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October 2014President
Dr. Dan Henry4627 N. Davis Hwy
Pensacola, FL 32503(805) 477-1120
Secretary
Dr. Marc Tollefson701 Regents Blvd.Fircrest, WA 98466
(253) [email protected]
President-Elect
Dr. Wendell Foltz203 NE 8th Street
McMinnville, OR 97128(503) 472-8802
Vice President
Dr. Clyde Roggenkamp11399 Campus StreetLoma Linda, CA 92345
(909) [email protected]
Councilors
2015 - Dr. Bruce Small2016 - Dr. Alan Rauch
2017 - Dr. Suzanne GrennellEditor - Dr. Scott Barrett
Editor Emeritus- Dr. Rich Brinker
Treasurer
Dr. Barry Evans12887 NW Cornell Rd.
Portland, OR 97229(503) 644-3105
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May 07, 2014 Sentinel HotelPortland, Oregon
Call to Order at 2:05pm by President Janet Zinter
Minutes of Previous Board Meeting: Motionapproved to accept previous minutes of AAGFOMidwinter Council Meeting, Feb. 2014
Secretary Report: There was one piece ofcorrespondence from Dr. David Thorburn. Heinformed me that Dr. Norm Ferguson passed awayMarch 17, 2014 at the age of 91. He was anoriginal member of our academy, a formerpresident in 1983 and also a recipient of ourDistinguished Member Award. Since or lastmeeting there have been no new applicants ornominees for membership. This year 14 studentshave been awarded the AAGFO Senior StudentAward at their graduations. Less and less schoolsteach gold foil and thereby do not give our award.Other schools have been dropped over the yearsbecause of total non-participation or by request.The Journal of Operative Dentistry through KevinMatis is now making older Gold Leaf editionsavailable online at their website: jopdent.org.Recently, I was able to rediscover the source of theAAGFO zinc patterns that adorn our DistinguishedMember Plaque. We received a 33 percentdiscount by ordering several years’ worth inadvance.Submitted: Marc Tollefson
2015 Midwinter Meeting: No Report
2014 Annual Meeting Reports
Wendell Foltz reported that 11 operators will be
operating at the clinical portion of our meeting andthat 3 of them are first time operators. CarolKlingensmith was commended on her work to makethis annual meeting a success. It was noted that thedental students will probably not be available at ourmeeting due to a conflict in their schedule. TheAAGFO table clinic will also be available at ourmeeting for demonstration in foil technique. Thereare 61 attending this meeting as reported by ElaineNeal. The breakdown is 31, member/guests, 15spouses, 4, speakers, 7 extras/gala and 4 Assoc.Ferrier members for Friday only. Kevin Matisoutlined the requirements for members to getcontinuing education credits at this meeting.
2015 Annual Meeting Report
Dan Henry reported that Pensacola, Florida will beour location. He stated he wants to attract guestdentists as well as our members in order to increaseour visibility and profitability. The speakers heintends to choose are Dr, Glen DuPont onocclusion, Dr. Cohen on pathology, and hopefully aspeaker on leadership from the Paragon Group. Thecosts for this meeting were also discussed, and alsoadvertising our meeting through dental journals. Ourclinical session will be held at the Pensacola JuniorCollege Hygiene School with 10 chairs available.The dates for our annual meeting are Oct. 21-24,2015.
Treasurer’s Report: Dr. Evans reported that wecurrently have 106 active and associate members.This represents a net loss of 12 members since ourmidwinter meeting in February 2014. There hasbeen no way of tracking why members have
Recently deceased members are: Drs. MaxAnderson, Art Lien, and Norm Ferguson. Ourfinancial situation has not changed much sinceFebruary. Our beginning bank balance as of Jan. 1,2014 was $61,271.85 and our balance as of May 7,2014 is $55.440.28. The difference is due to prepaidmeeting expenses. A final financial summary will bedone after this current meeting.
2016 Annual Meeting Planning: Dr. Neal reportedthe University of Pittsburg dental school as apossibility as well as Costa Rica. Seattle andVancouver B.C. were mentioned as well. It was thenmoved and seconded that these last 2 cities begiven first consideration for our 2016 meeting.
Literature and Research: No report
Nominating Committee: Dr. Susanne Grennell willbe the new member on the Executive Council. Dr.Barry Evans is this year’s Distinguished Memberand there will be no Outstanding Clinician awardgiven but Dr. Richard Brinker will be honored for hismany years as the editor of the Gold Leaf.
Web Page Report: Dr. Scott Barrett reported thathe is working on an online payment option for tuitionand dues for our academy.
Gold Leaf / Journal Report: Dr. Brinker reported thathe and Dr. Barrett continue to make the transition ofresponsibilities to Dr. Barrett as our new editor.Kevin Matis reported that many old Gold Leafeditions are now available online at the OperativeDentistry website. (www.jopdent.org). the cover ofthe Journal of Operative Dentistry will also bechanging in the near future and several designswere discussed. A more dynamic cover design wasfavored.
Old / New Business: Dr. Zinter listed who isresponsible for our table clinic at the AOD meetingin Chicago for the next few years. 2015 - ClydeRoggenkamp; 2016 - Bruce Small; 2017 - AlanRauch. Job descriptions for the Executive Councilwere also discussed especially for the secretary andthe meeting planner. Dr. Zinter also encouraged usto contribute more gold articles for the Journal ofOperative Dentistry. Dr. Foltz’s table clinic at theOperative Dentistry annual meeting was mentionedas a possible future article. Dr. Henry encouragedus to send pictures of our gold/gold foil clinical work
to each other as inspiration for further fine dentistryand to offer helpful critiques.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:45 pm by PresidentJanet Zinter.
Attending: Kevin Matis, Wendell Foltz, Dan Henry,Marc Tollefson, Rick Brinker, Janet Zinter, BarryEvans, Alan Rauch, Scott Barrett, and ClydeRoggenkamp. Bruce Small, Elaine Neal.
The Academy of Gold Foil Operators would like torecognize the contribution Kevin Matis and theJournal of Operative Dentistry to the publication ofour newsletter. Beginning with the January 2014issue, the newsletter has resumed the the traditionof mailing a hard copy to the membership. Kevinhas taken on the responsibility of printing andmailing the newsletter.
In addition the AAGFO board made the decesion tohave the publication published on the JOD website.In addition to the current issues, Kevin has added allavailable issues on the server. All current memberscan access the site and read the archivednewsletters. The site can be accessed at:www.jopdentonline.org. Look for the box "SocietyNewsletters. There you will find the Archives datingback to 1979.
Thank you Kevin for providing this valuable resourceto our members and any other individual interestedin our academy.
(Cover photo - Scott Barrett, page 2 photo -Portland Chamber of Commerece, (used withpermission)).
Message from the President
I am honored to just be an active member of theAmerican Academy of Gold Foil Operators. Tobe President of an organization that can traceits heritage back to dentists of the caliber ofGeorge Ellsperman, Gerry Stibbs, Lloyd Baum,and Richard V. Tucker , to name a very few, ishumbling indeed.
This is the premise of my thoughts as I take onthe responsibilities of this position. A smallgroup of people can change the course ofevents in a society or a profession; eitherpositively or negatively. I believe we are at apoint in our profession where small changescan and are making big differences.
We can be the impetus for positive change, orwe can stand aside and allow the viruses ofcomplacency and self-interest to invade ourprofession and destroy it.
In a larger sense, most if not all of the issues weface today are symptoms of a larger problemwe face as a society. The attitude that I shouldnot have to sacrifice anything to get what I want,it is my right!
There is a generation that seems to have lostthe understanding that true success comesthrough work, sacrifice and taking responsibilityfor one’s own actions.
Put another way; “Service is a virtue thatdistinguishes the great from others. It is thedividing line that separates the two groups ofthe world; those who help from those whohinder, those who lift from those who lean,those who contribute from those who onlyconsume. To give encouragement, to impartsympathy, to show interest, to banish fear, tobuild self-confidence and awaken hope in thehearts of others, in short to love them and showit, is to render the most precious of gifts.”
Stephen Covey; First Things First.
Our profession has never needed this example,which can be set by the members of theAmerican Academy of Gold Foil Operators,more than it does today.
The art of placing the gold foil restoration needsto be reintroduced within an ethical based,patient centered dental school curriculum.Whether a student ever places a foil restoration,after graduation, is not the issue. The gamechanger is the fact that by being required tolearn this one technique the student is exposedto discipline and elegance at the same time andin the process the skill level, of the student, isincreased in all disciplines.
Therefore, I make this challenge to themembers of the American Academy of Gold FoilOperators. Use your considerable influence toencourage the reintroduction of the teaching ofgold foil in dental schools. Be prepared tovolunteer to help with these programs andalways be a role model for excellence to alldentists.
Dan B. Henry DDSAAGFO President 2014-15
Combined Annual MeetingsAmerican Academy of Gold Foil Operators
&Associated Ferrier Study Clubs
Portland, Oregon May 8 - 10, 2014
This years annual meeting was hosted by the Alex JefferyGold Foil Club. The meeting was held in conjunction with theannual meeting of the Associated Ferrier Study Clubs. TheAlex Jeffery members did an excellent job arranging for amemorable and educational time for all attendees. By allaccounts they exceeded their own expectations. Themembers of the study club are Barry Evans, Dan Saucy,Carol Klingensmith, Sarah Pittman, and Tasha Bollerman.Wendell Foltz serves as mentor to the group.
In her second year as MeetingPlanner, Elaine Neal worked inconjunction with the local clubmembers to insure that all of theAAGFO, AFSC members andguests enjoyed themselves inPortland.
Elaine will play an important role in theplanning and arrangements for the 2015meeting in Pensacola, Florida. She will beworking closely with Dan Henry, currentpresident of the AAGFO.
No Annual Meeting would be complete without an afternoon of socializing and catching upwith old friends. This year we were treated to a trip to a beautiful Willamette Valley
President, Dr. Janet Zinter lends a hand toDr. Barry Evans at the registration desk.The planning paid off as this joint meetingwas a resounding success.
Insurance is a BenefitAnd other Musings
It has been an honor and privilege to serve aseditor of The Gold Leaf for the past several years.My predecessor, Dr. Allan Osborne late of thebeautiful isle of Vancouver outside Victoria hasserved as an inspiring mentor and role model. Iwanted so much to see him knighted for the rolehe has played in dentistry and have pursued thisaccolade on his behalf on numerous occasions;however, have been unsuccessful so far. Dr.Osborne provides, as do so many of ourmembership, the rare combination of leadership,tenacity, and a shared love of devotion to hisprofession. In fact we saw during my brief tenurethe passing of so many of our beloved andesteemed members, it seems only fitting tomention them here.
When Allan and I worked together, we produceda version of The Gold Leaf that was handassembled and hand stamped and mailedindividually. It was a real challenge to bring ourpublication to its current electronic as well as‘snail mail’ version. I especially wanted to conveythe excellence of our members’ operations underoften less than desirable conditions. Themeetings, whether on a local, national orinternational basis are attended with camaraderie,conviviality and a certain joi-de vie. It was mymission to capture as much of that as possible.
The use of four color separation was often asource of frustration due to the pixilation that sooften accompanied a file size that was deemed bymy artistic support as rather large to sendelectronically. We experimented with differentcompression techniques but it will remain forfuture editors to solve this conundrum to ensuredelivery of the highest quality work which sodefines and represents our fine Academy.
Though our small journal chronicles thehumanistic side of our meetings andaccomplishments, it was always my intent toinclude the work and thoughts of the manyscientific presenters which contribute to ourunderstanding and expertise. From the time ofthe 1950’s and 1960’s, the writing has usually
trended toward editorial in nature vs the citedpeer reviewed progeny we now have in thebrilliantly executed and published periodical: Thejournal of Operative Dentistry; a work of amazingcoordination and superb interdisciplinarycooperation. I must mention my colleague andmentor, Dr. Michael Cochran, his right hand staffDr. Tim Carlson, Kevin Matis and now Dr. JeffPlatt… I would be remiss if I did not also mentionthe third editorial leg of our seat of excellence andcaring: The Lineangle, edited lovingly by ourfriend and colleague: Dr. Barbara Young. Theircombined attention to all of the scientific andbusiness details is both inspiring and humbling.
Visions for future editorial content include:enhanced video clips of meeting content: socialas well as clinical. Scientific citations andhyperlinks for content and further analysis… inaddition, live interactive real time scheduling ofmembers’ forums to get encourage discussion,and areas of mutual concern. At that point, ourjournal becomes a living thing not just an archivalrecord of past events. To breathe life into suchan effort will require the support of all ourmembers, as well as leadership from the editorialfront lines.
It is this attention to the smallest detail and focuson excellence I will mention finally. Ourprofession has come under the blanket scrutiny ofthe ‘payer establishment’ who have used our ownhard won science in a game of one upmanship asit applies to the Evidence Based Medical model.Our philosophy and methods often don’t simplyapply to something like say, first pass biliarykinetics and unknown little white pills… decadesare required to provide the kind of evidence weneed to defend our position. As for double blindstudies, what ethical provider would subject apatient unknowingly to an unknown course oftreatment? What patient would accept anunknown course of treatment? It goes withoutsaying, this plays right into the wheelhouse of thepayers who want to deny payments for ‘unproventreatments’ or ‘those of dubious clinical efficacy’…for the very subscribers they purport torepresent; this deny and delay tactic is certainlynot in any one’s best interest other than their own.
Dr. Terry Donovan’s excellent presentation(Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry Vol.16 pages 194-204 May 2004) of Dr. Tucker’swork (A Restorative Clinical Evaluation of 1341Cast Gold Restorations) is an excellent case inpoint… again, it involved several decades andshowcases the beauty, durability and longevity ofgold restorations. It is this brand of evidence thatwill ultimately exonerate and validate the clinicaldecision making we all face on a daily basis.
As I wrap up my tenure as your editor, I want totake the time to thank you all for your patienceand understanding as we have forayed into theelectronic age and beyond. The journey hasbeen and will continue to be exciting withhopefully many of the aforementioned changes.
So, to all of my colleagues: stay strong, fight thefight, and continue to serve your fellow man withgrace and humility. Dr. Scott Barrett, pastPresident AAGFO, has served dutifully aswebmaster and now interim editor. His is the bestkind of corporate knowledge and support. Heknows and honors our heritage. He is laserfocused on our mission and our future. I knowwhat we espouse will continue because itrepresents the highest form of truth and justice inour small corner of the universe. Again, thankyou so much for this opportunity to have servedas your editor…
Richard B Brinker
Editor Emeritus
Behind the scenes she works diligently puttingtogether a power point presentation. Gloria isadept at organizing the title slides, pre-operative, and post-operative images. Oncecompleted she sits back and quietly evaluatesthe results.For many years Gloria has been responsiblefor helping Wendell and all of the operatorslook good. We are fortunate to have Gloriainvolved in our program. We can't thank herenough for all the time she has spent in thiscapacity for the Academy.
Janet Zinter recognized Gloria Foltz for hertireless contribution to the Academy. Gloriacan be seen following her husband Wendellaround during the clinical operations. She hasaccurately recorded the images Wendell takesof all the steps of the clinical operations.
2014 Distinguished Member Award
Dr. Barry O. EvansPortland, Oregon
In presenting this year's Distinguished MemberAward to Dr. Barry Evans, we could begin by talkingabout the definition of the word “distinguished”,which means “to be made conspicuous byexcellence”. Dr. Barry Evans exemplifiesconspicuous excellence in several areas of hiscareer and life and this award acknowledges him forhis skill as a gold foil operator and hisaccomplishments and service to this organization
Dr. Evans' commitment to his profession can beseen in his long term membership and participationin several dental organizations, in which he has heldseveral offices. He is a member of the Academy ofRestorative Dentistry, the American College ofDentists, a Fellow in the International College ofDentists and a Fellow in the Academy of GeneralDentistry. He is a Past President of the Academy ofRV Tucker Study Clubs, Past President of theAmerican Academy of Gold Foil Operators,Immediate Past President of the Associated FerrierStudy Clubs and currently serves as Treasurer ofthe American Academy of Gold Foil Operators. Hehas been a long term member of 7 different studyclubs and has mentored 4 study clubs. He haspresented numerous essays, table clinics andpapers and was honored as AAGFO OutstandingClinician of the Year in 2007.
Dr. Evans was a member of the Seattle RV TuckerCast Gold Study Club for 33 years, where he honedhis skills in cast gold restorative work. He has beena member of the Alex Jeffery Study Club since 1983and has had a venerable list of mentors, includingDr. Dick Tucker. Dr. Evans has been heard to saythat what makes him a good dentist is “bulldogdetermination” and where this can be seen timeafter time is in the work he accomplishes in studyclub. There is no better example of what“distinguished member” means than the example a
clinician like Dr. Evans sets; working withconcentration, diligence, humility and respect for hispatients to create beautiful, long-lived restorationswhich set a standard of excellence for his fellowstudy club members to follow. His roles as studentand mentor are of one piece and he is above all, aconstant learner. A common thread which unites therecipients of this award is that in addition to havingsuperlative clinical skills which their fellow dentistsemulate, they are all natural teachers by virtue oftheir ability to generously share information withtheir fellow clinicians.
Dr. Evans practices in Portland, Oregon where hecontinues to be an influence in Oregon dentistry withhis involvement and support of OHSU School ofDentistry. Barry and his wife Yvonne have twochildren, Arianna and Bryce (who is also a practicingdentist in Seaside, Oregon) and four grandchildren.In acknowledging how important family support is toall of us in our dental careers, Barry shares thisaward and the admiration of his fellow AAGFOMembers with his wife Yvonne. Thank you, Barry,for all you do for us!
Carol Klingensmith, D.M.D
Scientific Session Presenters
Dr. Tom Walker Dr. Jack Ferricane Dr. Wendell Foltz
Dr. Brad McAllisterDr. Tom Hilton
Meeting attendees were rewarded with excellent presentations bythe following standouts in our profession.
Dr. Tom Walker ..............Sleep DentistryDr. Dick Tucker ..............Gold Foil TechniquesDr. Brad McAllister .........Soft Tissue Management.Dr. Tom Hilton ................Composite UpdateDr. Jack Ferricane ..........Dental MaterialsDr. Wendell Foltz ............Clinical Critique
Dr. Richard Tucker
Clinic Day at Oregon Health Sciences UniversitySchool of Dentistry
Clinical OperationsPhotography by: Dr. Wendell Foltz and Gloria Foltz
Dr. John Christensen
Dr. Barry Evans
Dr. Susanne Grennell
Dr. Tasha Bollerman
Dr. Rick Nash
Dr. Sarah Pittman
Dr. David Thorburn
Dr. Margaret Webb
Dr. Phil Madden
