| | Dean's Message
Next Thursday, our clinics and college will be closed as we celebrate Thanksgiving. I appreciate the opportunity that this holiday affords us to express our appreciation for one another. I am grateful to be at a college that I love and an environment that supports a strong sense of community among our faculty, staff, residents, and students. I am grateful for the hard work that each of us put in to improve our care for patients, our education of students, our research and discovery, and our impact on our State. I am grateful to be a proud alumni of this institution, and I appreciate my fellow alumni who routinely give back to their local communities and to our college as well. Thank you! ~Clark Stanford | | | Updates for November 17, 2023–December 1, 2023 | | | | Rachel Fitzjerrells, a T90 trainee in the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research and a PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, was awarded an F31 grant investigating the relationship between oral microbiome and multiple sclerosis | | | Iowa at the National Network for Oral Health Access Conference At the annual conference of the National Network for Oral Health Access, Julie Reynolds, assistant professor in the Department of Community Dentistry; Lucas Lemburg ('08 DDS), a dentist at the Community Health Centers of Southeast Iowa in Columbus City, Iowa; McAllister Castelaz, a dental public health resident and a former dental provider for a federally-qualified health center; and Paige Plagman, the dental services manager for the Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa, presented on their collaborative efforts using teledentistry to care to older adults in Iowa. This conference brought together over 1,100 safety net providers learning about best practices of dental care in the community setting. Additionally, Castelaz was elected to the NNOHA Board of Directors at this meeting. | | | | Guzman-Armstrong convenes inaugural meeting of the Advanced Operative Educators Alliance On Nov. 2-3, Sandra Guzman-Armstrong, clinical professor of operative dentistry, organized the first meeting of Advanced Educators in Operative Dentistry, Cariology and Biomaterials at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. During this meeting, the Advanced Operative Educators Alliance (AOEA) was formed. All nine US Advanced Education Program Directors of the following institutions participated: University of Iowa (Sandra Guzman-Armstrong); University of Michigan (Gisele De Faria Neiva); Boston University (John Ictech-Cassis); University of California Los Angeles (Thomas Lee); University of Florida (Patricia Pereira); Indiana University (Oriana Capin); University of North Carolina (Adalberto Vasconcellos); University of Southern California (Jin-Ho Phark); Tufts University (Aikaterini Papathanasiou).
The purpose to support the field of Operative Dentistry, Cariology and Biomaterials as a special interest group and to represent the needs and interests of the respective Advanced Education Programs in the US with the primary objective of establishing collaborative efforts towards the request for CODA accreditation of Operative Dentistry, Cariology and Biomaterials as a special interest area of General Dentistry. This meeting was supported by funds provided from Bob and Jeri Williams and the Denehy- Fuller Professorship. | | | Third-year dental student wins research award The 28th Annual Hinman Student Research Symposium was held Nov. 10-12, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Symposium featured oral and poster presentations of research projects by dental students and graduate trainees from dental schools across North America and Canada. From among the 101 presentations, thirteen awards were given for the most outstanding student presentations. One of the Basic and Translational Research Awards was won by third-year DDS/PhD student Michael Chavez. His project “Exogenous Bone Sialoprotein Enhances Alveolar Bone Healing in Mice” was directed Brian Foster, associate professor in the Division of Biosciences at The Ohio State University. | | | | UI dental students take part in the poverty simulation D3 students took part in the poverty simulation in the Iowa Memorial Union on Nov. 14. The simulation put dental students into families and tasked them with remaining financially solvent for four consecutive 15-minute weeks, while managing bills, meeting obligations, and working fulltime. The simulation helped students develop cognitive and affective empathy skills, which enhances their ability to plan treatments that patients can implement. | | | The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics was named a winner of Iowa City's 2023 Community's Choice Award for best dental clinic. The yearly competition pits local businesses against each other and lets the community vote for their favorite.
"It makes me very proud to see the community recognize the college as a leader in oral health care,” says Dean Clark Stanford, “Our college has excellent students who will go on to become leaders in dentistry and faculty members who are leading experts in dentistry. All of our faculty lead by proving the best in patient care as part of the largest integrated group practice of specialists in the country.” | | | | Iowa Dentistry staff and faculty attended the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) sections on Business and Financial Administration and Clinic Administration (ADEA BFACA) in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 21-24. Scott Arneson, Brian Howe, Angie Bell, Nicole McGlynn, Ann Synan, Gregory Mahaffa and Alberto Gasparoni attended. For additional photos, see here. Highlights include:
| | | Oral Science Successes! Two PhD students, Abimbola Oladayo and Chawin Upara passed their comprehensive exams for their PhD. Abimbola Oladayo passed her exam on Nov. 8, and she is mentored by Azeez Butali and her examination committee was chaired by Leo Marchini. Chawin Upara passed his exam on Nov. 4, and he is mentored by Liu Hong and his examination committee was chaired by Eric Van Otterloo. Congratulations! | | | | Hawkeye Takeover in Chicago Thank you to all the College of Dentistry alumni who joined us at the Hawkeye Huddle two Saturdays ago in Wrigleyville. Hawkeye fans came out in full force, and it was great to watch the Hawkeyes pick up a win inside Wrigley Field. Iowa Dentistry will be back in Chicago in February for the 2024 Chicago Midwinter Meeting. | | | Lee H, Kengla C, Kim HS, Kim I, Cho JG, Renteria E, Shin K, Atala A, Yoo JJ, Lee SJ. Enhancing Craniofacial Bone Reconstruction with Clinically Applicable 3D Bioprinted Constructs. Adv Healthc Mater. 2023 Oct 31:e2302508. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202302508. PMID: 37906084.
Drawing from Kyungsup Shin's R01 research, the research team from Wake Forest, the University of Iowa, and South Korea have developed novel biomimetic bone scaffolds that are customized using 3D printing to the unique dimensions of a patient's bone defects, are biodegradable, and include a thick, porous external layer that promoted bone and vascular growth from surrounding tissues. Using this technique to fabricate bone scaffolds significantly accelerated bone regeneration over that of standard bone reconstruction strategies, even when the same material composition and fabrication method are used. Furthermore, because of their unique design as their close fit to the unique contours of the bone defects, the team saw uniform bone growth throughout the entire region in which the scaffold was implanted. This approach to bone regeneration is widely applicable to a large variety of craniofacial anomalies resulting from either congenital conditions or accidents. | | Events
November 18, Pregame Professional Program: “Autoimmune Conditions” Presented By Dr. John Hellstein “Guided Implant Restorations” Presented by Dr. Greg Farris
November 30, Research Seminar, Ronald Strauss, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, "Blessings in Disguise: Finding Wisdom from Facial Difference", hosted by Steve Levy, Galagan B, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Notes and Resources
Hours: M-R: 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; F: 7:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Thanksgiving Week: MT: 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; W: 7:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; CLOSED Thursday/Friday
The Hawkeye Smile banner image shows two first-year dental students, Ann Luo and Katie McAllister, at the Dental Public Health booth of the Bone Dash 5K. | | | |
