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News & Opinions DENTALTRIBUNE Asia Pacific Edition No. 1+2/201518 DT Asia Pacific Dhaka, Bangladesh: Repre- sentatives of dental and civil society organisations in Asia recently signed a declaration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that calls for a phase-out of dental fillings containing mercury throughout the region. The agreement also aims for the cease of trade in amalgam and to educate dental professionalsaboutmercury-free alternatives, such as Atraumatic Restorative Treatment. Use of amalgam in the treat- ment of children and pregnant women is to be prohibited al- ready this year, the paper states. It also strives for developing measures to raise public aware- ness about the environmental hazards of amalgam and to help hospitals and dental institutions continent wide to provide mer- cury-free dental health care services. An overall phase-out of amalgam in dentistry in Asia is targeted for 2020. Signed by dental representa - tives from India, Nepal, Bang- ladesh, Thailand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the declaration is con- sidered a practical step towards implementing the Minamata Convention on Mercury, an in- ternational agreement signed by 87countriestwoyearsagoinJapan that has banned the use of the 4Page 10 Google How to get on to Page 1 in 2015 4Page 9 Neoss Guy Leaver on expansion plans in Asia 4Page 14 Cone Beam CT Ready for a new standard of care? Thefatherofthemodernden- talimplant,Per-IngvarBrånemark, has died at age 85 in his home- town of Gothenburg in Sweden fromaheartattack.Heleavesbe- hind his wife, three children and four grandchildren. A physician and dedicated re- searcher, Brånemark accidently discovered how to anchor tita- nium in bone, a process known asosseointegration,whenstudy- ing the effects of blood flow on bone healing. He successfully placed the first titanium implant in the mid-1960s in a Swedish patient with several jaw de- formities and missing teeth. His invention was approved by Swedishhealthauthoritiesinthe early1970s.Itisstillsoldtodayas the Brånemark system by Nobel Biocare. Duringhislifetime,Brånemark received several honours, in- cluding the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Söderberg Prize and the European Inventor Award for Lifetime Achievement. DT Dental icon dies at 85 Japanese researchers have found that people who wear den- tures at night are at an increased risk of pneumonia. According to their study, patients who wore their dentures during sleep were ata2.3-foldriskofdevelopingthe condition compared with those of a control group who removed their dentures before they went to bed. Denture wearers were also more likely to suffer develop tongue and denture plaque, Candida albicans, as well as periodontal inflammation. The study conducted at the NihonUniversity’sSchoolofDen- tistryandKeioUniversity’sSchool of Medicine in Tokyo examined 228 men and 296 women aged 85 and over in terms of their oral health status and behaviour. DT Dentures pose health risk during sleep DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Asia Pacific Edition PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG www.dental-tribune.asia NO. 1+2 VOL. 13 The declaration was formulated last November in Dhaka. (Photo OSVSWA, India) (DTI/PhotoRobertKneschke)(DTI/PhotoTwinDesign) www.ivoclarvivadent.com Ivoclar Vivadent AG Bendererstr. 2 | FL-9494 Schaan | Liechtenstein | Tel.: +423 / 235 35 35 | Fax: +423 / 235 33 60 Healthy teeth produce a radiant smile. We strive to achieve this goal on a daily basis. It inspires us to search for innovative, economic and esthetic solutions for direct filling procedures and the fabrication of indirect, fixed or removable restorations, so that you have quality products at your disposal to help people regain a beautiful smile. Distinguished by innovation AD Dr John Williams and colleagues from the Colorado State University in the US demonstrating a device that could allow deaf patients to hear with their tongue. (Photo courtesy of CSU, USA) US News & World Report has announced that dentist and dentalhygienistareagainamong the best jobs in the United States, with dentist at No. 1. Dentist is also among the 2015 top best- paying jobs in the country, only preceded by physicians, who top the list with an average of US$188,440 earned in 2013. DT Dentist best job in the United States The Food and Drug Adminis- trationhasupdateditsrecommen - dations for the use of bone graft substitutes containing recombi- nantproteinsorsyntheticpeptides in patients under the age of 18. Owing to reported adverse ef- fects, the regulatory body advises against routine use of such prod- ucts in this population. DT Recommendations changed ‡ page 2DT Regional declaration on amalgam phase-out signed in Bangladesh Asia poised to become first continent free from dental mercury waste DTAP0115_01-03_News 09.02.15 14:49 Seite 1 Bendererstr. 2 | FL-9494 Schaan | Liechtenstein | Tel.: +423 / 2353535 | Fax: +423 / 2353360 DTAP0115_01-03_News 09.02.1514:49 Seite 1