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Report of the 12th International Congress of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology

Finally, I thank you very much again for your attendance and kind cooperation, and also apologize for any
inconvenience incurred by delay in sending out the congress program. We certainly appreciate your understanding.
 

I trust that you and your family are happy and in the best of health returning to your homelands. First of all, “Thank you very much for your great support for the 12th International Congress of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology in Osaka”. Approximately 500 participants were in attendance from 28 countries of the world during the six days of the Congress. Nearly 200 professional and scientific reports were presented including oral and poster presentations and courses. The members of the organizing committee did their every effort to make Osaka IADMFR Congress unique, pleasant, comfortable and fruitful for every participant. For example, all the presenters of poster were requested to make a presentation at the podium followed by the discussion time.

Therefore many people could join the open discussion and questions from the floor after thorough view of the posters. The poster presenters could have the audience fully understood their opinions. Masami Fujisita in  charge of the poster session accomplished the task taking proper measures to meet this new trial. Shusaburo Uemura, our Vice President, carefully arranged programs of all presentations. Shigenobu, Kanda worked very hard to organize the precongress course with the help of the excellent lecturers. I wish to acknowledge a number of colleagues who were very active in supporting the Congress. These include, but are not limited to Souhei Furukawa, Akitoshi Jikko, Shumei Murakami, and Akira Takahashi. Special lectures with impressive topics by Dr. Kazuo Suzuki, Dr.Sven Kreiborg and Dr. Hans-Goran Grondahl. Dr. Lars Hollender, Dr. Robert P. langlais and Dr. Dale A. Miles gave educational lectures, which many general dentists attended.

Poster Awards were given to three excellent poster presenters as follows. Dr. C. J. Nortje (Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa), Dr. Takashi Kaneda (Nihon Univ. School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan), Dr. Kyung-A. Kim(Chonbok National Unv. , Korea). DMFR Prize, which is given to the best manuscript published in our journal, Dento Maxillofacial Radiology since the last IADMFR Congress, was given to Dr. Mizue Ida, Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Japan.
Widely acclaimed and attended by many people were these social events during the Congress as follows.

Welcome party with demonstration of martial art. Opening ceremony with mini concert performed by Kyoto  Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Yonosin Koseki carefully selected the tunes. President reception with evening tour to Osaka Bay area. Banquet with ShakuhachiJapanese Bamboo Fruit followed by a live performance of jazz band. The guests also enjoyed singing and dancing. Farewell party with piano and furthermore, songs by the President Fuchihata and me (as a matter of fact, everybody began to go home after our performances).

Accompanying persons’ programs were so variable and exciting. “Origami” the art of folding paper into
various figures and the class of beautiful art flowers, which was also decorated on the podium. The class how to clad Kimono. Making mini Uchiwa (Japanese fans), Chigirie (the art of tearing Japanese paper into a picture or pattern). The class of Calligraphy and Tanabata (Star Festival). Tea ceremony prior to the banquet. At welcome party, every man colleague was frightened to see the demonstration of the martial art “Naginata” a long pole sword by high school girl students which Samurai’s wife used to master in a feudal days in Japan. These programs were fully supported by many volunteers of good will who are the friends of President’s wife, Mrs. Chikako Fuchihata, and Miss Ryoko Kakiuchi, our secretary of Executive Committee. Among the events our organizing committee planned, the golf tournament was started in spite of a huge downpour of rain and many participants merrily enjoyed various special tours. These events gave many opportunities to meet friends and make new contacts to all the participants, which we sincerely   hoped through the Congress.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to radiologists, company representatives and all those who have contributed in whatever way to the securing the success of Osaka Congress. I felt confident that Osaka Congress under the leadership of President Fuchihata marked another milestone in the continuous tradition of IADMFR as well as the previous Congresses. We were very happy to have the attendance of these past presidents, Dr. Yoshishige Fujiki, Dr. Karl-Ake Omnell, Dr. Abdul Adatia, Dr. Levente Pataky and Dr. Dong Soo You. Under the guidance of these mentors, IADMFR has been right on track to move forward. The fruits of the advancement in the field of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology were compiled at Osaka Congress, the last IADMFR Congress in the 20th century. We have to move on into the new century for further development of IADMFR.

See you in Glasgow in 2001.
 
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 The XIIth ICDMFR held June 26 - July 1 in Osaka, Japan, was a rousing success in every respect, from the
Osaka Chamber Orchestra at the Opening Ceremony to the spectacular Closing Party in the restaurant atop the Congress venue, the Rihga Royal Hotel. The hotel, incidentally, can only be described as posh. For example, I had never before seen an automobile dealership in a hotel shopping mall; in this case it was a Mercedes-Benz showroom. It was also a wedding factory. At times there were queues of brides in the hall awaiting access to the two chapels. There was an office, fully staffed, devoted exclusively to weddings.

The science of the Congress continues to improve, in both quality and quantity. There were two concurrent oral sessions each half day, plus a large array of posters. Advancements reported were evolutionary rather than revolutionary, which indicates that our discipline is maturing. Please forgive my generalization here. I cannot refer to any specific worthy papers without (1) getting excessively long or (2) omitting somebody.

The social programs were organized as only the Japanese can do it. The banquet was especially memorable, a marveous buffet dinner, prepared as you watch. My wife and I were especially engrossed when the band played and the very oriental chanteuse sang “Tennessee Waltz” (they missed an obvious dedication).
Spouses’ programs were also memorable. My wife returned with examples from the class in origami (that’s paper folding), a photo of herself fully dressed in kimono and all accessories, and very tired feet from a nine-hour walking tour of downtown Osaka. There were also day trips to the ancient cities of Kyoto and Nara, and to the famous whirlpool at the eastern end of the inland sea between Honshu and Shikoku Islands. The latter included crossing the brand new and world’s longest (almost 4 km) single-span suspension bridge. It is interesting that the recent Kobe earthquake increased its design length by one meter.

Only the weather failed to cooperate. We should have realized that it was rainy season when the first thing we saw on entering the hotel (and most everywhere else we went) was a long row of racks for wet umbrellas. One merely placed a wet umbrella in an empty slot, turned the adjacent key which locked it in place, and took the key only to return it later to retrieve one’s umbrella—rather like an airport locker. Even shops and buses provided long thin plastic bags in which to insert dripping umbrellas to prevent wet floors.

My wife and I could not restrict our visit to the Osaka area. After the Congress we spent ten days seeing the sights as far west as Hiroshima and east to Tokyo. In all of this we saw only one person that we recognized from the Congress. Most of us think of Japan as long thin islands running north-south. There is a 90-degree bend at Tokyo and the southern portion of the islands lies mostly east-west. [Sorry I could not resist a little geography lesson.] The citizens of Hiroshima have done a magnificent rebuild, devoting a large area surrounding the hypocenter to a beautiful Peace Park. Photos of the 1945 devastation in the museum, though, are rather sickening. The city is dedicated to “No more Hiroshimas.” Our most vivid memory of Tokyo was the hordes of people on the sidewalks during morning and afternoon rush hours. It was reminiscent of the crowds we encountered emerging from stadiums at the 1996 (note the four-digit date) Olympic Games. Shopping was a gadgeteer’s paradise, an endless array of devices mechanical, electric, and especially electronic. Hakone National Park provided a restful respite from the frenetic pace of the cities. It was near Tokyo, but in the mountains that comprise most of the Japanese land mass.

There was literally nothing to criticize from the Congress. One rather easy addition to registration packets at future congresses would be a list of attendees (at least those preregistered), including addresses. I cannot recall such being provided at previous congresses. These lists are distributed at many meetings, and most find them quite useful.

What a tough act to follow! Glasgow, your challenge is before you. I am eagerly awaiting your response,
which is fully expected to be a XIIIth ICDMFR that is better than ever.
 
 
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Glasgow 2001 - 13th International Congress of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology

Now that we can all reflect on the excellent Congress organised by Professor Fuchihata and his efficient
team in Osaka this summer, it is time to start to look forward to the next international meeting in 2001. In this first year of the next millennium we will be gathering in Scotland, on the opposite side of the world to this year’s meeting. The Organising Committee have also decided to change the timing of the Congress, which will take place from 4 - 8 August, including the Pre-Congress Course.

August is a holiday month in the United Kingdom, and for many other people in the northern hemisphere and we hope that you will see this as an opportunity to combine a scientific meeting with a holiday for your family.

Scotland offers a huge variety of activities for visitors, from museums and classical concerts for those enjoying traditional cultural activities, to pony-trekking, safari parks, and whisky tasting for those preferring something a little more relaxed. Whatever appeals to you, Scotland can provide it, although the sunshine is not always guaranteed!

We enjoyed meeting a lot of Osaka delegates at the stand we were generously provided with, and those of you who attended will know that we had a quiz, with the prize being offered of a free registration. This was the third time we had organised a quiz, the previous two occasions being at the Seoul (94) and Louisville (97) meetings, when the same prize of a free registration was won by Professor Allan Farman and Dr. John Brand respectively. This year the quiz attracted a number of keen enthusiasts and the standard of the answers was very high. Three people supplied the correct answers and so a blind draw took place at the Closing Ceremony, with the winner being Dr Bill Scarfe - congratulations Bill!

The Organising Committee is well advanced in its work, with the venues for the scientific and social
occasions booked. We have a web-site which will have information added to it as it becomes available, and from which we intend that you can book on-line after we have distributed the second announcement in 2000. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit our web site:
http://iadmfrglasgow2001.shef.ac.uk/index.htm
 
 

Report from Australia:

The Australian Academy of Dentomaxillofacial Radiologists is still functioning and reasonably financial and there has been a current brief Newsletter prepared for local distribution to gather more information from members on where they see our future to be. There are ideas evolving on how to overcome some of our problems and this is a healthy sign. Our Melbourne group are currently arranging to have a get together to see if they have something to offer in the way of a meeting or some other support and ideas. By the time this report is published there would have been more news on this initiative and others which we are taking.     We are also exploring the possibility of a joint Scientific meeting with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Oral Pathologists at some stage. Much of trying to do something next year is somewhat thwarted by the Olympic Games in Sydney. Accommodation is at a premium all around Australia almost throughout the whole year because of year 2000 celebrations and other city orientated lead-up activities throughout the year pre- Olympics. So if we meet there will have to be some innovative approach to it all....perhaps a "non-city" but rather countryside venue might be more suitable. We will keep IADMFR members informed of our intentions in the hope that we might attract overseas participants if we hold something next year.

Our best wishes to all from Australia.

Ross Macdonald, Secretary/Treasurer (interim),

Adelaide, South Australia.
 
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Greetings From Germany

Back from the fascinating country of Japan, having attended the 12th International Congress of IADMFR in Osaka, I want to congratulate all organizers on making it such a great success. The combination of most interesting information and lively social activities made it an unforgettable event.

Now we are just heading a joint congress in Bonn from September 30 through October 3. It will be held together with the Association of Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and the Academy of Practice and Science. We hope there will be an eager interdisciplinary information exchange and discussion.

In November 1998 the Association of Roentgenology within the German Society for Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine held its annual Meeting in Dresden. At our General Assembly Prof. CH. Benz (Munich) was confirmed in his presidency. Prof.
U. Rother (Hamburg) did not stand for election again. Prof. E. Spens (Halle) was elected new Vice President.

Irmela Reuter, Waldeyerstr.
 
 

Greetings from India

We would like to update you about the various programs we have arranged at our institution related to Dento Maxillofacial Radiology:

1. We are holding our weekly clinicopathological meetings at our institution - RVDC to dicuss the clinical and radiologic aspects of interesting cases.

2. The first national symposium of Triple O is to be held at KLE institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum, Karnataka on 2nd October’1999 with oral and maxillofacial neoplasms as the theme of the discussion.

3. Dr. Tomohiro Okano, Professor & Chairman, Department Of Radiology, Showa University School Of Dentistry , Tokyo , JAPAN, will be visiting our institution from 6th- 9th December’1999 during which we have arranged a series of continuing education programs consisting of :

( a ) workshop on latest topics related to dental Radiology to be attend by specialists in Dental & Maxillo-facial Radiology in the state.

( b ) A series of lectures by esteemed General Radiologists and our guests on topics related to Radiology.

( c ) A visit to other nationalized institutions in the city where the facilities for advanced imaging systems are available.

With regards,

Dr.K.S.Nagesh, Principal,R.V.D.C., Bangalore, India.
 
 
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Greetings from North America:

We wish to congratulate Professor H. Fuchihata and his committee for organizing a most enjoyable and efficient meeting in Osaka in June this year. The meeting ran like clock work and the social events were many and sumptuous. Japanese hospitality must be experienced to be enjoyed.

For those of you who plan to visit the US, why not make your next visit coincide with the meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial radiology? Future meetings of the American Academy are as follows:

1999 - Dec 1 - 5 Chicago, Illinois at the Regal Knickerbocker Hotel. This will be a very large meeting as it is being held in conjunction with the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. We held a meeting at this hotel about 4 years ago but the hotel has since been refurbished. Room rates are $145.00 single or double. Passes will be given to the Radiology Society of North America Annual Meeting [RSNA}. This is the largest medical meeting that takes place anywhere in the world. One is not able to examine a fraction of the commercial exhibits in the allotted time. If one limits one self to visiting only the commercial exhibits on head and neck imaging, a few days would be required. A visit to the RSNA is certainly worth while.

2000 - Nashville, Tennessee Nov. 8 - 12. Double Tree Hotel.

2001 - Portland Oregon. Dates and venue will be supplied in the next Newsletter.

News from the Canadian Academy:

"In the last year, the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (CAOMR) has been participating in various activities within Canada.

The Academy had a representative at the first workshop on National Portability for dental licensure for specialists held in Vancouver in March of 1999. As a result of recent federal legislation in Canada, interprovincial barriers to labour mobility, including dental licensure for both general practitioners and specialists, are disappearing. Participants at the workshop began to outline a mechanism by which the portability arrangement would be established. A second workshop is scheduled for Montreal in November of 1999.

CAOMR has also been lobbying to have the technical aspect of radiologic procedures separated from the interpretation component for service procedure codes, and to provide a code for interpretation of radiographs by a certified oral radiologist. The Academy feels THE ADDITION OF A CODE FOR INTERPRETATION WILL AID IN EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION IN GENERAL DENTISTRY. ALSO, THE ADDITION OF A CODE FOR CERTIFIED ORAL RADIOLOGISTS WILL reflect the training and expertise of specialists in oral radiology in radiographic interpretation. All THE national dental specialty organizations in Canada support these proposals, but unfortunately, the Canadian Dental Association Committee on Claims Management and some provincial licensing DENTAL organizations do not.

Specialty definitions are being revised by the Canadian Dental Association to conform to a standard "template". CAOMR has participated in this process to ensure that the definition for our specialty is accurate. The Academy is also attempting to have the name of our specialty officially changed in Canada from "oral radiology" to "oral and maxillofacial radiology".

The current Secretary-Treasurer of CAOMR, Dr. Garnet Packota, will assume the position of Chief Examiner in Oral Radiology of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada at the end of September, taking over from Dr. Axel Ruprecht.

The Academy is looking forward to its joint meeting with the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in Chicago in December of 1999.

CAOMR will be hosting a case discussion as one of the focus groups. The date and venue of the 2000 meeting has not yet been decided."

Neill Serman
Regional Director USA, American Representative on the Newsletter

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Report from the Nordic countries:

Many dental schools in Europe have lately been involved in the DENTED project. DENTED is a Socrates-Erasmus thematic network project within the EU in collaboration with the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE). The objectives for the project are:

- to establish a network of European institutions involved in dental education

- convergence towards higher standards and better understanding of each other

- agreement on common competences in primary oral health care

- promotion of evidence based teaching/treatment

- sharing of peer reviewed interactive programmes

- share innovations and best practices

- electronic bulletin board for exchange of information

- to establish a programme of peer visits to EU dental schools

It is of great value for the departments of oral radiology at the different schools to compare the documents from DENTED regarding oral radiology to be able to harmonise and improve the objectives of the different educations.

The Swedish Dental Association has its annual meeting in Gothenburg, October 7-9. The programme in oral radiology is organised by the Swedish Society of Maxillofacial Radiology. Topics for the seminars are "Is radiographic caries diagnosis reliable for operative caries treatment? by H-G Gröndahl, I Mejáre, A Wenzel " and "Radiology - who is responsible in the dental practice? by A Petersson, K Bergman, I Engfors and K Ohrn ". Professor Donald Tyndall will give a lecture "Tuned aperture computed tomography. 3D vision for dentistry".

Before the meeting a seminar will be held about specialist training in oral radiology in the Nordic countries.

Arne Petersson (e-mail arne.petersson@od.mah.se)
 
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Future meetings

1999

1-5 December

50th Annual Session, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (in conjunction with the Canadian Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology)
Chicago, Illinois. The Knickerbocker Hotel
Dr M. Kevin O’Carroll, (mocarroll@sod.umsmed.edu)
University of Mississippi School of Dentistry,
2500 North State Street, Jackson,
Mississippi 39216, USA
web: http://www.aaomr.org/

2000

14-15 January 2000

WORKSHOP "Oral Imaging 2000"
 Reinhilde Jacobs
Permanente Vorming K.U.Leuven
School voor Tandheelkunde
Mondziekten en Kaakchirurgie, Kapucijnenvoer 7
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
phone +32.16.33.24.72
fax +32.16.33.24.40
email: LUTV@med.kuleuven.ac.be

16 - 17 March 2000

The bits and bytes of digital radiodiagnosis.
Continuing education course on digital radiology
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mrs. Yvonne.O. Emmer
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)
Louwesweg 1
1066 EA Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 (20)5188261
Fax: +31 (20)5188480
E-mail: y.emmer@acta.nl
 

5-9 April 2000

15-17 June 2000

8 June 2000

7-9 July 2000

8-12 November 2000

2001

7-10 March 2001

AADR/CADR, Chcago, Illinois, USA
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com

web: www.iadr.com

27-30 June 2001

IADR, Chiba, Japan
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com

web: www.iadr.com

4-8 August 2001

13th International Congress of the International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology, Glasgow, Scotland
Congress Secretariat
Concorde Service Ltd/IADMFR
4B, 59 Speirs Wharf
Port Dundas
Glasgow G4 9TB, Scotland, UK
phone: +44 141 331 0123
fax: +44 141 331 0234
Email: event@conscot.demon.co.uk
or contact Laetitia Brocklebank, email: glasgow2001@dental.gla.ac.uk
web site : http://iadmfrglasgow2001.shef.ac.uk/
 

November 2001

2002

 6-9 March 2002

IADR (at large) San Diego, California, USA
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com , web: www.iadr.com

June 2002

IVth Latin American Meeting of Oral and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
Argentina
For infomation: Prof.Dr. Ramón Ignacio Mosquera
mosquera@satlink.com or rmosquer@odon.uba.ar

8-12- November 2002

53th Annual Session, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Dr M. Kevin O’Carroll, (mocarroll@sod.umsmed.edu)
University of Mississippi School of Dentistry,
2500 North State Street, Jackson,
Mississippi 39216, USA
web: http://www.aaomr.org/

 2003

12-15 March 2003

AADR/CADR San Antonio, Texas, USA
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com
web: www.iadr.com

May 19-23, 2003

14th Int. Congress of the IADMFR, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
info: Prof. Edemir Costa
Phone: 55 48-331-9630
fax: 55 48-224-6904
e-mail:ecosta@matrix.com.br

June 30 - July 3,2003

IADR Jerusalem Israel
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com; web: www.iadr.com

2004

March 10-13 2004

IADR (at large) Honolulu, Hawaii
info: IADR
1619 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-0066, USA
phone: 703-548-0066
fax: 703-548-1883
e-mail: research@iadr.com; web: www.iadr.com
 

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Next year the Latin American community will have their third meeting of our organization; it will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, South America, close to the beach and one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

As president of this event I would like to invite our members to this meeting. The program will have different topics such as TMJ, Pathology, Digital imaging, DICOM, etc. Many abstracts are being expected and we will give two awards for the best Latin American researches.

The main object of this meeting is to improve our knowledge and integration of the region, and also it is a nice opportunity to share with our friends.

The III Latin American Meeting of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology will be held at Cartagena de Indias, June 15th to 17th, 2000, at the Caribe Hotel.

I would like to invite all members to visit our Web site: www.geocities.com/hotsprings/falls/6131/ and to contact our organization by e-mail at: acradiologia@hotmail.com

Alvaro Castro, DDS

President

III Latin American Meeting of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

acastro@javercol.javeriana.edu.co
 
 
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Research in dento-maxillofacial radiology is rapidly becoming more global as it becomes more and more clear that research problems cannot always be solved if facilities and competence from various parts of the world are not fully utilized. Previously, it has been difficult for one particular research group to identify where other groups with similar interests are to be found and what specific projects they are working on. Scientific organizations with an interest to inform about ongoing research by its members have had problems of doing so on a continuous basis.

A program has been developed which permits access to information about ongoing research projects via Internet. The program is a set of distributed databases searchable through a search engine. Data from individual research groups are entered and updated by the groups themselves, also via Internet. This program (FOCUS) provides IADFMFR with a project catalogue easy to use, continuously updated, and searchable at any time of the day.

Projects can be searched for using e.g. free text, keywords, name of researchers and country.

In essence, the benefits and features of this system are that:

* It provides the organization with a project catalogue of ongoing research.

* It creates the basis for a printed project catalogue.

* Reliable and up-to-date data about ongoing research can be obtained at any time.

* Research groups and colleagues with a similar research interest can be identified.

* All data are entered and updated via a web browser.

* Data are searchable in a variety of ways.

* HTML-tags in project descriptions are supported.

* Images and/or multimedia information can be included in project descriptions.

You can find the program at the following address: www.odontologi.gu.se/IADMFR

Start entering your projects now and please send us your comments so that we can make the program even better.
 
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Dear Colleagues,

Our next two international meetings will take place in Glasgow/Scotland (2001) and Florianopolis/Brasil (2003), respectively. Although it may seem too early, it is now time to start thinking about the 15th Congress, which is scheduled to be held in either 2005 or 2006. Members willing to assume responsibility for the organization of this congress should contact Professor Hajime Fuchihata, Chair of the Nominating Committee, to obtain further information and submit an expression of interest.

Professor Fuchihata can be reached by e-mail at: h fuchihata@osaka-sandai-dental.ac.jp
 

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