ADA News (Newspaper) - October 3, 1977, Chicago, Illinois American Dental Association News October 1977 Court order closes NM denture clinic temporary re straining order has closed a recently es denture clinic The clinic was closed by Judge Harry Stowers at the conclusion of a hear ing on a motion by the Bernalillo County district attorneys Judge Stowers said he based his decision on provisions of the New Mexico Dental which for bids the fitting of dentures by anyone other than a licensed dentist and the mak ing of dentures without the prescription of a The Albuquerque clinic was one of three denture clinics in the state to open for business on Aug The lo in and were closed by court order shortly after beginning The operator of the Albuquerque Martin who also is presi dent of the New Mexico Asso has said that the purpose of open ing the clinics was to test the provisions of the dental Durham said the denturist associa tion hopes a will be passed in the mm Former Tennessee Winfield a was the featured speaker at the 21st ADA Regional in Port A story on the meeting is on page cancer institute refute alleged link upcoming state legislature that would recognize as a legally separate profession with its own licensing stan dards and Sites of national dental athletic page a House subcommit tee hearing on a possible link between fluorides and the director of the National Cancer Institute I can state with certainty from the analyses and reviews of the relevant data that no trends in cancer rates can be ascribed to the consumption of water that is artificially or naturally The statement by Arthur directly refuted allegations made by John of the National Health Federation that his studies have shown a correlation between fluoridation and told the House sub committee on intergovernmental rela tions and human resources that at the present rate we can expect in the area of deaths yearly in other over alive can expect to die of a fluoridation linked cancer unless something is done to stop fluoridation in the United The chaired by Fountain were part of a com prehensive review that is being con ducted by the subcommittee on the ad ministration of the National Cancer Pro Publication of the Health Announce ADA science writing award winners a reporter for the Winona Daily and Annette executive editor of a magazine published by have won honors in the newspaper and magazine of the 1977 ADA Science Writers Award Eckberg was awarded first place in the newspaper division for her series on the preventive impact of com munity water fluoridation in Stecs prizewinning pub in the February 1977 issue of dealt with the learning experi ences of 60 Explorer Scouts earning the dentistry merit Both winners will receive cash awards on Oct 9 at the ADA annual ses sion in Miami This is the 12th year in which the com petition has been conducted by the ADA legislation would delay FDA ban on saccharin use for 18 months its return from August the Senate approved legis lation by a vote of 87 to 7 to delay for months implementation of a proposed FDA regulation banning the use of sac Besides imposing a moratorium on the FDA this legislation mandates addi tional studies on saccharin to evaluate the relative health risks and benefits of using During the floor a controversy developed over the requirement of cancer warnings in advertisements of food products containing The Senate rejected amendments offered by Edward Kennedy the lead ing sponsor of the to require warnings in printed ads or in radio or television as the would require label warnings printed on food products containing The re quired warning label would read Warn ing This product contains which causes cancer in Use of this product may increase your risk of developing On the House the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee has re ported HR a similar to the sen for floor It is expected that Congressional action on this measure will be completed and supported by a grant from Lever Brothers In three entries in the maga zine division and one in the newspaper division received Awards of In the magazine Awards of Merit were issued to Michael a reporter for Newsday and LI for his The Dental published in the April 3 issue of LI Maga zine Genell editor of Medical for her article on periodontal disease in the April 10 edition of the New York Times Magazine and Lee a freelance science for his article on a potential vaccine against tooth decay in the Feb 27 issue of York Times In the newspaper an Award of Merit was issued to Dianne a reporter for the Han ford Calif for her article on periodontal published Feb In for the first time in the competitions an award for over all excellence has been presented to a The Winona Daily News re a special citation for journalistic excellence in dental health More than ten news articles and editorials appeared in the newspaper as a result of its extensive coverage of a local tion study and a fluoridation in the Minnesota Federations study on the alleged link be tween fluorides and cancer generated the Sept 21 Testifying in behalf of the ADA were Joseph a pedodontist from Lath rup and member of the Council on Dental Therapeutics and Cordon Council sec The ADA statement refuted the allegations made by the Na tional Health There is no dispute within the reputable scientific or health professional community on the benefits of Cabot Schrotenboer said that a review of fluoridation research by the Royal Col lege of Surgeons in London found that Continued on Back Page Hubert McGuirl dies was ADA president in 1969 Hubert McGuirl of ADA president in died here on Sept 20 after a severe heart A general received his undergraduate education at Boston College and was graduated in HUBERT MCGUIRL 1933 from the Georgetown University School of McGuirl is the only dentist from Rhode Island ever to serve as ADA presi He also was president of his com ponent and constituent dental and was serving as executive secretary of the state association at the time of his Within the McGuirl was a member of the Council on Insurance and was a delegate to the As a member of the Committee on Associa tion he had an important role in the construc and furnishing of the ADA Head quarters He also was one of the original incorporators of the National As sociation of Dental Service Plans now Delta Dental Plans Association and Continued on Back Page
