Dear Colleagues,
During my tenure as Foundation President, I had the distinct honor to serve when no day looked the same. When I became president in April 2020, a global pandemic had just gripped the world. The resilience of our endodontic and dental communities was inspiring, and I learned how the Foundation could better serve endodontic professionals. It was a privilege to help see our organization through those difficult days, all those in between, and to finally emerge from a fully remote setting. Concluding my term as president at AAE22 Phoenix was a storybook ending. In 2022, our Foundation drafted a new strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for our future. The creation of the plan involved not only goal setting, but reimagining our mission, vision, and values. The Trustees finalized and approved the plan before AAE22. I encourage you to dig into the Foundation’s goals to better understand our future plans. While we paved the groundwork for future years, our Foundation continued its vital work to support the specialty and its practitioners. Research • Dr. Annie Shrestha, assistant professor University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, the Dentsply Sirona Research Fellow, completed her third year of research amidst her five-year fellowship goal of harnessing extramural funding. Her project, “Immune Dysbiosis in Diabetes and Apical Periodontitis – Role of Cell Microenvironment,” is progressing. Education • Dr. Frederico Martinho, Director of Predoctoral Endodontics at University of Maryland was named the Endodontic Educator Fellow. • A new program awarding $500 to graduating residents who attended and presented at AAE22 was made available thanks to a multi-year pledge from Endo1 Partners.
Access to Care • At the end of 2022, the second year of funding for the Foundation for Endodontics' and US Endo Partners' Domestic Access to Care Program was released. We were so pleased with the high standard of care provided by endodontists to their underserved communities in 2021, and we are thrilled to see how these grantees support their communities in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Chicago. It has been a professional honor to serve endodontics in this capacity, but I have not done it alone. Thank you to each of the Foundation’s donors, volunteers, Trustees, and beneficiaries for your commitment to endodontics. A giant thank you to the hard working staff of the Foundation. I would also like to recognize the two AAE Presidents I had the privilege to work with – Drs. Alan Gluskin and Alan Law as well as our executive director Mr. Ken Widelka. Their hard work, support, and perseverance made surviving the pandemic years that much easier. Thanks to all of you the future of endodontics is strong.
With appreciation,
John M. Nusstein, DDS, MS Foundation President, 2020-2022
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