| | Dean's Message
I hope this Thanksgiving break brought joy and rejuvenation to you all. As we return, let’s carry that spirit into our work and studies and let the gratitude we receive from educating and serving others fuel our commitment to finish the semester strong. Let’s continue to support one another in our shared pursuit of dental excellence and by doing so, I am confident that we will continue to be successful. I wish you all a productive and fulfilling conclusion to the fall 2023 semester! Cheers! ~Clark Stanford | | | Updates for December 1, 2023–December 8, 2023 | | | | Kyungsup Shin, the Ross D. Christensen Family Professor of Orthodontics and Graduate Program Director was invited to serve as a panelist during the 2023 American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Educators Symposium in St. Louis. Shin shared experiences and knowledge related to advanced education in orthodontics and orthodontic residency programs. Specifically, Shin and the panelists discussed how to strengthen critical thinking skills in residency programs, how to structure the preparation process for the written and scenario-based clinical examinations, how to encourage utilizing essential clinical assessment tools, and how to develop high-quality orthodontic training programs. | | | Fabricio Teixeira, head of the department of endodontics, will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd World Congress on Dental Traumatology next summer, July 12-15 in Tokyo, Japan. Teixeira is one of two keynote speakers from the United States. | | | | 3 Iowa Alumni Serve on ADA Council This year, three Iowa alumni, Sara Stuefen (DDS ’10), Lindsay Compton (DDS '08) and Scott Trapp (DDS '91), serve on the American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Dental Benefit Programs. The Council focuses on advocacy for the profession within the third-party payer and dental benefits landscape. | | | Wanting to take your presentations to the next level? The Office of Strategic Communications has put together a library of Iowa-branded templates for you to use in presentations or events. | | | | Peter Damiano, professor of preventive and community dentistry, and his band "HomeBrewed" will be performing at Wildwood Saloon on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. to support the CommUnity Crisis Center Food Bank’s “Project Holiday.” Project Holiday delivers holiday food boxes to families in the community the week of Dec. 18. | | | Sorensen E, Pendleton C, Xie XJ. Correlation in Dental Studies: Why It Matters and What to Do About It. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2023 May, Jun;38(3):417-421. doi: 10.11607/jomi.10285. PMID: 37279223.
Statistical analysis in dental studies are affected by the existence (or lack thereof) of relationships between the data. For example, given the factors that result in tooth decay, if a person experiences tooth decay in one tooth, they are more likely to have other instances of tooth decay. In such a case, there is a dependent relationship between each observation of tooth decay for that person. Determining whether data is dependent (correlated) or independent is essential for properly assessing the data being analyzed. This article discusses how independence and correlations in data sets must be taken into account to properly assess the results and conclusions of a study. With numerous examples used to explain the concepts, and a detailed description of a hypothetical study, the statisticians show how assuming independence of data (when data are correlated) results in drawing incorrect conclusions from the data. The researchers described one method, “generalized estimating equations (GEE),” for addressing the existence of dependent relationships among the data. The authors describe how GEE differs from a standard logistic regression, which assumes the data are independent, showing how dependent relationships among data are more accurately described by GEE. The authors conclude, “For dentists and/or general researchers, it is imperative to know that there are a variety of statistical methods that have been developed to handle correlation in data so that one may avoid the potential consequences that come with an incorrect assumption of independence.” | | Events
December 3, HomeBrewed Holiday Concert at Wildwood Saloon, Proceeds will benefit CommUnity Food Bank's Project Holiday, event starts at 4 p.m.
December 14, Winter Gathering, 1st floor dining room, 2 p.m. - 4 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.
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. | | | |
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