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PUBLISHED IN PAKISTAN MAY, 2016 - Issue No. 03 Vol.3 www.dental-tribune.com.pk Page 10 Page 12 Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin CLINICAL PRACTICE Clinical Management Approach of Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation ... The importance of brand and own reputation ... 3M expands efficient bonding procedure... ARACHI -The newly- elected office-bearers of Pakistan Dental Association's (PDA) Karachi chapter were administered oath at a simple but impressive ceremony held here on Sunday (May 29) at the DHA Club. All the office-bearers of PDA, Karachi were elected unopposed and they were administered oath by Dr Mahmood Shah, the incumbent President of PDA's Sindh chapter. Felicitating the newly-elected body, Dr Shah exhorted them to work for the betterment of the dental profession and community. He appreciated the efforts of PDA CC and the Election Commission for holding free and fair elections. Speaking on the occasion, PDA Karachi chapter's president Dr Abubakar Sheikh vowed to serve the dental committee with the assistance of his seniors, saying guidance of seniors was a must to make PDA more effective. "My new panel decided to contest the election for the betterment of the profession against all odds and even against the wishes of the sitting PDA (CC) President Prof Saqib Rashid," he said, adding that the new body will leave no stone unturned in initiating educational and other activities for the benefit of dentists in Karachi. He then introduced his team of newly- elected members who were administered by the PDA Sindh Chapter President, Dr Mahmood Shah. At the outset, he thanked all, including the PDA CC, Election Commission and then introduced the newly-elected office-bearers. They include Dr Syed Abrar Ali (Vice President); Dr Shoaib Khan (General Secretary), Dr Murtaza Kazmi(Treasurer), Continued on page 14 ARACHI- Prominent pathologist Prof Sirajuddaula Syed said here that oral cancer, which is directly linked to ‘gutka’, ‘chalia’, ‘mainpuri’,‘panprag’, etc., is almost epidemic in Karachi and other parts of Sindh. Talking to Dental News, Prof Sirajuddaula, who is associated with Ziauddin Medical University as head of its Pathology department, said that betel nut (chalia) is a heavily-infested with fungus i.e. aspergillous flavus and it produces a chemical known as afltoxin - an established cancer causing element. Recalling that in 2003, as many as 300 containers of fungus-infested ‘chalia’ were imported from Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka during the tenure of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, was seized at Karachi Port by the then Collector of Customs, Abdul Waheed Khan. Later, he (Prof Sirajuddaula) along with a leader of PMA, Dr Sajjad Qasiser, who is also a prominent ENT surgeon, visited the port to check the consignment of a private importer. They were taken aback when highly obnoxious fumes came out from one of the containers. Later, the Aga Khan University Lab and The Lab where the samples of the imported ‘chalia’were sent found them infested with fungus. Later, it was on the demand of the PMA, Karachi, the Supreme Court ordered the consignment be sent back to the country from where it was imported as it was not fit for human consumption, but most probably the importer of the ‘chalia’ using his political clouts managed to get permission from the then government for exporting the fungus-infested chalia to Afghanistan via land route, he said. "Who knows where it (fungus-infested chalia) landed as it was supposed to be exported to Afghanistan via land route," he quipped. Elaborating, Prof Sirajuddaula said that as a matter of fact even plain 'chalia' in any form is highly injurious to heath as it contains carcinogen (a substance that produces cancer) when mixed with other hazardous item like artificial colour, chemical, etc., and thus increases the chances of causing serious diseases like oral cancer (mostly tongue, cheek and lips), mouth ulcer, maggots in mouth, submucous fibrosis, etc. STATISTICS: Oral cancer is the second largest cancer in Pakistan as around more than 55 per cent of people are in the habit of chewing `pa'an', 'chalia', 'gutka', 'mainpuri', etc., and approximately 15 to 20pc of teenagers are suffering from oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF or OSF), which is called pre- cancerous disease. The most deplorable thing about a patient suffering from OSF is that he/she cannot open his/her mouth completely because of loss of elasticity of oral mucosa, burning of mouth during eating, some patient only depend on liquid diets. Talking about the hazards of OSF, he said that it's a chronic, complex, rarely will it turn (1pc) to a precancerous condition of the mouth characterized by juxta-epithelial inflammatory reaction and progressive progressive fibrosis of submuscosal tissues (the lamina propria and deeper connective Continued on page 14 K PDA(K)office-bearers administered oath Page 2 Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin BUSINESS K DT Pakistan Report ARACHI- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on tuesday finally surrendered his discretionary power to nomainate a candidate os his choice for the position of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) vice chancellor by recommending the one who topped the list of candidates prepared by a search committee. The officials said the chief minister sent a summary to Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat ul Ibad with the recommendation to appoint Dr saeed Quraishy as the new vice chancellor of the DUHS. Dr quraishy had topped the list of 10 candidates prepaerd by the search committee, the officials added. K DT Pakistan Report DT Pakistan Report MENACE OF ‘GUTKA’, CHALIA PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Oral cancer assuming epidemic proportion: Prof Sirajuddaula CM nominates top candidate to head DUHS