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News 41 st Indian Orthodontic Conference A Report How many ways can you stay " marvellous meeti ng?" thousand of ways were expressed by 1198 attendees of the 41 st Indian Orthodontic Society conference in Chennai between the 24th to 26 th of November 2006. Never before had so many members of our society co nvened in one place to share ideas, study rese arch and shop for the latest ort hodonti c materials and equipment from over 62 trade stalls. Never before have such a pantheon of God like international and Indi an speakers convened under one roof to share knowledge. Never before did an AGM witness such larg e participation . Never before was a national orthodontic conference conducted in a such a state of the art convention center which was comparable to any international conference arena . The national conference had an international f lavour not on ly because of the presence of a large co ntingent of international speakers but also due to the presence of a significant number of international delegates from countries and continents such as Sri Lanka, Indones ia, Oman , Dubai , Muscat & North and South America. If the 41 st conference can be termed as a milestone event in the history of lOS it was due to its rich scientific content. Over 100 papers were presented which comprised of 19 international guest lectures, 11 key note addresses by eminent Indian speakers, 20 rising star speakers, 45 free papers and 9 posters. In addition, 2 pre and 2 post conference courses and one symposium added to the scientific content. The international speakers were drawn from US in the west to Japan in the East. The pre confere nce course by Dr. Anoop Sondhi on contemporary edgewise m ec h anism attracted 178 participants. The one day pre-conference seminar on Orthodontic - finishing by Dr. Vincent Kokich was attended by senior members of the profession. Dr. Kokich provided fresh ideas for an old problem. The post co nference workshop on nasoa lveolar molding by Dr. Grayson & Dr. Shetye was interactive and the parti c ipants were very appreciative of the contents and the arrangements for the co nferen ce. The two day workshop on treatment p lanning in orthognathic surgery attracted oral surgeons and orthodontist and the lectures by Dr. Shivapuja and his tea m was well received. The lOS oration was delivered by Dr. Kokich who presented ways to overcome dilemmas in managing anterio r esthetics problems. Th e Vasavi Memori a l Oration was delivered by Dr. Domingo Martin who highlighted the need for extraction and the importance of vertical contro l in enhancing facia l esthetics. Prof. Rabie from University of Hon g Kong emphasized th e need for regenerative periodontal treatment for adu It orthodontic patients. Dr. Kim from Korea presented cases which were treated with growth modification devi ces that were modi fied with tandem mechanics. The trio fro m University of Chicago Dr. Handelman, Dr. Meenakshi and Dr. Kunnel presented their clinical and research outcomes usi ng RPE in adults and on the current status of bone biology. While Dr. Kuftinec from New York University hi ghli ghted the theoretica l basis for interactive self-ligating system, Dr. Simmonas from Switzerland discussed the current concepts and future possibilities with the self-ligating system. Dr. Shivapuja from Detroit, offered excellent solutions to manage subdivision maloc c lusion while his associate Dr. Mac intosh discussed TMJ considerations in orthognathic patients. The couple from Eastman Dental School, London Dr. Paul Thom as & Pamella Thomas shared their views on digital ima g ing and facial growth 230 News respectively. Dr. grayson presented his invention, the nasoalveolar molding plate while his associate Dr. Pradip Shetye exhibited cases with craniofacial disorders that were treated with distraction osteogenesi s. • Dr. Turpin the editor of the AJODO elaborated on the methods of searching for evidence and employing it in clinical practice, while Dr. Hirashita, the former editor of the Japanese Orthodontic Society shared his experience in treating adult, mutilated cases. The symposium on Roth William Philosophy was addressed by Dr. Robert Williams and Dr. Domingo Martin. The symposium introduced the audience to the method of evaluating occlusion and TMJ and highlighted its importance in planning and executing orthodontic treatment. The symposium was a major attraction and was attended by 700 delegates. The scientific content was augmented by a galaxy of keynote speakers from India, who included Dr. Anmol Kalha , Dr. Ashok Karad , Dr. P. G. Francis, Dr. Jayakumar, Dr. Jayade, Dr. Jyothindra Kumar, Dr. O. P. Kharbanda, Dr. M. K. Prakash, Dr. Sabhlok, Dr, Sadhashiva Shetty and Dr. Vinod Verma. " It is my understanding that you are now the Presidentelect of the Indian Orthodontic Society, and I congratulate you for that. Given your organization of the 41 st 10C, I have no doubt that you will acqu it yourself with distinction in that position. I specifically wanted to write and thank you for the excellent arrangements for my Pre-Conference course, and for your generous hospitality, during my visit to Chennai. I think it is fair to say that you and your colleagues out did yourselves." ............ Anoop Sondhi, DDS, MS • " I have gotten back into the routine here at home, and so finally have time to reflect on my wonderful days in India and to thank you most heartily for your generous hospitality and kindnesses during my visit. More importantly, the success of the Orthodontic Conference had Krishnaswamy written allover it, and I salute you for your superb efforts." .... ...... .. Bruce Macintosh • Thank you so much for your invitation to attend the 41 st 10C and your kind hospitality. I enjoyed being in Chennai, attending your conference and meeting friendly Indian colleagues. Congratulations on the very successfullOC ! Best regards ............. Somchai The Governor of Tamil Nadu Dr. Barnala and President of Dental Council of India Dr. Anil Kohli participated in the inaugural function in which the lOS President Dr. Akhter Hussain announced the launch of a new patient informative website. The fusion dance that followed the inaugural function truly depicted the various cultures of India. The presidential banquet was spectacular and had several attractions like fortune telling, glass blowing, folklore, games of chances, intrigue music and exceptional specality food stations. • Kudos to the organizer - The 41 st 10C was indeed a mega scientific and social event in the annals of Indian Orthodontic Society. • Thanks again fo( the wonderful time we experienced during the Conference. I would like to publish a short news article in some of our AAO publications to highlight the success of your Conference. Congratulations, once again, for managing such a great meeting. I look forward to seeing you in Seattle next May, if at all possible ............. Dave Turpin Ashok Karad Editor, JIOS I want to express my sincerest appreciation to you arid the organizing committee for arranging such a stimulating and important orthodontic meeting in Chennai. I could feel a very strong interest among orthodontists in our lectures and workshop. I am very grateful to you and to your orthodontic colleagues for having invited me to the Conference and Symposium. I have had many wonderful experiences to share with family, friends and colleagues back home. .. .......... Barry H . Grayson Conference Feedback (Addressed to Dr. N. R. Krishnaswamy) • "By the way, congratulations again for your election to Presidency of yhe Indian Orthodontic Society. Your membership is very lucky to have a person like you to lead them in the future. The lOS is in good hands and I expect to hear great things about you and your society in the coming years. Best personal regards." ............ Vince • This is just to tell you that the conference was excellently organized and we had a wonderful time.Congratulations to you and your team. The scientific programme was grand. I am very very impressed with Kokich course and Domingo Martin was briliiant.1 am so charged up and happy. Thank you so much. .. .......... Nandini 231 ~ News Karavali Orthodontic Study Group Inaugrated The Karavali Orthodontic (Study) Group - KOG- was formed and inaugrated on 19th October, 2006 at Hotel Poonj a Intern ational , Mangalore. All the orth odontists of Karava li region including Mangalore, Udupi, Kund apur, Manipal, Sullia and Puttur joined together to form th e Karavali Orthodontic Group, with the objective of sharing sc ientific knowled ge and information . Prof. (Dr.) V Surendra Shetty, Dean, Coll ege of Dental Sc iences, KMC, Manga lore and the senior most orthodontist of Mangalore w as Chief Guest of the occasion . Prof. (Dr.) U.S. Krishna Nayak, Dean, A.B.Shetty Memori al Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore and Past President of Indian Orthodontic Society, and Prof. (Dr.) Akhter Hussein, Head, Department of Orthodonti cs, Yenepoya Dental College and currently the President of Indian Orthodontic Soci ety are seen in the enclosed inauguration photograph . Dr. Sandeep Shetty was sel ected as the Co-ordinator of the Karavali Orthodontic Group. Prof. (Dr.) U.S. Krishna Nayak Fourth Annual Symposium on Contemporary Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics The Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics of Rural Dental College ofPravara Institute of Medical Sciences [Deemed University]' Loni [Maharashtral hosted the Fourth Annual Symposium on Contemporary Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics on 7th and 8th October 2006 for the post-graduate students. The symposium was organized as a part of " Continuing Dental Education Programme" in the field of 'Orthodontics" and aimed to update the diagnostic and treatment perspectives in " Extraoral Orthodontic Appliances." Dr. Keki Mistry, a stalwart figure in the field of Orthodontics and a founder member of the Indian Orthodontic Society, had inaugurated the symposium. In his inaugural and inspirational speech, Hon'able Dr. Keki Mistry sir defined orthodontist as a leader of the society. He illustrated the qualities of a good leader and a good human being in a very exemplary manner. He emphasized on the value of "values" in human life. He left the audience speechless and spellbound with his great oratory. The faculty members for the symposium were Dr. Sanjay Ganeshkar, Dr. Ravi Gupta, Dr. Shirish Bapat, Dr. Ranjit Kamble and Dr. Rahul Baldawa. Dr. Ravi Gupta, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Orthodontics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College, Pimpri, Pune started the scientific session with "Classification, Components and Biomechanical Principles of Extraoral Appliances." He very well performed the challenging job of applying the biomechanical principles related to extraoral appliances into clinical practice. 232 Dr. Sanjay Ganeshkar, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Orthodontics, SDM Dental College, Dharwad, Karnataka discussed on the " Need, Indication and Application of Extraoral Therapy in Orthodontics." He also elaborated on the " Use of Headgear in Correction of Skeletal Class II Malocclusion. " He created a deep impact on students with cases treated with extraoral appliances. Dr. Shirish Bapat, Professor, Dept. of Orthodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeeth Dental Collage, Pune gave a good review of literature and illustrated the " Indications and Applications of Reverse Pull Headgear in Management of Class III malocclusion." Dr. Ranjit Kamble, Professor, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Wardha, spoke on the "Histologic changes with Extraoral Therapy." He summarized the theme of the symposium and gave the 21 st century update of extraoral appliances in a good pictorial manner. Dr. Rahul Baldawa, Lecturer, Rahul Dental College, Loni, spoke on " Chin cup as an Extraoral Appliance. " News Over seventy five post-graduate students from various institutions across the country participated in the symposium, which truly made the occasion a memorable one. This symposium was organized under the leadership of Dr. N. G. Toshniwal , Vice Principal , Prof. and Head, Dept. of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Rural Dental College, Loni and his team comprising of Dr. Abhijit Misal [Chairman - Scientific Committee], Dr. Abhay Choudhary [CoChairman], Dr. Gajanan Shanbhag [Co-Chairman], Dr. Shubhangi Amit [Co-Chairman], Dr. Amit Mani [Co- Remembering Dr. C.F.A. Moorrees on his third death anniversary It is now exactly three years that, I am remembering one of the greatest pioneers in the field of Orthodontics; and he is none other than Dr. Coenraad F.A . Moorrees, Chief of the Orthodontic Department at the Forsyth Dental Centre in Boston from 1948 to 1989, who passed away and left for his heavenly abode on October 28 th 2003, after a brief illness. I have always felt Dr. Moorrees as one of my Gurus, even though I have never met him and there was so much of a geographical distance between the two of us. His life was a remarkable one, as can be observed from the following writing about him. His numerous contributions to the knowledge of Orthodontics are well known; and one of them is "The Aleut Dentition, a correlative study of dental characteristics in the Eskimoid people" published by the Harvard University Press in 1957. In 1953, the well known Moorrees mesh-diagram cephalometric analysis was introduced. This study was based on cephalograms of 50 Forsyth Dental Hygiene students. He and Martin Kean validated "natural head position" as the key for cephalometric analysis. The Moorrees received numerous honours for his basic research to the understanding of the growth and nature of human dentition and face. The University of Utrecht conferred on him the degree of Dr. Med. Honoris causa in 1971 and in 1977 he received the Albert H . Ketchem memorial award from American Association of Orthodontists, for his "outstanding contribution in the advancement of science of Orthodontics". Dr. Coenraad Frans August Moorrees was born in Hague, the Netherlands on October 23,d 1916. When young, he was a capable magician and his other hobby with roots in Holland was his love and knowledge of flowers. The war experiences of Dr. Moorrees reveal his extraordinary determination and ability to focus qualities of character that helped him to achieve great heights in his further academic years. It is likely that the survival tests when he was his twenties steeled him in his later life as the Chief and Professor of the Department of Orthodontics. He appeared some times as a severe task master to his post doctoral fellows in Orthodontics; a clinical speciality that indeed demand much task mastery. Chairman], Dr. Rahul Baldawa and Dr. Abdul Diami . The event was made possible with the kind co-operation of the management committee member of Pravara institute of Medical Sciences. The students had personal interaction with all the speakers on various current topics. All participants, speakers and Chief Guest had an opportunity to visit " Shri Saibaba Temple" at shirdi and attend the holy arti. They expressed their gratitude towards the organizing committee for such a wonderful and unforgettable event. Dr. Coenraad F.A. Moorrees was a co-editor along with Dr. Frans P.G.M. Van der Linden, Professor and Chairman Dept. of Orthodontics, University of Nymegen, the Netherlands, of a book titled "Orthodontics: Evaluation and Future". These were the proceedings of the International Conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Orthodontic department of University of Nymegen, The Netherlands, in October 1987. This Volume contains very valuable contributions of 30 internationally known researchers and clinicians. Some ofthem are: Rolf Frankel, William Proffit, Richard Riedel and many more outstanding chairmen of the Orthodontic Department. The topics that were discussed were decision making, treatment, need and reality, growth and surgery in major abnormalities, functional aspects of treatment, laterogeni c effects of Orthodontics, variations in results, limitations and long term effects and stability of Orthodontic results. On my request and on Dr. Moorrees' recommendation, Dr. Van der Lindon had sent me a copy of this book as a personal gift. I very much cherish this kind gesture of this great orthodontic personality and a kind human being, who constantly th rived for the betterment of denti stry' s fi rst speci al ity called "orthodontics". I am sure all those who are connected with the research and betterment of Orthodontics will long cherish the memory of Dr. C.F.A. Moorrees. He was 87 years of age when he left this world. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a grand daughter. I feel the world of Orthodontics has lost a father figure. I pray that may the Almighty rest his soul in peace and give strength to his near and dear ones to bear the personal loss. M. R. Joshi, M.D.S. (Orthodontics) Earlier, Prof. and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad. The biographical accou nt of Dr. C.F.A. Moorrees has been written by me a nd is al most based o n the paper written by Dr. Sheldon Peck and Dr. Leslie Will, Boston, Mass, USA and the title is "In memoriam - Coenraad F.A. Moorrees 1916-2003", published in American J. Orthod. Dentofacial Orthopedics, March 2004, 125:396398. I have also added my personal remembrances of Dr. Moorrees. 233