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American Association of Dental Schools

Council of Sections

Annual Report

Section: Operative Dentistry

Year: 1999

1. Sustain and nurture CODE (Conference of Operative Dentistry Educators). Support and encourage participation in CODE by operative dentistry educators
2. Create and maintain effective Section member communication.
3. Establish positive interactions with external academies and groups concerned with Operative Dentistry.
4. Ensure the Section's Executive Council's awareness of issues and resolutions affecting the Section and the AADS.
5. Create and maintain effective communication within the Section's Executive Council.
6. Develop Section annual programs which serve a broad base of operative dentistry and AADS members.
7. Develop Section projects and activities which benefit education in operative dentistry.
8. Ensure that the Section becomes an effective participant in AADS activities.
9. Establish and communicate the roles and duties of the Section's Officers relative to the Section's needs and AADS guidelines.
10. Sustain the values espoused in the Mission Statement and Goals of the Section.

1. Direct a committee of Section members charged to support the national CODE director and oversee CODE activities and responsibilities. Committee is called the Code Advisory Committee.
2. Maintain CODE communications through the Section Newsletters, Web site, Listserv, and other forms of communication.
3. Support the publication and distribution of CODE interim meeting activity reports and the CODE Faculty Directory.
4. Establish a discussion of Operative Section activities as an annual CODE national agenda item.
5. Provide a CODE Open Forum after the annual Operative Dentistry Section meeting for members of the Section to discuss CODE related issues with the National Director.
6. Publish the Section's Newsletter semiannually.
7. Maintain and improve a Section information Web Project on the World Wide Web. Move the Section's Web site to the AADS server.
8. Provide clear, concise information to Section members encouraging them to contact the Executive Council concerning issues they feel are important.
9. Distribute the Newsletter to select non-Section AADS members and members of the Academy of Operative Dentistry.
10. Solicit from officers and members of the Section articles for publication in the Newsletter.
11. Encourage the use of e-mail in member communication.
12. Participate in the Section's Listserv established by the AADS Council of Sections.
13. Communicate and coordinate activities of the Section with other organizations representing operative dentistry such as the AOD, AAGFO, ABOD, etc.
14. Establish a communication network with officers of the Section and those of the AOD, AAGFO, ABOD, etc.
15. Invite chief officers of other operative dentistry related organizations to submit articles to the Section's Newsletter.
16. Establish Web links to the Web sites (and vice-versa) of other organizations representing operative dentistry.
17. Distribute timely information about AADS activities to members of the Section's Executive Council for deliberation and input.
18. Communicate Interim meeting activities of the Council of Sections to the Executive Council members.
19. Establish and maintain an email communication network of Executive Council members for the timely distribution of Section information.
20. Participate in the Section's Listserv established by the AADS Council of Sections.
21. Annually evaluate co-sponsorship of the Section's program with another AADS section(s).
22. Sponsor or cosponsor a Symposium with either an AADS or IADR section every 4-5 years.
23. Conduct a national project every 3-5 years.
24. Establish an updated list of national projects annually.
25. Survey all operative dentistry educators for national project ideas.
26. Combine efforts with the Academy of Operative Dentistry (and other related organizations) to develop strategies to encourage and support dentists seeking advanced training in operative dentistry.
27. Have the Councilor, Chair, and Chair-elect of the Section fully active in the governance activities of the AADS.
28. Have two officers of the Section attend the Council of Sections Interim meeting.
29. Ensure that the Councilor, Chair, and Chair-elect of the Section be fully active in the governance activities of the AADS.
30. Annually review the roles and duties of the officers of the Section.
31. Have officers fulfill their duties in a timely manner.
32. Establish the position of Councilor-elect to effect a smooth transition at the end of the term of the Councilor.
33. The members of the Section's Executive Council will annually review the Mission Statement and Goals of the Section.
34. The Executive Council will compare annually the Section's activities to the established goals set forth in the Mission Statement to determine compliance and/or develop means for improvement.

1. Continuing Starting in 1997 the Operative Dentistry Section was contacted to consider involvement in a national co-project initiated by the Academy of Operative Dentistry (AOD). The project is titled "Recommendations for clinical practice in operative dentistry". These recommendations will be based upon quality research and considerations such as common practice, prudence, ethical judgment, etc. Issues to be evaluated are presently covered in the domain of Operative Dentistry but issues which lie outside the domain will also be considered.

   Five members of the Section's Executive Council are members on the AOD Special Projects committee. The AOD will be providing some funding (recently approved by the Executive Council of the AOD); the Operative Dentistry Section will supply funding of $500.00 per year for two years; and a AADS COS National Project grant will be submitted for additional funding.

   Activity on this project has been proceeding smoothly. The committee has met several times. Advanced work on the project is now underway. Last fall the national agenda for the Regional CODE meetings was the discussion of items related to the Special Projects Committee agenda. Regional reports have been received and will be used to assist with the committees work

   This project is considered a national project by the Operative Dentistry Section.

2. The Section's newsletter was published for eight years in a row. The newsletter was not published in 1996. One was published in Jan., 1999 (copy enclosed); a second newsletter will be published in the summer of 1999. The Section will be encouraging members to visit the Section's Web site for information and to use the AADS Listserv capabilities.
3. Publication of the Newsletter semiannually in 1999.
4. Membership is the Section dropped in 1998 most likely due to final phase-in of the COS restructuring. We will continue to work to sustain this level of membership or perhaps increase it.
5. Councilor attended the Annual Interim Meeting of the Council of Sections in Baltimore.
6. Continuing! Last year the Section approved the restructuring of CODE as a sustaining and nurturing activity of the Operative Dentistry Section. The first year of the new organization was just successfully concluded under the directorship of Dr. Larry Haisch. We expect more improvement in the future. Please see the CODE report at the end.
7. Received support from the Executive Council to improve and maintain a Section Web site and to move the Web site to the AADS server.
8. Sent a report of the COS Interim meeting activities to the Operative Dentistry Executive Council for their information.
9. Councilor and 4 other members of the Executive Council of the Section are continuing to participate on a Special Projects Committee of the Academy of Operative Dentistry to review operative dentistry curricular topics.
10. Held a successful 1999 Section program at the AADS annual meeting.
11. A solicitation of Section and national project ideas was made of the Executive Council members.
12. Modified a current Section Officer's Duties guidelines.
13. Project started to write an officers operation manual which will include duties, timeline, background information, etc.
14. The Executive Council reviewed the Mission Statement, Goals, and Activities of the Section. Timely input was received.
15. Agreed to form a committee to work on Section by-laws and to create an officer's operation manual.
16. Started planning for a Operative Dentistry Section sponsored Symposium to be held at the 2000 annual meeting of the AADS.
17. Established the position of "Councilor-elect" to provide for the smooth transition from one Councilor to another.

Immediate Past Chair	Dr. Gary Hill University of Minnesota Dept. of Operative Dentistry 8-450 Moos Tower 515 Delaware St. S. E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 V: (612) 625-7172 F: (612) 626-2655 E-mail: hillx001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Chair	Dr. Tom Berry UTHSCSA School of Dentistry 7703 Floyd Curl Dr. San Antonio, TX 78284 V: (210) 567-3686 F: (310) 567-6354 E-mail: berry@uthscsa.edu
Chair-Elect	Dr. John Reinhardt University of Iowa College of Dentistry S229 Dental Science Bldg. S Iowa City, IA V: (319) 335-7313 F: (319) 335-7267 E-mail: john-reinhardt@uiowa.edu
Secretary	Richard McCoy University of Washington School of Dentistry Restorative Dentistry Box 357456 Seattle, WA 98195-7456 V: (206) 543-5948 F: (206 543-7783 E-mail: rmccoy@u.washington.edu
Councilor	Dr. Craig Passon University of Colorado School of Dentistry 4200 E. 9th Ave. C-284 Denver, CO 80262 V: (303) 315-6370 F: (303) 315-0346 E-mail: Craig.Passon@uchsc.edu
Members-at-large	Ed Swift (4) - North Carolina Jim Summitt (4) - San Antonio Deborah Cobb (3) - Iowa Rick Pink (3) - Detroit John Killip (2) - UMKC Dorothy McComb (2) - Toronto Dan Sneed (1) - South Carolina Ed DeSchepper (1) - Indiana *(beginning year of 4 year term)
National CODE Director	Dr. Larry Haisch University of Nebraska College of Dentistry 40th and Holdrege Sts. Lincoln, NE 68506 V: (402) 472-1290 F: (402) 472-5290 E-mail: LHaisch@unmc.edu
Councilor-elect	Henry St. Germain University of Nebraska College of Dentistry 40th and Holdrege Sts. Lincoln, NE 68506 V: (402) 472-1278 F: (402) 472-5290 E-mail: hstgerma@unmc.edu

1. Operative Dentistry Section Newsletter- Semi-annual newsletter distributed to section members, members of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, and Institutional members of CODE.
2. Directory of Operative Dentistry Educators- A biennial publication of CODE which list the membership of the Department/Division/Section of Operative Dentistry in North American dental schools. This directory has not been published since 1994. It is a goal of the Section and the National Director of CODE to publish a current listing.
3. Regional CODE (Conference of Operative Dentistry Educators) meetings- Annual regional meetings of operative dentistry representatives from each member North American dental school. The representatives discuss topics relevant to operative dentistry and share ideas for change.
4. Compilation of CODE Reports. The production and distribution of reports from each CODE region for the current years meetings.
5. Regular use of email for communication.
6. Section Web site now improved with information on CODE activities and links to other sites. This site will be moved to the AADS Section Web page (site) this year. Section Web Site URL: http://www.uchsc.edu/sd/rstdenti/OpDSect/odshp.html
7. New this year - the section will participate in the AADS Operative Dentistry Section Listserv. Members have been notified and the Listserv has been tested.
8. An electronic form of Newsletter will be tested this year using the Listserv.

1. Agenda and Minutes of the Executive Council of the Section of Operative Dentistry.
2. Agenda and Minutes of the Section of Operative Dentistry Business Meeting.
3. Program- 1999 Operative Dentistry Section.
4. Report of Nominating committee (See minutes).
5. Section Newsletter.

Dr. John Reinhardt University of Iowa College of Dentistry S229 Dental Science Bldg. S Iowa City, IA V: (319) 335-7313 F: (319) 335-7267 E-mail: john-reinhardt@uiowa.edu

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