Newsletter of the ADEA Prosthodontic Section

Election of Officers

The Prosthodontic Connection

ADEA Prosthodontics

Section Forum

March 15, 2009

Business Meeting Minutes

Dr. Sharon Siegal, the Chair

of the Prosthodontic section

called the meeting to order at

4:15 pm shortly after the end

of the Prosthodontic Section

Program. All attending mem-

bers were asked to sign the

attendance roster for the

Prosthodontic section forum.

Dr. Siegal discussed the

Prosthodontic Section pro-

gram entitled: Collaborative

Periodontics and Prosthodon-

tics Treatment Planning for

the 21st Century. She thanked

the Periodontics Section and

all of the participants from the

four schools for their contribu-

tions and sharing their pro-

grams with us.

Sponsors

Dr. Siegal acknowledged the following for the Section Program

Sponsorship:

Mr. Jim Robinson, Whip Mix International Corporation,

sponsor of Section Meeting and Forum

Prosthodontic Section

Periodontics Section

CE Credit

Everyone was reminded to go on line receive CE credit for the

section program. The web site is:

https:/www.one-stop-registration.com/adea09/OSR.CME.Index

Officers present were:

Chair: Dr. Sharon Siegal

Secretary: Dr. Andrea Jackson

Councilor: Dr. Lisa Lang (end of 3 year term)

Dr. Nachum Sumet (Chair- Elect) is in Israel on family business and was unable to be present but sends his regards. His plans for return were not known at this time, therefore, we need to elect someone for the position of Chair-Elect. Dr. An-drea Jackson would move from the secretary’s position to the Chair position.

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Inside this issue:

Your New Officers 2

ACP-ADEA Educators Joint 2

ADEA Meeting March 3

Councilor’s Report 3

New Councilor at Large 4

Proposal for ADEA Pro-

gram Prosthodontics Section

4

Upcoming Events 5

Special points of interest:

ACP Meeting in San Diego, CA

Educators Joint Forum

ADEA Interim Council of

Sections, Dallas, TX

ADEA Annual Session

Proposal for Prosthodontics

Section Program

Report of Southeast Regional

Prosthodontic Section Meeting

ADEA The Wor ld o f Knowledge fo r the Den ta l Educa to r

March 2009

Volume 1, Issue 1

Nominations and Election for Secretary, Chair-Elect and Councilor:

Dr. Sharon Siegel read the duties of the all three positions. She called for nominees from the floor. A formal vote was taken it was voted unanimously to elect the following new officers of the sec-tion:

Dr. Stephan Haney of University of Texas Health Science Center San

Antonio - Chair- Elect

Dr. Paul Richardson of Loma Linda University - Secretary

Dr. Larry Breeding of the University of Mississippi – Councilor

Southeastern Regional

Prosthodontic Section

Meeting

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ACP-ADEA Educator’s Joint Meetings

ACP-ADEA Educator’s Forum I

Nov. 2008, Nashville, Tenn.

Educators of pre and post doctoral students in prosthodontics were invited to discuss the various challenges and opportunities of pro-viding a meaningful prosthodontic education with the differences in patient availability and change in patient’s perceived care needs . Some lively exchanges were the fuel that drove a very useful interchange of

ideas and processes.

Much discussion centered on the continuing need to interface pre and post doctoral stu-

dents to provide care for shared patients.

Your New Officers

Chair Elect: Dr. Stephan Haney,

University of Texas Health Science

Center, San Antonio

Chair: Dr. Andrea Jackson, Howard University (left)

Secretary: Dr. Paul L. Richardson, Loma Linda University

(center)

Councilor: Dr. Larry Breeding, University of Mississippi (right)

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ACP-ADEA Educator’s Forum II

April 3-4, 2009 in Chicago, Ill.

A joint meeting of pre and post doctoral Prostho-dontic Educators was held on April 3-4, 2009 in Chi-

cago, Ill.

The center focus of this gathering was to provide a forum for prosthodontic educators to submit to CODA as community of interest regarding the pro-posed “Competencies for the New Dentist” docu-

ment.

ACP-ADEA Educator’s Forum III

Nov. 2009, San Diego, CA

Come join the discussion at the ACP meeting in San

Diego, CA.

Dr. Sharon Siegal: Councilor at Large

Councilor ’s Report

patients.

Presenters from several schools de-

scribed their techniques and processes to

bring pre-doctoral students and the spe-

cialists together to team treat a patient in

need of advanced care.

This discussion was broad and included

electronic health record interface, interde-

partmental referral systems and tracking

of care. A very valuable presentation to

all.

Beautiful downtown Phoenix was chosen

for the last ADEA meeting. Excellent

weather was enjoyed by most, (some may

have missed the snow and rain of their

home states.)

One of the highlights of the meeting was

a joint program presented by the Prostho-

dontic Section and the Periodontics Sec-

tion.

As educators we all have the ideal inter-

face between specialties as a goal. We

speak to the ideal interface in patient care

and sharing of diagnostic ideas, treatment

planning and final performance of care.

As providers of care most specialists have

been able to reach a working relationship

with other providers and are able to main-

tain care tempo, efficiency and predict-

able outcomes for their own patients.

The introduction of departmental

thinking, at times necessary to assure a

complete education, can create a gulf of

miscommunication between care provid-

ers thereby derailing effective care for

Dr. Lisa Ling reminded the section that we have money in the GIES foun-dation and Project Pool Grant of the Council of Sections. This money can be used to support future projects and programs with certain stipulations. We will be looking into possibly using some of these funds for the section program next year. It was stated that if we do not use it we may lose the funding.

Dr. Lisa Lang was presented with a gift by Dr. Siegal on behalf of the sec-tion of Prosthodontics for her dedi-cated service to the section as coun-cilor after the completion of a three year term.

Dr. Siegal has moved to a new level of service to both

ADEA and the Prosthodontic Section. After a well run

campaign and an excellent presentation of her views

and plans for the future of the position of councilor at

large Dr. Siegal was elected to a larger role as mem-

ber-at-large for the Council of Sections. Dr. Siegal’s

home base is in Prosthodontics. She will serve all in

her new role but we know she will remember us in the

prosthodontic section (fondly we hope).

ADEA Meeting March 2009

“We have money in the GIES

foundation and Project Pool

Grant of the Council of

Sections, use it or lose it”

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Proposal for ADEA Program Prosthodontics Section 2010 Annual Session

Title: “Assessing Clinical Competencies in Prosthodontics with a Diminishing Patient Pool”

Abstract:

The number of patients available for assessment of a dental student’s ability to perform clinical prosthodontic procedures is in an apparent decline at many dental schools in the United States. The exact nature of the shortfall in patient numbers varies from school to school, but the clinical faculty at most schools are exploring ways to assess competency in lieu of direct one-on-one patient treatment. This program by the Prosthodontics Section of ADEA examines the prevalence of patient shortages in a review of the re-sults of a companion survey and provides a forum for presenting innovations in assessment methods when direct clinical experiences are not possible.

Proposal:

At a March 2009 meeting sponsored by the American College of Prosthodontists, 30 predoctoral educators from dental schools across the country met to formulate input to the Council of Dental Accreditation (CODA) as a “community of interest.” The proceedings of that group strongly suggested that most dental schools have a declining pool of patients from which to populate dental student clinical experiences in prosthodontics. Some schools have insufficient numbers of edentulous patients. Others have an in-adequate number of partially edentulous patients willing to undergo fixed prosthodontic replacement of missing teeth. Still others have too few dental implant patients to introduce implant prostheses as a mainstream competency. To assess the extent to which this sampling of predoctoral educators accurately represents the status of predoctoral prosthodontic programs, a companion survey is to be circulated to predoctoral prosthodontic faculty at every dental school in the United States. The survey (Attachment 1) asks faculty to identify: (1) If they have had shortfalls in the number of patients to assess clinical competency in prosthodontics, (2) In what clinical areas those shortfalls have been experienced, and (3) How the patient shortages were managed in the assessment process. The proposed 2010 ADEA program will begin with review of the results of that survey to define the scope of the problem and to summarize the assessment methods in use to substitute for what were historically clinical assessments of direct patient care.

Using the survey as initial input, the remainder of the session is to be devoted to three 20 minute presentations of best prac-tices and innovation in assessment methods for prosthodontic clinical competencies that do not require direct one-on-one patient care. Those innovations will be identified from the survey input, and the panel of presenters will be comprised of either the originating faculty member or surrogates from the Prosthodontic Section in close collaboration with the originating faculty member.

Each presenter will outline the methodology of the alternative assessment technique and the available evidence regarding its use. In addition, presenters will be expected to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the alternative method, and to highlight imple-mentation strategies.

A short question and answer session directed to the panel will follow the presentations.

Content Area:

New instructional methodology and technology.

Curriculum change and innovation.

Key Principles Addressed:

Assessment

Faculty Development

Evidence-Based Oral Health Care

Target Audience:

Faculty members

New Faculty

Learning Objectives:

Participants in the program will be able to:

1. Identify the extent to which a declining number of available patients is

affecting the assessment of predoctoral clinical prosthodontic competencies.

2. Be familiar with the most common strategies for assessing clinical

competency when patient experiences are limited.

3. Identify the best practices for assessing clinical competency in lieu of direct

one-on-one patient treatment.

4. Identify the most innovative evaluation methods in current use as substitutes

for traditional clinical competency assessment.

5. Evaluate the evidence supporting use of alternative methods of assessing

clinical competency.

6. Understand the advantages, disadvantages, and implementation strategies

Council of Sections

The Interim meeting of the Council of Sections will be held in Dallas Texas on October 21-24, 2009. It will be a joint meeting with the Council of Students. All that can are encouraged to attend. ACP Annual Meeting The 39th annual session of the American College of Prosthodontists will be held in San Diego, California on November 4-7, 2009 at the Man-chester Grand Hyatt.

There are many reason for members of the prosthodontic community to attend this session, for educators the educators forum is critical to the growth and quality of prosthodontic

education. Please plan to attend if at all possible.

As an extra bonus San Diego is not a bad venue for that time of year.

ADEA Annual Session 2010

The annual session is to be held in Washington, DC at the Gaylord Hotel and Conference Center on February 27 – March 3, 2010. The theme for the 2010 annual ses-sion is “Assessments, Portraits of Change.”

Upcoming Events

I appreciate the confidence shown in me by my recent

election to the position of Secretary of the Prosthodon-

tic Section. I am learning my job as I go.

I have noted other sections that I belong to are using

their list server to request input and information about

areas of concern or processes that other schools may

have in place. As a section we have that capacity as

well, it is my understanding that if you as a member

wish to use this process to gain information we can do

that for you. Please send me, via my email, items that

you may wish to present to the membership at large, I

will forward these items to the other officers for

consensus agreement to place them on the list server.

In this manner we can serve your needs without over-

loading your email.

Paul L. Richardson DDS, MED, Secretary

Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry

Loma Linda, CA 92350

Phone: 909-558-4603

Fax: 909-558-4822

E-mail: plrichardson@llu.edu

Pros thodon t i cs Sec t ion

We are on the web:

Pros@listserv.adea.org

ADEA

scheduled activities. I hear that participants

enjoyed themselves at Fourth Street Live af-

terwards.

Our other “gold” sponsor for our activities and

meeting meals was Ivoclar Vivadent.

On Saturday, D4D technologies and Henry

Schein provided a “breakfast and learn” dem-

onstrating the E4D Dentist, a chairside CAD/

CAM system, used for production of milled

restorations created digitally. We were also

shown digital software (TruRx) for selection

of teeth and production of a laboratory pre-

scription. The final session was a question

and answers on topics submitted by the par-

ticipants.

We adjourned at noon with the University of

Tennessee volunteering to sponsor our next

meeting. A fun and educational experience

was had by all!

Ann M Windchy

The Southeastern Region’s Prosthodontic Sec-

tion of the American Dental Education Associa-

tion met on June 11-13, 2009 at the University

of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Thirteen

schools were represented at the meeting.

The schools with attending faculty were: Lou-

isiana State University, University of Kentucky,

Ohio State University, University of Southern

Mississippi, Nova Southeastern University,

Medical College of Georgia, University of Ten-

nessee, West Virginia University, University of

Alabama Birmingham, Indiana University,

Howard University, University of North Caro-

lina, and the University of Louisville.

We had 41 faculty members attending and 14

wives took part in the social activities.

The theme of this year’s meeting was

“Technology” and began with a tour of Whip

Mix Corporation on Thursday, June ll. Their

new technology center for CAD/CAM created

restorations was “state of the art”. In addition

we saw the manufacture of many of the Whip

Mix products that we use in dental education

including articulators, gypsum products,

waxes, etc.

Whip Mix treated the group of faculty and

wives to a “Day at the Races on Millionaires

Row” at Churchill Downs, including a buffet

lunch. The day ended for the lucky and

unlucky with a reception at Maker’s Mark at

Fourth Street Live.

Presentations on technology began on Friday

with topics such as: “Will Technology Change

Dental Education or Not? “, “Technology Vis-

à-Vis PreClinical -Fixed Prosthodontics”,

“Incorporating Advanced Clinical Procedures

into Routine Predoctoral Dental Education”.

An enjoyable dinner at Vincenzo’s sponsored

by Dentsply International ended our evening’s

Southeastern Regional Prosthodontic Section Meeting

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