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02 Dental Tribune Nordic Edition | 3/2016 NORDIC NEWS IMPRINT PUBLISHER: Torsten OEMUS MANAGING EDITOR DT NORDIC EDITION: Kristin HÜBNER k.huebner@dental-tribune.com GROUP EDITOR: Daniel ZIMMERMANN CLINICAL EDITOR: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ ONLINE EDITOR: Claudia DUSCHEK EDITOR: Anne FAULMANN COPY EDITORS: Sabrina RAAFF, Hans MOTSCHMANN PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten OEMUS CFO/COO: Dan WUNDERLICH MEDIA SALES MANAGERS: Matthias DIESSNER Peter WITTECZEK Maria KAISER Melissa BROWN Weridiana MAGESWKI Hélène CARPENTIER Antje KAHNT INTERNATIONAL PR & PROJECT MANAGER: Marc CHALUPSKY MARKETING & SALES SERVICES: Nicole ANDRAE ACCOUNTING: Karen HAMATSCHEK BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Claudia SALWICZEK-MAJONEK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gernot MEYER AD PRODUCTION: Marius MEZGER DESIGNER: Franziska DACHSEL 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 Published by DT Asia Pacific Ltd. DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL Holbeinstr. 29, 04229, Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48474-302 Fax: +49 341 48474-173 info@dental-tribune.com www.dental-tribune.com Regional Offices: UNITED KINGDOM 535, Stillwater Drive 5 Manchester M11 4TF Tel.: +44 161 223 1830 www.dental-tribune.co.uk DT ASIA PACIFIC LTD. c/o Yonto Risio Communications Ltd, Room 1406, Rightful Centre, 12 Tak Hing Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 Fax: +852 3113 6199 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 © 2016, 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 respon- sibility for the validity of product claims, or for typo- graphical errors. The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims, or state- ments made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Dental Tribune International. Scan this code to subscribe our weekly Dental Tribune Nordic e-newsletter. related to common bacteria caus- ing such infections. The study was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases of the uni- versity, in cooperation with the Heart and Lung Centre at Helsinki University Hospital. It examined the coronary arteries of 508 pa- tients with a mean age of 62, of whom 36 per cent had stable coro- nary artery disease, 33 per cent suffered from acute coronary syndrome, and 31 per cent had acute coronary syndrome-like re- sults, but no significant coronary artery disease. Periapical periodontitis is an immune response to microbial infection in the dental pulp, most commonly caused by caries. The often symptomless infections are usually detected by chance in radiographs, the researchers said. In light of the findings, root canal treatment of an infected tooth may reduce the risk of heart dis- ease; however, additional research is needed to confirm the relation- ship between the two conditions, they said. According to figures from the World Health Organization, car- diovascular disease is the primary cause of death globally. In 2012, an estimated 17.5 million people died from cardiovascular disease, rep- resenting 31 per cent of all global deaths. Of these, 7.4 million were due to coronary artery disease and 6.7 million were due to stroke. Thestudy,titled“Associationof endodontic lesions with coronary artery disease”, was published on- line ahead of print on 27 July in the Journal of Dental Research. “ Page 1 Eklund Foundation announces first grant recipients By DTI MALMÖ, Sweden: Established in 2015 by Swedish oral care com- pany TePe, the Eklund Foundation for Odontological Research and Education has announced the first four projects to receive funding. Through a total of SEK1.56 million (€160,913) granted, the foundation will be supporting oral health re- search in Sweden, Italy and the Netherlands on topics such as the association between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis, compli- cations in implant treatment and peri-implant disease. For their study titled “Oral conditions in patients with rheu- matoid arthritis: A population- based case–control study”, Prof. Stefan Renvert and his research team from Kristianstad Uni- versity will receive SEK708,426 (€73,913), the largest portion of the funding. “Today there are scien- tific studies both supporting and not supporting a connection be- tween periodontitis and rheuma- toid arthritis, and this study may contribute towards shedding light on the possible connection be- tween both these diseases,” said the foundation’s board on its deci- sion to support the project. AgrantofSEK311,766(€32,000) has been awarded to Dr Alexa Laheij from the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam in the Netherlands for her project titled “The oral cavity as a source of febrile neutropenia: An observa- tional study in patients with solid tumors treated with myelosup- pressive chemotherapy”. Further- more, Dr Paolo Ghensi from the University of Trento in Italy will receive SEK389,707 (€40,000) for his project titled “Metagenomic profiling of the microbiome asso- ciated with peri-implant diseases through high-resolution shotgun sequencing”. Fellow Italian re- searcher Dr Eriberto Bressan from the University of Padova and his team have been granted the sum of SEK146,140 (€15,000) for their study titled “Primary prevention of complications in implant treat- ments: Protocol for maintenance of dental implants”. This is the first funding of research and education in oral healthtobegrantedbytheEklund Foundation since its establish- ment in 2015. “We are happy to be able to contribute to the important odontological research of today,” said Joel Eklund, CEO of TePe and Chairman of the foun- dation. Applications were open for international projects in all fields of dentistry from 1 to 31 May 2016. The next round of applica- tions for funding will run over the same period in 2017. According to the company, projects related to periodontology, implantology and cariology, as well as applica- tions from postdoctoral research- ers, will again be prioritised in the selection process. More information about the application process can be found at www.eklundfoundation.org. Sweden: New age assessment method for young refugees By DTI STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Starting in 2017, Sweden’s National Board of Forensic Medicine will be using a new age assessment system for unaccompanied child refugees that is based on radiographs of third molars and knee joints. By examining both indicators, the new method promises to resolve concerns regarding current age calculations that are mainly based on dental examinations and have been criticised as being unreliable and inaccurate. According to Sweden’s Migra- tion Agency, 70 per cent of re- fugees who claimed to be between 15 and 17 years of age aroused sus- picion in the past. With the new estimation system, officials hope to resolve uncertain cases, the agency announced at a press con- ference last week. “Every X-ray will be assessed by two experts,” said forensic ex- aminer Dr Elias Palm, who is in charge of forensic age estimation at the National Board of Forensic Medicine. “For an assessment to be complete, the experts have to reach the same conclusion.” According to Palm, both parts of the body to be assessed develop at different times, the knee joint later in life and the teeth at an earlier stage. For this reason, age determi- nation with the new method will likely be more accurate. The voluntary age tests, which will be implemented in the first quarter of 2017, will be conducted separately at dental clinics and MRI departments. Overall, it is esti- mated that about 4,000 to 18,000 examinations will be carried out. “There is no method to medi- cally determine the exact age of an individual, but by studying which phase a person is in, you can draw approximate conclu- sions,” Palm remarked. Determining whether a per- son is over or under 18 is impor- tant for processing of the asylum application and the different en- titlements that apply to child asy- lum seekers, such as free educa- tion and health care. In the recent refugee crisis, Sweden has accom- modated more child asylum seek- ers than any other country in Eu- rope has. In 2015, the country took in more than 35,000 unaccompa- nied minors, according to figures from the Migration Agency. © Stasique/Shutterstock.com Tel.: +4934148474-302 Fax: +4934148474-173 Tel.: +441612231830 Tel.: +85231136177 Fax: +85231136199 Tel.: +12122447181 Fax: +12122247185