| | Dean's Message
Starting Monday, our newest cohort of D4s will begin their clinic and community rotations. A dental student's fourth year culminates in a comprehensive oral health care setting. While they spend most of their time in the Family Dentistry Clinic, they also gain experience in our Emergencies Clinic, Geriatric and Special Needs Clinic, and spend five weeks at a community-based rotation. This is the students' final, albeit long, step, which allows them to fine-tune their skills and become comfortable in an oral health care setting before the jump to a private practice. I am excited to welcome our new D4s into the clinics on Monday and I hope this academic year is full of optimism, education, and joy. Cheers! ~Clark Stanford | | | Updates for August 2, 2024–August 8, 2024 | | | | Amy Lesch, assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, was recently featured by The Gazette in its quarterly publication, “Healthy You” where she shared tips on how to establish healthy dental habits in children. | | | Building on her 2021 grant exploring the relationship between caries and the oral microbiome, Associate Professor Dr. Cris Vidal was awarded a $75K supplemental grant to her original award to continue the project and expand it to include the relationships at different stages of caries lesion progression. The end goal of the research is to help us better understand caries progression and repair tissues damaged by caries, thus reducing the need for extractions, tissue removal, and restorations. | | | | Dr. Azeez Butali, the Gilbert E. Lilly Professor of Diagnostic Sciences at the University of Iowa, organized an exhibit describing the efforts of an African network of researchers to treat and address associated stigma related to cleft lip and palate across Africa. In the exhibit, caregivers told stories of their experienced and shared photos documenting their journey. | | | Dr. Fabricio Teixeira, Professor and DEO of the Department of Endodontics, was a keynote speaker at the 2024 World Congress of Dental Traumatology in Tokyo, Japan. The event was attended by over a thousand participants from 57 countries. Teixeira's presentation took place on the opening day, July 12th. | | | | Ferracane invited to speak at Family Dentistry’s Summer Retreat Last week, the Department of Family Dentistry held its annual Summer Retreat, which included a keynote presentation from Jack Ferracane, professor and chair of Oral Rehabilitation and Biosciences at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. The college is extremely grateful to have listened to his presentation titled “The Current Status of Dental Adhesives, Composites, Light Curing Technology, and the Future of ‘Bioactive’ Restorative Materials.” | | | El-Kerdani presented at Digital Educator's Workshop On July 22-23, Tarek El Kerdani, clinical professor of prosthodontics in the Department of Prosthodontics, presented at the fourth annual Digital Educator’s Workshop, hosted by Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry. His presentation was titled, “Digital Communication in Prosthodontics.” | | | | Development and integration of a clinical dashboard within a dental school setting. Fatemeh S. Afshari DMD, MS, Judy Chia-Chun Yuan DDS, MS, MAS, Cortino Sukotjo DDS, PhD, MMSc, MHPE, Susan A. Rowan DDS, MS, Michael L. Spector DDS, MS. Journal of Dental Education: https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13639 | | Events
August 2, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
August 8, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
August 14, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
August 29, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
September 6, Chew on This: Emerging Trends in Pediatric Dental Care CE course, 8:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
September 7, Guided Bone Regeneration in the Age of Digital Dentistry and Homecare Dental Products: Facts vs Fads CE Course, 8:00 a.m. -- 10:00 a.m.
September 7, Pregame Social Tailgate, Iowa vs Iowa State, Behind the DSB, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. RSVP here
September 13, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
September 13-14, Dentistry Alumni Reunion Weekend (years ending in 4s and 9s)
September 14, Selection Criteria, Shielding and Current Guidelines in Radiation Protection CE Course, 8:00 a.m. -- 10:00 a.m.
September 14, Pregame Social Tailgate, Iowa vs Troy, Behind the DSB, 12:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.
RSVP here
September 19, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
September 30, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
October 4-5, Iowa Mission of Mercy (IMOM), Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Center
October 11, Endodontics Professional Program CE Course, 8:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
October 12, 1st: Oral Ulceration with Bone Sequestration; 2nd: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): Considerations and Treatment Options for Patients in Your Private Practice; and 3rd; Managing and Referring Patients with XIX/DMP Insurance CE Course, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
October 18, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
October 25, Let's Talk About Weed - Marijuana's Impact on Dental care CE Course, 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
October 26, Pregame Social Tailgate, Iowa vs Northwestern, Behind the DSB, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. RSVP here
October 30, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day (Virtual)
November 7, Prospective DDS Student Interview Day
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