| | Dean's Message
As the end of the semester draws closer and final exams continue through next week, I want to remind everyone of the incredible journey you’ve undertaken. You’ve worked tirelessly this fall and now it’s time to showcase your skills. Think of exams not as hurdles, but as steppingstones toward fulfilling your dental dreams. Your dedication and resilience have brought you to this point and I have full confidence in your abilities. Balance your studies with moments of joy, laughter, and relaxation. Your success is the culmination of your hard work, so go into these last couple weeks with confidence. Best of luck to you all! Cheers! ~Clark Stanford | | | Updates for December 8, 2023–December 15, 2023 | | | | The UI College of Dentistry is teaming up with the UI College of Nursing and UI Carver College of Medicine to host a University of Iowa Health Sciences Bowl Reception before the 2023 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Join Dean Stanford on Sunday, Dec. 31 from 11-12:30 p.m. for a reception at the Hyatt Regency Orlando (9801 International Drive). RSVP by Dec. 27. | | | Orthodontics welcomes incoming residents "Match Day" is such an exciting moment for both the candidates and the specialty programs. Iowa Orthodontic residents, staff and faculty members couldn't wait to celebrate and congratulate five new incoming residents for next year. Right after the match outcomes were announced, they got together on Zoom and had a virtual welcoming time. Congratulations Class of 2026! We will see you soon! | | | | Reynolds named chair-elect on Dental Quality Alliance Assistant professor Julie Reynolds was recently elected as Chair-Elect to the Dental Quality Alliance (DQA), which is a unit within the American Dental Association that develops dental quality measures and advances quality measurement and improvement activities in dentistry. The DQA is a stakeholder-based group, with 34 voting member organizations participating. Reynolds has been the organizational representative for the American Association of Public Health Dentistry on the DQA for the past three years and will serve a two-year term as chair-elect in 2024 and chair in 2025. She has been involved in dental care quality measurement and improvement work for many years through a CareQuest-funded project to develop a Patient-Centered Dental Home that she co-leads with professor Peter Damiano. | | | Good luck, Lizzie! Department of Prosthodontics Dental Assistant Lizzie recently moved over to Hospital Dentistry and Pros couldn't help but tease her with a sweet treat before she left. | | | | Kudos to you! Penny C’s five-star review: “My son had the best doctor and nurses when he got his wisdom teeth removed!! Quick and painless process! He had all 4 of them and they were all so thorough before and after his surgery. Plus, I received a phone call from one of his nurses, Becky, the next morning to check on him. I was very impressed. He’s my second son who has removed their wisdom teeth here and I already know when my daughter needs them out we will be going here as well.” | | | Lend a helping hand. Due to medical issues with a family member, Stacy Jones has exhausted her Family Care Giving Leave and Vacation. If you would like to help by contributing vacation time, please go to the following website: CAT Leave, and click on “Catastrophic Leave Donation Form”. | | | | Sukalski JMC, Askelson NM, Reynolds JC, Damiano PC, Shi W, Xie XJ, McKernan SC. Perceived social status, socioeconomic status, and preventive dental utilization among a low-income Medicaid adult population. J Public Health Dent. 2023 Nov 15. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12588. PMID: 37965907.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact that a person’s own perceived social status affects their access to and use of preventive dental care. As hypothesized, the study found that persons who perceived themselves as having a higher social status made greater use of preventive dental services than did those who perceived themselves as having a lower social status. One of the interesting finding of this study for patients with Medicaid dental insurance, perceive social status was more strongly correlated with use of preventive dental services than was socioeconomic status measures (i.e., education, occupation, and income). These findings suggest that a person’s perceived social status adds an important facet to our understanding of how social class, beyond mere socioeconomic status, affects use of dental care. | | Events
December 14, Winter Gathering, 1st floor dining room, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
December 18, Iowa Section of the AADOCR Abstract Submission Deadline - SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT
February 13, 71st Annual Meeting of the Iowa Section of the AADOCR
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. | | | |
