Secretary/treasurer's report
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The final wash-up of the lecture tour by Professor Kim was a modest profit for the Society, half of which will be deposited into the Research Grants Fund. The most disappointing aspect of the tour was that many members failed to take advantage of a superb educational opportunity in basic science and its clinical application. Every effort is being made to ensure a varied, interesting and clinically relevant educational programme. The timing of Federal Lecture Tours is often dependent on ADA lecturer timing, and it is not always possible to avoid clashes with other specialist societies, and University and hospital programmes. Our 1996 Federal Lecturer is Dr Ken Hargreaves of Minnesota, perhaps the most “in demand” speaker on Endodontic Pain and its Control. He will come to us fresh &om a World Congress on Pain. I would strongly urge all members to attend in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide. Discussion of this vexed area of dentistry should have wide appeal throughout the membership. Without exception, those members who have already heard Dr Hargreaves speak, have highly recommended him. Congratulations to our new Editor, Dr Peter Parashos, who has already stirred the Queensland Correspondent to action with pen and camera! Please support Peter with his unenviable task, by flooding him with potential copy for the Newsletter. The Society Accounts for 1995 have been completed, and we remain in a healthy state. Membership Subscriptions for 1996 have been kept at $65.00. Although the Cash at Bank seems high, there is a requirement for such a sum to fund overseas speakers/lecture tours (-$30,000) before any income is received, and to h n d this Newsletfer (-$10,000 per issue). Our membership numbers have levelled off over the past year, and the subscription certainly still represents extremely good value. The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in Brisbane on Friday 17th May, in conjunction with a full day lecture programme to be hosted by the Queensland branch. Speakers for the day include Drs Paul Abbott, Cos Maiolo and Katina Maiolo. Please contact me or Dr Ross Applegarth of the Queensland branch - 225 Wickham Terrace,Brisbane 4000 - if you wish to attend. A separate mailing will come to you in relation to the AGM. See you all at the Hargreaves course! John McNamara Secretary/Treasurer Sodium fluoride not only helps your young patients fight cavities, it also could help your older female patients beat osteoporosis. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found that women who took a sodium fluoride supplement in conjunction with calcium citrate had healthier bones after almost four years than women who took a placebo. All of the participants had been diagnosed with post- menopausal osteoporosis and had suffered fractures as a result of the osteoporosis.Researchers randomly assigned the women to one of two age groups: 48 patients in the test group and 51 patients in the control group. The test group took 25 milligrams of slow-release sodium fluoride twice a day for 12 months, then no fluoride supplements for two months. The women in the control group took a placebo. Both groups took 400 mg of calcium citrate twice a day throughout the study. After almost four years, the new spinal fracture rate for the women in the test group dropped by 70%. In these patients, spinal bone mass increased by 46% annually and hip bone mass Sodium Fluoride Makes Headway In Osteoporosis Study increased by about 2% annually. These women sustained only one-third of the height loss experienced by women in the control group. They also reported a reduction in the frequency and severity of back pain during the study period. The researchers found similar results in open trials conducted at 10 sites and involving 186 patients. They reported that in patients who had mild to moderate bone loss - those who had lost less than 35% of their spinal bone mass - only 4.5% developed new spinal fractures after treatment with the sodium fluoride and calcium citrate supplements. UTSMC researchers reported these results at the 17th annual meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research held in Baltimore last September. They also noted that bone fluoride levels in the test group were well below the toxic level and that the architecture and strength of spongy bone improved in patients who took the sodium fluoride supplements. J. her. Dent. Assoc. December 1995 6 AUSTRALIAN ENDODONTIC NEWSLETTERVOLUME 22 No. 1 APRIL 1996
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The final wash-up of the lecture tour by Professor Kim was a modest profit for the Society, half of which will be deposited into the Research Grants Fund. The most disappointing aspect of the tour was that many members failed to take advantage of a superb educational opportunity in basic science and its clinical application.
Every effort is being made to ensure a varied, interesting and clinically relevant educational programme. The timing of Federal Lecture Tours is often dependent on ADA lecturer timing, and it is not always possible to avoid clashes with other specialist societies, and University and hospital programmes.
Our 1996 Federal Lecturer is Dr Ken Hargreaves of Minnesota, perhaps the most “in demand” speaker on Endodontic Pain and its Control. He will come to us fresh &om a World Congress on Pain. I would strongly urge all members to attend in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide. Discussion of this vexed area of dentistry should have wide appeal throughout the membership. Without exception, those members who have already heard Dr Hargreaves speak, have highly recommended him.
Congratulations to our new Editor, Dr Peter Parashos, who has already stirred the Queensland Correspondent to action
with pen and camera! Please support Peter with his unenviable task, by flooding him with potential copy for the Newsletter.
The Society Accounts for 1995 have been completed, and we remain in a healthy state. Membership Subscriptions for 1996 have been kept at $65.00. Although the Cash at Bank seems high, there is a requirement for such a sum to fund overseas speakers/lecture tours (-$30,000) before any income is received, and to h n d this Newsletfer (-$10,000 per issue). Our membership numbers have levelled off over the past year, and the subscription certainly still represents extremely good value.
The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in Brisbane on Friday 17th May, in conjunction with a full day lecture programme to be hosted by the Queensland branch. Speakers for the day include Drs Paul Abbott, Cos Maiolo and Katina Maiolo. Please contact me or Dr Ross Applegarth of the Queensland branch - 225 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane 4000 - if you wish to attend. A separate mailing will come to you in relation to the AGM.
See you all at the Hargreaves course!
John McNamara Secretary/Treasurer
Sodium fluoride not only helps your young patients fight cavities, it also could help your older female patients beat osteoporosis.
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found that women who took a sodium fluoride supplement in conjunction with calcium citrate had healthier bones after almost four years than women who took a placebo.
All of the participants had been diagnosed with post- menopausal osteoporosis and had suffered fractures as a result of the osteoporosis. Researchers randomly assigned the women to one of two age groups: 48 patients in the test group and 51 patients in the control group.
The test group took 25 milligrams of slow-release sodium fluoride twice a day for 12 months, then no fluoride supplements for two months. The women in the control group took a placebo. Both groups took 400 mg of calcium citrate twice a day throughout the study.
After almost four years, the new spinal fracture rate for the women in the test group dropped by 70%. In these patients, spinal bone mass increased by 46% annually and hip bone mass
Sodium Fluoride Makes Headway In Osteoporosis Study increased by about 2% annually. These women sustained only one-third of the height loss experienced by women in the control group. They also reported a reduction in the frequency and severity of back pain during the study period.
The researchers found similar results in open trials conducted at 10 sites and involving 186 patients. They reported that in patients who had mild to moderate bone loss - those who had lost less than 35% of their spinal bone mass - only 4.5% developed new spinal fractures after treatment with the sodium fluoride and calcium citrate supplements.
UTSMC researchers reported these results at the 17th annual meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research held in Baltimore last September. They also noted that bone fluoride levels in the test group were well below the toxic level and that the architecture and strength of spongy bone improved in patients who took the sodium fluoride supplements.
J. h e r . Dent. Assoc. December 1995
6 AUSTRALIAN ENDODONTIC NEWSLETTERVOLUME 22 No. 1 APRIL 1996
