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2 DENTAL TRIBUNE Pakistan Edition September 2015 Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin INTERNATIONAL NEWS Publisher/CEO Syed Hashim A. Hasan hashim@dental-tribune.com.pk Editor Clinical Research: Dr. Inayatullah Padhiar Editors Research & Public Health Prof. Dr. Ayyaz Ali Khan Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin Designing & Layouting Sh. M. Sadiq Ali Dental Tribune Pakistan 3rd floor, Mahmood Centre, BC-11, Block-9 Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. Tel.: +92 21 35378440-2 | Fax: +92 21 35836940 www.dental-tribune.com.pk info@dental-tribune.com.pk Dental Tribune Pakistan cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not assume responsibility for product names or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect of Dental Tribune Pakistan. Group Editor Daniel Zimmermann newsroom@dental-tribune.com Tel.:+44 161 112 1830 Clinical Editor Magda Wojtkiewicz Online Editors/Social Media Manager Claudia Duschek Editorial Assistants Anne Faulmann Kristin Hübner Copy Editors Sabrina Raaff Hans Motschmann Publisher/President/CEO Torsten Oemus Chief Financial Officer Dan Wunderlich Chief Technology Officer Sarban Veres Business Development Manager Claudia Salwiczek Jr. Manager Business Development Sarah Schubert Project Manager Online Tom Carvalho Event Manager Lars Hoffmann Education Manager Christiane Ferret Marketing & Sales Services Nicole Andrä Event Services Esther Wodarski Accounting Services Karen Hamatschek Anja Maywald Manuela Hunger Media Sales Managers Matthias Diessner (Key Accounts) Melissa Brown (International) Antje Kahnt (International) Peter Witteczek (Asia Pacific) Weridiana Mageswki (Latin America) Maria Kaiser (North America) Hélène Carpentier (Europe) Barbora Solarova(Eastern Europe) Executive Producer Gernot Meyer Advertising Disposition Marius Mezger Dental Tribune International Holbeinstr. 29, 04229 Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48 474 302 | Fax: +49 341 48 474 173 info@dental-tribune.com | www.dental-tribune.com Regional Offices Asia Pacific Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Limited Room A, 20/F, Harvard Commercial Building, 105–111 Thomson Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 | Fax: +8523113 6199 The Americas Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Ste. 500, New York, N.Y. 10011, USA Tel.: +1 212 244 7181| Fax: +1 212 244 7185 Fake Medicines on Sale in Pakistan, Claims US Media -It's A Crime Against Humanity, Says PMA ARACHI - A meeting of Pakistan Medical Association held here at the PMA House took serious notice of the news of an American broadcast in which it was claimed that 45 per cent fake medicines, containing brick powder, paints and insecticide, are being sold in the Pakistani market.These drugs, according the report, are being manufactured allegedly by 4,000 licensed drug manufacturers. It further pointed out that former Interior Minister Rehman Malik has also testified this claim. Taking a strong notice of the news, the PMA meeting said that the people involved in this business are committing a crime against humanity. "These criminals are not only playing with the lives of the people, but also fleecing them by supplying harmful material in the name of drug," it added. The meeting demanded a stern action and exemplary punishment against all those involved in the heinous crime.PMA also requested the superior judiciary to take a suo motu action against the criminals. The meeting was attended by PMA's (Centre) former president Prof S. Tipu Sultan, secretary general Dr Mirza Ali Azhar, treasurer Dr S.M. Qaisar Sajjad, PMA Karachi chapter president Prof M. Idrees Adhi, general secretary Dr Qazi M. Wasiq, Dr Naseer Baloch, Dr Ahmed Bhimani, Dr Hamid Manzoor, Dr Khalil Mukkadam, Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro, Dr Usman Ghani, Dr Najum Feroz Mehmudi.Those who participated in the meeting through video link from different parts of the country included PMA's (Centre) president Dr Aziz Ahmed Lehri, president-elect Dr M. Ashraf Nizami, Dr Talha Sherwani, Dr Bashir Ahmed Channa, Dr Izhar Ahmed Chaudhry, Dr Tanveer Anwar, Dr Shahid Malik, Dr Mehr Muhammad Iqbal, Dr Saeed Memon and Dr Pir Manzoor Ali. DT Pakistan Report K Patient focus treatment need of the hour: Experts AHORE - The IADSR conference 2015 began in Lahore with great fanfare. The conference exceeded its targets for both speakers and participants. The conference theme is "Evidence Based Dental Practice; Choosing the best treatment for your patients", is something which is of interest to everybody specially the general dentist. The venue of this academic masterpiece is University of Health Sciences Lahore The highlight of the conference includes routine clinical practice issues from prevention of dental disease to use of antibiotics, recent root canal medicaments to decision between partial dentures and bridges, effectiveness of functional appliances & patient, career counseling backed by pre and post conference workshops. The conference also features best clinical case Awards named after our legendary dentists which is a laudable beginning for others to follow. The awards are Prof. Dr. B. A Y a z d a n i e A w a r d (Prosthodontics), Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Cheema Award (OMFS), Prof. Dr. Haider Tirmazi Award (Orthodontics), Prof. Dr. Mazhar-ul-Haq Award (Operative Dentistry), and Dr. Riaz Shafi Qazi Award (Comprehensive Dental Care). Prof Ayyaz Ali Khan is the man behind this highly s u c c e s s f u l a c a d e m i c conference and together with his team including Saima ch, Sumair Farooq, Dr Faisal, Sharea Ijaz, Mohsin Dewan, Nauman Khan , Faiza Awais, Haris Iqbal, Muhammad Suleman Tahir , Arsalan Malik, Arshad Taqi and shoaib farooq put together this excellent conference. The participants are very impressed and gave positive feedback about the event and the topics it covered. They also appreciated the speakers. The event media partner is Dental News with PM&DC Certified CPD hours for General Dental Practitioners and Specialists attending it. L International Imprint DT Pakistan Report IADSR 2015 Tel.: +922135378440-2 | Fax: +922135836940 Tel.:+441611121830 Tel.: +4934148474302 | Fax: +4934148474173 Tel.: +85231136177 | Fax: +85231136199 Tel.: +12122447181| Fax: +12122447185