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PRSRTSTD U.S.Postage PAID SanAntonio,TX Permit#1396 DentalTribuneAmerica 116West23rdStreet Suite#500 NewYork,N.Y.10011 NEWS a2 • Researchers say tooth loss is declining in the United States meetings A3 • 2014 Winter Clinic in new downtown Toronto location, Friday, Nov. 14 • Registration is open for the Greater New York Dental Meeting, which runs from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 Industry nEWS a5–a13 • Obsessive quality control starts at molecular level at DENTSPLY Pharmaceutical • Designs for Vision 1.1-ounce camera system records your operatory perspective in 1080 HD • Online-review rules you should follow — from Sesame Communications • LVI Core I three-day course teaches comprehensive patient care process • Powerfully easy: Crisp, clear intraoral images delivered on a screen your patients can hold in their hands, from DrQuickLook • AGD, OralID partner to give oral cancer screenings to dentists and public at AGD meeting • Oral Health America spreads message on importance of oral health with its ‘Fall for Smiles’ campaign DentalTribuneAmerica 116West23rdStreet Suite#500 NewYork,N.Y.10011 Ad By Prof. Lakshman Samaranayake T wenty-two years ago, a semi- nal report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the U.S., titled “Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States,” warned of the dangers of newly emerg- ing and re-emerging diseases. The con- cept of “emerging infectious diseases,” introduced then by the IOM, is now well entrenched, and to our chagrin we have witnessed many such diseases over the past two decades. These include variant Creutzfeldt–Jakobdisease/bovinespongi- form encephalopathy, severe acute respi- ratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome and, above all, the pandemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which has claimed millions of lives the world over. The re-emerging in- fectious diseases we have seen include diseases caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and multidrug- resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Interestingly, the concept of “emerging infectious diseases” is not new. Indeed, ancient Greek, Roman and Persian writers documented the emergence of many new epidemics. In more recent times, the sci- entist Robert Boyle presciently observed in 1865 that “there are ever new forms of epidemic diseases appearing … among [them] the emergent variety of exotic and hurtful.” Arguably, though, the most noteworthy relatively new emerging in- fectious disease with the greatest impact on the dental profession has been the hu- man immunodeficiency virus and AIDS. And now we have a severe epidemic of Ebola virus infection. It is back with a vengeance, this time in West Africa, with more than [1,500 confirmed cases at press time] and a 69 percent case fatality ratio [at the time of writing]. The culprit is the Zaire Ebola virus species, the most lethal Ebola virus known, with case fatality ra- tios up to 90 percent. According to the IOM report, there are many reasons that new diseases emerge and re-emerge. These include health care advances with the attendant problems (e.g. transplantation, immunosuppres- sion, antibiotic abuse, and contaminated blood and blood products) and human behavior, including injectable drug abuse and sexual promiscuity. Societal occur- rences, such as economic impoverish- ment, war and civil conflict, too, are criti- cal, according to the IOM. The current Ebola outbreak heightens infection control awareness www.dental-tribune.com DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition SEPTEMBER 2014 — Vol. 9, No. 9 www.dental-tribune.com DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition AA P Mee ting PRSRTSTD USPOSTAGE PAID LASVEGAS,NV PERMIT#3026 San Francisco’s heritage electric streetcars on Market Street are among the many historical sights awaiting attendees of the 100th anniversary AAP annual meeting, being held downtown at the Moscone Convention Center. Photo/Robert Selleck, DTI American Academy of Periodontology, Sept. 19–22, San Francisco ” See Implant Tribune B1 and Hygiene Tribune D1 ” See EBOLA, page A4 Endo Tribune It’s never what you think it is Dr. Thomas Jovicich’s case was complicated by his preconceived notions. ” page C1 Implant Tribune AAID keynote: Nina Tandon Sci-fi meets reality at American Academy of Implant Dentistry event. ” page B1 Hygiene Tribune Hygiene Symposium part of AAP Meeting Full day in San Francisco focuses on periodontics from hygienist perspective. ” page D1

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