts to alwaysimprove member benefits, including the Annual Meeting, aswell as upgrades to our website and global initiatives, are clearexamples of changes underway to keep AO as the premierorganization in implant dentistry.

President’s Message

AO to update strategic plan for 2015-18By Russell D. Nishimura, DDS

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I was quite interested in reading an arti-cle in the June edition of the popular

journal DentalEconomics enti-tled, “The sci-ence andeconomicsbehind a $100dollar Implant.”It focuses on twokey concerns forme, and I amsure, most den-

tists. We all want to know if a $100implant system could have long-termsuccess rates comparable to moreexpensive implants. How much moneycan we save by using one of the value ordiscount implants, and is it worth it?

The author, Dr. Albert Yoo, is a friendof mine whom I know to be a dedicatedpractitioner, but his contention that thedifference between a $400 and $100implant is $300 unfortunately may mis-lead many.

My view and that stated by the journal’seditor, Dr. Chris Saliernois, are essen-tially the same: the best way to makeimplant placement profitable is to havefewer problems, and this may have littleto do with cost of the implant.

As a young periodontist only a few yearsin practice, the creation of a loyal refer-ral base derived from happy dentists andsatisfied patients is critical for my verysurvival and hoped for later success. Ihave learned from working closely withAO member implant dentists who havebeen in practice over 30 years that den-tistry is really a back end business.Successful and profitable implant den-tistry is not about placing the implantand uncovering it three months later;instead, it has a long term definition.Sure I may be paid a few thousand dol-lars for a bone graft and implant case,but the future of my practice will comefrom that satisfied patient coming backfor more treatment and sending familyand friends, and referring dentists must

be pleased with my work, knowing theirpatients are glad they were sent to me.

Taking even a conservative approach ofa dentist sending only 10 patients ayear, I now understand that the loss ofthose patients and that referring dentistcan cost hundreds of thousands of dol-lars over the next 25 years of practice.We periodontists and oral surgeons areplacing implants frequently and byattending meetings like the AO AnnualMeeting, we all know academically notall implants are a success. There isalmost a consensus that implant repairsare not only costly but usually not veryimpressive, and many referring dentistshave more going on in their practicesthan restoring implants, and they mayonly do a few implant cases a year, sowhen a referring dentist has two orthree unhappy patients in a row, he orshe may look to another surgeon whohas no failures.

The question of making implants prof-itable is somewhat dependent on who isusing them. I know there are hundredsof implant systems used throughout theworld and they all cannot be failing. Ido not like paying $400 for an implantthat I know costs much less to produceand may be almost no different fromone priced at $100 that looks just like it.I, too, hear of colleagues having greatsuccess with low-priced implants andwish I could use one for $50, but it isimportant for me to know that the moreexpensive implant has a long trackrecord, with thousands of placements,

and has been used by hundreds of den-tists. I also find the presence of a localrepresentative, who is earning a salarypartly from my payments, to be a usefulresource for some of my less experi-enced referrers. In short, I cannot affordor at least at this time I am unwilling toexperiment with a discount implant. If Iwere a restorative dentist doing my ownimplant surgery, then the cheaperimplants might have more appeal.

I look forward to seeing some well-done, comprehensive studies comparingimplant brands, so all of us can see thedifferences, if, indeed, there are any. Iquestion why such studies do not exist.Profitable implant practice, from myperspective, does not start with the costof materials, but with the approach totreatment, the comprehensive evalua-tion, treatment planning of the entirepatient, including, of course, a thoroughmedical history. The emphasis on oralhygiene and frequent maintenance andaccurate timely radiographs and, mostimportant, good communication withmy referring dentist are key to complet-ing a successful and profitable implantcase. Yes, I know I will lose some cases.I already have, because the patients whoare sent only for a prescription surgerycan get it cheaper from another dentist,using less expensive implants. If one daythey are shown be as effective as theones I presently use, I will be joiningthem. Until now, I will keep going theway I have and hope the back end willbe my reward.

How much money can discount implantssave, and is it worth it?By Dr. Navid Rahmani, Academy News Editorial Consultant

Dr. Rahmani

The theme Program Chair Dr. Peter K. Moy, Los Angeles, and the commit-tee have created for AO’s 31st Annual Meeting, February 17-20, 2016, in SanDiego, CA, is “Globalization of Implant Dentistry, A World Collaboration.”

The deadline for abstracts for Clinical Innovations, Oral Research (Scientificand Clinical) and Electronic Poster (Scientific, Clinical and Case Studies) wasSeptember 4. An important part of the program will be a “Focus on China,” thethird in a series of AO Annual Meeting symposia dedicated to a single country.

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The Academy News Committee isproud to add five new members to itsranks of contributors. You will seetheir names and faces in upcomingissues of the News and we welcomethem on the News team.

First is Dr. Lourdes Ann Christopher,a periodontist in private practice limitedto periodonticsand implantol-ogy in FallsChurch, VA,with her hus-band, Dr.MehrdadFavagehi. Shereceived herundergraduateeducation atWellesley College in Massachusetts,then a BDS and a DDS from theUniversity of Illinois in her nativeChicago. Before becoming a periodon-tist, Dr. Christopher served in the U.S.Public Health Service as a GeneralDentist with the rank of Lieutenant.Unlike her father, uncles, and grandfa-ther, she decided not to become anorthodontist and completed her peri-odontics residency at The Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus, where shereceived her MS degree from theDepartment of Oral Biology. She is aDiplomate of the American Board ofPeriodontology.

Dr. Favagehi, well known as the Chairof the AO Research SubmissionsCommittee whorecently guidedthe introductionof electronicposters at theAnnualMeeting, alsojoins theAcademy NewsCommittee. He,too, is aDiplomate of the American Board ofPeriodontology. He received a BS inBiology from George MasonUniversity and earned his DDS fromthe Medical College of Virginia, of theVirginia Commonwealth University.

He completed periodontics specialtytraining at The Ohio State University,where he also received an MS degree.Drs. Favagehi and Christopher live inMcLean, VA, with their daughter,Dana, and son, Zachary.

Dr. Paul A. Fugazzotto, Milton, MA,maintains a private practice in peri-odontics andimplant therapy.He has pub-lished widelyand is SeniorEditor ofImplant Realitiesand the pastU.S. ITI Study ClubCoordinator. Dr.Fugazzotto received his DDS fromNew York University and certificate inadvanced graduate studies in peri-odontology from Boston University.He is a visiting lecturer at the HarvardUniversity and Tufts UniversitySchools of Dentistry.

Dr. Stephen L. Jacobs, BDS, MJDF,RCS (Eng), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, ageneral practicedentist wellknown as ViceChair of the AOGlobal ProgramDevelopmentCommittee,brings the per-spective of ateacher andmentor who is onthe editorial board of three journals andruns a variety of courses at this practice,including a comprehensive year coursefor those wanting to get started in thefield of implantology, sinus grafting, andrestorative programs. Dr. Jacobs quali-fied from Birmingham University andstarted in implant dentistry in 1992.Since then, he has placed/restored sev-eral thousand implants and carried outover 1,000 sinus grafts. He is a pastpresident of the Association of DentalImplantology, a founding Board mem-ber of PEERS UK, and the ScientificChairman of the ADI.

Dr. Tolga Fikret Tolzum, Ankara,Turkey, becomes the Academy NewsCommittee’sthird activemember fromoutside the U.S.He is a Fellowof the Academyand a memberof the AO andOF ResearchGrantsCommittee andthe Website Education Committee.He serves as an editorial board mem-ber of 20 journals. Dr. Tolzum gradu-ated from Gazi University, Faculty ofDentistry, Turkey, with the TopStudent Award in 1998. He completedhis integrated post-graduate clinicaleducation in periodontics and PhDtraining in bone metabolism atHacettepe University, Turkey, and theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor.He is Professor of Periodontics andAssociate Dean of Dentistry atHacettepe University and also servesas associate professor at the Universityof Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

It is a pleasure to introduce these newcontributors to your quarterly issues ofthe Academy News. Editor Dr. BruceBarr, Virginia Beach, VA (periodon-tist) chairs the committee. Returningcommittee members include Drs.Louis R. Guenin, London, England(general practice), Archie A. Jones,San Antonio, TX (periodontist),Harriet K. McGraw, Harbor Springs,MI (general practice), NavidRahmani, New York, NY (periodon-tist), and Robert L. Schneider, IowaCity, IA (prosthodontist).

Academy News welcomes five new editors

Dr. Lourdes Christopher

Dr. Mehrdad Favagehi

Dr. Paul Fugazzotto

Dr. Stephen Jacobs

Dr. Tolga Fikret Tolzum

Update member contact infoat www.osseo.orgDo we have your current informationfor the Membership Directory?Members may update their contactinformation online at osseo.org, orsend an email to Barbara Hartmann,barbarahartmann@osseo.org.

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Having completed a very successfulCharter Chapter Meeting in Tokyo,Japan, in late July, under the leadershipof Dr. Takashi Sumi, AO’s global reachwill extend into the continent of Africafor the first time with plans for an out-reach program at the international meet-ing of the Southern African Associationof Osseointegration (SAAO) in Durban,South Africa, November 3-5 2016.

AO’s first Charter Chapter Meeting inLondon, England, UK, in September2012 has now been followed by meet-ings in Tel Aviv, Israel (February 2014),a second UK meeting (July 2014),Milan, Italy (September 2014), Madrid,Spain (November 2014), Pune, India(January 2015), and Tokyo.

In addition, the Academy began spon-soring a symposium at the FDI’s AnnualWorld Dental Congress with a program

at the meeting in Istanbul, Turkey(August 2013). A symposium was alsoheld at the FDI Annual WorldCongress in September 2014 (NewDelhi, India) and another is planned forSeptember 2015 (Bangkok, Thailand).

Attendance at the Japan CharterChapter meeting, attracting almost 300delegates, made it the best attended AOmeeting run outside the NorthAmerican continent. For a first handreport from one of the participants inthe meeting, see President Dr. RussellNishimura’s message on page 2 of thisnewsletter. Also, see the meeting reportby Dr. Stephen Jacobs on page 1.

AO will organize and present an out-reach session during SAAO’s secondinternational conference, whose themewill be “Implantology, The RoadAhead.” The focus will be on new con-

cepts that can lead to predictable treat-ment outcomes. The organizers say itwill provide a good opportunity to pro-mote the brand of AO and recruit addi-tional membership from the expected300-400 delegates attending.

The attractive venue chosen is theConference Centre at the ElangeniHotel on the beach front in Durban,South Africa, conveniently situated onDurban’s Golden Mile, with close accessto the newly renovated promenadeextending from the Ushaka MarineWorld to the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

The organizing committee is led by AOmember Dr. John Bronner andincludes SAAO President Dr. BlackieSwart, also an Academy member. AO’s Global Program DevelopmentCommittee is now working on develop-ing a new round of Charter Chapters.

AO completes successful Japan Charter ChapterMeeting, plans 2016 program in South AfricaBy Dr. Michael R. Norton, Chair, Committee on Global Program Development

Academy into the foremost international dental implant orga-nization in existence.

The morning was given over to the international speakers,with Dr. Michael R. Norton, London, England, UK, AOVice President and Chair of the Global ProgramDevelopment Committee, followed by Dr. Stephen L. Jacobs,Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Vice Chair of the Global ProgramDevelopment Committee, presenting the first two lectures onimmediate implant placement, including options of managingthe immediate provisionalization of adjacent anterior teeth.

After a short break, Professor Tara L. Aghaloo, Los Angeles,CA, AO Board Member, delivered her lecture on Alveolar BoneRegeneration and Tissue Engineering. These first three lectureswere assisted by simultaneous translation into Japanese.

A traditional Japanese lunch was followed by six short lecturesby some of our most prominent Japanese members, inJapanese, with the subject matter including inter-implant softtissue management, 3-dimensional site development, sinusaugmentation and photo functionalization. The speakers wereDrs. Takahiro Ogawa, Los Angeles, CA, HideakiKatsuyama, Yokohama, Japan, Tadakazu Obama, EijiFunakoshi, Fukuoka, Japan, Yoshinori Nameta, Tokyo,Seiichiro Kinjo, Okinawa, Japan, Akiyoshi Funato, Ishikawa,Japan, and Masana Suzuki.

The quality of all the presentations was outstanding, withsound scientific basis, relevant clinical applications and a veryhigh quality of clinical cases and photography.

The meeting closed with Dr. Norton thanking Dr. Sumi forhis exceptionally hard work in arranging everything, and final-ly to invite everyone in attendance to meet again in SanDiego, for the AO Annual Meeting in February 2016.

Many delegates, speakers and moderators then gathered in alocal cafe/bar, for a Kampai, and farewell.

As stated earlier, AO’s largest meeting held outside the NorthAmerican Continent was an outstanding success, hopefullyresulting in many new AO members and a great endorsementfor the Charter Chapter program.

The Japanese Charter Chapter was able to assemble many ofthe Japanese implant associations under the AO banner, andthe Chapter will organize further meetings in due course.Charter Chapters already established in the United Kingdom,Israel, Spain and Italy are already planning their next meetings.

With that in mind, the Global Program DevelopmentCommittee welcomes any members not based in the UnitedStates who are interested in setting up a Charter Chapter intheir country, to approach Dr. Jacobs, Dr. Norton, or the AOoffice, for any further information.

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In 1985, he turned his focus to implant dentistry and beganselling door-to-door Monday through Thursday of each week,and then using the money he made those days to fly toimplant meetings around the country – including the first AOmeetings at Dallas’ Loews Anatole Hotel in the 1980s.

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Aiding young entrepreneurs has become a passion for Salvin.“I was fortunate enough to be able to start and grow mydream business,” says Salvin, who has launched an interview-ing skills program called the Salvin Success Program. “I focuson ways to help young people understand that it is possible forall of them to be successful if they develop the right skills.”

The Salvin Success Program is focused primarily on the col-lege-aged children of Salvin customers. “Today it is very com-petitive to get an ideal job or get into medical, dental, or lawschool,” says Salvin. “While these young people are oftensuperstars, many just do not have the interview skills that ittakes to make them stand out.” This is where Salvin and hismanagement team come in. Each summer they bring the col-

lege students – typically between their junior and senioryears – in for a week of interview training and one-on onecoaching on video. And the program works. “Many of theseyoung people have gone on to be accepted to their chosenschool or job, and become successful physicians, dentists,lawyers, and other professionals,” says Salvin.

Salvin and his partners also host his employees and their fami-lies for School Supply Night each year, during which theyprovide dinner and then purchase all of the year’s school sup-plies for each employee’s children and grandchildren. Theprogram has been featured numerous times in the media, andhas been very effective for many companies in getting childrenexcited about school.

When he’s not working with Salvin Dental or helping othersin the business community, Salvin enjoys exploring his love forphotography. He shoots all of the product photography forthe Salvin catalogue, but his true creative inspiration lies intravel, wildlife, and portrait photography. He enjoys travelingaround the world, capturing dramatic images, and each yearhe spends several weeks pursuing this interest and expandinghis knowledge at photography workshops.

For 26 years, he has been married to Susan Salvin, formerdirector of the Presbyterian Children’s Hospital in Charlotte.They have both served on the board of trustees of the BlueRidge Parkway Foundation, which supports one of the mostvisited national parks in the United States. He also serves onthe board of Clarion Research Group, a Pennsylvania-basedbiotech company. After more than 30 years of business, Salvincontinues to be active both as the Founder and CEO of SalvinDental, and as an entrepreneur giving back to his community.

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Fifty-four students from dental schools across the country were selected to receive theAcademy of Osseointegration’s 2015 Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award.

Each winner receives a free year of AO membership, a complimentary subscription to theInternational Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants (IJOMI), paid registration for next year’sAnnual Meeting in San Diego, CA, certificate, name plate that goes on the plaque at eachschool, and a $500 check.

Recipients of the 2015 Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry, selected by theirschools, are:

Ashley AbaieMidwestern University,College of Dental Medicine

Jameena AbdulkareemUniversity of California, LosAngeles School of Dentistry

Kenton C. AndrycUniversity of Pittsburgh,School of Dental Medicine

Laura R. BarresUniversity at Buffalo,School of Dental Medicine

Sarah J. BaxterUniversity of Michigan,School of Dentistry

Travis A. BellUniversity of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill Schoolof Dentistry

Gregary BoehmeOregon Health & SciencesUniversity School of Dentistry

Kyle D. BowenCreighton University,School of Dentistry

Anthony BrungoArizona University School ofDentistry & Oral Health

Brian BursethUniversity of Minnesota,School of Dentistry

Chad B. CarterUniversity of Oklahoma,College of Dentistry

Austin DalyColumbia University,College of Dental Medicine

Myles T. DavidsonUniversity of MissouriKansas City Schoolof Dentistry

Jacqueline DelashGeorgia Regents UniversityCollege of Dental Medicine

Alyssa V. EdwardsUniversity of Texas, Schoolof Dentistry at Houston

Oluwole O. FadahunsiUniversity of Pennsylvania,School of Dental Medicine

Christian S. FaveroUniversity of the PacificArthur A. DugoniSchool of Dentistry

Andrew FennellUniversity of Alabama atBirmingham Schoolof Dentistry

Hilary Sartain GrimmUniversity of Mississippi,School of Dentistry

V. Patrick HallUniversity of Louisville,School of Dentistry

Adam HammerbeckMarquette UniversitySchool of Dentistry

Marc A. HarrisonCase Western ReserveUniversity School ofDental Medicine

Brandyn HermanUniversity of Nevada,Las Vegas School ofDental Medicine

Ryan L. HirschiIndiana University,School of Dentistry

Arman HovhannisyanUniversity of SouthernCalifornia Herman OstrowSchool of Dentistry

Jack HuaUniversity of Texas HealthSciences Center at SanAntonio Dental School

David JacobsUniversity of Detroit MercySchool of Dentistry

Carly M. JoehlSouthern Illinois University,School of Dental Medicine

Robert E. R. JohnsonUniversity of Colorado,School of Dental Medicine

Arman M. Abedi JoniUniversity of Washington,School of Dentistry

Matthew J. KeckeisenMedical University of SouthCarolina James B. EdwardsCollege of Dental Medicine

Tommy LamUniversity of Maryland,School of Dentistry

Matthew McAndrewUniversity of Florida,College of Dentistry

Scott McNaughtonUniversity of Iowa, Collegeof Dentistry & Dental Clinics

Fabia E. Mendoza-AponteUniversity of Puerto RicoSchool of Dental MedicineMedical Sciences Campus

So Youn MinUniversity of California, SanFrancisco School of Dentistry

Jake E. ModeryTexas A & M University,Baylor College of Dentistry

Travis NesbittRutgers University,School of Dental Medicine

Phillip NguyenVirginia CommonwealthUniversity Schoolof Dentistry

Lydia ParkLoma Linda University,School of Dentistry

Long Kim PhungTemple University,Kornberg School ofDentistry

Evelyn PrietoNova SoutheasternUniversity, College ofDental Medicine

Katherine L. RothermelLouisiana State University,School of Dentistry

Mallika RupaniNew York University,College of Dentistry

Sepideh SabooreeTufts University,School of Medicine

Sara Saremi, DMDBoston University,Henry Goldman Schoolof Dental Medicine

Academy honors 54 OutstandingStudents in Implant Dentistry

…continued on page 13

Dr. Andrew Spielman, Professor andAssociate Dean, presents the New YorkUniversity College of Dentistry'sOutstanding Dental Student in ImplantDentistry to Dr. Mallika Rupani.

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Academy Honors 54 Outstanding Students in Implant Dentistry …continued from page 11

Mark SchiblerOhio State University,College of Dentistry

Eric Smith, DMDUniversity of ConnecticutSchool of Dental Medicine

Ethan P. TruongUniversity of TennesseeHealth Science Center

Cory M. WilkinsonUniversity of NebraskaMedical Center

Dustin WyldeUniversity of Illinois atChicago, School of Dentistry

Lauren YuraWest Virginia University,School of Dentistry

Lee ZamosUniversity of Kentucky,College of Dentistry

Jessica ZuckerStony Brook University,School of Dental Medicine

past and we seek to balance the disparate realities of the idealcolliding with the corporate. What does the Board mean whenthey say they want AO to be the premier implant organization?The real growth in implant dentistry from a corporate perspec-tive is among the non-specialist less experienced restorativedentists, but it is not warning of a Neopagan counterculturemovement or an iconoclastic or condescending view to presentthat the real science, complex techniques, and the majority ofthe new truths will likely come from the specialists, if indeedthe term specialist has any validity.

Corporate support is, of course, influenced by scale of num-bers, and there is no innate loyalty to one implant organiza-tion or another, and yet without such financial support AO’smeetings as we know and expect them to be will cease to exist,but without our credibility, we would.

AO coalesced in a small room with a small number of people,even though other implant organizations existed, for the sole pur-pose of sharing and exploring scientific and clinical truths. Weshould want an organization like AO and a journal like TheInternational Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants (IJOMI) toexist, that is not parochially mired in promoting one discipline ofdentistry over another, not controlled by corporate interests, notfocused on addressing how to achieve the largest margins of prof-it, not trapped in unexamined dogma, but constantly exploringand expanding what is considered the truth at the time. It doesnot happen by random selection. We must twirl high above ourheads and throw out our own lassos around the leadership, thecorporations, the speakers, and ourselves to insure we at AO areexposed to the truest science and techniques of the time, so wecan be the implant superheroes our patients already think we are,and we are always in the process of becoming.

Editor’s Editorial …continued from page 14

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Diana Prince was the name WonderWoman used while working undercov-er as a secretary for U.S. military intel-ligence. Female AO members will beheartened to know that even thoughassigned that role, she was the firstwoman allowed on the seven-membersuperhero justice society council that,as you would expect, includedSuperman. Some could say we have ourown large superhero society with the

board of directors and various committee members and eventhe entire membership to help us seek implant justice andtruth. Although Diana’s name was false, her magic lasso wasreal and whoever she captured was forced to tell the truth. Theconcept of truth explored from the ancient philosophers,through hundreds of religions, expressed in art and fromshamans to present day scientists is not always a static one. Totake the title of Pope John Paul II’s 1996 document to thePontifical Academy of Sciences a little out of context, the truthcannot contradict the truth, but in implant dentistry, maybe so?

For most, the primary reason we belong to AO is to verifythat what we are doing in practice is, indeed, true, and to beexposed to the latest better truths we may choose to incorpo-rate. As mentioned in previous editorials, materials, tech-niques, technology, and concepts are changing rapidly. It willonly be a span of a few years until carbon infused 3D printedimplants will be produced in our offices and a few years moreuntil genetic engineering allows the regrowth of teeth, makingthe insertion of metal screws into human jaws, with all itsnuances, as obsolete as sex in developed countries for singlegene defect-free fertilization. At some point, photosyntheticskin patches may reduce teeth to a vestigial appendage, andfuture scholars may prove there was, indeed, some interbreeding between oral surgeons and periodontists, and oralsurgeons really did have written language. Until then, wework within the concept of osseointegration and patientfocused care, best achieved through collaboration, often withdental specialists, as the guiding truths of AO. However, toparaphrase the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer whose deci-sion to move to Frankfort was partially influenced by access toa skillful dentist, our reason is in the hard-pressed service ofthe will. It is not great revelation to acknowledge that thetruth of some of our science is certainly subject to subjectivity.

We dentists often labor to force implant dentistry to thehumanist view that we are different from all nature and withour self-anointed free will can be its master, as opposed to theDarwinian naturalist view that we are an accident of naturalselection, a result of variation with selective retentions verymuch a part of the natural world. It is this humanistic attemptto duplicate and even at times in the care of our patients try toimprove upon nature that may result in frustration and some-

times outright failures, and this is the perennial challenge thatkeeps implant dentistry and AO vital, poised to search for newtruths. In addition, for the majority of members there is theadded challenge of delivering such care in a private practicesetting with the most advanced techniques and materials, yetprofit margins must be achieved.

At one time, it was true implants were not predictably success-ful and had no place in routine practice; now they are an inte-gral part of dentistry. At one time, according to the Harvardstudy, a five-year 75% success rate was a reasonable goal; nowwe expect 96% lifetime success which may be only half true. Atone time, it was true implants could not be radiographed dur-ing insertion or healing, and abutments not tightened withouta counter torque or loaded immediately. We want to hold truethat the premium implants are better than the value or dis-count, yet few make known the alternative shadow truth: fewpay anything close to list premium price, regardless of advertis-ing to the contrary. Once the finest minds on Earth knew itwas true that the world was flat and the sun revolved around it.

At this time, AO still holds true that the best results come froma collaborative approach, often involving some specialists, andthis seems hard to refute, as we learn more about the uncon-scious – keeping in mind, the mind. Like breathing, or drivinga car, we do not understand how we essentially subconsciouslyprocess so much information accurately. According to the workof Lisbet, there is the perplexing concept that the electricalimpulse initiating action takes place a half second before weconsciously act. It has been postulated we may be processing 14million bits of information a second yet the bandwidth of con-sciousness maybe be only 18 bits, and so we may have con-scious access to only about one millionth of the information weuse to survive. How accurate these estimations are is subject todiscussion, but just as the musician loses himself in a piece andthe athlete plays "in the zone," we dentists after some years ofstudy and practice find what is produced during surgery andprosthetics is also “in the zone” and more than just linear tech-niques strung together, but in a sense, especially between expe-rienced practitioners, implant quantum coherence.

How AO will evolve over the next few years is an intriguingquestion as the primordial days of osseointegration are long

Editor’s Editorial

Half truths and two times truths and Diana Prince’s lassoBy Bruce Barr, DDS, Newsletter Editor

Dr. Bruce Barr

…continued on page 13

The Editor’s Editorial is intended to contribute to the dialogue onissues important to implant dentists. The views expressed in the editorial do not necessarily reflect the policy of the Academy of Osseo-integration or its Board of Directors. Readers who would like to com-ment or express a point of view on the editorial are invited to write tothe editor via email at implants@barrperio.com. We willendeavor to publish pertinent comments or views when space permits.

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