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Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, 2006 Implant Therapy in Periodontics
Speaker: Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSD Professor of Dentistry and Director, Graduate Periodontics Location: School of Dentistry This course is designed to help dentists incorporate implant dentistry, especially implant esthetics (soft tissue management around dental implants), into their daily practices. A hands-on implant placement, guide bone augmentation, and simple restorative laboratory course will be offered.
Saturday, October 7, 2006 Digital Photography in the Dental Office
Speaker: Scott Pelok, DDS Assistant Clinical Professor Location: School of Dentistry The use of digital images in dental offices has increased dramatically in recent years. This course will cover tips and techniques for achieving quality images with a digital camera, including how to choose and use a digital camera.
More information about these and other continuing dental education courses may be obtained by contacting the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Office of Continuing Dental Education at 1011 N. University Avenue, Room G508, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078 or by visiting the School of Dentistry Web site: www.dent.umich.edu. On the homepage, put your cursor on “continuing dental education” and then click.
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DentalUM magazine is published twice a year by the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Office of Alumni Relations and Continuing Dental Education. Mail letters and updates to: Jerry Mastey, Editor, School of Dentistry, Room 1205, 1011 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078. Or you may send your letters and updates via email to: jmastey@umich.edu. Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Polverini Director of External Relations and Continuing Dental Education . . . . . Richard Fetchiet Writer & Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Mastey Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Jung Photography . . . . . . Keary Campbell, Per H. Kjeldsen Member publication of the American Association of Dental Editors The Regents of the University: David A. Brandon, Laurence B. Deitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Rebecca McGowan, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio. University of Michigan School of Dentistry Alumni Society Board of Governors Terms Expire 2006: Daniel L. Edwards, ‘97, Ann Arbor, MI Gerald L. Howe, ‘61, Monroe, MI Gary R. Hubbard, ‘78, Okemos, MI Michel S. Nasif, ‘72, Lansing, MI Janet Souder Wilson, ‘73 DH, Northville, MI Terms Expire 2007: Samuel Bander, ’81, Grand Rapids, MI Richard L. Pascoe, ’70, Traverse City, MI Susan Pritzel, ’67 DH, Ann Arbor, MI Terry Timm, ’71, Saline, MI Josephine Weeden, ’96, ’99, Saline, MI Terms Expire 2008: William E. Brownscombe, ‘74, St. Clair Shores, MI (chair) John R. McMahon, ‘82, Grand Rapids, MI George M. Yellich, ‘72, Los Gatos, CA Harold Zald, ‘79, West Bloomfield, MI Jemma Allor, ‘00, Dental Hygiene, Mt. Clemens, MI Student Representative: Casey Tenniswood (D3) Ex Officio Members: Peter Polverini, Dean Janet Souder Wilson, ‘73, DH, Northville, MI Alumni Association Liaison Steve C. Grafton , Executive Director, Alumni Assoc. Richard R. Fetchiet, Director of External Relations and Continuing Dental Education
The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex*, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Equity and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator, Office for Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1432. (734) 763-0235, T.T.Y. (734) 647-1388. For other University of Michigan information, call (734) 764-1817.
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Planning for
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What will the School of Dentistry be like ten years from now? How do we measure up against other dental schools? What sets us apart from our peers and makes us unique? What are our strengths? Weaknesses? What are we doing about them? These are just some of the questions our administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni have been thinking about for some time and are addressing. For more than a year, a committee of 21 individuals led by Dr. George Taylor has been reviewing our programs and activities and has been asking everyone in the School to help develop a roadmap for the future. Their work, which includes a strategic self-assessment that will lead to the creation of a vision statement, is the cover story of this issue of DentalUM. Please take time to read about what is now taking place. Whether you are an alumnus or alumnae of the School, a staff member, member of the faculty, or a student, you will find this effort is important for several reasons. First and foremost, it is driven from the bottom up, not the top down. I think it’s important that those who are affiliated with the School have a voice in determining our future direction. The committee is actively soliciting ideas from everyone throughout the School. This initiative is important for another reason. Given the financial realities of the times, I think it’s important that we consider everything. Consequently, we are starting with a blank slate. If you have any thoughts or ideas, please e-mail them to Dr. Taylor at gwt@umich.edu. He will share them with other committee members. The stories on pages 8 to 14 describe what has been taking place. I will keep you posted, in my quarterly e-newsletters and future issues of this magazine, about our progress. Sincerely,
Peter J. Polverini, Dean
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COVER STORY
8 Which Direction? Strategic Self-Assessment
What will the School of Dentistry be like in the future? A 21-member committee of faculty, students, staff and alumni has been taking a critical look and asking everyone throughout the School for their opinions and ideas that will lead to creating a “roadmap for the future.” A strategic self-assessment is underway. Afterwards, a vision statement and a set of strategic imperatives will be developed. 8 – Looking to the Future 12 – Polverini Says Change Coming to the School of Dentistry 14 – New Dental Scholars Program Ready to Begin
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FEATURES
4 New Orleans Woman “Overwhelmed” by Kindness at Dental School
A New Orleans woman who lost her home and possessions to Hurricane Katrina will always remember her student dentist, Meredith Wangerin, x-ray technician Tonia Taylor, and others at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry who helped her when she was in Ann Arbor.
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Addressing Needs…the Internationally Trained Dentist Program
A program to help internationally trained dentists earn a dental degree in the U.S. is beginning its second year at the School of Dentistry. After earning their degree, these dentists may practice in communities that need dentists, or enter academic dentistry.
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Building a Pagoda…in Beijing
It was built by hand…literally, from the ground up...as workers carried materials and supplies 1,000 feet to a mountaintop in China. Six months after work began on his pagoda, the School of Dentistry’s Rui-Feng Wang returned last fall to Beijing to help celebrate its dedication and the realization of a life-long dream.
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Alumni Profile: The Doctors McIntosh – Harry, Rebecca, and Timothy
Dr. Harry McIntosh’s love of the dental profession so captivated his daughter Rebecca when she was in high school that she started working for her father as a dental assistant and later earned a dental degree from U-M in 1990. She passed along her enthusiasm to her brother, Timothy, who earned his DDS two years later. Both now run the Ann Arbor dental practice their father established after he earned his dental degree from U-M fifty years ago.
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Although he could have chosen almost any place in the world, Professor Niklaus “Klaus” Lang returned to U-M for his four-month sabbatical because, as he put it, “I wanted to come back to my roots.”
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Faculty Profile — Dr. Lynn Johnson
If you talk to Dr. Lynn Johnson you may be surprised to learn that after graduating from college she spent five years in Iowa teaching children with learning and emotional disabilities. What she learned in those early jobs has helped her as the School’s director of Dental Informatics.
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Children’s Oral Health – More Vigilance Needed
For the past two years, Dr. Marita Inglehart and colleagues from the pediatric dental clinic at Mott Children’s Health Center in Flint have been collecting data from nearly 4,000 students at 35 kindergarten and elementary schools in Flint and Genesee County. There were some surprising results.
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One hundred and ten members of the Class of 2009 were officially inducted into the dental profession during the School of Dentistry’s annual White Coat Ceremony.
DEPARTMENTS
33 45 49 Faculty News Department Update: Biologic and Materials Sciences Development
49 – Nearly $1.5 Million in New Gifts and Pledges 54 – How to Make Your Will More Personal and Effective 56 – Homecoming Weekend 2006 62 – High-Tech Preclinic Excites Alums 63 – 6 Inducted into Hall of Honor
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71 – Mistretta New Associate Dean for Research 71 – Dental School Researcher Awarded $100,000 for Cancer Research 73 – Starving Cells that Promote Cancer 75 – Research Day 77 – NIDCR Executive: “Research Important to Dental Students”
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79 – 100% Participation by DH Class of 2006 80 – DH Students Help Give Kids a Smile 80 – “Many Doors of Opportunity Open to You” Says ADHA President 83 – THE Dental Hygiene Textbook 84 – Tondrowski Inducted into Hall of Honor
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However, one can only appreciate Cancienne’s experiences by knowing something about her life prior to Katrina and prior to coming to Ann Arbor. The home she and her husband, Fred, built in 1947 was destroyed by the hurricane. In 2001, she lost a daughter to cancer. Two years later, her husband of 55 years died. “Over the years, we shared that home and our lives with our five children, fourteen grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren,” she wrote in a letter to the School. Since the home was not damaged by previous hurricanes, “I was determined that I would never leave. Then came Katrina.”
Marie Cancienne of New Orleans said she will always remember the oral health care provided by fourth-year dental student Meredith Wangerin and others during the time she was in Ann Arbor.
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will always remember her as one of the highlights of my clinical experiences at the School of Dentistry,” said fourth-year dental student Meredith Wangerin as she reflected on how she was able to help one of her patients, a New Orleans woman, who lost her home and possessions to Hurricane Katrina. The 79-year-old woman, Marie Cancienne, will also fondly remember Wangerin and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
The Long Road to Ann Arbor The day before the hurricane struck, Cancienne left New Orleans for an apartment complex in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with her son, Fred Jr., and his wife. In mid-September, she went to Memphis, Tennessee, to live with another son, Arthur. In October, Cancienne’s niece, Kathleen, invited her to live in Ann Arbor “as long as necessary.” Weary from losing a home, her possessions, her friends and neighbors to the hurricane, Cancienne
“I am so overwhelmed at the kindness of everyone I have encountered at your very fine school.”
When Cancienne arrived in Ann Arbor last October to be with her niece, Kathleen Buchmann, she never dreamed what would happen during the next five months. Dental students, an x-ray technician, faculty, and staff made memories for Cancienne that she will always cherish. needed help again. This time it was to find someone who could fix her broken dentures. Buchmann’s mother recommended the U-M School of Dentistry. When she arrived for her initial visit last October, x-ray technician Tonia Taylor greeted
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Cancienne and led her to a cubicle in the PAES Clinic. After reading her x-rays and dental history, Dr. Juan Johnson, a staff dentist in the clinic, introduced Cancienne to Wangerin who was available because a patient failed to show for an appointment. Several other visits followed. During those appointments, Cancienne compiled a list of people who helped her and stopped to talk to her. In her letter to the School, she praised by name Drs. Preetha Kanjirath, Rodrigo Neiva, James Schindler, Daler Tarrazzi, and Keith Yohn. A Final Check-Up and Goodbyes On February 22, Cancienne visited the School for a final check-up prior to leaving for suburban New Orleans. As Wangerin greeted her outside the PAES Clinic, Cancienne said, “I have met so many beautiful people here, including this darling young lady,” she said of her student dentist. Taylor, the x-ray technician, also stopped by to say goodbye. “This lovely lady is so full of hope, so full of inspiration, and so full of life, and I’m so happy that she allowed me to adopt her as my grandmother,” Taylor said of Cancienne. “I lost my grandparents when I was young and to now have her as my adopted grandmother is more than words can say.” Leaving the building, Cancienne said she would always remember Ann Arbor, especially those at the School of Dentistry. “I will always remember the kindness of everyone here at this wonderful dental school,” she said. “Nothing was too much for anyone. Everyone was so gracious. They all made me feel important, like I was somebody special,” she said.
“I was privileged to meet so many lovely people there. …I felt lost, and they helped me to feel at home.”
“I was so overwhelmed at the kindness of everyone I have encountered at your very fine school. I felt lost, and they helped me to feel at home.” Wangerin said Cancienne enriched everyone’s life. “Even though she lost so much, I was always amazed with her positive demeanor and her independence. She made everyone around her smile,” Wangerin said. She recalled how, after every appointment, Cancienne “always went out of her way to thank me and the instructors who helped her. It’s that feeling of being able to help someone like Marie and experience the joy of helping her to smile again that made me want to enter the dental profession.” Buchmann said her aunt enjoyed visiting Ann Arbor for other reasons. Sledding for the First Time Without missing a beat, Cancienne said, “For the first time in 79 years, I went sledding while I was here. That was fun.” Smiling, Buchmann said that, “on occasion, she was like a kid. She even tried to ride my nine-year-old daughter’s bike a couple of times and fell, but got back up. But I had to tell her ‘no more’ after a while because I didn’t want to have to take her to the hospital for any serious injuries.” Although Cancienne has returned to Louisiana, “You can be certain that my thoughts and thanks will be with the U of M,” she said.
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staff members volunteered to help that day,” said fourth-year dental student Aimee Snell, one of the organizers of the event at the School. “As students, we’re always looking for ways to help people,” she said, “and it was gratifying to see so many students and faculty members involved.” Students Enthused Students said they enjoyed the opportunity to serve. Kris Devers, a first-year dental student who
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Five-year-old Minyoung Jung surprised dental student D Lipton when she began avid smiling and laughing as he checked her lymph nodes during the Give Kids a Smile program at the School of D entistry earlier this year.
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During the annual Give Kids a Smile program in early February, one five-year-old girl gave second-year dental student David Lipton and first-year dental student Julia Chung a moment they will remember for a long time. “I was performing an extra-oral exam on the girl, and as I began feeling her lymphnodes, she began to smile and laugh,” said Lipton. “It was something that was totally unexpected because most children, from what I know, aren’t like that.” The program, sponsored by the American Dental Association, was a part of national Children’s Dental Health Month. Forty children from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and surrounding communities received care during the half-day program held in a clinic on the third floor at the School of Dentistry. Treatments included oral exams, sealants, restorations, and other services. “More than sixty dental and dental hygiene students, twelve faculty members and several
Six-year-old Olleta Vickentertained first-year dental students Kris D evers (left) and Phyllis Odoom at the registration desk.
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Knowing what to expect is important for youngsters visiting a dentist. H third-year dental student Annelise Preslan invites three-year-old ere, Ciara Beveridge to feel the spinning of the rotary brush so that she knows it won’t hurt once it’s inside her mouth.
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First-year dental students (left to right) Madeline Masteller, D Chang, iane and Roua Al-Rawi were among those participating in the Give Kids a Smile program.
150 at Dental Health Day
“My expectations were more than exceeded,” said fourth-year dental student Ben Wickstra following this year’s Dental Health Day at the School of Dentistry. “It was gratifying to see so many of us working as a team to help those who came to see us.” About 150 patients from across Michigan, some from as far away as Kalamazoo, came to the School in mid February to receive a range of free oral health care services. More than 50 dental and dental hygiene students, seven faculty members, and several staff members participated in the day-long program. Patients received an oral screening, free x-rays, oral cancer screenings, tooth decay exams, and instructions on how to maintain good oral health. “For me individually and for us collectively, this event was an opportunity for dental and dental hygiene students to serve the community applying what we have learned in classrooms and clinics,”Wickstra said. “It also gave us an opportunity to learn more about the needs of those in various communities and how we might be able to serve them in the future.”
assisted at the registration desk, said “I try to stay as involved as much as I possibly can outside of class, and I thought this would be a great opportunity to do that.” Another first-year student who assisted Devers, Phyllis Odoom, agreed. “One of the reasons I came to dental school was to have opportunities to help those who are in need. This was a perfect way to do that,” she said. Second-year dental student Jennifer Stolz agreed. “I volunteered because I love working with kids and this was a great opportunity to do that,” she said. Matt VanderLaan, another first-year dental student, said, “I’m always interested in getting involved and doing things like this that can help people.” “It’s a great way to help out, to see what happens, and to learn,” said first-year dental student Madeline Masteller. Snell also thanked the Washtenaw District Dental Society for their support which helped to make the program a success.
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strategic self-assessment Looking to the Future School Conducting
What will the School of Dentistry be like ten years from now? What are its most significant strengths? What can be done to enhance those? What are its weaknesses? What’s being done to address those? What are the most challenging issues now facing the School? How is it dealing with them? How does the School measure up against other dental schools? What sets it apart from its peers and makes it unique?
hose are some of the questions School of Dentistry faculty, staff, students, and alumni have been investigating and discussing for more than a year. Since March 2005, a 21-member committee of faculty, students, and staff has been taking a critical look at the School and asking everyone throughout the School for their opinions and ideas. The committee, the Strategic Assessment Facilitating Committee, will use the information to develop a “roadmap for the future.” in detail after the strategic self-assessment is completed, is a ‘blue sky’ outline of what the School could look like.” During a series of meetings with faculty, staff, and students last fall, Dean Peter Polverini said, “We’re starting with a blank slate and want everyone involved in having a say in the School’s future.” A Challenge from U-M Administrators Early last year, the School of Dentistry was
“We’re starting with a blank slate and want everyone involved in having a say in the School’s future.” Dean Peter Polverini
The roadmap will include three major elements: a strategic self-assessment, a vision statement, and a set of strategic imperatives, or critical action steps, to achieve the vision. These will ultimately affect administrators, faculty, staff, and students. “The strategic self-assessment and the vision statement are intertwined,” said Dennis Lopatin, the School’s senior associate dean. “The strategic self-assessment process will lead to a vision statement. The vision, which will be articulated
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challenged by U-M administrators “to take a clear-eyed look at its intellectual directions and priorities, its strengths and weaknesses, and its comparative advantages over other institutions.” Two of the university’s academic units conduct such assessments annually, meaning each school or college assesses itself about once every ten years. However, when necessary, the process can be conducted sooner as part of an accreditation or other review. The dean of a school or college leads the process. The provost’s office provides oversight and works with the dean’s office or other groups outside the particular academic unit. When completed, the lengthy self-review process is designed to serve as a benchmark to help guide decision making at the School. It may also lead to further collaboration among other schools and colleges on campus. In addition, University leaders (president, provost, and others) learn more about the significant issues, choices, and trade-offs facing the School. A Vision As the School’s chief executive, Polverini presented an outline of what his vision might include during the School’s annual convocation ceremony last fall. Important elements of that are noted in the sidebar on this page. “We have a unique opportunity to reshape and transform the dental school and to discover new opportunities,” he said. Mentioning its “hard-earned reputation as a visionary institution, the need to look ahead is critical,” he continued. Citing the tough economic times Michigan is facing, Polverini said, “If we are to thrive in the future, we will have to make some tough choices
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Dr. George Taylor leads the School’s Strategic Assessment F acilitating Committee.
Vision Statement
Possible New Initiatives and Directions
• Make some changes to educational programs to meet the oral health needs of the next generation of consumers. • More interdisciplinary education, self-directed learning, and leadership training. • Expand community outreach programs. • Develop traditional and nontraditional educational alliances. • Establish a U-M Scholars Program in D Leadership. ental • Integrate biomedical and clinical sciences. • Integrate research with the predoctoral and postgraduate curricula. • Targeted investments in stem cell biology, nanotechnology, and neuroscience. • Expand investigator-initiated translational and clinical research. • Develop stronger corporate partnerships. • Explore developing collaborative programs between dentistry and engineering and other programs.
during the coming years, as we may not be able to sustain every program and initiative.” He urged faculty, staff, administrators, and students “to continue to take risks that will dramatically change our educational and patient care programs, our research enterprise, and, at the most fundamental level, our organizational structure.” Strategic Assessment Dr. George Taylor leads the Strategic Assessment Facilitating Committee (SAFCo). The self-assessment is an opportunity for the School to evaluate its successes in meeting previous goals. But the self-assessment is also forward-looking – encouraging everyone to think about future goals, any obstacles to achieving those goals, and more. Unlike earlier self-assessments, this one is different. “It’s a bottom-up approach, not a top-down approach,” Taylor said. “It’s a unique opportunity for everyone at the dental school to have a say in shaping the School’s future.” Taylor said the
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What’s Happened*
• Meeting with Provost’s Office (February 2005) • Strategic Assessment Committee formed (March 2005) • Vision Statement possibilities outlined (September 2005) • Strategic Assessment process presented to faculty, staff, students (September 2005) • Focus Group meetings with staff, faculty, and students (since November 2005) to get feedback on three major questions: - What is the most compelling topic that should be discussed/addressed if the School is to be a leader in dental education? - What changes would you like to see made? - What changes are needed if the School is to make a major leap in its educational programs, infrastructure, culture, service, etc.? • Topic-specific discussion groups (January to March 2006) focusing on curriculum, research, clinical operations, organizational structure, external relations, etc. • A School-wide survey of faculty, staff, and students about the School’s climate and culture (March 2006).
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committee “wants to hear comments, ideas, and suggestions from everyone throughout the School on what they think is important to us and what we need to do if we are to continue to succeed and thrive in the future.” Several approaches are being taken to try to involve everyone, he said. One is school-wide meetings, such as those held last September when students, faculty, and staff were introduced to the process and had a chance to ask questions. Another approach includes focus group meetings on general and specific topics. Groups are discussing eight key subjects: clinical operations, the curriculum, research, external relationships, students, staff, faculty, and organizational structure. “We are asking individuals in a particular group or area to comment about what’s important to them and their unit and what they would like to see happen in the future,” Taylor said. In addition, committee members have been submitting questions and comments using e-mail. Comments and suggestions are also collected from “suggestion boxes” scattered throughout the School. Questions being asked include: What is the most compelling topic of conversation you think should be discussed if the School is to be a leader in dental education? If you had the power to make changes, what proposal would you make? If the School is to make a quantum leap in its educational programs, organization, infrastructure, culture, service, etc., what would it take? “These different approaches to gathering comments, ideas, questions, and suggestions give us insight into what the important issues are here at the School,” Taylor said. “We will use
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this information to develop a plan.” In addition to collecting information and sharing it, Taylor said SAFCo is evaluating qualitative and quantitative information, obtaining insights and information from the U-M community outside the School of Dentistry, and plans to solicit comments from those outside the University. What’s Next? Once the information is gathered, Taylor said the committee plans to develop a set of “strategic imperatives” by late spring or early summer. He said those would be shared with everyone at the School and two separate external advisory committees. One group will consist of knowledgeable faculty from other U-M academic units; the other from “other outstanding institutions.” Both groups will study the information and the self-assessment report, discuss them with committee members and University administrators, and identify possible obstacles and opportunities the School may face. SAFCo will share the outcome of the external review with everyone at the dental school. Afterwards, the School’s leadership will meet with the University’s president, provost, and other U-M executives to build consensus on how to proceed. When the process ends, a report will be issued that lays out the future direction of the School and the reasons for choosing those directions. The report will be distributed to School faculty members and to the U-M president and provost. The results will also be shared with the School’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni. “We hope to do that by the end of this year or early next year at the latest,” Taylor said.
Committee Members
A 21-member committee of administrators, faculty, staff, and alumni is guiding the strategic assessment.
Dr. George Taylor (Chair) • Alicia Baker • Dr. Dennis Fasbinder • Dr. Mark Fitzgerald • Dr. Donald Heys • Dr. Lynn Johnson • Dr. Darnell Kaigler (periodontics resident) • Dr. Paul Krebsbach • Dr. Dennis Lopatin (ex-officio) • Diane McFarland • Dr. Rodrigo Neiva • Dr. Jacques Nör • Dean Peter Polverini • Cheryl Quiney • Dr. Susan Guest (orthodontics resident) • Dr. Charles Shelburne • Dr. Jeffrey Shotwell • Dr. Sam Zwetchkenbaum • Dr. Raymond Gist (alumnus) • Suzanne Fournier (dental student) • Fernando Urzua (dental student)
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ean Peter Polverini outlined a vision for the School of Dentistry “as an innovative educational institution and a leader in research and discovery.” His remarks to faculty, students, and staff last fall about what the School could look like were delivered during the second annual Convocation Ceremony at the Mendelssohn Theater in the Michigan League. Citing a challenge from University of Michigan administrators “to take a cleareyed look at our intellectual directions and priorities, our strengths and weaknesses, and our comparative advantages over our peer institutions,” Polverini said there is a unique opportunity “to reshape and transform the dental school and to discover new opportunities.” Mentioning its “hard-earned reputation
as a visionary institution,” Polverini said the need to look ahead is critical. “If we are to thrive in the future, we will have to make some tough choices during the coming years, as we may not be able to sustain every program and initiative.” He urged faculty, students, and staff to continue “to take risks that will dramatically change our educational and patient care programs, our research enterprise, and, at the most fundamental level, our organizational structure.” Educational Program Changes Polverini called for some changes to the School’s educational programs so students are “well prepared to meet the oral health needs of the next generation of consumers.”
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One possible change could involve interdisciplinar y education, self-directed learning, and leadership. “We need to encourage our best students to embrace a more selfdirected program of education that celebrates independent thinking,” he said. To develop a financially sustainable model of clinical education in times of more limited state funding Polverini said, “We need to look at more cost effective and efficient ways of delivering our educational programs.” He said options could include building on the Vertically Integrated Clinical education program, expanding the School’s presence in community clinics, and developing “traditional and nontraditional educational alliances.” He also said a new Dental Scholars Leadership Program would be introduced. The four-year program for predoctoral and dental hygiene students will include a series of individual projects “in which students will examine critical issues that affect oral health education, the delivery of oral health care, and interdisciplinary education,” he said. [See page 14.] Polverini also cited a need to explore educational innovations that include “the integration of the biomedical and clinical sciences” as well as possibly restructuring the dental curriculum “to give students a greater amount of time to experience other educational opportunities while they are dental students.” For example, he said, in the fourth year of their education, dental students might be able to explore various disciplines including health disparities, public health dentistry, preventive and diagnostic sciences, primary and specialized oral health care, and research. The Role of Research Research and discover y will continue to be important to the School of Dentistry, he said. “There must be a serious integration of the scientific enterprise with the DDS and postgraduate curricula. A failure to seriously implement evidence-based dentistry into the day-to-day life of a student will impede the development of the well-educated dental practitioner.” Polverini called for “a further strengthening of the basic research programs with targeted investments in stem cell biology, nanotechnology, and neuroscience,” expanding investigatorinitiated translational and clinical research, developing stronger industrial partnerships, and exploring the development of a collaborative program between dentistry and engineering to encourage self-directed learning and preclinical restorative skills. Saying the School has a responsibility to help the underserved throughout Michigan, Polverini said outreach opportunities give students opportunities to expand their cultural awareness as well as work in a team setting to provide oral health care. To sustain dental education will require the School to consider “other financing strategies,” Polverini said. One possible approach he said was developing a closer partnership with the U-M Health System “and consider privatizing selected graduate-level clinical operations.” Polverini said the School’s strategic assessment, now underway, will give everyone an opportunity to help shape the future of the School and perhaps dentistry itself.
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When he became Dean of the School of Dentistry, Dr. Peter Polverini said one of his goals was to develop an honors program for a select group of highly motivated students. In his message in the School’s 2003 annual report, Polverini outlined it as a customized program of education. “These students will also interact with colleagues at other schools and colleges on our campus,” he wrote, “not just our traditional partners such as medicine or public health, but also those at the business school, the law school, or art and design, to name a few.” He said the program could, “over time, create new disciplines of study. I also believe the program has the potential to develop the next generation of educators, scholars, researchers, and leaders who could become pioneers in the dental profession.” The program is becoming reality. Known as the University of Michigan’s Scholars Program in Dental Leadership (UM-SPDL), the program will bring together a select number of exceptional students and help them develop both a leadership mindset and the skills that will allow them to leverage their dental expertise to become leaders in education, research, business, politics, law, or other areas. According to the director of the program, Dr. Russell Taichman, the program will complement, not replace, the current curriculum. It will also include a customized “capstone experience” for each student who will participate in teams that will address a problem in research, policy, practice, or education. Between 15 and 20 dental and dental hygiene students, from all classes, will be admitted to the program. After the first year, the program will grow to meet student demand. More information about the program, including who will be selected, will appear in a future issue of DentalUM.
Dr. Russell Taichman is the D irector of the Scholars Program in D Leadership. ental
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From Good to Great… New Program Seeks to Develop Better Managers
school administrators What makes a good participated in four boss a great boss? The Building Great Places workshops focusing on As we reflect on our the qualities of a great careers, undoubtedly to Work project, is part of boss. Discussions focused there have been instances an effort to develop and on leadership and change, where we have worked leadership competencies, for an individual who, cultivate an environment building trust, and team at one time or another, where every one of leadership. prompted us to say to our staff members can “The workshop results a colleague or family and the earlier efforts member, “This person is a perform at their best. enabled us to develop great boss to work for.” a School-wide program Recently, the U-M that we rolled out earlier School of Dentistry, in collaboration with the University’s Department this year,” Pryor said. Approximately 80 of Human Resources, launched a program to help faculty and staff members with supervisory dental school supervisors develop the leadership responsibilities participated. As this issue of DentalUM was going to skills they need to become “great” bosses. The program, called “The Building Great press, more than 250 School of Dentistry staff Places to Work” project, “is part of an effort to members were participating in a retreat to help develop and cultivate an environment where them to achieve excellence in their work, their every one of our staff members can perform at interpersonal interactions, and to become more their best,” said Tina Pryor, the dental school’s proactive in their professional development. Pryor said the staff retreat “will also help human resources director. “We want to give supervisors the tools they need to become supervisors realize the importance of having better managers as well as further their career a positive influence on their staff. The more development, and make the dental school an we engage staff and show our appreciation, the more they enjoy coming to work, and the even better place to work.” Pryor said preliminary work on the project more they excel,” she added. “When supervisors began early last year when data about the develop their leadership skills, they become qualities of great bosses was collected during better supervisors who can motivate and inspire meetings. Additional data was gathered from staff to do their best. In turn, the School is transformed from a good place to work to a great surveys and e-mail. During the summer, a group of dental place to work.”
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Addressing Needs…
What the School’s Internationally
A program to help internationally trained dentists earn a dental degree in the U.S. is beginning its second year of operation at the U-M School of Dentistry.
he Internationally Trained Dentist Program (ITDP) is designed to give these dentists the training and information they need in an accelerated program of study that allows them to receive a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from U-M. Afterwards, they have the same career and practice opportunities as all U-M dental school graduates. They will be eligible to take state and regional licensing examinations, practice dentistry in various settings, and/or pursue an academic career. Dr. Marilyn Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs, said she and other administrators talked to officials at other dental schools with similar programs prior to beginning this initiative. “This is an important program for these dentists and for us,” she said. “Although they have earned a dental degree in another country, they can’t practice in Michigan until they pass the Northeast Regional Board (NERB) or other licensing exams and get their dental degree from a university in this country.” Lantz was emphatic about another point. “The students admitted to this program do not, in any way, shape, or form compete with our first- and second-year students for space or educational or physical resources,” she said. “The students in the new program,” she added, “have expressed a strong desire to come here and have demonstrated a commitment to bettering themselves and helping others.”
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What It Is…How It Works ITDP is basically a continuous two-year course of study. Students participate in a rigorous course of classroom and clinical instruction that covers 24 consecutive months instead of the 10 terms over 44 months that make up the regular predoctoral instruction. They do not take any time off during the summer. The international students pay the same for their education as do out-of-state students in the current program, approximately $60,000 annually in tuition and fees. No scholarships are awarded. After successfully completing an intensive, four-month summer term, the international students join third-year dental students to complete the final two years of the predoctoral curriculum. They spend two additional months during the summer between their third and fourth years taking courses and working in clinics, including rotations at community outreach sites. They receive their dental degree during spring graduation ceremonies if they have completed all program requirements. Intense Competition With no advertising, other than information that was posted on the dental school’s Web site, the program attracted applications from 105 individuals worldwide last year. Twenty-four applicants were interviewed. More than twice as many, 214, applied for the second year of the program. Of those, 27 individuals were invited to come to the School of Dentistry in January for two days of interviews, tests, and a laboratory bench examination. Eight were ultimately selected to participate in the program that begins in May.
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Jerry Mastey
“The number of individuals who have applied for this program shows not only the demand for the program, but also the level of desire to obtain the degree specifically from the University of Michigan,” said Dr. Dennis Fasbinder, director of the international program. In addition to being proficient in the English language, applicants must submit proof of having graduated from dental school; transcripts of their dental school, college, or university course work; three letters of recommendation, and two essays. One letter of recommendation is required from the dean of their dental school; a second from a former dental instructor; and the third, from someone who can attest to the applicant’s personal character and dental skills. In one essay, applicants are asked to describe their dental experiences in detail since graduating from dental school; in the other, their professional goals. A 13-member committee of School of Dentistry faculty members and administrators reviews the information. The Interview Process During the course of two days, applicants are involved in a series of interviews and are also given a four-hour preclinical bench test, including a series of cavity preparations and restorations. They also take a series of “mini monitored interviews” (MMI) with administrators and faculty members. These interviews are designed to demonstrate if the students can think on their feet. Each student is given a series of cards that describes a situation and is then asked to discuss the situation with an interviewer. Questions deal with issues involving the dental profession, such as the increase in cosmetic elective
procedures, looming shortages of dentists in certain geographical areas, or concerns voiced in some communities about mercury disposal. Or they may be asked to discuss a specific aspect of their professional background. The third formal assessment is the Objectively Structured Clinical Examination that assesses clinical reasoning skills. A series of situations they are likely to encounter in a general dental practice are given to the applicant who is asked to comment. The exam measures their competence in patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning, patient management skills, and communication skills. Program Outcomes After earning their degree to practice dentistry and passing licensing examinations, Lantz said she and other School administrators hope the internationally trained dentists will practice in communities where there are shortages of dentists, or enter academic dentistry, or even work with dentists who are about to retire and want someone to take over their practice.
DD F r. ennis asbinder, clinical professor of dentistry, describes the Objectively Structured Clinical Exam for 27students who participated in tests for the School’s Internationally Trained D Program. entist
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Frequently
The U.S. Surgeon General’s pioneering report on oral health in America, issued in May 2000, points out the challenges facing dentistry. The report noted: “It appears that the absolute number of active dentists will decline after 2000. In part, this drop reflects the retirement of older dentists (estimated to range from 2,500 to over 4,300 per year between 1996 and 2021) with insufficient numbers of new graduates (estimated at about 4,000 per year) replacing them.” A similar warning appeared in the March 2001 issue of the American Student Dental Association’s ASDA News. Citing a report from the American Dental Education Association, Dental Faculty Shortages Increase, an Update on Future Dental School Faculty, the article mentioned that about 400 fullyfunded dental faculty positions remain open nationwide with more than 75 percent being in undergraduate clinical disciplines: “Ultimately, in a confluence of dire consequences, the faculty shortage threatens the health of the public. Without adequate numbers of qualified faculty, dental schools simply cannot educate sufficient numbers of practitioners to meet the oral health needs of the public.” “This program is part of our School’s efforts to help address some of the challenges that are upon us,” Lantz said. “It’s imperative we act now. This program is one way of doing that.” What is the Internationally Trained Dentist Program? Begun in May 2005, the program is a continuous, two-year course of study for internationally trained dentists. They have already received extensive dental education and are licensed to practice in their home countries. These students have come to Michigan to earn their U.S. dental degree so they can ultimately teach or practice in this country. Why was this program created at the U-M School of Dentistry? The program was created to help participants earn a dental degree so they may become educators in dental schools and/or practitioners in this country. We want these graduates to contribute to our state and national dental workforce and to help alleviate the shortage of dentists that is anticipated as many dentists begin to retire in the near future. Do these students compete with our first- and second-year dental students for space? No, they do not. Students in the ITDP program do not compete with students for admission to the U-M School of Dentistry’s predoctoral program. Why is that? Positions in the first and second years depend on the number of lab spaces available in the School’s preclinical laboratories. However, during the third and fourth years, the number of positions depends on the number of clinical chairs that are available. Since there are significantly more clinical chairs available than lab spaces, that is why the dental school can accept more students during the third year without affecting first- or second-year enrollments.
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Do these students receive scholarships? No, they do not. Students in the ITDP program must pay all tuition and fees, approximately $60,000 annually. What is the term of study for those in the program? The ITDP program is 24 consecutive months of study compared to 10 terms over 44 months for students in the dental program. Those admitted in May 2005 became a part of the third-year dental class that fall. What do these students do? They complete the same accredited dental curriculum that other predoctoral students complete. All participate in classroom education and patient care. All must pass competency examinations that our first- and second-year dental students take. They must also successfully complete the third and fourth years of our predoctoral program and must meet the same graduation requirements as our predoctoral students. How many applied for the program? How many were interviewed? How many were eventually selected? One hundred five applied last year and 214 applied for this year’s program. Twenty-four were interviewed last year and 27 were interviewed this year. Eight students were chosen both years. Why only eight? Clinical facilities and suppor t could easily accommodate this number of students in the predoctoral clinics. Predoctoral class sizes were not decreased to accommodate these students. How are participants chosen? A competitive application process is followed by two days of rigorous interviews. Each participates in three formal assessments that demonstrate their knowledge and clinical skills and that they possess the personal qualities that are important to be a successful dentist in the U.S. What are the three formal assessments? One is a preclinical “bench test” where several dental procedures on a typodont must be completed within four hours. The second is a series of “mini monitored interviews” with administrators and faculty members. These interviews show the ability of the students to think on their feet. Each is given a card that describes a situation and then asked to comment. Or they may be asked to discuss a specific section of their professional background. The third formal assessment is the Objectively Structured Clinical Examination which assesses clinical reasoning skills. Each may be given an example of patient situations they are likely to encounter in a general dental practice and asked to comment. Or they may have to perform certain tasks. This exam measures their competence in patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning, patient management skills, and communication skills. Do other dental schools have this type of program? Yes, there are 11 other dental schools with similar programs elsewhere in the country. Some of these programs at those schools have been accepting international students for more than 15 or 20 years.
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Dental School Staffer Builds
Photo courtesy of Rui-Feng Wang
At the entrance to the pagoda he built on a mountaintop in Beijing are Rui-F Wang and eng his wife, Chu-Chiang Ling Wang, following dedication ceremonies last fall. Above them is a sign with the name of the pagoda, The View of My Home Village. The column on the right reads: On the mountaintop, under the clear moon and in a calm wind. The column on the left reads: From the place far away, sincerely missing my home village in my dream.
Academy of China where he conducted genetic research. He returns to China every year to visit friends. “A Very Special Place” When he was teaching in Beijing, Wang said he often sat at the foot of the mountains. “It’s always been a very special place for me,” he said. “But it looks much different now than it did back in the 1960s when I taught at the university. Then, there were no trees because they were destroyed during the war between China and Japan. But after the war, trees were planted. Now it’s a beautiful park.” The war’s devastation made a lasting impression on Wang.
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t was built by hand…literally, from the ground up. No nails or screws were used. Materials and supplies, including blocks of granite for the foundation, were carried 1,000 feet up a mountain by workers in Beijing, China. Work on Rui-Feng Wang’s pagoda began April 8, 2005. Six months later, on October 12, he returned to Beijing to help celebrate its dedication and the realization of a life-long dream. How the pagoda was built…and why…is something Wang is more than happy to discuss with anyone inside or outside the School of Dentistry. Of course, he’s also delighted to show you his pictures. A research lab specialist in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, Wang came to Ann Arbor in 1979 from the Natural Science
Although nails, bolts, or screws were not used to build the pagoda, workers did use some modern tools to cut wood.
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“One of my dreams was to build a pagoda there, as a symbol for world peace,” he said. He often mentioned his dream to family and friends. Encouraged by their response, Wang returned the money he earned at U-M to Beijing to hire an engineer to design the pagoda. “I wanted it to be very small, for a couple of people. But the engineer, architect, and workers were so enthusiastic that it turned out to be much larger than I planned,” he said with a smile. The craftsmanship and the traditional paintings that decorate the pagoda are remarkable. Pictures on these pages show the pagoda during various phases of construction. The structure, nearly 25 feet high and 21 feet wide, was formally dedicated on October 12, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Rui-Feng Wang
More than 200 people attended the dedication ceremony at the top of the mountain, four times the number Wang expected. Since then thousands have visited the pagoda and enjoyed a view of the Chinese capital. A map embedded in stone helps visitors locate their neighborhood. Wang won’t say what he spent to build the pagoda. “It’s not about the money, it’s about making people happy,” he insisted. He also resisted the temptation to name the pagoda after himself, as one of his colleagues in Beijing suggested. Instead, he named it, “The View of My Home Village.” The Chinese script for the name of the structure is at the top of the previous page.
Photo courtesy of Rui-Feng Wang
Workers carried everything to the top of the mountain by hand, including some of the granite blocks that were used as the foundation.
This close-up picture shows some of the pagoda’s ornate woodwork.
Workers used shovels and pickaxes to make the foundation. Photo courtesy of Rui-Feng Wang
Although nails, bolts, or screws were not used to build the pagoda, workers did use some modern tools to cut wood.
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Meghan Genovese Receives Major U-M Award
Keary Campbell
Meghan G enovese (right) received one of U-M’s highest awards, the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence last year. Nominated by D Marilyn r. Lantz(left), G enovese was chosen from a group of 180from across the Ann Arbor campus.
A staff member of the School of Dentistry’s Office of Academic Affairs was presented with one of the University of Michigan’s highest honors during a ceremony in December. The staff member, Meghan Genovese, received the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence from a pool of 180 nominations from across the Ann Arbor campus. Genovese was nominated by faculty members from the dental school and the medical school, by staff members from the dental school, as well as dental students. They cited her professionalism, calm demeanor, ability to work with diverse groups, attention to detail, and strong work ethic. Dr. Marilyn Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs, cited the crucial role Genovese played in the success of the School’s Integrated Medical Sciences curriculum. Launched in 2003-2004 academic year, IMS helps first- and second-year dental students see interrelationships between dentistry and various medical disciplines. The program, according to Lantz, was established “to help our dental students better understand how physicians think as well as show the connections between oral and systemic health.” Graduate and postgraduate students from the U-M Medical School participate in the program. [DentalUM, Fall 2004, pages 60-61.] “Extraordinary Work” As the IMS program was being reviewed and upgraded two years ago, Lantz praised Genovese for “her extraordinary work with faculty, students, and staff during the development and implementation of the IMS course series.” She added that Genovese “demonstrated enormous creativity and flexibility in finding solutions to individual and group concerns.”
Dr. Gerald Cortright, director of dental gross anatomy in the office of medical education at the U-M Medical School, said “Meghan’s outstanding characteristics are equanimity and dependability in the face of seemingly overwhelming demands. …She has been the rock I could always count on, or perhaps more appropriately, the guiding light that kept me off the rocky shores of imminent disaster.” Jean Klark, a secretary in the dean’s office at the School of Dentistry, said that she once knew the late Candy Johnson and “having worked closely with Meghan, I can appreciate the similarities of the two individuals.” “Surprised and Honored” Genovese said she was surprised and honored to be recognized. “I came to Ann Arbor about three years ago from central Illinois where I had been working as a project manager for a Web development company,” she said. “Since I have been at the School of Dentistry, my work has been primarily related to new curriculum initiatives.” Genovese said that although she received a formal education in fine art, “most of my professional life has been centered around education.” Previously, she was a resident counselor at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, implemented Illinois State Board of Education-funded scientific literacy grant projects, a recruiter for MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and directed international admissions at Bradley University in Peoria. The Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence was established in 2004 to recognize an outstanding staff member from the University of Michigan.
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Tina Pryor Receives Woman of the Year in Human Relations Award
A staff organization that provides career development opportunities for minority women employed at the University of Michigan has presented one of its major awards to the School of Dentistry’s Director of Human Resources, Tina Pryor. In March, Pryor received the Woman of the Year in Human Relations Award from the Women of Color Task Force for demonstrating outstanding skills in working with individuals throughout the School on both a professional and personal level. Pryor, who has been with the University for 19 years, including eight as the School of Dentistry’s Human Resources Officer, was praised for her work ethic, positive attitude, and commitment to U-M. She was also lauded for keeping those at the School updated on policies and institutional guidelines. When learning that she had been nominated for the award, Pryor said she “was humbled and honored to be recognized for doing one’s job well.” She said that throughout her career, “I have tried to emulate the qualities of leaders I highly regard.” Those individuals, she said, include Laurita Thomas, U-M’s associate vice president and chief human resources officer; Dennis Lopatin, senior associate dean at the School of Dentistry; and Dean Peter Polverini. “This great leadership that surrounds me has allowed me to do my job well,” Pryor added. She also lauded her assistant, Sylvia Bowman, “who helps me keep it all together.” Pryor also praised the Women of Color Task Force for the career development opportunities the group has offered. The award, and three others presented by the group, is part of a recognition program begun in 1986 to honor staff and faculty members whose outstanding professional and personal contributions have improved the quality of life for people of color within the University community.
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news Diane Nixon Elected ABWA Vice President
Per Kjeldsen
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Diane Nixon, manager of the U-M School of Dentistry’s Clinic Billing Office, has been elected regional vice president of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). She was elected to a one-year term during the group’s national meeting last fall. In her role as District V vice president, Nixon is now a part of the ABWA National Board of Directors, a group of nine that functions as the governing body of the 45,000 member association. Members also serve as trustees of the Stephen Bufton Memorial Education Fund which has awarded more than $14 million in scholarships to women since its inception. She will also speak at the ABWA regional spring conference in Muncie, Indiana, and at chapter events. “ The leadership, team building, and networking skills I have developed in my position at the School of Dentistry have directly helped me achieve this goal,” Nixon said. Nixon, who has been a member of the organization for more than 20 years, was President of ABWA’s Maia Chapter (so named for the Greek goddess of the month of May) in Ann Arbor for two terms, from 2002-2004. She was also a former chapter president, vice president, treasurer, and Woman of the Year. In addition, Nixon served as past chair of the Eastern Michigan Council of ABWA, which comprises 16 chapters, and was the Council’s Woman of the Year. As manager of the School’s CBO, Nixon is in charge of an office of 18 that is responsible for dental care reimbursement from both insurance companies and patients. Her office receives approximately 750 incoming calls weekly from patients with billing questions. The office also electronically files more than 350 dental and medical claims with insurance companies daily and follows up on about 400 inquiries and 800 rejections each month from insurance companies. Each month, her office mails more than 14,000 statements to patients.
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Jayne Nyman New Director of Budget and Finance
Keary Campbell
A senior finance specialist with twenty years of experience in financial, operational, and systems analysis, primarily with academic and health care organizations, is the new director of budget and finance at the School of Dentistry. Jayne Nyman was appointed to the position by Dean Peter Polverini late last summer. “Being from Cleveland initially, I found that after being away for twenty-five years, I wanted to return to snow and experience a change of seasons,” Nyman said with a laugh as she talked about her return to the Midwest. Nyman arrived at the School after serving five years in UCLA’s Office of Planning and Budget. In her role as administrative officer in charge of strategic planning and program budget analysis, she evaluated funding requests; analyzed and made recommendations on program needs; monitored the financial performance of selected schools, colleges, and administrative units; and supported annual strategic planning and budgeting processes. Before that, Nyman was an assistant to the senior vice president of business development at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California; director of management systems and finance at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; and director of finance for the Department of Medicine at UCLA. After earning a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from U-M in 1977, Nyman went to Stanford as a predoctoral candidate. “I loved science, but didn’t think I would be successful in it, so I returned to the Midwest to pursue an MBA in finance and accounting at the University of Chicago,” she said. She then worked as a consultant for Travenol (Baxter) Laboratories for two years and then went to Los Angeles to serve as manager of project control administration for Cedars-
Jayne Nyman is the new director of budget and finance at the School of D entistry.
Sinai Medical Center. Nyman also worked as a consulting financial analyst for Universal Studios in Hollywood. While in Los Angeles, Nyman was president of the University of Michigan Alumni Club from 1991 to 1993. She also helped form a U-M Alumni Club while she was in Houston. Nyman served two terms on the National Board of Directors of the Club from 1994-1997 and 2000-2003. “As a football ticket holder, I was making a number of trips to Ann Arbor and looked into moving back,” she said. Nyman returned to Ann Arbor on several occasions to participate in the Women’s Football Academy. Although she said she doesn’t have any hobbies, except horseback riding on occasion, Nyman said she has been a Big Sister for four years.
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Alumnus Profile
The Doctors McIntosh – Harry,
Jerry Mastey
“It seemed dad always spoke highly of the profession, what it offered, and how it could help people,” Dr. Rebecca McIntosh (D S1990) said of D her father, D H r. arry McIntosh (DDS 1956). H enthusiasm for er dentistry also inspired her brother, Dr. Timothy McIntosh (DDS 1992), to enter the profession.
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ass it on.” That phrase comes to mind after listening to Dr. Harry McIntosh (DDS 1956), his daughter, and son talk about the dental profession. Harry’s love of the profession so captivated his daughter Rebecca when she was in high school that she began working for her father as a dental assistant. She later followed in his footsteps. “I knew dad enjoyed dentistry by the way he talked to his patients and by the way he took care of them,” she said. “It seemed he always spoke highly of the profession, what it offered, and how it could help people.” Harry, however, was quick to add, “But I also talked about some of the negatives too.” Prior to earning her dental degree from U-M in 1990, Rebecca asked her brother, Timothy, to be her patient for her board exams. Timothy, on the other hand, didn’t plan, at least initially, to pursue a dental career. He had other ideas.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree from U-M, he traveled to southern California to study filmmaking. But after deciding he wanted “a more secure career,” he returned to Ann Arbor and earned his DDS from the U-M School of Dentistry in 1992. Both agreed that neither felt any pressure to follow in their father’s footsteps. Growing up in South Lyon, Harry said his family’s dentist, Dr. Bert Roberts (DDS 1932), inspired him to become a dentist. Roberts may have also inspired Harry’s brother, George, who earned his dental degree from Michigan in 1959. “Dr. Roberts was a fine person and I liked him a lot, especially the way he treated me and other members of my family who went to him,” Harry said. Drs. Held and Ramfjord Recalling his days as a dental student at Michigan, Harry said his studies were sometimes interrupted due to a bleeding ulcer that hospitalized him for one or two weeks at a time.
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“If it wasn’t for Dr. Harold Held, a clinical instructor, I don’t think I would have made it,” he said. “He was always encouraging me and went to bat for me, I’m sure, on more than one occasion. He was my friend and, even after graduation, we stayed in touch.” Another School of Dentistry faculty member, Dr. Sigurd Ramfjord, also made a lasting impression on the elder Dr. McIntosh. “He was a difficult professor. But he taught me more about dentistry than just about anyone else because, even though his expertise was as a periodontist, he was involved in nearly all phases of dentistry,” Harry said. After earning his dental degree, Harry established a general practice on North University Avenue, between Thayer and State Streets. He practiced there for 16 years before relocating the office to northeast Ann Arbor. “Enthusiasm for the Profession” “When I was in high school, I remember working for dad as a dental assistant after school and during the summers,” Rebecca said. “In addition to getting to know many of his patients, I also liked the artistry that was a part of dentistry. I thought that if I ever wanted to have a family, this would be the perfect profession because it would also give me some flexibility with my work schedule.” Looking back at her dental education at U-M, Rebecca said she was impressed with Drs. Bill Knight, Bill Gregory, and Robert Lorey. “They were always enthusiastic and you could tell they enjoyed teaching and passing along to students what they knew,” she said. “Their enthusiasm for the profession and optimism about its future convinced me that I made the right decision.” The road Timothy traveled to becoming a dentist was a bit more circuitous. Although he also worked in his father’s dental office, Tim wasn’t sure if he wanted to follow in his father’s and sister’s footsteps. However, he did get additional insights about the profession when Rebecca was a dental student. Filmmaking Doesn’t Pan Out “I was my sister’s patient a few times, including for her board exams,” he said with a laugh. “Those experiences gave me a perspective I don’t think I would have otherwise had, because it allowed me to see that there was more to being a dentist than what a patient usually sees.” However, after earning his bachelor’s degree in biology from U-M, Tim headed to California. “I studied filmmaking, but after a semester or two I realized it wasn’t such a good decision,” he said with a laugh. “So I called home and asked dad if I could work for him for six months.” Back in Ann Arbor, Tim thought about a career in medicine. “But I wanted to have some control of my hours and not be in school forever,” he said. He decided to pursue dentistry. “I have to give my sister some credit for my career path because she passed along her love of the profession to me, just like dad did to her. She always painted a great picture of the profession whenever we discussed it,” he added. Like his sister, Timothy said he also enjoyed his preclinic classes with Drs. Gregory, Lorey, and Roberta Taylor. “They were always positive and helpful and passing along encouragement to me and my classmates.” After receiving his dental degree in 1992, Timothy worked alongside his father and sister who were now practicing in an office on Plymouth Road. “It was a good experience working with dad,” Tim said. “He taught us a lot about ways to become more efficient in our work and scheduling.”
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“I have to give my sister some credit for my career path because she passed along her love of the profession to me, just like dad did to her.”
Dr. Timothy McIntosh
Did practicing with a sibling pose any problems? “We get along well,” Tim said. “We share responsibilities, whether it’s dealing with vendors, personnel issues, or other matters that arise.” Rebecca agreed, saying, “We both have strengths in different areas which, I think, makes for an even stronger family practice.” The elder Dr. McIntosh concurred, adding, “The patient retention rate is very high, but I think a lot of that is due to the fact that the bond with the patients is more than a dentist/patient relationship. It’s also a family environment where those who come here receive great treatment and can talk about just about anything that might be going on in their lives or the lives of others in their family.” Summers in Ann Arbor Although he lives in Rancho Mirage, California most of the year, Harry returns to Ann Arbor, typically from May to September. When he’s here, he talks to some of his former patients who may have an appointment with his son or daughter, visits friends, and even attends an occasional classic car show. “There’s a certain beauty in the Dusenbergs, the Packards, and the Rolls Royces from the 1930s and 40s that I like,” he said. “I’m very pleased my son and daughter are following in my footsteps and that they’re enjoying themselves as much as I did,” Harry said during a visit to Ann Arbor last summer. Don’t be surprised if the enthusiasm for dentistry that Harry passed along to his daughter…which she, in turn, passed along to her brother…is some day passed along by both his daughter and son . . . and inspires others to follow in their footsteps.
Passing the Torch After practicing in Ann Arbor for 38 years, Harry retired in 1994 and passed along the practice to his son and daughter. However, the younger Doctors McIntosh faced some challenges running the practice. “It was a bit difficult at first being accepted as dentists by staff and some of the patients because not only were we dad’s children, they also watched us grow up,” Tim said. “But gradually, they accepted us as dentists.” There was another issue they had to address. “When my sister began practicing as a dentist, some thought she was a hygienist because she looked so young,” he said. “And there weren’t many women dentists, so to let everyone know that she was a dentist, and to help patients distinguish one Dr. McIntosh from the other, we began calling her ‘Dr. Becky.’ That designation has stuck ever since.”
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Captain Donald Worm Recalls Experiences
The personal dentist to the President of the United States packed them in at the School of Dentistry earlier this year. Capt. Donald Worm, who earned his DDS from U-M in 1988, talked to more than 150 students in January about his career as a Navy dentist, as well as the dentist to President George W. Bush. His appearance was the latest in The Lunch & Learn Program sponsored by the School’s Board of Governors. [DentalUM, Fall 2005, pages 55-56.] After joining the Navy as a third-year dental student, Worm said he was assigned to the dental clinic at the Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California following graduation. The career of the Manistee, Michigan native has also included practicing dentistry on the aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Enterprise; directing the AEGD program for two years at Camp Lejune, North Carolina; being in the Personnel Exchange Program with the Royal Navy in Britain from 1998-2000, and serving as associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School for the Comprehensive Dentistry Residency Program in Bethesda, Maryland. “He Just Walked In” Worm was the president’s personal dentist for about two-and-a-half years, beginning in November 2001. Citing doctor/patient confidentiality, Worm said he couldn’t provide any specific details, except to say the president “takes good care of himself and didn’t require a lot of care.” Worm told the dental students that in addition to an operatory in the basement of the White House, there is a dental clinic at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. The president and members of his family can receive oral health care at either facility. Recalling his first meeting with the nation’s chief executive, Worm said he and several others were in the dental office in the basement of the White House waiting for a call that the president was on his way. “Instead, he just walked in and started talking to us,” Worm said. “It was quite an experience.” Of Bush, Worm said, “He’s an interesting person to talk to. During the time I was assigned to him, we never talked politics. But we did talk about fishing, country music, different parts of the world we have been to, and other topics,” he said. In addition to treating the president, Worm said he and his wife had opportunities to meet the president and first lady Laura Bush when they were invited to holiday gatherings. Career Benefits Cited During his visit to Michigan, Worm encouraged students to consider a dental career in the Navy. Citing the scholarships that are available to help them with their education as well as career opportunities, pay, travel, and other benefits, he said that practicing dentistry in the Navy “is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your skills ‘stress free’ right out of dental school through experience, training, and interaction with specialists.” Now working with the U.S. Surgeon General as a career planner with the Navy Dental Corps, Worm said he was glad he returned to Ann Arbor to speak to dental students. “But I couldn’t resist the opportunity to walk down the halls of the dental school and revisit the preclinical laboratory and see how technology is being used in the Dr. Roy Roberts Preclinical Laboratory,” he said. “It was quite an experience.”
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D Worm (D S1988), onald D was the personal dentist to President Bush from November 2001to early 2004.
Another Michigan Presidential Dentist
At least one other graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry has served as a presidential dentist. Dr. James Enoch, who earned a master’s degree in operative dentistry from U-M in 1963, was the White House dentist for President Lyndon Johnson from 1963 to 1968. [DentalUM, Fall 1999, p. 15.]
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Keary Campbell
In May 2001, Brett Mangum held his daughter, Noelle, as he walked across the stage at H Auditorium ill to receive his dental degree.
During the six-and-a-half months he was in Iraq, Lt. J. Brett Mangum (DDS 2001) said he often thought about his family, his alma mater, and his former instructors at the dental school.
“We were busy, but when things slowed down, I had the opportunity to think not only about my family, but also about the great education I received when I was at the U-M dental school and the many great instructors I had,” he said. “They gave me and my classmates the knowledge, the wisdom, and the inspiration to go into the world to try and help others, which is what I did as an officer in charge of a mobile dental team.” Expeditionary Force. This gave members of his team the ability to move separately and help more than one unit. “When they moved, we did too, which involved transporting equipment, supplies, and other assets,” he said. Each dental team consisted of a dentist and two assistants. Mangum said he was stationed at a base in Al Anbar province, which encompasses Fallujah in western Iraq, from late August 2004 until early March 2005. One of his missions took him to within 50 miles of the Jordanian border. “I think many would be surprised to know that most of those we treated came in for relatively routine care, things like exams, cleanings, and fillings,” he said. “Occasionally we did some cosmetic dentistry and also took radiographs as part of the routine care we provided.” Working six days a week, usually from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mangum said he treated an average of 15 patients a day. Some days, however, as many as three dozen were treated. “Some
An Innovative Concept The mobile dental team, a U.S. Navy Dental Corps unit, is different from the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units that were first deployed during the Korean War and later popularized by the novel M*A*S*H and the television program that was based on the movie. Unlike MASH units, mobile dental teams Lt. J. Brett Mangum (D S2001) D led a mobile dental team that have the flexibility to move with a designated provided dental care in Iraq for combat unit. However, in Mangum’s case, they more than sixmonths. remained independent of the unit, the First Marine
Photo courtesy of Lt. J. Brett Mangum
Mangum said being involved in the School’s outreach program at community clinics in Marquette and Muskegon gave him valuable experience that helped him to develop some creative solutions to problems he faced in Iraq.
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patients traveled five or six hours to see a dentist, and you treated them, even if it was at the end of the day,” he said. Most of Mangum’s patients were servicemen and women. Although he and members of the mobile dental team did not treat local residents, “we did treat others including translators, truck drivers, and food services people, some of whom were from Jordan and Turkey,” he said. “But we also treated other patients from other parts of the Mideast as well as contractors from the Philippines, Sudan, and India.” He also had no-shows, typically due to a lastminute mission. “So you had to be flexible and adapt,” he said. Valuable School & Outreach Experiences Two days after receiving his dental degree in Ann Arbor, Mangum was off to Officer Training School in Newport, Rhode Island. He then spent a year in an advanced education in graduate dentistry program in San Diego, was transferred to Yuma, Arizona, and then went to Iraq. Mangum said being involved in the School’s outreach program at community clinics in
Photo courtesy of Lt. J. Brett Mangum
Marquette and Muskegon gave him valuable experience that helped him to develop some creative solutions to problems he faced in Iraq. “We had to be problem solvers and think outside the box on occasion because there were times in Iraq when situations weren’t ideal and materials that were needed weren’t always available,” he said. He recalled one case of an individual who lost a fixed bridge on his anterior teeth. Since he didn’t have any acrylic, Mangum said he made a false tooth out of composite resin. Because he didn’t have fixed prosthodontic capabilities, Mangum often used complex amalgam restorations to restore broken posterior teeth. But there were moments of humor too. He recalled one patient who came to him for emergency care after fracturing four teeth. “He told me that he got so wrapped up in playing a video game that he tripped over the wire that connected his hand-held control unit to the video box and fell on his Kevlar helmet and fractured the teeth,” Mangum said. Since he practiced from inside fortified bases, Mangum said he never experienced close combat. “However, insurgents often launched rockets and mortars at us. Fortunately, their aim wasn’t very good. The closest one came to us was one morning when a rocket landed about forty yards away from my dental assistant’s tent.” Looking back, Mangum said he has “enormous respect and admiration for the men and women in uniform. They’re the greatest warriors in the world and I admire their courage and sacrifices,” he said. Mangum is now practicing dentistry in Prescott, Arizona, with his father, Richard, who earned his dental degree from U-M in 1972.
In this picture, Brett Mangum treats a Marine at a mobile dental clinic in western Iraq.
Now five years old, Noelle is seen here being held in her father’s left arm. Also pictured are Mangum’s wife, Nicole, and their one-yearold daughter, Camille.
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D James Lee (left) and D MarkCooks and two other School of D r. r. entistry alumni provided free oral health care to uninsured and underserved patients on Martin Luther King D in January. ay
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our U-M School of Dentistry alumni teamed up on Martin Luther King Day in January to provide free oral health care services to the uninsured and underserved. Led by Dr. James Lee (DDS 1990), Drs. David Sturtz (DDS 1981), Mark Cooks (DDS 1991), and Mitchell Kaplan (DDS 1989), helped 64 patients that day. The value of their services surpassed $20,000 according to Lee. Lee and Cooks are general dentists. Sturtz is an oral surgeon. Kaplan is a periodontist. Their expertise and the skill of three dental hygienists, “allowed us to provide a broad range of services to those who came to my office here in Ann Arbor,” Lee said. “I began doing this in 1999, the year after I established my own practice,” he said. “This was our biggest year yet, in terms of the number of patients we helped.” Recalling his days as a dental student, Lee said he attended several programs and lectures on the U-M campus during Martin Luther King Day. “I decided that when I had my own practice, that this is something I would do to honor his legacy.
As a dentist,” Lee continued, “I recognized that the best way for me to contribute to Dr. King’s vision is to use the skills I use every day.” For Sturtz, this was the third year he participated with Lee. “The dental profession has been good to me, and I think it’s important to give back, in some way, to those in the community who are less fortunate,” said Sturtz who has also helped at the Hope Dental Clinic in Ypsilanti and has been recognized for his volunteer work with Donated Dental Care since 1995. Cooks, who runs a private practice and also does dental work part time for the Michigan Department of Corrections, said he wanted to serve and to learn. “I wanted to watch how Dr. Sturtz approached oral surgery and learn more about some of the things he did. But sometimes he was working so quickly that it was hard to keep up,” Cooks said with a laugh. Cooks, who said he has partnered with Lee on four or five occasions in the past, said he keeps returning “because of the wonderful feeling of accomplishment I get. It’s a big thrill to see the results of your work and even more gratifying to see how much those who may be underinsured or have no insurance at all appreciate what you have done for them.” Although it was the first time he helped, Kaplan said he plans to do so again next year. “It was a nice way to honor Dr. King’s memory,” he said, “and I felt good about helping others.” Lee said eight patients have already asked to come back for follow-up visits and treatments next January.
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Bill Piskorowsk i New Outreach Director
Keary Campbell
Stephen Bayne New CRSE Chair
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Dr. Bill Piskorowski is the School’s new Director of Outreach and Community Affairs. He was named to the position in early February by Dean Peter Polverini. An adjunct professor for the last five years, Piskorowski earned his dental degree from Loyola University in 1979. He was in private practice for 27 years specializing in cosmetic and implant dentistry. In his new role, he will continue teaching as a clinical instructor in the 2 Blue Clinic two days a week, instead of five, and will be involved with outreach the remaining three days a week. Piskorowski will work with Dr. Stephen Stefanac, associate dean for patient services, in supervising the operations of the School’s external educational programs. He will also oversee the School’s partnerships with outreach sites across the state
and work to develop new outreach sites. “I began teaching here part time about five years ago and discovered I really enjoyed it,” Piskorowski said. “I guess I had an impact on the students because they named me the clinic’s Teacher of the Year for four consecutive years,” he added. “What has made working in the clinic enjoyable is not only being able to help students, but also working with so many fine dentists here, such as Bill Gregory, Don Heys, Phil Richards, and Wally McMinn, to name a few,” he said. About two years ago, Piskorowski worked in Mancelona, Michigan, for about five months with Traverse City-based Dental Clinics North. “That really made me realize just how much of a need there is for services such as those our students provide,” he said. Saying he wants to make the School’s outreach and community dentistry programs “even better,” Piskorowski said, “there’s a great tradition here with the work that was done by Jed Jacobson, Tom Veryser, and Steve Stefanac. I want to do everything I can to build upon their efforts and their successes.”
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“I’ve been here only a few months, but I feel like I’ve been here longer because of the warmth and hospitality I have received from everyone throughout the dental school,” said Dr. Stephen Bayne as he talked about his move to the School of Dentistry to become the new chair of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics. Bayne, who headed biomaterials in the Department of Operative Dentistry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, succeeded Dr. Brian Clarkson who chaired CRSE for more than 14 years. The department is the School’s largest with approximately 180 full-time faculty, supplemental faculty, research fellows, and staff. Bayne earned a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 1968;
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a master’s degree in biological materials from Northwestern University in 1974; and a PhD, also in biological materials from Northwestern, two years later. From 1977 to 1984, he was director of the scanning electron microscopy facility and a member of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Mississippi. At UNC he was coordinator of Operative Dentistry Research and section head of biomaterials in the Department of Operative Dentistry. He has been involved in a wide range of clinical research programs in Brazil, Peru, and Malaysia; has published more than 100 research and teaching articles, 43 book chapters, more than 200 abstracts, and one book; and is the recipient of many awards of excellence. In 2004, he received UNC’s Professor of Excellence Teaching Award. Last year, the Academy of Operative D e n t i s t r y a w a rd e d h i m i t s prestigious Hollenback Memorial Prize. This summer, Bayne becomes President of the International Association of Dental Research. “Dr. Bayne brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our School. I’m excited that he has agreed to join us,” said Dean Peter Polverini. “It’s been an amazingly comfortable move,” Bayne added. “And after talking to so many others in the department and throughout the School, I’m excited about our potential and looking forward to meeting others throughout the dental community in this area and across Michigan.” Polverini thanked Dr. David Kohn, who chaired the search committee. “I also want to extend my gratitude to Brian for his loyalty and leadership as chair of the department.” Clarkson served as department chair for more than 14 years, until last December 31.
Kirk wood Wins Tarrson Award
Keary Campbell
Nör Delivers Keynote Address
Dr. Jacques Nör delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Academy of Operative Dentistry in Chicago. Nör, an associate professor in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, delivered the Buonocore Memorial Lecture during the organization’s midwinter meeting in February. In his remarks about tooth tissue engineering and molecular biology in restorative dentistry, Nör highlighted some of the changes that have taken place in dental research in recent years. He also mentioned how tissue engineering may become more commonplace in regenerating tooth structures lost to tooth decay.
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Dr. Keith Kirkwood, an assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, received The Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship at the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation’s annual meeting last fall. The $30,000 fellowship career development award recognizing him as an outstanding periodontist was established to encourage gifted periodontal clinicians who have demonstrated teaching excellence to pursue an academic career. The first person from U-M to receive the award was Dr. William Giannobile, MCOHR director. Kirkwood, who has been at the School of Dentistry since January 2004, earned his dental degree from West Virginia University and both a PhD in oral biology and a certificate in periodontics from SUNY the State University of New York at Buffalo. [DentalUM, Fall 2004, page 83.]
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D’Silva Receives Crosby Research Award
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D Nisha D r. ’Silva
Dr. Nisha D’Silva, an assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, is one of seven U-M faculty members,
and the only one from the School of Dentistry, to recently receive a Crosby Research Award. The award and research funds are given to tenure-track faculty members in science, engineering, and related disciplines to help them meet their career needs. Recipients can use the funds to develop and support research, purchase needed laboratory equipment, or for travel to conferences. D’Silva’s research focuses on studying a small protein, highly expressed in oral cancers, for its effects in promoting cancer cell growth. The protein, known as rap1, also induces the secretion of factors that promote the growth of new blood vessels that provide nutrients
to cancer cells. “Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cancer growth is fundamental to the selection and development of new treatments for oral cancer,” she said. “These possibilities for helping cancer patients keep us excited and focused in our day-to-day research activities.” Fo u r y e a r s a g o, D ’ S i l v a collaborated with others to create the School’s “Digital Microscopes” initiative. Using the World Wide Web, the School of Dentistry’s intranet, and a computer, dental s t ude n t s us e t he ir c o mput e r monitors as surrogate microscopes and view images from more than 50 different tissues.
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Ignelzi Awarded ACD Fellowship
Dr. Michael Ignelzi was awarded Fellowship in the American College of Dentists during their annual meeting last fall in Philadelphia. An associate professor of dentistry in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Ignelzi received the Charles Craig Teaching Award from Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental society, at its national meeting four years ago. The award recognizes individuals who use innovative teaching techniques in classrooms and inspires them to be life-long learners.
In addition to teaching students in all four years of the School’s predoctoral curriculum, Ignelzi teaches a dentistr y course to undergraduate students at the College of Literature, Sciences, and Arts; mentors students at predoctoral, graduate, and doctoral levels; has developed and teaches continuing dental education courses; and conducts research investigating birth defects that affect the face and skull. The American College of Dentists was founded in 1920 to recognize dentists who have made significant contributions to the advancement of dentistry. Fellowship in the organization is by invitation and is
based on demonstrated leadership and contributions to the profession and society.
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Tedesco Named Dean at Emory Graduate School
Lisa Tedesco, former associate dean of the School of Dentistry from 1992 to 1998, has been named dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta. She began her appointment May 1 following a one-year sabbatical at Columbia University. After six years at the School of Dentistry, Tedesco was U-M vice president and secretary who served as executive liaison to the U-M Board of Regents from 1998 to 2001. That year, she was named interim provost.
New Lounge for
Jerry Mastey
Bradley Appointed to Study Group
Dr. Robert Bradley, professor of dentistr y, will ser ve as a member of the Somatosensory and Chemosensory Systems Study Section of the Center for Scientific Review. He was appointed last fall to a term that ends in June 2009. Members of the group review grant applications submitted to the National Institutes of Health, make recommendations, and survey the status of research in their fields of study.
A new facility for School of Dentistry emeritus faculty members opened earlier this year. The lounge in room B311 includes workstations, desk chairs, file cabinets, a conference table, a couch, telephones, and a television set. During their semi-annual luncheon last fall the emeritus faculty members heard about plans for the lounge from facilities manager Dorothy Smith-Fesl. Later, they also heard Dr. Marilyn Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs, talk about the Integrated Medical Sciences courses. The new program, which has been incorporated into the first and second years of the predoctoral curriculum, is designed to help dental students see the links between dentistry and various medical disciplines. [DentalUM, Fall 2004, pages 60-61.]
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Christiansen Honored by U-Iowa
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Fifteen retired faculty and staff members met in the Faculty Alumni Lounge last fall for their semi-annual get together. Those present included, front row (left to right): Drs. William Godwin, Russ Anderson, Bill Brown, and Walter Loesche. Standing are (left to right): Drs. Henry Kanar, Bill Gregory, Leroy Pratt, Mr. Clarence Dukes, Drs. Andy Koran, Richard Christiansen, Paul Loos, Don Clewell, Jim Avery, and Eli Berger. Not pictured is Dr. Sondra Gunn who also attended.
The Dental Alumni Association of the University of Iowa named dean emeritus and professor emeritus, Dr. Richard Christiansen, as its Alumnus of the Year last fall. Born and raised in Iowa, he earned a DDS from Iowa in 1959 and a master’s degree in orthodontics five years later. The award recognized Christiansen for his “ years of experience, expertise and enthusiasm which have contributed immeasurably to dental education and oral health research, both in the U.S. and internationally.” Christiansen, dean of the School of Dentistry from 1982 to 1987, retired five years ago as a professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry [DentalUM, Fall 2001, pages 37-39.] Recently, he and his wife, Nancy, gifted $500,000 to establish the Christiansen Collegiate Professorship [DentalUM, Fall 2004, pages 33-35.]
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Per Kjeldsen
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time later, he became an assistant professor of dentistry and taught at the School. Since 1980, Lang has been a professor at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He has chaired the Department of Periodontology and Fixed Prosthodontics since 1992. Lang briefly returned in early January 2005 as guest speaker for the annual Delta Dental Dr. Kenneth J. Ryan Memorial Seminar. At the program he joked that the University of Michigan had such a major influence on his life that, in Switzerland, he created a department logo whose colors are maize and blue. Then and Now When Lang returned to Ann Arbor for his sabbatical late last year, he cited a big difference between being a student and being on sabbatical. As a graduate student, Lang said he “frequently worked 80 or more hours a week.” However, this time, he continued, “I wanted to experience what it was like to be here for an extended period of time as a faculty member and take time to enjoy what the University and Ann Arbor has to offer.” That included attending cultural programs and events, being at the dental school, and having an opportunity to see and talk to colleagues and students. Reflecting on his four months in Ann Arbor, Lang said one of the biggest changes he observed was in the School’s periodontics department. “It’s more biologically oriented than ever,” he said. “It’s still top-notch in the world, as far as I’m concerned, with people like Will Giannobile, Laurie McCauley, Russ Taichman, Renny Franceschi, and Keith Kirkwood who are a part of it.” Lang described his visits and work at
Prof. Niklaus Lang
Professor Niklaus “Klaus” Lang enjoyed his four-month sabbatical at the U-M School of Dentistry. His “academic vacation” was anything but, however. From early September through D e c e m b e r, L a n g ’ s activities included some teaching, talking to graduate students and faculty, visiting friends, and even traveling to Brazil to attend a conference and then spending a few days on the Amazon River. When jokingly asked what he did during his free time, Lang said, “I’ve never been one to distinguish between work and vacation or free time. What I do, I do out of conviction. For me, work doesn’t have to have a negative connotation. If you enjoy what you’re doing, work is pleasure while free time can be spent working hard.” Although he could have probably chosen almost any place in the world to take his sabbatical, Lang said he returned to Michigan because “I wanted to come back to my roots.” He also returned to Ann Arbor, he said, “because I wanted to learn more about the philosophy of Michigan’s graduate periodontics program.” Long-Term U-M Connection Lang’s affiliation with the U-M School of Dentistry goes back more than thirty years. He began his teaching career in Ann Arbor after graduating with both a master’s degree and a certificate in periodontics in the 1970s. A short
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the School’s Michigan Center for Oral Health Research as “my second great experience.” Located at Domino’s Farms on Plymouth Road near U-S 23, the Center provides patient services that are central to clinical research, including oral exams, some oral surgeries, and major restorative procedures. The Center is also using new technology that one day may help dentists and specialists get precise information about a patient’s oral cavity. [DentalUM, Fall 2005, pages 15-16; DentalUM, Fall 2004, pages 12-14.] “With everything that Will Giannobile and his group are doing, I think the Center has the potential to become the world’s leader in clinical research,” Lang said. Changes in Periodontics Practices Spending four months in the U.S. gave Lang added insights into trends in dentistry and periodontics and an opportunity to compare those with what he has seen in Europe. “It seems to me that, as a field of study, periodontics, not just at Michigan, but in other parts of the U.S., is now becoming one where one European country as an example. “In Germany, dentistry is dominated by what insurance does or does not pay. When third parties become involved this way they, in effect, become teachers. I don’t think that’s good because if a dentist knows he or she will not be reimbursed for a procedure, chances are they won’t do it very often which then leads a school not to teach a certain topic or procedure,” he said. Instead, Lang said, “the central question those of us in the profession need to address is – who will treat periodontal disease? That’s where schools like Michigan need to do more.” Reflecting on his four months in Ann Arbor, Lang, who turned 63 on Christmas Eve, said he enjoyed attending three School of Music operas, attending football games, talking to friends, and visiting former colleagues and teachers. In late September, he attended a conference in Brazil and then spent a few days traveling up and down the Amazon. Asked what he will miss most about leaving the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor, Lang said, “the wonderful Indian summer we had,
Although he could have probably chosen almost any place in the world to take his sabbatical, Lang said he returned to Michigan because “I wanted to come back to my roots.”
practitioners want to make money using implants instead of practicing periodontology,” he said. “If that trend continues, I’m afraid that we will lose our expertise in treating periodontal infections and tooth maintenance, which is what the role of the periodontist has been.” From his perspective, Lang said this development is part of a larger trend where oral health care professionals many times “think too much in terms of what pays best” which, in turn, can affect what is taught. He pointed to the open spaces, and above all, the spirit of this University that is so very special. There’s no place in Europe like this, where people’s lives are tied to a university in the way they are here.” Lang said he would also miss the graduate students. “I encouraged them to be proud of the profession and all it has to offer. I told them I hope that the professional satisfaction they get treating patients outweighs the remuneration they receive.”
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Johnson
Change Agent
Director, Dental Informatics and Information Technology
Keary Campbell
Since arriving at the School of D entistry four years ago, D Lynn Johnson has enhanced r. communication throughout the School, opened lines of communication with other U-M schools and colleges, and is playing a major role in helping the University launch a campus-wide application of what the School is doing with iPods in dental education.
Dr. Lynn Johnson is proud, and rightly so, of the School’s of Dentistry’s new partnership with Apple Computer and what it could mean for dental education and the University of Michigan. [DentalUM, Fall 2005, pages 6-7.]
Launched last September, the project has been mentioned in major newspapers including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune; trade publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education; technology Web sites, such as CNet.com; international newspapers, including Japan’s leading national business newspaper, Nihon Keizai Shimbun; and even MTV.com. “This wouldn’t have been possible elsewhere,” she said. “This was a project where all the right pieces came together at exactly the right moment – the University of Michigan’s name, its reputation for innovation and technology, the fact that this was a student-driven project, the superb efforts of a great team in our department who worked together for a common goal, and, ultimately, the collaboration with Apple Computer.” Johnson is the School’s director of Dental Informatics and Information Technology. But if you talk to Johnson for any length of time, you may be surprised to learn that she spent eight years teaching children with learning and emotional disabilities at schools in Iowa.
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Applying Lessons Learned Quite a leap from then to now, isn’t it? “It is,” Johnson replied. “But in those first two or three jobs I had after graduating from college, I learned some very important things about how learning takes place and how to teach.” Johnson arrived at the U-M School of Dentistry four years ago following a 19-year career at the University of Iowa. She began her career there in 1983 as a research assistant in the University’s computing center and was also a research and development director for a nonprofit technology company in Colorado. When she left for Michigan, Johnson was an associate professor of dentistry and director of educational methodology and instructional technology. In addition to teaching at Iowa, Johnson earned a PhD in instructional design and technology in 1993. In 1979, she earned a master’s degree in special education. Four years earlier, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree (English major, mathematics minor) from Morningside College in Sioux City. As she discussed her career, Johnson said teaching children with learning and emotional disabilities at a middle school and high schools “gave me insights that, in retrospect, helped me enormously over the years.” The Big Picture, The Pieces, Sequencing Asked what the common thread was, she didn’t hesitate answering. “I quickly learned that to connect with these children I not only had to know the big picture, I also had to be able to convey information about the big picture in small pieces so that they could easily understand what was going on.”
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“In technology, we have more visibility not just across the University, but also in the field of dental education. The University is now launching a campus-wide application of what we are doing with the iPods in dental education. They’re seeking our feedback and ideas, which was something that didn’t happen earlier. It’s also gratifying to know the University intends to share the campus-wide iPod application with over 45 other colleges and universities across the country.”
“I also learned the importance of sequencing so that they could move from Point A to B to C,” she continued. “When you stop to think about it, that’s exactly what happens when you manage people and persuade them to move from an idea to a goal. It’s also what you do when you use information technology.” Like many of us, Johnson’s first encounters with technology were not auspicious. Talking about a computer programming course she took for her mathematics minor, Johnson recalled spending hours punching cards to write a computer program. “I took the cards with me, but then dropped them in the snow. It was a nightmare,” she said. Her problems continued.
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they were at Iowa, Johnson said their paths did cross on several occasions when she, Johnson, chaired the University’s Information Technology Advisory Committee. Coleman is president of the University of Michigan. From Iowa to Michigan Asked how she wound up at Michigan, Johnson’s replied, “Dennis Lopatin.” “I was teaching and developing technology for educational uses and wasn’t looking for a job when Dennis called and asked if I would be interested in a job as director of dental informatics at the dental school,” she said. Lopatin is the School’s senior associate dean. Johnson said she wasn’t interested because she enjoyed what she was doing at Iowa. “I also thought a move to Michigan would be a lateral move,” she said. “But Dennis was persistent and thought I could effectively address some of the technology challenges the School was facing and what it was likely to face in the future,” she continued. “He’s also creative, fully understands the opportunities Michigan offered and suspected I would recognize them if I visited. “ It wasn’t easy leaving Iowa after nearly twenty years, Johnson admitted. “But the more I investigated, the more I saw new opportunities.” Arriving in Ann Arbor in June 2002, Johnson spent several weeks observing and talking to administrators, faculty, staff, and students throughout the School. She then became a change agent. “We needed to change in some very important ways. The IT department was doing more, the School’s use of technology was growing, yet many of our processes hadn’t changed,” she said. Better communication was a top priority.
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D a meeting at the uring dental school with officials from Apple Computer last fall, D Lynn Johnson said r. the results of three studies with dental students showed the vast majority said they preferred listening to audio recordings of classroom lectures using their iPods or other portable listening devices. In the background is Sheri Schultz, Apple’s account representative.
After re-keying the instructions on a fresh set of cards, the computer only printed the first line of information. She investigated the reason for the problem and fixed it. But things improved. As a graduate student, Johnson gained a better understanding of technology and felt more comfortable with its applications and potential. She wrote a book chapter about learning technologies. Later, her mentor, a professor, asked her to put about 30,000 art slides onto a 12-inch videodisk, about the size of a record album. “She said, ‘I have some extra space on the disk that I want you to fill’. So I did.” Johnson retrieved about 600 pediatric oral pathology slides from the College of Dentistry and did something more – added simulations of various procedures the dental students could use in their courses. She won an award for her efforts in 1987. Her work also caught the attention of another colleague, Dr. Stephen Stefanac. “I produced a CD-ROM of case studies for the first edition of his workbook, Treatment Planning in Dentistry. Stefanac is now the U-M School of Dentistry’s associate dean for patient services. Asked if she knew Mary Sue Coleman when
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Applying the lessons she learned as a teacher at the middle school and high schools in Iowa, Johnson began regular meetings to paint a big picture of technology’s role at the dental school, guiding nearly two dozen people in her department and others throughout the School to make the changes necessary to move from Point A to B to C. “We broke down the walls, started bringing people together to discuss what we were doing now, and what we needed to do. We opened the lines of communication throughout the School and with others across the University of Michigan,” she said. Johnson said she closely examined what work was being done, why, and how that work was a part of a strategic, long-term vision. “In many cases, that meant deferring work to solve a short-term problem if it didn’t help us reach a longer-term goal,” she said. Greater Visibility Without these steps, she said, “our project with Apple Computer never would have happened.” Johnson said the School’s collaboration with Apple has opened many doors. “In technology, we have more visibility not just across the University, but also in the field of dental education,” she said. “The University is now launching a campus-wide application of what we are doing with the iPods in dental education. They’re seeking our feedback and ideas, which was something that didn’t happen earlier,” she continued. “It’s also gratifying to know the University intends to share the campus-wide iPod application with over 45 other colleges and universities across the country.” Some might say “it’s déjà vu all over again.”
Last September, D Lynn Johnson r. said the School’s collaboration with Apple Computer was a major shift in how technology is being used to support and enhance student learning.
Just as the School of Dentistry was acclaimed for its television facilities to produce dentistry videos in the 1970s, Johnson says she’s gratified to know that “the technology spotlight is on us once again, this time in the era of the Internet and World Wide Web.” Looking back on at the last four years, Johnson said that addressing the technical challenges “has been easy. The difficult part is getting people to buy-in to change because, after a while, most of us get comfortable doing things a certain way. But if oral health care education and patient care are to advance, you have to welcome change. I’m confident we will.”
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Professional Achievements Selected Highlights
Education • PhD, Instructional Design and Technology; University of Iowa (1993) • MA, Special Education, Learning & Emotional Disabilities; University of Iowa (1979) • BA, English major, mathematics minor; Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa (1975) Academic Appointments and Professional Experience • Director, Dental Informatics and Information Technology; U-M School of Dentistry (June 2002 to present) • Associate Professor, U-M School of Dentistry (June 2002 to present) • Associate Professor, College of Dentistry; University of Iowa (2000-2002) • Director, Educational Methodology and Instructional Technology; University of Iowa (January 2000-June 2002) • Director, Research and Development; Dental Interactive Simulations Corporation, Aurora, Colorado (1995-2002) • Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry; University of Iowa (1995-2000) Honors and Awards • Silver Award (2001), 42nd Annual International Cinema Industry Competition (Diagnostic Bytes) • Finalist, Time, Inc. (2000), International Health and Medical Film Competition, Patient Care category (Diagnostic Bytes) • One of American Student Dental Association’s 25 Visionaries in Dental Education (1999) • 1st place (1997), Educational Exhibits Awards Competition, American Association of Dental Schools annual session • 2nd place (1995), Educational Exhibits Award Competition, American Association of Dental Schools annual session Professional Society Memberships • International Association for Dental Research (1996 to present); Treasurer (2002-2005) Education Research Group • American Association for Dental Research (1996 to present) • American Dental Association, associate member (1996 to present) • American Dental Education Association - Chair, Instructional Computing in Dentistry Competition (2000-2001) - Chair, Behavioral Sciences Section (1996-1997) • American Medical Informatics Association (1989 to present) - Chair, Dental Informatics Working Group (1994-1997) - Vice-chair, Dental Informatics Working Group (1993-1994) • International Medical Informatics Association (1989 to present) Service • Strategic Assessment Steering Committee, U-M School of Dentistry (2005 to present) • IT Commons Leadership, University of Michigan (2002 to present) • Privacy Oversight Committee, University of Michigan (2002 to present) • Chair, Information Technologies Advisory Council, University of Iowa (2000-2002) • Information Technology Advisory Committee, University of Iowa (1998-2004)
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Biologic and Materials Sciences
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his is my first report to you as chair of the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences since being appointed to this position in March 2005.
the concepts of immediate loading of dental implants. He and his coworkers say our School is the first dental school in the country to use this technique. While our residents are exposed to contemporary prosthodontics, we also emphasize other areas, such as using lasers for imaging caries, advanced methods to optimize color shades of ceramic restorations, electrical monitoring of muscle fibers in TMD patients, biomechanical properties of ceramic bridges, and improving methods to treat patients with sleep apnea. Expanding Scholarship in Prosthodontics Prosthodontics at Michigan has a rich history of clinical excellence and innovation in teaching and research. Although we are working hard to maintain the high standards set by our predecessors, we must continue to be forward thinking to warrant the title “leaders and best.” To do this, we plan to create an environment to expand the scope of what future prosthodontic research could be. For example, the burgeoning field of dental implantology has broadened the scope of prosthodontics to include limited surgical placement of implants as well as the prosthetic
Dr. Paul Krebsbach, Chair
However, as many of you know, I’m not new to this School, having been here for ten years. I received my dental degree from the University of Minnesota in 1987, a PhD in oral biology from the University of Connecticut in 1993, and then came to Ann Arbor after a postdoctoral fellowship at NIH. A Commitment to Excellence Our department, which includes the Division of Prosthodontics, has several exciting and vigorous research programs. Faculty members are engaged in innovative basic science research to understand the principles and molecular mechanisms that guide normal development, the pathogenesis of oral disease, and the development of novel therapeutic approaches. A re a s o f e m p h a s i s i n c l u d e cancer biology, materials sciences, mi cro b io l o gy a n d immun o l o gy, neurobiology, and tissue engineering. Since previous BMS updates have highlighted our department’s basic research, this update will focus on our clinical research and vision for the future. Our research programs are not confined to the laboratory. Members of our clinical faculty are also engaged in innovative clinical research. For example, Dr. Michael Razzoog leads a faculty team that is pioneering
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reconstructive phase of treatment. This is the perfect time to expand our horizons and explore research questions that are at the interface between the material sciences that have dominated the prosthodontics field, and the biological sciences that will need to be better understood to best serve our patients. Our department is the ideal incubator to nurture this research. Over the last decade many of our biologists and biomedical engineers have placed an increased emphasis on regenerative medicine, an interdisciplinary field that by its very nature depends on active collaboration among biologists, engineers, and clinicians. By strategically aligning key basic science and clinical faculty we will develop a unique prosthodontic department that combines the physical and life sciences. In doing so, we will be leaders in collaborative and innovative science, and our clinical programs will be renowned for their scholarly contributions that are enhanced by productive interactions between clinicians and basic scientists. We have the ability to align groups of clinicians with our basic science colleagues. By identifying and supporting the few biologically trained scientists who also are skilled clinicians, we will speed our process of discovery and build a bridge between laboratory-based scientists and our clinical faculty. We have recruited several individuals with formal research training in both the biological sciences and clinical prosthodontics.
New Faces in Prosthodontics In re c e n t mo n t hs , w e ha v e launched several new searches to fill full-time faculty positions, primarily in prosthodontics, due to retirements and faculty relocations. T h e s e a rc h c o m m i t t e e h i t the jackpot and identified several candidates who were aligned with our goals and vision to develop a biological emphasis in our work. Although we would have been pleased to recruit any one of them, the fact that all are joining us is the start of something special. These three young clinician/scientists will form a new scientific core for the division of prosthodontics to move us towards a biologic- and materials-based future. Dr. Won Oh is a prosthodontist who recently completed a fellowship in maxillofacial p ro s t h o d o n t i c s Oh at UCLA. After graduating from the Chonbuk National University School of Dentistry in Jeonju, South Korea, he practiced dentistry for six years. Seeking to expand his horizons and hone his clinical skills, he came to the U.S. and received a master’s degree in prosthodontics from the University of Minnesota. Won then accepted a position as assistant professor of prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry where he blossomed as a clinician, teacher, and scholar. During his four years at Florida, Won published over 10 peer-reviewed
manuscripts in the area of dental ceramic restorations and continued his research productivity while at UCLA. He comes to Michigan as an associate clinical professor and will contribute to the teaching and scholarship missions of the department. Wi t h s p e c i a l t y training in both prosthodontics and periodontics, Dr. Junro Yamashita brings several unique talents Yamashita to the Division of Prosthodontics. In addition to being a well-trained clinician, Junro earned a PhD in dental sciences from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. After completing formal prosthodontics and research training in Japan, he taught prosthodontics and continued his postdoctoral research training in biomedical engineering at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Because he appreciates the important links between the biomechanical needs of restoring complex dentitions and the state of supporting structures of teeth, Junro came to the U-M and earned a master’s degree in periodontology. He joins us as assistant professor of dentistry and will initiate an independent research program and contribute to the department’s teaching mission. Junro, whose father chaired the Department o f P ro s t h o d o n t i c s a t O ka y a m a University in Japan, will establish a research program investigating bone regeneration.
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Dr. Fei Lui is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Cun-Yu Wang. Fe i g r a d u a t e d f r o m t h e We s t China College of Lui Stomatology and then completed two years of advanced training in prosthodontics. He came to the U.S. to further his education; completed a PhD in skeletal, craniofacial, and oral biology; and received a master’s degree in prosthodontics from the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. Fei will complete two years of postdoctoral training at Michigan with support from the NIH-funded training program in tissue engineering and regeneration and then begin his appointment as an assistant professor of dentistr y. Like Dr. Yamashita, Fei will establish an independent research program and contribute to the teaching mission of the department. Fei’s PhD training was on the hormonal regulation of genes involved in musculoskeletal homeostasis. He will continue to develop as a molecular biologist in Dr. Wang’s lab and will eventually exploit our department’s strengths in tissue engineering and regeneration to solve problems of clinical importance in prosthodontics. BMS We have also started a search to replace the position vacated by the departure of Dave Mooney. An individual in the area of materials sciences/biotechnology/biomedical engineering will fill this position. The
Razzoog New Grad Pros Director
Dr. Michael Razzoog will become the new director of the School’s graduate prosthodontics program on July 1. After completing a thorough search process, I realized we had the best candidate for the job right here at home, and am happy that Mike is willing to take on this important leadership role. Mike, a professor of dentistry, has been with the School of Dentistry for 33 years. I want to thank Dr. Ed Billy for his steady leadership during his tenure as program director. He designed and implemented several programs to improve efficiency in clinics, enhanced our relations with other departments, improved billings and collection systems, and created an environent that demanded excellence. He will leave a program that is on solid financial and academic ground.
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search committee will cast a wide net to identify the best candidate that will fit into our department, school, and university. Continuing Teaching Excellence Although much of this update has focused on our department’s research mission, I want to assure you that we are also committed to excellence in our teaching programs. To ensure that we deliver a contemporary curriculum to our p re d o c t o r a l s t u d e n t s , w e h a v e established a Prosthodontics Curriculum Committee. Led by Dr. Geoffrey Gerstner, the committee, which is made up of course directors, will take a comprehensive look at the course content delivered to undergraduate dental students. The group will determine if we are on the right path and make suggestions, if needed, for improvement. I want this process to open lines of communication between those who teach our major
courses and their directors, as well as have it serve as a conduit for improved communication with our clinical Gerstner teaching faculty. Geoff ’s leadership and the work of the committee will help us to determine: • If there is an appropriate level of repetition for key concepts. • If there are any areas that may not need as much emphasis as earlier. • If there are areas we are not emphasizing as much as we should. • If our course material is delivered logically. • If the biomaterials lectures are aligned with the future needs of prosthodontics. Gerstner New Coordinator Geoff has been named discipline
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Faculty Honors and Achievements
• Jeff Shotwell was selected Teacher of the Year last year (3 Green Clinic). • Regents approved the promotion of Marianella Sierraalta to clinical associate professor. • Peter Ma was one of five scientists, and the only one from the School of Dentistry, to be featured in the Whitaker Foundation’s annual report. • Joe Kolling served a term as the President of the Michigan Dental Association. • Charlotte Mistretta was named associate dean for research and PhD training.
coordinator of occlusion. Several changes will take place in this area, including coordinating the existing four-year curriculum, addressing needs for closing gaps in knowledge, and reporting to department chairs the committee’s findings and suggested methods for curriculum improvement. He and colleagues will work t o i m p ro v e t h e m a j o r g a p s i n our knowledge including clinical experiences in patient diagnosis, t re a t m e n t a n d m a n a g e m e n t ; instruction in the different schools of thought, their clinical value and scientific support; more sophisticated and current training in certain areas; and including occlusion cases and/or questions on the Objectively Structured Clinical Exam. The initial plan is to amend the curriculum through existing courses, develop new clinical teaching protocols and consider multidisciplinar y c l i n i c s t o t re a t p a t i e n t s w i t h temporomandibular joint dysfunction and chronic myofacial pain. Alumni Outreach One of our ongoing priorities is to enhance communication and interactions with our many alumni. Several of our alums now directly participate in the School’s mission by serving as adjunct faculty. Their active participation in both the preclinics and patient treatment clinics enhances our students’ perspectives since they have a wealth of clinical experience, as well
as business and patient management skills they can pass along to our dental students. We will develop new resources for alumni who are unable to be at our School on a regular basis. Our Web site has been updated and includes a special section that brings news and special features to our alumni. Not only does it enhance communication within the department and relay important information affecting our department and School, it also highlights the accomplishments of our faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Although many of you are unable to visit Ann Arbor regularly, we will experiment with a video conferencing platform to bring experts from our faculty and alumni together for case conferences and journal clubs. We w i l l c u l t i v a t e o u r communication networks by bringing us together via the Web to enhance our interactions and learning. The BMS/Prosthodontics Web site can be found at http://www.dent.umich. edu/depts/bms. I hope you find this Web site useful and visit it often.
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Nearly $1.5 Million in New Gifts and Pledges
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he School of Dentistry continues to make progress in its efforts to reach its $35 million goal as part of the University’s “Michigan Difference” fundraising campaign. As of early May, the School has raised more than $29 million, or 83 percent of its goal. In late January, the University reported raising 80 percent, or nearly $2 billion of its $2.5 billion fundraising goal. The public phase of the campaign began in May 2004 and is scheduled to end in December 2008. Several leadership commitments have been confirmed this fiscal year (2005-2006). Last fiscal year, the School received $2.6 million in new gifts and pledges. The largest new gift is a $1 million estate commitment from Dr. Norman Schuen. Other major gifts received include $300,000 from the estate of Dr. Titus Van Haitsma and a $100,000 estate commitment from Dr. Dick and Mrs. Rose Marie Shick. Other gifts include $50,000 from Dr. Billy and Mrs. Virginia Smith for the Dr. Major Ash Collegiate Professorship; a gift from Dr. Jeffrey Ash toward his father’s collegiate professorship; and a gift from Dr. Jon Cabot in honor of his father, Dr. Joseph Cabot, to support the School’s Pediatric Dentistry Fund for Excellence. More information about the gifts is on the pages that follow.
Dr. Norman Schuen Plans for the Future Designates $1 Million+ Estate Gift
A generous planned gift from a U-M School of Dentistry alumnus will be treasured by many dental students in years to come. Dr. Norman Schuen (DDS 1962, MS 1967) has made a provision in his estate for more than $1 million to support future need-based scholarships for first- and second-year dental students. He wants his gift to help students who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend the School of Dentistry. As Richard Fetchiet, from the School’s development office shared the needs facing today’s dental students and projected future educational costs, Schuen thought this would be the best use of his estate gift. “The costs of a dental education are pretty significant today compared to when I was a student, and they continue to escalate,” he said.
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When Schuen was a dental student in 1962, the fee for Michigan students who were training to become dentists was $375 per semester, or $750 annually. For nonresidents, the fee was $750 per semester, or $1,500 annually. To d a y, a n n u a l i n - s t a t e t u i t i o n i s approximately $22,000. Fees, instruments, and other costs bring the annual total to about $25,000. Today’s dental students often graduate with significant amounts of debt, typically $100,000. Reflecting on the education he received at the U-M School of Dentistry, Schuen said he was especially fond of several of his instructors, notably Drs. James Hayward, Donald Kerr, Gerald Bonnette, and Lyle Aseltine. “These instructors were completely dedicated to our profession and teaching, and without them and so many others, this would not be possible,” he said.
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$300,000 Gift from Estate of Dr. Titus Van Haitsma
The School of Dentistry is the beneficiary of a $300,000 gift from the estate of Dr. Titus Van Haitsma (DDS 1935). Dr. Van Haitsma, who died in August 2004 at the age of 93, directed his gift be used for student scholarships. In an interview that appeared in the Spring & Summer 2003 issue of DentalUM, Van Haitsma said he almost didn’t complete dental school because of the Great Depression. He said he was fortunate an uncle sold some stock and loaned him the proceeds that allowed him to continue his education. Talking about his years on the U-M campus as a dental student, Van Haitsma said he was “very fond of the dental school and thought it was about time I gave even more back to it.” He said he included the gift in his estate plan because “I’d like to do something a bit more significant and make a difference.” Van Haitsma had made several previous gifts to the School. “After looking back on what I went through as a student,” he said, “I thought the best way to do that was with a gift that would help a student become a dentist.” He also recalled the “the kindness that my professors and Dean Bill Kotowicz have shown me” and was grateful for the opportunities to hunt and fish with Kotowicz several years earlier. “Ti was a dedicated supporter of the University and our School,” Kotowicz said. “He was an esteemed colleague, a true gentleman, and a friend.”
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$100,000 Gift from Dr. Richard and Mrs. Rose Marie Shick for the Ash Collegiate Professorship
“I hope that my colleagues will remember the great contributions Dr. Ash made to us personally and to our profession and generously make their own gifts to establish the professorship in his honor.”
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“A tremendous role model who was always there for us.”
When you listen to Dr. Dick Shick talk about one of his former instructors, Dr. Major Ash, you hear nothing but superlatives. “He was a tremendous role model.” “He was always there for us.” “His mind, his memory, and his analytical capabilities were, and still are, absolutely superb.” Those were just a few of the phrases Shick (DDS 1954, MS 1960) mentioned as he talked about his world-renowned instructor. Shick also said those were some of the reasons he and his wife, Rose Marie, are gifting $100,000 through their estate plan to the School of Dentistry to help endow the Dr. Major Ash Collegiate Professorship. Recalling his days as a student, Shick described what was then a two-year program, as one “that was very intense under the tutelage of Don Kerr and Sig Ramfjord. Both were brilliant, intelligent men who were also strong taskmasters and did everything they could to instill knowledge and professionalism in us.” Research and Thesis Help Because the program was so demanding, Shick said he often asked Ash for advice. “You could talk to him about anything,” Shick said.
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“In some ways, he was like an older brother because our ages weren’t that far apart.” Ash also helped Shick with his research and master’s thesis. “In retrospect, I bit off more than I could chew and asked both Dr. Ash and even my wife to help me,” Shick said with a laugh. “Major physically assisted me, getting students into the clinic so I could do the scoring procedures on them. He even helped my wife record some of the information I was collecting.” Shick said his master’s thesis wouldn’t have been published in the Journal of Periodontology without Ash’s help. “He was aware of many of the technical issues and writing skills that were needed to get my work published, for which I was grateful,” he said. “Without him, I think the perio students felt we wouldn’t have made it through the program.” About three years after earning his master’s degree in periodontics and passing the American Board of Periodontology exam, Shick said he was assigned to give the state’s periodontology board exam. ‘You Did Pretty Good’ “This was the first time a formally-trained and American Board-certified periodontist was given the task of developing the exam. Don Kerr and Sig Ramfjord were concerned that the exam might be too difficult,” Shick said. “In fact, as I was developing the exam, they asked me to give some hints about the questions I was going to ask. But I told them that I wasn’t about to give them anything.” On the day of the state board exam, Shick said he wrote the questions he developed on a blackboard for the candidates. He was surprised at what happened next. Moments later, Ash walked in the exam room and approached Shick. “He told me, ‘Shick, you
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did pretty good,’ and that’s something that has always stuck with me.” Deserving Recognition and Honor Although they don’t see each other often, Shick said he did see Ash in Arizona in 2001. “That’s when I was president of the USA Section of the International College of Dentists attending a meeting of dental school deans. I enjoyed seeing him and talking to him again.” Shick said he hopes that his colleagues “will remember the great contributions Dr. Ash made to us personally and to our profession and generously make their own gifts to establish the professorship in his honor. I want his name and his contributions to periodontics to be remembered forever,” Shick said. “He deserves the recognition and the honor for everything he’s accomplished.”
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$50,000 from Dr. Billy and Mrs. Virginia Smith for Ash Collegiate Professorship
The School of Dentistry is the beneficiary of a $50,000 gift from the late Dr. Billy Smith, and his wife, Virginia, for the Ash Collegiate Professorship. Details of the gift were finalized shortly before Dr. Smith’s death last November. [See story, page 92]. Smith’s admiration for Ash was well known to colleagues and students during the years he taught at the School of Dentistry. In an interview that was published in the School’s alumni magazine in the summer of 1990, Smith spoke highly of both Ash and Dr. Sigurd Ramfjord. Like Ramfjord, Smith said of Ash, “I regard him as a giant in the field of periodontics. …His work in the field of occlusion is regarded highly throughout the world. He is my friend and mentor.”
The Dr. Major Ash Endowed Collegiate Professorship in Periodontics
The U-M School of Dentistry’s proud and preeminent place among America’s great dental schools is in no small measure the result of its superb faculty. The School is strongly committed to ensuring this tradition and has identified the need for an endowed collegiate professorship in graduate periodontics as central to this mission. To attract and retain faculty who are in the forefront of graduate periodontics education, one of the world’s most distinguished specialty programs, and to acknowledge the contributions of one of the world’s greatest professors in the field, the School has created The Dr. Major McKinley Ash Collegiate Professorship in Periodontics. Dr. Ash’s illustrious career was profiled in the Spring & Summer 2002 issue of DentalUM (pages 28-36).
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Gift from Dr. Jeffrey Ash for Collegiate Professorship
One of Ash’s sons, Dr. Jeffrey Ash (DDS 1979, MS 1982), has given a gift to help fund the professorship bearing his father’s name. “I think it’s great that the School of Dentistry has decided to honor my father in this manner, and I wanted my gift to show that there was a commitment from our family,” Jeffrey Ash said. “When I reflect on the career my father has had and what he has done for dentistry, it was something that I wanted to do as a way of showing my admiration and respect for him.”
Dr. Jon Cabot Makes Gift in Father’s Name
Dr. Jon Cabot recently did something for a very special person in his life – his father. Late last year, Cabot, who earned his dental degree in 1982 and a master’s degree in pediatric dentistry in 1984, made a generous gift to the U-M School of Dentistry in the name of his father, Dr. Joseph Cabot (DDS 1945; MS, pediatric dentistry 1947). The gift from Dr. Jon Cabot will support the School’s Pediatric Dentistry Fund for Excellence. “I was shocked and deeply touched when I
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Ortho Classes Pledge $70K to Fund
The orthodontics Classes of 2006, 2007, and 2008 have pledged $70,000 to the Richard A. Johnson Wolverine Fund for Orthodontic Resident Education. Created by residents of the Class of 2004 in 2004 as the Wolverine Fund, the fund was renamed to honor D Richard Johnson for his 35years of service to the School’s D r. epartment of Orthodontics and Pediatric D entistry. [DentalUM, Spring & Summer 2005, page 50; Fall 2004, page 43.] Funds raised are used to support orthodontic residents who wish to attend major educational meetings and orthodontic conferences.
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learned of my son’s gift in a letter I received in mid-November,” Dr. Joseph Cabot said. The letter was from Dean Peter Polverini. There was a hint something would happen. “At a dinner a few weeks earlier, Jon told my wife and I that we would soon be receiving a letter from the dean,” Dr. Joseph Cabot said. “When we did, we both were speechless.” The elder Dr. Cabot, who retired 22 years ago, was active in organized dentistry. In addition to serving as president of the Detroit District Dental Society and the Michigan Dental Association, he was also on the Board of Directors of the American Dental Association for six years and served a term as first vice president of the organization. “When I thought about the influence my father had on my life, and all he has given to me and to the dental profession, I thought this would be the perfect time and way to honor him,” Dr. Jon Cabot said. In recognition of the gift, and to acknowledge his distinguished career, the School’s graduate pediatric library was renamed The Dr. Joseph Cabot Graduate Pediatric Dentistry Reference Library.
In Appreciation for Your Gift
There’s nothing like being appreciated for what you do. The University of Michigan realizes that and does something about it. When you develop your estate plan and include U-M in that plan, the University will recognize you for your consideration and generosity. It acknowledges your gift with membership in the Monteith Legacy Society. Named for one of the University’s founders and its first president, the Monteith Society is composed of individuals who generously support the University with an estate plan gift to help the University continue its tradition of academic excellence. You can choose the amount of your gift. When you make your decision, you must provide the University with a copy of that portion of your estate plan pertaining to the University, and/or sign a John Monteith Legacy Society statement of intent. To learn more about the Society and specific planned gift opportunities, contact the School of Dentistry’s Office of Development at (734) 763-3315.
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Will and
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How to Make Your Will
t’s probably one of the most important documents you will ever help create. Yet studies show that many continue to neglect asking an attorney and financial planner to work with them on this document - a will - that specifies how your assets will be distributed after your death.
More Pers
Revok ing or Amending Your will can be changed easily and inexpensively by executing a codicil, a separate Key Elements document that is executed with the same Whether it’s simple or complex, a will is formalities of a will. primarily a legal document. To be effective, In most cases, a codicil is used to make minor it must meet the requirements of state law. modifications to an existing will. The will remains Even a small mistake in drafting, execution, or intact and is simply amended by the codicil. witnessing of your will can make it invalid and If you need to make major changes, you will ineffective. probably want to execute a completely new will. In addition to being a legal document, a will Usually, a new will automatically revokes all can be a final message that reflects your personal previously executed wills. But it is prudent to values, a way of leaving a lasting legacy by which state explicitly in a new will that all former wills others will remember you. are revoked. It should be practical. That is, given your Revoking a will is typically done by burning, assets, it should accomplish your objectives, shredding, or simply writing “canceled” on the meet the needs of your beneficiaries, and permit pages of the existing document. an efficient and economical settlement of your If a will is revoked by a physical act and a new estate. will is not executed, the estate will be distributed under the intestate laws of the state in which the Legal Requirements decedent resided at the time of death. Although there seem to be exceptions to A will also can be revoked by operation of nearly every rule, in general, every state has law. different rules for the execution of a will. The In most states, divorce will revoke the benefits typical requirements of a valid will are: provided for the divorced spouse, but may not • The will should be in writing and signed by revoke provisions made for other beneficiaries. In some states, a will is wholly or partially revoked by the testator (the person executing the will). the marriage of the testator, or the birth of a child • The testator must be mentally competent at to the testator, after the execution of the will. the time the will is executed. • The testator must sign the will in the presence Asset Disposition Restrictions of two or three disinterested witnesses and Although you generally are free to dispose must affirmatively state to these persons assets to your beneficiaries as you choose, state that the document is his or her last will and laws do impose some restrictions. testament. The best example is the rule that a married • Each witness must sign his or her name, person cannot disinherit his or her spouse. If a will makes no provision for the testator’s usually in the presence of each other and the spouse, or makes inadequate provision, the spouse testator, and also affirm that the testator did generally can elect to take a statutory share of the sign the document.
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estate. Typically, a surviving spouse can claim one-third to one-half of the value of the estate. As for children, generally, children do not have an absolute right to receive any part of the estate unless the parent dies without a will (intestate). Most Popular Forms of Bequests Chances are good that your present will leaves specific sums of money to one or more designated beneficiaries and then directs that the rest of your estate be divided among other designated beneficiaries. However, there are other alternatives. Percent of Value. Many attorneys recommend “percentage-of-estate-value” bequests rather than monetary bequests. All beneficiaries share in increases or decreases of the estate after the will is executed. Contingent Bequests. Name contingent beneficiaries to take a bequest if the primary beneficiary predeceases you. In-Kind Bequests. In appropriate cases, your will can bequeath specific real or personal property to a beneficiary. However, if the property is not in your estate when you die, the bequest may become void and the beneficiary will not receive any part of the estate. Residuary Bequests. It is important to note the specific bequests in your will are paid and satisfied first. Whatever is left following those specific bequests, taxes, and estate costs have been paid, remaining bequests to beneficiaries can be made in a residuary bequest. Selecting the Executor Many people name their spouse or child as the executor of their estate. Unless the estate is large or complex, this is generally a good decision. (In actual practice, much of the work is done by an attorney.) However, depending on the nature of your estate, there may be good reason to nominate a friend as an executor, or to name a bank or trust company to settle your estate. In choosing an executor, keep in mind that settling an estate is a complex and demanding task for an executor. Assets must be collected and preserved, claims must be settled, debts collected, and tax returns filed. The will must be probated, and court proceedings are essential. In most cases, all of this is accomplished in one or two years, an accounting is filed, the estate is distributed to designated beneficiaries, and the executor is discharged. It is important to make sure your executor has the power and authority needed to settle your estate. Ask your attorney to provide the appropriate powers and authority for your executor. Some Final Advice In the past, wills were very personal, frequently emphasizing the personal philosophy of the testator and explaining his or her motive for every bequest. Today, the opposite seems to be true. If you feel you have something important to say to your children, for example, it makes sense to write your message carefully and include it in your will. Care should be taken to make sure the message does not create confusion about the disposition of your estate. You may also want to include a bequest to one or more organizations, such as the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, that have added meaning to your life. It’s a way of giving back and continuing to help make a difference in the lives of others.
For more information, contact:
• Jeff Freshcorn Gift Officer University of Michigan School of Dentistry 1011 N. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 647-4394 freshco@umich.edu • Tom Herbert, J.D. Assistant Vice President & Director of Planned Giving University of Michigan 9000 Wolverine Tower 3003 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 647-6084 therbert@umich.edu
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- Golf Outing September 21
Homecoming October 26,
The University’s and the School of Dentistry’s Homecoming Weekend celebration will take place on the same weekend this fall. The simultaneous celebrations will give dental school alumni an opportunity to visit former classmates from other schools and colleges, according to Richard Fetchiet, director of external relations. “It will also give our alums an opportunity to see the Michigan football team play a Big Ten opponent, something that many of our graduates have expressed a desire to see in recent years,” he added. T h e S c h o o l ’ s H o m e c o m i n g We e ke n d activities begin on Thursday, October 26, with the emeritus pinning ceremony, class picture, and luncheon, followed by the Hall of Honor induction ceremony. On Friday, October 27, the Morawa Lecture and class reunions will be held. On Saturday, October 28, there will be a tailgate party and the Northwestern football game. Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony The School will hold its fourth Hall of Honor induction ceremony on Thursday, October 26. Two individuals will be inducted, joining 32 others who have been honored since the Hall was established in 2003. Like last year, this year’s ceremony will take place beginning at 2:15 p.m. following the emeritus reunion and Hall of Honor luncheon.
The School of Dentistry’s annual golf outing will take place on Thursday, September 21, at the U-M Golf Course. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., the shotgun start begins an hour later. More information about the event, including how to register, will soon be mailed and will also appear on the School of Dentistry’s Web site www.dent.umich.edu. 2005 Results Winners from last year’s event were: 1st place – Dave Montague, Jim Montague, John Cook, Mike Meszaros 2nd place – Crayton Kidd, Darnell McKandes, John Morris, Brent Davidson 3rd place – Jim Berg, Dick Wunderlich, Mark Hanselman, Bill Himm
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Morawa Lecture This year’s Morawa Lecture will feature presentations by two School of Dentistry faculty members, Dr. Phil Richards and Dr. Jack Gobetti. Each will present a three-hour program. Richards will speak in the morning on “Practical Periodontics.” The half-day program is designed to provide a fresh interpretation of established periodontal disease and treatment concepts that are directly applicable in clinical practice. Strategies for planning, implementing, and evaluating periodontal therapy will be discussed, as will the importance of effectively communicating with patients. A case-based format will be used to reinforce many of the topics presented. There will also be time for discussion at the end of the session. Gobetti’s topic, “Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office,” will cover basic office preparations needed to effectively and efficiently treat common medical emergencies in a dental office. The afternoon course will emphasize training of office staff, preparing an emergency kit, and treating emergencies. It will also include video “trigger tapes” of actual emergencies that participants will discuss.
Homecoming 2006 Calendar of Events
Thursday, October 26 Emeritus Pinning Ceremony Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: School of D entistry, Room G 390 Emeritus Class Picture Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: Foyer staircase outside the Sindecuse Museum Emeritus Reunion and Hall of Honor Luncheon Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Location: Sindecuse Atrium Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony Time: 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Location: School of D entistry, Room G 390 Friday, October 27 Morawa Lecture Time: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Kensington Court H 610 H Boulevard, Ann Arbor otel, ilton Speakers: D Philip Richards (morning) – Practical Periodontics r. D Jack G r. obetti (afternoon) – Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office Homecoming Celebration Dinner H onoring: D and D H ental ental ygiene classes with graduation years ending in 1 and 6. D Open, Registration Begins: 6:00 p.m. oors Cocktail reception: 6:00 p.m. D inner: 7:00 p.m. Location: Kensington Court H 610 H Boulevard, Ann Arbor otel, ilton Saturday, October 28 Alumni Association Go Blue! Tailgate Time: 3 hours before kickoff Location: Elbel Field Football Game – University of Michigan vs. Northwestern Time: Kick-off time to be announced Location: The Big House
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Who Would You Nominate? Distinguished Service Award Nominations Sought
School of Dentistry alumni… we need your advice.
Each spring during graduation ceremonies, the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors presents its Distinguished Service Award to one or more individuals. The award recognizes and honors a living person who has made an outstanding contribution to the U-M School of Dentistry, the School’s Alumni Society, or to the profession of dentistry. Nominees are selected on the basis of their professional development, service, innovation, and promotion of the dental profession. Not eligible are those currently employed by the University, an officer or employee of the Alumni Association, or a person serving on the School’s Board of Governors. A list of individuals who have received the award in the past is on this page. Is there anyone you think deserves recognition and should receive the Distinguished Service Award? Let us know in one of three ways. You can call Amy Reyes in our Office of Alumni Relations at (734) 764-6856. Or you can send her an e-mail at: alreyes@umich.edu. The third way is to complete the form on page 59. The Board’s Nominations Committee will review and discuss your suggestions for the award that will be presented next spring. The deadline to respond is September 1, 2006.
Previous Distinguished Service Award Recipients
2006: Dr. James Harris Dr. William Maas 2005: Dr. Lysle Johnston, Jr. 2004: Dr. Frank Comstock Dr. Richard Corpron 2003: Dr. James Avery 2002: Dr. Brien Lang 2001: Prof. Albert Richards 2000: Dr. Arnold Morawa 1999: Dr. Robert Browne, Dr. James Enoch 1998: Dr. Edward Cheney, Dr. Mark Gilson 1997: Dr. Hugh Cooper, Jr. Dr. Robert Streelman 1996: Dr. Fred Kahler, Dr. Charles Murray 1995: Dr. H. Dean Millard, Dr. Carl Woolley 1994: Dr. Gerald Charbeneau Ms. Pauline Steele 1993: Dr. Eugene Bonofiglio Dr. Joseph Cabot, Dr. Richard Shick 1992: Dr. Major Ash, Dr. Faustin Weber Dr. George Gillespie 1991: Dr. Samuel Harris, Dr. James Hayward 1990: Dr. Kamal Asgar, Dr. Ray Stevens 1989: Dr. William Brown Dr. Charles Cartwright Dr. Al Morris 1988: Dr. Gerald VanderWall, Dr. John Nolen 1987: Dr. Robert Doerr, Dr. Sigurd Ramfjord 1986: Dr. Floyd Peyton, Dr. Floyd Ostrander, Ms. Zelma Meyers 1985: Dr. Fred Henney, Dr. Dorothy Hard
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School of Dentistry alumni…we need your advice. At graduation ceremonies each spring, the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors presents its Distinguished Service Award to one or more individuals. These individuals have distinguished themselves with their contributions and service to the School, or to the School’s Alumni Society, or to the profession of dentistry. The award recognizes a living person who is not actively serving the University of Michigan or the School of Dentistry and is not an officer of the Board of Governors, the School’s Alumni Society, or a University employee. In the space below, please let us know who, you think, deserves this award. The Board’s Nominations Committee will discuss the names submitted prior to making its decision and presenting the award at graduation ceremonies next spring.
Recommendation Form
________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Please return your recommendation form before September 1, 2006 to: Amy Reyes Office of Alumni Relations University of Michigan School of Dentistry 1011 N. University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078
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BALLOT
School of Dentistry’s Alumni Society Board of Governors
Please take a moment to vote for candidates who will serve on the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors. On the ballot below, choose four dentists and one dental hygienist who will serve a three-year term beginning in September. Then clip and mail your ballot to the School of Dentistry at the address on the ballot. Ballots must be postmarked by August 1, 2006.
BALLOT
Vote for 4 dentists: Dr. Jerry B. Booth Dr. Charles Caldwell Dr. Daniel Edwards* Dr. Gerald Howe* Dr. Gary Hubbard* Dr. Metodi C. Pogoncheff Vote for 1 hygienist: Janet Souder Wilson*
* Incumbent
Dr. Jerry B. Booth earned his dental degree from U-M in 1961, completed the oral and maxillofacial training program at the U-M hospital three years later, and received his master’s degree in 1964. After practicing briefly in Detroit, he resides in Jackson, Michigan where he is still active in a full-service oral and maxillofacial practice. Dr. Charles Caldwell has a private practice in orthodontics in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a satellite office in Hastings, Michigan. A 1977 graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry, he earned a master’s degree in orthodontics two years later from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Caldwell has been a multiyear board member and past president of the West Michigan District Dental Society, the Downtown Grand Rapids Rotary Club (400 members), and Indian Trails Camp for those with physical and mental disabilities. He has served as a trustee of the Michigan Association of Orthodontists and as an examiner for the State of Michigan specialty license exam in orthodontics. Dr. Daniel Edwards *, a 1997 graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry, is currently a member of the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors and chairs the Student/Alumni Relations Committee. An active member of the ADA, MDA, and Washtenaw District Dental Society, he serves as a member of the MDA’s Membership Committee. He practices in Ann Arbor and Canton and is an adjunct clinical instructor at the School of Dentistry. Dr. Gerald Howe *, a member of the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors, practiced orthodontics for 39 years in Monroe, Michigan. A 1961 graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry, he was a clinical instructor for one year and served in the U.S. Army Dental Corps for two years. Dr. Howe earned his master’s degree in orthodontics from Northwestern University in 1966 and has served on the insurance committees of the MDA and the American Association of Orthodontists. Dr. Gary Hubbard * is a 1978 graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry and former clinical instructor at the School. He maintains a private practice in Lansing focusing on cosmetic, restorative, and family practice dentistry. A member of the ADA, MDA, and Central District Dental Society, Dr. Hubbard also belongs to the AACD, the Academy of Osseointegration, and is a member and past president of the Vedder Society and CDDS. He currently chairs the Peer Review Committee and is a member of the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors. Dr. Metodi C. Pogoncheff is a 1976 graduate of the U-M School of Dentistry who has a private general dentistry practice in Lansing, Michigan. A member of the ADA, MDA, and Central District Dental Society, he is also a member of the Kingery Prosthodontic Study Club and a charter member of the Academy of Sports Dentistry. His goal is continued development of the School’s core facilities to create the best possible experience for dental students. Janet Souder Wilson * is a full-time clinician in private practice in Northville, Michigan. She is a current member and past president of the MDHA and WDDHS, serves on the School’s Alumni Society Board of Governors, and is on the Alumni Leadership Council of AAUM.
Envelope with ballot must be postmarked by August 1, 2006. Please mail your ballot to: University of Michigan School of Dentistry 1011 N. University Office of Alumni Relations Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1078
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School of Dentistry
Hall of Honor
I nominate
_________________________________________ for consideration to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry Hall of Honor.
The Hall of Honor posthumously honors some of the legends of the dental profession who have been associated with the U-M School of Dentistry.
Please provide any professional information you may have about this individual that would help the Selection Committee. You may use additional pages if necessary. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Your name ______________________________________________________________________________ Your address ____________________________________________________________________________ Your U-M School of Dentistry degree(s) & year(s) ________________________________________________ Your phone number ( _____ )_______________________ E-mail _________________________________ Please return this form to: University of Michigan School of Dentistry Office of Alumni Relations Attn: Amy Reyes 1011 N. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078
The envelope with your nomination must be postmarked by November 1, 2006.
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Homecoming Weekend 2005
Homecoming Weekend Highlights
Per Kjeldsen
U-M School of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene graduates enjoy returning each fall to Ann Arbor to participate in various events and activities during the School’s three-day Homecoming Weekend. Last fall was no exception.
The weekend began on Thursday, November 10, when Dean Peter Polverini welcomed emeritus alumni and their spouses to the Pinning Ceremony. Twenty-three members of the Dental Class of 1955 received pins celebrating the 50th anniversary of their graduation. Eleven members of the Dental Hygiene Class of 1955 also received pins. Before calling each to the podium to receive their pin, Polverini said that “much of our School’s success is due to the legacy you and other alumni have left us. For that, we are grateful.” Following the ceremony, alumni and their spouses toured the Dr. Roy Roberts Preclinical Laboratory, attended a luncheon in their honor in the Dr. Gordon Sindecuse Atrium, and attended the Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony. Highlights of these and other events are on the pages that follow.
The Dr. Roy Roberts Preclinical Laboratory was a reunion venue for D rs. Robert Nominelli (left) and JackH umm.
High-Tech Preclinic Excites Alums
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D Franziska Schoenfeld, the only woman to earn a r. dental degree in 1955 from U-M, talked to secondyear dental student Stephanie Benton-Langejans at her workstation in the D Roy Roberts Preclinical r. Laboratory. Today, approximately half of the students receiving dental degrees from the School of D entistry are women.
As they entered the Dr. Roy Roberts Preclinical Laboratory, Dr. Merle Jaarda greeted them and asked, “Do you want to sit down and do some work?” Without missing a beat, someone replied, “We stood up when we worked.” After the laughter subsided following the reply, Jaarda demonstrated how he and other preclinical instructors are using technology to teach today’s first- and second-year dental students. Stephanie Benton-Langejans, a second-year dental student who was in the preclinic, answered questions from alumni and described some of the new technology at her workstation. “Some of them commented about the instruments they used as students, but most seemed impressed with how we are using the mannequin head to practice different procedures,” she said. “They also wanted to know how many of today’s dental students were women,” she added. By comparison, the only woman who graduated from the Class of 1955 with a dental degree was Franziska Schoenfeld. Dr. Richard Boff (DDS 1966), whose wife Dorothy attended as a dental hygiene graduate of the Class of 1955, was amazed at what he saw. “This is such a far cry from the benches and slate top we had in Dr. Moyers’ lab,” he said. “This is just fantastic. It’s unbelievable.”
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Hall of Honor
ormer colleagues and family members fondly remembered the five men and one woman who were formally inducted into the U-M School of Dentistry’s Hall of Honor last fall. The six who were honored during Homecoming Weekend activities joined 26 others inducted in 2003 and 2004. Dean Peter Polverini said “this ceremony is an important one for all of us. Those being inducted represented the best from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. They made not only significant contributions to this School, but to society.”
Per Kjeldsen
Relatives of Victoria Tondrowski look at an album about her life and career prior to the School’s Hall of Honor ceremony. Tondrowski and five others were posthumously inducted last November. Kathleen Buckner, a distant relative of Tondrowski’s, is holding the album. On her right is Delores Ryan, Tondrowski’s niece. Looking over Buckner’s right shoulder is Tom Ryan, Delores’ son, and Lee Buckner. The album, which includes photos of Tondrowski when she was growing up and traces her career, was created by Charlotte Wyche, Tondrowski’s grandniece.
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D William Brown, r. spoke about one of the inductees, D Oliver Clark r. Applegate. “H was one e of my teachers, and a good one,”Brown said. “H e was friendly, helpful, and an outstanding mentor.”
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Hall of
Per Kjeldsen
D eborah D owson spoke affectionately of her father, D John D r. owson, who was also honored. “I always remember him as being here, at this School, when he wasn’t home,”she said. She’s seen here with a replica of the H of H plaque all onor that honors her father.
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G Cherney, executive erri director of the Michigan D Association, spoke ental of D John GNolen’s r. . contributions to the dental profession. “D Nolen r. was a dental pioneer who left a markon dentistry in Michigan,”she said. “H was e a mentor, role model, and the consummate professional. H family contributed more is than 230years of service to the dental profession.”
Per Kjeldsen
“I’m grateful that you are honoring my Uncle Rick,” said Elinor Link, the niece of Dr. Ura G. Rickert. “He was a giant of a man who left a wonderful legacy.” Behind her is Dr. Eli Berger who read the inscription on the plaque honoring Rickert.
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Per Kjeldsen
Charlotte Wyche, the grand niece of Victoria Tondrowski, said of her, “She had size four shoes that were difficult to fill because they were so big.” Behind Wyche is Susan Pritzel who said of Tondrowski, “I’m fortunate to have had this lady, Victoria Tondrowski, as my mentor. She did everything mentioned on the plaque in a truly dignified manner.”
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D Bill Brownscombe, r. chair of the School of D entistry’s Alumni Society Board of G overnors, read the plaque honoring D r. G eorge Northcroft.
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Homecoming Weekend 2005
U-M Fanfare Band Rocks!
Jerry Mastey
Jerry Mastey
It was a homecoming weekend that they will always remember, especially Friday’s Homecoming Celebration Dinner. Sure, the dinner was an opportunity for classmates to meet and talk about the past as well as the present. It also featured something more — a surprise — an appearance by the University of Michigan Fanfare Band. There were hints something big would happen. As about 500 alumni sat down for dinner, Rich Fetchiet, director of external relations, said, “I think what we have planned for tonight will get you ready for tomorrow’s game against Indiana.” As dinner ended, staff with the office of alumni relations began giving everyone a gift — blue baseball hats, with a yellow block-M logo on the front and the word “Dentistry” on the back. Moments later, the 30-member band marched down the main hallway of the Kensington Court Hotel, opened the doors to both grand ballrooms, and began playing The Victors. People jumped to their feet and began singing along, vigorously thrusting their fists into the air and giving classmates high-fives. Alums savored the moment. “It was the first time we have been able to get nearly all of the classes in a single area,” Fetchiet said. “And to have everyone there to hear the band play The Victors and singing along and cheering was something that made the evening very special.”
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Nearly 500 School of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene graduates and their spouses attended the Homecoming Dinner Celebration. Some of those who attended are in these photos taken by the School’s Diane McFarland.
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“This is the Golden Age of Dentistry”
Jerry Mastey
“We are fortunate to be living and practicing in the G olden Age of D entistry”D r. G ordon Christensen told dentists at this year’s Kenneth J. Ryan, D S, D Memorial Seminar at the Power Center.
We are fortunate to be living and practicing in the Golden Age of Dentistry.” That was the theme of the remarks and one of the slides Dr. Gordon Christensen presented to about 1,200 dentists from across Michigan at this year’s annual Kenneth J. Ryan, DDS Memorial Seminar in January at the Power Center on the U-M campus. Christensen, who helped establish dental schools at the University of Kentucky and the University of Colorado, has presented more than 45,000 hours of continuing education worldwide and has published hundreds of books and articles. He is the founder and director of an international continuing education organization for dental professionals, Practical Clinical Courses, which was established in 1981. He and his wife, Rella, are co-founders of the non-profit Clinical Research Associates. Both organizations are based in Provo, Utah. Meeting U-M Dental Students His enthusiasm for dentistry and the dental profession has not waned. Early in his presentation, Christensen spoke about an opportunity he had to talk to a group of U-M dental students the night before his presentation.
“They’re enthused, they’re excited about the dental profession,” he said. As he reflected on his career and the conversation with the students, Christensen added, “I wish I could do it again. Dentistry has been fantastic for me and my family.” Christensen said several factors have converged to make this “the Golden Age of Dentistry.” One is the economy. “Although you’re having troubles here in Michigan, the economy is great across the country,” he said. Another factor he cited was the demand for cosmetic dentistry. “It’s enormous and continues to grow.” He also mentioned the “great variety of procedures available in dentistry, more than 150, and the freedom of choice dentists have in determining where they want to practice, the type of practice they want to establish, and the time they spend in practice. “We also have the best materials, the best devices, and the best equipment we have ever had,” he said. Need for Innovation Emphasized However, Christensen said he was troubled by what he was seeing and learning in his trips overseas. “We have an enormous need to learn from what others in other countries are doing,” he said. “We’re not doing very well with inventing and that needs to change.” Christensen is a member of the postgraduate faculty of several dental schools, an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University, and a clinical professor at the University of Utah. The Kenneth J. Ryan, DDS Memorial Seminar was presented by the Delta Dental Fund in conjunction with the U-M School of Dentistry.
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More Vigilance Needed
Study Shows Effects on Quality of Life
Per Kjeldsen
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ral health care professionals, teachers, and parents need to pay closer attention to children’s oral health. That’s the advice a U-M School of Dentistry faculty member offers based on the results of a study showing how poor oral health affects the quality of life of kindergarten and elementary school students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Good oral health, the study shows, plays a major role in a child’s general health, quality of life, and even their academic achievement. Thousands of Students Studied For the past two years, Dr. Marita Inglehart and colleagues from the dental school and the pediatric dental clinic at Mott Children’s Health Center in Flint have been collecting data from nearly 4,000 students at 35 kindergarten and elementary schools in Flint and Genesee County. The data has been collected in school-wide oral health screenings, face-to-face interviews with children, questionnaire responses from their teachers, and telephone interviews with more than 500 parents. Inglehart, an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, said for children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, poor oral health makes a big difference. “There’s a tendency to think that if children don’t complain, then there is no pain, and nothing is wrong. But we’re finding that’s not the case,” she said. “Our study shows that many of these children have major oral health problems that affect their quality of life. That, in turn, affects their ability to learn in the classroom, make friends, or get along with other students their age.”
Teachers Surprised Inglehart said the study found that more than half of the students had untreated caries. Another ten percent had abscesses and/or “pulpal involvement” (a condition where the cavity was so deep that it went into the nerve of the tooth). More than 17 percent of the children said they had a toothache the day their oral exams were conducted, 35 percent said they had pain when they ate something hot or cold, 31 percent had pain when they chewed, and 23 percent reported pain when they ate something sweet. “Those pains showed clearly how strongly poor dental health affects their lives in general and, specifically, their ability to achieve academically,” Inglehart said. Twenty percent of the children said a toothache kept them up at night, 13 percent said a toothache kept them home from school at times, and nearly 20 percent said a toothache made it difficult for them to pay attention in the classroom. She said that teachers were also surprised with the results. “These findings allow us to help teachers recognize how poor oral health problems can affect student learning,” she said. But the problems are more than academic. They also appear to be social. “Children with bad oral health usually don’t smile and have a poor self image. When that happens, it’s more difficult for them to make friends and may even make them more liable to be picked on by others,” she said. Other Surprising Discoveries Inglehart said two findings from the study surprised her. One was discovering how many children share a toothbrush.
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Second-year pediatric dental residents D Matthew Pollock(left) and Orest Pilipowiczwere among rs. those who examined children in elementary schools in G enesee County as part of a School of D entistry study that shows the effect poor oral can have on the quality of life of elementary school students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Pediatric resident D Orest Pilipowicztries to help an elementary school student relaxby talking about r. basketball before conducting an oral exam. The student was one of 140 who were examined earlier this year at an elementary school in Flint by Pilipowiczand D Matthew Pollockas part of a School of r. D entistry study investigating the effects of poor oral health on academic performance and quality of life. Over Pilipowicz’s right shoulder is a dental assistant who conducts a face-to-face interview with a student and enters the information into a database.
She said nearly 20 percent of kindergarten students share a toothbrush with another member of the family. The percentage dropped to about 19 and 15 percent, respectively, by the second and third grade. Not surprisingly, children who shared toothbrushes had poorer oral health than children who did not. The other surprise was the number of children with TMJ problems. “We learned that more than twenty percent of five year olds said they heard clicking when they chewed on the side of their mouth or opened their mouth wide,” she said. Those problems could result from rough playing or receiving a blow to the back or side of the head. When the study is completed, Inglehart hopes to use the findings to give teachers, physicians, nurses, social workers and others new tools and information they can use to help children get the oral health care services they need. “I also want to see more parents actively involved in the oral health care of their children, especially young, first-time mothers who are 23 years old or younger so that they clearly understand how important good oral health is to their child’s general health, their quality of life and, indeed, their academic success.” Collaborating with Inglehart were dental school faculty members Drs. Robert Bagramian, Tilly Peters, and Sven-Erik Widmalm; Dr. Elizabeth Moje, U-M School of Education; Dr. Daniel Briskie, executive director of dentistry at Mott Children’s Health Center; Gloria Bourdon, director of the Genesee Intermediate School District’s Health, Safety, and Nutrition Services; and Dr. Robert Feigal, former director of pediatric dentistry at the U-M School of Dentistry, now at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.
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Mistretta New Associate Dean for Research
D r. C h a r l o t t e M i s t re t t a , w h o directs the School of Dentistry’s Oral Health Sciences doctoral program, is the new Associate Dean for Research and PhD Training. Dean Peter Polverini announced her appointment last fall. An accomplished investigator with a long history of NIH funding, Mistretta helped to create the Oral Health Sciences PhD program and has directed it since its inception in 1994. “I’m delighted Charlotte is willing to take on yet another challenge on behalf of the School,” Polverini said.
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“She is an outstanding teacher and mentor who has successfully nurtured the careers of many predoctoral and graduate students.” In addition to serving on numerous School and Universitylevel committees since coming to Ann Arbor in 1972, Mistretta has been extensively involved with national and international organizations. Her work and achievements, including a feature on the School’s Oral Health Sciences PhD program, were profiled in the Spring & Summer 2005 issue of DentalUM. She succeeds Dr. Renny Franceschi who was named associate dean for research in the fall of 2002.
U-M Research Nears $800 Million
Research expenditures by the University of Michigan reached $778 million in fiscal year 2004-2005, a 3.4 percent increase from the previous fiscal year, and are headed for $800 million in the 2005-2006 fiscal year ending June 30, according to Stephen Forrest, vice president of research. He made the remarks at a meeting of the Board of Regents in February. In the last 10 years, he said, the University’s research expenditures have nearly doubled from about $400 million in 1995.
Taichman Awarded $100,000 for Prostate Cancer Research
A School of Dentistry researcher h a s b e e n a w a rd e d $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 to investigate factors that cause prostate cancer to spread to the bone, a hallmark of advanced prostate cancer. The researcher, Dr. Russell Taichman, said his investigations into the bone debilitating disease might some day help prostate cancer patients. “They might also even help dentists restore damaged bone structures in a patient’s mouth,” he said. Taichman, a professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, received the one-year award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research. The Foundation places seed money into novel areas and/or high risk, high impact projects in the hopes that sufficient preliminary data will allow investigators to obtain subsequent funding from other organizations. Background Cancers of the prostate gland, and those in many other tissues, display a tendency to invade and survive in bone. Once the tumor spreads to distant tissues, survival drastically declines. Taichman hopes his research will provide significant information about the specific mechanisms that prompt the migration of cancer cells to bone tissue and, ultimately, improve researcher’s understanding of how damaged bone, including those in the orofacial region, can be repaired in any disease setting. For several years, Taichman’s lab has been studying the mechanisms
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cells use that pathway, instead of merely surviving, they are induced to grow.” Taichman believes that by studying this pathway, “not only will we learn more about how prostate cancers grow in the bone, but we might also identify new methods to prevent the spread of tumors.” I n a d d i t i o n , Ta i c h m a n s a i d preliminary work on the pathway suggests that it might contribute to the overgrowth of new bone, a common and unwanted side effect of metastastic prostate cancer. “If the mechanisms that tumors use to generate new bone tissue can be harnessed, a new realm of therapy for diseases resulting in bone loss can be A question about the spread of prostate cancers to bone raised by undergraduate research assistant Stephanie Zalucha prompted Dr. Russell Taichman to conduct further research which led to the Prostate Cancer Foundation imagined,” he said. “Prostate cancer is the most awarding Taichman $100,000 to conduct further investigations. common cancer in America,” said Leslie involved in metastasis. About two “As I was discussing how blood D. Michelson, chief executive officer of years ago, his laboratory discovered stem cells cling to bone marrow, the Prostate Cancer Foundation. “By a link between the migration of blood Stephanie asked if this same process funding this innovative research into stem cells to the marrow during bone could also contribute to how prostate bone growth and metastasis at the marrow transplantation and the cancers spread to bone and grow. I had University of Michigan, we hope to spread of prostate cancer cells to bone to admit that I didn’t know,” Taichman accelerate the development of better tissue. In the work funded by the continued. “As a result of her question, treatments for the two million men Prostate Cancer Foundation, Taichman we began our investigations which, and their families who are battling and those in his laboratory will build in turn, resulted in this award from prostate cancer.” upon what they have already learned the Prostate Cancer Foundation to and further explore these mechanisms continue our research.” in metastatic prostate cancer. “As luck would have it,” Taichman said, “we discovered that these stem The Role of a Student’s Question cells appear to use the same pathway Interestingly, Taichman’s work as do metastastic prostate cancer in this area was prompted by a cells in migrating to the marrow question from an undergraduate in his and surviving in that environment. laboratory, Stephanie Zalucha. However, when the prostate cancer
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Starving Cells that Promote Cancer
by Karl Leif Bates, UM Life Sciences Communications Roman general Fabius Maximus earned himself the heroic name “the Delayer” during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) because he understood that Hannibal’s invading troops did indeed march on their stomachs. Rather than facing further defeats in frontal attacks, Fabius cut off Hannibal’s supply lines with small forces in strategic locations and saved Rome. The same tactic, it turns out, may also be useful in the war against several human diseases, such as cancer, glaucoma, and rheumatoid arthritis. In other diseases, like periodontitis or diabetes, enhancing the supply lines (blood vessels) may be the answer. “I started out working on how angiogenesis – the establishment of a blood supply – must be a component of chronic inflammation and inflammatory diseases,” recalls Dean Peter J. Polverini. “Here we are 25-30 years later, and it’s obvious angiogenesis is important to a lot of things.” Cancer cells, in particular, are notorious for their ability to bring new blood vessels to themselves. Initially, a cancer cell can survive on the diffusion of nutrients it borrows from neighboring cells. But as the alien cluster of cells becomes a tumor mass larger than a few millimeters, it needs its own network of blood vessels to sustain its inner cells.
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Dr. Jacques Nör (left) and Dean Peter Polverini are researching how blood vessels stimulate the growth of oral cancers. H the two lookat a film that contains the ere results of an experiment in Nör’s laboratory.
Others Involved During the past two decades, Polverini and his students, fellows, and faculty colleagues have been learning the signals involved – genes and proteins – that allow cancer to do this trick. The researchers have two goals in sight: to fight cancer, inflammation and many other diseases by learning how to turn angiogenesis off; and to restore tissue or build it anew by being able to turn angiogenesis on. “There is a sort of symbiosis going on,” says Jacques Nör, an associate professor of cariology, restorative sciences, and endodontics, as well as biomedical engineering. He’s talking about the relationship between tumor cells and normal endothelial cells. But he may as well be talking about U-M’s research environment, where
he earned his PhD under Polverini, and now holds a faculty position with numerous collaborators in and out of the dental school. Nör’s latest work is trying to understand just what it is that cancer cells secrete to keep the endothelial cells healthy and make them start building blood vessels. In an environment where most normal cells suffer and die, the tumor cells somehow manage to sustain the normal endothelial cells they will need to build blood supply. The endothelial cells, in turn, secrete some sort of “growth factor” that helps the cancer cells thrive. But that’s just one of many directions of angiogenesis research that Nör’s 18-person lab is pursuing. Cun-Yu Wang, a professor of biologic and materials sciences, Polverini, and Nör, recently described a new signaling pathway by which cancer cells may promote angiogenesis, totally apart from the endothelial growth factors being pursued by other groups. They found some additional molecules involved in the “crosstalk” between tumor and endothelial cells, and are pursuing a patent application because of its promise as another method of tumor inhibition. A Biology and Mathematics Connection? With LS&A mathematicians Trachette (Trace) Jackson (an associate
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professor of mathematics) and Harsh Jain (graduate student), Nör is working on mathematical models of the interplay between cancer and endothelial cells that will be used to predict response to anti-angiogenic cancer treatments. “We think both biology and mathematics will be needed to understand these complex relationships,” Nör says. Wi t h b i o m e d i c a l e n g i n e e r Shuichi Takayama from the college of engineering, Nör is working on synthetic devices with tiny cell-lined channels that mimic blood vessels. Polverini and Pawan Kumar, a research scientist in the department of biologic and materials sciences, are looking to disrupt endothelial cell survival pathways in order to accelerate the death of tumor blood vessels and increase the efficacy of conventional anti-tumor therapies. As Polverini’s first post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Alisa Koch was interested in what other things angiogenesis control could do. Today, she’s the Frederick G.L. Huetwell and William D. Robinson, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology at the U-M Medical School. Her lab is looking at the role of angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis, which is characterized by runaway inflammation in the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis couldn’t persist without angiogenesis to bring in an oversupply of white blood cells. “In the early days, we were discovering genes, we were discovering proteins, but we didn’t have a clue how it all fit together,” Polverini says. But with decades of great work and a legion of collaborators, those pieces are starting to fall into place.
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Karl Wins Top AADR Research Award
A researcher in the University of Michigan School of Dentistr y’s Oral Health Sciences PhD program won first prize in a prestigious awards competition during the recent spring meeting of the American Association of Dental Research. T h e r e s e a r c h e r, Elisabeta Karl Elisabeta Karl, received the top honor in the AADR/Pfizer Hatton Awards competition, senior division, for her work that is attempting to determine what role, if any, two proteins may play in angiogenesis, which is the formation and growth of new blood vessels from existing ones. The process helps the body repair itself following injury. However, in other instances, and for reasons that are still unknown, angiogenesis can contribute to the growth of tumors, such as oral cancers. Investigating Growth and Spread of Tumors “My research is trying to determine how two particular proteins (Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL) may work together, or how they may work independently to induce the formation of new blood vessels,” she said. Karl said her research differs from most research in this area which tends to focus on cell survival. “My hope is that, ultimately, we will learn more about this process and the role these proteins may play so that we can try to control the growth and spread of tumors,” Karl said. “With that knowledge, I hope that someday we will be able to help control the growth and spread of not just oral cancers, but other cancers as well.” Associate Dean for Research and PhD Training, Dr. Charlotte Mistretta, praised Karl and her work. “Elisabeta came to the OHS PhD program five years ago with a prestigious scholarship from the Brazilian government. Since then, she has more than realized her potential to excel as an emerging scientist, as exemplified by the Hatton Award,” Mistretta said. “She is totally committed to her science and also thinks deeply about our world. Elisabeta will one day be a fine faculty member in academic dentistry and always will remain a scientist of depth and sensitivity.” For winning the top award, Karl received $1,000 and will have an opportunity to compete with other researchers from around the world at this summer’s International Association of Dental Research program.
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Eight dental students received AADR Student Research Fellowships at this spring’s annual meeting. The fellowships give students an opportunity to continue their research and travel to AADR and IADR meetings. The eight students, their mentors, and titles of their research projects are listed below. • Stacy Baker (Dr. William Giannobile, mentor): Evaluation of ICTP as a Chairside Diagnostic for Active Periodontitis. • Abra Jay Essad (Dr. Robert Bagramian, mentor): Alcohol Abuse and Dependency Dental Care Providers’ Knowledge and Actions. • Thien-Thao Thi Le (Dr. Renny Franceschi, mentor): Regulation of D1x3 Homeodomain Protein During Osteoblast Differentiation. • Jamie Scott Luria (Dr. Paul Krebsbach, mentor): Biological Effects of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in Oral Cancer Cells. • Katie Miettunen (Dr. Tilly Peters, mentor): The Effect of Sonication on the Bond Strength of Glass Ionomer to Dentin. • Johnson Miin (Dr. Stephen Feinberg, mentor): Oral Mucosal Progenitor/Stem Cells Separated by Gravity-Assisted Cell Sorting. • Kalisha Morin (Dr. Marita Inglehart, mentor): Bringing Dental Care to Underserved Children, Exploring the Potential of Utilizing Mobile Dental Units. • Steven Obreiter (Dr. David Kohn, mentor): Effects of Age on Mechanical Properties and Fatigue-Induced Microdamage of Bone. Another award winner was John Thomas, who won third place in the AADR’s National Student Research Group Caulk/Dentsply Competition for his project, Dental/Dental Hygiene Education About Child Abuse and Neglect.
Research Day
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D D Malamud, professor of basic science and craniofacial biology, and the r. aniel director of the HIV/AIDS research program at New York University College of D entistry,was the keynote speaker at this year’s Research Day program at the School of D entistry. Malamud, who earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan, said during his afternoon presentation that “it’s quite a pleasure, after all these years, to come backto my alma mater.” His research, which has been continuously funded by NIH for more than twenty years, deals with HIV pathogenesis, the design of anti-HIV drugs, and novel diagnostics using oral samples. H investigations in these areas have involved human salivary is proteins that inhibit HIV infection and the discovery and development of anti-HIV compounds that can be used to prevent HIV infection in women.
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Award Winners: Research Day 2006
Second-year dental student Erin Ealba won the Grand Prize at this year’s annual Research Day program, a trip to the ADA’s147th Annual Session in Las Vegas October 16-19. “Our research shows that enamelysin, MMP-20, may not only be important in enamel formation, but also important in the disappearance of the dental basement membrane,” she said. “This would be important to know when determining how to treat patients with enamel and dentin abnormalities, such as amelogenesis imperfecta or dentinogensis imperfecta.”
Ealba New President of AADR Student Research Group
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Clinical Applications 1st place – Paul Kloostra (D3): Anxiety, Depression, Street, and Periodontal Treatment – Providers’ Perspectives Mentors: Drs. Robert Ebert and Marita Inglehart 2nd place – Carlos Smith (D3): Socio-economically Disadvantaged Minority Middle School Students – Oral HealthRelated Issues Mentors: Drs. Todd Ester and Marita Inglehart 3rd place – Kelly Misch (MS Certificate): Periodontal Diagnosis Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography Mentor: Dr. David Sarment Basic Sciences Grand Prize – Erin Ealba (D2): Enamelysin: Degradation of Collagens Belonging to the Dental Basement Membrane Mentor: Dr. James Simmer 1st prize – Thien-Thao Thi Le (D2): Role of the Dix Transcription Factors in Osteoblast Differentiation Mentor: Dr. Renny Franceschi 2nd prize – Imani Lewis (D3): Cooperative Interactions between Adenovirus Vectors Expressing BMP2 and 7 on Bone Regeneration Mentor: Dr. Renny Franceschi 3rd prize – Adam Mileski (D2): Expression Pattern of Ubiquitin Ligase E3 (UBE3B) in Mouse Ear, Eye, and Tooth Mentor: Dr. T.W. Gong Graduate & Post Doctorate 1st prize – Glenda Pettway (PhD Post Doc): Temporal Dependence of PTH (1-34) for Anabolic Actions in an Osteoregeneration Model Mentor: Dr. Laurie McCauley 2nd prize – Jinjui Liao (Phd Post Doc): Extracellular Calcium as a Mediator of Prostate Cancer Skeletal Metastasis Mentor: Dr. Laurie McCauley 3rd prize – Wei-Wen Hu (PhD Post Doc): Localized Gene Therapy for Critical-Size Defects Compromised by Preoperative Radiotherapy Mentor: Dr. Paul Krebsbach Audience Choice Richard Koh (D3): Finishing Systems on the Final Surface Roughness of Composites Mentor: Dr. Gisele Neiva Second-year dental student Erin Ealba became president of the AADR’s National Student Research Group in March. In remarks to the group during the organization’s annual meeting in Orlando, she emphasized the importance of research to her peers. “Without continued collaboration between researchers and clinicians, our profession may be hindered,” she said. “If clinicians and researchers do not work in conjunction with each other, we will not be providing the general public with the best care.” Saying that evidenced-based dentistry “is the future of dentistry,” Ealba added, “the skills we learn about research while in dental school will help us to use and evaluate research in a way that will benefit our practices in the future.” She urged her peers to “stress the importance of research to our classmates and colleagues.”
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NIDCR Executive: Loesche in top 5% of “Research Important to Dental Students” NIH Awards
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D Bruce Baum talked about why research is important to dental students during the School’s convocation r. ceremony last fall.
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Research is a crucial part of every dental student’s education. That was the message Dr. Bruce Baum delivered during the School of Dentistry’s second annual convocation ceremony last fall. Baum, who heads the Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch of the Gene Transfer Section at NIDCR, said, research matters to dental students “because it helps one to develop the critical thinking skills that are vital not just in a laboratory, but that can also be transferred to a clinical environment.” These critical thinking skills, he added, “are just as important to dentists as are their manual skills.” Citing some of the advances that
have occurred in the past twenty or thirty years, Baum said that these discoveries in laboratories “are changing all of medicine, including dental medicine. Research is the intellectual foundation of our profession and the link to other health professions.” Baum said change will continue and dental students today will need to be prepared for tomorrow because “thirty or forty years from now, dentistry won’t be what it is today,” he said. He advised students to prepare themselves by developing the critical thinking skills that are central to research, including reading and discussing various research topics.
“I have always had one or more grants during my career at Michigan, but was surprised to learn that, relative to all of NIH, that I am in the top five percent of grant awardees, even though I have been retired for five years,” said Dr. Walter Loesche, School of Dentistry professor emeritus. Loesche, who retired in December 2000 following an illustrious 30-year career, was advised of the achievement by NIH earlier this year. The information was brought to his attention when Loesche was advised that a team of health economists is conducting research about the positive influence prominent researchers have on the research productivity of their colleagues.
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Bashutski Wins Tarrson Award
A first-year periodontics re s i d e n t w o n a Tarrson Award last fall during the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation’s annual meeting. The resident, Jill Bashutski, was the first recipient of the Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship and the first from the School of Dentistry to win the award. Bashutski, who graduated from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) dental school last June, will receive $37,000 annually for the next three years to encourage her research in periodontal tissue regeneration. The award is also designed to encourage talented periodontists to pursue a career as periodontal educators. In return, scholarship recipients must commit to spending one year of fulltime teaching in a U.S. periodontal training program for each year they have received the funds. Working with Drs. Laurie McCauley, William Giannobile, and Robert Eber, Bashutski is investigating if parathyroid hormones can promote periodontal regeneration. The research is being conducted at the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research. The scholarship is awarded every three years.
U-M GPR Residents in Marquette
Photo Courtesy of the Michigan Dental Foundation
Three graduates from the U-M School of Dentistry participated in the GPR program in Marquette County last summer, courtesy of a grant awarded to that county’s health department by the Michigan Dental Foundation. Pictured with Dr. James Hayward (DDS 1973), director of the Marquette County Health Department Dental Clinics, is one of the GPR residents, Dr. Adam Fineman (DDS 2005). With Hayward are two staff dentists with his department, Drs. Diana Jan-Ellis (left), and Mary Clifford (DDS 1992). Not pictured are the two other GPR residents, Drs. Dahlia Hadad and Seema Varghese. They saw nearly 100 children and young adults and provided more than 240 services to the patients in 19 days. Each resident also participated in treating two young children with extensive early childhood caries in the operating room in one or both of the county’s two hospitals. “Experiences like these are always a triple-win for everyone involved,” Hayward said. “More needy patients receive dental care, residents develop their pediatric behavior management skills, and staff have an opportunity to teach.” Established in 1998, the Michigan Dental Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Michigan Dental Association. The MDF seeks to build a permanent legacy of support for individuals and programs by identifying, developing, and coordinating resources to ensure the best oral health care for those unable to receive it in Michigan.
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100% Participation by DH Class of 2006!
“It’s quite an achievement, and I’m proud of all of my dental hygiene classmates who made a pledge to the School of Dentistry’s fundraising efforts,” said Farah Anwarullah, president of the Class of 2006. Earlier this year, every member of the Class of 2006, 34 total, pledged $6,300 for the fundraiser. The 100 percent participation surpassed the 97 percent involvement among last year’s graduating class and 93 percent who pledged in 2004. Anwarullah said after the group’s first meeting, “I already knew we would reach high numbers because more than half of the class said they would participate.” Wanting to surpass what previous dental hygiene classes had achieved, Anwarullah said the class agreed to pledge $5,000. “At first, I think the class was surprised at my high expectations,” she said, “but I knew they would live up to the challenge.” Not only did the class live up to the challenge, they exceeded their initial goal by 26 percent, raising $6,300, along with 100 percent participation. “I was honored to give this great news to my classmates,” Anwarullah said. “The success of our class has raised the bar for classes that will follow.”
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F Anwarullah (left), arah president of the D ental H ygiene Class of 2006, and Natali G class vice ut, president, prepare to cut a cake celebrating the participation of all dental hygiene students in the School’s fundraising drive.
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DH Students Help Give Kids a Smile
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“Many Doors President
he President of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, Katie Dawson, told dental hygiene students at the School of Dentistry that their training and education “will open many doors of opportunity” to them in the years ahead. Founded in 1923, ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of more than 120,000 registered dental hygienists in the U.S. Those opportunities, she said, would complement, not replace, their experiences in private practice and encompass other areas including public health, education, administration and management, research, and advocacy. Dawson made the special visit to the School of Dentistry last fall prior to attending the Michigan Dental Hygienists’ Association House of Delegates meeting in the Traverse City area. Talking to students about her life, Dawson said she conducted a self-assessment in the early 1970s and realized, that as a recently-divorced mother who was working as a secretary for a government agency in Alameda County, California, her future was limited. “So I took the money from my retirement account, paid off my bills, and began with a clean slate,” she said. With encouragement from her brother, a dentist, Dawson said she pursued her dreams and landed a job in the Registrar’s Office at Alameda College while completing her dental hygiene prerequisites. Dawson graduated from the dental hygiene program at the University of California (San Francisco) School of Dentistry in 1976. In her junior year at UCSF she was dental hygiene class president and in her senior year was vice president of the Associated Dental
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Five year old Vivian Chiao was all smiles after dental hygiene student Terri Johnson cleaned her teeth and taught her the correct way to brush during the annual Give Kids A Smile program.
Dental hygiene students teamed up with dental students and faculty members in the ADA’s annual Give Kids a Smile program held in a School of Dentistry clinic in February. They gave children from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and surrounding communities oral exams and provided information about brushing, flossing, and maintaining good oral health. One of the participants, third-year dental hygiene student Terri Johnson said she has enjoyed volunteering at this and other events. “This will help me become even more prepared to advance after I graduate,” she said. “Volunteering has given me opportunities to gain additional knowledge and skills, as well as appreciation of what dental hygiene as a profession can do for people in communities, especially those who are underserved,” Johnson added. “I believe that all of us who are blessed with such a rewarding career should seek opportunities like this to address dental needs in the community.”
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of Opportunity Open to You” ADHA Tells U-M Dental Hygiene Students
Students. After graduation, Dawson joined the local chapter of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association in Oakland. “That was one of the best things that happened to me because it gave me an opportunity to become involved in other ways, such as seeing how legislation is shaped. I found I liked doing that,” she said. Opportunities to Make a Difference Dawson told students the public health area would probably be the biggest opportunity for them to grow professionally and personally. She cited examples of states allowing dental hygienists to work, not only in dental offices, but in other ways including providing preventive care to patients in nursing homes, in rural areas, and in some of the poorest communities. “I want to emphasize that these new roles will not replace our current roles, nor are we trying to compete with dentists,” she said. “We’re simply talking about using our knowledge and training to provide services to those who have no access to care, or who have very limited incomes, especially the unserved and the underserved.” Dawson also encouraged the dental hygiene students to think about careers as dental educators and researchers. “Many of today’s teachers will be retiring in the years ahead, and there is going to be a need to find someone to replace them,” she said. There will also be a need for researchers “because so many of our policies are based on research and evidence, and you can help here too,” she said. Dawson said she was impressed with how U-M School of Dentistry dentists and dental hygienists are working together at the School’s Michigan Center for Oral Health Research on various projects. She also encouraged students to consider becoming administrators and managers. In response to a question, Dawson said as ADHA president she works closely with the executive director, Ann Battrell, who is the first dental hygienist to hold the position, supervises a staff of 42 people, and works with division directors. “So I’m responsible for what goes on with our organization,” she said. Following her remarks and a question and answer session with dental hygiene students, Dawson was presented with a hand-made, embroidered blanket from the second-year dental hygiene class. Class president Crystal Vernier said the gift was from all 27 students in her class. Wendy Kerschbaum, director of the School’s dental hygiene program, said, “It was phenomenal to have Katie take some time from her busy schedule to come to our School and talk, not only to dental hygiene students and faculty, but the Dean, staff members, and others. We hope she comes back again.”
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AD A President Katie D H awson visited the School of D entistry last fall to talkto dental hygiene students and faculty about the future of the profession.
Crystal Vernier, second-year dental hygiene class president, presented D awson with an embroidered blanket following her presentation.
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THE Dental Hygiene Textbook
The textbook, Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, has been used by dental hygiene students worldwide for nearly 50years. D ubbed “the bible” by many students, the color of the cover of each edition has been changed, which prompts dental hygienists to asktheir colleagues at conferences and reunions,“What color was your bible?”
Photo courtesy of Rhonda Gladstone, RDH, MS, New York University College of Dentistry.
Dental Hygiene Alumnae
by Anne Gwozdek, DH 1973, University
associate professor of dental hygiene, U-M School of Dentistry. With 1,189 pages and 66 chapters, the 9th edition is a far cry from the 1st edition that evolved from mimeographed handouts Wilkins, or “Esther” as she is known to the dental hygiene community, created for her classes in the 1950s when she was director of the dental hygiene program at the University of Washington. The latest edition is accompanied by a 389page workbook Wyche developed.
What color was YOUR bible?
Ask any dental hygienist who has been practicing for the past 47 years and they may answer, “Various shades.” They will also be able to name the title and author, Dr. Esther Wilkins, without hesitation. Why? Because the textbook, Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, has been considered “the gold standard” of dental hygiene education since it was first published in 1959. Used by thousands of students in more than 250 dental hygiene programs in the U.S. and other countries, several earlier versions have been translated into other languages including Portuguese, Korean, Italian, Japanese, and French (Canadian).
The Tondrowski Connection Wyche was introduced to Wilkins by one of the legends of the dental hygiene profession, Victoria Tondrowski. Tondrowski, inducted into the U-M School of Dentistry’s Hall of Honor last fall (see stories on pages 63, 65, and 84), taught dental hygiene from 1936 to 1969. “Vickie was my father’s aunt,” Wyche said. “In the mid-1980s, she asked me to drive her to the Detroit airport to meet Esther. I was excited because this was my opportunity to meet the person who wrote the textbook I used when I was a dental hygiene student and someone I U-M School of Dentistry’s Role really admired.” Two U-M School of Dentistry dental hygiene The two connected and maintained graduates and an associate professor have co- contact. authored several chapters of the 9th edition Several years later, Wilkins asked Wyche which was published early last year. They are: to help her “write a few chapters for the • Charlotte J. (Lawrence) Wyche – Dental hygiene 8th edition.” She agreed. That edition was certificate (1979); BS, Dental Hygiene (1989); MS, published in 1999. “I must have made an Dental Hygiene Education (1992). impression,” Wyche said, “because Esther later • Durinda (Hutchinson) Mattana – BS, Dental asked me to work on the 9th edition.” Wyche Hygiene (1981) and MS, Dental Hygiene (1987). wrote two chapters on dental hygiene care • Joan McGowan – MPH (1980), PhD (1984), planning.
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of Michigan
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Wyche
Mattana, an associate professor of dental hygiene and director of continuing education at the University of Detroit Mercy dental school, said she became involved because of her knowledge of fluorides and water fluoridation. “Charlotte knew of my interest and teaching these subjects,” Mattana said. “When she explained some of the information she wanted to include in the new edition and asked me to help, I agreed.” Other Rewards Mattana said she was involved for other reasons. “I thought it would be an honor to work with Esther, the original author of the textbook that was my dental hygiene bible when I was a student at Michigan,” she said. “But I also saw this an opportunity for me to help others in dental hygiene programs here in this country and internationally. I couldn’t pass that up.” Wyche developed a workbook, Student Workbook for the Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, which accompanied the 9th edition of the textbook. She said that Wilkins asked her if she would be interested in spearheading the development of a workbook. “Little did I know what I was getting into, so I said ‘yes’,” Wyche said with a laugh. The workbook follows a learning process that takes a student from knowledge to competency to discovery learning. It features various exercises, including fill in the blanks, crossword puzzles, and labeling to help students retain information.
Also included are critical thinking exercises that are based on brief case studies (writing care plans, role playing, and patient interaction) and exercises encouraging students to look beyond the textbook for information. The workbook also includes suggestions on building a learning portfolio that demonstrates achieving competence in basic skills, educational methods of documenting individual learning activities, and measuring progress in achieving dental hygiene competencies. Work has been underway for several months on the second workbook and 10th edition of the textbook. Both may be published in 2008. Innovation continues to be a part of the workbook. One new item will include a feature, Questions Patients Ask, which offers students hints about ways to respond. “I’ve spent a lot of time revising the chapter about fluorides,” Mattana, said, “but I don’t mind because I know that I will be making an impact on future dental hygienists not just here in this country but around the world, and that’s pretty exciting to think about.” Wyche, who is writing two chapters focusing on care planning and co-authoring a chapter with Wilkins on homebound patients, said she too enjoys the reward of knowing her work is making a difference. She also praises her mentor for her vote of confidence and her continued involvement. “Esther is very involved in reviewing virtually every word in every chapter of every edition. The book is much better because of her hands-on approach,” Wyche said. “I’ve never known anyone like her. She’s amazing.”
Esther Wilkins (right), authored the first edition of the textbookin 1959. Wilkins, who still actively oversees the publication of new editions, including the latest, the 10th, is seen here with Charlotte (Lawrence) Wyche who taught clinical radiology to both dental and dental hygiene students at U-M from 1992 to 1994.
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Tondrowski Inducted into Hall of Honor
A U-M School of Dentistry legend in dental hygiene was recently inducted into the School’s Hall of Honor. Victoria Tondrowski was inducted during Homecoming Weekend ceremonies last November. The plaque bearing her name and picture describes her contributions which included playing “a key role in clinical studies that improved dental hygiene techniques and helped dental hygiene students detect dental disease.” It also noted that her contributions “helped to significantly elevate the stature of the profession.”
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DH Alums & Spouses
Dental hygiene students who graduated in years ending in 0 and 5 were among those present for the School’s Homecoming Weekend activities last November. “It was enjoyable to see many former students and have a chance
Diane McFarland
Among the members of the D H ental ygiene Class of 1995who attended last fall’s reunion dinner were (left to right): Amy Blackmore Spees, Arlene LubekLafrate, H eather H askinWoodman, and D anielle Levesque.
Charlotte Wyche (BS, D H ental ygiene, 1989) stands beneath a plaque of Victoria Tondrowski who was inducted into the School’s H of H all onor last fall. Wyche was Tondrowski’s great niece.
Diane McFarland
Jemma Allor (left) and Natali Roner were among those representing the D H ental ygiene Class of 2000.
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to talk to them and catch up on what was going on in their lives,” said Prof. Wendy Kerschbaum, director of the dental hygiene program. “I’m looking forward to meeting many other former students during homecoming activities this fall.”
Rhine Awarded Scholarship
For the second time in as many years, a School of Dentistry dental hygiene student has been awarded a scholarship from the U-M Center for the Education of Women. Third-year dental hygiene student Chamessia Rhine received a $5,000 scholarship, the Lucile Conger Alumnae Scholarship, from the U-M CEW last fall. In 2004, dental hygiene students Terri Johnson and Lisa Clark received a scholarship from the CEW. Rhine also received a $500 scholarship from the Wolverine Dental Hygiene Society. Although she wasn’t sure of her plans, Rhine said she would like to work for the Indian Health Services after she graduates. Another option, she said, would be starting her dental hygiene career in Maryland or North Carolina, perhaps in a general practice or a periodontics practice.
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2006 Homecoming Activities
This fall’s Homecoming We e k e n d a c t i v i t i e s a r e scheduled to take place October 26-28. All graduates of the dental hygiene program are invited to attend, especially those who graduated in years ending in 1 and 6. The back inside cover of this issue of DentalUM has further details as does the School of Dentistry Web site: www.dent.umich.edu.
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McGowan Invited to International Conference
Photo Courtesy of Christoph Ramseier
Joan McG owan, associate professor of dentistry and tobacco cessation coordinator at the U-M School of D entistry (front, center) was among several oral health care professionals from the U.S. who participated in The 1st European Workshop on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation for Oral Health Professionals. Others were: Jackie Fried (front, left), director of dental hygiene at the University of Maryland; Christoph Ramseier (back, left) a visiting professor at U-M; Arden Christen (front, right), tobacco cessation program coordinator at Indiana University; and Robert Mecklenburg (back), tobacco and oral health consultant.
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Joan McG owan discussed the dangers of tobacco use during the annual Give Kids a Smile program at the School of D entistry earlier this year.
Joan McGowan, associate professor of dentistry and tobacco cessation coordinator at the U-M School of Dentistry, was among a group invited to a special anti-tobacco conference last fall in Switzerland. Thirty-eight participated in the invitationonly program, The 1st European Workshop on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation for Oral Health Professionals, including McGowan and three others from the U.S. “We worked in groups during the four-day program,” she said. McGowan’s group focused on ways to get tobacco cessation information into dental and dental hygiene curricula, how to involve faculty members in tobacco cessation, and how to get patients to quit using tobacco. “U.S. dental schools are further ahead of colleges and universities in Europe in addressing these issues, so we were able to significantly contribute to the program,” she said. The program was organized by Dr. Christoph Ramseier, a visiting professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the U-M School of Dentistry. Ramseier is helping the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research develop “exquisite digital imaging.” [DentalUM, Fall 2005, pages 15-16.]
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DH4s Win Honors at Research Day
Fourth-year dental hygiene students won top honors for their research at this year’s Research Day program. The winners, titles of their projects, and faculty advisors are listed below.
Layher Named to ADHA Research Council
Mary Layher has been appointed to a oneyear term on the ADHA Council on Research. As a member of the four-person council, Layher will help the group update the ADHA’s national dental hygiene research agenda. The • 1st place - Tara Miller and Lisa Clark: group helps to guide research, enhance patientOral Piercings: The Effects on Gingival centered care, and fosters other professional Tissue and Enamel. efforts. Advisor: Carla Harrel A registered dental hygienist and senior • 2nd place - Kristen Deacons, Anna Desmecht, research lab specialist, Layher manages and and Jennifer Pixley: coordinates clinical research trials within the Drug Abuse and Your Patient. Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine. Advisors: Drs. Jack Gobetti and Preetha She has also been involved in clinical trials Kanjirath focusing on implants, periodontal medications, • 3rd place – Farah Anwarullah, Lena periodontal therapies, and oral hygiene devices Iskander, and Christina Vidican: in the School’s graduate periodontal clinic and at Periodontal Disease and Pre-term Low the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research. Birthweight. Katie Dawson, ADHA president, announced Advisor: Dr. Russell Taichman the appointment last fall.
Keary Campbell
Lisa Clark and Tara Miller won first prize among dental hygiene students for their poster presentation at this year’s Research Day program.
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Get White Coats at Ceremony
First-year dental student D iane Chang receives her white coat from fourth-year dental student Brett Teran welcoming her into the dental profession. H olding a coat for the next student to be called to the stage is fourth-year dental student Meredith Wangerin. Behind her is dental student Mike Frankman. Calling each student to the stage to receive his or her coat is Emily DaSilva (left), president of the D Class of 2006. ental
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D Joe Kolling was the School r. of D entistry’s keynote speaker.
One hundred and ten members of the Class of 2009 were officially inducted into the dental profession during the School of Dentistry’s annual White Coat Ceremony last fall at Rackham Auditorium. Keynote speaker was Dr. Josef Kolling, who, last year, became the first School of Dentistry faculty member in nearly a quarter century to serve as President of the Michigan Dental Association. Welcoming students into the profession, he told them the next four years of their education will be challenging, but that School administrators and faculty were confident of their potential for success since they were chosen from a pool of 1,751 applicants. “You owe it to yourselves, your future patients, and the profession to always do your best,” Kolling said. He also urged them to unite as a class, to work hard, and to enjoy their time together. “When you have successfully met this challenge and hear the phrase, ‘Hail to the conquering heroes,’ it will apply to you too,” he said. Also addressing students was the President of the Dental Class of 2006, Emily DaSilva. She told the first-year students that wearing the white coat “is an honor and a privilege. It identifies you as one who values integrity, education, service, and respect. …Don’t allow poor judgment to sully our profession,” she continued. “Take care to uphold and maintain the highest standards of dental ethics and patient care.”
Oath of Aspiring Dental Professionals
As I join the ranks of the dental profession, I solemnly swear the following: I will uphold the highest standards of professionalism. I will be an advocate for honor, compassion, respect, and integrity in all academic, professional, and personal arenas. I will maintain the dignity of this profession by promoting the principles of patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and veracity. I acknowledge that the pursuit of knowledge will extend throughout my career. As a pillar of my community, I am committed to help eliminate oral health disparities through patient education and service. I believe that the practice of dentistry is a responsibility and a privilege, and I vow to exemplify the highest standards of excellence and care.
Written by the Dental Class of 2006 and recited by the Dental Class of 2009
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It was a different experience for four School of Dentistry faculty members. Two preclinical dental instructors, Drs. Merle Jaarda and Ken Stoffers, volunteered to have their heads shaved, Dr. Phil Richards agreed to be taped to a wall in a lecture hall, while Dr. Jeffrey Shotwell had a facial impression taken. The good-natured fun was a part of an effort by dental students to raise money in early January for the School’s chapter of Operation Smile. The organization performs cleft lip and palate surgeries for children in countries who otherwise would not receive care for their conditions. The students hoped to raise $1,500. Because of the participation of the four faculty members, the students exceeded their goal and raised nearly $1,600. Third-year dental student James Powell came up with the idea for the fundraiser. “I learned about Operation Smile when I was doing missionary work in the Philippines from 1997 to 1999,” he said. “I was impressed with the organization and, looking back several years later, thought our school and dental students might be able to help and do so in a way that was fun and entertaining.” Originally, Powell said the School’s chapter hoped to raise $750 for one surgical procedure. “But we reached and surpassed that goal in just two days. So raised our goal and tried to raise $1,500 to fund two surgeries,” he said. But Jaarda is not retaining his new look. “Since hair grows about a quarter of an inch a month, it’s going to be at least a year before mine grows back,” he said with a laugh.
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Preclinical instructor D Mary r. Ellen McLean puts the electric razor to D Merle Jaarda’s head r. during the Operation Smile fundraiser.
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D Ken Stoffers enjoys the r. “buffing”from third-year dental student G Buckafter she wen shaved his head.
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Walcott Wins $54,000 on TV Game Show
Third-year dental student Brett Walcott won $54,000 on the television game show, Wheel of Fortune. H e appeared during the game show’s “College Week” that aired last October 28. Walcott won a two-weektrip to the Mediterranean and a one-weektrip to Acapulco. With his cash and prize winnings, he advanced to the Bonus Round and won a F F ord usion. Walcott’s father, Wayne, is a clinical instructor at the School of D entistry.
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Alumni News
Susan E. Hinman (DDS 2004), a Lieutenant with the U.S. Navy, has successfully completed and received an advanced degree in general dentistry at the Marine Recruit Station at Parris Island, South Carolina. She will serve the next two years on the USS Abraham Lincoln who will be part of a five-person dental team serving 2,000 aviators and 3,000 sailors on the aircraft carrier. Paul Musherure (DDS 1996; MS, pediatric dentistry, 1998) of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, is serving on the Board of Trustees at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. A practicing pediatric dentist with the not-for-profit HealthPartners in St. Paul, his four-year term expires in 2008. Mark Nearing (DDS 1996; endodontics certificate, 1998) of Gaylord, Michigan, was recently named a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. In 2005, he was also asked to serve on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Association of Endodontists. Nicole Fields (DDS 1993) of Detroit is the new president of the Wolverine District Dental Society. The 70-member organization will host the National Dental Convention in 2008. William Hoffman (DDS 1981) of Minnetonka, Minnesota received recognition for his volunteer efforts last year from both the Minnesota Dental Association and Minneapolis radio station WCCO. The statewide dental group presented him with its 2005 Humanitarian Service Award for providing free oral health care to children at clinics at several locations throughout the state, including the Give Kids a Smile program. The second honor, the Good Neighbor Award, is presented annually by the Minneapolis radio station to individuals who are respectful, trustworthy, and who perform good deeds in their community. Wayne Olsen (DDS 1981) of Traverse City, Michigan, has been selected to be an examiner for the State of Michigan’s Specialty Certification Exam for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Currently a staff member at Munson Medical Center and consultant for Cadillac Mercy Hospital, Olsen is also on the Executive Committee for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Michael Cangemi (DDS 1979) of Auburn, Maine, recently retired after more than 20 years with the U.S. Public Health Service. Now with a large group practice in that state, he said he “would like to hear from my friends in the Class of 1979.” He can be reached by e-mail at: Michael_Cangemi@ hotmail.com. George A. Smith (DDS 1977) of Portsmouth, Virginia, was recently inducted into the U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame. Of the school’s approximately 47,500 graduates, only 987 have been inducted into the Hall. Currently the Chief Dentist for the Virginia Department of Corrections, Smith oversees the department’s dental program, budgeting, planning, training, and the clinical supervision of dentists. He served in Vietnam as an Army captain, aerial observer, battalion intelligence officer, and battery commander. After earning his dental degree, he returned to active duty as a dental officer in the Commissioned Officer’s Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. He retired from USPHS in 1998 with the rank of Captain. Helene Bednarsh (DH certificate 1974) received the Alfred Fones Award late last year from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. The award recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to the dental hygiene profession.
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Burton P. Weisberg (DDS 1966) of Asheville, North Carolina, may have retired as a practicing dentist in 1995, but he has found a new way to help others. He is now working part time for Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., a company that helps more than 1.5 million families across the U.S. and Canada. “My role is different now than when I was practicing dentistry by myself,” he said. “In my new role, I’m helping individuals and families by making sure they can get access to the legal system if and when they need it.” Also, Weisberg said the organization helps those who have been victims of one of the country’s fastest growing crimes, identity theft, restore their good names and credit. “I’m enjoying myself, despite two knee replacement surgeries,” he said with a chuckle. One surgery was in November, the other, last April. Harry Huffaker (DDS 1966), now retired and living near Sun Valley, Idaho, reports he was recently inducted into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame. Among his achievements, he wrote, includes “eight successful swims across all major channels between Hawaiian islands, the only person to swim the Alenuihaha Channel (31 miles) between Hawaii and Maui, and the only person to swim the Molokai Channel (26 miles) in both directions.” Mirdza Neiders (DDS 1958) of Buffalo, New York, was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor Honoris Causa, from Riga Stradins University’s dental school in Riga, Latvia. Since 1990, she has been helping the dental school there become more familiar with dentistry in the U.S. Neiders’ mother, Erika, was a 1930 graduate of the school and celebrated her 100th birthday last year.
A fascinating story about George Venk (DDS 1951) and how he is using his dental skills to restore and examine the remains of dinosaurs that roamed the earth more than 100 million years ago appeared in the Summer 2005 issue of Sooner Magazine, published by the University of Oklahoma dental school. Richard Hagerman (DDS 1951), of Wendell, Idaho, has become somewhat of a media celebrity in recent months. Last summer, a picture of him appeared on the cover of the August 2005 subscriber’s issue of Smithsonian Magazine. The picture was part of a major story about VJ Day that included a letter he wrote from Germany that day, August 15, 1945, to his fiancée, Dorothy, now his wife of 58 years. “She kept all of my letters, so it was easy to locate and describe what I was doing,” said Hagerman who served with a medical detachment of the 1123rd Combat Engineers attached to George Patton’s Third Army. Also on the cover, in the lower left hand corner, was a smaller picture of his wife and his mother, Bess Hagerman Edwards. In the letter, Hagerman describes how he spent V-J Day. “First, it rained all day,” he wrote. “Second, we are all so interested in what will happen to our outfit that the news didn’t cheer us much. Third, two of our men are being punished and have walked around the athletic field all day carrying full field packs and rifles in the rain. Fourth, I worked all day with the medical officer. I looked into 200 mouths and throats, checking for tonsillitis, etc.” Three of his former classmates – Drs. Robert Morrison, Don Hallas, and Don McKinnon – saw the picture, read the story, and contacted Hagerman. Since the pictures and article were published, Hagerman has been featured in the local newspaper and may soon appear on a local public television station.
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In Memoriam
Dr. Billy A. Smith (DDS 1952; MS, periodontics, 1963) Dr. Billy A. Smith, who taught at the U-M School of Dentistry for more than 20 years, and who was interim director of periodontics from 1987-1989, died November 30, 2005. He was 81. Born in Burt, Michigan, in 1924, he served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, and later attended the U-M School of Dentistry, where he earned his dental degree in 1952. He then practiced dentistry in Montrose, Michigan, until 1961. That same year, he returned to U-M to begin working on his master’s degree in periodontics. In the Spring 1990 issue of Alumni News, the name of the School of Dentistry’s alumni magazine at the time, Smith said he came back to U-M after talking to Dr. Donald Kerr. “He’s the one who brought me back into education from my practice. …He was the motivator. He was very important in my life.” While working for his master’s degree, Smith also taught at the School of Dentistry in 1963. He was a clinical instructor, later, a clinical instructor in periodontics, and then a clinical assistant professor. Fourteen years later, in 1977, he left teaching to devote time to his periodontics practice in Saginaw. But he didn’t stay out of teaching very long. In 1982, at the urging of some of his colleagues, he returned to the School of Dentistry to become an associate professor. In 1987, he was named interim director of periodontics, a position he held for two years. In 1989, he was a visiting professor at the University of Bern in Switzerland. As he reflected on his career prior to retiring in 1990, Smith said Drs. Major Ash and Sigurd Ramfjord were his primary mentors. Smith was also active in numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Periodontology, the Midwest Society of Periodontists, the Michigan Society of Periodontics, the American and Michigan Dental Associations, and other local organizations. Joan Barth Joan Barth, an information officer and editor at the School of Dentistry, died December 31, 2005 in Ann Arbor. She was 83. In 1957, Barth came to the dental school from the U-M Mental Health Research Institute. Beginning in 1979, she wrote and edited the School’s alumni magazine, Alumni News. Barth retired as editor in January 1985.
Dr. Donald J. Draper (DDS 1953) Sun City West, Arizona February 6, 2006 Dr. R. Bruce Curry (DDS 1970) Eaton Rapids, Michigan January 28, 2006 Dr. John B. Vernier (DDS 1971) Oxford, Michigan December 2005 Dr. J. Clinton Brand, Jr. (DDS 1943) Albany, New York October 14, 2005 Dr. Leon A. Montague (MS, orthodontics 1956) Corunna, Michigan October 12, 2005 Dr. Harry O. Trumbell (DDS 1951) Saranac, Michigan August 28, 2005 Dr. Robert Hill (DDS 1987) Manistique, Michigan August 13, 2005 Dr. Otis Smith (DDS 1956) Redford, Michigan June 19, 2005 Dr. Orlando Roberts (DDS 1967) Flint, Michigan June 1, 2005 Dr. John T. Schwartzbek (DDS 1935; MS, orthodontics 1939) Tampa, Florida May 26, 2005 Dr. Robert Rapp (MS, pediatric dentistry 1956) U-M School of Dentistry faculty, early- to mid-1960s Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania April 6, 2005 Dr. William S. Brandhorst (MS, orthodontics 1948) Kirkwood, Missouri March 15, 2005 Dr. Joseph J. Drapek (DDS 1953) Waterford, Michigan March 5, 2005
Dr. George H. Chang (DDS 1954) Donna Miller (Dental Hygiene certificate 1927) Scotts Valley, California February 12, 2005 East Grand Rapids, Michigan July 11, 2005 Dr. John Hardin (DDS 1980) Dr. Wallace B. Maynard Cheboygan, Michigan (DDS 1950) April 15, 2006 Cary, North Carolina June 19, 2005
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Homecoming Weekend
October 26, 27, 28
Thursday, October 26 Emeritus Pinning Ceremony Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Location: School of Dentistry, Room G390 Emeritus Class Picture Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: Foyer staircase outside the Sindecuse Museum Emeritus Reunion and Hall of Honor Luncheon Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Location: Sindecuse Atrium Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony Time: 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Location: School of Dentistry, Room G390 Friday, October 27 Morawa Lecture Time: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Kensington Court Hotel, 610 Hilton Boulevard, Ann Arbor Speakers: Dr. Philip Richards (morning), Practical Periodontics Dr. Jack Gobetti (afternoon), Medical Emergencies in the D O ental ffice Homecoming Celebration Dinner Honoring: Dental and Dental Hygiene classes with graduation years ending in 1 and 6. Doors Open/Registration Begins: 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. Location: Kensington Court Hotel, 610 Hilton Boulevard, Ann Arbor Saturday, October 28 Alumni Association Go Blue! Tailgate Time: 9:00 am Location: Elbel Field Football Game – University of Michigan vs. Northwestern Time: Kick-off at 12 noon Location: The Big House