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College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics
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On Friday, February 7, undergraduate students, dental students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers competed for research awards for their presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Section of the AADR. Photos of the award winners are available on the College of Dentistry website.
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Dr. Julie Reynolds and Dr. Pete Damiano have been awarded $115K to continue their project, "The Patient-Centered Dental Home: Development and dissemination of metrics for measurement and accountability.” The goal for the award is to continue to develop the Patient-Centered Dental Home model and quality measurement framework. Drs. Pete Damiano and Julie Reynolds are co-PIs, and Dr. Susan McKernan is a co-investigator on the project team.
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Pediatric Dentistry Student Group Participates in Recent Girl Scout STEM Event
The pediatric dentistry student group interacted with children at a recent Girl Scouts STEM event on February 4 at the MERF building. The dental exhibit featured an interactive beverage display where participants arranged nine beverages in ascending order of sugar content. The participants were also asked to match amounts of sugar to each of the nine beverages. Attendees enjoyed the event, and the dental student volunteers included David Rosenthal, Nathan Goodson Gregg, Shelby Rozhart, Alex Hsieh, and Kali Disterhoft.
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Both Dr. Hellstein and Dr. Levy are serving terms as commissioners for the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and as chairs of committees in their area of expertise. CODA is the national organization responsible for establishing educational standards to monitor the quality and improvement for all dental programs in the United States.
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Dr. Vinaya Kundapur Wins National Logo Contest for the Special Care Dentistry Association
The Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) held a competition to select a new logo for the organization. Dr. Vinaya Kundapur, a geriatric and special needs fellow in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, submitted the winning logo. Dr. Kanika Manchanda, national student liaison for the SCDA, said, "All of the board members loved [Dr. Kundapur's] design and are looking forward to incorporating it into the national chapter." The competition comes with a $500 prize that can help offset costs associated with attending the 2020 SCDA in San Diego.
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Two future Iowa students, Ellie Ernster and Molly O'Neill, from Sioux City started a new cookie company called "Flour Power" as part of a high school class project. Both Ellie and Mollie plan to become dentists, and they see cookie design as a small way to prepare: "People say that dentistry is where art and medicine meet," [Molly] said. "There's plenty of detail work required when you're working on teeth."
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Avila-Ortiz G, Gubler M, Romero-Bustillos M, Nicholas CL, Zimmerman MB, Barwacz CA. Efficacy of Alveolar Ridge Preservation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Dent Res. 2020 Feb 12:22034520905660. doi: 10.1177/0022034520905660. PMID: 32050833.
Elgreatly A, Mahrous A. Enhancing Student Learning in Dental Anatomy by Using Virtual Three-Dimensional Models. J Prosthodont. 2020 Feb 17. doi: 10.1111/jopr.13152. PMID: 32065435.
Xu T, Ding Y, Liang Z, Sun H, Zheng F, Zhu Z, Zhao Y, Fong Hao. Three-dimensional monolithic porous structures assembled from fragmented electrospun nanofiber mats/membranes: Methods, properties, and applications. Progress in Materials Science, published online on February 17, 2020.
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February 21, Alumni Reception at the 2020 Chicago Mid-Winter Meeting, Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
February 25, Dr. Xi Chen, How to Identify Nursing Home Residents at the End of Life in Dental Settings, Galagan C, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
March 3, Dr. Liu Hong, MicroRNA-Based Gene Therapy for Oral and Craniofacial Diseases, Galagan C, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
March 6, Dr. Howard Cowen, The New Geriatric Patient: Medical, Restorative and Prosthetic Considerations and Techniques, 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
March 13, Parrott-Stiles Free Dental Clinic Open House, 2440 Towncrest Dr., Iowa City, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
April 3, Dr. Erica Teixeira and Dr. Cristina Vidal, Treating Discolored Teeth – From Diagnosis to Bonding Implications, 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
April 30-May 2, IDEAS20: The Iowa Dental Association Annual Session, Des Moines
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