Spring 2013 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

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first impression A Handy Craft During the 19th century, sailors aboard the “lightships” (floating lighthouses) off the Nantucket South Shoals developed the craft of weaving rattan baskets with a solid wood base. Now known as Nantucket lightship baskets, they are prized as examples of American folk art. Lauren Murphy, D13, started making the baskets when she was 9. Later, when she was weighing which branch of the health sciences to pursue, the baskets offered a clue. “I thought about medicine, veterinary, everything,” says Murphy, of Hingham, Mass. “But I love working with my hands, so dentistry was the perfect fit.” The patience and attention to detail needed to complete a basket are the same skills needed in the clinic, she says. “I say the baskets led me to dentistry.” photo: john soares
contents SprINg 2013 voLuMe 17 No. 1 features 10 Grassroots Dentistry Former environmental activist Corie Rowe, G05, D11, sees dentistry as yet another way to bring social justice to underserved communities. By David Levin 14 Strength in Numbers More dentists, especially recent graduates, are choosing to join large group practices. Economics and the search for work-life balance are just some of the reasons why. By Helene Ragovin cover STory 18 Northern Light Norma Desjardins, D92, the daughter of Maine potato farmers, knows firsthand about the great need for oral health care in her state’s rural regions. Her children’s clinic is meant to remedy that. By Jacqueline Mitchell 24 True Grit What does a feisty German governess do when the Great War leaves her stranded in America She goes to dental school. By Julie Flaherty 14 departments 30 Full Circle When Thanh-Trang Nguyen, D01, was a teenager newly arrived from Vietnam, Boston’s Dorchester House offered her a lifeline. Now she’s the dental director there. By Linda Hall 2 LeTTerS 3 From THe DeAN 4 worD oF mouTH A ScAN of peopLe, pLAceS & eveNTS 8 LAb NoTeS A reporT oN LeADINg-eDge ScIeNce 33 oN CAmpuS DeNTAL ScHooL NewS 43 uNiverSiTy NewS THe wIDer worLD of TufTS 44 ADvANCemeNT gIvINg. growTH. grATITuDe. 37 46 ALumNi NewS STAyINg coNNecTeD cover photo: Norma Desjardins, D92, is filling a void in rural Maine. photo by patrick McNamara
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