Issue 1246

17 November 2017

J. Peak & C. White, Editors

Blanchette Awarded ASA Profes-sional Statistician Accreditation

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Alammari Receives Honorable Mention

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Hinman Student Research Symposium

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Wang Selected as a National Finalist for the Dongrun-Yau Science Awards Competition

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Second Annual Iowa One Health Conference

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Submissions Info 3

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Grateful Campaign a Success at College of Dentistry

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Dental Anatomy Final Project Drawings

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Broadlawns Medical Center—Dental Clinic

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American College of Prostho-dontics Annual Meeting

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DSB Weekly

Derek Blanchette, Biostatistics and Research Design, is Awarded the ASA Professional Statistician Accreditation

Derek Blanchette, Division of Biostatistics and Research Design, has been awarded the American Sta-tistical Association’s (ASA) Professional Statistician (PStat®) accreditation. This accreditation acknowledges the holder as a professional statistician who is well-versed in the knowledge of statistics at an advanced level. To be awarded this accreditation, each applicant must be a member of the ASA, hold an advanced de-gree in statistics from an accredited university, provide evidence of high-quality work as an applied statistician, exhibit effective communication skills in the practice of statistics, have a record of commitment to continual

professional development, and adhere to the ASA’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice.

Dr. Rawa Alammari Receives Honorable Mention in Fall 2017 Three Minute Thesis

The ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to non-specialist audiences is a vital skill for all graduate students. Participating in the Graduate College’s public scholarship competitions helps students de-velop communication skills, allows them to share and take pride in their work, and offers the chance to compete for prizes. This year, Dr. Rawa Alammari from Oral Science (below) took Honorable Mention. Finals were held Friday, November 10.

2017 Finalists:

Ali Al-Jumaili, Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics) Anh-Vu Do, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Behnoush Khorsand, Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics Brandon MacDougall, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences Caitlin Marley, Classics Emily Malcolm, Biochemistry Eric Emmons, Neuroscience Ernane Souza, Pharmacy (Medicinal & Natural Prod Chem) Jessica Gregson, Microbiology Katherine Perschbacher, Pharmacology Lalita Oonthonpan, Biochemistry Lucas Bon Durant, Molecular and Cellular Biology Rawa Alammari, Oral Science Sharon Idiga, Pharmacology

Nicole Krois (D2) and Madeline Swenson (D4) Present Their Research at the Hinman Student Research Symposium

Nicole Krois (D2) and Madeline Swenson (D4) presented their 2016-2017 research projects at the Hinman Student Research Symposium, which was held November 3-7, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Nicole presented “Preliminary Validation of a European Instrument to Measure Clinical Learning Environments for Dental Students (DECLEI) in an American Dental School.” Co-authors included A. Kossioni, P.B. Barlow, C. Straub-Morarend, L. Marchini and P. Barlow. Nicole’s mentors are Dr. Leo Marchini, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, and Dr. Patrick B. Barlow, Carver College of Medicine. Madeline’s project was “Peri-Implant Mucosa Dynamics around Divergent and Concave AT-LANTIS Abutment Transition Profiles.” Her co-authors were C. Barwacz, G. Avila-Ortiz, D. Dawson, and K. Pagan-Rivera. Madeline’s mentors are Drs. Chris Barwacz, Family Dentistry; Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, DEO, Department of Periodontics; and Deborah Dawson, Biostatistics & Research Design/Dental Research.

Nicole and Madeline had a good trip. “We had such a good time,” said Nicole. “Everyone was so welcoming. The atmosphere was great as well.” Madeline concurred: “It was a great trip!”

Nicole Krois

Madeline Swenson

Chunyang “Trey” Wang Selected as a National Finalist for the Dongrun-Yau Science Awards Competition

Chunyang “Trey” Wang, a St. Louis, Missouri high school student, who is being mentored by Dr. Azeez Butali, Dental Research and OPRM, was selected as a national finalist for the Dongrun-Yau Science Awards; he will be competing in Beijing, China, in December 2017. The Dongrun-Yau Science Award was co-founded by Professor Shing-Tung Yau, a world-renowned Chinese mathematician, and Mr. Chen Dongsheng, chairman/CEO of Taikang Insurance Group.

Trey will be presenting “Discovery of Novel ZNF750 Variants in Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts.” The goal of his research has been to identify novel variants in the exons of ZNF750 and conclude the functionality of human variants in nonsyndromic orofacial cleft. Co-authors on his project include Tamara Busch, Mary Li, Ganiyu Oseni, Kaylia Duncan, Mekonen Esthete, Lord Gowans, Lanre Adeyemo, Dr. Robert Cornell, and Dr. Azeez Butali.

Shaan Desai (D2) and James Park (D2) Present Their Research at the Second Annual Iowa One Health Conference

D2 students Shaan Desai and James Park presented their research during the second annual Iowa One Health Conference, which was held October 14 at the UI College of Public Health. There were eighteen attendees. The conference has been held to attract students and professionals in varied fields, to help drive positive change in the health of humans, animals, and the environment. Shaan received a third-place certificate for his poster presentation, “Discovery of a Novel Variant in retinoid-related Orphan Receptor Alpha in Non-syndromic Orofacial Clefts in African Populations.” Shaan’s co-authors included T. Busch, J. Park, A. Rodriguez, C. Bello, C. Lo, M. Mohamed, and his mentor, Dr. Azeez Butali, Dental Research and Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine. James’s poster was entitled, “Identifying Variants Contributing to Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts in Dachshund Family Transcription Factor 1 Gene in African Populations.” Co-authors in-cluded J. Park, T. Busch, A. Rodriguez, C. Bello, C. Lo, M. Mohamed, and his mentor, Dr. Azeez Butali.

Shaan Desai

James Park

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Dental Filling Station

November 20-24, 2017

Monday Gourmet Macaroni & Cheese $6.25 $1.00 Fountain with any Purchase

Soup du Jour $2.70/ $3.70 Salad Bar, Deli, Pizza,

& Paninis

Tuesday Asian Stir $ 6.25

$1.00 Coffee with any Hot Breakfast Soup du Jour $2.70/$3.70

Salad Bar, Deli, Pizza, & Paninis

Wednesday

Cheddar Bacon Chicken Sandwich & Chips $5.25 $1.50 Granola Bar & Yoplait Yogurt

Deli & Paninis

Thursday Closed Holiday

Friday Closed

Filling Station Announcement

The Filling Station’s Thanksgiving hours will be 7:30 AM-5:00 PM Monday and Tuesday and

from 7:30-3:00 PM on Wednesday.

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— IMPORTANT NOTICE — Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff: Ms. Chris White has retired as of September 5, 2017, and we are trying to replace her. However, as with all highly skilled people, we can never replace them; we only hope to find a substitute. During the in-terim period between Ms. White’s retirement and the start date of her successor, both Chris White and Jenni Peak (Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research) will be producing the DSB Weekly. If you have news/photos you would like to submit to the DSB Weekly, please send them to both Jenni (jennifer-peak@uiowa.edu) and Chris (chris-white@uiowa.edu). We will continue the excellent work that Chris has produced over the years.

Recent Publications Eshete MA, Liu H, Li M, Adeyemo WL, Gowans LJJ, Mossey PA, Busch T, Deressa W, Donkor P, Olaitan PB, Aregbesola BS, Braimah RO, Oseni GO, Oginni F,

Audu R, Onwuamah C, James O, Augustine-Akpan E, Rahman LA, Ogunlewe MO, Arthur FKN, Bello SA, Agbenorku P, Twumasi P, Abate F, Hailu T, Demissie Y, Hailu A, Plange-Rhule G, Obiri-Yeboah S, Dunnwald MM, Gravem PE, Marazita ML, Adeyemo AA, Murray JC, Cornell RA, Butali A. Loss-of-Function GRHL3 Variants Detected in African Patients with Iso-lated Cleft Palate. J Dent Res. 2017 Sep 1:22034517729819. doi: 10.1177/0022034517729819. [Epub ahead of print]. Jadu FM, Alhazmi D, Badr FF, Jan AM. Quantitative assess-ment of mandibular canal compression assessed by cone beam computed tomography. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathol-ogy Oral Radiology. 2017;124:413-419. da Fonte JBM, Andrade TM, Albuquerque-Jr RLC, Batista de Melo MF, Takeshita WM. Evidence of genotoxicity and cytotox-icity of X-rays in the oral mucosa epithelium of adults subjected to cone beam CT. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology. 017;20170160. Sousa Melo SL, Belem MDF, Tabchoury CPM, Haiter-Neto F. Cone beam CT and digital intraoral radiography performances in the diagnosis of artificially induced recurrent caries-like le-sions. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiolo-gy. 2017;124:306-14. Pinto MGO, Rabelo KA, Sousa Melo SL, Campos PS, Oliveira L, Bento PM, Melo D. Influence of different exposure parameters on root fracture detection using different filling materials. In-ternational Endodontic Journal. 2017;50:586-94. Rabelo KA, Sousa Melo SL, Torres MGG, Campos PSF, Bento PM, Oliveira LSAF, Melo DP. Condyle excursion angle, articular eminence inclination and TMJ morphology relationships with disc displacement. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2017;75:938.e1-10.

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“The benefits of practicing gratitude are nearly endless. People who regularly practice gratitude by taking time to notice and reflect upon the things they're thankful for experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, sleep better, express more compassion and kindness, and even have stronger immune systems.” https://my.happify.com/hd/the-science-behind-gratitude/ The Office of Student Affairs is thankful for you! Sarah Kelly & Rachael Kowbel, Director of Dental Student Admissions, hosted a Grateful Campaign soliciting feedback from students, staff, & faculty across the college. Sarah & Rachael will utilize the photos in recruitment messaging this season. We thought you’d enjoy the photos, too! “

Grateful Campaign a Success at College of Dentistry

Dental Anatomy Final Project Drawings

80 freshman students have been exposed to a different kind of experience that started in Fall 2017. The Dental Anatomy course, which is 12 weeks, offered the students extensive laboratory sessions and weekly assign-ments. Students undergo weekly evaluations. As the college of dentistry is “School of Art and Science”, one of the main goals for this course is to develop their artistic vision and perceptual skills through visual art and the drawing of natural teeth which will allow them to learn morphology and nomenclature and enhances their creativity by stimulating the creative language mode of the right side of the brain. Each student is given silver-coated natural teeth images (anterior, posteriors) as a model for drawing. Detailed step-by-step movies are given to students. Students were given the option to use either paper sketch to draw their teeth or any drawing app on their tablets. Students were given tooth dimensions and measure-ments to enable them to draw all the teeth that they are waxing with all aspects (Mesial/Distal/Facial/Occlusal-Incisal/Lingual). Some feedback from students: - “I enjoyed the drawing assignments. They were a hands-on activity to learn the anatomy. I thought the best part about them was they helped you understand the dimensions of crown in comparisons to the root.” - “I thought that the drawing assignments were a great way to think about dental anatomy from another medium. However, because it is very time consuming to do the drawings, I found myself flying through it to try to complete it.” - “The drawings were a great way to understand the line angles and point angles of the teeth. Drawing was a fun and low stress way to learn. The fact that it was a completion grade really made doing the assignment more enjoya-ble.” - “I thought that the drawing assignments were a nice change of pace. They aided in learning the relative dimen-sions and occlusal anatomy.” - “Overall, I think you should keep it. I think it broke up the monotony of some of our other school work and does tie together the artistic side of dentistry (along with the whole class of dental anatomy) better than any other class we have encountered so far.” - “I enjoyed having an assignment that was hands on, it was a nice change of pace. I thought that the drawing as-signments enhanced my ability to identify important anatomical characteristics of teeth, in addition to challenging my ar- tistic abil-

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D1 Class with Dental Anatomy Instructors. 1st row (left to right) 1st year Operative Graduates: Wafaa Kattan, Alshaimaa Alghamdi. 2nd row (left to right): Dr. Cristina Vidal (Operative), Dr. Aditi Jain (Operative), Dr. Amira Ahmed, Dr. Amal Aljeshi (1st year Operative Graduates) and Hanan Elgendy (Course Director). Not pictured Drs. Natalia Restrepo-Kennedy & Steve Armstrong.

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(Dental Anatomy Drawings —cont. from pg. 5)

(Dental Anatomy Drawings —cont. pg. 7)

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Broadlawns Dental Clinic

During a recent stop in Des Moines, Dean Johnsen enjoyed a visit to the Broadlawns Dental Clinic located on the third floor of the Broadlawns Medical Plaza, the four-story building on the eastern edge of the Broadlawns Medical Center campus.

The Dental Clinic provides emergency, preventive and comprehensive dental services for patients of all ages from children to adults. The Broadlawns Dental Clinic serves an average of 8,600 patients annually. Two of our own alum-ni serve as medical providers for the dental clinic. Dr. Hayley Harvey, DDS, MS graduated from the dental school in 1994 is the Section Chief and Director of Dental Education since 2002. Dr. James Maixner, DDS attended dental school from 1978-1982.

(Dental Anatomy Drawings —cont. pg. 6)

Dental Anatomy Drawings sub-mitted by D1 students: Jordan Roszhart, Briar Voy, Caroline LaRoy, Jameson Hook, Erin Kall-sen, Lena Poonnopatam , Rachel Hoffman, Sunny Kang, Hannah Klaassen, Lina Nguyen, Kayla Erps, William Burns and Jasmine Butler

Dr. Hayley Harvey (left) with Jennifer Solberg (D4)

D4 Student Stephanie Friestad examining a patient during their senior rotation.

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Iowa Prosthodontists at the American College of Prosthodontics Annual Meeting Current and former Iowa Prosthodontists at the American College of Prosthodontists annual meeting celebrate two research finalists and three poster present-ers. Left to right: Dr. Kan Wongkamhaeng, Dr. Miguel Garcia-Loera. Directly behind Mi-guel is Dr. Wissanee Jia-Mahasap (who completed our grad program this past summer). Standing behind Wissanee is Dr. David Gratton (Hospital Dentistry). Re-turning to the front, Dr. Moamen Sheba, Dr. Pantip Henprasert. Behind them are: Kyle Bennett (Lab Technician) and Dr. Matt

French. On the far right, starting from the front we have: Dr. Tarek El Kerdani, Dr. Isabelle Denry, Dr. Zeina Al-Salihi and Dr. Julie Holloway.

(Left) Former Advanced Prosthodontics residents, Drs. Kan Wongkamhaeng and Wissanee Jia-Mahasap, were finalists in the Sharry Prosthodontic Research Compe-tition at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Prosthodontists held in San Francisco. Dr. Wongkamhaeng was awarded third place for his presen-tation “Effect of Surface Modification on In-depth Transformation and Flexural

Strength of Zirconia Ceramics.” Congratulations to both Drs. Wongkamhaeng and Jia-Mahasap for outstanding presentations. Their research mentors were Drs. Isabelle Denry and Ghadeer Thalji.

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