Greater New York Dental Meeting Committees Hospitality Committee Amy Salm Chairman Entertainment Committee Lauro F. Medrano-Saldaña Chairman The Greater New York Dental Meeting dedicates its 2009 Annual Session in tribute to the beloved memory of Amy Salm, Chairman of the Hospitality Committee and wife of our General Chairman, Dr. Clifford Salm. Amy was a cherished member of our GNYDM family. Her dedication and creative efforts were instrumental in the planning of this year’s Meeting. She touched so many with her friendship, warmth and gracious spirit. Amy will truly be missed by all who knew her. Stephanie Bailey Mary Ruth Buchness Deborah Chillura Maria Cipollina Louise DeLucia Mafalda Di Mango Ruth Divack Sherry Edwab Tisha Gainor Deborah Galgano Sally Gelb Elly Glat Dianne Gounardes Katherine Halikias Carol Kratenstein Liora Lerner Joyce Lieb Terri McIntyre Carmen Medrano Mila Mondre Abby Oshrain Nina Padukone Sherry Rausch Susan Schachner Esther Schwartz Connie Seldin Gloria Seminara Charlotte Shelby Joyce Spencer Jennifer Sylvia Joseph Alcalay Gabriel D. Ariola Frederich M. Baker Rebecca Ball Frank Batastini Janet Bodey Thomas Bracco Clarence Calman Debra Chambers Peter A. Costalos Neal J. Cronin Angela M. De Bartolo Yenia Del Aquila Nnaemeka Echem Anne Eckhoff Maurice Edwards Francis S. Eng James Fong Judith Fradkin Maureen Gallager Ronniette Garcia Kemi A. Gerfen Doris Giraldo Linda Goodman Mark I. Gurin Marc C. Hendler Gabriela Hricko William Kaplan Maria A. Karpov Maher Kasabji Harjot Kaur Irving Kittay Kyung Lee Michael Leifert Joan Levine Liana Liebin Susan K. Liebman Tilda Loew Diana Macri Harry Meeker Judith Mori Kevin O’Keefe Carmen Paula Maria del Carmen Paula Grace Peña Craig S. Ratner Marvin Reichbach George D. Roston Gail Schupak Kamal Sethi Ramji Sethi Ratna Sethi Fryderyk Silberstein Elizabeth St. Omer Sheldon D. Stachel Glenn Stanislaus Mark Stevens Gary Turnier Sofiya Velichenkova Nicholas Vernice Rose Ann Vernice Brian Webber Robert Weeman Edwin J. Weinfeld Robert G. Wendt Rose Williams Bedros Yavru-Sakuk John J. Young Jonathan Zeichner Essays & Table Demonstrations Committee John R. Halikias Anthony E. Chillura Co-Chairmen Ronald Altman Wilma F. Antonio Sidney R. Berger Charles Berman Naresh Bhavsar Bernard Biron Gregory Browne Pih-Ming Chang Paul K. Chu Anthony Cimmino Linda Curcio Ralph Curcio Elvir Dincer Fiadjoe M. Elvin Titus George Maya Idnani Alexander S. Katsman Howard J. Kirschner Jacques Kohanzadeh Brian Leibowitz Lawrence Limb Alex Mantel Morton I. Marcus Peter Mastrogeannes Rosa Mejia Ka Yan Ng Ketly Nino Peter O’Shea Rawle Philbert Salim Rayman Frank H. Richardson Christi Sauter Theodore Sewitch Gene Sherwin Rhonda Sherwin Simon Solovey Maria Sy-Rangel Mary Ubakivi Beatriz Vallejo Teri Vanhorn Gerald Wank Leon L. Wiggin Cemil Jim Yesilsoy Ellen Zbar Registration Committee Kathleen L. Agoglia Chairman Karla Banks Sidney I. Berger Thomas R. Bloom Denice Brown Arthur A. Calem Patricia Crespo Wendy Diaz Chong-A Dodd Joseph Dumanski Richard D. Einhorn Robert Eisinger Qasim R. Gardezi Anushree Jain Sara Kim David Klebanow Linda R. Kronick Grace Lee-Hin Shiloh Lieberman Edward S. Lustbader Margaret Mahoney Dora Melchor Sahil Miglani Sunny Miglani Manuelissa Mota Esther Moulton John Paul Osterman Narendra D. Patel Karen Paz Joann Pecorella Ana Perez John L. Pfail Asad Sadiq Ghazala Seedat Stanley Shih Veronica Sule William J. Swirsky Susan G. Tierney Howard Troyansky Desai Trupti John E. Weise 6