ENDO TRIBUNE The World’s Endodontic Newspaper · U.S. Edition OCTOBER 2018 — Vol. 13, No. 2 www.dental-tribune.com AAE Foundation is honored Operatory in Philadelphia is part of ongoing outreach The Foundation for Endodontics re- ceived the 2018 Shils Fund Special Rec- ognition Award at the Union League in Philadelphia in honor of its outreach pro- gram and support of Project Home. One of only two such awards granted annual- ly by the Shils Entrepreneurial Fund, this tribute acknowledges the foundation’s efforts to serve low-income patients who might otherwise face tooth extraction. Mary T. Pettiette, DDS, president of the Board of Trustees, accepted the award on behalf of the foundation. “The Foundation for Endodontics is honored that we have been selected to receive the prestigious 2018 Shils Fund Special Recognition Award,” Pettiette said. “One focus of our mission is provid- ing access to endodontic care to under- served patients. We hope that the success of this first domestic program will lead to many others, supporting our efforts to help patients retain their natural teeth.” The foundation opened its endodon- tics operatory at north Philadelphia’s Stephen Klein Wellness Center, operated by Project Home, in April, in keeping with its mission expansion in 2016 to include access to care and following the success of a similar international project in Jamaica. The operatory is staffed by endodontic residents and faculty mem- bers from Einstein’s I.B. Bender Division of Endodontics, Department of Dental Medicine, including Dr. Louis Rossman, Philadelphia endodontist and past presi- dent of the Foundation for Endodontics. “The dream of the foundation is to save natural teeth, treat infections and restore self-esteem by providing access to root ca- “I’d like to thank our individual and corpo- rate supporters for their generous contributions, which help make foun- dation projects like these a reality,” Petti- ette said. “In particular, Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., Brasseler and Henry Schein Inc., for making endodontic equipment available for use in the operatory.” The AAE Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Association of Endodontists. Photo/Provided by AAE nal treatment for patients who otherwise would lose their teeth and suffer the pain and social consequences,” Rossman said. As with the outreach program in Ja- maica, the operatory in Philadelphia provides free root canal treatment to uninsured, low-income and homeless patients, educating them on the impor- tance of good dental care and what is possible to save their teeth. The AAE Foundation, headquartered in Chi- cago and incorporated in 1966, is the philan- thropic arm of the American Association of Endodontists. As a 501(c)(3) charity or- ganization, it is to support endodontics by providing resources and funding for research, education, public awareness and access to care. More information about the Foundation for Endodontics is avail- able online, at foundation.aae.org. (Source: AAE) Hargreaves is recipient of ADA Gold Medal Award Endodontic educator and Journal of Endodontics Editor in Chief Dr. Kenneth M. Hargreaves has been awarded the ADA’s Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research. According to the Ameri- can Association of Endodontists, Harg- reaves’ accomplishments have had a pro- found effect on the endodontic specialty. As a prolific researcher, Hargreaves’ focus areas — pain management and regenera- tive endodontics — are changing the way endodontists treat patients and introduc- ing cutting-edge treatments that not too long ago were not even possible. The Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research is sponsored by the American Dental Association together with Church & Dwight Co. Established in 1985 and presented every three years, the award honors individuals who, through basic or clinical research, have contribut- ed to the advancement of the profession of dentistry or to major improvement in the oral health of the public. The Gold Medal Award recipient re- ceives a $25,000 honorarium, a gold medallion and the opportunity to serve a three-year term as a member of the ADA’s Council on Scientific Affairs. Harg- reaves will be recognized with the honor on Oct. 18, during a ceremony at ADA 2018 in Honolulu. “Dr. Hargreaves is among the most well-known and respected endodontists in the country and a much sought-after speaker, drawing standing-room-only crowds at lectures around the world,” said AAE President Dr. Patrick E. Taylor. “A diligent steward of the AAE’s scientific journal, Dr. Hargreaves leads the Journal of Endodontics with extraordinary skill, managing a tremendous workload with great care and efficiency.” As a dedicated educator, Hargreaves has served as chair of the department of end- odontics at University of Texas Health Sci- ence Center for more than 20 years, mold- ing UTHSC San Antonio into a leading endodontic and research institution. Throughout his career, Hargreaves has edited five textbooks, contributed to 33 textbook chapters and published nearly 400 papers, abstracts, reviews and edito- rials. With more than 13,000 citations of his papers in Scopus, he is one of the most prolific and inf luential authors and researchers in the his- tory of end- o d o n t i c s . His research has received funding of more than $95 million from sourc- es that include the National Institutes of Health, the Foundation for Endodontics and the Department of Defense. Dr. Kenneth M. Hargreaves is editor of the AAE’s Journal of Endodontics. Photo/AAE According to the AAE, Hargreaves’ re- search on pain management not only is changing the way we manage patients’ pre- and post-treatment pain but also influencing pain management in other areas of medicine. As a result, clinicians are able to rely less on opioids, a step in addressing overprescribing and addic- tion, the AAE said. Hargreaves is a leading researcher in regenerative endodontics, currently man- aging a $1.7 million multi-center clinical trial to study regeneration of pulp-dentin development in teeth with necrotic pulps and immature roots. Recently, UTHSC San Antonio learned it will receive a five-year, $24 million research grant from the NIH for its Clinical and Translational Science Award Program, which helps to speed the translation of research discovery into im- proved patient care. Hargreaves is one of the grant’s co-principal investigators. “I can think of no one who more em- bodies the spirit of the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research than Dr. Ken Hargreaves,” Taylor said. “His research contributions extend beyond endodontics and dentistry to the larger medical community. His academic influ- ence is evident in the accomplishments of his students and will be realized for generations to come.” (Source: AAE)