Western University was the featured speaker at a meeting of the Michigan Society of Endodontists held at the University of Michigan Dental School. His topics were "Factors of success and failure" and "Surgical intervention."

At the annual meeting of the New York State Association of Endodon- tists held in November in Rochester, bylaws were amended and the pleth- ora of endodontists in the state was discussed. Serving two-year terms of office are Drs. Ernest V. Cinotti, president; Morton Brenner, presi- dent-elect; and Norman Roland, sec- retary-treasurer.

The association's headquarters and business office is located at 8 Kent P1, Great Neck, NY 11020.

Dr. John McSpadden, Johnson City, Tenn, was the featured speaker at a joint assembly of faculty and graduate students from the Universi- ty of Southern California, UCLA, and the Veterans Administration Hospital endodontic program at Long Beach, Calif. The meeting was held at UCLA; Dr. Jerry Taintor presided.

Dr. McSpadden updated the re- search he has been doing on his mechanical warm gutta-percha tech- nique. Modifications in design of the instrument were discussed.

At the conclusion of his presenta- tion, Dr. McSpadden discussed a new diagnostic instrument that uses a single tip and has the three-func- tion capacity of giving tests for hot, cold, and electric stimuli.

Dr. Jerry Taintor (left) served as meeting chairman and Dr. John McSpadden was the featured speaker at a joint assembly of facul~ and graduate students from the University of Southern California, UCLA, and the Veter- ans Administration Hospital endodontic pro- gram at Long Beach, Calif.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCE- MENT: The American Asso- ciation of Endodontists is insti- tuting a career opportunity exchange and registry at its annual meeting April 16-20. For details, write to Dr. Nguyen T. Nguyen, University of California at San Francisco, School of Dentistry, Room 63 l- C, San Francisco, 94143.

CURRENT LITERATURE

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Firtell, D.N.; Herzberg, T.W.; and Walsh, J.F. Root retention and removable partial denture design. J Prosthet Dent 42(2):131-134, 1979. University of California School of Dentistry, San Francisco.

Goldman, L.B., and others. Scanning elec- tron microscope study of a new irrigation method in endodontic treatment. Oral Surg 48(1):79-83, 1979. Tufts Uni- versity School of Dental Medicine. 1 Kneeland St, Boston.

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to silver amalgam restorations. The effect of enclosing amalgam of initially high plasticity in intermediate depth or deep cavities. Swed Dent J 3(2):33-38, 1979. Department of Endodontics, Pedodontics and Oral Pathology, University of Lund School of Den- tistry, Malm6, Sweden.

Schmid, M.O., and others. A new rein- forced intra-coronal composite resin splint. (Clinical results after one year). J Perio- dontol 50(9):441-444, 1979. Section on Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Center for Health Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, 90024.

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