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Asia News DENTALTRIBUNE Asia Pacific Edition No. 1+2/20152 Y education everywhere and anytime Y live and interactive webinars Y more than 500 archived courses Y a focused discussion forum Y free membership Y no travel costs Y no time away from the practice Y interaction with colleagues and experts across the globe Y a growing database of scientific articles and case reports Y ADA CERP-recognized credit administration ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providersof continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. www.DTStudyClub.com Register for FREE! AD Dr Marc Revise Scientific Editor, Dental Tribune France Elsa Cayat was killed along with 11 of her colleagues, in the attack against French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015. She leaves behind a 22-year- old daughter. Elsa worked as a psychia- trist and psychoanalyst. She had her internship at the age of 22. “Charlie Divan” was the name of the column she wrote for Charlie Hebdo. She also published two books, Un homme + une femme = quoi ? [A Man + A Woman = What?] and Le Désir et la putain [Desire and the Whore]. In a twist of irony, we had been working together on an essay about death, trans- mission and love over the past year. Parental authority and the lasting damage it can cause was also oneofher favouritethemes. Althoughafreespirit,Elsawas alwaysattentive.Herveryspecial laugh was distinctive. Her en- thusiasm and lust for life could be felt when she would say, “Sooooo, what’s new with you?”. Open to many things, she loved to flick through the Dental Tribune that I would sometimes leave on her desk. On 3 June 2014, we celebrated the release of Patrick Pelloux’s book On ne vit qu’une fois! [You only live once!] with CharlieHebdoeditorStéphane Charbonnier and the rest of the Charlie Hebdo team. DT Journalist, doctor and colleague: A tribute to Elsa Cayat From right to left: Marc Revise with Elsa Cayat and fellow journalist Antonio Fischetti.(Photo Archive) Group Editor/Managing Daniel Zimmermann Editor DT Asia Pacific newsroom@dental-tribune.com Tel.: +49 341 48474-107 Clinical Editor Magda Wojtkiewicz Online Editors Yvonne Bachmann Claudia Duschek Copy Editors Sabrina Raaff Hans Motschmann President/CEO Torsten Oemus Media Sales Managers Matthias Diessner Peter Witteczek Maria Kaiser Melissa Brown Weridiana Mageswki Hélène Carpentier CFO/COO Dan Wunderlich Marketing & Sales Services Nadine Dehmel Accounting Karen Hamatschek Business Development Claudia Salwiczek Executive Producer Gernot Meyer Ad Production Marius Mezger Designer Franziska Dachsel Licensing by Dental Tribune International Publisher Torsten Oemus International Imprint Dental Tribune International Holbeinstr. 29, 04229, Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48474-302 · Fax: +49 341 48474-173 Internet: www.dental-tribune.com E-mail: info@dental-tribune.com Regional Offices Asia Pacific DT Asia Pacific Ltd. c/o Yonto Risio Communications Ltd, 20A, Harvard Commercial Building, 105-111 Thomson Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 · Fax: +852 3113 6199 The Americas Dental Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10001, USA Tel.: +1 212 244 7181 · Fax: +1 212 224 7185 Published by Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Ltd. © 2015, 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 typograph- ical 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. International Editorial Board Dr Nasser Barghi, Ceramics, USA Dr Karl Behr, Endodontics, Germany Dr George Freedman, Esthetics, Canada Dr Howard Glazer, Cariology, USA Prof. Dr I. Krejci, Conservative Dentistry, Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Asia Pacific Edition substance in industrial products like batteries and fluorescents lamps,onthecontinent.Although amalgam is generally exempt from the ban, the convention recommended phasing down its use in dentistry worldwide. If implemented effectively, the new declaration, formulated in Dakha,Bangladesh,lastNovember, would make Asia the largest and mostdenselypopulatedcontinent to phase out the controversial material, said Dillip Pattanaik, Executive Director of the Orissa StateVolunteersandSocialWorkers Association, a local non-profit or- ganisation, and one of the initia- tors of the initiative. “Amalgam is a primitive, pol- luting product whose high metal content leads to cracked teeth. It is so old that it pre-dates the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. It has norolein21st centurydentistryand it is generally rejected among younger and more modern den- tists,” he commented. While mercury-free dentistry is growing even in rural parts of India, Pattanaik said, more than 70percentofdentistsinthecoun- try are still using it as their pri- mary filling material. The wide- spread use results in 65 tons of amalgam waste per year, which, despite new initiatives to educate dentists about the benefits of amalgam separators, is released into the environment. It is then transformedintomethylmercury, a highly toxic form of the metal that poses health risks to wildlife and human beings. “The large number of dental practitioners and dental profes- sionals both in the private and government sectors are unaware of these things and required to be sensitised to avoid amalgam dis- posal through the normal sewer system,” Prof. Mahesh Verma, In- dianDentalAssociationPresident and Director and Principal of the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental SciencesinNewDelhi,toldDental Tribune Asia Pacific. Religious practices like Hindu cremations further add to the environmental problem, as they release mercury from dental fill- ings into the air. While the environmental ef- fects of amalgam waste in Asia remain largely unknown, it is believed that the continent con- tributes significantly to the over- all global burden. According to a 2013 report released by the United Nations Environment Programme, amalgam waste en- tering the solid waste stream amounts to 340 tons worldwide. Total emissions of mercury resulting from cremation of hu- man remains were estimated at 3.6 tons. DT fl page 1DT Dr Mahesh Vermam, President of the Indian Dental Association. (DTI/PhotoIDA) DTAP0115_01-03_News 09.02.15 14:49 Seite 2 Tel.: +4934148474-107 Tel.: +4934148474-302 · Fax: +4934148474-173 Tel.: +85231136177 · Fax: +85231136199 Tel.: +12122447181 · Fax: +12122247185 DTAP0115_01-03_News 09.02.1514:49 Seite 2