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DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition HYGIENE TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Hygiene Newspaper · U.S. Edition AD DentalTribuneAmerica 213West35thStreet Suite#801 NewYork,NY10001 u page 4A Feedback foibles Words alone are only 7 percent of the feedback message you convey. u page 8A Soft-tissue symmetry A new and predictable approach to a challenge in the cosmetic zone. upage 1B HYGIENE TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Hygiene Newspaper · U.S. Edition New hope for perio patients? Can a drug that regenerates jaw bone cure periodontal disease? ADA offers four packed days in Vegas “The future of dentistry meets here,” is the theme of the 2011 ADA Annual Session, and a quick overview of some highlights suggests the claim is accurate. Location is Las Vegas and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. (Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau) g See pages 15A, 16A Humanitarian group provides care in Nicaragua IMAHelps assembled a team of more than 80 doctors, surgeons, nurs- es, dentists and support personnel for a 10-day medical mission to Estelí, Nicaragua, in August. “This will be our larg- est medical mission since we started organizing medical humanitarian missions 11 years ago,” said Ines Allen, president and co-founder of Ran- cho Mirage-based IMA- Helps. A small team of vol- unteers departed the Coachella Valley for Estelí in late July to pre- pare for the medical mis- sion, which took place Aug. 4 to 14. This year’s team of volunteers included plastic, maxillofacial, orthopedic and general surgeons as well as cardiologists, obstetricians, general physi- cians, pediatricians, gynecologists and support personnel, including four pharmacists. A prosthetist who can fit patients with donated artificial limbs, a dermatologist, dentists and a specialist in endodontics were also on the mission. IMAHelps organizes medical missions each year. Founded in 2000, the group started with medical missions to South America, but has since broad- ened its efforts to include medical missions to Central America and Asia. The group is also organizing a medical mission to China in September. During their 10-day medical mission to Somoto, Nicaragua, last August, IMAHelps volunteers provided medical services to 8,446 people, including g DT page 2A One-third of Americans have cut back on dental visits A recent public opinion survey commissioned by Oral Health Amer- ica found that in the past year, more than one-third (35 percent) of those who regularly visit the dentist have cut back. Though this finding tracks with the fears and realities of our current economy, routine dental visits play a vital role in preventing oral and systemic disease and keep- ing future health-care costs down. This finding was one of the many reasons why on Sept. 1, Oral Health America launched its second annual Fall for Smiles campaign, aiming to remind policymakers and the public about the importance of dental self- care, regular dental visits, healthy food choices and avoiding tobacco products. ADA Meeting Preview September 2011 www.dental-tribune.com Vol. 6, No. 15 g DT page 3A Dr. Paul Fuentes of Arcadia, Calif., and Ana Wood, a dental assistant from Cathedral City, Calif., provide treatment during a medical mis- sion to Somoto, Nicaragua, in August 2010. Another mission took place in Nicaragua in August of this year. (Photo/Jeff Crider, IMAHelps volunteer) PRSRTSTD U.S.Postage PAID SanAntonio,TX Permit#1396