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IMPLANT TRIBUNE
The World’s Dental Implant Newspaper · U.S. Edition
May 2012 — Vol. 7, No. 5
www.dental-tribune.com
‘Implantology Week’
NYU event draws more
than 300 participants
By Fred Michmershuizen
Dental Tribune
Zimmer Dental and the New York
University College of Dentistry held
the third annual Global Implantology Week March 19-23 in New York
City. The event drew more than 300
participants from around the world
to take part in educational lectures
and hands-on courses covering the
latest research findings, techniques
and products in implant dentistry.
On the roster of speakers were 12
practicing clinicians, who shared
their clinical expertise on the most
advanced, up-to-date patient treatment options to attendees from as
many as 35 countries.
” See NYU, page B2
Dr. Jerome Surmenian of Nice, France, offers a presentation on the new trabecular metal implant during Global Implantology Week in New York City. Photos/Fred Michmershuizen, Dental Tribune
AAID sues Texas Dental Board
AAID challenging constitutionality of state restrictions on advertising implant credentials
The American Academy of Implant
Dentistry (AAID) has filed a lawsuit in
U.S. District Court in Austin seeking to
invalidate a Texas regulation that severely restricts dentists from advertising their bona fide AAID credentials in
implant dentistry. In 2009 and 2010,
AAID won judicial verdicts overturning
similar rules enforced by state dental
boards in Florida and California.
AAID’s chief legal counsel, Frank Recker, JD, DDS, informed the Texas Board of
Dental Examiners in writing about the
unequivocal judicial precedents and
hoped to convince the board to rescind
its restrictions and avoid litigation.
“The board did not respond to our
communications for two years,” Recker said. “Because AAID’s credentialed
members continue to be in jeopardy
if they advertise their credentials, the
academy decided to pursue legal action.”
Two Texas dentists holding AAID’s
dental implant credentials, Dr. Jay Elliott of Houston and Dr. Monty Buck of
Galveston, joined the lawsuit as individual co-plaintiffs.
AAID is seeking a permanent injunction and declaratory judgment to strike
down the Texas regulation, which allows
unrestricted advertising only for dental
credentials and accreditations issued by
organizations recognized as dental specialties by the American Dental Association (ADA).
Dentists with bona fide credentials
not issued by ADA-recognized specialty
organizations are required to include
lengthy disclaimers in their advertising in Texas. This limitation, contends
AAID, is burdensome and prohibits dentists from advertising true statements
about credentials in implant dentistry
earned from the AAID and the American Board of Oral Implantology (ABOI).
In Florida and California, the presiding judges ruled that such advertising
restrictions violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect freedom of speech
and equal protection of the laws. Recker
said the legal precedents solidly favor
AAID and Drs. Elliott and Buck.
“Consumers in Texas have no ready
means of learning which dentists practicing in their state have significant substantive training in implant dentistry,”
Recker said. “Awareness of AAID’s dental
” See AAID, page B2
Dr. Frank Recker is the AAID’s chief legal
counsel. Photo/Provided by the AAID
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“ NYU, Page B1
Dr. Maurice Salama, currently on the
faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and the Medical College of Georgia as
clinical assistant professor of periodontics and a visiting professor of periodontics at Nova University in Florida, kicked
off the clinical presentations on Monday
morning with a lecture on site preparation and bone augmentation techniques.
Later, he offered a lecture on the choices,
options and solutions for complex esthetic challenges.
Other educational highlights included
presentations by Dr. Jerome Surmenian
of Nice, France, on the new trabecular metal implant and Dr. Edwin McGlumphy, an associate professor at the
Ohio State University College of Dentistry, introducing Zimmer’s Angled Tapered Abutment. Also speaking were Dr.
Edgard S. El Chaar, Dr. Mostafa El-Sherif,
Dr. Paul Fugazzotto, Dr. Markus Hürzeler,
Dr. Joseph Leonetti, Dr. Giovanni Pisoni,
Dr. Georgios Romanos and Dr. Christian
F.J. Stappert.
The weeklong event is one of many
continuing education opportunities provided by Zimmer Dental, a company that
prides itself on providing both state-ofthe-art products and valuable learning
initiatives.
“Offering an extensive range of
company-sponsored courses, partnerships with clinicians, international symposiums and university development
programs and our flagship Zimmer University, Zimmer Dental maintains its
commitment to providing dental professionals with the educational programs
needed to complement skill sets and to
help clinicians achieve unprecedented
levels of professional satisfaction and success,” said Karen Turn, associate director
of continuing education for Zimmer Dental, in a welcome message to attendees.
In addition to the many educational
lectures and hands-on workshops offered during Global Implantology Week,
“ AAID, Page B1
implant credential provides consumers with objectively verifiable information regarding a dentist’s knowledge,
proficiency and experience. The Texas
advertising restriction prevents highly
qualified implant dentists from differentiating their training and education.”
Recker added that in Texas dentists
with no training in placing implants are
permitted to engage in implant dentistry and advertise that they perform this
service. This makes it almost impossible
for consumers to objectively evaluate a
dentist’s qualifications to perform implant procedures.
In the 2009 Florida decision, Circuit
Court Judge Frank E. Sheffield ruled that
a state law restricting how dentists can
advertise credentials issued by bona
fide professional organizations is unconstitutional.
The Florida statute prevented advertising of membership in or credentials
earned from any dental organization
not recognized by the Florida Board of
Implant Tribune U.S. Edition | May 2012
IMPLANT TRIBUNE
Publisher & Chairman
Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Seid e.seid@dental-tribune.com
Group Editor
Robin Goodman r.goodman@dental-tribune.com
Editor in Chief IMPLANT Tribune
Sascha A. Jovanovic, DDS, MS
sascha@jovanoviconline.com
Managing Editor Implant Tribune
Sierra Rendon s.rendon@dental-tribune.com
Managing Editor Show Dailies
Kristine Colker k.colker@dental-tribune.com
Managing Editor
Fred Michmershuizen
f.michmershuizen@dental-tribune.com
Managing Editor
Robert Selleck, r.selleck@dental-tribune.com
Account Manager
Humberto Estrada h.estrada@dental-tribune.com
Marketing Manager
Anna Wlodarczyk-Kataoka
a.wlodarczyk@dental-tribune.com
Marketing & SALES Assistant
Lorrie Young l.young@dental-tribune.com
C.E. DIRECTOR
Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com
Dental Tribune America, LLC
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Phone (212) 244-7181
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Published by Dental Tribune America
© 2012 Dental Tribune America, LLC
All rights reserved.
Dental 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 contact Managing Editor Sierra Rendon at
s.rendon@dental-tribune.com.
Practicing clinicians shared their clinical expertise on implant treatment options during
Global Implantology Week.
a product fair and welcome reception
were held, giving meeting attendees the
opportunity to view the latest products
and to network with their compatriots
from other countries.
At the conclusion of the week, a closing
ceremony was held in which participants
received certificates of achievement.
Dentistry (FDB). Florida’s dental board
only recognized specialty credentials issued by the ADA. Dentists who wanted
to advertise their AAID credentials had
to include a disclaimer that implant
dentistry is not a recognized specialty
of ADA or the FDB and that AAID is not
a recognized specialty accrediting organization.
The court decided the advertising
restrictions were unconstitutional on
many grounds. They violated the Florida
constitution’s guarantee of the right to
be rewarded for industry or professional
achievement and First and Fourteenth
Amendment rights of free speech and
equal protection of the law.
In a clear and unequivocal verdict issued in 2010, Judge John Mendez, writing for the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California,
ruled that credentials issued to dentists by the AAID are bona fide and legitimate, and state laws that prohibit or
restrict advertising them to the public
are unconstitutional. He struck down a
state law that effectively prevented dentists from advertising credentials issued
by the AAID and said that AAID and the
American Board of Oral Implantology
(ABOI) “are bona fide credentialing organizations whose standards are rigorous,
objectively clear and verifiable.”
The Texas Board for Dental Examiners
has not responded publicly yet to the
AAID’s legal action.
About AAID
AAID is the leading professional society
dedicated to maintaining the highest
standards of implant dentistry through
research and education. The academy’s
annual meeting is the field’s leading
venue for cutting-edge, evidence-based
implant research presentations and
demonstrations of state-of-the art implantation techniques. AAID is based
in Chicago and has more than 4,500
members. It is the first organization
dedicated to maintaining the highest
standards of implant dentistry by supporting research and education to advance comprehensive implant knowledge. AAID can help consumers find a
local credentialed implant dentist at
www.aaid.com.
Dental Tribune cannot assume responsibility for the
validity of product claims or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not assume responsibility for product names or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own
and may not reflect those of Dental Tribune America.
Editorial Board
Dr. Sascha Jovanovic, Editor in Chief
Dr. Bernard Touati
Dr. Jack T. Krauser
Dr. Andre Saadoun
Dr. Gary Henkel
Dr. Doug Deporter
Dr. Michael Norton
Dr. Ken Serota
Dr. Axel Zoellner
Dr. Glen Liddelow
Dr. Marius Steigmann
Dr. Pankaj Singh
Corrections
Implant 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
Sierra Rendon at s.rendon@dental-tribune
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Implant Tribune U.S. Edition | May 2012
AAP supports statement that periodontal
disease is linked to cardiovascular disease
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) supports the American Heart
Association’s (AHA) scientific statement
“Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic
Vascular Disease: Does the Evidence Support an Independent Association?” recently published in Circulation. The statement
concludes that observational studies to
date support an association between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, independent of shared risk factors.
The AHA’s statement confirms the conclusions of the statements published by the
AAP and The American Journal of Cardiology in 2009 and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2008.
While current research does not yet
provide evidence of a causal relationship
between the two diseases, scientists have
identified biologic factors, such as chronic
inflammation, that independently link
periodontal disease to the development or
progression of cardiovascular disease in
some patients.
The lack of causal evidence should not
diminish concern about the impact of
periodontal status on cardiovascular
health.
According to Pamela McClain, DDS,
president of the American Academy of
AD
Dr. Pamela McClain is the president of the
AAP. Photo/Provided by AAP
Periodontology and a practicing periodontist in Aurora, Colo.: “Periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease are both
complex, multi-factorial diseases that
develop over time. It may be overly simplistic to expect a direct causal link. The
relationship between the diseases is more
likely to be mediated by numerous other
factors, mechanisms and circumstances
that we have yet to uncover. However, as
the AHA statement points out, the asso-
ciation is real and independent of shared
risk factors. Patients and healthcare providers should not ignore the increased
risk of heart disease associated with gum
disease just because we do not have all the
answers yet.”
The AAP believes additional long-term
interventional studies are needed to better understand the specific nature of the
relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. Patients’
periodontal status should also be added
to future longitudinal studies of cardiovascular disease. The AAP hopes that the
American Heart Association’s statement
brings attention to the association between the two diseases and the need for
additional research in this area.
McClain encourages physicians and
dentists to communicate the association
between cardiovascular disease and periodontal disease to patients.
“It is not as simple as telling a patient
that brushing and flossing will ward off
a heart attack,” McClain said. “Patients
should be aware that by maintaining periodontal health, they are helping to reduce
harmful inflammation in the body, which
has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.”
Patients should expect to receive a comprehensive periodontal evaluation from
their dental professional at least once a
year, McClain said. This includes a detailed examination of the teeth and gums,
and an assessment of risk factors such as
smoking, age and overall health status.
In addition, patients diagnosed with periodontal disease should be sure to inform
their general health care provider and/or
cardiologist to encourage better integration of their care.
“There is no compelling evidence to
support that treating periodontal disease
will reduce cardiovascular disease at this
time,” McClain said, “but we do know that
periodontal care will improve your oral
health status, reduce systemic inflammation and might be good for your heart as
well.”
About the AAP
The American Academy of Periodontology is the professional organization for
periodontists. They receive three additional years of specialized training following dental school, and periodontics is one
of the nine dental specialties recognized
by the American Dental Association. The
AAP has 8,400 members worldwide.
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