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DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Asia Pacific Edition Published in Hong Kong www.dental-tribune.asia Vol. 14, No. 7+8 BUT IT’S DIFFERENT HERE Why it is important for clinicians to gain a global perspective when observing best practise in den- tistry. SINGLE-USE INSTRUMENTS Robert Jagger, University of Bris- tol, explains why their use can provide significant advantages in general dental practice. ORTHO TRIBUNE Read the latest news and clinical developments from the field of orthodontics in our specialty sec- tion included in this issue. ” Page 08 ” Page 16 ” Page 17 Thirty two-year old dentist is the first Thai woman to climb Mount Everest By DTI BANGKOK, Thailand: As the first woman from Thailand to do so, a dentist from Prachuap Khiri Khan hassuccessfullysummitedMount Everest. Napassaporn Chumnarn- sit, who works at the provincial hospital in the southern town, reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain already on the morning of 23 May as part of the Thai Everest 2016 expedition. The 32-year-old’s achievement follows that in May 2008 of her fellow-countryman Vithitnan Rojanapanich, who was the first person from the South East Asian country ever to reach the summit. Chumnarnsitsuccessfullyclimbed Everest through the popular southern route starting in Nepal. The mountain can also be ac- cessed from a northern route in China, as well as sixteen other routes. Chumnarnsit is one of the latest of almost 7,000 climbers to have ascended Everest since the first successful attempt by New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. In 2016, over 400 people successfully reached the summit, according to figures from the Nepalese Minis- try of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. This year’s climbing season was overshadowed by the death of six people, most notably Austral- ian climber Maria Strydom, who began suffering severe symptoms of altitude sickness 15 minutes away from the peak and died soon thereafter. In total, the mountain has claimed 265 lives over the last 70 years. Only two years ago, 16 Nepalese climbers died in an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall, which resulted in the mountain being closed for most of the 2015 climbing season. Also notorious was the 1996 disaster, which took eight lives and was documented in a book and feature film. Part of the Mahālangūr Himāl section of the Himalayas stretch- ing from Nepal to Tibet, Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain with a height of 8,848 m. It overtops K2, which is approxi- mately 250 m lower, and the nearby Kangchenjunga at the India–Nepal border. Every year, hundreds of climbers from all over the world attempt to scale the giant peak. 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 IV_Image_Anz_102x128_Layout 1 01.12.11 17:10 Seite 1 AD (866) 999-2635 AD © Alexis Photo/Shutterstock.com © Facebook/Thai Everest 2016 Photo of Napassaporn Chumnarnsit at the summit as featured on Thai Everest Facebook page. © Rawpixelcom/Shutterstock.com Bendererstr. 2 | FL-9494 Schaan | Liechtenstein | Tel.: +423 / 2353535 | Fax: +423 / 2353360 IV_Image_Anz_102x128_Layout 101.12.1117:10 Seite 1