ASIAN PACIFIC SOCIETY
OF PERIODONTOLOGY
NewsletterOctober 2013

The 10th International meeting of the Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology was held in Nara, Japan on 3-4
September 2013. This was a special meeting for the APSP as it celebrated 20 years since its foundation in 1993.
Over 360 delegates from 17 countries attended this APSP meeting which had as its theme “The Past, Present andFuture of Periodontology”.
The meeting was opened with an opening address by Professor Toshihiko Nagata, the President of the 10th Asian
Pacific Society of Periodontology Meeting. Additional greetings were presented by Mr Yoshihiro Kaneda, Sunstar
Group; Mr Takashi Yamamoto, Lion Corporation and Dr Arunee Laiteerapong, Johnson & Johnson Consumer
Limited.
The two-day program was very full, with 20 presentations from speakers from 17 different countries. In addition, 78
posters were scheduled for presentation. Over the two days special key note speakers and representatives frommany countries in the Asian Pacific region presented lectures on a wide range of topics:
Keynote Lectures
Prof Isao Ishikawa (Japan): History of the Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology and recent progress ofperiodontal regeneration with cell sheet engineeringDr Mark Ryder (USA): The perio-systemic relationship: Where are we now?
Dr Naoko Tajima (Japan): The global type 2 diabetes epidemic and a strategy to fight it
Dr Satoru Urano (Japan): The interrelationship of orthodontic treatment with periodontics from the view pointof hard and soft tissue
Dr Toshihiko Nagata (Japan): The close relationship between periodontitis and diabetes and the diagnosis of
diabetes-associated periodontitis
Dr Toshio Matsumoto (Japan): Regulation of osteoblast differentiation by mechanical strain and parathyroid
hormone: role of interleukin (IL)-11
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Country Speakers
Dr AR Pradeep (India): Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-4 (MCP-4) and progranulin: Novel biomarkers
linking periodontitis and obesity
Dr Stanley Lai (Hong Kong): Modern periodontal therapy – What could be achieved and how relevant to ourpatient?
Dr Yorimasa Ogata (Japan): Effect of flavonoids on the expression of bone sialoprotein geneDr Natalina (Indonesia): Periodontal research of postgraduate program in periodontics in Indonesia
Prof Mark Bartold (Australia): Periodontal medicine – Establishment of a new frontier for periodontology
Dr Warwick Duncan (New Zealand): Modelling bone regeneration in Ovis aries
Dr Seong-Ho Choi (Korea): Implant surface development in attempting to regenerate bone defects
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Dr AS Mohd Asari (Malaysia): Periodontic specialist service: Malaysia experienceDr Jincai Zhang (China): The effect of chronic periodontitis on diabetic kidney disease and its possible
mechanisms in OLETF rats
Dr Mike Tan (Philippines): Periodontics in the Philippines (Then, Now and Beyond)Dr Kong Mun Chung (Singapore): Dental implants – A low or no maintenance questionDr Yosvimol Kuphasuk (Thailand): Past and present of Thai dental groups

Past & Present Office Bearers (L to R)
Shinya Murakami, Jin-Cai Zhang, Young Ku,Yeek Herr, Warwick Duncan, Tara Taiyeb Ali,
Nannette Vergel de Dios, Yuniarti Soeroso, Huan
-Xin Meng, Toshihiko Nagata, Isao Ishikawa, LiJian Jin, Stanley Lai, Yulianti Kemal, BenjaminTan, Jian-Xia Hou, Kong Mun Chung, Narangsak
Laosrisin, Yuichi Izumi, Yosvimol Kuphasuk,Mark Bartold, AR Pradeep
Invited Lecturers

A business meeting was held and the following officers
were elected:

Members of the APSP Executive and Sunstar
representatives performing a welcoming ceremony

Country Representatives
Errol DevamanoharanPaul Lin
Stanley Lai
Bayarchimeg Batbayer
Nanette Vergel De DiosBrunei
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
Mongolia
Philippines

President
Immediate Past President
Secretary General
Treasurer
Honorary Advisor
EditorCouncillors
Huan Xin Meng
Yuniarti Soeroso
Young Ku
Tara Taiyeb Ali
Warwick Duncan
Benjamin Tan
Narongsak Laosrisin

Toshihiko Nagata (Japan)
Li-Jian Jin (Hong Kong)
Shinya Murakami (Japan)
Yuichi Izumi (Japan)
Isao Ishikawa (Japan)
Mark Bartold (Australia)
China
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
New ZealandSingapore
ThailandSok Chea
Leenu Maimanuku
Ajay Kakar
Tin Tun Hia
Nguyen Hong Minh

Cambodia
FijiIndia
MyanmarVietnam

The poster sessions, sponsored by Sunstar, were very successful and in keeping with tradition from previous
meetings six prizes were awarded for the posters judged to be the best on the day. The winners of the Sunstar
Poster Awards were:Prof Xiao L Tang (China Medical University, School of Stomatology) - Vitamin D decreases thePorphyromonas gingivalis LPS-induced expression of IL-8 in human periodontal ligament cells
Mr Kouhei Nakamura (Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) - ROCK inhibitor Y27632 maintains the proliferation of confluent human mesenchymal stem cells
Dr Jungwon Lee (School of Dentistry, Seoul National University) - Effects of adenovirus expressing bonemorphogenetic protein-4 on different cell types of osteoblastic differentiation
Ms Ying Zheng (The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Dentistry) - Genetic polymorphisms of Th2 cell
regulatory and effecter molecules in non-smokers with or without periodontitis
Dr Supanee Damrongkosit (Faculty of Dentistry, Srinakharinwirot University) - One visit subgingival ultrasonicdebridement in well- and poorly-controlled type 2 DM-periodontitis patients
Dr Davis Tunru (Graduate School of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University) - The association between width of
attached gingiva and the health status of the supporting tissue around dental implants
The Proceedings of this meeting detailing full papers of all oral presentations and abstracts of the poster
presentations are now under preparation and will be published in early 2014.
2013 Meeting Sponsors
The APSP wishes to acknowledge the following sponsors:
Diamond: Sunstar Inc
Gold: Lion Corporation

Silver: Johnson & Johnson
Bronze: MoritaKaken Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

Additional Sponsors:
Bilcon Japan, Inc
Glaxo Smith Kline
Marumi Shika Shouten KK
Nissin Dental Products Inc
Shofu Inc
Yoshida Dental Trade
Distribution Co Ltd

GC Corporation
Hu-Friedy Japan
Mokuda Ltd, MDS KK
Quintessence Publishing
Straumann JapanSun Medical Co Ltd

Future meetings
8-9 Oct 2015 Indonesia
2017 Korea

Members of the APSP Executive and Sunstar
representatives performing a welcoming ceremony

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