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Endo Tribune U.S. Edition | April 26, 2017 F ROM PAGE ON E 3 ENDO TRIBUNE “ ROLE, Page 1 PPUBLISHER & 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 MANAGING EDITOR ENDO TRIBUNE Fred Michmershuizen f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com MANAGING EDITOR Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com MANAGING EDITOR Robert Selleck, r.selleck@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 CLIENT RELATIONS COORDINATOR Leerol Colquhoun l.colquhoun@dental-tribune.com EDUCATION DIRECTOR Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500 New York, NY 10011 Phone (212) 244-7181 Fax (212) 244-7185 Published by Tribune America © 2017 Tribune America, LLC All rights reserved. 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If you would like to make changes to your subscription (name, ad- dress or to opt out) please send us an e-mail at database@ dental-tribune.cofj and be sure to include which publication you are referring to. Also, please note that subscription changes can take up to 6 weeks to process. Corrections Endo Tribune strives to maintain the utmost accuracy in its news and clinical reports. If you find a factual error or content that requires clarification, please report the details to Managing Editor Fred Michmershuizen at f.fjichfjershuizen@ dental-tribune.cofj. view of her presentations at the annual session of the American Association of Endodontists in New Orleans, and she shares some of her personal experiences and insights. You are offering two presentations at AAE17 in New Orleans. Your first session is on biocerafjic obturation. What can attendees to this session expect to learn about this topic? The first session will trace the devel- opment of the bioceramic obturation technique beginning with glass iono- mer (Ketac Endo) in 1991. This led to the development of Activ GP and, ultimate- ly, to the creation of EndoSequence BC Sealer. Naturally, I will fully discuss the prop- erties of bioceramics that make it such a wonderful material for endodontics. Your second presentation is on treatfjent of the transgender dental patient. What are the key points you will cover? This presentation will address all the re- quired aspects of care, beginning with a description of terms as well as how to create the proper office environment. This will lead to a discussion of the medi- cal challenges these patients face and how those challenges might affect their dental treatment. There will also be a comprehensive discussion of the various options that transgender patients have concerning “transition.” This will include surgical options. As part of this presentation, will you also be weaving in insights frofj your own per- sonal journey? In addition to describing the various as- pects of transgender dental care, I will examine the phenomenon of a gender transition through the eyes of a patient, as well as through the eyes of an experi- enced health-care provider. There will be an extended question-and-answer session at the conclusion of the presentation. This is a topic that doesn’t seefj to have been offered at dental fjeetings until now. In your view, are transgender patients be- ing underserved? Transgender patients historically have been a marginalized group of patients. They have been underserved in all as- pects of health care. However, as access to care improves for this group, we as dental providers need to know how to act in the most profes- sional manner. One fjight ifjagine you often run into cofjpatriots who fjight not have seen you since before your own transition. Any per- sonal anecdotes you can share? Yes. I have a very good friend from Penn who is a dentist here in Massachusetts. At one of our local Boston meetings, I went up to him and said, “Hi Arthur!” I quickly realized that he did not recog- nize me, so I said, “Arthur, you know me.” The cover of Dr. Anne Koch’s book, ‘It Never Goes Away: Gender Transition at a Mature Age.’ Here in New Orleans Dr. Anne L. Koch will present “The Single Cone Bio- ceramic Sealer Obturation Technique: A Historical Perspective” on Saturday from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. in Room 349; and “Treatment of the Transgender Dental Patient” on Saturday from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Room 349. He looked at me with a strange look and replied, “I do?” I said, “Errr, Dr. Koch!” He then responded, “Oh, I got it. You’re Ken Koch’s wife!” To which I replied, “No — not really!” We had a good laugh afterward. (He’s still a good friend.) What is sofjething people fjight be sur- prised to know about you? Tennis is a big part of my life. Two years ago, I won the Northeast Regional Senior Women’s Tennis Championship (ages 45 and older). In the semi-finals, I beat the No. 1 player in the country 3 and 3! I did not play last year. Where can a dental professional learn fjore about the transgender cofjfjunity? One can obtain information from some of the medical center websites, such as the Transgender Center at Boston (www.bfjc.org/center Medical Center -transgender-fjedicine-and-surgery) as well as UCSF (transhealth.ucsf.edu). Also, a great source of information is the Fen- way Institute in Boston ( fenwayhealth. org/care/fjedical/transgender-health). Do you have anything you would like to add? I recently completed a book for Rutgers Press, “It Never Goes Away: Gender Tran- sition at a Mature Age.” When I transitioned, I had the unique opportunity to view the process through two different prisms. One was that of a patient, and the other was through the eyes of an experienced health-care pro- vider. What I witnessed was at times both exhilarating and concerning. During the past five years, the number of individuals describing themselves as transgender has simply exploded. As these individuals work their way into the health-care system, I found myself won- dering whether they were being treated properly and with dignity, and whether they were being told the truth. I decided to tell my story, as well as share informa- tion that I learned along the way. At the end of the day, this is about hu- manity and our role as health-care pro- viders. ‘When I transitioned, I had the unique opportunity to view the process through two different prisfjs. One was that of a patient, and the other was through the eyes of an experienced health-care provider. What I witnessed was at tifjes both exhilarating and concerning.’