Dental Tribune U.S. Edition No.5, 2016

Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | February 2012 XX XXXXX Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | May 2016 A2 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 Product/Account Manager Maria Kaiser m.kaiser@dental-tribune.com Business Development Manager Travis Gittens t.gittens@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 © 2016 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 FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF Happy 90th birthday, Dr. Len Linkow! By Dr. David L. Hoexter Editor in Chief Dr. Len Linkow celebrated his 90th birthday recently in a big birthday bash hosted by his beautiful daughter, Sheree. Fellow dentists and other friends came from all over the world to honor, celebrate and share the moment. Prominent among the attendees were his grandchildren. A photo of his recent great-granddaughter brought glowing smiles to everyone. To be asked to sit at the head table next to him was an honor for me and my wife. Better yet, seeing Len so vital, alert and sharp was a delight. Going around the room, Len exchanged vignettes about each of the attendees with humor and aplomb, and the attendees re- ciprocated. Len is known as the father of oral im- plantology. As Dr. Carl Misch related to us by video, Len never claimed that he in- vented implants, but he championed the field, and he is known by this title. He has devoted his professional life to implantol- ogy and has written 22 educational books on it. In earlier years, he tirelessly traveled all over the world promoting the concept of implantology, carrying with him boxes of Kodachrome slides. That’s right, slides! Not the easier computer visuals of today, but boxes of slides to show dentists in countries that did not have the opportu- nity to visualize the actual possibilities. What some may not know, too, is that Len was one of three doctors who formed the first esthetic dental society. It was a very happy day for me to cel- ebrate Len’s birthday with him, and I am looking forward to celebrating his 100th. Happy birthday, Len.! From left, Dr. David L. Hoexter (New York), Dr. Rich Hughes (Virginia), Dr. Len Linkow (New Jersey) and Dr. Dal Carlo (Venice, Italy). Photo/ Provided by Dr. David L. Hoexter

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