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News, comments, and service announcements clinics in San Francisco and rotates students through its extramural clinics, Union City Dental Care Center, Highland General Hospital, and Advanced General Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Clinics in Stockton. In 2003, UOP provided $500,000 of uncompensated care and another $5.7 million of care at substantially reduced prices, to assist the Bay Area’s culturally and socioeconomically diverse population. UOP is also a leader in providing oral health care to patients with HIV and AIDS. It is the only Ryan White CARE-funded dental program in San Francisco.
University of the Pacific names its dental school in honor of Dean Arthur A. Dugoni During a black-tie gala at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on August 28, 2004, the University of the Pacific (UOP) named its nationally renowned dental school the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, in honor of the dean who has led the school for 26 years. UOP became the first university in the United States and Canada to name its dental school after a current dean. “Art Dugoni has been an educator and a mentor not only to students at Pacific, but also to dentists across the country and around the world,” said gala co-emcee and CDA President Dr Debra Finney. “He is the ultimate example of service to our profession, and he has been an inspiration to me and countless others.” The gala included an official naming ceremony, musical entertainment, several video tributes to Dugoni, and a performance by legendary comedian Bill Cosby. “I would like to express my deepest appreciation for this recognition,” stated Dugoni during his remarks at Davies Hall. “But, most of all, I would like to thank all of you—my professional colleagues, friends, and family—for allowing me the privilege and honor to serve dental education and our profession for the past 56 years and for the past 26 years as dean. I have enjoyed every minute of it. For me, it has been a labor of love.” Dugoni became dean of UOP in 1978 and is credited with developing and managing many innovations that Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2004;126:645-6 0889-5406/$30.00 Copyright © 2004 by the American Association of Orthodontists. doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2004.09.001
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry have taken UOP to its current level of national prominence, including the enhancement of the humanistic model of education and its national accreditation with no recommendations and 18 commendations for excellence. In addition, he has overseen the accelerated honors program with the main campus; the strong community outreach presence; the addition of new programs such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental hygiene, and international dental studies; state-of-the-art facilities; technology enhancements to the curriculum; creation of the Pacific Dental Education Foundation; the raising of $48 million (as of August 2004) as a part of a $50 million dental school capital campaign to be compled in 2005; and his “Brown-Bag Lunches” with students, faculty, and staff. UOP is the first chartered university in California. Its School of Dentistry is regarded as one of the nation’s leading dental schools and is committed to excellence in student-centered education, research, and patient care. The School of Dentistry has served the Bay Area for 108 years. It operates 11
ABO creates dedicated Web site for examination questions The American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) is encouraging educators from accredited graduate orthodontic programs to submit potential questions for the Phase II written examination. To facilitate the process, the ABO has created a dedicated Web site that accepts question submissions. The ABO has requested each educator to submit 10 questions via the Web site—www. american board ortho.com/ g_submit. Educators’ continuous contributions will give the ABO a significant question bank that will enhance the relevance and validity of the next examination. At the 2005 Coenraad F. A. Moorrees Education Leadership Conference and Educators’ Workshop, the ABO will present a list of educators and programs that have submitted questions, the number and use of the questions, the use of the Web site, and the results of the Phase II examination for each graduate orthodontic residency program. For additional information, call the ABO at 314-432-6130. The e-mail address is [email protected]. TheWebsiteiswww.americanboardortho. com.
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics November 2004
Orthodontist is “rising star” in dental association Shiva Shanker, DDS, a clinical associate professor in the orthodontics section at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, received the Ohio Dental Association’s 2004 N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award, which recognizes the contributions to organized dentistry of dentists in practice for 10 years or less. Dr Shanker said the most inspiring thing about organized dentistry is the people he meets, and he tries to bring that inspiration to young dentists trying to decide whether to become involved. His dedication to bridging the gap that sometimes exists between young dentists and organized dentistry earned him the award. Dr Shanker is familiar not only with private practice— he practices in Upper Arlington and Dublin, Ohio— but also with young people just beginning their careers in dentistry. “I think I have a unique perspective, being an academician and being in private practice,” he said. He served on the New Dentist Committee of the Columbus Dental Society until 2002 and is a current member of the Ohio Dental Association Subcouncil on the New Dentist and the American Dental Association Committee of the New Dentist.
“Rising star” Dr Shiva Shanker.
Three-dimensional virtual reality teaching at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry A computerized virtual reality system that shows a 3-dimensional model of a mouth and a transparent version in which tooth roots are visible would be valuable in dental training. If that system offers tactile sensation that would allow the user to feel a dental instrument, a cavity, or calculus, it could reduce or eliminate altogether the need to practice on patients or mannequins. Such a system has been developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago through a collaboration between the Colleges of Dentistry and Engineering. The
Dental Simulator allows students to fully experience what the instructor is demonstrating. It combines animation of the human mouth, projected larger than life on a screen or computer monitor, with a “haptic” device linked to a stylus to provide the sensations of touch that are so important in dentistry. Users wear special glasses to make what is on the screen look 3 dimensional. They can put both hands directly into a projected image suspended in space to feel the teeth and gums, as if the mouth were real. “The haptic device allows one to touch what is displayed so that the student can feel exactly what the instructor is feeling—whether soft tissue alterations or a hard calculus deposit beneath the gum line,” said Dr Arnold D. Steinberg, professor of periodontics and a developer of the simulator. “As a first step in the development of this system, we have focused on clinical periodontal procedures, such as periodontal probing and the use of the periodontal explorer in the detection of subgingival calculus and a variety of other subgingival topographies,” he continued. “A VR scaler has been developed that permits the user to feel calculus on the root surface and how the root feels when the calculus is removed properly.” In such a case, the simulator would be better than real life. “Normally, such procedures are done “in the blind” because the calculus is under the gums,” Dr Steinberg noted. In the future, this system will be developed for training in other areas of clinical dentistry and medicine.
News, comments, and service announcements clinics in San Francisco and rotates students through its extramural clinics, Union City Dental Care Center, Highland General Hospital, and Advanced General Dentistry and Dental Hygiene Clinics in Stockton. In 2003, UOP provided $500,000 of uncompensated care and another $5.7 million of care at substantially reduced prices, to assist the Bay Area’s culturally and socioeconomically diverse population. UOP is also a leader in providing oral health care to patients with HIV and AIDS. It is the only Ryan White CARE-funded dental program in San Francisco.
University of the Pacific names its dental school in honor of Dean Arthur A. Dugoni During a black-tie gala at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on August 28, 2004, the University of the Pacific (UOP) named its nationally renowned dental school the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, in honor of the dean who has led the school for 26 years. UOP became the first university in the United States and Canada to name its dental school after a current dean. “Art Dugoni has been an educator and a mentor not only to students at Pacific, but also to dentists across the country and around the world,” said gala co-emcee and CDA President Dr Debra Finney. “He is the ultimate example of service to our profession, and he has been an inspiration to me and countless others.” The gala included an official naming ceremony, musical entertainment, several video tributes to Dugoni, and a performance by legendary comedian Bill Cosby. “I would like to express my deepest appreciation for this recognition,” stated Dugoni during his remarks at Davies Hall. “But, most of all, I would like to thank all of you—my professional colleagues, friends, and family—for allowing me the privilege and honor to serve dental education and our profession for the past 56 years and for the past 26 years as dean. I have enjoyed every minute of it. For me, it has been a labor of love.” Dugoni became dean of UOP in 1978 and is credited with developing and managing many innovations that Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2004;126:645-6 0889-5406/$30.00 Copyright © 2004 by the American Association of Orthodontists. doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2004.09.001
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry have taken UOP to its current level of national prominence, including the enhancement of the humanistic model of education and its national accreditation with no recommendations and 18 commendations for excellence. In addition, he has overseen the accelerated honors program with the main campus; the strong community outreach presence; the addition of new programs such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental hygiene, and international dental studies; state-of-the-art facilities; technology enhancements to the curriculum; creation of the Pacific Dental Education Foundation; the raising of $48 million (as of August 2004) as a part of a $50 million dental school capital campaign to be compled in 2005; and his “Brown-Bag Lunches” with students, faculty, and staff. UOP is the first chartered university in California. Its School of Dentistry is regarded as one of the nation’s leading dental schools and is committed to excellence in student-centered education, research, and patient care. The School of Dentistry has served the Bay Area for 108 years. It operates 11
ABO creates dedicated Web site for examination questions The American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) is encouraging educators from accredited graduate orthodontic programs to submit potential questions for the Phase II written examination. To facilitate the process, the ABO has created a dedicated Web site that accepts question submissions. The ABO has requested each educator to submit 10 questions via the Web site—www. american board ortho.com/ g_submit. Educators’ continuous contributions will give the ABO a significant question bank that will enhance the relevance and validity of the next examination. At the 2005 Coenraad F. A. Moorrees Education Leadership Conference and Educators’ Workshop, the ABO will present a list of educators and programs that have submitted questions, the number and use of the questions, the use of the Web site, and the results of the Phase II examination for each graduate orthodontic residency program. For additional information, call the ABO at 314-432-6130. The e-mail address is [email protected]. TheWebsiteiswww.americanboardortho. com.
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics /November 2004
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646 Ortho news
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics November 2004
Orthodontist is “rising star” in dental association Shiva Shanker, DDS, a clinical associate professor in the orthodontics section at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, received the Ohio Dental Association’s 2004 N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award, which recognizes the contributions to organized dentistry of dentists in practice for 10 years or less. Dr Shanker said the most inspiring thing about organized dentistry is the people he meets, and he tries to bring that inspiration to young dentists trying to decide whether to become involved. His dedication to bridging the gap that sometimes exists between young dentists and organized dentistry earned him the award. Dr Shanker is familiar not only with private practice— he practices in Upper Arlington and Dublin, Ohio— but also with young people just beginning their careers in dentistry. “I think I have a unique perspective, being an academician and being in private practice,” he said. He served on the New Dentist Committee of the Columbus Dental Society until 2002 and is a current member of the Ohio Dental Association Subcouncil on the New Dentist and the American Dental Association Committee of the New Dentist.
“Rising star” Dr Shiva Shanker.
Three-dimensional virtual reality teaching at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry A computerized virtual reality system that shows a 3-dimensional model of a mouth and a transparent version in which tooth roots are visible would be valuable in dental training. If that system offers tactile sensation that would allow the user to feel a dental instrument, a cavity, or calculus, it could reduce or eliminate altogether the need to practice on patients or mannequins. Such a system has been developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago through a collaboration between the Colleges of Dentistry and Engineering. The
Dental Simulator allows students to fully experience what the instructor is demonstrating. It combines animation of the human mouth, projected larger than life on a screen or computer monitor, with a “haptic” device linked to a stylus to provide the sensations of touch that are so important in dentistry. Users wear special glasses to make what is on the screen look 3 dimensional. They can put both hands directly into a projected image suspended in space to feel the teeth and gums, as if the mouth were real. “The haptic device allows one to touch what is displayed so that the student can feel exactly what the instructor is feeling—whether soft tissue alterations or a hard calculus deposit beneath the gum line,” said Dr Arnold D. Steinberg, professor of periodontics and a developer of the simulator. “As a first step in the development of this system, we have focused on clinical periodontal procedures, such as periodontal probing and the use of the periodontal explorer in the detection of subgingival calculus and a variety of other subgingival topographies,” he continued. “A VR scaler has been developed that permits the user to feel calculus on the root surface and how the root feels when the calculus is removed properly.” In such a case, the simulator would be better than real life. “Normally, such procedures are done “in the blind” because the calculus is under the gums,” Dr Steinberg noted. In the future, this system will be developed for training in other areas of clinical dentistry and medicine.