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Dental Bitesn HSDM NewsDEAN BRUCE DONOFF, DMD67,MD73, published an article in theSummer 2012 issue of the Journal of theMassachusetts Dental Society concerningthe need for a PGY-1 option for licensure.That issue of the Journal also included thePathology Snapshot “Caliber-PersistentLabial Artery,” coauthored by HSDM’sSOOK-BIN WOO, DMD89, MMSc91,PD91 (oral biology), an associate professorof oral medicine, infection, andimmunity and director of the AdvancedGraduate Education Program in Oraland Maxillofacial Pathology; MARK A.LERMAN, an instructor in oral medicine,infection, and immunity and directorof the Predoctoral Program in OralPathology; and VIKKI NOONAN, a clinicalinstructor in oral medicine, infection,and immunity.DEAN BRUCE DONOFF spoke inJanuary 2013 at the Harvard Club ofWashington, D.C., on “Oral Health inPrimary Care: The Role of the Dentist.”MEDHA SINGH, DMD, a clinical instructorin oral medicine, infection, and immunityat HSDM, was inducted as a fellowin the American College of Dentists atthe American Dental Association annualmeeting in San Francisco, California,in October. The American College ofDentists is the oldest major honoraryorganization for dentists, epitomizingexcellence, ethics, professionalism,and leadership in dentistry. Fellowshipsymbolizes leadership and meritoriousachievement, and only 3.5 percent of dentistsin the United States are fellows of theAmerican College of Dentists.DONALD GIDDON, DMD59, PD62(periodontology), an HSDM clinical professorof developmental biology, publishedthe opinion piece “Oral Physicians” in theBritish Dental Journal in November. Thepaper examines the future role of oralphysicians and patients’ need for dentalprofessionals to play a larger part in overallhealth care. In October, Giddon wasone of four members of a panel discussionat the American Dental Association’s(ADA) Open Clinical and Science Forumon screening for medical conditions in thedental office. Giddon presented the resultsof his recent work at the CambridgeHealth Alliance on the oral physician. Theforum took place at the annual meetingofthe ADA in San Francisco. At thesecond ADA Open Clinical and ScienceForum, an expert panel that includedHSDM faculty members THOMASDODSON, DMD84, MPH84, a professorof oral and maxillofacial surgery, andSOOK-BIN WOO, DMD89, MMSc91,PD91 (oral biology), an associate professorof oral medicine, infection, andimmunity and director of the AdvancedGraduate Education Program in Oraland Maxillofacial Pathology, focused onmedication-associated osteonecrosis ofthe jaw. This is a major topic in dentistryand one about which few definitiveanswers have been discovered. An articleabout Dodson’s presentation appeared onDrBicuspid.com.BJORN R. OLSEN, dean for researchand professor of developmental biologyat HSDM and Hersey professorof cell biology at HMS, spoke in Mayat the Harvard Club of Cape Cod onthe topic “Understanding and TreatingOsteoarthritis.” Olsen was also a keynotespeaker at the Cold Spring Harbor Asia2012 Symposium “Bone and Cartilage:From Development to Human Diseases,”held in Suzhou, China, in June. VICKIROSEN, chair and professor of developmentalbiology, was an invited speaker atthe symposium.ROSEN was also a keynote speaker,presentation judge, and panel speaker atthe fourth Tissue Engineering Symposiumof the Sydney University TissueEngineering Network. The symposium,titled “Programming Stem Cells forBone, Blood, and Cartilage Regeneration:Harvey WillsonRepresentatives from Sunstar, a companyconcerned with oral care, among otherareas, met with Dean Bruce Donoff(second from right) in August 2012. Sunstarpersonnel pictured are, from left, KrishRaman, senior executive director, SunstarSuisse SA; Dr. Richard Demke, directorof clinical and technical affairs, SunstarAmericas Inc.; and Masakazu Nakamura,CEO, Sunstar Suisse SA.22winter 2012–13 • harvard dental bulletin
dental school newsCurrent State and Future Prospective,” washeld in August at the University of Sydney,Australia.RISHA M. DE LEON, an HSDM seniortutor and instructor in restorativedentistry and biomaterials sciences, wasrecently named one of Ten Under 10 bythe Massachusetts Dental Society. Thehonor celebrates dentists who have graduatedfrom dental school within the past10 years and have made a significantcontribution to the profession, their community,and/or organized dentistry. (Seepage 6 for an article about her communitywork.) De Leon is also president of theWomen’s Dental Society of Massachusetts.Xiu-Ping Wang, an assistant professorof developmental biology at HSDM,received a 2012 Eleanor and Miles ShoreFellowship, the Harvard School of DentalMedicine Fellowship in Honor of AinaM. Auskaps, DMD. Auskaps, DMD55,was the first woman DMD graduate ofHSDM. The Eleanor and Miles Shore50th Anniversary Fellowship Program forScholars in Medicine is designed to helpjunior faculty “at the point in their careerswhen they must teach, do research, competefor grants, publish, or practice (if aclinical faculty member) at the same timethey may be assuming increased familyor other responsibilities.” Wang heads theWang Laboratory at HSDM, which studiesthe molecular genetics of craniofacial andtooth development and the regulation ofstem cells in teeth.a public health dentist and instructor inoral health policy and epidemiology, andRISHA M. DE LEON, an instructor inrestorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences,HSDM plans to eventually establisha sustainable site on the Massachusettsisland of Martha’s Vineyard to both bridgethe disparity in oral care access for theWampanoag tribe and enhance HSDMstudents’ clinical experience working withthis underserved population.MARY TAVARES, director of theAdvanced Graduate Education Programin Dental Public Health, was appointed tothe Council on Dental Education andLicensure’s Continuing EducationRecognition Program Committee (CERP)of the American Dental Association.Tavares was nominated by the AmericanAssociation of Public Health Dentiststo represent the dental public healthspecialty on the committee. The groupis charged with reviewing policies andother matters related to continuing dentaleducation and reviewing applicationsfrom providers of continuing educationapplying for CERP approval.Several HSDM faculty members werefeatured in a variety of media outlets.BRITTANY SEYMOUR, an instructorin oral health policy and epidemiology,was quoted on everydayhealth.com in anarticle about controlling the caries-causingbacterium Streptococcus mutans. DAVIDKIM, MMSc85 (periodontology) anassistant professor or oral medicine, infection,and immunity and director of thePredoctoral Program in Periodontology,was quoted on MensHealth.comSingapore in an article about the benefitsof flossing. DOLRUDEE JUMLONGRAS,PhD03, a pediatric dentist and instructorin developmental biology, wasquoted in an article in the New YorkTimes that discussed a new multimediapublic service campaign to promote oralhealth among children. MARC NEVINS,an assistant clinical professor of oralmedicine, infection, and immunity, wasinterviewed by Dental Implantologie &Parodontologie International, a Germanmedia outlet, about a new internationalstudy on the incidence of peri-implantitiswith different implant systems.continuedHSDM was among the 11 dental schoolsselected to participate in the AmericanDental Education Association/Universityof the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni Schoolof Dentistry Dental Pipeline NationalLearning Institute. The institute is a newtraining program dedicated to increasingrecruitment and retention among lowincomeand underrepresented minoritystudents at dental schools, with the goalof creating a diverse workforce of dentistswho understand the oral health care needsof patients from underserved populations.Under the direction of BRIAN SWANN,Courtesy photographMembers of HSDM Prosthodontics posed at the Greater New York Academyof Prosthodontics (GNYAP) meeting in December 2012. As part of the GNYAPmentoring program, five DMD students from HSDM attended the meeting.Dental students from all schools in the Northeast are able to attend as aguest of a GNYAP Fellow. Robert Wright, director of the HSDM AdvancedGraduate Education Program in Prosthodontics, served as the host for thesestudents. Front row, from left: Lauren Kai (DMD 2014), Tien Ha-Ngoc (DMD2014), Victor Chiang (DMD 2014), Caleb Kim (MMSc 2013, prosthodontics).Back row: Jin Lin (DMD 2014), Bernard Boback (DMD 2014), Wright, DavidKim (MMSc 2013, prosthodontics), and HSDM prosthodontics alumnus SiamakAbai, MMSc11.harvard dental bulletin • winter 2012–13 23
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