This is a challenging new duty he is looking forward to performing for the next two to four years, besides already serving as a member of both the Study Club Committee and the Scientific Sessions Committee. In addition, he serves as a review editor for their internationally recognized journal, Operative Dentistry . The main part of the meeting consisted of seven world-class continuing education presentations by leading lecturers in restorative dentistry. This culminated Friday afternoon with over 40 table clinic presentations. Dr. Roggenkamp, with the assistance of Dr. Kinzer who was unable to attend, represented Loma Linda's summer selective short course in gold foil with his table clinic entitled, Teaching Simplified Direct Gold.
Direct gold is still the technique of choice for most simple to moderate gold casting repairs.
It is especially practical for restoring endodontic openings made for access through gold crowns, for discrete gold margin defects, and for new lesions occurring adjacent to previously placed gold margins. This table clinic was well received as offering a proven short-term instruction method that might be adopted by various study clubs and other dental schools who wish to extend their procedural capabilities. The instruction of gold foil has recently been omitted from the curriculum of most dental schools in North America but is still an option for the clinical portion of the American Board of Operative Dentistry. The ABOD examination process is as fair as it is thorough. More applicants are encouraged.