Dental Tribune U.S.Edition No.1, 2017

Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | January 2017 A2 News Ad DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · US Edition 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 Published by Tribune America 116 West 23rd St., Ste. #500 New York, N.Y. 10011 (212) 244-7181 © 2017 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. warded with free gift cards. Also, those spending more than $2,500 in the exhibit hall can earn an opportunity to receive free registration to the 2018 Yankee Den- tal Congress. In booth No. 127, attendees will be able to enter the “Social Chair Challenge.” To enter: Download the YDC app; find the sponsored dental chairs at the booth; scan the QR code with the Yankee mobile app; take a selfie with the chair sign; then share your photo on the Yankee Dental Congress Facebook page to enter to win a $200 American Express gift card (four will be awarded every day). There will be another free photo-op for you or your group in “The Lounge,” which also will have charging stations for electronic devices. Company-sponsored pavilions in the exhibit hall will include: Sleep Apnea; 3-D Printing; CBCT Digital Imaging; Dental Office; Practice Transi- tions; Oral Health; and Healthy Living. For more about Yankee Dental Congress 2017, visit www.yankeedental.com or call (877) 515-9071. (Source: Yankee Dental Congress) “ BOSTON, page A1 American Dental Education Association’s Gies Foundation. Wilkins wrote what has become the cornerstone text in almost every dental hygiene education program in the United States and around the world, “Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist,” now in its 12th edition. Generations of den- tal professionals have been educated or in- fluenced by her. In 2008, she established the Dr. James B. Gallagher Jr. and Dr. Esther M. Wilkins Scholarship Fund, which has supported many Tufts dental students. She met Galla- gher, her husband, while both were pursu- ing a postgraduate certificate in periodon- tology at Tufts. He passed away in 1988. WilkinswasslatedtoreceivetheSchoolof Dental Medicine’s Dean’s Medal, which rec- ognizes individuals who have demonstrat- ed loyalty, service and generosity, along with her classmate Hilde Tillman, Tufts clinical professor emerita of public health Industry loses pioneer dental hygiene educator Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD, a Tufts Uni- versity graduate and clinical professor of periodontology emerita, died on Dec. 12 at her home in Hudson, N.H. She had just turned 100. Wilkins was a renowned authority on dental hygiene, and she had a profound influence on dental medicine for more than half a century. She was a member of the faculty of the department of periodon- tology at Tufts for 45 years and conducted more than 800 continuing education classes. She was the recipient of a number of important awards, including the pres- tigious Gies Award for Achievement by a Dental Educator in 2012. It was her enthusiasm for her work and her drive to educate thoroughly as many people as she could about the power of prevention that made her “a shining star in dental and allied dental education,” said Richard W. Valachovic, president of the Dr. Esther Wilkins wrote what has become the cornerstone text in almost every hygiene education program around the world. Photo/Yoon Byun, Tufts Now, Tufts University and community service, at a ceremony at the dental school on Dec. 16. The Tufts den- tal community celebrated Wilkins’ life and career during the event and awarded the Dean’s Medal to her posthumously. (Source: Tufts University)

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