Dean's Message

Each year at least 240 candidates interview to make up our incoming class. Interview day is a special day for each of these students, and it makes a difference, as many of our current students attest. One key part of that process is you. Each candidate is interviewed by four individuals from among our dentistry faculty and staff. Thank you for filling all of our interviews dates and times, but we always have last minute cancellations and there is still time to sign up as an alternate. I encourage you to do so. It matters, and it is a rewarding experience for our faculty and staff as well. Reach out to our admission's staff to volunteer. Cheers! ~Clark Stanford

Updates for July 8, 2022–July 14, 2022

Bernstein Graduate Research Fellow receives 2022 Summer Fellowship from AIDPH

Pamela Nwachukwu is a second-year PhD student in Dental Public Health and a Bernstein Graduate Research Fellow. She conducts research that informs policies that promote access to healthcare, especially for the underserved. Her research interests cut across the areas of public health that are directly related to access to care such as health services, health policy, and health economics, which is the focus of her PhD. Nwachukwu was named as a 2022 Summer Fellow of the American Institute of Dental Public Health. This 10-week program is focused on advocacy and research for special populations including veteran oral health, oral health for LGBTQIA+ people, and oral health in rural communities. Participants will have the opportunity to match areas of interest to opportunities within AIDPH's programming. 

60th anniversary celebration of the graduate program in operative dentistry

In June, the college celebrated 60 years of excellence for the graduate program in operative dentistry. It was a wonderful weekend for everyone as many alumni and friends of the Department of Operative Dentistry from all over the country (and world!), including those coming from Italy, Japan, Chicago, Florida, Colorado, California, North Carolina, Connecticut, Ohio, Seattle, Virginia, etc. We had many activities starting on Friday with the Operative Department CE course sponsored by Justine Kolker and the Fuller-Denehy Operative Dentistry Professorship. Several operative alumni lectured during the program, giving outstanding information in many areas of our field. It was very well attended and all the speakers are now in academia in the US.

Pediatric Dentistry Student Group Delivers Over 500 Oral Hygiene Packets to Local Organization

The Pediatric Dentistry Student Group recently completed a service project supported by a $1,000  grant received from the Crest and America’s Toothfairy organizations. 

Collaborative and innovative research

McNeil R, Bray KK, Mitchell TV, Pendleton C, Marchini L. Are adults with autism receiving regular preventive dental services?%3C%2Fa%3E+Spec+Care+Dentist.+2022+May+30.+doi%3A+10.1111%2Fscd.12738.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F35636432%2F%22%3EPMID%3A+35636432%3C%2Fa%3E.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EDrawing+from+her+master's thesis in dental hygiene education at the University of Missouri Kansas City, McNeil and her coauthors used de-identified data from electronic health records of adult patients with autism to assess how regularly they received preventive dental care. The team found that, for this sample, only about one in every three adults with autism has received at least one preventive dental procedure per year.

Events July 11, PhD Defense: Daniah Alhazmi, "A CBCT Investigation of Morphological Integration, Cervical Spine Non-Segmentation, and Volumetric Maxillary Sinus Association with Dental Impactions," mentored by co-chairs Shankar Rengasamy Venugopalan and Trishul Allareddy, N212 DSB, 11:00 a.m. July 12, MS Thesis Defense: Richard Sinn, "The Epigenetic Studies in Peri-Implantitis Subjects," mentored by Satheesh Elangovan and Shankar Rengasamy Venugopalan, via July 22, Noon Presentation: Oliver D. Kripfgans and Hsun-Liang Chan, Anatomical and Functional Real-time Soft Tissue Imaging is Real!, Galagan A, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. August 5, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students August 11, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students August 26, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students September 8, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students September 9, CE Course: Olin Family Visiting Lectureship, Peter Nordland, Utilization of Periodontal Plastic Surgery to Assist in the Esthetic Outcome. September 10, Pregame Professional Program, Iowa v. Iowa State. September 15, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students September 16, Alumni Reunion Weekend Reunion and CE-Classes Ending in 2s and 7s (details forthcoming) September 17, Pregame Professional Program, Iowa v. Nevada (University Family Weekend) September 17, Alumni Weekend Tailgate, Iowa v. Nevada September 23, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students September 30, CE Course: Elevating Patient-Centered Restorative Care: Integrating Technology and Biology to Optimize Outcomes October 1, Pregame Professional Program (Michigan) October 1, Alumni Tailgate, Iowa v Michigan October 3, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students October 14, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students October 21, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students October 28, CE Course: Pediatric Dentistry Legends in the Fall October 29, Pregame Professional Program (Northwestern/University Homecoming) October 29, Alumni Tailgate, Iowa v. Northwestern (University Homecoming) November 4-5, Iowa Mission of Mercy, Des Moines November 11, Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students November 11, CE Course: A Full Day Endodontic Experience November 12, Pregame Professional Program (Wisconsin) November 16, Virtual Fall 2022 Interview Day for Prospective DDS Students Notes and Resources  Filling Station Menu M-F: 7:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics | Forward this message | Nondiscrimination Statement | Accessibility If you have items that you'd like to see included in the Hawkeye Smile, please send an email to dental-news@uiowa.edu.