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18 mars 2011 22h38 HE

AMD LASERS annonce que sa gamme primée de lasers dentaires Picasso^TM sera exposée lors du Salon Dentaire International qui aura lieu à Cologne, en Allemagne

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwire - March 18, 2011) - AMD LASERS (amdlasers.com), la plus importante société mondiale en matière de laser dentaire, a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'elle serait présente pour exposer sa gamme primée de lasers dentaires Picasso(TM) lors du Salon Dentaire International (SDI), qui aura lieu du 22 au 26 mars 2011 à Cologne, en Allemagne. Cet évènement semestriel est le plus grand salon dentaire au monde.

Alan Miller, Président et Directeur général, a commenté : "Je me réjouis énormément de me rendre de nouveau au SDI. Cette année marque le 2ème anniversaire du lancement du laser dentaire Picasso(TM), qui a fait beaucoup de bruit dans le monde entier. AMD LASERS a changé la dentisterie laser pour toujours, grâce à notre gamme de lasers dentaires tout à fait abordables et simples d'utilisation. Nous disposons d'un stand considérablement plus grand (Stand G064 H065, situé dans le Pavillon USA, Hall 4.2), en vue de satisfaire les demandes de nos distributeurs et dentistes."

Des conférences d'AMD LASERS auront lieu quotidiennement dans le Dental Tribune Lecture Hall. Les personnalités suivantes figureront parmi les conférenciers : Alan Miller, qui s'exprimera sur l'avenir de la technologie du laser dentaire, le Dr. Ron Kamine, sur les 10 principales utilisations de Picasso(TM), ainsi que le Dr. George Freedman et le Dr. Fay Goldstep, sur le rôle de Picasso(TM) dans le traitement périodontique et esthétique.

Chuck Scarano, Vice-président des ventes mondiales, a déclaré : "AMD LASERS organise un évènement sur invitation uniquement, portant le nom d''Experience AMD' (Essayez AMD) à l'intention de nos partenaires mondiaux de distribution et de dentistes de premier choix, qui aura lieu le jeudi 24 mars. 'Experience AMD' se concentre sur le renforcement des relations ainsi que sur la création d'opportunités et de solutions pour nos partenaires ; cet évènement ne serait évidemment pas complet sans la touche d'élégance et la dose de divertissement qui caractérisent AMD LASERS."

À propos d'AMD LASERS

AMD LASERS, LLC(R), la plus importante société au monde en matière de laser dentaire, conçoit, commercialise et fabrique une technologie de laser médical centrée sur la médecine et la dentisterie. Les lasers primés de la société sont synonymes du standard le plus strict en matière de qualité et d'accessibilité financière dans le monde. L'intégration de la gamme Picasso(TM) de lasers dentaires pour tissus mous permet à chaque praticien dentaire de fournir un traitement révolutionnaire dans le cadre de la chirurgie des tissus mous, du traitement périodontique, des opérations endodontiques et du blanchiment dentaire au laser. AMD LASERS conçoit et développe des technologies de diode, CO2 et laser Erbium : YAG et est une société enregistrée, conforme aux normes d'ISO 13485, de la FDA et marquée CE.

Pour suivre l'actualité d'AMD LASERS et pour tout complément d'information, veuillez consulter notre site, à l'adresse www.amdlasers.com ou appelez le numéro vert 866-999-2635 ou le +1(317) 202-9530. Vous pouvez aussi rejoindre notre communauté sur Facebook à l'adresse www.facebook.com/official.amdlasers, sur Twitter à l'adresse www.twitter.com/amdlasers, et sur YouTube à l'adresse www.youtube.com/amdlasers.

Comment gérer le changement avec succès

Dr Don Friedlander

La profession et l’environnement dans lequel nous exerçons changent constamment. Des changements se produisent dans la pratique clinique, la technologie, la société, l’économie, la politique, l’éthique et les ressources humaines. Les représentants de la profession doivent prévoir ces changements et être prêts à y réagir rapidement quand ils ont lieu. Autrement dit, pour demeurer pertinente, une association doit fournir à ses membres les outils dont ils ont besoin pour relever les défis du changement et continuer à prospérer.

À l’ADC, nous voyons le changement comme une occasion d’évoluer délibérément. Nous avons appris que nous ne pouvons pas être tout pour tous. C’est pourquoi nous nous en tenons surtout aux points que nos membres jugent les plus importants. À cette intention, nous avons créé une communauté au sein de la profession dont le rôle est de scruter l’environnement, de comprendre les faits et leurs répercussions sur l’avenir, et d’obtenir un consensus sur les résultats à atteindre.

Voici une liste partielle des réalisations de l’ADC et des initiatives en cours qui démontrent notre aptitude à nous adapter au changement tout en mettant la profession et nos membres en mesure de réussir :

• réduire le nombre de nos enjeux à 3 : bâtir une profession forte, favoriser une communauté unie et appuyer un public en santé
• travailler avec nos partenaires à des projets de recherche sur l’opinion publique afin de renforcer la confiance dans les dentistes et dans la valeur des soins buccodentaires
• représenter la profession devant le Bureau de la concurrence et répondre à ses études sur la dentisterie
• préparer la profession en vue des résultats de l’Enquête canadienne sur les mesures de la santé en posant la dentisterie comme une source de solutions touchant la question de l’accès aux soins et en faisant valoir le bien-fondé des soins buccodentaires dans les établissements de soins prolongés à l’intention des aînés
• mettre la profession au premier plan de la lutte contre la carie de la petite enfance
• appliquer une nouvelle stratégie du savoir en faisant de l’ADC un courtier en connaissances, en remaniant le JADC et en établissant une présence plus grande en ligne
• créer un réseau d’experts en relations avec les médias ainsi qu’un site Web sur les questions clés afin d’assurer que la profession s’adresse aux médias et au public avec autorité et d’une seule voix
• répondre à plus de 100 demandes des médias nationaux au sujet de questions dentaires clés d’intérêt public
• créer un plan contre la pandémie du virus H1N1
• créer un énoncé de position sur l’usage des fluorures afin de prévenir la carie
• rencontrer le Premier ministre et les chefs de partis pour plaider en faveur de la santé buccodentaire
• nous exprimer au nom de la profession devant les comités parlementaires sur la lutte contre le tabagisme et l’allocation d’indemnités aux travailleurs autonomes
• promouvoir la santé buccodentaire dans le magazine Santé canadienne en créant un partenariat avec l’Association médicale canadienne et en tenant avec Santé Canada une campagne de promotion de la santé buccodentaire
• réduire de presque 30 % le budget de l’ADC, rendant l’Association plus légère et plus efficace tout en continuant d’être en mesure de maintenir ou d’améliorer les programmes reconnus comme des priorités par ceux que nous servons
• ratifier un nouveau modèle d’adhésion, préciser les rôles, les attributions et les responsabilités, stabiliser les finances, hausser la valeur et inaugurer une nouvelle époque de coopération et de consultation avec nos partenaires.

L’ADC a connu une année très prospère, et cette liste démontre notre aptitude à percevoir comment le monde évolue, à comprendre ce que ces changements signifient et à armer nos membres des outils dont ils ont besoin pour réussir.

Mais nous ne pouvons pas nous arrêter ici. De par sa nature même, l’évolution exige une gestion et une préparation constantes. Notre succès dépend de notre volonté à réfléchir en avant-gardistes, à regarder vers l’extérieur et à bien travailler avec nos partenaires. Nous devons penser encore plus en termes de stratégies, de manière à ce que nous puissions créer un avenir dans lequel tous s’entendent sur l’orientation que l’ADC doit adopter. Je suis fier de ce que l’ADC et la profession ont accompli au cours de la dernière année. J’espère que vous l’êtes également.

Don A. Friedlander, BSc, DDS
president@cda-adc.ca

Préservation et restauration de la structure dentaire

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ax1RYgBQH4AC&lpg=PP9&ots=f5G2REBjov&dq=La%20%20dentisterie%20%2C%20un%20monde%20d'%C3%A9volutions%20et%20de%20changements&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false

a dentisterie, un monde d'évolutions et de changements

a dentisterie, un monde d'évolutions et de changements

Docteur Paul AZOULAY

Dr Paul AZOULAY
• Chirurgien-dentiste

Trois choses que j'ai apprises dans ce 78e numéro :
. Comment poser des attelles avec du composite (page 10)
. Comment choisir entre visser ou sceller des prothèses implantaires (page 16)
. Comment communiquer et concevoir des prothèses grâce à des restaurations provisoires (page 32)

On constate jour après jour, dans le mouvement perpétuel de l'évolution de notre profession, une volonté d'affirmer des lignes directrices : il s'agit de la mise en place progressive d'une meilleure santé dentaire. Du côté des patients, une hygiène plus attentive et une volonté de paraître. Du coté des dentistes, davantage de tissus conservés tous soins confondus, une zone pulpaire mieux comprise, une conscience parodontale et occlusale permettant d'être plus conservateur, moins d'extractions systématiques en orthodontie et plus de respect des dents résiduelles grâce à l'implantologie, pour ne prendre que quelques exemples. Ce qui est compliqué pour les praticiens c'est de suivre techniquement, tant les matériaux et le matériel évoluent rapidement, entraînant parfois des surcoûts que l'on ne peut répercuter sur les honoraires avec le système de la nomenclature actuelle, jamais remise en cause malgré les progrès technologiques. Ce qui oblige parfois les praticiens à trouver les solutions les plus inventives pour respecter au mieux leurs patients. C'est le cas du Dr Bruno CLUNET-COSTE qui détaillera la théorie et la pratique de la pose d'attelles dentaires en composite renforcé aux fibres. C'est également la discussion entre Richard ABULIUS, l'auteur de « l'Atlas de prothèse implantaire » et le Dr Pascal ZYMAN sur l'opportunité de sceller ou de visser en implantologie. Le Dr Daniel FARHAN vous montrera qu'à l'aide de couronnes transitoires, on peut atteindre la perfection esthétique en permettant une meilleure communication avec le patient, et mieux affiner la conception de la nouvelle prothèse dentaire. Parmi les événements à ne pas manquer, je vous conseille les Journées de Nice (du 18 au 20 mai) sous la présidence scientifique du Dr Étienne MEDIONI avec 100 conférenciers venus d'Europe mais aussi d'outre-Atlantique. Le thème de cette 19e édition : les nouvelles technologies au service de la médecine bucco-dentaire. Pour atteindre un résultat thérapeutique, chaque praticien devra pour son patient choisir les meilleures alternatives, même si parfois les choix technologiques sont multiples et difficiles. Bonne lecture.
« L'esprit qui invente est toujours mécontent de ses progrès, parce qu'il voit au-delà » (D'Alembert)

New initiative is a million women strong for heart testing Pamela Serure and Carole Isenberg are on a mission to get 1 million women tested for heart disease. By Joe Brier, for USA TODAYCardiologist Azita Moalemi, MD, performs a stress test on Patricia Livelsberger, 63, who had a bypass procedure. Women are being encouraged to be tested for heart disease. By Joe Brier, for USA TODAYCardiologist Azita Moalemi, MD, performs a stress test on Patricia Livelsberger, 63, who had a bypass procedure. Women are being encouraged to be tested for heart disease. Serure, who had a heart attack in 1998 at age 47, and Isenberg, who has heart disease in her family, founded a non-profit, Events of the Heart, which harnesses the talent and creativity of actors, musicians and artists to raise awareness of women’s risks for heart disease and to inspire women to take control of their health. Since 2007, the group, funded with grants and corporate sponsorships, has staged theater performances and other events to get the word out.Now, Serure says, they’re bolstering their message of education with one of action by launching a Million Women’s Heart Project.The campaign is kicking off Wednesday in New York City at an event for invited guests, including celebrities such as S. Epatha Merkerson, Brenda Strong and Donna Karan, and leaders in business, medicine, technology and education. Its goal is to encourage women to learn their personal risk for heart disease by getting screened for high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, and to urge their friends and family to be tested, too.”Most women don’t think heart disease is their No. 1 health threat,” says Isenberg, a former teacher and producer (The Color Purple, The Women of Brewster Place). “One of our biggest missions is education, because women’s biggest health threat is 80% preventable.”The Million Women’s Heart Project “is the action step to the awareness we’ve been planting,” says Serure, a speaker and writer. She wants women to know “you are your own best advocate.” Family history and increasing age are among heart disease risks you can’t change, but here are some you can treat or modify: Patricia Livelsberger, 63, of Jonesboro, Tenn., needs no convincing. In February, while visiting her daughter in Springfield, Va., she started to have heart palpitations and lightheadedness, and felt pain that went from her chest down her arm.The pain lasted only a minute, but her daughter, Melissa Anderson, who is a critical care cardiac nurse, got her to an emergency room right away. Livelsberger was having angina, pain often caused by restricted blood supply to the heart, and was referred to a heart specialist for a thallium stress test, which found her arteries were 70%-90% blocked. She had quintuple bypass surgery the next day.Had she not been with her daughter, where she still is visiting, she might have brushed off her symptoms.”Luckily I was here, because otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” she says. Now she’s recovering, and, with the restored blood flow to her heart, she passed a recent stress test with flying colors.Livelsberger knew she had risk factors, including high blood pressure. Her father died at 39 of a heart attack, so her family history of heart disease was a red flag. But she didn’t realize that the heartburn and heart palpitations she’d been having for several months meant anything, “because it wasn’t a great pain. You know, just like heartburn in the center of my chest.”Cardiologist Naghmeh Tebyanian of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Va., where Livelsberger was tested, says that’s not uncommon.”We want women to be aware they can develop heart disease, and that it can present differently in women,” she says. “Women get chest pains that are very atypical, and when they go to the ER, they’re often dismissed because (symptoms are) so vague.”Thankfully, that’s changing, she says. “Now we’re getting better as a community of doctors. We’re more aware of heart disease in women. But women also need to be able to identify symptoms that are different — unusual fatigue, chest pain, jaw pain, exercise intolerance. If you were exercising two weeks ago and were fine, and now you are feeling you can’t go on, that could be heart disease.”Serure says that of every 1,000 women tested, 750 will have risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure, and, armed with that information, most will be able to take steps to protect themselves.The Million Women’s Heart Project is teaming up with hospitals and US Wellness, which manages health education and screening events, to offer tests free to women, with costs paid by sponsors. The project intends to collect data on the test results, along with women’s stories about their lives and heart health.”There is a connection between allowing ourselves to be heard and being empowered,” Serure says. “We can create a new reality if we can get women to tell their stories, get tested, and pass it on.” For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ’s. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. We’ve updated the Conversation Guidelines. Changes include a brief review of the moderation process and an explanation on how to use the “Report Abuse” button. Read more.

New initiative is a million women strong for heart testing


Pamela Serure and Carole Isenberg are on a mission to get 1 million women tested for heart disease.

By Joe Brier, for USA TODAYCardiologist Azita Moalemi, MD, performs a stress test on Patricia Livelsberger, 63, who had a bypass procedure. Women are being encouraged to be tested for heart disease.

By Joe Brier, for USA TODAYCardiologist Azita Moalemi, MD, performs a stress test on Patricia Livelsberger, 63, who had a bypass procedure. Women are being encouraged to be tested for heart disease.

Serure, who had a heart attack in 1998 at age 47, and Isenberg, who has heart disease in her family, founded a non-profit, Events of the Heart, which harnesses the talent and creativity of actors, musicians and artists to raise awareness of women’s risks for heart disease and to inspire women to take control of their health. Since 2007, the group, funded with grants and corporate sponsorships, has staged theater performances and other events to get the word out.Now, Serure says, they’re bolstering their message of education with one of action by launching a Million Women’s Heart Project.The campaign is kicking off Wednesday in New York City at an event for invited guests, including celebrities such as S. Epatha Merkerson, Brenda Strong and Donna Karan, and leaders in business, medicine, technology and education. Its goal is to encourage women to learn their personal risk for heart disease by getting screened for high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, and to urge their friends and family to be tested, too.”Most women don’t think heart disease is their No. 1 health threat,” says Isenberg, a former teacher and producer (The Color Purple, The Women of Brewster Place). “One of our biggest missions is education, because women’s biggest health threat is 80% preventable.”The Million Women’s Heart Project “is the action step to the awareness we’ve been planting,” says Serure, a speaker and writer. She wants women to know “you are your own best advocate.”


Family history and increasing age are among heart disease risks you can’t change, but here are some you can treat or modify:


Patricia Livelsberger, 63, of Jonesboro, Tenn., needs no convincing. In February, while visiting her daughter in Springfield, Va., she started to have heart palpitations and lightheadedness, and felt pain that went from her chest down her arm.The pain lasted only a minute, but her daughter, Melissa Anderson, who is a critical care cardiac nurse, got her to an emergency room right away. Livelsberger was having angina, pain often caused by restricted blood supply to the heart, and was referred to a heart specialist for a thallium stress test, which found her arteries were 70%-90% blocked. She had quintuple bypass surgery the next day.Had she not been with her daughter, where she still is visiting, she might have brushed off her symptoms.”Luckily I was here, because otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” she says. Now she’s recovering, and, with the restored blood flow to her heart, she passed a recent stress test with flying colors.Livelsberger knew she had risk factors, including high blood pressure. Her father died at 39 of a heart attack, so her family history of heart disease was a red flag. But she didn’t realize that the heartburn and heart palpitations she’d been having for several months meant anything, “because it wasn’t a great pain. You know, just like heartburn in the center of my chest.”Cardiologist Naghmeh Tebyanian of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Va., where Livelsberger was tested, says that’s not uncommon.”We want women to be aware they can develop heart disease, and that it can present differently in women,” she says. “Women get chest pains that are very atypical, and when they go to the ER, they’re often dismissed because (symptoms are) so vague.”Thankfully, that’s changing, she says. “Now we’re getting better as a community of doctors. We’re more aware of heart disease in women. But women also need to be able to identify symptoms that are different — unusual fatigue, chest pain, jaw pain, exercise intolerance. If you were exercising two weeks ago and were fine, and now you are feeling you can’t go on, that could be heart disease.”Serure says that of every 1,000 women tested, 750 will have risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure, and, armed with that information, most will be able to take steps to protect themselves.The Million Women’s Heart Project is teaming up with hospitals and US Wellness, which manages health education and screening events, to offer tests free to women, with costs paid by sponsors. The project intends to collect data on the test results, along with women’s stories about their lives and heart health.”There is a connection between allowing ourselves to be heard and being empowered,” Serure says. “We can create a new reality if we can get women to tell their stories, get tested, and pass it on.”


For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ’s. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com.


We’ve updated the Conversation Guidelines. Changes include a brief review of the moderation process and an explanation on how to use the “Report Abuse” button. Read more.

New initiative is a million women strong for heart testing

Enlarge	By Joe Brier, for USA TODAY
Cardiologist Azita Moalemi, MD, performs a stress test on Patricia Livelsberger, 63, who had a bypass procedure. Women are being encouraged to be tested for heart disease.

By Anita Manning Special for USA TODAY

Pamela Serure and Carole Isenberg are on a mission to get 1 million women tested for heart disease.

Serure, who had a heart attack in 1998 at age 47, and Isenberg, who has heart disease in her family, founded a non-profit, Events of the Heart, which harnesses the talent and creativity of actors, musicians and artists to raise awareness of women's risks for heart disease and to inspire women to take control of their health. Since 2007, the group, funded with grants and corporate sponsorships, has staged theater performances and other events to get the word out.

Now, Serure says, they're bolstering their message of education with one of action by launching a Million Women's Heart Project.

The campaign is kicking off Wednesday in New York City at an event for invited guests, including celebrities such as S. Epatha Merkerson, Brenda Strong and Donna Karan, and leaders in business, medicine, technology and education. Its goal is to encourage women to learn their personal risk for heart disease by getting screened for high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, and to urge their friends and family to be tested, too.

"Most women don't think heart disease is their No. 1 health threat," says Isenberg, a former teacher and producer (The Color Purple, The Women of Brewster Place). "One of our biggest missions is education, because women's biggest health threat is 80% preventable."

The Million Women's Heart Project "is the action step to the awareness we've been planting," says Serure, a speaker and writer. She wants women to know "you are your own best advocate."

Risk factors that you can control

Family history and increasing age are among heart disease risks you can't change, but here are some you can treat or modify:

�Smoking

�High blood pressure

�High cholesterol levels

�Obesity or overweight

�Physical inactivity

�Diabetes

Patricia Livelsberger, 63, of Jonesboro, Tenn., needs no convincing. In February, while visiting her daughter in Springfield, Va., she started to have heart palpitations and lightheadedness, and felt pain that went from her chest down her arm.

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The pain lasted only a minute, but her daughter, Melissa Anderson, who is a critical care cardiac nurse, got her to an emergency room right away. Livelsberger was having angina, pain often caused by restricted blood supply to the heart, and was referred to a heart specialist for a thallium stress test, which found her arteries were 70%-90% blocked. She had quintuple bypass surgery the next day.

Had she not been with her daughter, where she still is visiting, she might have brushed off her symptoms.

"Luckily I was here, because otherwise I wouldn't be here," she says. Now she's recovering, and, with the restored blood flow to her heart, she passed a recent stress test with flying colors.

Livelsberger knew she had risk factors, including high blood pressure. Her father died at 39 of a heart attack, so her family history of heart disease was a red flag. But she didn't realize that the heartburn and heart palpitations she'd been having for several months meant anything, "because it wasn't a great pain. You know, just like heartburn in the center of my chest."

Cardiologist Naghmeh Tebyanian of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Va., where Livelsberger was tested, says that's not uncommon.

"We want women to be aware they can develop heart disease, and that it can present differently in women," she says. "Women get chest pains that are very atypical, and when they go to the ER, they're often dismissed because (symptoms are) so vague."

Thankfully, that's changing, she says. "Now we're getting better as a community of doctors. We're more aware of heart disease in women. But women also need to be able to identify symptoms that are different — unusual fatigue, chest pain, jaw pain, exercise intolerance. If you were exercising two weeks ago and were fine, and now you are feeling you can't go on, that could be heart disease."

Serure says that of every 1,000 women tested, 750 will have risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure, and, armed with that information, most will be able to take steps to protect themselves.

The Million Women's Heart Project is teaming up with hospitals and US Wellness, which manages health education and screening events, to offer tests free to women, with costs paid by sponsors. The project intends to collect data on the test results, along with women's stories about their lives and heart health.

"There is a connection between allowing ourselves to be heard and being empowered," Serure says. "We can create a new reality if we can get women to tell their stories, get tested, and pass it on."

Delta Dental giving money to attract more Ark. dental students

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Arkansas' shortage of dentists is a growing concern for the state.

In 2008, Arkansas was ranked 50th in the nation in dentist to population ratio. In light of this predicament, Delta Dental of

Arkansas has made a $500,000 contribution to the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry which will expand the school's pre-clinical laboratory and accommodate 10 additional Arkansas students.