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that most dentists are interested in for
the coming year, according to the 7th
Annual Dental Industry of Canada
(DIAC) Future of Dentistry Survey
report, released on August 30. Results
show that 73% of survey respondents
chose this topic, followed by
endodontics (56%); implants (50%);
dental materials (42%); and practice
management (40%).
The top aspects of cosmetic/
esthetic dentistry that dentists would
like to learn more about were esthetic
veneers (selected by 17.9% of respondents);
restorative (15.4%); new techniques/materials
(7.7%); and allporcelain
crowns (7.7%).
The vast majority of practitioners
prefer their CE provider to be a dental
convention (34.5%); local society
(25.1%); or university (22.8%). C
ACFD Meeting Focused on
Ethics and Professionalism
Ethics and Professionalism in Dental
Education was the theme of the
Biennial Conference of the
Association of Canadian Faculties of
Dentistry (ACFD), which took place
June 13–15 in Winnipeg.
The keynote speakers were Dr. Jos
Welie, associate professor, Center for
Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton
University, Omaha, Nebraska; Dr.
Muriel J. Bebeau, professor, department
of preventive sciences, School of
Dentistry, director of the Center for
the Study of Ethical Development and
a faculty associate in the Center for
Bioethics, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis; and Dr. Richard H.
Carr, director of student services at
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(UNLV) School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Welie addressed the topic of
Teaching Ethics and Professionalism to
Dental Students. The subject of Dr.
Bebeau’s address was Testing Ethics and
Professionalism in Dental Students. Dr.
Carr talked about Raising the Profile of
Ethics in the Dental Curriculum.
These topics were also discussed in
workshop groups consisting of deans,
faculty chairs and ethics representa-
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
tives. The reports from the recorders
of each group will form the basis of a
Meeting Report in a future edition of
JCDA. C
Special Care/Disability
Conference Double-Header
Mark your calendar: The 16th
Annual International Conference on
Special Care Issues in Dentistry and
the 17th Congress of the International
Association for Disability and Oral
Health (IADH) will be held August
25–27, 2004, in Banff and Calgary.
The overarching theme of the joint
conference is Building Bridges —
Stepping Stones to the Future.
Discussion will centre on all age
groups of patients with special needs,
sedation delivery methods, alternative
practice settings, quality of life issues
and educational programs to train
more providers in the care of elderly,
hospitalized and disabled patients.
For more information, visit Special
Care Dentistry’s Web site at
www.SCDonline.org and IADH’s
Web site at http://www.iadh.org. C
ICD Convocation
The annual convocation of the
International College of Dentists
(ICD), Canadian Section was held in
Jasper on May 24, during the 2003
Jasper Dental Congress, cosponsored
by CDA and the Alberta Dental
Association & College.
Immediate past president Dr. Frank
Lovely of Halifax inducted 22 new
Fellows. The guest of honour was Dr.
Laureen DiStefano, a Jasper dentist
who works in Central America with the
Kindness in Action Society of Alberta,
an organization that has received
support from ICD on 4 occasions.
The ICD’s slate of officers for
2003–2004 includes Dr. Garry W.
Lunn of Vancouver (president); Dr.
Donna M. Brode of Windsor,
Ontario (president-elect); Dr. Gordon
W. Thompson of Edmonton (vicepresident);
and Dr. C. Filip Cappa of
London, Ontario (registrar).
News
ICD’s next annual meeting and
convocation will be held on March 6
in Vancouver, during the Pacific
Dental Conference, cosponsored by
CDA and the Association of Dental
Surgeons of British Columbia.
To view the complete list of the
inductees, go to Related News on
CDA’s Web site at www.cda-adc.ca,
under News and Events. C
EU Follows Canada’s Lead on
Cigarette Packages
The European Union (EU) is looking
for graphic photographs to illustrate
the harmful effects of smoking
on cigarette packages. The EU has put
out a tender, calling for photos similar
to those used on Canadian cigarette
packs, in the hope that its membercountries
will start using them in
October 2004. The EU is also
suggesting that packs contain quitline
numbers and Web addresses for
smoking cessation programs. C
10,000 Steps to Better Health
10,000 steps every day can take
sedentary people a long way toward
better health, according to a new
study by the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee.
Over a 2-month period, 18 inactive
and overweight women were
given pedometers and the goal of
walking 10,000 steps every day. Those
who reached the target significantly
improved their health, seeing beneficial
changes in blood glucose levels
and lower blood pressure.
Most sedentary people log between
4,000 and 6,000 steps per day.
Upping that to 10,000 steps represents
about 2 miles of extra walking.
The report — entitled Increasing
daily walking improves glucose tolerance
in overweight women — appears in the
October 2003 edition of Preventive
Medicine: An International Journal
Devoted to Practice and Theory. C
Recommended Reading
There is plenty of food for thought
in I Have Had Enough!, a column
November 2003, Vol. 69, No. 10 639