Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition

2 Hours Page 8 Business Matters Limiting your affairs Page 10 Dental Cafe Male Menopause Fact or Fiction? Page 6 Media CME An Evidence-Based En- dodontic Implant Algo- rithm DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Middle East & Africa Edition PUBLISHED IN DUBAI January 2011 NO. 1+2 VOL. 9 high quality glass ionomer cements first class composites innovative compomers modern bonding systems materials for long-term prophylaxis temporary solutions bleaching products… All our products convince by excellent physical properties perfect aesthetical results Highest quality made in Germany PROMEDICA Dental Material GmbH Tel. + 49 43 21 / 5 4173 · Fax + 49 43 21 / 519 08 Internet: http://www.promedica.de · eMail: info@promedica.de Temporary crown and bridge material New: Bleach Shade! Light-curing nano-ceram composite to the packable Composan bio-esthetic Nano-Ceram-Technology Meet us at several exhibitions – www.promedica.de AD Dubai: The Dubai Health Au- thority announced earlier its full support to the fifteenth edi- tion of the UAE International Dental Conference and Arab Dental Exhibition (AEEDC Dubai) which will be held from 1 to 3 February at the Dubai In- ternational Convention and Exhibition centre, under the patronageofH.H.SheikhHam- dan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minis- ter of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority. Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, DirectorGeneralofDubaiHealth Authority, said “we are keen to support all medical conferences and exhibitions held in the UAE for their excellent revenues on all sectors in the country, includ- ing; economy, trade, tourism and other sectors. Such events motivate the economy and development to move forward, and develop the skills and capabilities of the pub- lic and private sectors.” He con- tinued; “Qualified Medical events such as AEEDC Provide excellent opportunities for doc- tors from the region and intro- duce them to the latest scientific developments in the fields of dentistry, in addition, they pro- videthemwiththeopportunityto engage with international den- tists. This initiative translates the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Mak- toum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Fi- nance and President of Dubai Health Authority.” HE added that the Dubai Health Authority is ea- ger to provide the best dentistry services in all its medical centres located in Dubai. He also pointed out that the public and private dental serv- ices in Dubai are very efficient and are at the same level with those in developed countries. He declared that AEEDC Confer- ence and Exhibition is getting bigger and better every year, as AEEDC Dubai Ranked Third Globally and Receives Recognition from American Dental Association Scientists have discovered why people with diabetes are more likely to experience severe strokesleadingtogreaterdam- age. When blood sugar levels are high - which happens in diabetes - a blood protein called plasma kallikrein inhibits the normal blood clotting process during a stroke, leading to more bleeding on the brain, the scientists sug- gested. Strokes are caused by ei- ther a blood clot in a vessel stop- ping the flow of blood to the brain (ischaemic stroke) or by a burst blood vessel (haemorrhagic stroke). About seven out of 10 strokes are caused by blood clots. Past research has associated diabetes and raised blood sugar levels with increased bleeding on the brain during haemorrhagic stroke,butthereasonforthisisun- clear. Scientists from the Joslin Dia- betes Centre in Boston reached their conclusion after injecting blood into the brains of rats with andwithoutdiabetes.Thediabetic rats bled over a much greater area of the brain. But when the diabetic rats were also injected with a mol- ecule which inhibits the activity of plasma kallikrein, the amount of damage to the brain was similar to that in non-diabetic rats. When pure plasma kallikrein wasinjectedintotherats’brains,it rapidly increased major bleeding in the animals with diabetes but had little effect on those without the condition, the researchers wrote in the journal Nature Medi- cine. The scientists say their work suggests that blood sugar levels at the time of having a stroke is the most important factor for the in- creased bleeding seen in diabetes patients. DT Blood protein linked to stroke in diabetes  page 2DT Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director General of Dubai Health Authority Dr. Tariq Khoory, the Director of the Dental Department at the Dubai Health Authority