Newsletter
Volume 23, Number 1
Summer 1997
CONTENTS :
President Message
Secretary General Message
Minutes (GA Korea '94)
Preliminary Agenda (GA '96)
Letter from the Editor of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
From the Nominating Committee
Report on the Committee on Education Standards
Around the World:
Australia / Japan / Korea / North America / South Africa
Miscellaneous:
Success of the Establishment of Thai Society of ODSc
The 3rd Chinese National Congress
Book: History of IADMFR
Invitations for Scientific Meeting
Editor's Comment
President Message
Dear Colleagues and fellow members of the IADMFR:
I trust this message finds you and your families happy and in the best of health. I also hope that you have had a productive year. Certainly, I know that many of you have been very active in research to advance our discipline of Maxillofacial Radiology as both the quality and the quantity of scientific abstracts received for the 11th Congress has exceeded my expectations. As Dong-Soo You stated in his last Newsletter message as the 10th IADMFR President, "your individual victories, when shared with colleagues from the world, can benefit all of us by generating a higher level of synergism that we can imagine alone."
It seems like yesterday that Louisville was chosen for the 11th Congress in Budapest - and then that I was entrusted with the medallion of IADMFR presidency at the Closing Ceremony of the 10th Congress in Seoul, Korea. My presidency of the IADMFR is already well into its last year. I have been working diligently not only with local arrangements but also in interacting with the other officers regarding such matters as the membership drive that is still so desperately needed, the unexpected - and most successful - transfer of the journal to a new publisher, Stockton Press, subsequent to the commercial takeover of Butterworth-Heinemann, and the upcoming transfer of the Secretariat from San Antonio to Amsterdam.
With the help of the Local Arrangement Committee we have succeeded in developing an exciting program for Louisville, June 22-27 this year. There are nearly 250 scientific and professional papers, posters and courses that have been accepted for the 11th Congress - and all submitted abstracts were subjected to a thorough peer review process that led to some necessary rejections. Of particular importance has been the choice of material for inclusion in the hardbound selective proceedings which will have the title "Advanced Maxillofacial Imaging" and is to be available at the meeting at the time of registration - and the cost of which is included in your registration fee. This is being published by Elsevier Scientific in the prestigious Exerpta Medica series and will continue to be sold as a book after the meeting with all royalties going to benefit the IADMFR. Only one in five of submitted abstracts were selected for this book which required not only scientific merit but also a balanced content of topics with wide interest. I wish to thank the contributors for accepting and succeeding in putting together full scientific "chapters" with such a very tight time constraint, especially for the very many participants for whom English is not their first language. At the Congress you will also receive a copy of the "IADMFR: History of the First 25 Years" that Dr. Faivovich, our 1st President has diligently prepared.
If you have not done so yet, it is time to register for the Congress, and I urge all who might be pondering the question of attendance to take advantage of the meeting to also experience the hospitality of Louisville and its surrounding regions. Register NOW, along with your families and staff so that the 11th International Congress of the IADMFR can, by your participation, leave a significant landmark for our rapidly progressing discipline. I also urge you to reserve your hotel room now at the Galt House as this is by far the most convenient place to stay to get the most out of the Congress. Rooms are being contact A week will probably be too short to take full advantage of the opportunities that await you in Kentucky.
Finally, I wish to acknowledge a number of colleagues whose help has been of especial value. My wife, Taeko has spent many sleepless nights and long days in her role as Secretary General for Local Arrangements and in developing the necessary data bases to administer the Congress. She has single handed replaced so-called professional organizers and has hence reduced Congress expenses allowing the registration fees to more directly benefit the attendees. Nancy L. Hunter, my Program Assistant has been a most able Event's Coordinator and I can assure you that the social program will be varied and enjoyable. Dale Miles has put together most interesting continuing education sessions both in the Pre-Congress course that emphasizes technology and during the Congress week with an emphasis on diagnosis. Axel Ruprecht and S. Julian Gibbs were effective in the peer review process and will continue to work hard during the actual meeting. William C. Scarfe, our Vice President has concentrated on developing the commercial exhibit. Neil Serman has been most active in the role of Chair of Publicity. And, of course, Hajime Fuchihata has been most effective in the role of Newsletter Editor. There are also a number of other overseas members who have been very active in encouraging attendance at the meeting. These include, but are not limited to Isamu Kashima, Shigenabu Kanda, Kanji Kishi, Tomohiro Okano, Takehito Sasaki, Tae-Won Park, Edemir Costa, Silvio Bianchi, Peter Hirschmann, Levente Pataky, Don Tyndall and Gregorio Faivovich. There are especially large contingents expected from Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy and Brazil as well as the USA.
Please do register as soon as possible. A large number of registrations have already been received and it might not be possible for you to get a room at the Galt House Hotel if you procrastinate. This is also be the last official invitation that I will be able to make.
Looking forward to welcoming you in Louisville.
Professor Allan G. Farman,
11th President IADMFR,
Program Chair: CMI,
University of Louisville School of Dentistry,
Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA,
(tel:+1(502) 852.1241/fax: +1(502) 852.7595/
E-mail: agfarm01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu)
Message from the Secretary General
This will be my last note to you as Secretary General.
Perhaps some of you remember I was elected to office in London in 1985. At that time I replaced the previous Secretary General, Professor Lars Hollender who had himself been serving in the position since 1973. During the entire period of my office I have conferred with professor Hollender and I can assure you he remains well aware of the issues facing our association today. Thus, our Association has had the benefit of two Secretaries General for the past 12 years and I am grateful to the former Secretary General for his constant support and sound advice.
I would like to also mention that the finances of our association fall under the office of Secretary General and in fact at the time of my election I was elected Secretary General and Treasurer. After a short time I appointed Dr Pirkka Nummikoski as treasurer and he was later elected. It was through his hard work that our Association finally was granted tax free status during a period when such a status was very, very difficult to obtain in the USA. Because of his duties Dr Nummikoski resigned and Dr Brent Dove was appointed and later elected as Treasurer. He has proved to be a master at budget making and through his excellent budgetary work and record keeping, our Association has flourished.
During the first 18 months or so while I was also Treasurer I had the help of Ms Rebecca Cox as the Secretariat administrative assistant. You must remember that during that time the Secretariat was also responsible for the publication of the Journal. We took care of subscriptions, advertising and most of all paying the printing bills. We recently made a very serious proposal to again publish the Journal in Korea, but the proposal was not accepted by the Board of Directors. Eventually Ms Cox married Dr Katz and moved to Kansas city and Mrs Cynthia Dove became the Administrative Assistant; this was before Dr Dove became treasurer though she later recommended him for the position. I am very grateful to all of these people who have helped me with my duties over the past 12 years.
As you know The Association finally revised the Constitution and Bylaws and the new document is now at the printer and a copy will be mailed to each member before the congress in Louisville.
Also, as Secretary General I was interested in establishing more ways of recognizing persons who have made a significant contribution to Dentomaxillofacial Radiology on an International basis. Also, I wanted to add more ceremonial to the General Assembly. Finally, the board of directors made all of the approvals to go ahead with the nomination of our first ( Charter) Fellows and approved the various awards we would confer on these colleagues at the General Assembly in Louisville. These awards will be on display at the Secretariat booth at the congress. The charter Fellows as selected and voted upon are the Honorary members and these are: Y.Fujiki, G.Faivovich, J.Van Aken, F.Musaph, L.Hollender and U.Welander. These Charter Fellows will be presented with the fellowship certificate, miniature pewter medal and ribbon and distinctive lapel pin. These new fellows will be allowed to use the letters FIADMFR after their name where permitted. The charter fellows will form the fellowship committee and will receive and process applications from prospective new fellows and will send out information regarding requirements for fellowship and application forms. The preliminary draft of these requirements and application form will be printed by the secretary general with the approval of the fellows and will be presented to the fellowship committee and new Secretary General for further modification and dissemination. The expected cost for application and processing of new fellows will be approximately $400-$500 payable by the applicant.
All Honorary members will receive a special invitation from the secretary General to attend the congress in Louisville. They will attend a special reception by the Secretary General and at the General Assembly they will also receive their Honorary membership certificate and newly designed pewter pin with a diamond inlaid in the pin.
Also, all former Presidents and Secretaries General will receive a special invitation to the congress to attend the special reception of the Secretary General and each will receive their pewter lapel pin at the General assembly.
There are a number of Directorships open for most regions of the world including North America, South America, Australasia and perhaps Europe. Also the position of Editor of the Journal is open. I have asked the Directors and Officers whose terms are completed to act in a proactive way in order to make our organization more dynamic by ensuring that new officers become involved.
Beyond Scotland in the year 2001 no future congress sites have been selected. At this time I have an application for Brazil in 2003 or 2004 depending upon the interval between congresses at that time. Remember the person who organizes the congress is usually elected President of the Association and may appoint the Vice President.
When I first became Secretary General in 1985, there was no Trust Fund. With the efforts of Professor Charles R Morris and the Past Presidents at the time, the profits from all previous congresses were on deposit in each of the different countries. One of my first duties was to receive these funds and place them on deposit. This was done over several years and eventually a trust fund committee was established according to a new article in the constitution and bylaws. The members of this committee are all very hard working members who were each very involved with the organization of the congresses which provided these funds. Now it is standard procedure for the Past President to turn over the congress Profits to the Association at the next congress. The Trust Fund now amounts to about $80,000 and it has been the goal to continue to mainly accumulate until we reach $500,000. Then disbursements of a significant nature can be made on a regular basis from the interest.
We also have a reserve fund for the Secretariat of up to $30,000 and an operating budget of approximately $40,000-$50,000 per year, mostly to support the cost of the journal. The secretariat receives $5,000 to pay for the Administrative assistant and various funds to support projects such as the printing of the Constitution and Bylaws. The Treasurer and Secretary General work without official remuneration, though Past presidents have been very generous to us in providing transportation and/or accommodation at the congress sites. I have personally received so much hospitality from so many individuals that I cannot even begin to name them and thank them enough.
Although the Association has not grown much over the past 12 years (our membership averages about 550 per year) the secretariat went from a simple index card kept on file for each member to a data base which allows us more flexibility in retrieving data on our members. Dr Dove is quite proud of the data base he set up so many years ago a long time before he was the Treasurer and also it is happy so many members choose to pay their dues by credit card.
As I now contemplate the handing over of the baton to Professor Sanderink, it is with a great deal of anticipation that I look forward to not having so much mail to read. Of course I enjoyed your many letters with news of colleagues and your many Christmas cards. I wish the new Secretary General good luck and offer my full support to him as he assumes his duties.
Thank you.
Robert P Langlais, BA, DDS, MS,
FACD, FAAOMR, FAADMFR(hon), Dip ABOM,
Dip ABOMR Secretary General 1985-1997
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Minutes of the General Assembly
10th IADMFR, Seoul, Korea, June 30, 1994
The Assembly was called to order by the Secretary General, Professor R.P. Langlais.
WELCOME
President You welcomed members to this important yet pleasant part of the Congress. He indicated that the Secretary General, past and present Officers of the Association and Regional Directors had worked hard at earlier Board meetings to resolve difficulties and he hoped that the ensuing recommendations would be acceptable to the Assembly. Professor You thanked the Board of Directors and assembled members for their support and invited the Secretary General to chair the meeting.
Professor Langlais referred members to the previously circulated IADMFR Tri-Annual Report and indicated that the "Table of Contents" was intended to serve as the approximate agenda for the Assembly. As the individual reports of Officers had been published in this document these would not be repeated verbally, but members of the Board would be available to answer questions.
1. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL
Referring to the detailed written account of his activities Prof. Langlais reported that:
(1) all unfinished business from the previous two congresses had been completed;
(2) all the topics in the Tri-Annual Report had been extensively discussed at Board meetings;
(3) the Assembly would be informed of decisions and recommendations of the Board which differed from those in the Tri-Annual Report; and
(4) a detailed analysis of IADMFR membership (1991-1994) had been presented in the Tri-Annual Report, as well as the fluctuating membership over the period 1987-1994.
The Secretary General's report was accepted without questions.
2. REPORT OF THE TREASURER/FINANCE COMMITTEE
On behalf of the Treasurer, Prof. Langlais reported on:
(1) the excellent financial position of the Association;
(2) the appointment in 1991 of a professional auditor, Harry Werland, as directed by the Board of Directors; and
(3) the new system of accounting, with "assets and liabilities" replacing the previously used "cash flow system".
The reports of the Treasurer and Auditor, the Financial Statements for the years 1991-1993 and explanatory notes from the Auditor are presented in full in the Tri-Annual Report.
The finance report was accepted without questions.
3. SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES
Reported:
(1) that this additional item on the agenda arose from the Treasurer's 3-year budget projection and the proposed new Journal contract;
(2) the unanimous recommendation of the Board to increase membership dues to 50 USD/year, or 130 USD/3 years as from January 1995; and
(3) that the revenue from the higher subscriptions would cover both escalating Journal costs as well as an increased number of journal issues, with four Journal issues in 1995, five issues in 1996 and six issues in 1997.
Recommendations unanimously accepted.
4. PAST PRESIDENT'S REPORT
The Secretary General announced that in view of Past President's important role as Chair of the Nominating Committee his main report would follow under that agenda item.
Summary of accounts of the 9th ICDMFR, Budapest 1991.
Income:
Registration fees 92,300 USD
Exhibitors fees 21,780
Contributors 13,000
Interest 622
Abstracts 45
Total income: 127,747
Total expenses 123,625 Surplus: 4112 USD
5. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Professor Dong Soo You thanked the Executive Officers of the Association, the Regional Directors, members of the Organizing Committee and the commercial sponsors for their help with the 10th IADMFR Congress. He went on to express his gratitude to past Officers for their advice on contentious issues.
President You observed that the IADMFR had barely maintained status quo during the preceding four years, possibly reflecting the global economic stagnation, but the Board was fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead to secure a bright future for the Association. In the meantime, he hoped that a satisfactory settlement will be reached on such current issues as the revision of the Constitution, the site of the 12th Congress and journal publication.
Prof. You thanked the Assembly for selecting Seoul to host the 10th Congress and for bestowing on him the honor of serving as President and concluded by extending his best wishes to Prof. Farman and future IADMFR Officers.
The full report of the President, including summaries of Congress registrations and submitted abstracts is published in the Tri-Annual Report. It was, however, pointed out that the final official attendance figures had risen to around 385 persons. Prof. Langlais announced that the activities of Prof. You and the Korean Organizing Committee had resulted in the largest number of new members since 1987. A vote of thanks congratulating the President on a highly successful meeting was endorsed by the Assembly with a round of applause.
6. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT
A summary of the proposed Organizing Committee and arrangements under way for the 11th ICDMFR is contained in the Tri-Annual Report.
The President Elect requested that completed application forms for pre-registration should be returned to him before the end of the 10th Congress together with suggestions for themes for the scientific sessions and indicated that fixed rate accommodation could be reserved in advance.
The report was accepted without queries.
7. REPORT OF THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR
The report, setting out the aims and achievements of the Newsletter Editor together with suggestions for future improvements, is contained in the Tri-Annual Report. Prof. Farman did not offer any additional comments at the General Assembly and the report was accepted without questions.
8. EDITOR'S AND PUBLISHER'S REPORT
The Editor was pleased to report that under the management of a professional publisher the Journal had grown in quality and number of issues during the past six years.
The Editor highlighted the following points from the detailed statement in the Tri-Annual Report:
(1) in 1993 the new subtitle "A journal of head and neck imaging" had been adopted to reflect the multifaceted journal content;
(2) new members appointed to the Editorial Board included specialists in head and neck imaging;
(3) the steady increase in submission rate with an average 30% rejection rate over the past six years;
(4) coverage of the Journal by "Current Contents" since November 1993 and future inclusion in "Index Medicus" aimed for;
(5) a special issue of the Journal in November 1992 carried the Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Digital Imaging in Dental Radiology, the Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium to be published in May 1995. Abstracts from the American Academy and European meetings have also been published;
(6) the Publisher's readership survey in 1993 revealed that the majority considered the Journal good value and made it their first choice; and
(7) the Board of Directors had carefully considered the new contract proposed by Butterworth-Heinemann and the counterproposal from the University of Texas Press and after considerable discussion had agreed to recommend staying with Butterworth-Heinemann. It was hoped to sign the new contract before the end of 1994 and Sue Deeley and her team were keen to continue cooperating with the Association.
The report was adopted without questions.
9. REGIONAL DIRECTORS' REPORTS
The Secretary General:
(1) referred to the statements in the Tri-Annual Report;
(2) indicated that additional reports had been received after printing of the Tri-Annual Report;
(3) reported that with the exception of Australasia all regions were well represented at the 10th ICDMFR and Directors would be pleased to answer questions.
The reports were accepted without questions.
10. TRUST FUND COMMITTEE REPORT
Reported:
(1) that the objectives and proposed articles governing the Trust Fund were listed in Appendix I of the drafted new Constitution;
(2) the Board of Directors had nominated a Board of Trustees (cf. Item 14), the Secretary and Chair of the Committee to be selected by the Trustee Board;
(3) 50,000 USD were already deposited in the Trust Fund and the Board of Directors had approved a new deposit of 20,000 USD, the above derived chiefly from the proceeds of past congresses; and
(4) only the Trustees of the Trust Fund had access to the funds.
The report was accepted without questions.
11. CONGRESS CYCLE
Reported the unanimous recommendation of the Board (with one abstention):
(1) to change to a brief trial of the two year congress cycle after 1997, i.e. with congresses scheduled for 1999 and 2001;
(2) to set up a committee to evaluate the change; and
(3) to reconsider in 2001 whether to adopt a two or three year congress cycle.
It was noted that approval of the above recommendations by the General Assembly would involve changes to the constitution and questions or comments were invited from the floor of the Assembly.
Prof. Jung (Germany) said he would prefer a 3 year cycle because three years were necessary to organize a congress and because the 2 year cycle would impose an additional burden of expense, especially on younger members.
Dr. Brocklebank (UK) said she understood the 2 year cycle was advocated to increase membership. She wondered how membership figures had been affected during a previous 2 year interval between the 1983 Congress in Utrecht and the 1985 meeting in London?
Prof. Langlais (USA) replied that this question had been raised at the Board meeting and that early membership of 450 had risen to over 600 by the end of 1985, however, he had no data on membership in 1983.
Dr. Lovelock (UK) commented that the 1985 congress was timed to avoid the Oral Surgery meeting, which at that time was every three years and since then has changed to annual meetings.
Dr. Brocklebank (UK) asked whether in 1999 the Association would be selecting the Congress venue for the year 2003 or 2004?
Prof. Langlais (USA) replied that this question had been considered, but not resolved by the Board. It was hoped that feedback would help the Board to decide in 1997.
Prof. Farman (USA) suggested the alternative option that candidates should be prepared to stage the Congress in either 2003 or 2004, in the knowledge that the final decision would only be made in the year 2001.
Dr. Habets (Netherlands) asked whether the change to the 2 year cycle would affect the length of the Congress?
Prof. Langlais (USA): the Board recommended that:
(1) the scientific sessions occupy 3 days, viz.; Monday-Wednesday inclusive, with the Closing Ceremony on the Thursday;
(2) the Pre-Congress course be held on the Sunday; and
(3) Board meetings be scheduled for the preceding Saturday and for Thursday after the Congress.
According to the above recommendations the Congress would be reduced by 2 days.
Dr. Wenzel (Denmark) expressed grave misgivings about fitting Scandinavian DMFR meetings into the schedule of European meetings as well as the newly proposed 2 year cycle.
Prof. Langlais (USA) assured her that at Board meetings these concerns had been voiced in the strongest possible terms by the Representative for the Scandinavian countries, the sole facilitating factor being that the trial period for the 2 year cycle would only involve two congresses.
Prof. Peterssen (Norway) said he was not convinced that the change to the 2 year cycle would increase membership.
Prof. Langlais (USA) countered that the 2 year cycle would increase the opportunity to stage the congress in different regions of the world and, according to past experience, resulting in a significant number of new recruits from the host regions.
Prof. Miles (USA) acknowledged that attending and running meetings made heavy demands on everyone's time, but he nonetheless supported the 2 year cycle and the ensuing growth in membership.
Dr. Brocklebank (UK) commented that the 3 year ICDMFR cycle would fit in much better with the 3 year schedules adopted for both Asian and European DMFR meetings.
Prof. Langlais (USA) said the Board was well aware of these and many other meetings in different parts. He reiterated that many dissenting views had been expressed before the Board finally agreed to a trial of the 2 year cycle and he reminded the Assembly that they would be voting, by a show of hands, on a trial period spanning two congresses only, viz. 1999 and 2001.
Dr. Dare's (Nigeria) request for a secret ballot was put to the Assembly, but was only supported by four members, therefore the voting proceeded by a show of hands.
The motion to change to a 2 year congress cycle for the trial period 1997-2001 was carried by 67 votes in favor and 19 against.
12. REPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE
Reported that:
(1) the current Constitution and Bylaws were last revised in 1983;
(2) the Constitution and Bylaws Committee was set up in 1985 to review;
(3) the proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws were published in the Newsletter and members were invited to submit further suggestions to the chairman;
(4) the many suggestions received were incorporated into the draft revision of the Constitution and Bylaws (4/94), copies of which were sent to all IADMFR members; and
(5) the Board of Directors spent nearly seven hours discussing and amending the draft revision document.
The chairman of the committee, Dr. Lovelock, proceeded to go through the draft revision document page by page, highlighting and explaining the amendments recommended by the Board. Questions or amendments were then invited from the Assembly.
Dr. Dare (Nigeria) wished to include guidelines on the conduct of business and balloting at the General Assembly, to insure uniformity of voting.
Prof. Langlais (USA) said that Dr. Dare's comments would be noted by the new Constitution and Bylaws Committee.
Dr. Brocklebank (UK) inquired about the need for the presence of "2/3 of the voting Members" in Article 14/I/e.
Dr. Lovelock (UK) replied that this was to comply with legislation on charitable status.
Prof. Mils (USA) requested clarification of the number of Regions cited in Article 10/VIII, in view of Central and South America combining.
Dr. Lovelock (UK) replied that the committee would consider details of Regional Representation in time for 1997.
Prof. Miles (USA) asked how the Trust Fund would be redistributed in the event of its dissolution?
Dr. Lovelock (UK) noted the query for future discussion.
The recommended changes to the Constitution and Bylaws were unanimously approved by the Assembly with 5 abstentions.
The Secretary General congratulated the Assembly on completing 10 years hard work and said every member would receive a copy of the new Constitution, with spare copies available from the Secretariat. He added that a new committee would review and update the Constitution and Bylaws.
13. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT
Prof. Pataky reported:
(1) that copies of the slate of Officers nominated for election had been distributed to members;
(2) the recommendations of the Nominating Committee were based on long discussions and extensive consultations with IADMFR Officers and members;
(3) the recommendations were fully endorsed by the Board as follows:
PRESIDENT: Allan Farman, U.S.A. (1997)
PAST PRESIDENT: Dong Soo You, Korea (1997)
VICE PRESIDENT: Tae Won Park, Korea (1997)
William Scarfe, U.S.A. (1999)
PRESIDENT-ELECT/
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Hajime Fuchihata, Japan (1997)
PRESIDENT-ELECT DESIGNATE: Douglas Lovelock, U.K. (1999)
SECRETARY GENERAL: Robert Langlais, U.S.A. (1997)
SECRETARY GENERAL-ELECT: Gerard Sanderink, The Netherlands (1997)
EDITOR: Peter Hirschmann, U.K. (1997)
TREASURER: S. Brent Dove, U.S.A. (1997)
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Agi Adams, U.K. (1997)
(4) the following had been nominated to serve as Regional Directors:
EX-OFFICIO F. Musaph, Canada
AFRICA: C. Nortjé, South Africa
E. Roberts, Nigeria
ASIA: P. Dhiravarangkura, Thailand
H. Fuchihata, Japan
K. Kishi, Japan
S.R. Lee, Korea
G. Muljono, Indonesia
T.W. Park, Korea
AUSTRALASIA: R. Macdonald, Australia
AMERICAS : H. Aguayo, Peru
Y. Carranza, Mexico
G. Faivovich, Chile
D. Miles, U.S.A.
H. Rosenberg, U.S.A.
O. Uriza, Costa Rica
EUROPE: S. Bianchi, Italy
D. Lovelock, U.K.
K. Mlosek, Poland
P. Monnier, France
I. Reuter, Germany
M. Rohlin, Sweden
F. Urban, Czech
MIDDLE EAST: D. Fischel, Israel
(5) the nomination of Prof. Ulf Welander as Honorary Member.
On behalf of the Association Prof. Pataky expressed appreciation and thanks to the following retired or retiring Regional Directors:
Prof. Carlos Campos
Prof. Yoshishige Fujiki
Prof. J.J. Keur
Prof. Colin Price
Prof. Walter Ritter
Prof. Pataky paid a personal tribute to Prof. Fujiki and presented him with a Golden Jubilee coin commemorating the courageous Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved and helped thousands of Hungarian Jews in 1944-45. He said the memorial coin, made of recycled radiological silver, was a present from the Hungarian DMFR to "Professor Fujiki Renowned Son of Japan for his selfless help to small DMFR groups and nations such as Hungary".
Prof. Pataky concluded by announcing the recommended venues of Congresses:
1999 Osaka, Japan
2001 Glasgow, U.K.
There were no nominations or counterproposals from the floor of the Assembly and the above recommendations of the Nominating Committee were unanimously adopted.
14. NOMINATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Reported:
(1)that the Board of Directors had nominated the following to serve on committees:
a. Nominating Committee
D.S. You (Chair)
G.S. Sanderink
M. Rohlin
T.W. Park
b. Constitution and Bylaws Committee
D.J. Lovelock (Chair)
R.P. Langlais
G.S. Sanderink
C. Nortjé
T.W. Park
c. Trust Fund Committee
H. Fuchihata
L. Hollender
D.J. Lovelock
C. Nortjé
L. Pataky
d. Fellowship Committee
All Honorary Members
(2) that the Board had nominated the following to convene committees:
a. Imaging Modalities and Standards Committee
P. Van der Stelt (The Netherlands)
b. Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education Standards Committee
M. Rohlin (Sweden)
c. Research Committee
Prof. Okano (Japan)
Action: Chairs of the above committees to select their members and work out their charges.
(3) formation of Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to look at different categories of Journal subscriptions:
P.N. Hirschmann (Chair)
D.J. Lovelock
S.B. Dove
The nominations were approved without questions.
15. MINUTES OF THE 1991 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported:
(1) that the draft minutes had been published closer to the next Congress than usual so that the issues should be fresh in the minds of the 1994 Assembly; and
(2) this had met with criticism on the grounds that members had to wait a long time to learn the decisions of the 1991 Assembly.
Action: to publish the draft minutes within one year of the General Assembly.
The minutes of the 1991 General Assembly were unanimously adopted without amendments.
16. UPDATE OF SECRETARIAT DATABASE
Reported that members will be requested:
(1) to select method of payment of dues and supply data as follows:
a. by electronic transfer between banks: mail original copy of transfer;
b. by Visa/Master card: send expire date with credit card number; and
c. by bankers draft or cheque in USD.
(2) to supply E-mail address, if appropriate;
(3) to supply FAX number, where applicable, including Country Code; and
(4) to supply addresses:
a. professional e.g. Institute/Dental School
b. private office/home
17. INTERIM BOARD MEETING
Reported that the next Board meeting was scheduled to coincide with the European meeting in Cologne, 8-11 November 1995, commemorating the Centenary of Roentgen's discovery.
18. REGALIA AND DESIGNS
Reported that the Board had approved the official IADMFR logo and seal, and the final designs for certificates, badges and medals for Members, Honorary Members and Fellows. All IADMFR Members would receive a membership certificate.
19. FELLOWSHIP
This award would be based on outstanding work in the field of DMFR and it was hoped to induct the first Fellow(s) in 1997. Applications or nominations for the award were invited.
20. OTHER BUSINESS
On behalf of the Glasgow 2000 steering group Dr. Brocklebank congratulated Prof. Fuchihata on winning the Association's vote to stage the 12th ICDMFR in Osaka in 1999. She looked forward to attending an outstanding meeting in Japan and added that the British members were pleased to have the opportunity to host the 13th Congress in Glasgow in 2001.
Prof. Jung thanked the President and the Organizing Committee for arranging a very stimulating and enjoyable Congress. He congratulated the Board of Directors on the satisfactory completion of so many items of business and wished the new Board equal success in its efforts.
There being no further business the Secretary General declared the General Assembly adjourned at 12:55.
Preliminary Agenda for IADMFR General Assembly,
Louisville, Kentucky, Friday - June 27, 1997
1. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting
Welcome: Professor Farman, President IADMFR
Opening Remarks: Professor Langlais, Secretary General IADMFR
2. Absentees and alternates: R Langlais
3. Minutes of the last General Assembly June 30, 1994 Seoul Korea: R Langlais
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
4. Report of the Secretary General: R Langlais
5. Report of the Treasurer/Finance committee: Dr Dove
6. Past President's Report: Professor You
7. President's Report: Professor Farman
8. Report of the President Elect: Professor Fuchihata
9. Report of the Newsletter Editor: H Fuchihata
10. Editor's Report: Mr Hirschmann
11. Publisher's Report: P Hirschmann/publisher representative
12. Regional Directors' Reports:
Ex-Officio: F Musaph, Canada
Africa: C Nortje, South Africa
E Roberts, Nigeria
Asia : P Dhiravarangkura, Thailand
H Fuchihata, Japan
K Kishi, Japan
S R Lee, Korea
G Muljono, Indonesia
T W Park, Korea
Australasia: R Macdonald, Australia
Americas: H Aguayo, Peru
I Carranza, Mexico
G Faivovich, Chile
D Miles, USA
H Rosenberg, USA
O Uriza, Costa Rica
Europe: S Bianchi, Italy
D Lovelock, UK
P Monnier, France
I Reuter, Germany
M Rohlin, Sweden
F Urban, Czech
Middle East: D Fischel, Israel
13. Trust Fund Committee Report: Professor Lovelock (Chair)
14. Honorary membership Committee Report: J Van Aken/r Langlais
15. Fellowship Committee report: R Langlais, Secretary General
16. Imaging Modalities and Standards Committee: Professor Van der Stelt
17. Education Standards Committee: Professor Rohlin
18. Research committee: Professor Okano
19. Report of the Nominating Committee: Professor You (Chair)
OLD BUSINESS:
This portion of the meeting will be chaired by the new Secretary General
Professor Gerard Sanderink, The Netherlands
20. Comments of the new Secretary General: G Sanderink
21. Constitution and Bylaws Committee: D Lovelock (Chair)
22. Ad Hoc sub committee on Categories of Journal Subscriptions:
P Hirschmann (Chair)
23. Regalia and Designs: R Langlais Past Secretary General
24. FDI delegate Report: Professor Sanderink Secretary General
25. History of the IADMFR: Professor Faivovich
26. Two Year Cycle for IADMFR Congresses: B Dove and G Sanderink
NEW BUSINESS:
27. Presentations and election of prospective Congress site(s),
Association President(s) by the General assembly: G Sanderink
Brazil: Professor E Costa
Others as submitted
28: Other Items as submitted
Letter from the Editor of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
You should all by now have received your copy of volume 26 no. 1 of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology. If so, I hope you will have admired the new layout and format (termed "short A4"). Perhaps you will also have noticed the new logo on the cover, that of Stockton Press and asked what has been happening. Yes, DMFR does have a new publisher. Let me explain why.
About five years ago, Reed International, who own Butterworth-Heinemann(BH). then our publishers, merged with the Dutch scientific publisher Elsevier. Some rationalisation was considered inevitable. In the event, it happened very suddenly.
In August l994, immediately following the 10th IADMFR Congress in Seoul, when we thought we had negotiated a new three-year contract with BH, I was told that their medical journals, which included DMFR, were being moved to the Elsevier Science(ESL) office in Oxford.
The move was badly handled. ESL turned out to have a different publishing culture from BH, which was never clearly explained. I particularly resented being told by their then Editorial Director that DMFR was "barely viable" Our agreement to expand to six issues in 1997 was arbitrarily revoked by Mandy Sketch, the Publishing Editor who had responsibility for day-to-day running of the journal, shortly before the ad interim board meeting in Cologne in November l995. The Board of Directors therefore agreed that I should seek tenders for a new contract which would be decided at Louisville in June l997.
In March l996, Allan Farman and I were told by ESL that they did not wish to tender for a new contract. We were give the option of finding a new publisher by the end of l996 or waiting until the end of l997. Mandy Sketch subsequently explained that, on reviewing her portfolio, she did not have sufficient time to develop the journal, both as a dental and also a radiology journal. Paradoxically, institutional subscriptions had increased by l5 in l995 and there were also two personal subscriptions.
The Executive Committee agreed that to stay with Elsevier any longer than necessary would simply allow the journal to drift and I was therefore changed with finding a new publisher as soon as possible. I asked Sue Deeley, our former Managing Editor at BH, who now works freelance as an editorial consultant , to act as our adviser. I approached, or was approached by, seven publishers, of whom four submitted tenders. Two -Blackwell Science and Stockton Press-emerged as the likely candidates. Financially, there was nothing between them. Blackwell Scientific had the advantage of publishing three other dental and two radiology journals, but their structure was such that they could not offer the close day-to-day management of the journal which I, and Sue Deeley, believe it needs. Stockton Press was smaller, with a portfolio of about thirty medical journals and growing slowly but steadily. Their one dental journal, Oral Diseases, had been launched two years previously, but had already attained a circulation of 200.
Stockton Press is part of the Macmillan Group, which publishes Nature and forms part of the international Holtzbrinck Group, which is the largest remaining publishing house in private ownership. The decision of the Executive Committee to offer the contract to Stockton has, in my view, been fully justified. They have proved to be well-organized, caring and eager to please, all qualities I have missed in the past two years. The marketing is excellent and the amount spent generous by previous standards. In addition to the flyers and web site, which I hope you will visit if you have not done so already, advertisements for DMFR have appeared in both Nature and Nature Medicine and a paid advertisement in Radiology. From our point of view, a major coup was the decision by the British Dental Journal to follow us to Stockton Press from January 1997. This will immeasurably increase our marketing and exposure at international meetings.
How can you help?
There are two ways.
First, by submitting papers. We have six issues to fill this year and more pages. I have commissioned, and will continue to commission, review articles and editorials, which I believe will make the journal more stimulating to a wider group of readers. In addition, I will be publishing the extended abstracts from the Fourth Symposium on Digital Imaging in Dentistry, held in Amsterdam in l996.
The rejection rate continues to run at about 30% and the publication delay is now down to 5-6 months. Nonetheless, there is a relative dearth of papers. In l995, there were 80 submissions: in l99670 and this year has started slowly. The reasons for this are not clear. It is not wholly due to the lack of an impact factor, since Brooks says she has similar problems at OSOMOPORE. Allan Farman tells me that there should be plenty of papers suitable for DMFR from among the submissions to Louisville, so I look forward to talking to you then. Those of you who have submitted successfully to DMFR in the past will know that the referees can be relied upon to offer helpful, supportive reports and I will continue to ensure that your papers, when published, are in good, clear English.
Second, the publishers and I need your help in publicizing the journal. Please tell us of meetings to be organized in your own countries, not only in radiology, but in all other aspects of dentistry where there might be an interest in imaging. In addition to the obvious groups such as oral surgeons and implantologists, we are very keen to reach medical radiologists, particularly those with an interest in head and neck imaging. Details of relevant national societies are therefore most welcome.
I look forward to meeting old friends and making plenty of new ones in Louisville in June.
Peter Hirschmann
From the Nominating Committee
One of the responsibilities of the Nominating Committee (Dong-Soo You (chairman) Tae-Won Park, Madeleine Rohlin, Gerard Sanderink) is the recommendation of new Regional Directors for election to the General Assembly.
According to the Constitutions and Bylaws of the IADMFR as revised in 1994 the maximum continuous term of a Regional Director shall be eight or nine years provided there is a suitable replacement available. Before this revision no maximum continuous term was given. Many of the present Regional Directors have been in office for a period much longer than this nine year period. Therefore in all regions, Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America,. Central America, South America and Australasia Regional Directors should be replaced.
To assure a smooth transition not all Regional Directors longer than 9 years in office should be replaced at the same time. For this reason replacement will be performed in steps over the next four years. However in all regions positions are available. The task of the Regional Directors is to recruit new Members and support the Editor and Publisher in the promotion of the Journal of the Association.
Members of the IADMFR who are willing to take the position of a Regional Director are invited to contact Gerard C.H. Sanderink by mail, fax or email. Also proposals for nominations of other members are welcomed. The General Assembly at the 11th Congress in Louisville will elect the Regional directors on advice of the Nominating Committee.
Gerard C.H. Sanderink
Secretary General-Elect
ACTA
Dept. Oral Radiology, Louwesweg 1
1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
voice +31 20 5188 260
fax +31 20 5188 480
email G.Sanderink@acta.nl
Report on the Committee on Education Standards
At the 10th congress of IADMFR in Seoul several committees were established. One of them is the Committee on Education Standards. The intention is not to make this committee exclusive but to increase the number of members gradually as its work expands. Presently, the members of the committee are:
Laetitia Brocklebank (UK)
Hans Göran Gröndahl (Sweden)
Agnar Halse (Norway)
Keith Horner (UK)
Kanji Kishi (Japan)
Stephen Matteson (USA)
Tae-Won Park (Korea)
Irmela Reuter (Germany)
Madeleine Rohlin (Sweden)
Keiji Tanimoto (Japan)
Ann Wenzel (Denmark)
Stu White (USA)
There are certainly several areas of education which need development.The diagram below is one way of illustrating the different aspects.
OBJECTIVES EVALUATION
* knowledge PROCESS * examination
* skills * self-directed learning * students’ assessment
* attitudes CAL – PBL
* integration with
other disciplines
Undergraduate and postgraduate education differ somewhat in their objectives, process and evaluation. Therefore, we have formed two subgroups, one for undergraduate and one for postgraduate education.
A. Undergraduate education
Among the future tasks of this subgroup will be:
× To define the objectives of undergraduate education in terms of competencies.
× To list CAI-programs available in English.
× To stimulate the improvement of examinations and other forms of assessment.
× To disseminate information on undergraduate education.
B. Postgraduate education
Specialist training in oral and maxillofacial radiology is currently implemented in seven countries. The length and scope of the programs varies. The motives and the need for specialists are generally not described in the documents describing specialist education. Therefore, issues to focus on might be:
× for what purpose are specialists in oral and maxillofacial radiology needed?
× What are the minimum standards for competence in the speciality?
Feel free to contact any of the members of the educational committee and express your opinions on educational issues.
During the 11th congress of IADMFR in Louisville we will debate these issues in a round table discussion:
EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS IN DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY:
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
WELCOME TO HALL C ON THURSDAY JUNE 26, 15.30-17.00.
Madeleine Rohlin
Chair of the Committee on Education Standards, IADMFR
Around the World
Greetings from Australia
AADMFR'98 The Australian Academy is presently planning its 1998 scientific meeting. It is to be held in Sydney, home of the 2000 Olympics. Dates of the meeting are 17 - 20 September, 1998. The meeting will held at Darling Harbour, set on the waterfront of Sydney Harbour, a short monorail ride from the City Centre. A preliminary invitation is extended to those wishing to participate and present papers at this meeting. For further information please contact Dr.Malcolm I. Coombs, Chairman of Organizing Committee, Discipline of Oral Diagnosis and Imaging, Faculty of Dentistry, United Dental Hospital, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia.
email: mcoombs@dentistry.usyd.edu au or Dr.Ross Macdonald, Hon Secretary AADMFR 195 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
email: ROSS MACDONALD < l00236. 1444@CompuServe.COM
Malcolm I. Coombs
Greetings from Japan
The joint conference with the 39th Kansai(West Japan) and the 28th Kyushu districts of JSOMR were held on November 30, 1996 at Fukuoka city chaired by Professor Shigenobu Kanda. Fifteen oral presentation, 4 image presentations and panel discussion on the theme " Present and future progress of PACS at the department of Oral Radiology". Professor Ulf Welander of Kalolinska University, Sweden spoke as a special lecturer entitled " The perceptibility curve, its interpretation and application".
The joint conference with the 174th Kanto(East Japan) district of Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology(JSOMR) was held at Showa University School of Dentistry on December 21, 1996 chaired by Professor Tomohiro Okano. Sixteen papers were presented.
The 15th Kitanihon(North Japan) district of JSOMR was held at Sapporo on February 22, 1997 chaired by Professor Motoyasu Nakamura of Hokkaido University. Ten papers were presented.
Dr.Tsumura et al and Dr.Kakimoto et al presented the experience of the panel discussion on the cases treated by radiation therapy with Satellite communication (Space Collaboration System) at these meetings of Kitanihon and the joint conference with Kansai and Kyushu districts respectively. The meetings with SCS have been held periodically between the Oral Radiology Departments of Osaka University and Hokkaido University. They could exchange their opinions face to face transmitting the images in real time.
The first Virtual Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology on World Wide Web was held chaired by Professor Shigenobu Kanda. Questions, comments and answers for 16 presentations were submitted on the homepage on WWW.
Thus exchange and discussion through transmission of images become more and more prevalent. The application of multi media in dentistry in the world wide scale, digital images, PACS and telecommunication, all these trends will be expanded.
I was fortunate to be invited as a guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Association for Dental Science of Republic of China which was held in Taipei from 28-30 March, 1997. Dr.Yat-Hang Yan and Dr.Ssu-Kuang Chen were the friends I had to see during my stay in Taiwan. Dr.Chen had just installed their OMFR PACS system with the network covering every clinical department of dentistry in the hospital affiliated to National Taiwan University. It is expected that this mini PACS system will be run successfully and evaluated as an effective transmission means of diagnostic images to assist treatment plan as well as education and research works in every field of clinical dentistry in the hospital.
I was also invited to Kaohsiung Medical College School of Dentistry which just celebrated its 40 years anniversary after the establishment. Dr.Yan have been actively involved with the diagnostic image study and education at his school. The display at their clinic for the students and the patients is well selected and quite effective to learn about various lesions in the dento-maxillo facial region. Most of the radiographs displayed were prepared by Dr.Yan and included many cases which had been presented at various congress.
With the development of various diagnostic image techniques in clinical dentistry, the role of both Dr.Yan and Dr.Chen will be increased as the key persons to lead the field of maxillofacial radiology in Taiwan.
Kanji Kishi
Department of Oral Radiology,
Okayama University Dental School
Figure 1. Dr.Chen and his colleague. They just installed the mini PACS in the hospital.
Figure 2. Dr.Yan, Professor Li-Min Lin, Dr.Kishi, Dr.Pin-Chen Chiu and Dr.Wang W.C. in front of their radiology clinic. Note Q and A box for the students to drill the interpretation of the radiographs (backward of Dr.Yan).
Greetings from Korea
On May 30th, 1996, the ACOMFR(Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillo Facial Radiology) General Assembly decided to hold the 2nd Congress of 1998 in Seoul, Korea. It gives great pleasure to the Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillfacial Radiology and all its members.
The Organizing Committee decided to hold the 2nd Asian Congress at Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul from Thursday, June 11 to Saturday, June 13, and Professor Tae-Won Park was elected as the president. The Committee and Korean Academy will make an utmost effort to provide you with the best scientific program possible along with a number of colorful social events. We respectfully invite all members to attend the 2nd Asian Congress of 1998.
The 29th General Assembly and Scientific Meeting of Korean Academy will be held in Dental College of Seoul National University on April 19th. Korean Academy(President: Professor Jae-Duk Kim) decided to support the 2nd Asian Congress actively.
Organization for the 2nd Asian Congress
President: Dr.Tae-Won Park
Department of OMF Radiology,
College of Dentistry, Seoul National University
28 Yungoon-Dong, Chongno-Ku, Seoul, Korea
Tel: 82-2-760-3812
Fax: 82-2-744-3919
E-mail: raypark@plaza.snu.ac.kr
Secretary General: Dr.Jae Duk Kim
Scientific Program: Dr.Chang-Seo Park
Social Arrangement: Dr.Hae-Yoon Chin, Dr.Jae-Hee Lee, Dr.Kee-Sik Lee
Honorary Chairman: Dr. Dong-Soo You
Treasurer: Dr.Soon-Chul Choi
Program Committee: Dr. Kyung-Soo Na
General information Date: Thursday, June 11- Saturday, June 13, 1998
Venue: Swiss Grand Hotel, Seoul
Scientific Program Special and Educational Lecture
Symposium
General Session
Greetings from the North America
We are excitedly preparing for the next visit of the IADMF Radiology Congress which, everyone by now knows, will take place in Louisville, Kentucky from June 22 through June 28. Allan Farman, our President, has been working tirelessly to ensure a successful, conjoint Congress and to ensure that everything will be running very smoothly thus guaranteeing that we all have a most enjoyable and memorable visit to Louisville. There has been great interest shown in the meeting and a large number of papers of a very high caliber will be presented. The continuing education course alone will be worth attending. It is not yet too late to join the fun and learn something new from our many colleagues who have already registered.
We wish Dr.Rich Valachovic the best of luck in his new position as Executive Director of the American Association of Dental Schools. Unfortunately the By-Laws the AADS do not allow the Executive Director to serve as an officer of another dental organization and thus Rich was obliged to resign as the President of the American Academy. We will miss you Rich but hope to see you at our meetings. Effectively March 1, 1997 Lars Hollender, the Vice President takes over as our President.
The Ad Interim Meeting of the Association took place in Orlando, Florida on March 18 and the bye laws of the Association were discussed. The recommendations will be approved at the next Meeting in Washington.
And talking about meetings. The next (48th) Annual Scientific Meeting of the AAOMF Radiology takes place at Arlington Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia which is just across the river from Washington DC with all its attractions. The Meeting will run from October 15 through 19, 1997.
The following year the 49th Meeting will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico from October 14 through 18, 1998. I will be happy to provide further information regarding these meetings or please contact Dr.Kevin O Carroll, the Executive Secretary at 601 984-6060.
The American Academy is now a Recognized Provider by the American Dental Association and also by the Academy of General Dentistry the Continuing Education Recognition Program.
The Canadian Academy is well, thriving and active. The 25th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology will be held on August 23, 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The program will include a scientific session with presentation of oral papers and radiological case exchanges. I have been fortunate to attend one of these sessions and it was a great learning experience. For more information, please contact:
Dr.Garnet Packota: Secretary-Treasurer, Dental Clinic, University of Saskatchewan, 105 Wiggins Rd, Saskatoon, Canada, S7N 5E4
Phone 306 966-5068
Fax 306 966-5615
E-mail packota@sask.usask.ca
Neill Serman:
Professor and Head,
Division of Oral Radiology,
Dental School, Columbia University
New York. N.Y.10032
Fax 091 212 305-9649
Email njs2@columbia.edu
Greetings from South Africa
It is now autumn here, the time of the year when the leaves are changing colour, when the sun comes up later in the mornings and sets earlier in the evenings.
At the same time things are also changing in connection with health policies. The national decision to build equity into provincial health budgets has resulted in both Gauteng and the Western Cape receiving considerably less funds for health than previously. The need to reduce health expenditure in the future is further emphasized by the Provincial need to stop any overrun expenditure as the Provincial Health Department is noe financed through an ordinary commercial bank account, and not the Reserve Bank. (The estimated overrun for 1996-97 was estimated in December 1996 as between R165m and R185m. This has to be carried forward to 1997-98, with severe consequences). The national decision to place the focus of health care at the primary level has resulted in a further tightening of budget allocations and impinges on the Academic Health Centres. More recent budgetary pressure has arisen as a result of the Government's macro-economic framework, which has resulted in further cuts in funds allocated to the Province and in decisions to increase civil servants' remuneration packages out of reductions in their overall numbers. The only instrument provided for the reduction in staff numbers is the Voluntary Severance Package which has an arbitrary and unpredictable effect within the health services, and in particular the Academic Health Centres, which is neither conducive to good health care nor to good education experiences for students.
On the brighter side, the South African Society of Maxillofacial Radiology had a very successful First African Maxillofacial Radiology meeting in March 1996 in Cape Town. (One of the nominating cities for the Olympic Games in the year 2004). Feedback from various colleagues all over the world indicated that the meeting was one of the best. If you missed it, it was your due to you own ignorance.
We look forward to the meeting in Louisville and would like to wish professor Alan Farman and his co-workers everything of the best in the organization of the meeting.
Christoffel Nortjé
Representative of Africa of
the International Association
of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology
Miscellaneous
Success of The Establishment of Thai Society of Oral Diagnostic Science (TSODSc)
In Thailand, the total member of dental radiologist from seven universities in Thailand was approximately 25-30 persons. In the meanwhile, the staff of other diagnostic groups are almost the same amount of each group. For this reason, staffs of every diagnostic group discuss to establish a society for our group. Finally, our society was established on the name of Thai Society of Oral Diagnostic Science (TSODSc) in 1996 by four groups of oral diagnostic science as follow: oral medicine, oral pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, and occlusion.
The first annual meeting of Thai Society of Oral Diagnostic Science was held on June 28, 1996. The first scientific meeting was held on December 17, 1996 with four educational lectures as follow : Current Techniques in Oral Pathology, Update x-ray Examination for Diagnosis of Head and next lesions, Radiographic Examination for Oral Implant and Update in The Diagnosis of Masticatory Muscle Disorder. Assistant Professor Dr. Soontra Panmekiate DDS, Odont.Dr. from Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University was one of speakers on the topic of Radiographic Examination for Oral Implant.
Associate Professor Dr. Pirat Dhiravarangkura, former Regional Director of IADMFR, after his retirement in 1995, he accepted a part time position in Dental Radiology Section, Stomatology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Srinakarindarawirot University. He assists to set up the dental radiology curriculum and teaches dental radiology.
Two international congresses will be held in Thailand are: 1) Joint l2th International Association of Dental Research / South East Asia (IADR/SEA) and 8th South East Asia Association of Dental Education ( SEAADE) between September 9-12,1997 at Kata Beach Resort Hotel, Phuket, Thailand ; 2) The 20th Asia Pacific Dental Congress (APDC) between January 17-22, 1998 at Bangkok Convention Center, Central Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand.
Anonknart Bhakdinaronk
Regional Director Thailand,
IADMFR
The Third Chinese National Congress of Oral Radiology
(Qingdao City, China, 1996)
Entrusted by Chinese Stomatology Association(CSA), the Third Chinese National Congress of Oral Radiology run by Stomatological School of Beijing Medical University and Qingdao Medical College was held successfully in Qingdao city from August 22 to 24 last year. Professor Zhen-kang Zhang--- The president of CSA, and professor A.G. Farman--the president of the 11th International Congress of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology sent their congratulation letters to the congress. 158 scientific papers were received and 70 of papers were presented on the congress. 140 representatives from most provinces of China attended this congress. In addition, 25 colleagues from Japan, U.K. and Hong Kong also were invited to attend this congress. Advanced imaging diagnosis and technique of oral and maxillofacial region including digital subtraction technique, interventional radiology, CT, MRI, ultrasound imaging diagnosis, scintigraphic diagnosis and so on were reported on the congress. This congress fully showed the rapidly progress and achivements in the field of oral and maxillofacial radiology of China. Some Japanese friends visited Stomatologicl School of Beijing Medical University, the Great Wall and other beautiful places in Beijing. I do believe that this congress is very helpful in strengthing the friendship and academic exchanges between Chinese oral radiologists and foreign colleagues.
China is open!
The Chinese Society of Oral Radiology is open!
Colleagues from all over the world are always warmly welcome to visit our society.
Xu-chen MA
Professor and president
of Chinese Society of Oral Radiology
Book: History of IADMFR
The book "25 years of History of the IADMFR", written by Professor Gregorio Faivovich, has just been finished and will be launched at our next Congress of Louisville, K.Y, USA next June 1997.
This publication of 250 pages, provides useful information about the 25 years of existence of our Association, since its foundation in 1968 until 1994, our Congress in Seoul.
The issue will be of 1,500 copies.
The book comprises 10 Chapters and is profusely illustrated with graphic material which adds interest and authenticity to it. Chapter one gives a detailed information about the foundation of IADMFR, as well as unknown facts.
In short, through the pages of this book, we will know, in a light and interesting style, the different moments lived by our Institution in its long trajectory. It tells us about the difficult pioneering years of IADMFR as well as of those who were involved in its creation and growth.
Greeting from Past President: Our 11th Congress in Louisville
Once again we are getting ready for a congress, which is under way. It will be held in
Louisville, Kentucky, USA from 21-28 June 1997.
The scientific and technological advancement, the endeavor to expand benefits of health more and more, and the accelerated development of the means of, communications, give International Organizations as ours, responsibilities and perspectives of action that we must assume.
Our fruitful twenty nine years of existence have given us the necessary elements to carry out these actions.
The level of excellence that is traditional in the events celebrated by our Institution, plus the fact that this Congress will be held in association with the 3rd International Congress on Computed Maxillofacial Imaging ( CMI ) and with a Pre-Congress Course with an interesting program, are strong incentives which allow us to expect a large attendance,
representative of all continents and a successful event.
The Organizing Committee, headed by Prof. Allan Farman, has been working very hard for 3 years, with a creative capacity, considering every detail in order to assure an excellent organization of this meeting.
Therefor, we invite all those who are interested in our specialty to participate in this memorable Congress which, no doubt, will surpass all our expectancies.
See you in Louisville!
Gregorio Faivovich, First President IADMFR
Invitations for Scientific Meeting
48th Annual Session
October 15-19, 1997
Arlington Hilton Hotel, Arlington VA
Contact Dr. M. Kevin O Carroll, Phone: (601) 984-6060;
Fax: (601) 984-6086; e-mail: ocarroll@fiona.umsmed.edu
49th Annual Session
October 14-18, 1998
Fort Marcy Condominiums and Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
Contact Dr. M. Kevin O Carroll, Phone: (601) 984-6060;
Fax: (601) 984-6086; e-mail: ocarroll@fiona.umsmed.edu
50th Annual Session
December 1-5, 1999
Chicago, IL
Contact Dr. M. Kevin O Carroll, Phone: (601) 984-6060;
Fax: (601) 984-6086; e-mail: ocarroll@fiona.umsmed.edu
Dr. M. Kevin O Carroll, Executive Secretary
6th European Congress on Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology
(Joint meeting with 14th Nordic Symposium)
June 4-6, 1998
Oslo, Norway
Contact Secretary Bjorg Jacobsen or Prof. Tore A, Larheim,
Chairman Organizing Committee,
Dept of Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo
Postbox 1109, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 22 85 22 34, Fax: +47 22 85 23 47,
E-mail: Bjacobse@odont.uio.no
Tore A Larheim
Editor's Comment
The 11th International Congress in Louisville, Kentucky is now close at hand, and you would probably be ready to go Louisville when you receive this Newsletter. At the time of the 10th Congress in Seoul, many of the colleagues unfortunately hesitated to go Seoul because of the political crisis in North-East Asia notwithstanding the perfect preparation for the congress by Korean colleagues. Otherwise they could receive many more participants in Seoul.
I hope the next congress could be concluded amidst the circumstances of friendship and peace.
Three years has passed since I took over the Newsletter Editor from Professor Allan G. Farman at the previous congress in Seoul, therefore, this is the final 6th issue in my term. I would like to extend my sincere thanks for all kindness and cooperation given by IADMFR members, especially to the contributors for their continuous cooperation. Professor Douglas J. Lovelock will take over the editor in Louisville, and you will receive a new designed issue this winter from U.K..
After this congress I will do my best for preparation of the 12th Congress in Osaka to be able to manage a fruitful scientific meeting including the latest topics of mutual interests and to welcome many participants in Osaka, the center of Kansai area.
Finally, I thank all contributors again for your kind cooperation for the past 3 years. Also I am very much grateful to Ms. Ryoko Kakiuchi for her great work to edit each issue. My task might not be completed without her assistance.
See you in Louisville!!
Hajime Fuchihata
Prof. Hajime Fuchihata
Editor: IADMFR Newsletter
Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University
1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
Tel: +81 6-879-2967
Fax: +81 6-875-5834