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2 Local News Dental Tribune South African Edition - August 2014 GROUP EDITOR Daniel Zimmermann newsroom@dental-tribune.com +49 341 48 474 107 CLINICAL EDITOR Magda Wojtkiewicz ONLINE EDITORS Yvonne Bachmann Claudia Duschek COPY EDITORS Sabrina Raaff, Hans Motschmann PUBLISHER/PRESIDENT/CEO Torsten Oemus DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & CONTROLLING Dan Wunderlich BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Claudia Salwiczek EVENTS MANAGER Esther Wodarski MEDIA SALES MANAGERS Matthias Diessner (Key Accounts) Melissa Brown (International) Peter Witteczek (Asia Pacific) Maria Kaiser (USA) Weridiana Mageswki (Latin America) Hélène Carpentier (Europe) MARKETING & SALES SERVICES Nadine Dehmel, Nicole Andrä ACCOUNTING Karen Hamatschek EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Gernot Meyer DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL Holbeinstr. 29, 04229 Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48 474 302 | Fax: +49 341 48 474 173 www.dental-tribune.com info@dental-tribune.com REGIONAL OFFICES ASIA PACIFIC Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Limited Room A, 20/F, Harvard Commercial Building, 105–111 Thomson Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 | Fax: +852 3113 6199 THE AMERICAS Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Ste. 500, New York, N.Y. 10011, USA Tel.: +1 212 244 7181 | Fax: +1 212 244 7185 © 2014, DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL GMBH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and manufacturer’s product news accurately, but cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims, or for typographical errors. The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims, or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Dental Tribune International. DENTAL TRIBUNE SOUTH AFRICA Modern Dentistry Media PO Box 76021 Wendywood 2144 South Africa Tel: +27 11 702 3195 | Fax: +27 86-568-1116 www.moderndentistrymedia.com PUBLISHER Ursula Jenkins ursula@moderndentistrymedia.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Chris Jenkins chris@moderndentistrymedia.com ADMINISTRATION Jane Wilson DESIGN & LAYOUT C Designz LICENSING BY DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL DENTAL TRIBUNEThe World’s Dental Newspaper · South African Edition Dental Tribune South Africa CAPE TOWN, SA. The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has recently bestowed the highly prestigious 2014 IADR Distinguished Service Award on Professor Francois de Wet, Head of the Department of Odontology and Deputy Chairperson of the School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria. Since its establishment in 1998 this significant award has been granted only eighteen times to IADR members from various countries. It is reserved for members of the IADR who have performed outstanding or distinguished service to the Association over a period of time. The recipients of this award are nominated from the total IADR membership of about 12 000 members, the committee that considers all nominations and makes a final recommendation to the board consists of the last three serving presidents of IADR. As the 2014 Distinguished Service Award recipient, Prof de Wet’s contributions to IADR and its mission are regarded to be highly valued and recognised by members of the Association. The mission of the IADR is to advance research and increase knowledge for the improvement of oral health worldwide and to facilitate the communication and application of research findings. The IADR General Session is recognised as the most prominent dental research conference in the world, and the importance of the science presented there to the advancement of health care worldwide, cannot be overstated. Prof de Wet received his commemorative plaque from the IADR President during the opening ceremony of the IADR World Congress held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 25 June 2014. He is the first South African ever to receive this award. Prof de Wet was acknowledged for his various contributions to the IADR spanning more than 35 years which includes: • IADR President (SA Division) from 1996 – 1998 • Member of the Executive Committee for more than 10 years • Dental Materials Group President (founder member of the SA Chapter) • SA representative on the IADR International Committee for the Promotion of Research in Developing Regions of the World (of which he became the International Chairperson) • Chairperson of the Distinguished Scientist Awards Committee of the IADR (International) (Academics of 10 different countries served on this committee) • One of three candidates from all over the world nominated for possible election as the International President of IADR (only the second South African ever nominated for this position) Professor Francois de Wet awarded the 2014 IADR Distinguished Service Award Professor Helen Whelton, President of the International Association of Dental Research (left) presents Professor Francois De Wet (right) with the 2014 IADR Distinguished Service Award (Photo: IADR. • Prof Francois de Wet has attended all but two of the SA Division’s IADR congresses over the last 37 years. In addition it can be mentioned that Prof de Wet has received a number of research awards and is the author of more than 110 scientific publications (excluding more than 120 abstracts) and two textbook chapters. He has presented more than 150 papers on dental materials, both locally and in fifteen foreign countries, including the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Israel, England, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Taiwan, Singapore, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates. In 1985 he spent four months as Visiting Professor at the Dental School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. DT Dental Tribune South Africa Pretoria, South Africa. After having been actively involved in the dental field in South Africa for more than 50 years, Professor JC (Hannes) Nel has retired from the profession. His long and distinguished career was devoted mainly to the field of Prosthodontics, where he served not only as a Practitioner, but as an Educator. Professor Hannes Nel was born in 1938 in Johannesburg. He received the BchD degree in 1960 at the University of Pretoria and was awarded the Van Riebeeck Gold Medal for the Best Student. In 1968 he obtained the Higher Diploma in Dentistry, (HdipDent) at the University of the Witwatersrand and in 1973 he qualified for the MChD (Prosthodontics) (Pretoria) degree and registered as a Specialist Prosthodontist. On the grounds of his activities in Implantology, The Diplomate Of The International Congress Of Oral Implantologists (USA) was awarded to him in 1962. The Diplomate Of The American Society Of Osseointegration (USA) was also awarded to him in 1993. Other fields of interests are Occlusion, Esthetic Dentistry and Computerised Dentistry. He practised as a Prosthodontist on a part time basis while being appointed Professor/Head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry in 1974. Professor Nel has more than 60 publications to his credit and delivered papers at many congresses in South Africa and abroad. He presented various courses on invitation in Kenya, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Dubai, Portugal, France and South Africa. Professor Nel was founder member and First President of the following professional societies: Academy of Prosthodontics (S.A.); The S.A. Society for Dental Implantology; S.A. Academy of Computertised Dentistry; He was president of the Northern Transvaal branch of the Dental Association of South Africa as well as the first Secretary of the S.A. Academy of Tempero Mandibular disorders. He was also President of the Prosthodontics Society of S.A. (PROSSA) and lifelong honorary membership was awarded to him. International and other Awards: • The Implant Science Education Medal (USA) was awarded to him in 1981 and he was elected as counsellor of the International Society for Computerised Dentistry in 1995. • Sir Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Bursary in 1979 • Various Redfund awards • Dean’s Award from the faculty of Dentistry, University of Pretoria in 1988; • Top Achiever Award from the University of Pretoria • Merit certificate award from “Die Bond van Oud Tukkies”, University of Pretoria. Professor Nel served on the editorial staff of local as well as international Scientific Journals: Dental Update and The International Journal of Prosthodontics. Sixteen Prosthodontists received their MChD degrees under his guidance and he also acted as external examiner or leader for various PhD students. He is the initiator of a new concept for the pre-clinical “fanthom head” training ward. This approach was marketed world-wide known as the “Pretoria Concept” and is implemented in various dental faculties throughout the world. He resigned as Professor and Head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry in 1996. Hannes is married to Stefanie and they have five children. Dental Tribune South Africa joins the South African dental profession in wishing Professor Nel and his wife a happy and well-deserved retirement. Professor JC (Hannes) Nel retires after a long and distinguished career in dentistry Professor Hannes Nel and his wife, Stefanie DT_Issue2-2_Aug2014-rev_Layout 1 2014/08/11 4:41 PM Page 2

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