ADA News (Newspaper) - June 1, 1981, Chicago, Illinois Two bills to legalize fail in Illinois proposed bills legalizing have died in the state house of representatives A third providing for a nonbinding referendum on whether should be legalized also died in a house Robert executive director of the Illinois State Dental said all three bills were soundly They were put down in a more sound fashion than in We were much more involved in the legislative affairs of the house this We were able to get our message across in a much he The bills defeated were HB which amended the state Dentistry Act to provide for the and repair of dental prosthetic appliances if per formed by a registered The house committee on registration and regulation voted 120 to approve a do not pass effec killing the HB which provided forthe registering of through the Department of Registra tion and A denturist was defined as a person who engages in the practice of dental including the dup or altering of any removable dental prosthetic appli also would be able to make bite and insertions in any part of the oral The proposed law provided for examinations and qualifications for The house committee on registration and regulation voted 120 to approve a do not pass effec killing the HB which provided for a November 1982 referendum asking voters to indicate if they favor or oppose permitting to fabricate and sell den tures in The referendum would be The house committee on elections approved a do not pass motion effectively killing the Rechner said the bills cannot be called up again in committee during this session of the state general NEW HAMPSHIRE DEFEATS proposal to legalize has been unanimously de by the state house of representatives The called for the licensing of by the state dental board and would have allowed to provide denture care with a written oral health certificate from a dentist or Before reaching the the was unanimously denied a favorable rec by the house committee on executive departments and adminis New Hampshire Dental Society President Robert Terhune said there was some concern because the was introduced at the request of the state affiliate of the American Association of Retired which is estimated to have members in the The house of representatives includes many retired he Terhune coordinated efforts by the state dental society in opposition to the A telephone campaign was conducted urging dentists to contact legis The most significant factor in the defeat of this was the direct contact of representatives throughout the state by concerned he The dental societys testimony at a public hearing emphasized its concern about health and economic impacts of the proposed The dental profession Continued on Page Five SUPREME COURT OPINION SOUGHT IN SUIT Illinois State Dental Society ISDS is asking the US Supreme Court to review the dental societys motion seeking dismissal of a lawsuit chal the constitutionality of the Illinois dental practice The state dental society petitioned the Supreme Court for a hearing after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals here reversed the 1979 ruling of US District Court Judge John Powers Judge Crowley at that time dismissed the saying the federal district court has no He also said a review of the complaint showed no evidence that the state dental practice act violates the US Constitution or federal The suit was filed in 1978 by two Chicago community individual den and several Chicago Defending the suit were the Dental and the Illinois Dental The suit contends that the Illinois dental practice act violates the Sherman by giving dentists a monopoly over den tures and the services required for fitting The plaintiffs claim that den turism is an independent profession and that could provide the same services to the public at less violates constitutional rights to due process and equal protec Continued on Page Five AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWS JUNE 1981 Coady interviewed in national magazine Executive Director John in a interview published in the May 25 issue of US News World said the rapid growth of dental insurance has increased sharply the rate of visits to dentists He said the profession was greatly en by research toward develop ment of a vaccine against dental caries but cautioned that an effective vaccine could be 10 to 15 years views on a wide range of dental health issues were published in a interview in the weekly US News World Report that appeared on newsstands May 18 with a May 25 cover The magazine has a circulation of more than 2 Coady said one of every three per sons in the United States is covered by dental prepayment More and more people now have access to dental he Its to have the patient pay part of the That a person will take a more responsible at for the care of his or her own This also allows the profession to offer a greater scope of Coady said the private sector was way ahead of the public sector in dental describing government fund ing care as ranging from zero to less than A proposed Administration cutback in federal Medicaid funds could reduce even that minimal level of he Coady also responded to ques tions about other advances in the treat ment and prevention of dental access to dental and Whats New in the War Against Tooth Decay An interview with ADA Executive Director John Coady appears in the May 25 issue of US News World Coady pre sents views on dental health Reagan Administration plans to keep saccharin available Reagan Adminis tration plans to keep the artificial sweetener saccharin on the ac cording to Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Until we find a new kind of sweetener to substitute I would think in saccha rins case the benefits clearly outweigh the Schweiker said in an interview published and broadcast na in He said saccharin would stay on the market even if Congress fails to meet a June 30 deadline for renewing a law that allows its the Administra tion favors a change in the socalled De laney clause that bans from the food supply any substance shown to cause cancer in humans or Schweiker said in the It was the Delaney clause that in 1977 prompted the Food and Drug Ad ministration to move to ban saccharin from use in foods and soft But Congress twice stopped the ban from taking The present law forbidding FDA action expires on June HHS Secretary Richard Schweiker
