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Dental Society of Chester County & Delaware County
This website is maintained by volunteer webmaster Karin D. Brian, DDS.
Society Mailing Address: 495 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 102, Exton,
PA 19320
Society Phone: (610) 876-5680
2009 - 2010 Officers
President: Dr. Edmund McGurk, (610)
688-2211
President-Elect: Dr. Bernadette Logan, (610)
408-0997
Treasurer: Dr. Joel
Funari, (610) 688-6682
Recording Secretary: Dr. Steven Sierakowski,
(610) 558-8283
Corresponding Secretary: Dr. Dale Scanlon, (610) 280-7779
Bulletin Editor: Dr. Karin Brian, (610)
269-5795
Past President: Dr. Tamara Brady, (610)
280-6835
Executive Board meetings and general membership dinner
meetings are held bimonthly, September through May. All
Chester-Delaware members are welcome to attend. Costs are $20 for
Executive Board meetings and $40 for membership dinner meetings,
payable by cash or check. Advance reservation is
requested.
RSVP to Dr. Ted
McGurk by Thursday prior to the meeting, (610)
688-2211.
Wednesday, January 27 - Dinner
Meeting: The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Rt 29N,
Great Valley, cash bar 6 p.m., buffet dinner and meeting 7 p.m.
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Smoking and its Impact on Oral Health and Systemic
Diseases
Speaker: Dr. Denis Kinane, Dean of School of
Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Epidemiological investigations support a firm relationship between
smoking and periodontal disease. The mechanisms by which smoking may
influence the development and progression of periodontal disease are as
yet unclear, but may include changes in the vasculature, the immune and
inflammatory systems, tissue oxygenation and the healing processes.
Similar mechanisms may impact systemically to increase inflammatory
burden on other oral and systemic diseases. The wider effects of smoking
on society will be addressed.
Dr. Denis F. Kinane has been dean of the School of Dental Medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania since July 2009. Prior to joining Penn,
Dr. Kinane was a Delta Dental Endowed Professor in the department of
periodontics, endodontics and dental hygiene and associate dean for
research and enterprise at the University of Louisville School of
Dentistry and a professor of microbiology and immunology in the
University of Louisville School of Medicine.
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A native of Scotland, Dr.
Kinane earned his bachelor of dental surgery in 1980 and his PhD in
microbiology in 1983, both from the University of Edinburgh. He is a
member of the Faculties of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Glasgow and holds specialist registration in the UK in periodontics
and restorative dentistry.
A skilled recruiter of
outstanding faculty, Dr. Kinane dramatically improved the Louisville
dental school’s research profile and professional standing,
raising its national ranking in research funding from the NIDCR from
37th to 12th. Dr. Kinane personally recruited eminent researchers and
clinicians from schools around the world to Louisville and oversaw the
creation of a new oral health and systemic disease research group.
As a researcher, his professional engagements bridge the divide between
the basic and clinical sciences, and his research has improved dental
medicine’s understanding of the causes and development of gum
diseases. Dr. Kinane has also examined the relationships between oral
and systemic health and among diseases such as diabetes, heart disease
and periodontal disease. As an active clinician, he has taught
periodontics for more than 20 years and has spent considerable time
supervising students in teaching and research clinics and developing
educational and computer-assisted learning programs. Earlier in his
career, Dr. Kinane served as chair of the periodontal department at the
University of Glasgow, and he maintains a strong commitment to clinical
dental education.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Wednesday, March 10 - Board
Meeting: West Chester GCC, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 5 - Board
Meeting: West Chester GCC, 6:30 p.m.
General Meetings for the remainder of the 2009-2010 Year
are Wednesdays:
March 24, and May 19
The May 19 General Meeting will also be our
annual business meeting and installation of officers. This year it
will be held during the luncheon break in conjunction with the DKU
program at the Springfield Country Club.
News & Events
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Give Kids A
Smile
We would like to thank the dentists, hygienists, assistants, and
staff members who donated their expertise and dental supplies
to provide dental care and education for 20 children on Friday, October
2nd at the office of Dr. Theresa Devine in Broomall. Because of the
generosity of volunteer dentists Tami Brady, Theresa Devine,
Donna Jankiewicz, Bernie Logan, Harold Romesburg (o.s.), Ruth Rosenberg,
Neal Shipon, Paula Stone, Ian Thomas (ortho.) and John Whytosek
(perio.) over $10,000 worth of dental care and education
was provided.
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Drs. Brady; Bushick; Cimino; Giacalone; Granite, Siegal,
& Cwyk; Grzybicki; Koshetar; Levin; Melli; Montgomery; Nelson; Pepe;
Recupero; Robbins; Russo & Scharlock; Sierakowski; Spellman,
Thompson, & Voss; Sullivan; and Swenda graciously supported our
efforts with their kind gifts, as did PDA’s Harriet
Task! Thanks to your efforts our GKAS Program continues
to provide dental care and education to children that would otherwise
not receive this integral component of their health and well-being.
An additional FALL 2009 EVENT is scheduled for
Friday, November 6 at CVIM. Contact Dr. Bernie Logan to volunteer
or to make a donation to help support these
events!
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The deadline for the March 2010 issue is
Thursday, February 4.
theBulletin is published five times a year,
September thru May. Subscription is included in your annual dues.
Additional information about our official publication,
advertising, and archived editions may be found here.
DKU - Dentists Keeping Up!
DKU is a continuing education program, designed for both dentists and
staff. Sign up to experience only one or two nationally recognized
speakers, or take the entire series for a discount. This program
makes it easy to "Keep Up" with your licensure renewal or AGD membership
requirements. Sign up today!
Additional details for the 2009/2010 Program and Registration
information are available on the 2009/2010 Summary.
Dr.
Mark Murphy & James Ellison, CDT, "Mini Implant Retained
Overdentures and RPD Attachments" - Thursday, January 14,
2010
Dr.
Bernard Touati, "Anterior Esthetics: Implants and Natural Teeth" -
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Dr.
Peter Jacobsen, "Pharmacology for the Dental Office: Rx and OTC
Products" - Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Appendix to Procedures Manual
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