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Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | February 2012XX XXXXX Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | September 2014A2 Publisher & Chairman Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com President & Chief Executive Officer Eric Seid e.seid@dental-tribune.com Group Editor Kristine Colker k.colker@dental-tribune.com Editor in Chief Dental Tribune Dr. David L. Hoexter feedback@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor U.S. and Canada editions Robert Selleck r.selleck@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor Fred Michmershuizen f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com Managing Editor Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Humberto Estrada h.estrada@dental-tribune.com Product/Account Manager Will Kenyon w.kenyon@dental-tribune.com Marketing DIRECTOR Anna Kataoka a.kataoka@dental-tribune.com Education Director Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Accounting Coordinator Nirmala Singh n.singh@dental-tribune.com Tribune America LLC 116 West 23rd St., Ste. #500 New York, N.Y. 10011 (212) 244-7181 Published by Tribune America © 2014 Tribune America, LLC All rights reserved. Dental Tribune strives to maintain the utmost accu- racy in its news and clinical reports. If you find a fac- tual error or content that requires clarification, please contact Managing Editor Robert Selleck at r.selleck@ dental-tribune.com. Dental Tribune cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not as- sume responsibility for product names or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Tribune America. Editorial Board Dr. Joel Berg Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan Dr. Arnaldo Castellucci Dr. Gorden Christensen Dr. Rella Christensen Dr. William Dickerson Hugh Doherty Dr. James Doundoulakis Dr. David Garber Dr. Fay Goldstep Dr. Howard Glazer Dr. Harold Heymann Dr. Karl Leinfelder Dr. Roger Levin Dr. Carl E. Misch Dr. Dan Nathanson Dr. Chester Redhead Dr. Irwin Smigel Dr. Jon Suzuki Dr. Dennis Tartakow Dr. Dan Ward Tell us what you think! Do you have general comments or criti- cism you would like to share? Is there a particular topic you would like to see articles about in Dental Tribune? Let us know by sending an email to feedback@ dental-tribune.com. We look forward to hearing from you! If you would like to make any change to your subscription (name, address or to opt out) please send us an email at c.maragh@dental-tribune.com and be sure to include which publication you are referring to. Also, please note that subscription changes can take up to six weeks to process. DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · US Edition Ad news Tooth loss declining in United States The number of edentulous people in the United States will decline signifi- cantly, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The research team tracked edentulism over the past hundred years and predict that the num- ber of people with tooth loss will be 30 percent lower in 2050 than it was in 2010. The researchers investigated popula- tion trends in edentulism among U.S. adults at least 15 years of age by creat- ing time-series data from five national cross-sectional health surveys: 1957– 1958 (100,000 adults), 1971–1975 (14,655 adults), 1988–1998 (18,011 adults), 1999– 2002 (12,336 adults) and 2009–2012 (10,522 adults). Birth cohort analysis was used to isolate age and cohort effects. Geographic and socio-demographic vari- ation in prevalence were investigated us- ing a sixth U.S. survey of 432,519 adults conducted in 2010. Prevalence through 2050 was projected using age cohort re- gression models with simulation of pre- diction intervals. Researchers predict that the number of people in the United States with tooth loss will be 30 percent lower in 2050 than it was in 2010. Photo/Dana Rothstein, www.dreamstime.com ” See EDENTULISM, page A5