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Daniel Zimmermann DTI A few weeks ago, this simple French expression brought peo- ple around the globe together in solidarity. Unfortunately, a dear friend of our French editor was killed in the terrorist attacks against the Charlie Hebdo news- paper on 7 January and a Jewish supermarketinParison9January. Our thoughts are with her family and the bereaved of the other 15 victims. What remains now after these horrific events? Obviously, there is the revealing fact that security, wherever you are, is an illusion. Barbaric acts of violence are not thingsthathappentosomeoneelse somewhere else; they can affect you directly and without warning. Do we persist and go on or do we give in and play the game of the devil? My sincere hope is that, whatever happens, people will always choose humanity and rea- son over ignorance and hate. Yours sincerely, Daniel Zimmermann Group Editor Dental Tribune International DT Dental Tribunewelcomes comments, suggestions and complaints at newsroom@dental-tribune.com. 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In my practice, I stopped per- forming tooth restorations with amalgam 15 years ago, not be- cause of its toxicity, but because it is not a naturo-mimetic and such restorations require more inva- sive tooth preparation. Now, we have various tooth-coloured ad- hesiverestorativematerialsatour disposal as an alternative to amal- gam. Therefore, its use in clinical practice largely depends on the mindset and choice of the dentist and patient. I personally believe that, if a dentist considers do no harm dentistry his or her practice philosophy and adopts minimally invasive restorative techniques to achieve naturo-mimetic clini- cal results, then silver amalgam restorations no longer have a place in clinical dentistry. When discussing banning mercury-containing restorative materials in dentistry, we must consider what we have been teaching our students at under- graduate level. If we carefully look at the restorative dentistry syllabus in Asia, we see that al- most every dental department stillteaches conventionalrestora- tive procedures with amalgam. They also focus on G.V. Black’s principles of cavity preparation, whicharenowconsideredveryin- vasiveandbecomingincreasingly obsoleteinqualitydentalpractice. Unless we reconsider restorative techniques and materials science in dental curriculums, it will be difficult to induce practical changes in clinical practice. As a practitioner and advo - cator of minimally invasive cos- meticdentistry,Ihavebeeneffec- tively promoting tooth-coloured adhesive restorative materials. I strongly urge young dentists to perform minimally invasive and naturo-mimetic dentistry for the long-term health and beauty of teeth and smiles. DT Je suis Charlie Opinion DENTALTRIBUNE Asia Pacific Edition No. 1+2/20154 No place in clinical dentistry Dr Sushil Koirala is President of the Asian Academy of Aes- thetic Dentistry and a regular contributor to Dental Tribune. Dr Koirala can be contacted at drsushilkoirala@gmail.com. Contact Info DrYatoroKomiyama Japan When I met Prof. Per-Ingvar Brånemarkinhisworkroomatthe University of Gothenburg at the beginning of the 1980s, my intro- duction to him was not good. I was overly formal because I thought he would be difficult to approach. Luckily, he was not. Hisheartwasfilledwithbenev- olence for his patients. He always woreasmileandencouragedcom- munication.“Theoptimalhardware and software are very important factors in order to establish osseo- integration and to maintain it for many years. Minimal tissue viola- tion is the most valuable factor of software.”Thisistheadvicehegave mein1982.Ialwaysbearitinmind. During a lecture he gave in Dallasin1989asthefirsthonorary member of the Academy of Osseo- integration, he dropped the pin microphone. “Maybe I should in- stall a tooth fixture in my rip to hold this mic,” he joked. Brånemark was a genuine mentor to all dentists. May his soul rest in peace and watch over us forever. DT Yataro Komiyama is founder of the Brånemark Osseointegration Center in Tokyo, Japan, and Clin- ical Professor at Tokyo Dental College. He can be contacted at yataro@teabreak.jp. Contact Info Amanof humourand humanity DTAP0115_04_News 09.02.15 10:54 Seite 1 phone: +494321/54173 · fax +494321/51908 · eMail: info@promedica.de · Internet: www.promedica.de DTAP0115_04_News 09.02.1510:54 Seite 1