NESP Communications

From the Desk of The President,

Edward Gottesman, D.D.S.                

 January 2023                                                                                                     

Dear Fellow Periodontists,

The Northeastern Society of Periodontists is one of the most respected regional societies in the country and I am very honored to have the privilege of serving as its 64th President. I remember attending my first NESP meeting as a graduate student in 2002 thinking wow “They did this all for us?”. The stimulating educational program set in a social atmosphere was a nice change from the PGP cubicle. Fast forward 20 years, I still get excited to meet with my perio colleagues and friends and debate what grafting materials are best. That’s the essence of the NESP. This society offers our members an opportunity to learn from each other and from respected leaders in our profession about cutting edge research, techniques and materials. Because of this our patients benefit the most by receiving the highest quality periodontal care. Unique training combined with our deep knowledge of biologic sciences sets us apart as specialists. That’s something I’m always reminded of when I attend an NESP meeting and that’s something our members can be proud of. 

I look forward to assisting our esteemed NESP board of directors in solidifying our role in the dental community as the foundation specialists for our patients. It’s a symbiotic relationship that we should echo to our restorative colleagues, reminding them that their beautiful creativity relies on a healthy periodontal underpinning and that together we can accomplish more than we can individually.  Reinforcing our role as collaborators rather than competitors is an important message that will support our specialists and the NESP is just the organization to promote this role.  We should also continue to convey the clear and powerful messages that we are the only specialty trained in oral plastic surgery and that periodontal health is critical to maintaining systemic health. The NESP is a premier society which promotes these attributes and we need our membership to join and nurture it so that our specialty continues to thrive.

I want to thank our immediate past president Dr. Roger Warren for his relentless leadership of the NESP last year. Together with his program chair, Dr. Leonard Garfinkel, they pulled together two amazing in-person programs ending two years of virtual meetings during the peak Covid-era. I also want to thank my friend and program chair Dr. Constantine Pavlakos for the exceptional work he has done to organize what are sure to be two blockbuster programs this year with world class speakers from all over the world. And although it’s been a year since Dr. Kratenstein has stepped down as our organization’s executive director after serving for 32 years, we want him to know his landmark presence is still felt at our meetings.  We’ve been fortunate to have Dr. Jay Fishbein step firmly into his role and take charge just as Dave would have wanted him to. My sincerest gratitude to the officers and board of directors for their unwavering devotion and hard work to continually improve our society especially in recent years. It’s through their enduring devotion that the NESP continues to provide a high quality forum for education in the art and science of periodontics and dental implantology. I also want to thank our members and corporate sponsors for supporting our mission throughout the years. Looking forward to sharing our upcoming programs with you.

 

Respectfully,

Edward Gottesman, D.D.S.

President 
Northeastern Society of Periodontists


From the Desk of The Executive Director

Jay S. Fishbein, D.M.D.

January 2023

The Northeastern Society of Periodontists is the premier regional periodontal organization in the United States. Each year we provide scientific sessions to our members as well as to students enrolled in postgraduate periodontal programs in the northeast region. We continue a tradition that began 64 years ago of providing world class speakers in settings that foster friendship and camaraderie.

 Please mark your calendars for May 12, 2023, and October 6, 2023. While we truly hope to continue our tradition of in person full day scientific sessions, we will continue to monitor events in New York City and around the country to determine the most appropriate options for delivering state of the art information in the fields of periodontics and implants to our membership.

 We are giving our members the opportunity to take advantage of early bird pricing for a year of membership. The annual dues for those who sign up by February 1, 2022, is $450. Dues will increase to $500 after February 1.

You may renew your membership online at nesp.clubexpress.com.  If you have forgotten your username or password, you can retrieve it on that page as well. In the upper right corner of the homepage, click member login. Then, you can either enter the information needed to login, or click forgot my username/password. The software will walk you through the steps to retrieve it. The site may also be used to update your bio, such as mailing address and email.

Please continue your membership and support of our organization. Spread this message to your colleagues, who may not be members and urge them to join the NESP for a full day of education and camaraderie. We thank you in advance for your participation In the NESP

Jay S. Fishbein, D.M.D.

Executive Director, NESP


A Note From the Editor,                                

Stuart Segelnick, DDS, MS

January 2023

Editor’s note:

The NESP Bulletin is your society’s way to keep you informed. In each issue we announce our upcoming featured world renowned speakers, so your excitement can carry through to joining us at our educational lecture presentations. With our timely editorials we strive to keep you updated on current topics of dentistry and periodontics.

“The NESP Bulletin encourages news from Advanced Education Programs in periodontics throughout the northeastern region. News may include faculty and student activities or achievements, research projects, departmental changes or any other related activities.” We especially welcome our post-graduate student members to contribute their views to the Bulletin as well as our steadfast members to let us know about your activities and accomplishments. If you have an editorial or article that you would like to share with your colleagues please send it to me, because the Bulletin is the best place to reach your colleagues and our members.

Photos of immediate past meetings are cherished; please email them to the bulletin so we can try and incorporate them into future editions or even place them on our new “Facebook” link (Northeastern Society of Periodontists on Facebook) The NESP is your society and if you have any ideas to make it better or would like to contribute to the Bulletin let us know. We want to hear from you and we want to help you become a more educated periodontist and practitioner. Join us!

Stuart Segelnick, DDS, MS.
Editor, NESP Bulletin


Periodontal Clinical Investigations

Periodontal Clinical Investigations (PCI) is the official publication of the Northeastern Society of Periodontists. The focus of the journal is generally on areas of interest to clinical periodontists. These include clinical studies, case reports, short reviews and guest editorials. Manuscripts are solicited from both NESP members and non-members and are subjected to peer review to determine their acceptability for publication. Information regarding submission of manuscripts follows.

A NESP ON-LINE Journal

As a member benefit, The Officers and Board of Directors of The NESP continue to provide the PCI Journal On-line through this website. This feature remains available only to Active Members. Those members who would like to submit articles for on-line publication, please follow the instructions below. We are proud to present this member benefit and look forward to even greater member participation and Web site utilization.

Instructions to Authors

Submission of manuscripts

Manuscripts should be sent to the Editors by e-mail: [email protected]; or by mail to Dr. Vincent Iacono, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8703.

Printed submissions sent to the above address must be prepared as described below and accompanied by a standard CD-R containing an electronic copy of the manuscript. The CD-R should be labeled with the manuscript title, author(s) and specific version of the word processing program used. In lieu of printed manuscripts, electronic submissions are preferred and are to be done entirely in Microsoft Word (PC or MAC) and will be accepted at the above e-mail address.

It is not necessary to send hard copies unless there are figures of which you do not have electronic copies.

Submission of a manuscript is held to imply that the paper has not been published elsewhere and that, if accepted, it will not be published in any other journal in the same or similar form without the Editors written consent.

All submissions must be written in English. Authors must furnish translations of articles written in other languages.

All submissions will be subject to peer and editorial review.

Arrangement

Manuscripts should be in final form when submitted. They are to be double-spaced throughout, with one-inch margins. The first page must contain (1) title of paper; (2) running title (40 characters or less, preferably without abbreviations); (3) names, titles, and institutional affiliations of all authors; (4) mailing and e-mail address for correspondence and reprint requests, and also a telephone, fax number and e-mail address for the journals use.

Manuscripts must be original and may not have been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere, with the exception of presentation at a scientific meeting and publication as an abstract. A signed statement to this effect is to be included with the submission of the manuscript. Research that involves human subjects must conform to the Declaration of Helsinki and the authors must indicate that appropriate informed consent was obtained.

The text should open with a brief abstract.

Authors are not bound to any particular form; however, subject matter should be arranged under suitable headings and sub-headings. The following are in most cases preferable and in this order: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References.

Manuscript Preparation

If manuscripts are submitted in hard copy format they must be submitted in quadruplicate (one original and three copies) and word processed, double-spaced on one side only of an A4 or 8.5 x 11 inch paper, with at least 25 millimeter (1 inch) margins on all four sides. Manuscripts generally should not exceed 10 pages (excluding references, tables, figure legends and figures) and should be limited to no more than six authors. Additional contributing authors will be listed in the acknowledgements. Abbreviations should be placed in parentheses after the first complete use of the term(s) to be abbreviated. Use generic names for drugs and for dental materials. Give trades names and manufacturers names and addresses in parentheses.

Acknowledgements and Conflict of Interest

Include acknowledgement of those individuals who contributed to the publication, source of financial support, and any financial relationships of any of the authors which may pose a perceived conflict of interest. If the work was supported by a grant, the name of the supporting organization and the grant number are to be stated.

Illustrations

Illustrations should be sent as attachments to the manuscript. Artwork should be un-mounted. Figure legends should be printed on a separate sheet. Photographs should be glossy prints, including only the area of interest. Since illustrations will usually be reduced in printing, authors should ensure that numbers and letters within illustrations are large enough to be legible after reduction (1.5-2 mm). All illustrations are to be numbered in order of their mention in the text.

Tables

Tables should be numbered, according to their order of mention in the text and each supplied with a title and typed on a separate sheet. Tables should be self-explanatory and supplement, not duplicate the text. All footnotes should immediately follow the table, and all abbreviations should be defined in the footnote.

References

References should be numbered in the order of their occurrence in the text, not alphabetically. Text references are indicated by bracketed numbers: as in other reports (1, 5, 6-10)

Davis et al (16) reported

The list of references at the end of the text should be double-spaced and arranged in order of their occurrence in the text. All authors should be listed unless there are more than six, when additional authors listed as et al. This should be followed by the title of the article, the name of the journal, the volume number, the first and last pages in full, and the year of publication.

Journal references are printed in the following form:

1. AUTHOR, AB, CO-AUTHOR, CO, CO-AUTHOR, EF, et al: Title of article, J Abbrev, vol: first page of article-last page of article, year of publication.

References to Books:

2.      AUTHOR, AB: Title of Book. Editor(s). Place of publication, Name of Publisher, (pages referred to), year of publication.

Please give full bibliographic information, when possible, in references to meetings and symposia.

General

Manuscripts are solicited from clinicians and researchers in areas of clinical and scientific interest to periodontists. The focus of the journal is mainly on material of interest to clinical periodontists.

Published manuscripts are not returned unless requested.

Editor: Dr. Vincent J. Iacono

Contact Us At:

Department of Periodontics
School of Dental Medicine
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794-8703

Telephone: (631) 632-8955/8895
Fax: (631) 632-3113
E-mail address: [email protected]