Spring 2007 - UNC School of Dentistry - The University of North ...

Student Notes
ENNEAD, one of the School’s
student volunteer groups, completed
a two-day mobile dental
clinic this past November at the
Shelter Rock Ministries facility in
Foscoe, NC. ENNEAD, Shelter
Rock Ministries, NC’s Missions
of Mercy (established by Steve
Slott, DDS ’84), and local volunteer
dentists, dental hygienists,
and dental assistants participated
in treating over 250 patients
with cleanings, fillings, and
extractions.
Nimet Adatia, DDS, a graduate
student in the department of
prosthodontics, won the 2006
John J. Sharry Prosthodontic
Research Competition at the
American College of
Prosthodontists’ annual session in
November in Miami. Sponsored
by the American College of
Prosthodontists Education
Foundation, the competition is
designed to stimulate and
acknowledge original student
research in prosthodontics.
Adatia’s abstract was titled
“Fracture Resistance of Y-TZP
Dental Implant Ceramic
Abutments.” She is the 2006-
2007 Astra Tech Dental Implant
Fellow at the School of Dentistry
and received both her undergraduate
and DDS degrees from the
University of Alberta.
Carrie Bigelow, BS,
RDH, a second year
graduate student in
the Dental Hygiene
Education Master of
Bigelow Science degree program,
is conducting
a full time internship during the
spring semester at the University
of British Columbia. Under the
direction of Bonnie J. Craig,
RDH, M.Ed., Carrie will assist in
administrative program planning
and implementation for a new,
four year dental hygiene program
at UBC. Carrie will also have the
opportunity to work with the
British Columbia College of
Dental Hygienists, the regulatory
authority for the profession of
dental hygiene in Canada, learning
more about laws and ethics as
they relate to the profession in
Canada. Carrie has been invited
to present her thesis research to
the British Columbia Oral
Prevention Program, housed at
Vancouver General Hospital.
Carrie worked with Dr. Lauren
Patton on a project entitled,
“Dental Hygienists' Views on
Oral Cancer Control in North
Carolina.”
Danielle Furgeson, BS, RDH, a
second year graduate student in
the Dental Hygiene Education
Master of Science degree program,
has been selected to assume
a new position at the American
Dental Hygienists’ Association
(ADHA) effective May 2007.
Danielle, who is conducting a
full time internship at ADHA in
Chicago, IL during the spring
semester, will complete her UNC
graduate degree in May and will
become the first ever ADHA
Manager of the
Student American
Dental Hygienists’
Association
(SADHA). She
conducted her thesis
research in the
Furgeson
area of SADHA and her project
is entitled “Role of the Student
American Dental Hygienists’
Association in Mentoring Dental
Hygiene Students for the
Future.” Danielle is also the
ADHA student member of the
Committee on National Boards
for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
This committee will meet in
March with the ADA Joint
Commission on National Dental
Examinations’ Committee on
Dental Hygiene.
Christina Karamini, DDS, a
graduate student in the department
of prosthodontics, was
among three finalists for the
2006 John J. Sharry
Prosthodontic Research
Competition. Sponsored by the
American College of
Prosthodontists Education
Foundation, the competition is
designed to stimulate and
acknowledge original student
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