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Special Announcement

ON OCTOBER 29, 2004, THE GRADUATE ENDODONTIC CLINIC WAS DEDICATED AS THE SAMUEL SELTZER POSTDOCTORAL ENDODONTIC CLINIC AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Dr. Bruce Terry (President, Postdoctoral Endodontic Alumni Association), Dr. Louis Rossman (American Association of Endodontic Board Director, Dean Martin Tansy, Mrs. Samuel Seltzer, Dr. Roy Stevens (Chairman, Department of Endodontic) and Dr. Steven Seltzer.

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On October 29, 2004, the Graduate Endodontic Clinic was dedicated as the Samuel Seltzer Postdoctoral Endodontic Clinic at Temple University School of Dentistry.

Sam received his DDS in 1937 from the University of Pennsylvania . In 1939, after 2 years of military service, he joined the faculty of the School of Dental Medicine ,

University of Pennsylvania , and was an Instructor in Endodontics there, under Louis Grossman. He remained on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania till 1967, rising in rank from Instructor, to Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor. In 1967, Dr. Seltzer was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Endodontics, Temple University School of Dentistry, a position that he held until 1983.

He maintained his affiliation with Temple from that time, as Professor Emeritus, and continued to teach in the Postdoctoral program until 2001, when his health no longer permitted it.

His lifelong interest in dental research and pulp biology can be traced to his first paper, published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, in 1940. In 1949, he published a paper with Dr. I.B. Bender entitled "The efficacy of various drugs against Monilia albicans isolated from the root canal of an infected pulpless tooth" which marked the beginning of a truly remarkable scientific collaboration between these two men, which spanned more than 30 years, and resulted in the publication of more than 40 papers. After coming to Temple in 1967, Dr. Seltzer continued both his teaching and research activities.

During the period of his tenure as Endodontology Department Chairman at Temple, his was the second most published department in Endodontic Research, among all academic institutions in the country, only being surpassed in publication productiveness by the University of Pennsylvania (Martinoff et al, JADA, 101: 919-922, 1980). Over the course of his career, he published more than 100 papers, 6 books and monographs, and received numerous research grants from both the US Public Health Service and private sources. His service to the profession included terms as Director and President of the American Board of Endodontics. Dr. Seltzer's numerous honors and awards included The Pulp Biology Award from the International Association for Dental Research, The Louis I. Grossman Research Award from the AAE, The Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching (Temple University), the Masada Award from the State of Israel, and Honorary memberships in the Brazilian Academy of Dentistry and the Venezuelan Society of Endodontics.

Dr. Seltzer took special joy from his interaction with students, and seemed to have a very special relationship with them. For all these many contributions to the profession, to the science of Pulp Biology, and to the school where he spent more than 30 years of his professional life, Temple University has honored Dr. Seltzer by dedicating its Postdoctoral Endodontics Clinic in his name.

Lectures and Presentations

2007

September 8 Dr. Cemil Yesilsoy will be presenting a lecture "Toxicity of Endodontic Materials " at the European Society of Endodontology in Istanbul, Turkey

September 25 Dr. Roy Stevens will be presenting a lecture "Laser Disinfection of Dentin " at the Grossman Endodontic Study Club in Philadelphia, PA

September 28- 30 The Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University joins Albert Einstein Medical Center and The University of Pennsylvania in presenting the Bender, Seltzer & Grossman Academic Review of Endodontology at the Sheraton University City Hotel, 3549 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

academic review of endodontology

Recent

August 29 Dr. Roy Stevens presented a lecture"Endodontic Microbiology Review " at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA

June 15 Dr. Cemil Yesilsoy presented a lecture"Endodontic Obturations" at the Turkish Dental Association in Istanbul, Turkey

April 28 Drs Rahul Gupta ('05), Cemil Yesilsoy, Wanda Gordon, Roy Stevens presented a poster "Comparison of four Techniques for Detection of Second Mesiobucal Orifice in Extracted Maxillary Molars" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 27 Drs Omar Porras and Roy Stevens presented a lecture "Virus Induction from Root Canal Isolates of Enterococcus faecalis" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 27 Dr. Daniel Uzbelger presented a lecture" Potential Application of Fluorocopy in Endodontics" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 27 Drs Cemil Yesilsoy, Barry Hoch ('01), Roni Nissan, Roy Stevens presented a lecture" Incidence of Three Mesial Canals in the Mandibular First Molar: an In Vitro Investigation" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 27 Drs Daniel Uzbelger, Daniel Bitner ('06), Kevin Axx ('06), Roy Stevens presented a lecture" Effectiveness of Supplemental Cervical Plexus Anesthetic Technique for Achieving Anesthesia in Mandibular Molars with Irreversible Pulpitis" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 26 Drs Alex Wang('06), Wanda Gordon, Roy Stevens presented a lecture "The Antimicrobial Effects of Vitapex on Root canal Walls Infected with Enterococcus faecalis" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 26 Drs Derek Chu ('07), David Tran ('07), Vahid Atabakhsh ('05), Wanda Gordon, Roni Nissan, Roy Stevens presented a lecture" Comparison of Three Techniques for using the ErCr:YSGG Laser in Disinfecting Root Dentin" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

April 26 Drs Kevin Axx ('06) and Roy Stevens presented a lecture" A Comparison of the Physical Properties and Machining Efficiency of MANI RT® and Dentsply Maillefer Flex-O-File® Stainless Steel Endodontic Hand Files" at the AAE in Philadelphia, PA

March 17 Dr. Roy Stevens presented a lecture" YSGG Laser Disinfection of Root Canal Dentin: The State of the Art " at the World Clinical Laser Institute Symposium in Huntington Beach, CA

Recent Publications

Wanda Gordon, Vahid Atabakhsh ('05), Fernando Meza ('04), Aaron Doms ('05), Roni Nissan and Roy Stevens, "The antimicrobial efficacy of the erbium, chromium:yttrium-scandium-gallium-garnet laser with radial emitting tips on root canal dentin wall infected with Enterococcus faecalis", JADA, vol. 138:992-1002, July 2007

Honors

2007 Alumni Day at Temple

Dr. John Esposito was honored by the School of Dentistry Alumni Society by establishing a scholarship in his honor. The kick-off contribution of $5000 from the Alumni was enhanced by another $1000 by Jack's good friend and colleague of more than 40 years, Dr.Horwitz.

Dr. Esposito with check

Dr. Michael Poleck, past-president of the Alumni Society, presented the check, with the able assistance of Dr. Martin Tansy, Dean of the School of Dentistry.

Dr. Esposito and Family