Vol. II No. 8
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DR. HEALEY CHAIRMAN OF ADA COMMITTEES
At the recent annual session of the American Dental Association held in Dallas, Dr. Harry Healey presided as chairman of the Seventh District
delegation (Ohio and Indiana). He also served as chairman of the ADA House of Delegates Reference Committee on the president's address and admini- strative matters. His 30-minute report to the House of Delegates for this reference committee was well received and all of its recommendations were approved.
On November 30th, as President of the Indiana State Dental Association, Dr.
Healey enjoyed an official visit with the Wabash Valley Dental Society at Peru, Indiana.
DENTAL DIVISION OF ISBH REPORTS FLUORIDATION PROGRESS
Community efforts for fluoridation are presently underway in several key communities in Indiana. These include Lawrence, Speedway, New Albany and Lawrenceburg. Brookston recently began fluoridating its water suppl;y·
and the first fluoridation referendum in Indiana i.n several years occurred at Aurora where the citizens voted
"yes" to adding fluoride to the water.
Presently in Indiana among those people served by a community water supply, about 70 percent are drinking water containing the optimal amount of fluoride. The list of communities instituting this important health measure is growing steadily.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Of DENTISTRY
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December 5, 1966 TEACHER-TRAINING DENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMS
Inservice teacher-training programs in dental health are presented each year
by the Dental Division in cooperation with the Divisions of Health, Education and Nutrition to about 2,000 teachers and nurses in Indiana's school systems.
These programs stress the importance of dental health as a part of the overall health teaching program and present ideas, methods and materials useful in teaching dental health at the various grade levels. There have been recent programs at Jeffersonville, Bicknell, Indianapolis and Muncie, and several are pla.l'lned for the near future.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM MRS. WOODS Mrs. Edna Woods would like to thank the faculty and staff for expressions of sympathy on the illness and ~eath of her sister. The many gestures were most sincerely appreciated.
DR. TCHALIAN OFFERS PG COURSE Dr. Varoujan Tchalian was at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry for a postgraduate course in Maxillofacial Prosthetics on December
1 and. 2, lecturing to general practitioners students and faculty.
MRS. SMITH HOSPITALIZED
i'l.irs. Elsie Smith, second fL_io c •,>1.id, is in the Methodist Hospital following surgery. We wish her a speedy recovery.
COMPLETE DENTURE FACULTY MEMBERS PRESENT LECTURES
Dr. David Jordan gave a demonstration lecture on "Methods for developing transitional type of dentures" before the Crawfordsville Dental Society on November 22nd.
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Dr. L. Rush Bailey gave a lecture and demonstration clinic on complete denture prosthodontics at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base on December 2nd.
Dr. Bailey is prosthetic consultant for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
dental service.
STAFF CHANGE IN DEAN'S OFFICE Mrs. Patricia Ellis has accepted a secretarial position in LaRue Carter Hospital and will leave the Dean's office staff on December 9th.
NEWS FROM PEDODON11ICS
Dr. Ralph McDonal<J. will be in Chicago Wednesday, December 7th to serve as a consultant to Committee
"B"
(advanced education) of the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The following week, he will join Dean Hine in attending the Dental Deans meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.The Dental Assistants who are partici- pating in the DAU Program wish to express their appreciation for being able to join the Senior Dental students in touring the Eli Lilly research and manufacturing facilities.
CALENDARS AVAILABLE
Second Semester calendars are out and are available in the office of the Dean.
ON THE DEAN.' S CALENDAR
Dean Hine is in New York from December 5th to 7th attending a meeting in connection with the Fund for Dental Education. He is chairman of the Grants and Allocations Committee.
On December 13th - 15th, he will attend a meeting of Deans of the American Association of Dental Schools, which will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The office staff held an "open houseu for Dean Hine when he returned from the ADA Dallas meeting. All members of the dental staff and students
were invited to come in for a piece of cake and to view his awards.
ORAL DIAGNOSIS NOTES
Dr. William Borman and family recently spent a week at Miami Beach, Florida ..•.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tarplee enjoyed a visit to Phoenix, Arizona ... Gina Hoover was confined at home due to a brief illness .••.. "Peg" Smith's husband also has been confined because of illness, and has been waiting for a hospital room.
PROFESSOR PHILLIPS SCHEDULED TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS PROGRA..~S From December 2-4, Prof. Ralph Phillips was in Los Angeles, California, presenting a postgraduate course at UCLA. On
December 12th, he will speak before the South Bend Dental Society, South Bend, Indiana. Prof. Phil.lips will serve as a consultant to the U.S. Navy Dental School, Bethesda, Md. on December 15th, and on December 16th he will preside as chairman of a meeting of the Bio-
Materials Advisory Committee of the National Institute for Dental Research to be held in Washington, D. C.
DR. DAVIS BECOMES DIPLOMATE
Dr. W. Bailey Davis became a Diplomate in the American Board of Pedodontics in October.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Dr. and Mrs. W. Bailey Davis on the birth of a son, Steven Howard, born October 2nd.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Martin on the birth of a son, John David, born November 10th.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Seib on the birth of a son, Eric Edward, born November 12th.
Dr. and Mrs. Burt Cleveland on the birth of a daughter~ Julie Ann, born October 25th.
Miss Betty Suess on her marriage to Mr. Jerry Hollan on December 3rd at Roberts Park Methodist Church. The couple will reside at
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Evanston in Indianapolis.ORTHODONTICS HIGHLIGHTS
The months of October and November were extremely busy for the members of the Department of Orthodontics. Among the busiest was Dr. Burstone. From
October
7 - 14,
he presented a short course dealing with the segmented arch technique at the University of Montreal in cooperation with Dr. Claude Baril, chairman of the Department of Ortho- dontics of that university. From Montreal, Dr. Burstone flew toPittsburgh, Pa. for the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Society of
Orthodontists. During this meeting, he was named vice-president of the
society for the coming year.
Dr. B. S. Cryer from Guy's Hospital London, England. spent nine days visiting and observing in the Ortho- dontic Department. Dr. Cryer came to IUSD while on a "traveling fellowship"
which makes it possible for him to visit a large number of universities throughout the United States. During his visit here, it was discovered that he knows Dr. James Page, formerly of the Department of Pedodontics, and his father quite well. He took greetings from the School of Dentistry back to Englan.d with him.
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The Department of Orthodontics was well represented in Dallas at the time of the meeting of the American Dental Association. Dr. Burstone and Dr.
Garner both presented papers during the meeting. Dr. Garner's paper dealt with orthodontic treatment of the cleft palate patient, and Dr. Burstone spoke on the application of
cephalometrics to prosthetics.
Dr. Stephen Bailie ('65) has joined the staff of the Department of Orthodontics.
Steve, upon completion of his training, went to Wisconsin where he tioined the teaching staff of the Orthodontic Department at Marquette University.
In September, Dr. Bailie joined Dr.
Stanley Braun in his practice and
became a member of the IUSD Orthodontic Department. It is with pleasure that we welcome his return.
