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practice and it will be interesting to see if this develops further in Australasia. Asgeir Sigurdsson continued the geology theme with some great photography of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupting in his native Iceland. He also covered the very broad topic of dental trauma management, with a wealth of clinical cases with long-term follow-up. Asgeir also presented on pain management, drawing on his years of managing the facial pain clinic at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. This complimented his earlier lecture on pain pathways to the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Endo- dontists 2 days earlier. Stanley Malamed was both entertaining and educa- tional in his update of anaesthetic techniques and then of emergency medicine. With both issues, he strongly emphasised the importance of managing patients’ anxieties by communication and counselling, in addi- tion to using drugs. A reassured and calm patient is more tolerant of uncomfortable procedures and is less likely to have an adverse medical event. Stanley also has high hopes that neutral pH local anaesthetics now being developed with added sodium bicarbonate will be much more effective than the current acidic products. Other lecturers included Elizabeth Martin, Michelle Heffernan, Peter Cathro, Gary Bouloux, Paul Monsour, Paul Abbott, Paul Heijkoop and John Stropko. They addressed resin composites, pulp regeneration, irriga- tion, bisphosphonates, cone beam radiography, clinical protocols, resorption and obturation, respectively. All these lectures were excellent, but the details were too numerous to cover here. The Trans Tasman Endodontic Conference was an excellent educational event. Looking forward, the Victorian ASE’s 2011 program is a fine one, too. Anne Harrison will be talking about irrigation on 16 March 2011 at University House. The advanced NiTi course will be held on 27 May 2011 at Kooyong Tennis Club again, and then on 15 June there will be a half-day joint meeting with the Australian Periodontology Society at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The subject will be combined endodontic and periodontal lesion management. Back at University House, the current University of Melbourne endodontic postgraduates will present some cases on 31 August 2011. Finally on 26 October 2011, Professor Rick Walton from the University of Iowa and local endodontists Alan Nerwich and Chankhrit Sathorn will speak on current issues in endodontics. The venue is yet to be advised. Martin Gale State Correspondent South Australia 2011 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for South Aus- tralia endodontically as there are not only the local ASE branch meetings but also our federal pre-congress session to be held in Brisbane on 30 March. To those who have joined the SA branch for the first time this year – welcome and hope you will find the meetings informa- tive and enjoyable. Our 2011 program kicks off with a presentation on the neurosurgical treatment options for trigeminal neuralgia and intractable facial pain by a local neurosurgeon, Asso- ciate Professor Andrew Zacest. Topics covered over the remainder of this year will be focused on returning to and improving the basics of endodontics with Dr Ian Trantor speaking on 10 May and Professor Paul Abbott on 19 August for the Geoffrey Heithersay Oration lecture. Finally, the year will be closed with our annual general meeting and research presentation by our soon-to-be endodontist, Dr Mark Stenhouse. At this time, I would like to share a brief report on the IFEA conference held in Athens on 4–6 October 2010. The ‘topic of current times’ involves the exciting new advances in the realms of regenerative pulp therapy. There is much research being undertaken to determine which factors affect pulpal regeneration and also to improve the predictability of this procedure. This will be discussed comprehensively by Professor Ken Hargreaves who will be presenting at the ADA Congress in Brisbane. As endodontics also deals with the man- agement of infected root canal systems, it was exciting to see the advances in chemical and mechanical disin- fection protocols available to clinicians, which may better allow us to disinfect these intricate root canal systems and improve treatment outcome for our patients. Overall, this was an invaluable opportunity to keep one’s fingers on the pulse of contemporary endo- dontics and attendance at the next IFEA conference (Tokyo, 2013) is highly recommended. Have a fantastic 2011 and see you at an ASE meeting. Vivian Liu State Correspondent Western Australia It was pleasing that the 2010 complimentary Christmas dinner for the ASE members was very well attended. Professor Geoff Heithersay enlightened us at this dinner meeting by sharing his extensive endodontic career expe- rience. The night was titled ‘What would Geoff do?’ State Reports 40 © 2011 The Author Australian Endodontic Journal © 2011 Australian Society of Endodontology
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practice and it will be interesting to see if this developsfurther in Australasia.
Asgeir Sigurdsson continued the geology theme withsome great photography of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanoerupting in his native Iceland. He also covered the verybroad topic of dental trauma management, with a wealthof clinical cases with long-term follow-up. Asgeir alsopresented on pain management, drawing on his years ofmanaging the facial pain clinic at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.This complimented his earlier lecture on pain pathwaysto the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Endo-dontists 2 days earlier.
Stanley Malamed was both entertaining and educa-tional in his update of anaesthetic techniques and thenof emergency medicine. With both issues, he stronglyemphasised the importance of managing patients’anxieties by communication and counselling, in addi-tion to using drugs. A reassured and calm patient ismore tolerant of uncomfortable procedures and is lesslikely to have an adverse medical event. Stanley alsohas high hopes that neutral pH local anaestheticsnow being developed with added sodium bicarbonatewill be much more effective than the current acidicproducts.
Other lecturers included Elizabeth Martin, MichelleHeffernan, Peter Cathro, Gary Bouloux, Paul Monsour,Paul Abbott, Paul Heijkoop and John Stropko. Theyaddressed resin composites, pulp regeneration, irriga-tion, bisphosphonates, cone beam radiography, clinicalprotocols, resorption and obturation, respectively. Allthese lectures were excellent, but the details weretoo numerous to cover here. The Trans TasmanEndodontic Conference was an excellent educationalevent.
Looking forward, the Victorian ASE’s 2011 program isa fine one, too. Anne Harrison will be talking aboutirrigation on 16 March 2011 at University House. Theadvanced NiTi course will be held on 27 May 2011 atKooyong Tennis Club again, and then on 15 June therewill be a half-day joint meeting with the AustralianPeriodontology Society at the Melbourne Conventionand Exhibition Centre. The subject will be combinedendodontic and periodontal lesion management. Back atUniversity House, the current University of Melbourneendodontic postgraduates will present some cases on 31August 2011. Finally on 26 October 2011, ProfessorRick Walton from the University of Iowa and localendodontists Alan Nerwich and Chankhrit Sathorn willspeak on current issues in endodontics. The venue is yetto be advised.
Martin GaleState Correspondent
South Australia2011 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for South Aus-tralia endodontically as there are not only the local ASEbranch meetings but also our federal pre-congress sessionto be held in Brisbane on 30 March. To those who havejoined the SA branch for the first time this year –welcome and hope you will find the meetings informa-tive and enjoyable.
Our 2011 program kicks off with a presentation on theneurosurgical treatment options for trigeminal neuralgiaand intractable facial pain by a local neurosurgeon, Asso-ciate Professor Andrew Zacest. Topics covered over theremainder of this year will be focused on returning to andimproving the basics of endodontics with Dr Ian Trantorspeaking on 10 May and Professor Paul Abbott on 19August for the Geoffrey Heithersay Oration lecture.Finally, the year will be closed with our annual generalmeeting and research presentation by our soon-to-beendodontist, Dr Mark Stenhouse.
At this time, I would like to share a brief report onthe IFEA conference held in Athens on 4–6 October2010. The ‘topic of current times’ involves the excitingnew advances in the realms of regenerative pulptherapy. There is much research being undertaken todetermine which factors affect pulpal regeneration andalso to improve the predictability of this procedure. Thiswill be discussed comprehensively by Professor KenHargreaves who will be presenting at the ADA Congressin Brisbane. As endodontics also deals with the man-agement of infected root canal systems, it was excitingto see the advances in chemical and mechanical disin-fection protocols available to clinicians, which maybetter allow us to disinfect these intricate root canalsystems and improve treatment outcome for ourpatients. Overall, this was an invaluable opportunity tokeep one’s fingers on the pulse of contemporary endo-dontics and attendance at the next IFEA conference(Tokyo, 2013) is highly recommended.
Have a fantastic 2011 and see you at an ASE meeting.
Vivian LiuState Correspondent
Western AustraliaIt was pleasing that the 2010 complimentary Christmasdinner for the ASE members was very well attended.Professor Geoff Heithersay enlightened us at this dinnermeeting by sharing his extensive endodontic career expe-rience. The night was titled ‘What would Geoff do?’
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