Word has been received that Dr. Anthony A. Gianelly passed away on May 28, 2009 (http://www.neso.org/). If you are an orthodontist you know how much this man meant to the orthodontic community. If you are a patient, please read his obituary. This man was a giant in his field and a wonderful, caring human being.
My only regret in knowing Dr. Gianelly is that I did not train under him. He was absolutely brilliant with an incredible command of the orthodontic literature. His common sense, realistic approach to orthodontic treatment and his honest assessments of what worked and didn't made going to his lectures an absolute enjoyment and enlightening educational experience. I patterned so much of my orthodontic treatment after his teachings.
My personal experience with Dr. Gianelly was limited seeing him briefly at meetings and saying hello or asking a question after one of his lectures. I did have the opportunity to bring him to our state meeting to lecture our group and found him to be so unpretentious and friendly (unlike some of the prima donna lecturers that I have dealt with) that there was an immediate desire to do whatever it took to make his stay with us a great one. From the email I received from him later I like to think he was being more than just gracious in his thanks. He was that type of man.
Dr. Gianelly is gone but I assure you that this orthodontist will never forget him and will keep his memory alive through the smiles that he has helped me create.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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As I am one of ortho residents in BU Dubai, I had the opportunity to visit BU the mother and meet with Dr Gianelly. His passion to education is un explainable. When he was asked a question by his residents he immediately gets a book opens the page with the literature about the question being asked. He explain it then gave it to the resident to read again.
It was shocking for me to see someone knowing the pages of the books by hard.
I was honoured to have met him in my life and happy to be one of his distant residents.
Fortunate enough to have been trained by "Dr. G" as he was known. An amazingly humble man for what he has done for orthodontics. Definitely a huge loss, but there are a lot of us out there who will try to continue on his passion for evidence-based practice.
On another note, I have really enjoyed your blog. It is fantastically candid, and I found myself literally LOLing reading. Wonder if there would be some way to get in touch?
Amelia,
Yes, we shall carry on his legacy. I think that the current demand for evidence-based treatment is testament to his life.
On a lighter note, I thank you for your kind words and remain in touch through this blog. :)
Thanx Ameila for your kind words and as dr staright commented that we will continue on his legacy...
Dr Staright I would like to ask couple of questions please... the first one is that I know that you are against damon technique can you elaborate more on this as you know I am a resident so quiet new in the field but I am going to bond a patient with damon brackets soon to get the experience ..as it is a controversial technique if I can say it in that way I wanted to know from a person who is against it rather than a person who is with it...
my second question is that as you know that I am a resident and need to submit a research in a year and a half... well I come from the UAE where we lack dental research esp ortho oriented and I wanted to do a subject that would benefit the society... the region lacks statistical numbers of any kind so retrospective study would be a great choice but I wanted an interesting subject ...from your experience what would be a good subject that would be a benefit for us the UAE and would be interesting and publishable at the end...I would be greatful if anyone help ;(
Dr. Malsharaf,
It is not that I am against the Damon bracket as much as I am concerned with companies promoting qualities of a product with little or no evidence-based proof. Personally I see no reason to spend 3-4 times more on a bracket that is not significantly better than a standard twin bracket.
I am glad that you have the opportunity in your residency to use different types of techniques and brackets. You can decide first hand what you like, what you don't and what you want in a technique that provides the best care for your patients.
Is the technique more effective than other techniques? Is breakage and oral hygiene a problem? How is patient comfort? Are the treatment results adequate or superior? How labor intensive is it for you and your chairsides?
These are just some of the questions that you have to ask yourself.
Regarding the thesis, retrospective studies are just that. They deal with past results. I would like to see you do some type of clinical study. Let me think on that one....
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