COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry News & Events
Classes of 2014: Your moment has nearly arrived.
May 9‐31, 2014
Dr. Stookey in 1996, when he presided
over Dentistry’s commencement as interim dean of the dental school
Congratulations to the IUSD Classes of 2014
IUSD Classes of 2014: Your graduation is so close at hand that we can almost hear the musicians in the IUPUI Ceremonial Brass Ensemble tuning up their instruments for the Pomp and Circumstance that will lead you into the Indiana Convention Center’s Sagamore Ballroom for the School of Dentistry Pre‐
Commencement Ceremony on the evening of May 10.
Many of us will be watching from the audience alongside your families and friends as you cross the stage, and we will do so with a sense of deep pride in everything you’ve accomplished during your time with us.
We hope that, 50 years from now, part of what you’ll remember about your graduation day is an inspirational send‐off from your commencement speaker Dr. George Stookey, one of the world’s renowned leaders in preventive dentistry research and an IU living legend. He got his start in the mid‐
1950s as a young grad in the lab of Dr. Joseph Muhler, whose research with two IU chemistry professors was on the verge of bringing acclaim to IU through development of the first successful stannous fluoride formula, which became the caries‐preventing agent in Crest toothpaste. In addition to giving Dentistry’s farewell address, Dr. Stookey will receive an honorary doctorate from IU during IUPUI’s commencement ceremony on May 11. Try to get a moment to introduce yourself to him, if you get the chance. He is fun to talk to and a terrific guy to know.
Graduates, as you reflect on your student days here, keep in mind that the time you spent at IUSD is unique – no two people have ever experienced the school, or interpreted that experience, in precisely the same manner.
Your unique relationship to the school empowers you as you move ahead in your career and most assuredly enhances your alma mater in return. No matter where your path takes you on this earth, you’ll always carry a part of us with you, just as we will always carry a part of you with us. You are woven into the School of Dentistry’s historical tapestry, and you will forever represent your school and your university going forward. IUSD faculty and staff were privileged to have played a role in the pursuit of your educational goals. Thank you for that privilege, and very best wishes to you as you embark on the next leg of your journey through life – may it be a glorious ride!
More details about the IU School of Dentistry’s graduating classes and graduation activities are available in this IU news release: http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2014/05/stookey‐addresses‐dental‐grads.shtml.
May Calendar
9 (Fri.)
SPRING SEMESTER ENDS FOR D4 DENTAL STUDENTS AND DENTAL ASSISTING, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon‐1:30 p.m. in DS115
Healthy IU Educational Seminar for Employees: COLORS OF FITNESS – FINDING THE PERFECT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR YOU; noon‐12:45 p.m. in DS S117. Bring your lunch, comfortable shoes, and your interest in engaging in beginner level “try it” activities.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee’s May 23 meeting
10 (Sat.)
IU School of Dentistry 2014 Graduating Classes OPEN HOUSE AND RECEPTION at the dental school, 2‐4 p.m., followed by IUSD PRE‐COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY, Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana
Convention Center, 100 South Capitol Avenue, 6‐8 p.m.
11 (Sun.)
IU School of Dentistry GRADUATION AWARDS PROGRAM AND BREAKFAST BUFFET, Rooms 236‐239 of the Indiana Convention Center, 7:30‐9:30 a.m., followed by IUPUI COMMENCEMENT, Exhibit Halls A‐B‐C of the Indiana Convention Center, 11 a.m.‐1 p.m.
12 (Mon.)
SUMMER SESSION begins for dental assisting, dental hygiene, and graduate students
14‐18 (Wed.‐Sun.)
IU SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY DENTAL ALUMNI CONFERENCE and INDIANA DENTAL ASSOCIATION annual session, Hyatt Regency
15‐17 (Thurs.‐Sat.)
INDIANA DENTAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION annual session, downtown Indianapolis Embassy Suites
16 (Fri.) RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
16‐17 (Fri.‐Sat.)
A new FACET of Dr. Romito’s career. Congratulations to oral biology professor Dr.
Laura Romito, who learned in April that she has been accepted into the Faculty Colloquium on
Excellence in Teaching (FACET), an organization that refers to itself as a community of more than 500 of IU’s best teachers with representation from all campuses statewide who work together with the goal of improving pedagogy. Membership in the colloquium, which is headquartered on the IUPUI campus, is open‐ended. Dr. Romito and the other members of the FACET Class of 2014 will be inducted during FACET’s annual Retreat and Teaching Conference, held Friday and Saturday at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel. There are many facets to FACET, as you will see if you visit the colloquium’s website:
https://facet.indiana.edu/about/index.shtml.
19 (Mon.) DEAN’S ALL‐SCHOOL TOWN HALL, noon in DS115
20 (Tues.)
A CELEBRATION OF SERVICE reception honoring the dedication and contributions of faculty and staff as they retire from their long‐held roles at the dental school is taking place this afternoon and early evening at the IUPUI University Tower Ballroom beginning at 4:30 p.m. Many of the retirees will be in attendance with their families, so come say your farewells and offer your best wishes to the honorees and also share your memories of the late Charlene Ellis, a wonderful employee in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry whose death on April 5, 2014, deeply saddened the dental community. Charlene’s warm, engaging personality and gracious nature will be long cherished by her many friends and associates at IUSD.
The reception honors:
Endodontics Joseph Legan
Human Resources Elizabeth Hatcher
Library Janice Cox
Oral Biology William Babler
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology Octavia McIlwain
Margot Van Dis
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry Erma Crumpton
Sheryl Roberts
Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics Irina Leyvand
Pediatric Dentistry Michael Baumgartner James Weddell
Preventive and Community Dentistry/Oral Health Research Institute Charlene Ellis*
Annetta Hall Susan Hayden Marilyn Richards Lech Switalski
*posthumous recognition
Publications Susan Crum
Restorative Dentistry William Browning
22 (Thurs.)
Staff Dental Assistant Lunch and Learn series presents ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE CLINICS, by Dr. Larry Garetto, Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology; 12:10‐1 p.m. in DS115
22‐25 (Thurs.‐Sun.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY annual session, Boston. Be sure to drop by the IU PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION suite while you’re in town – the suite is open Thurdsay‐
Saturday, 5 p.m. to midnight, at the Boston Sheraton at 39 Dalton Street (Cambridge Suite on the 5th floor).
23 (Fri.) STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
26 (Mon.) MEMORIAL DAY (school closed)
30 (Fri.)
SECOND SEMESTER CLASSES END FOR FIRST‐ AND SECOND‐YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS
People, Places, & Things
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IUSD FACULTY: PLAY A ROLE IN CREATING THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. This spring Dr. Rick Jackson, chair of the IU School of Dentistry Strategic Plan, has been receiving very good feedback from faculty – the first of three dental school stakeholder groups he and the IUSD Planning Committee will be focusing
on – regarding the IUSD Strategic Plan for 2014‐2019. He and the Planning Committee hope to hear from every member of the faculty before this large portion of the task is completed. Please keep ideas rolling his way regarding faculty development and any other suggestion you may have on ways to improve the school. Put your ideas in a short Word document so that they can be easily shared in a group setting and send them to [email protected]. The other two stakeholder groups are IUSD staff and students – Dr. Jackson hopes to have similar opportunities for input gathering for them in the near future.
Ashley Carlton
DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENT ASHLEY CARLTON IN CAMPUS’S TOP 100. With more than 6,500 students poised to receive their diplomas on the IUPUI campus in 2014, it says a lot about our own dental hygiene student Ashley Carlton that she has been chosen as one of IUPUI’s Top 100 Outstanding Students this year. The top 100 undergraduate juniors and seniors were honored with a recognition dinner in April at the Indianapolis Marriott. Ashley was cited by her nominator as a student possessing high ethical standards who always rises to the challenges presented to her, exceeding the expectations of the faculty. “One of the missions of IUSD is to help the community through civic engagement, and Ashley is a dental hygiene student who fulfills this mission for us,” a faculty member wrote in the nomination letter, mentioning that Ashley has repeatedly participated in such annual community events as PBS Kids in the Park in Indianapolis and the Special Olympics in Terre Haute. At these events, she speaks to children and their parents about the importance of maintaining good oral health at an early age and the implications that caries and other dental diseases can have on youngsters. “Ashley takes the time to listen to others, and I can tell she really cares about her patients and the community,” the author of the nomination letter wrote. Congratulations, Ashley!
A GOLD CROWN FOR INDIANA CHAPTER FROM NATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION. Congratulations to the membership of the Indiana Chapter of the American Student Dental Association, which has received an ASDA Gold Crown Award in the category of “Quality of Website Information.”
“It takes a significant amount of time and effort for chapters to earn this award, and you should be proud of their accomplishments,” Danielle Bauer, ASDA membership director, wrote to Dean John Williams. The award was presented at a ceremony during ASDA’s annual session in Anaheim, Calif., in March.
“James Oh (D4) is our webmaster, and the officers try to keep the website up to speed with information regarding events and local, state, and national news,” says D3’s Annissa Michael, president of ASDA’s Indiana Chapter. You can check out the award‐winning website at www.IUASDA.org.
Lindsay DeSantis
LINDSAY DeSANTIS PRESENTS RESEARCH AT ASDA’S ANNUAL SESSION. While the Indiana Chapter of ASDA was being recognized for its outstanding website at ASDA’s annual session in California, D3 dental student Lindsay DeSantis was also in Anaheim as one of 20 dental students in the country chosen to present their research posters at the meeting. Working with faculty research mentor Dr. Joan Kowolik in Pediatric Dentistry, Lindsay surveyed 400 adult patients at IUSD to prepare a pilot study titled “What Do Adults Know About Baby Teeth.” Her results revealed a deficit in the overall knowledge of primary dentition in the study sample. She concluded that promoting oral health awareness, particularly the understanding of the eruption and exfoliation of primary dentition, is a necessary step in the goal of improving oral health.
Priscilla Clinton D2 (left), Kyle Ratliff D2, Clarisa Oliveira D2, Shira Ruggs Dancy D2, Steven Keglar D1, and Lisset Gonzalez D2. Not pictured is Durell Dancy D2.
BAM! IU DENTAL STUDENTS MAKE A GREAT IMPRESSION ON RIVERSIDE YOUNGSTERS. In recognition of the American Dental Association’s National Children’s Dental Health Month, members of the IU Chapter of the Student National Dental Association volunteered to host a Build a Mouth (BAM) event at the Riverside Elementary (Indianapolis Public School #44) on the city’s Westside.
“BAM is a simple classroom program based on learning through play and creative thinking,” says Shira Ruggs Dancy, community service chair for the Student National Dental Association. “The primary focus is to have the children ask questions about oral healthcare. Hasbro’s Drill ‘n Fill Play‐Doh kit is used and is central to the activity.”
Shira and six other dental students visited several Riverside classrooms for pre‐kindergarten through second grade. “The kids were so excited to see us,” Shira says. “They enjoyed playing with the kits more than anything and having the opportunity to play dentist for a day. Some of the kids expressed an interest in becoming dentists, and the older kids mostly had questions about braces.”
BEA’S LUNCH ROOM AND THE DENTAL SCHOOL WERE MICHIGAN STREET’S BOSOM BUDDIES.
Remember how we’re always telling you that there once was a restaurant really, really close to the dental school? Well, I finally stumbled upon a photograph that shows the physical relationship between the beloved greasy spoon and our institute of higher education. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that, had they worked in the same time period, College Inn proprietor Bea Gordon could have leaned out her westside window and handed Assistant Dean Melanie Peterson a cup of coffee from Dr.
Peterson’s eastside window in Student Affairs. The graduating dental class of 1956 donated funds that were used to extend the school’s intercom system to Bea’s joint so that the students could hang out in the eatery but be quickly summoned to the clinics when their patients checked in. Bea served everyone on campus, of course, but she made no bones about loving her dental school clients more than anyone else, and the dental school loved her in return. Bea’s College Inn closed in the fall of 1974 and was torn down shortly thereafter.
Veteran actor Robbie Benson – image courtesy Indiana University
‘THE BEAST’ IN BLOOMINGTON. Do you remember adorable 1960s/1970s child actor Robbie Benson?
And did you know he’s now an IU professor? Benson, who is also a producer and director, was
appointed to the IU Bloomington Department of Telecommunications as a professor of practice in the fall of 2013. His film debut was in the classic thriller “Wait Until Dark” with Audrey Hepburn, and he was the voice of The Beast in Disney’s Academy Award‐nominated film “Beauty and the Beast.” Today Prof.
Benson is an activist and fundraiser for heart research, having survived multiple open‐heart surgeries necessitated by a congenital heart defect. You can read more about Prof. Benson in this 2013 IU news release: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news‐archive/23985.html.
Ahmed Ghoneima
DR. GHOMEIMA’S RESEARCH GARNERS 3 HONORS IN 2014. Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Ghoneima, a faculty member in Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics and director of the department’s 3D
Orthodontic Imaging Laboratory, who has recently received three awards for areas of research he has been exploring since joining the IU faculty in 2009.
Dr. Ghoneima was granted an Orhan C. Tuncay Teaching Fellowship Award from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation. The fellowship has supported his work on a project titled
“Cone Beam Computer Tomography and Airway Analysis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.”
Dr. Ghoneima also took first place in the junior faculty category at the Moyers Symposium, held at the University of Michigan in March, for his poster titled “Reliability and Validity of OrthoMechanics Sequential Analyzer.”
Finally, during the American Association of Orthodontists annual session in New Orleans in April, Dr.
Ghoneima won the AAO Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award, sponsored by Dentsply GAC. This award recognizes the same project that he presented at the Moyers Symposium. The study, which he has worked on with Dr. Katherine Kula, chair of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, and colleagues in Egypt, evaluated the reliability and validity of newly developed software used in the assessment of orthodontic tooth movement three dimensionally.
“We are working on new algorithms that can assess tooth movement three dimensionally through time, where 6 degrees of freedom can be measured,” says Dr. Ghoneima. “In addition, a root avatar, or virtual root, of each tooth of interest can be extrapolated without the need of taking x‐rays, allowing for pre‐
and post‐treatment modeling of the root positions, which is one of the requirements of the American Board of Orthodontics.”
Theodore Kula (left), Nicole Manigault, Jennifer Neese, and Brian Rochford
4 IU DENTAL STUDENTS RECEIVE PLATER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MEDALLIONS. Congratulations to D4 dental students Theodore Kula, Nicole Manigault, Jennifer Neese, and Brian Rochford, who were among 34 students on the IUPUI campus to be honored with William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallions for their exemplary commitment to the community and for the ethic of civic‐mindedness they have developed and embraced. These four students are well known to all of us for their spirit of volunteerism and extensive dedication to a myriad of service‐learning projects associated with the dental school, including such efforts as the IU Student Outreach Clinic, the International Service‐
Learning Program, Seal Indiana, and the Shelter Sealant program.
The Plater awards were opened for the first time this year to students earning doctorates or other professional degrees. The dental school’s recipients represented one‐third of the award recipients in
this category. The recipients were honored at the Bringle Civic Engagement Showcase and Symposium, held at the IUPUI Campus Center in April.
In addition to his Plater Medallion, Theodore Kula was also honored this year at the national level with an American Dental Education Association Preventive Dentistry Scholarship. He was one of 12 dental students in the nation chosen for the scholarship, which honors academic excellence in preventive dentistry. The award was bestowed at ADEA’s 2014 annual session in San Antonio.
We’re Gonna Need a Wider Lens. This photo of SOC volunteers that was submitted to the newsletter
shows a group so large that we’re told the photographer was unable to fit everyone into the frame. We wound up having to crop a few stray arms on the extreme right and left of the photo – our apologies to the unidentified volunteers to whom those arms belong. Back row, from left: Chelsea Templeton D1, Ben Fischer D1, Sarmed Toma D1, Neal Patel D4, Rikin Patel D1, Kyle Ragsdale D4, Joseph Santilli D3, Tim Treat D2, Jordan Jenkins D3, Jake Long D2, Gagandeep Bath D3, Laura Albrecht D2, faculty mentor Timothy Carlson, and Kalee Floyd DH2. Front: Neelam Shah D1, Lauren Trancik D3, Armaun Karimzadeh D3, Nichole Barnett D2, Lauren Brosmer D2, Alexandra Doak D2, and Jacob Balkos D1.
STUDENT OUTREACH CLINIC IS A NATIONAL AWARD‐WINNING SUCCESS BECAUSE OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU. D2 dental student Mary Pham, promotions chair for the dental clinic of the IU Student
Outreach Clinic, thanks everyone who has contributed to the clinic as a volunteer this year, including the group pictured above at the 10th street clinic on April 5. She’s also looking forward to many more of you signing up for the summer and the 2014‐2015 academic year ahead. The year‐round clinic provides free oral healthcare services to some of the city’s residents in greatest need. The clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of every month. If you’d like to know more about volunteering, please contact D2 student Alexandra Doak at [email protected]. As a clinic that is an important component of the IU Student Outreach Clinic, which involves student volunteers from the med school and several other schools and departments, the dental clinic shared in the Governor’s Service Award bestowed in 2013. And, more recently, the SOC dental clinic was honored by the American Dental Association. Check out the IU news release about the ADA award, in case you missed it in March:
http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2014/03/student‐dental‐clinic‐award.shtml.
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OF MICE AND MEN AND COFFEE POTS: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. Despite IU’s spam‐catching efforts, just about anything finds its way into our email inboxes these days, but I hadn’t run into this quirky one before: Remember the good old days when your friendly neighborhood banker gave you a toaster or maybe a blender if you opened a checking or savings account? Well, a company servicing researchers has pulled that quaint old marketing strategy from a forgotten shelf, dusted it off, and put it into motion on the internet, where the company is offering researchers a free Keurig coffee maker if they place an order for “nuclease‐mediated knockout mice.” (We aren’t mentioning the company by name, since it inappropriately used IU’s email system to spread its ad.) Does a marketing ploy like this actually work in any community of scientists, dental or otherwise? Judging by the laser‐focused researchers I’ve known and worked alongside at this school for 40 years, I can’t imagine any of them entertaining daydreams about the acquisition of kitchen appliances when they’re trying to make critical decisions associated with their research studies and grants.
Carol Bain
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE CAROL BAIN ON THE PROGRAM OF NATIONAL HISTOLOGY MEETING. Two presentations by Carol Bain, a research analyst in the Mineralized Tissue Research Laboratory of the Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, have been accepted for inclusion in the 40th annual symposium of the National Society for Histotechnology, scheduled in Austin, Texas, in August.
Her first talk, “Understanding Artifacts in Poly Methyl Methacrylate Processing,” will discuss a resin processing in histology that is relatively new and more complex chemically when compared to paraffin processing. Her second discussion, “Animal Histology for the Non‐Pathologist,” will be co‐presented with Dr. Paul Snyder, a veterinary pathologist from Purdue University, and will touch upon the purpose and limitations of pathology assessments followed by examples of background findings, artifacts, and stress‐
related findings that often lead to misinterpretation of study results. Carol Bain joined the IU School of Dentistry in the fall of 2013.
First IU dental school master’s degree recipient Morris Stoner
JUVENILE COURT JUDGES WERE INVOLVED WITH SELECTION OF IU ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS IN THE 1930s. According to a 1930s article in the IUSD Alumni Bulletin, the consensus of opinion at the 1936 annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Schools (now the American Dental Education Association) was that predoctoral teaching of orthodontia should be limited to giving dental students only enough training for them to recognize abnormal conditions so they would know when to refer patients to specially trained dentists. Some dental schools discontinued laboratory instruction in the subject during this era, but not IU. IU’s orthodontic patient population for dental students, however, was exceedingly limited – our small‐group teaching approach could accommodate only about 12 active patients at a time, with only about five being finished each year. Beginning in 1938, only patients under age 12 were accepted, and they had to be admitted through Riley Hospital. The child’s physician and dentist presented a hospital form to the juvenile court judge in the youngster’s county of residence, with the judge making the necessary recommendations for admission. Orthodontic services were limited to children from impoverished or disadvantaged backgrounds.
By the 1940s, orthodontics was among the first of the dental specialties to surface at IU. In 1947, Dr.
Morris Stoner received the first Master of Science in Dentistry degree to be awarded by IU. For his degree in orthodontics, he wrote his thesis on a cephalometric study of human mandibular proportions and relationship in normal occlusion.
Luis Cervantes Liñan (left) of Peru welcomes IU’s Michael Kowolik
IUSD GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM TAKES MICHAEL KOWOLIK TO PERUVIAN DENTAL SCHOOL.
Dr. Michael Kowolik, associate dean for Graduate Education and Global Engagement, recently visited La Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in Lima, Peru, at the invitation of the university’s Rector, Dr. Luis Cervantes Liñan.
Dr. Kowolik reports that the university, a private institution, will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year, and under Dr. Cervantes’ leadership, is undergoing major reconstruction and expansion.
Dr. Kowolik (center) tours dental clinic construction site.
“The clinical facilities of the dental school are benefitting from this wave of renovation, and in a way that accommodates current philosophies of interdisciplinary education and a holistic approach to patient care,” says Dr. Kowolik.
Dr. Juan Wilder Ponte, dean of the dental school, explained that as a city of 11 million people – almost one third of Peru’s population – Lima has vast unmet needs in healthcare. A team approach to basic care provides one cost‐effective and efficient way by which to address this enormous problem.
“As an example, the dental students spend four months in pediatric dentistry, where the clinical and educational program begins with the pregnant patient, seen together with OB/GYN, nursing, and
pharmacy colleagues,” says Dr. Kowolik. The team approach continues through the newborn, infant, and child stages before responsibility for the patient is relinquished to the adult clinic when the child is 12 years old.
“On‐line and open access education is well‐established in many of the university’s schools and
departments,” says Dr. Kowolik. “Dr. Mariella Cantoni, director of the Office of International Affairs, has brought collaborative programs together from around the world, with grants from Latin America and Europe.”
During a lecture to the Peruvian dental students, Dr. Kowolik notes some of the historical figures who played key roles in building IU’s reputation for excellence in dental education, including (clockwise from upper left on screen) Howard Raper, Maynard Hine, William Shafer, Ralph McDonald, Joseph Muhler, Timothy O’Leary, and Ralph Phillips.
Dr. Kowolik reports that the graduate programs in dentistry are modeled on those in the U.S., and mirror our own at IUSD very closely. “The thirst for global collaboration in scholarly activity and student exchange is strong,” he says. “I was asked to address the dental students – in Spanish! – on the topics of dental and graduate education in the U.S. and opportunities to explore research careers. Their
enthusiasm for information was impressive.”
The visit to Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega will be helpful to IUSD as it formulates its five‐year strategic plan under the direction of Dr. Rick Jackson, says Dr. Kowolik. “In line with President McRobbie’s globalization vision for IU, we are incorporating those principles in our own plan,” Dr.
Kowolik says. “Insights to dental education in other countries are helping us refine that vision.”
Hani Ahdab
A CHANCELLOR’S HONOR FOR HANI AHDAB. Each year right before commencement, IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz recognizes an outstanding student from each school during the Chancellor’s Academic
Honors Convocation, and the 2014 award for our school went to D4 dental student Hani Ahdab. The celebration was held April 25 at Hine Hall. As previously reported, Hani is also one of Omicron Kappa Upsilon’s Outstanding Students this year, and he will also be graduating with Highest Distinction. Well done, Hani!
Daniel Shin (left) and Vanchit John
DR. SHIN IS INDIANA’S AAP HONOREE. The American Academy of Periodontology shows its high regard for the nation’s best teachers by annually honoring one faculty member from each dental school with an AAP Educator Award, and IU’s 2014 award went to Dr. Daniel Shin, clinical assistant professor and director of predoctoral periodontics in the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs. “The AAP created the award to recognize outstanding teaching and mentoring in periodontics,” says
department chair Dr. Vanchit John, who presented the award to Dr. Shin on behalf of the academy in March.
A member of the IU faculty since 2012, Dr. Shin recently completed the American Dental Education Association’s AAL (Aspire, Achieve, Lead) Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL), a 50‐hour program for early career faculty and dentists who are transitioning to a career in academia. He received a scholarship from the AAP Foundation to use in the pursuit of the ITL training.
Dr. Shin holds a dental degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s degree in periodontics from IU.
Angela Bruzzaniti
A PROMOTION FOR DR. BRUZZANITI. Congratulations to Dr. Angela Bruzzaniti, who has received word from IU President Michael McRobbie that she has been promoted to associate professor of oral biology, with tenure. A graduate of the University of Melbourne’s PhD program in 1997 and a member of IUSD’s
faculty since 2008, Dr. Bruzzaniti also holds an adjunct faculty position in anatomy at the IU School of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the neuroscience department at Johns Hopkins University in 2000, and before joining IU she was an associate research scientist in the orthopaedics and cell biology departments at Yale University.
Gail Williamson
PROF. WILLIAMSON IS SIGMA PHI ALPHA LIFETIME MEMBER. In addition to the 11 previously reported dental alumni and IUSD emeritus faculty who were honored with lifetime membership in Theta Theta Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon national dental honor society in April, Prof. Gail Williamson of Faculty Affairs and the Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology was honored with lifetime membership in Theta Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha national dental hygiene honor society during the same event.
Howard Riley Raper (left) and dental students believed to be from the DDS Class of 1916
A PIONEER IN THE MAKING AND THE IUSD “KIDS CLUB” OF YESTERYEAR. Preventive dentistry, community‐based dentistry, and oral health as an indicator of overall health are relatively modern concepts in the age‐old profession of dentistry, but this Indiana Dental College photo from about 100 years ago shows that Dr. Howard Riley Raper was contemplating all three topics long before most other dentists were. Dr. Raper’s fame in the world of dentistry comes from his having invented the bitewing radiograph and introducing dental radiology to the dental curriculum in the U.S., but in his heart of hearts Dr. Raper was also deeply committed to dental disease prevention and spreading the word of prevention to the man on the streets – and to anybody else who would listen. In 1932, he published
“How to Prevent Toothache,” which was later reprinted as a pamphlet by the Eastman Kodak Company, with millions of copies distributed to Americans. We love this photo because it shows a still relatively unknown but future legend in the annals of dentistry already deeply immersed in the areas of oral healthcare that will become his passions. The uncropped version of this photo shows a parade of five dental student‐driven jalopies taking command of Indy’s downtown streets while Dr. Raper and his
“service learning” students drive home their message to Hoosier citizens about the value of good oral health.
In Case You Missed It: News Links from Here and There
Angeles Martínez Mier
• In April Dr. Angeles Martínez Mier, Preventive and Community Dentistry, was among a group of 11 faculty members and three graduate students who received prestigious honors from Indiana University during the 2014 Celebration of Distinguished Teaching dinner, which is part of IU’s Founders Day, an annual spring celebration that marks IU’s founding in 1820. Dr. Martínez Mier, who is currently serving as interim chair of the Preventive and Community Dentistry department, received the John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies. She is one of three
pioneering dental faculty who established the IU dental school’s International Service Learning program, launching inaugural programs in Mexico and Haiti in 2001. She established the experimental
Binational/Cross‐Cultural Health Enhancement Center in 2007, and three years later it became one of the first five experimental centers to be awarded permanent IUPUI Signature Center status. You can read more about Dr. Martínez Mier’s work in this IUPUI faculty spotlight published in April:
http://inside.iupui.edu/spotlights‐profiles/faculty‐staff/2014‐04‐29‐martinez‐mier‐iupui.shtml.
Larry Garetto
• The American Dental Education Association is shining its May 2014 Educator Spotlight on Dr. Lawrence Garetto, Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology and affiliate faculty member in the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics. In an online interview with ADEA’s Nicole Fauteux for Dr. Garetto’s personal profile, he is asked about his pioneering work in ethics education in dentistry:
http://www.adea.org/Blog.aspx?id=23884&blogid=20741.
Allison Scully (left) and Joan Kowolik
• In the last newsletter we mentioned that dental student Allison Scully was one of 10 dental students in the country to be selected for an Academic Dental Careers Fellowship from the American Dental Education Association Gies Foundation. Since then Ali has been profiled by IUPUI for a student spotlight – check out her story at
http://inside.iupui.edu/spotlights‐profiles/student/2014‐03‐11‐student‐allison‐scully‐iupui.shtml.
Judith Chin
• Here at the dental school we know her as a pediatric dentistry professor, but IUPUI dubbed Dr. Judi Chin “Indiana’s Tooth Fairy” after learning that dental supplies and grants designated for our school from the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation over the past several years now total nearly $1 million. Check out the IU news release about Dr. Chin’s latest acquisition of more than $100,000 worth of toothbrushes for kids in need: http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2014/03/chin‐toothfairy.shtml.
Lawrence Goldblatt (left), Joan Kowolik, William Moll, and Brian Rochford
• Having once served as president of the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon national dental honor society, Dr. Lawrence Goldblatt, dean emeritus of the IU School of Dentistry and a professor of oral pathology, has now been fittingly honored by OKU with the Stephen H. Leeper Award for Teaching Excellence. Dean Emeritus Goldblatt has not only provided extraordinary service as an oral pathology professor, he has dedicated many years of his career at the national level to ensure that students of dentistry across the nation receive the finest education possible. Examples include his work as a past commissioner and chair of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations, the four‐year term he completed as a commissioner on the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, and his service from 2003 to 2006 as vice president for Deans of the American Dental Education
Association. For a full report on Dr. Goldblatt’s OKU award, visit this OKU webpage:
http://www.oku.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=912&Itemid=390.
• Dr. Joan Kowolik, Pediatric Dentistry, is one of four new directors elected to the American Dental Education Association board of directors. She serves as the representative director for the ADEA Council of Sections, composed of 38 sections and 10 special interest groups. Read more about her prestigious leadership post in this IU news release: http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2014/04/kowolik‐adea.shtml.
• Earlier this spring D4 dental student Will Moll was interviewed by John Dykstra of the Journal Review newspaper in Crawfordsville, Ind., when Will was with an IUSD team treating youngsters at Hose Elementary School in Crawfordsville as part of the dental school’s Seal Indiana program. You can access the article here: http://www.journalreview.com/news/article_f7d75478‐b60e‐11e3‐8598‐
0019bb2963f4.html.
•D4 dental student Brian Rochford, who has devoted a good deal of his volunteerism to chairing the dental clinic of the IU Student Outreach Clinic, was profiled by IUPUI for his work with both the SOC and a project he undertook as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow: http://inside.iupui.edu/spotlights‐
profiles/student/2014‐02‐25‐student‐brian‐rochford‐iupui.shtml.
Pamela Lovejoy before and after the donation of her long locks to help patients undergoing chemotherapy
SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES. A random encounter with a shopper at Walmart gave IUSD development officer Pamela Lovejoy a golden idea for a way to make her silver hair a gift to someone whose need for it was greater than her own.
Preferring to keep her ultra‐thick, fast‐growing hair close‐cropped for the last several years, Pam started growing it out just for a change of pace. With its strikingly lovely silvery tones and natural cascading waves, Pam’s hair routinely received rave reviews and comments from her dental school co‐workers.
One day, when Pam’s hair had just about reached her shoulders, an older woman approached her in a store. “She stopped me to compliment me on what she called my ‘beautiful silver hair,’ ” says Pam.
The shopper had been through a bout with cancer. “The lady went on to say that when she was going through chemo, if she had been given a choice of a wig that was the color of my hair, she would have loved it,” says Pam. “She said the dark wigs she was offered would have made her look and feel ridiculous, so she decided to just go bald and wear hats instead.”
On the way home from the store, Pam felt inspired by the woman’s story. Having heard over the years about Locks of Love, a nonprofit that accepts donations of human hair, Pam decided to donate hers.
During an internet search, however, she found that the goal of Locks of Love is to help children who have lost their hair to cancer treatment and other medical conditions. The nonprofit, therefore, does not accept gray hair.
Disappointed but not daunted, Pam followed a co‐worker’s suggestion to search the American Cancer Society website. There, she found the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, which accepts donated human hair for adult wigs.
Pantene was looking for human hair at least eight inches in length. “Other requirements were that the hair had to be untreated, with no permanent coloring, tinting, bleaching, or perms,” says Pam. “It needed to be bound into a ponytail or braided and then placed in a plastic bag for mailing.”
With a bathroom mirror on the wall, scissors in hand, and courage in her heart, Pam took hair she had been growing for two years and seven months and cut it as close to her scalp as she could get it. “I wound up cutting two sections at 15 inches, three at 12 inches, and two at 10 inches,” says Pam, who then scurried over to Great Clips to get what little hair was left on her head evened up professionally.
With such a gorgeous head of hair that was admired by many, did Pam harbor any second thoughts about her decision to chop it all off, we wondered?
“At first I didn’t think it would be any problem, but when I finally decided to do it, it took about four days before I could actually go through with it,” Pam admits.
Second thoughts, maybe, but absolutely no regrets about her charitable decision.
“I like both hairstyles, and the long hair was fun to work with because I could do different looks with it,”
says Pam. “But I think the shorter style is really me. I no longer have to spend 40 minutes a day working on it – now it is just five minutes and I’m out the door.”
More important, still, is the way Pam feels about knowing she has made a gift that could help someone coping with illness. “I feel good about the donation,” she says. “I used to donate blood every 60 days, but because of a transfusion and medication I am no longer able to do that. This type of gift takes a little longer, but if I can help improve someone’s self‐esteem during their battle with a medical condition, I am very glad to do it.”
Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!
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THIS MOUTHLESS ROBOT COULD HAVE DESTROYED THE WORLD – WHILE ALSO DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BRINGING THE DENTAL PROFESSION TO ITS KNEES. Did you know that Connersville, Ind., gave rise to one of the world’s most talented and famous movie directors? After graduating from Connersville High School, the Winchester, Ind., born Robert Wise would go on to a career in movies that included editing “Citizen Kane,” regarded by the American Film Institute as the greatest movie of all time. As a film director Wise knocked it out of the park in many genres, bringing to life such wonders as
“West Side Story,” “The Haunting,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “The Body Snatcher,” and “Born to Kill.”
Gort, the star of Wise’s much‐loved sci fi masterpiece “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” was inducted into Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall of Fame in 2006 as “one of the most memorable pop culture images from the Cold War era.” As a persistent – but also ironic – peacenik, Gort had the power to destroy anything or anybody with his laser‐light eyes if, in his estimation, you were stepping out of line
and not being peace loving. With that inflexible, my‐way‐or‐the‐highway approach to keeping the world calm, Gort knocked the story’s heroine off her high heels and darn near put an end to her while she was attempting to help the aliens, not hurt them.
It’s a good thing for the world in general, and Dentistry in particular, that at the end of the movie, after letting us off the hook with a stern warning about behaving ourselves in the future, Gort and his humanoid space buddy Klaatu hopped back in their saucer and spun off for home. Had the edentulous, mouthless Gort and his brethren proliferated on earth and zapped much of the current population of earthlings into oblivion, it would have made a shambles out of the dental profession, with oral healthcare professionals having nothing to maintain and restore for the new community of earth dwellers except for perhaps the temporomandibular joint‐like features on the sides of their helmet‐like heads.
End of May 2014’s Coming Up
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