ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Lew, MA, DDS

aniel Lew, DDS, MA, completed his graduate training in oral and maxillofacial surgery

(OMS) in 1966 and entered private practice. He left 17 years later to pursue an academic

career. In 1983, he was appointed associate professor in the Department of OMS, University

of Missouri, Kansas City.

From 1984 to 1991, Dr. Lew served as chief and subsequently professor of OMS at Louisiana

State University, Shreveport Medical Center. In 1992, he was appointed chairman and head of the

Department of OMS at the University of Iowa, a position he relinquished in 2000 to continue his

career in teaching and clinical pursuits. In 2012, Dr. Lew retired and became professor emeritus
in

the OMS Department at the University of Iowa. During his academic career, Dr. Lew published
48

articles in refereed academic journals, 13 abstracts and 11 chapters.

Dr. Lew served the specialty in a number of capacities, including president of the AAOMS in
1993-

1994, president of the Section of Educators in 1984-1986, and chair of the Committee on
Residency

Education and Training in 1991-1992. In 1978-1981, he served on the Advisory Committee of the

American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. From 1984 to 2007, he was a manuscript
reviewer

for the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a member of its Editorial Board from 2000
to 2008.

In the service of the American Dental Association (ADA), Dr. Lew chaired the Review Committee

on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and represented the specialty on the Commission on Dental

Accreditation. He was the ADA representative on the Joint Commission’s Professional and
Technical
Advisory Committee for Ambulatory Health Care and a member of the Commission’s Medical
Staff

Chapter Workshop.

Dr. Lew represented the AAOMS on the Executive Board of the International Association of Oral

and Maxillofacial Surgeons from 1995 to 1997, and presided over the formation of its North
American

component.

Dr. Lew has been elected to a number of professional organizations, including the American
College

of Dentists, the International College of Dentists and the Dental Section of the Royal College of

Surgeons of England.

 The radiuscope is used to measure the Base Curve of a spherical contact lens. Truncation
is a cutting off the lower part of a spherical contact lens to prevent lens rotation.

 Abbe value (or abbe number) of a lens material is an objective measure of how widely the
lens disperses different wavelengths light passing through it. Lens materials with low abbe
value have high dispersion. The abbe value for polycarbonate:30, trivex:45, CR-39:58,
crown glass:59.
  Coma is the off-axis effect of spherical aberration.

 The retinoscope works on Focault’s Principle: when light is reflected from a mirror into
the eye, the direction in which the light will travel across the pupil will depend upon the
refractive state of the eye.

A 65 year-old male is referred for removal of multiple carious teeth. He requests the procedure
be
done under general anesthesia. During his pre-operative history, he states that for the past 2
years he has had increasing difficulty breathing at night and now sleeps on two pillows. He also
states that he has an occasional “fluttering” sensation in his chest. Cardiac auscultation reveals
an accentuated first heart sound with a snap. Which of the following would you suspect to be
present in this patient?
(A) Mitral stenosis
(B) Aortic stenosis
(C) Aortic regurgitation
(D) Tricuspid stenosis