Issue 1008 30 November, 2012 DSB WEEKLY Christine White, Editor Drs. Teresa Marshall & Cheryl Straub-Morarend Featured in ADEA CCI Liaison Ledger The College of Dentistry Welcomes Dr. Reed Parker The College of Dentistry Welcomes Medea McKeone Student Group Receives Delta Dental Mini Grant Dr. David Gimer Elected to AAID Board of Trustees View 2012 IMOM Video! Recent Publications 3 Filling Station Menu 3 Big 10 Dental Deans Forum CoD Craft Sale! December 3 & 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 Transitions 3 Scholars Series: Hongdao Ding, PhD Dec. 11, 2012 Galagan 14B, 12 1 pm Hat, Scarf, & Mitten Drive Nov. 26 Dec. 7 Give a Smile to a Child This Holiday Season 8 Winter Gathering December 11, 2012 2-4 pm 4 5 6 7 9 Drs. Teresa Marshall & Cheryl Straub-Morarend Featured in ADEA's CCI Liaison Ledger Drs. Teresa Marshall, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, and Cheryl Straub-Morarend, Department of Family Dentistry, were interviewed and featured in ADEA's online publication, CCI Liaison Ledger. Drs. Marshall, Morarend, David Holmes (head of the Department of Family Dentistry), and Michael Finkelstein (Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine) designed and implemented a series of Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) continuing education courses for the private practice community. This series of EBD courses evolved to include esteemed CoD faculty, Associate Professor Karen Baker, director of Pharmacy Services, and Dr. Steve Armstrong, head of the Department of Operative Dentistry. Their collective work has earned the University of Iowa College of Dentistry national recognition in a Campus Spotlight on Evidence-Based Dentistry. Please follow this link for more information: http:// www.adea.org/adeacci/campus-liaisons/liaison-ledger/ Pages/default.aspx. The College of Dentistry Welcomes Dr. Reed Parker The Department of Family Dentistry would like to welcome Dr. Reed Parker. He is a 1978 College of Dentistry graduate and has worked as an adjunct for Family Dentistry since 1991. Dr. Parker has also worked as a general dentist in private practice since 1978. Dr. Parker s first day as a clinical assistant professor will be January 1, 2013. Stop in and say hello; his office is S402. The College of Dentistry Welcomes Medea McKeone Medea McKeone is the new revenue cycle representative at Hawkeye Oral Surgery. Medea comes to the College of Dentistry from a similar position at Mercy Hospital and prior to that, Cross Med Labs. She and her husband, Jim, live in Iowa City with their children, Alyssa, Allyson, and Abigail. She enjoys spending time with her family, attending her children s activities, swimming, and NASCAR. Please join us in welcoming Medea to our collegiate family.
Page 2 Pediatric Dentistry Student Group Receives Delta Dental Mini-Grant Katie Nagel (D3), president of the Pediatric Dentistry Student Group, recently received word that the student group received a $5,400 mini-grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation for a project entitled Oral Health Information for Pregnant Women. The project was designed to provide pregnant women and the facilities and clinics that deal closely with pregnant women, the resources, and information to assist in maintaining a healthy mouth during pregnancy and to prepare them to be proactive in the oral health of their baby. The pediatric dentistry student group plans to assemble and distribute 500 packets of oral health information and oral health care supplies to pregnant women attending nearby prenatal health care facilities and WIC clinics. A portion of the grant funding will also go towards providing DVDs of educational videos for office and clinic reception room viewing. Ms. Cathy Skotowski, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, is the faculty mentor for the pediatric dentistry student group and will assist in the project. Dr. David A. Gimer Elected to the AAID Board of Trustees Dr. David A. Gimer (DDS 76) has been elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), the only implant organization to offer implant credentials that are protected by federal court decisions. The AAID, the world s preeminent implant organization, has more than 4,500 members, including oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, and general dentists from the U.S. and 40 other countries. For 36 years, Dr. Gimer has practiced general dentistry with a concentration on implant dentistry. He became an associate fellow of the AAID in 2001, a fellow in 2004, and was voted as an honored fellow in 2010. Dr. Gimer is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/ Implant Dentistry and a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry. 2012 IMOM Video Now Available for Viewing A video that was filmed during the recent 2012 Iowa Mission of Mercy event held in Davenport, Iowa, is now available for viewing: http://www.dentistry.uiowa.edu/media/imom/ imom.html. It is also available on the UI College of Dentistry s Facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/uidentistry. This year s IMOM, sponsored by the Iowa Dental Association, provided care to 1,389 patients and more than $923,000 in free care.
Page 3 Dental Filling Station December 3-7, 2012 Recent Publications Monday Chili Cheese Dogs & Chips $4.00 Rafetto LK, Synan W. Surgical management of third molars. Atlas Oral Maxillofacial Surg Clin N Am. 20(2012):197-223. Note: John Syrbu (D4) assisted with the modification of illustrations for the article. Transitions Tuesday Pork Enchiladas with Rice & Beans $6.50 Wednesday Chicken Tetrazzini with Vegetable & Bread Stick $6.50 Appointments Merritt Jones Michael Murrell Adj. Asst. Professor Adj. Asst. Professor Family Dentistry Family Dentistry Beth Burgess Richard Wagner Clinical Tech Specialist Adj. Asst. Professor OPRM OPRM Medea McKeone Revenue Cycle Rep Oral Surgery/Hawkeye OS Clinic Thursday Taco Bar!!! Smoked Pork Sandwich & Chips $4.80 Friday Cheeseburger with Chips $4.50 Ghadeer Thalji Assistant Professor Prosthodontics Departures Elham Kateeb Post-Doc Fellow Dows Research Bonny Olson Research Associate Dows Research
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Page 6 Visit our Craft Sale! What: Second Annual College of Dentistry Craft Sale When: Monday, December 3 and Tuesday, Dec. 4 Where: W220A and B (new seminar room) from 11:00 1:30
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