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The Tweed Loop"INSIDE"To keepour members“in the loop”A NewsletterTHE TWEED LOOPISSUE 2, SUMMER 2007○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○Biennial Meeting of the Charles H. Tweed FoundationOctober 17 - 20, 2008 - Varesse, ItlayEmilio and Isa Contini have arranged for a wonderful biennial meeting at the Hotel Chateau Porro Pirelli in Varesse,Italy. It will be relatively easy to fly to the Malpensa International Airport outside of Milan and travel to Varesse.Emilio, Sandro Segu, and Herb Klontz are planning an exciting workshop which will be held on Friday, October 17, atthe hotel in Varesse. The details and registration material for this workshop and the meeting will be posted on thewebsite at www.tweedortho.com in plenty of time for people to register.The meeting will officially begin on the evening of Friday, October 17, 2008 with a welcome reception for allparticipants. The program will start on Saturday morning at promptly 8:30 a.m. On Sunday morning, Andre Horn willdeliver the L. Levern Merrifield Lecture. Monday’s program will be full with Herb Klontz giving a “dynamite” lecture onClass II correction, and Jim Vaden finishing up the meeting with a talk on guidelines for long term retention andstability.We invite all interested parties to participate in the 2008 Scientific Progam -- providing there is space. The guidelinesare:1. The topic must have interest for our membership. It must have a "relationship" with the Tweed-Merrifield diagnostic and treatment philosophy.2. The presentations will be 10 minutes in duration.3. The presentation, whether it be a case report, a report of a study, etc. must do the following:A. State the problem or the purpose of the investigationB. Methods and MaterialsC. ResultsD. DiscussionE. Conclusion4. Send resumes of case reports and/or presentations to Jim Ferguson, the Program Chairman. Hisphysical address and email address is:Physicians Plaza100 Covey Dr. Suite 301Franklin, TN 37067email address: dds_j@bellsouth.netMeeting participants will be notified well in advance of theprogram chair's ability, or lack thereof, to put them on theprogram. If selected for the program, the participant mustagree to prepare a synopsis of the presentation forinclusiion in the Tweed Profile. The disc must follow thesame outline as has been described. In addition, the discmust include a recent photograph of the participant. Thedisc must be sent to both Dr. Ferguson and Dr. Contini atleast two months prior to the meeting so that the meetingprogram can be prepared.Jim Ferguson, Emilio, and the people who are planning theprogram and the social activities are working very hard to make this meeting a special occasion. But - it will bespecial only if it is supported by a vast majority of the membership. Mark your calendars now, start making flightarrangements, be in Varesse at the hotel on October 17, 2008.1

Fred D. Fullmer, DDS -- Menlo Park, Californiaby Gerald Nelson, PCSOReprint: PCSO Bulletin Spring 2007, "Portrait of a Professional"In the Spring, 2007 issue fo the PCSO Bulletin there was a "feature" article on Fred Fullmer. We are proud of Fred and of hismany contribtuions to orthodontics and the Tweed Foundation. Excepts of the article, written by Gerald Nelson, are printedfor our members to enjoy.Dr. Fred Fullmer has been on faculty atUCSF for 40 years. Over the last decade, asI have spent more time on campus, I havegotten to know him better. His studentsbenefit from Fred's years in private practiceand his Tweed Foundation experience. Fredis one of the first instructors that theresidents encounter; as he teaches thebench course on placing orthodonticappliances. Thanks to Fred, who hasreceived many teaching awards, UCSF residents are highly skilledat wire bending.EARLARLY YEARSIn 1942, when Fred was eight years old, his parents, Fred and Mildred, moved the family to Seattle from Fred'sbirthplace of Spokane, Washington. Fred's father was an adjuster for an insurance company that issued policies onindustrial machinery. As his childhood progressed, Fred saw that his father's destiny was controlled by the insurancecompany's needs. His mom worked as a full-time secretary while raising Pat (Fred's sister) and Fred. Fred knew earlythat he wanted to manage his own business, and seriously considered the health professions. Dentistry's mix ofbiology, engineering and hands-on work appealed to the boy. The insurance company moved Mr. Fullmer to SanFrancisco when Fred was a high school senior. After graduation from high school in Seattle, Fred applied and wasaccepted to U.C. Berkeley. For a year his family had to pay non-resident fees, which became a burden. At that time,pre-dental requirements could be completed in two years. Chemistry was Fred's favorite class, and his gradesreflected it. He applied to the admissions clerk, Ms. Marybeth Monti, at the School of Dentistry, University of Californiain San Francisco, and entered dental school in 1953.ON TO ORTHODONTICSUpon graduation, he entered the U.S. Army Dental Corps as a general dentist, and was accepted into a dentalinternship, now called a general practice residency, at Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. He gainedinvaluable experience in oral surgery, general anesthesia, periodontics, prosthetics and operative dentistry. Uponcompletion of the internship, he was assigned as one of two dentists at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, where heserved student-officers at the U.S. Army War College who were earmarked for the rank of General officer.After his tour of duty with the military was complete (mandatory then), Fred was accepted asa resident into the USC Orthodontic program. Dr. Harry Dougherty was in his second yearas the Chair of the department; Fred had been Harry's dental school classmate at UCSFearlier. The faculty included some greats in orthodontics, such as Cecil Steiner, KeithTanaka, Terry Roscoe Keedy and Sidney Meek, to mention only a few. Fred's class of 10residents included Bill Beasley, Dick Barich, Roy Aiello, Sky Joyner, Leroy Lance, MiltonPowers, Reed Merrill, Lee Wight and Allen Wong.A FULLFAMILAMILY LIFERuth Maison met Fred Fullmer in 1953 when attending the Portalhurst Presbyterian ChurchFred and Ruthin San Francisco. She was five years younger than he and still in high school. Fred had justentered dental school at UCSF. Her father, Dr. William Maison, practiced dentistry in the Phelan Building on MarketStreet. Dr. Fred West and Dr. Eugene West had their offices on the 7th floor, just down the hall from Dr. Maison.○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○Fred and his students 20073

After high school, Ruth completed training as a registered nurse at St.Luke's School of Nursing in San Francisco. She later received herBachelor's degree, also in Nursing, at Lebanon Valley College in Annville,Pennsylvania while Fred was serving in the U.S. Army in nearby CarlisleBarracks. After working in hospital nursing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,and later as a school nurse at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California,Ruth went back to school to receive her degree as a Nurse Practitioner.Today she works for the county of San Mateo as a nurse practitioner atthe county's Children's Receiving Home.Fred and Ruth have four children. Drew, the oldest, works as an autobodyspecialist. Paul, next in age, is ordained as a Presbyterian clergyand currently is a college chaplain at Lebanon Valley College inPennsylvania, the same school where his mother graduated. Adele, thenext youngest and the oldest girl, is a physical therapist in aThe Fullmer family in 2007: Ruth and Fredwith their four grow children, and theirseven grandchildrenmanagement position at Kaiser's Redwood City facility; and the youngest, Diantha, is a nurse practitioner at the PaloAlto Medical Foundation in Palo Alto. All are married. There are seven grandchildren, with one more on the way.Fred and Ruth are active in their church, the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, where Ruth conducts a weekly biblestudy class for women and Fred is one of the Sunday morning service ushers.ORTHODONTICSFred at Tweed Foundation FunctionsIn 1967 Fred took the ten-day advanced course in Edgewise Mechanics at the Charles H. Tweed Foundation in TucsonArizona, and has been active in the Foundation ever since, including helping teach one of the ten-day courses. He wasEditor of the Journal of the Charles H. Tweed International Foundation from 1977-1992. He enjoys the Tweedconnection because the Foundation requires every attendee at its meetings to show three recently treated cases. Hebelieves this is one of the best ways that a clinical orthodontist can learn, improve, and keep his clinical skills honed.Every summer since 1993, for six weeks, Dr. Fullmer takes two days per week out of his practice to spend time with theincoming residents at USCF. He teaches a bench typodont course on orthodontic fundamentals of banding, bonding,bracket placement, archwire formation, and archwire adjustments. Every resident will tell you how helpful, butdemanding, the course is.As far as other accomplishments, Dr. Fullmer became a Diplomate of The American Board of Orthodontics in 1973,when is was required that 15 cases be shown. He is also an Angle Society member.4

New Web Site to Better Serve our MembersWe invite you to take a closer look at the Charles H. Tweed International Foundation by visiting us atwww.tweedortho.com. We have updated and added many features including:♦ Membership Directory with options to search, download and print a copy♦ Online Membership Dues Payment or Tax-Deductible Contribution to the Foundation♦ FAQ’s about Membership and the Tweed Study Course, including online applications♦ Photo gallery of recent study courses, along with a history of the Tweed Foundation♦ Archived copies of The Tweed Profile and The Tweed Loop♦ Case reports, meeting dates, and much more.As a member of the Charles H. Tweed International Foundation, you can login to edit your directory information andensure that it is kept up to date. Please follow these instructions to login and set up your personal User ID andPassword.♦ Click on Membership Directory. Your User ID is your first name and initial of your last name. Your Passwassworordis your last name. Example: for John Smith, the User ID is johns. The password is smith.♦ After you login, you will be prompted to set up a new, personal password.Please be sure to keep your email address and directory information current so that the Foundation can stay incontact with you. If you have any questions please email us at chtweed@aol.com or call 520-326-6002.Headgear UpdateWe informed you in the last “Tweed Loop” that Lee Laboratories would no longer make headgear. At the printing ofthat newsletter, we knew of only two other sources which we presented to our members - Unitek and AmericanOrthodontics. Headgear from these two companies were pictured. Due to the efforts of George Harris and HerbKlontz, we have found another source that might be more appealing. A very similar headgear to the one that has beenmanufactured for years by Lee Laboratories can be purchased at Barnhart Industries. A photograph of the headgearon a mannequin is enclosed. Head straps and J hooks need to be ordered separately. It will be a very simple matterto put rubberbands on the headgear and attach the J hooks. The head straps are in one complete piece just like theLee Lab headgear. They can be ordered from:Anna BoehmBarnhart Industries, Inc.3690 Highway MImperial, Missouri 63052Phone: 1-636-942-3133The cost is about $10 per headstrap. They are best ordered inquantities of a dozen. You can order small, medium, and large just likeyou did from Lee Laboratories.If you choose this route, J hooks can be ordered from:Susan EmeryD&S Distributing520 N. ElmPonca City, Oklahoma 74601Phone: 1-580-763-3773Cost: $16.50 per dozenThese are the same J hooks that were used on the Lee Lab headgearbecause Susan is the person who made them for Lee Labs. Essentiallyyou will have the same headgear that you have had from Lee Labs. The "Klarris" HeadgearThis headgear manufactured by Hannah Beam at Barnhart Industries isexcellent. The J hooks manufactured by Susan Emery are excellent. This is a very viable solution to the headgearproblem. Lets call it the "Klarris" headgear!5

Biennial Meetings2010, 2012, 2014Your Board of Directors, at its 2006 biennial meeting, voted to have the 2010, 2012, and 2014 biennial meetings inTucson.Tucson is our home. There are many wonderful things to do while a person is not attending the meeting. As a resultof the Board’s action, the Westin La Paloma has been contracted to host these three meetings. The Westin LaPaloma is a wonderful property. It has a championship golf course, spectacular vistas, wonderful rooms, a greatmeeting area, great restaurants, and it is the nicest facility that is within a reasonable cab ride from the airport. Inother words, there is no down side to the La Paloma. We are excited that we are going to “go home” for futuremeetings.After the meeting in 2012, your Board will make the decision as to whether or not to continue this practice after 2014or to begin rotating meetings as we have done in the past. The advantages to having the meeting at the same hotelare obvious. The biggest advantage is financial. We can get a much better rate with the hotel if we are not a “onetime show”. We have secured favorable rates for these meetings, have signed the contracts, so plan, on at the least,three meetings in Tucson.The Lysle E. Johnston, Jr.Endowed Professorship in Orthodontics at Saint Louis UniversityDr. Lysle E. Johnston, Jr. was appointed to the faculty of Saint Louis University in 1976 and served as Professor andChair of the Department of Orthodontics and Professor of Anatomy until 1991. His leadership of the graduateprogram in orthodontics is considered legendary in terms of the research achievements of the students while underhis guidance; his students won 14 national and international research awards during his tenure. This is a record thatis unparalleled in the history of orthodontic education. Of course, these student awards, and recognition of hispersonal contributions in research and teaching, brought great honor to Saint Louis University.Recognizing that Dr. Johnston is a person of unusual dedication, creativity, ability, and value to the specialty oforthodontics, in 2004 the Center for Advanced Dental Education initiated a campaign to honor him by establishing anendowed professorship in his name. Subsequently, alumni and friends of Dr. Johnston were asked to contribute to thefund necessary to establish this enduring honor. In response many contributions have been received from Dr.Johnston’s former students at SLU, CWRU, and UM and from his friends and colleagues around the world.Once the endowment is fully funded (i.e., a total of $500,000 in contributions), the interest produced by theendowment will be used to support the recruitment, development, and retention of faculty for the orthodonticprogram at Saint Louis University.As we near the conclusion of the campaign we would like to invite the members of the Tweed Foundation to play apart in this effort to support orthodontic education and honor Lysle. If you would like to make a pledge or provide agift please contact Saint Louis University.Dr. Rolf G. BehrentsThe Center for Advanced Dental Education3320 Rutger StreetSt. Louis, Missouri 63104Phone: 314-977-8602email: Behrents@slu.edu6

World Edgewise Orthodontic Congress -- June 24 - 25, 2007Seoul, KoreaThe fourth World Edgewise Orthodontic Congress tookplace in Seoul, Korea June 24 - 25, 2007. Dr. Il BongKim celebrated his 70th birthday during this meeting!!Some photos of the meeting are enclosed. It was ameaningful experience for those who attended fromAsia, South America, North America and Europe.Tweed Foundation President, Emilio Contini, andCourse Director, Herb Klontz, were wonderfulrepresentatives of the Tweed Study Course and of theTweed Foundation. Special friendships were renewedDr. Il Bong Kim celebrated his 70th birthdayand new friends were made by all in attendance. TheTweed Loop congratulates Dr. Sung and Dr. Chung forbeing general co-chairs of this meeting and Jung Woo-Kim, President of KORI. It congratulates IlBong Kim and wishes him 70 more years of fruitful endeavors!Dr. and Mrs Il Bong KimThe WGOC organizing committee and spousesDr. Klontz, Yufen Qian, and Jim VadenThe WEOC committee and Dr. Jadamba Tsolmon,Mongolia7

Tweed Study Course - April 2007The Tweed Study Course in April of 2007 was another raging success.One hundred and sixteen students took part! We had so many students that it was veryhard to take the class picture! (You can see that some of the instructors, in fact, all of thembut one, are sprawled out on the grass in front of the class.) Dr. Klontz put together a verycompetent, caring staff who did an excellent job. Of course, this is nothing new. Thecourse runs well and each student who participates in the course is the recepient of awonderful learning experience. They all “rave” about the course and how much it means tothem.In fact, the editor of this newsletter was just told by a senior practitioner that the 1963Tweed Course was the best experience he has had in orthodontics. This man has doneeverything that there is to do in the orthodontic arena, and for him to say that the TweedCourse was that special is gratifying. The Tweed Loop congratulates Dr. Klontz and thankshim for the tremendous amount of work that he expends to "guarantee" that every courseis a success.8

Scenes from the Tweed CourseMarch - April 2007"...we have one instructor for every sixto eight students"A group from ItalyThe Italians like cameras!“WE HAVE HAD OVER 100 STUDENTS FORTHE LAST FIVE COURSES.”9

1 0Scenes from the Tweed CourseMarch - April 2007

In MemoryDr. Thomas M. Graber 1917 – 2007Honorary Member – Charles Tweed FoundationThomas “Tom” M. Graber, an internationally recognized authorityin orthodontics, a prolific researcher and author who taught atthree Chicago- area universities, died Tuesday, June 26, inEvanston, Illinois. He had suffered from lung cancer.He was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago untilhis death. During his career, Dr. Graber wrote 28 books, includinga standard reference guide for his field, “Orthodontics: CurrentPrinciples and Techniques.”He was editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Orthodontics for15 years and for the World Journal of Orthodontics for the lastseven years. His early research involved more effective treatmentof birth defects such as cleft palates and lips. He later focused ongrowth and developmental issues, such as how to adjust under oroverdeveloped jaws in infants, as well as remedies for commonmaladies such as clicking jaws.Dr. Graber was born in St. Louis and received his dental degree from Washington University beforegetting a Master’s in orthodontics and a Doctorate in anatomy from Northwestern in 1950.Beginning in 1946, Dr. Graber taught at Northwestern University for 12 years; he moved on to theUniversity of Chicago for 13 years before joining the faculty at UIC’s College of Dentistry in 1994. “Ithink he was a born educator,” said Dr. T.J. Aoba, a UIC clinical associate professor of orthodonticswho worked with Dr. Graber for many years. “He liked to teach everybody.” Dr. Graber encouragedthe inclusion of women in the field early in his career, lectured widely and shared his research withcolleagues worldwide. “He was one of those people who could take these complex subjects andexplain them clearly to students,” said his wife, a professor of political science at UIC who marriedDr. Graber in 1941.While teaching at Northwestern in the late 1940s, Dr. Graber was among the founders of the CleftLip and Palate Institute, which treats children with birth defects. Dr. Graber’s association with theInstitute ended in the 1950s, but it continues as an organization and is now affiliated with Shriner’sHospital for Children on the Northwest Side.Tom Graber has received numerous professional accolades, including honorary degrees fromuniversities in Sweden, China and Greece. A world traveler, he was a scuba diver and swimmer whowater-skied into his mid-80s. In addition it his wife and his daughter, Dr. Graber is survived by foursons, Lee, Thomas W., Jack and Jim; and 14 grandchildren.1 1

In MemoryThomas P. Weirich 1947 – 2007Tom Weirich passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007. He suffered a heartattack while swimming in his pool, one of his greatest passions. He wasborn on October 17, 1947 to Paul A. and Barbara Pitkin Weirich inLander, Wyoming. The family moved to Oklahoma City when he was 10years old. He graduated from Harding High School, attended OklahomaState University for his undergraduate degree, and was a member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon. Tom attended Baylor University in Dallas where hereceived his dental and orthodontic degrees. He was in privateorthodontic practice for 33 years and loved every minute of time hecared for his patients.Tom married the love of his life, Harriet Hammond, on December 27,1969. Tom is survived by Harriet, and his three sons, Dan and his wife Stephany andgranddaughter, Anna of Palo Alto, CA, Kent and his wife Alexi of San Francisco, CA and Phillip whois a student at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN.Tom was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church for 25 years where he served as adeacon. In January, he joined Britton Christian Church. With a servant's heart, he went onnumerous medical missions to Mexico. In living out the fruits of the spirit, Tom reached out to allwho were in need of his compassion, care and friendship. He was a man of integrity, honesty andgenerosity.He loved life and said "most of his friends were too old for him". Tom loved traveling, snow skiingin Breckenridge, CO, water skiing on Lake Hiwassee, roller-blading at Lake Hefner and swimming.Last year he swam form Alcatraz to San Francisco with his daughter-in-law, Stephany. While Tom'ssons were working on their Eagle Scout Awards, he helped them every step of the way bycanoeing, repelling, caving, camping, etc. Needless to say, his greatest joy in life was his familyand friends. Last but not least, Tom thought he was a "great" dancer!Tom was a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a fellow of the American Collage ofDentists, a member of the American Dental Association, Oklahoma Tweed Study Club, whichincluded his closest colleagues, The Charles H. Tweed International Foundation for OrthodonticResearch, Ken Mendenhall's Bible Study, and Men's Dinner Club which he began attending withhis father. Tom was an associate professor in the graduate orthodontic department at theUniversity of Oklahoma. Tom served the Heritage Hall of directors for 13 years. Tom will leave ahuge hole in the hearts of all those who loved him. He was a bright light that went out too soon.1 2

We invite you to take a closer look at theCharles H. Tweed International Foundationby visiting us at www.tweedortho.com.