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4 - The Oakville Beaver, F rid a y A u g u s t 22, 2003 M u lv a le th a n k s f r ie n d s f o r s u p p o r t in g h e r th r o u g h h e r ` jo u r n e y ' (C o n tin u ed from p a g e 1) "God has told me to move on," said Mulvale at the end o f the service. This particular part o f her "journey" start ed in mid-March," she said, referring to her move to her newly-renovated, spacious openconcept home. "I've been in Oakville for 31 years, and this is my fourth house and my third house blessing. The first was in 1977 when (my late husband) Peter and I came to Oakville. My second was 19 years ago." Peter Mulvale died o f malignant melanoma in 1995. Two years later, having just signed the nomination papers for the 1997 municipal election, the mayor was diag nosed with the same cancer but survived, thanks to her strong will to live and the quiet, private and dedicated care, and moral sup port, she received from four or recipient and sits on the Athena Foundation Board of Directors, five very close friends. " I've given it a lot of the Oakville Waterfront "My journey has touched reflection, and Festival and the Canadian your lives, and you have sup tomorrow I'll be ported me through my jour Cancer Society's Relay for ney," she said. registering for the Nov. Life. Her "journey" began with 10 election. The people Mulvale was acclaimed in 1991, re-elected in 1994 and establishing a day care centre will have to decide." 1997, and acclaimed in 2000. and the White Oaks Toy · Ann Mulvale She is past-president of the Library. She was elected to Town Association of Municipalities Council in 1980 and served as both a local of Ontario, was appointed to the Central and regional council until 1986. She worked Ontario Smart Growth Panel and sits on its for the United Way of Oakville as its execu Gridlock Sub-Panel. She is the only politician in the Greater Toronto Area serving on the tive director from 1986 to 1989. Following her first election as mayor in Steering committee o f the Toronto City 1988, she played a leadership role in estab Summit Alliance. Mulvale sits on the board lishing Wellspring cancer support centre, the o f directors for O ntario's Promise, Athena Awards - she was its first Oakville Wellspring, Waterfront Regeneration Trust, Community Foundation o f Oakville, Oakville Hydro and the Oakville Economic Development Alliance. "Now I'm about to begin a new page in my life. It's not automatic that I'm running again. I've given it a lot of reflection, and tomorrow I'll be registering for the Nov. 10 election. "The people will have to decide. I'm will ing to serve if the majority of the people will give me that mandate." Two candidates have already registered to run for mayor. They are Rob Burton, of the Clear the Air Coalition, who announced his candidacy in early January, and Richard Serra, of Falgarwood Drive, who registered in July. Mulvale's announcement was expect ed by some at the informal gathering that included a barbecue dinner, and caught others by surprise. Intra-Oral Video Imaging Today's intra-oral imaging systems Some of the dental conditions the can play an important role in your dentist can see with an intra-oral camera that are difficult to see with oral examination. the naked eye include: various Intra-oral video imaging involves types of oral pathology and lesions, the use of a small camera with a broken fillings and other types of fibre optic light source thafs small damaged restorations, cracked enough to be placed in the mouth. teeth, a variety of gum conditions The camera is connected to a computer system which enables and cavities in areas that are difficult to examine and reach. Y ou the images of your teeth to be may be amazed by the quality of displayed instantly on a computer these intra-oral images and their monitor at chairside, allowing you diagnostic value to your dental to see what the dentist sees inside health. your mouth. Another intriguing aspect of imag With this new computer age ing is its ability to use the computer technology, patients can actually to help predict cosmetic alterations see any problems that exist and without ever actually having to better understand the treatment touch a tooth. Using the intra-oral needed to correct them. Patients camera with the aid of special no longer need have treatment cosmetic imaging computer soft performed and not fully understand ware, the dentist can "virtually" all the reasons why. close a space between the teeth, Another benefit of this technology change the shape of a tooth, or is that these intra-oral images of see what your teeth would look like your teeth and gums can be stored after a professional tooth whitening by the computer as digital records treatment is performed. A ll this and in your file, or printed out just like a more is possible with computerized photograph using a special printer. cosmetic imaging. Your dentist or hygienist can Our goal is to inform you about access these images whenever your dental health so that you can necessary in order to compare the make educated decisions regard results of one dental examination ing your own care. The intra-oral with a previous one. camera helps patients participate This new imaging system also more fully in the oral health proc enables your dentist to transmit ess by letting them see exactly electronic copies of the images to what we see. The camera enables other dental specialists or techni the dentist to point out defects on cians, thereby improving their your teeth, or in your mouth and ability to consult on issues that helps in explaining the required may be of strategic importance to treatment during an examination. your dental health. In such in Yours for better dental health, stances, a picture is truly worth a thousand words. D e n ta l S u ro c o w * D r . 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