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May, 2012, Newsletter
Message from the President
Dear Colleagues,
It has been a productive time since our last newsletter in September, 2011. The AADR meeting held in March, 2012, in Tampa was a
success, with great activities for the Cariology Research Group member (please find the minutes of our Business Meeting at AADR
below). We also had a great number of abstracts submitted to the IADR 2012 meeting, to be held in Iguaçu Falls next month,
reinforcing the continuously growing leadership of the Latin American dental research. The meeting will be a major opportunity for
the dissemination of the IADR commitment with the advancement of dental research worldwide and for the establishment of new
partnerships in dental research.
I would like invite all members to actively participate in our Business Meeting during the IADR, bringing suggestions on how we could
improve the Cariology Research Group membership experience.
I enthusiastically welcome you all to Brazil to make of this meeting a memorable moment in the IADR history!
Livia Tenuta
President
IADR Cariology Research Group
Message from the Secretary
2012 officer elections: the process for the election of the following office positions is ongoing:
- President Elect (2012-2013)
- Group Program Chair (2012-2014)
- Symposium/L&L Organizer (2012-2014)
- Secretary/Treasurer (2012-2015)
As a member, you were contacted by e-mail for candidates nominations (self-nominations allowed). Voting members were contacted
later with additional information for the electronic ballot.
At the end of this newsletter, please find the contact information for the officers of the Cariology Research Group. If you have any
announcements or information that you would like to share with other Group members, I encourage you to send them to me
(ahara@iupui.edu) to be published in the next newsletter.
I wish you all a safe and productive Spring 2012.
Anderson Hara
Secretary/Treasurer
IADR Cariology Research Group
Minutes of the 2012 AADR Cariology Research Group
Business Meeting
Thursday March 22, 2012, 5-6pm
Room 18 (CC), Tampa
A. Call to Order (Anderson Hara)
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Secretary/Treasurer Anderson Hara, who chaired the meeting. Ben Amaechi
(Immediate Past President), Livia Tenuta (President) and Margherita Fontana (Group Program Chair) completed the team of officers
present. Carlos González-Cabezas (Symposium and L&L Organizer) and Stefania Martignon (President Elect) were not present but
submitted reports. A total of 15 members were in attendance. An agenda was presented and approved.
B. AADR Councilor’s Report (Margherita Fontana)
A review of some of the main topics discussed at the AADR Board meeting is included next:
1) JDR: The journal has had a doubling in submissions since 2010. There has been a focus to increase the quality and decrease the
review time. Approximately 40-50% of submitted papers get rejected upon triage.
2) The focus of the Fall symposium in 2012 will be on translational genetics.
3) There was a large discussion about the change in structure of the AADR, which mirrors what is being proposed at the Brazil
meeting for the IADR. The change in structure for AADR was approved. In order for the board to have more time in high impact
governing, board members will be removed from standing committees. This will provide more opportunities to the membership to
participate in the association. The main 4 committees in which the board has reorganized itself include: Board operations committee,
strategic and operational planning committee, performance monitoring/audit committee, and member/stakeholder relations
committee.
4) AADR is focusing a lot of its efforts in advocacy. Their webpage has a lot of good resources. They held an advocacy date in
Washington DC in the Spring of 2012 to advocate for NIH funding.
5) Budget: The total assets for AADR in 2012 were around 6 million dollars. The membership makes about 44% of the income,
followed by the meeting registration (25%). The largest annual expense is the annual meeting. Currently AADR is operating at a
$137K surplus. Headquarters expenses were 1.8% below budget. The 2011 meeting exceeded the budget by over 30%. The Fall
symposium gave a small loss. JDR is profitable. It is proposed that the membership dues will increase to $125 in 2013 and $130 in
2014. There is no proposed change in JDR dues for the next 2 years. Meeting registrations are also proposed to increase.
6) Membership declined by 3.8% in 2012, but students increased 9.7%.
C. IADR Group Program Chair's Report (Margherita Fontana)
AADR 2012
Abstract information (in parenthesis are the previous year AADR numbers)
Topic
# Abstracts
Rejected
Accepted as orals
Accepted as posters
Clinical and Epidemiological
Studies
Demin/Remineralization:
Detection, Risk Assessment
and Others
Erosion
Fluoride and Ca-based
Products
Microbiological Studies /
Biofilm
Totals
19
1
6
12
28
19
3
1
5
11
20
7
16
24
0
0
0
6
16
18
14
1
6
7
120
6-5%
34
80
Review Structure
Overall GPC: Fontana
1-Demin/Remineralization
GPC: Tenuta
2-Erosion
GPC: Amaechi
3-Fluoride and Ca-based Products GPC: Tenuta
4-Detection, Risk Assess, Others GPC: Martignon
5-Microbiological Studies / Biofilm GPC: Amaechi
6-Clinic and Epidemiology
GPC: Fontana
Reviewers: Frank Lippert; Robert Karlinsey
Reviewers: Adriana Semprum; Frank Lippert
Reviewers: Robert Karlinsey; Frank Lippert
Reviewers: Adriana Semprum; John Hicks
Reviewers: Justine Kolker; John Hicks
Reviewers: Christopher Okunseri; Justine Kolker
IADR 2012
Abstract information (in parenthesis are the previous year IADR numbers)
Topic
Clinical and Epidemiological
Studies
Demin/Remineralization:
Detection, Risk Assessment
and Others
Erosion
# Abstracts
73 (43)
Rejected
7 (4)
Accepted as orals
16 (10) (had to open
space for Keynote)
11 (10)
6 (12)
Accepted as posters
50(29)
52 (46)
36 (50)
1 (3)
1 (3)
55 (45)
3 (1)
48 (32)
3 (9)
4 (12) (had to open
space for second
Keynote)
6 (6)
Fluoride and Ca-based
Products
Microbiological Studies /
Biofilm
Totals
34 (45)
62 (68)
1 (2)
12 (18)
49 (48)
312 (297)
16 (22)-5.12%
55 (68)
241 (207)
40 (33)
29 (35)
25 (30)
Review Structure
Overall GPC: Fontana
1-Demin/Remineralization
GPC: Martignon
Reviewers: Andrea Zandona;Hendrik Meyer-Lückel
2-Erosion
GPC: Tenuta
Reviewers: Nathan Cochrane; Ana Maria Acevedo
3-Fluoride and Ca-based Products GPC: Fontana
Reviewers: Nathan Cochrane; CínthiaTabchoury
4-Detection, Risk Assess, Others GPC: Martignon
Reviewers: Andrea Zandona; Ana MariaAcevedo
5-Microbiological Studies / Biofilm GPC: Amaechi
Reviewers: CristianeSáRorizFonteles;Cínthia Tabchoury
6-Clinic and Epidemiology Studies GPC: Fontana
Reviewers: CristianeSáRorizFonteles;Hendrik Meyer-Lückel
Each reviewer only had 2 topics to review.
Keynote Speakers
Wednesday Oral Block 2: Dr. Eva Soderling. Title: "Probiotics: risks vs. benefits for dental health"
Wednesday Oral Block 4: Dr. Sebastian Paris. Title: "Caries Management by Resin Infiltration – the Scientific Evidence"
Issues:
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Unavoidable to have a lot of overlap given the meeting schedule: oral on Wednesday and Saturday, posters Thursday and
Friday. Tried to have no more than 2 sessions or session and workshop/symposium overlap, and tried that if they
overlapped they would not be identical topics.
Tried to respect time request by speakers. (only 1 person requested a poster on Wednesday, which we could not provide)
A lot of poor quality abstracts.
Tried to respect presentation preference, but not always: best were chosen for orals (no authors had said they would
withdraw abstract if not given their preference).
Tried to keep rejection rates to what IADR expects.
Discussion:
It was proposed that abstract review could be improved if:
1) Authors names were removed from the abstract (blind review)
2) Mentor had to sign the abstract electronically during the submission process
3) IADR consider providing training sessions for mentors during the annual meetings
D. IADR Symposium and L& Learn Organizer Report (by Margherita Fontana)
AADR 2012
Symposia
 Non-fluoride Approaches to Caries Prevention.
Sponsored by: Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research, Cariology Research, Evidence-based Dentistry
Network, Pharmacology/Therapeutics/Toxicology
Organizer(s): James Bader, University of North Carolina, NC, USA
Lunch &Learnings
 26336 - Genetic Variation and Caries: Study Design Aspects
Sponsored by: Cariology Research
Organizer(s): Alexandre Vieira, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
26641 - Sealing Caries: Changing paradigms from a Cariology Perspective
Sponsored by: Dental Materials
Organizer(s): Paulo Cesar, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
IADR 2012
Hands-on Workshops
 Change from ‘Drill & Fill’ to ‘Heal & Seal’ in Dental Education?
Sponsored by: Cariology Research
Organizer(s): Carlos González-Cabezas, University of Michigan, USA
Symposia
 Enamel Formation and its Clinical Impact on Tooth Defects, Caries and Erosion
Sponsored by: Cariology Research, Craniofacial Biology, Mineralized Tissue
Organizer(s): Ophir Klein, University of California - San Francisco, CA, USA; Alexandre Vieira, University of Pittsburgh, PA,
USA; Jaime AparecidoCury, University of Campinas, Brazil
 Global Trends, Classification and Evidence-Based Updates for Caries Risk Assessment
Sponsored by: Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research, Cariology Research, Evidence Based Dentistry
Network
Organizer(s): Francisco Ramos-Gomez, University of California - Los Angeles, CA, USA
 Making the Best of a Bad Bond: the Carious Dentin–restorative Interface.
Sponsored by: Cariology Research, Dental Materials, Network for Practice-based Research
Organizer(s): Timothy Watson, King's College London Dental Institute, England, UK

Natural Products as Sources of Therapeutic Agents for Oral Diseases Prevention
Sponsored by: Cariology Research, Microbiology/Immunology
Organizer(s): Bruno Bueno-Silva, Piracicaba Dental School - State University of Campinas, N/A, Brazil; Pedro Rosalen,
Piracicaba Dental School - State University of Campinas, Brazil; Hyun Koo, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Lunch & Learning Details
 Fluorosis Risk from Toothpastes – Ingestion Dose vs. Systemic Effect
Sponsored by: Cariology Research
Speaker(s): Livia M. A. Tenuta, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil
 Methods and New Devices for Caries Diagnosis: Are They Useful?
Sponsored by: Cariology Research
Speaker(s): Luiz Pimenta, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
 ICDAS and Caries Management System - ICDAS-CMS hands on discussion with natural teeth.
Sponsored by: Cariology Research
Speaker(s): S. MARTIGNON, Caries Research Unit UNICA, Dental Faculty, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
E. Secretary/Treasurer’s Report (Anderson Hara)
1. The membership report was presented, comparing the number of current members with the last 2 years. Numbers are shown in
the tables below.
Table 1. Membership in Jun 29th, 2010.
Members
AADR
IADR
Total
3
3
6
Members
110
219
329
Student Members
65
220
285
178
442
620
AADR
IADR
Total
2
3
5
Members
128
230
358
Student Members
71
170
241
201
403
604
AADR
IADR
Total
Life Members
Members
0
68
4
170
4
238
Student Members
26
128
154
Total
94
302
396
Life Members
Total
Table 2. Membership in Mar 17th, 2011.
Members
Life Members
Total
Table 3. Membership in Mar 20th, 2012.
Members
2. The financial report was also presented, mentioning that the group continues financially sound. The amount of money in the group’s
bank account was shown (Table 4).
Table 4. Bank accounts (last 3 years).
Accounts
Dec 2009
Dec 2010
Dec 2011
Checking
Savings
Total
11,101.50
40,038.34
51,139.84
11,753.25
40,084.71
51,837.96
14,954.22
40,129.89
55,084.11
3. Group upcoming elections:
The following positions will be open after the IADR meeting in Iguaçu Falls:
- President Elect (2012-2013)
- Group Program Chair (2012-2014)
- Symposium/L&L Organizer (2012-2014)
- Secretary/Treasurer (2012-2015)
The timeline for the election process will be:
- Request for nominations (electronically) by Apr 1st
- Electronic ballots with candidate information (electronically) by Apr 30th
- Results to be announced at the group’s Annual Business meeting in Iguaçu Falls
F. New Business (Livia Tenuta)
The Cariology Research Group is continuously committed to the improvement of the membership experience. We invite all members
to make suggestions on actions they would like to see implemented by the Group. We are willing to implement efforts that would drive
us to the enhancement of dental research quality, resulting in superior oral health worldwide.
Meeting was adjourned by the secretary at 6:45 pm.
IADR Cariology Research Group - 2011-2012 Officers
President
Livia M. A. Tenuta
Department of Physiological Sciences
Piracicaba Dental School
University of Campinas
Av. Limeira 903
13414-901, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Tel: +55-19-2106-5393
Fax: +55-19-2106-5302
E-mail: litenuta@fop.unicamp.br
President-Elect
Stefania Martignon
Dental Faculty
Universidad El Bosque
Cra. 7B Bis No. 132-11
Bogotá, Colombia
Tel: +57 1 6489000 Ext. 1195
E-mail: martignonstefania@unbosque.edu.co
Immediate Past-President
Bennett T. Amaechi
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, MC 7917
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive,
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
Tel: (210) 567-3200/3185
Fax: (210) 567-4587
E-mail: amaechi@uthscsa.edu
Secretary/Treasurer
Anderson T. Hara
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Oral Health Research Institute
415 Lansing St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Tel: (317) 274-278-0577
Fax: (317) 274-5425
E-mail: ahara@iupui.edu
Group Program Chairs
Margherita Fontana
Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1011 N. University Ave, Room 2029b
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA
Telephone: (734) 647-1225
Fax: (734) 936-1597
E-mail: mfontan@umich.edu
Bennett T. Amaechi (see above)
Councilors to the IADR/AADR meeting
Bennett T. Amaechi (see above)
Stefania Martignon (see above)
Symposium/L&L Organizer
Carlos González-Cabezas
Associate Professor
Dept. Cariology, Restorative Sciences &Endodontics
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1011 N. University B305, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA
Tel: 1-734-763-3391
E-mail: carlosgc@umich.edu
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