MAGAZINE OF THE tufts university dental alumni association fall 2010 VOL. 14 NO. 2

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Dental Force With 2.4 million patients, the military offers fertile ground for launching a career

PLUS: bite and Balance n fear management n reunion wrap-up Boston Stars

The marquee at the Shubert Theatre in downtown Boston heralded the arrival of the 177 students in the School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2014. Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow welcomed the new students during the school’s ninth annual Family Welcome Day, held at the theatre. The new class has 90 women and 87 men who come to Tufts from 30 states.

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photo: alonso Nichols contents fall 2010 volume 14 no. 2 features 12 Afraid to Show Up Every dentist has a few fearful patients. A new book by Arthur Weiner, D58, and other behavioral scientists offers advice on easing their anxieties. By Julie Flaherty

cover story 14 Dental Force Nineteen new graduates are serving in the military, safeguarding the well-being of 2.4 million patients— and the security of the nation. By Jacqueline Mitchell 23 The Good and the Great Unknown While the new health-care reform law contains potentially transformative measures for dentistry, money and politics still could thwart the big goal: quality care for all. By Gail Bambrick 26 26 Shiny + New Join us for a pictorial tour of your new dental school. departments By Alonso Nichols and Jacqueline Mitchell 2 letters 3 From the Dean 5 word of mouth 7 a scan of people, Places & events 8 lab notes a report on leading-edge science 33 on campus dental school news 44 UNIVERSITY NEWS the wider world of tufts 46 Beyond Boundaries providing the Means for Excellence 48 ALUMNI NEWS staying connected

On the cover: Air Force Captain Christina Pflipsen,D 10 Photo: Ian Londin Photography letters

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proud alumna in the heart of texas volume 14, no. 2 fall 2010

It’s hard to believe it has been two years Tufts is more than my alma mater. I will executive editor Lonnie H. Norris already since the D08 class graduated. I’m appreciate the opportunities the dental Dean, School of Dental Medicine almost a little sad to say that actually. Weird school has given me for the rest of my life. editor Karen Bailey I know. I just watched the dedication video Even the chairman of pediatric dentistry alumni editor Vangel R. Zissi, D62, DG67 for the vertical expansion project [http:// here at the University of Texas in Houston, Design Director Margot Grisar go.tufts.edu/vei], and I am in awe! I have to where I am on the faculty, knows how Senior Designer Betsy Hayes say I am proud to be a Tufts Dental alum. much I love Tufts. He said that he wants Contributing Writers I just finished my pediatric dental resi- the postgraduate pediatrics graduates to Deborah Blagg, Julie Flaherty, Jacqueline Mitchell, Helene Ragovin dency at Montefiore Medical Center in June, love this school just as I love Tufts. Tufts Contributing editor Karen Kenny and I am now working in Westchester, N.Y., University School of Dental Medicine is editorial advisors with a fellow Montefiore alum. It has been a very well known, and I will do my best to Maria Tringale, Senior Director, wonderful transition to private practice. keep it that way. Dental Development and Alumni Relations I think Tufts trained me very well. I Mark Gonthier, Associate Dean, gisela m. velasquez, dg08 Admissions and Student Affairs have to admit that I am extremely proud to assistant professor of Mary-Ellen Marks, Faculty Secretary say where I went to dental school when my pediatric dentistry Susan Ahearn, Associate Director, patients’ parents ask me. university of texas Alumni Relations dental branch Dental alumni association jennifer blair, do8 houston, texas President Mostafa H. El-Sherif, DI95 new york, new york vice President Peter A. Delli Colli, A69, D73 Secretary Lisa Vouras, D89 assistant Secretary/Treasurer John J. Millette, D91 omiSSion There was an omission Treasurer Nicholas T. Papapetros, D91 in the 2009–10 Record of Giving, Directors produced by the office of Dental Cherie Bishop, D94; Joseph P. Giordano, Development and alumni Relations D79, DG84; Peiman Mahdavi, D91, DG94; and mailed separately from this Raina A. Trilokekar, DG88, DI91; Derek A. Wolkowicz, D97, DG00 Karen Bailey, Editor magazine. The following three-year ex-officio Tufts Dental Medicine Dean’s inner Circle members made Past Presidents: Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI80; Tufts University Office gifts to the Tufts Dental fund in John P. Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P; of Publications honor of Charles H. Rankin iii, Nicholas T. Papapetros, D91 80 George St., Medford, MA 02155. D79, DG86,D08P, DG11P: Dental m Club Chair John P. Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P Drs. Roger and Patricia Webb, D08 P, D11P Historian Charles B. Millstein, D62, A10P university liaison Austin G. Webb, D08 Thomas F. Winkler III, A62, D66, D10P Jordan T. Webb, D11 Chapter Presidents Steven Dugoni, D79, A08P, A12P, California The office of Dental Development EJ Bartolazo, D92, New York William N. Pantazes, D90, DG08, Florida regrets omitting these donors John A. Vrotsos, DG82, Greece in its annual report. Tufts Dental Medicine is published twice annually by Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, the Tufts University Dental Alumni Association and the Tufts University Office of Publications. The magazine is a publication talk to us member of the American Association of Dental Editors. Tufts Dental Medicine welcomes letters, concerns and suggestions from all its readers. Send correspondence to: address your correspondence, which may be edited for space, to Karen Bailey, editor, Editor, Tufts Dental Medicine Tufts University Office of Publications Tufts Dental Medicine, Tufts university office of Publications, 80 George St., medford, 80 George St., Medford, MA 02155 ma 02155. You can also fax us at 617.627.3549 or email [email protected].

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let’s Work together to finish strong

as has been announced, after leading tufts be renovated to develop more capacity for University School of Dental Medicine for 16 pre-doctoral education. And we also have 20,000 square feet of shell space to meet years and serving on the faculty for 31, I will future needs. be retiring in August 2011. Since completing The administration is currently plan- my dental education, I have spent my entire ning for the renovation of the second floor academic career at Tufts University, and I feel of our building to create more functional pre-doctoral educational and patient-care extremely fortunate for the opportunities, areas. Thus, the vertical expansion was not mentoring and support that I have received. the end of construction, but an opportunity Upon reflection, the time seems to have passed very quickly. However, I will to improve other teaching and oral health- not spend this year in retrospection. Instead, I anticipate that this year will be care spaces in our 37-year-old building. as exciting and stimulating in fulfilling the school’s strategic goals as any of We are also working diligently to keep my previous years as dean. I believe that just like a well-coached sports team, the school’s technology up to date. This preparation and planning are important in all phases. summer, additional electrical outlets were Ultimately, it is a strong finish that defines success. And so together, we in installed in Merritt Auditorium so that the Tufts Dental community must continue to set a course that will ensure a more students and others can use their lap- robust future for the school. tops during lectures. Digital radiography The school had an exceptionally successful academic year in 2009–10. We capability has been added to the pre-clin- assured our financial stability with a balanced budget, while directing funds to ical laboratory classroom, and the school support educational priorities and transferring funds to reserves to sustain the purchased digital impression technology school over time. with CAD/CAM interface that will be inte- Our research activity and grant support continue to grow. Our research grated into the curriculum. enterprise received more than $7 million in total funding for 2009–10, an We are striving to enhance the culture increase of nearly $3 million over the previous year. Just as impressive, our and the community of our school. A pilot faculty and students presented 62 research papers and abstracts at the 2010 endeavor, the Strategic Talent Development meeting of the American Association of Dental Research—the highest number Initiative, seeks to evolve our vision; ensure in school history. continuity and quality of faculty; develop There is more good news. Applications to our pre-doctoral and postgraduate leadership skills in our faculty and identify programs remain strong, and we have met 90 percent of our fundraising goal other strategic needs to further the school’s for the Beyond Boundaries campaign, which will end in 2011. position as a leader in dental education. The And, of course, it was almost a year ago when we celebrated the grand open- school also participated in the university’s ing of the five-story expansion of the school building at One Kneeland Street, “Excellence at Work” project, designed an 18-month construction project that was completed on time and on budget. to make Tufts an “employer of choice” in This was a significant achievement,and the fact that it occurred despite a down Massachusetts by strengthening internal economy created a sense of pride throughout the Tufts community. communications and professional training Our award-winning facility is stunning, no doubt, but one of the most and development programs. important outcomes is that it has created new opportunities for enhancing our Beyond our campus, the school’s repu- educational and patient-care missions. The spacious simulation clinic, Rachel’s tation for excellence is thriving. In the U.S., Amphitheater and additional postgraduate clinical space are helping to advance one of every three prospective dental stu- our educational programs, and we have 73 new treatment areas for our patients. dents applies to Tufts. For the 175 spots in The expansion also opened up areas on the lower floors of the building that will the Class of 2014, the school received 4,422

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“At the end of the day, it is the people of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine who bring distinction to our school.”

applications. Our newest students scored While the economic climate over the past Medicine in its strongest position and in the highest in school history on the Dental two years has been challenging, the sup- the most positive light, in preparation for Admission Test and had the highest average port Tufts Dental received this past year new leadership. GPA. Tufts dental students’ performance was encouraging. At the end of the day, it is the people on Part I and Part II of the National Board In short, it has been an historic year of Tufts University School of Dental Dental Examinations has been exceptional for Tufts University School of Dental Medicine—our students, staff, faculty and as compared to national averages. This high Medicine. We can all be proud in looking alumni working in collaboration—who level of academic achievement reflects posi- back, but we also must look forward with bring distinction to our school. I sincerely tively on our faculty and our students. renewed purpose. thank you for your support. Your contin- This is the final year of the university’s Over this coming year, I plan to be very ued participation, loyalty and commitment Beyond Boundaries campaign, and our active in supporting programs and person- are more valuable than ever. alumni, corporate partners and friends have nel so that we use our new facility to its been generous in supporting the school. As fullest educational and service potential. of July 1, the school had raised $35,687,945, I am focused on successfully completing and we are on target to achieve our $40 mil- the Beyond Boundaries campaign and lion goal by the end of this academic year. leaving Tufts University School of Dental lonnie h. norris, d.m.d., m.p.h.

4 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 PHOTO: alonso nichols word of moutha scan of people, places & events

know that tooth decay and gum disease Cold, Hard Plaques are caused by the acids released by the bacteria in our mouths. The bacteria like to hang out in the nooks and crannies of our teeth, clinging to a sticky framework What your patients really need to know about how called plaque. But it takes 48 hours for and when to brush by Julie Flaherty bacteria to form large enough colonies to cause problems. For most people, a metic- ulous brushing once a day is, in theory, n a 1949 life magazine ad, a radiant mother squeezes a generous enough to break up the colonies before stripe of toothpaste onto her elated son’s toothbrush. “Brushing teeth they inflict damage. right after eating is the proven way to help stop dental decay with The trick is that you have to brush Colgate Dental Cream,” the ad declares, and the little family seems your teeth correctly. And almost no one secure in that knowledge. does. For adults, it means using a soft, The toothpaste industry should probably get the credit for the three- multi-tufted brush held at a 45-degree times-a-day brushing rule to which many people aspire, says Professor Carole angle aimed at the gum line and brushing Palmer, G69, who heads the Division of Nutrition and Oral Health Promotion with tiny back-and-forth strokes that are at Tufts School of Dental Medicine. But more recent research on how often almost vibrations. “Hold the brush like and exactly when to brush tells a different story. a make-up brush, or a paint brush,” says “There is no scientific evidence I know of that relates the number of times Natalie Hagel, a hygienist and an assistant you brush to anything,” Palmer says. “What you are looking for is not number professor of public health and commu- of times but efficacy.” nity service. “If you’re doing it every day Would you be surprised to learn that instead of three times a day, or it shouldn’t take that much pressure to even twice, you could get away with brushing just once a day? You probably take the plaque off.” Then roll the brush upwards along the tooth, sweeping away from the gums. You’ll have to hold your brush vertically to really clean the backs of your front teeth. The chewing surfaces will need a thorough brushing, too. If that doesn’t sound like your tech- nique, you’re not alone. People are not perfect, and therein lies the difference between lab science and real life. “The reason you are more likely to be better off with three brushings a day than one is you have three chances to do a good job,” Palmer says. The American Dental Association recommends brushing twice a day, morning and night, again for mostly practical reasons. “You’re likely to be at home near a sink then,” Palmer says. But what about after meals? It’s still a good idea to get the crud out, right? A 2005 review that appeared in the journal Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry concluded there was “no clear evidence as to the opti- mal time-point of tooth brushing [before or after meals].” Brushing may help remove See PLAQUES, next page

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PLAQUES, continued from previous page food debris, but from a microbiology point of view, Palmer says, it might make sense to brush before you eat. “Why get up with a mouth full of plaque that you’ve been growing over- night and then feed it breakfast?” she asks. “Why not get rid of the plaque first?” To the same point, recent research has shown that acidic foods and bever- ages (such as soda, lemons, some fruit juices and even diet soda) soften the tooth enamel, especially when consumed slowly

“Thereasonyou Yen Tran, D13, says she plans to return to her native aremorelikelyto Vietnam as a volunteer dentist once she completes bebetteroffwith her education. threebrushings adayisyouhave Home Care threechancesto doagoodjob.” Yen Tran, D13, returns to her native Vietnam on a medical mission by Jacqueline Mitchell —Carole Palmer

or often. Taking a brush to your vulner- en tran, D13, anD her sister haD terrible teeth as little girls growing up in able mouth soon afterward can further Vietnam. born in Dam sen, just outside of ho Chi Minh City, the sisters’ blackened erode your teeth’s protective layer. baby teeth were the norm for most kids in a country where toothpaste costs the Even Colgate, on its website, admits: Y equivalent of one u.s. dollar, and people live on five to ten dollars a day. “Brushing your teeth right after a meal this past summer, tran returned to Vietnam, a country she hasn’t seen since she and may not be the good habit you think it is.” her family moved to the u.s. when she was seven. as a volunteer with the medical mission The company now recommends waiting group project Vietnam, tran helped to provide medical and dental care in rural villages outside 60 minutes after you take your last bite or of hue, Da nang and hoi an. sip. That said, Hagel advises that everyone tran did oral screenings on 200 to 300 children each day before sending them on to the would do well to rinse with water after dentists for fillings and extractions.w ith limited resources, the team had to prioritize treating consuming an acidic food or beverage. children ages six and older whose adult teeth were coming in. “it’s a better investment if we can So what’s the bottom line on when identify early caries and treat [the permanent teeth],” says tran. “in Vietnam, there’s no point in to brush? “When you’re most likely to fixing [baby teeth],” she says. “it was heartbreaking to say, ‘i can’t treat you.’ ” do it,” Hagel says. “Same with flossing.” once she graduates from dental school, tran says she plans to volunteer for future dental If you’re inclined to floss before brush- missions to Vietnam. “when i was young, i had the same problem,” tran says of her badly ing, do it then. If you’re more apt to do decayed baby teeth. “My relatives were surprised that we have such healthy adult teeth now. it while sitting at the computer checking i’m pretty lucky to be in america.” your email, go for it. During the Vietnam war, tran’s father sympathized with the americans. after the fall of saigon The caveat is that people, aside from on april 30, 1975, hundreds of thousands of south Vietnamese men, including tran’s father, being imperfect, are individuals. They were rounded up in reeducation camps to learn about the ways of the new government. after he grow plaque at different rates. Your was released, he decided to move his family to the u.s. Most of tran’s extended family remained hygienist may give you specific recom- in Vietnam, and she was able to reconnect with them this summer. mendations on when and how frequently though she had only vague memories of her childhood in Vietnam, her uncle gave her a tour to brush based on your particular mouth. of the family home in Dam sen, a city that is now a tourist destination, with a water park, roller And Hagel still recommends brushing coaster, bird garden and floating restaurant. “returning to Vietnam was one of the most amazing after any sticky, sugary treats. Sorry, kids. experiences i have had,” says tran. “this experience is imprinted in my heart forever.”

6 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photo: alonso niChols A smattering of dentistry tidbits the to inform, amuse 75 and amaze Members of the Tufts Dental community who ran/ walked in the 2010 Komen Massachusetts Race for the list Cure in Boston on September 25—the largest turnout in the eight years the school has participated in the fundraiser New overseers to d for breast cancer research. Tufts School of Dental Nick Gordon, D12, finished Medicine: Louis A. Fiore, 2 24th overall, out of 2,300 run- D62, who lives in Fort Myers, ners, in a time of 19 minutes, Fla., and Domenico Scala, 31 seconds, in the 5K race. the CEO of Nobel Biocare Holding AG in Switzerland.

11 % Number of consecutive years The number of YouTube viewers that Charles H. Rankin, D79, 25,689 80 who have watched Professor Jonathan Garlick’s DG86, a professor of endo- Percentage of Americans who stem cell rap: http://bit.ly/cellrap. dontics, has received the are unhappy with their smiles, Dean’s Award for Excellence according to the American Academy of Periodontology. in Pre-clinical Teaching. 1651 The year the Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Lingelbach 38.5 (1622–1674) painted “Dentist Total number of days on Horseback Pulls Tooth in Americans spend brushing $500 Town Square Before Onlookers” their teeth over a lifetime. Number of awards (detail below), depicting the MILLION the School of Dental practitioner extracting a tooth Amount kids in North Medicine’s newly while astride a white horse. America spend each year expanded building on chewing gum. 4has received: a Best Practice 1839–40 Award from the Boston chapter A momentous year in the of the International Facilities history of dentistry: the Management Association; LEED opening of the world’s first Silver Certification from the or dental college (the Baltimore U.S. Green Building Council for 4 5 College of Dental Surgery); sustainable design; a Building the publication of the first of America Award, which The number of teeth you are dental magazine (American recognizes the country’s most in danger of losing by age 35 if Journal of Dental Science); innovative and challenging you start smoking a pack a day and the founding of the construction projects; and the first national dental Boston Society of Architects’ at age 18, according to a Tufts organization (the American Honor Award for Healthcare University study. Society of Dental Surgeons). Facilities Design.

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 7 leading-edge science

injuries. the preliminary results are positive, says girouard, although he has yet to fully analyze his data. Good posture could translate into the research is based on the fact that humans never really stand a rapid-fire slap shot. still. networks of muscles from head to toe are constantly making tiny adjustments to keep us in balance. in short, we sway slightly to keep from falling over. the muscles that align the jaw are critical for correct posture be- cause they also help control head position. By helping to stabilize these muscles, mouth guards may improve posture and balance by reducing body sway. Better balance, girouard theorizes, could translate into more fluid skating, crisper dribbling in soccer, a more controlled golf swing and reduced muscle strain in just about any sport. he is particularly interested in “neuromuscular” mouth guards. as opposed to the more widely used (and less expensive) standard mouth guards that are flat- bottomed and mold to the upper teeth, neuromuscular guards contain both upper and lower tooth indentations and slightly reposition the bite so that the jaw muscles and temporomandibular joints are stabilized. potential links between mouth guards and better athletic perfor- mance first made headlines in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when dentists working with notre dame’s football team and the philadelphia eagles of the national Football League noted improved strength and reduced muscle pain in players who were fitted with mouth guards after bite and balance sustaining concussions. similar findings were later reported among long-distance runners, bobsledders and weight lifters, inspiring a num- Could wearing a mouth guard improve athletic ber of companies to market “performance-enhancing” mouth guards. nevertheless, girouard says, the evidence supporting performance performance? by Chris Berdik benefits has largely come from “anecdotal reports rather than scientific studies.” and, like the moncton hockey coach, girouard was initially skeptical of such claims. ike most canadians, serge Bourgeois, the men’s hockey girouard first learned of the link between mouth guards and coach at new Brunswick’s université de moncton, takes improved posture and balance in 2003 while attending a lecture by a the sport seriously. naturally he was skeptical when a dentist who had invented a device for diagnosing improper bite align- local dentist, patrick girouard, dg11, suggested that ment. girouard told the dentist about his love of long-distance running Lmouth guards might help his team skate better, shoot straighter and and the knee pain he’d experienced since he ran his first marathon in suffer fewer muscle aches and strains. 2002. pain relievers, acupuncture and physical therapy had done little mouth guards aren’t mandated for college hockey players in good, says girouard, “and i told him that i didn’t think any change in my canada, although there is some evidence that they may protect ath- bite would relieve the pain.” letes from concussions by absorbing the shock of blows to the head the dentist challenged him to wear a dental appliance that correct- and stabilizing the head and neck muscles, and Bourgeois encouraged ed his bite and jaw position on his next long run. girouard complied, his players to wear them. so when girouard asked if the team would even tacking on a couple extra miles “just to push it a little.” his knee help him investigate the relationship between bite, balance and perfor- pain was gone. that same year he popped in a mouth guard and ran mance, Bourgeois put his skepticism aside. “i was all for it,” he says. the Quebec city marathon, all 26.2 miles pain-free. he completed the girouard is conducting the research for his master’s degree, 2010 Boston marathon, again with no knee pain. with a focus on craniofacial pain, via the school of dental medicine’s While girouard is a general practice dentist, more than half his distance learning program. his advisor, noshir mehta, directs the patients suffer from craniofacial pain. his graduate degree work at the dental school’s craniofacial pain center. girouard also recruited tufts craniofacial pain center and the surprising benefits of wearing moncton’s women’s hockey team and the men’s and women’s soccer a mouth guard while running inspired his current research, for which teams to determine if wearing a mouth guard can improve posture he tested 80 athletes in late 2009 and early 2010. each athlete was and balance, thereby improving athletic performance and reducing fitted for a standard “flat-plane” mouth guard and a neuromuscular

8 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photo: istockphoto guard. Then the athletes were instructed to stand in a fixed position, which balance is critical for energy efficiency. “What we have so far close their eyes and bite down for 15 seconds in three scenarios— measures static posture, and the next obvious question is whether wearing no mouth guard, wearing a standard mouth guard and wearing this translates to the gait,” he says. “If the gait is more efficient, the neuromuscular one. Girouard monitored the athletes’ body sway then the athlete expends less energy per step, which may improve via a special mat embedded with pressure sensors, and he measured overall performance.” He adds, “You could also develop other tests activation of their postural muscles (on the temple, neck, lower back for specific sports,” such as the accuracy and power of a golfer’s and lower leg) via surface electrodes. Less sway means less work for drive or a hockey player’s slap shot. the postural muscles—and more stability for the athlete. And balance Beyond athletics, Girouard says his research might lend support to is critical in sport, says Girouard, whether it’s a tennis player getting the use of neuromuscular dentures to improve balance and mobility in set for a forehand, a soccer player trying to dribble past a defender or a the elderly. hockey player trying to get the most bang out of his slap shot. Although the Moncton collegiate athletes were necessarily kept After he completes his statistical analysis of the data, Girouard says in the dark about the hypothesis behind Girouard’s study, many of he will submit the study for publication. His preliminary results show them since have become mouth-guard converts. Coach Bourgeois that the majority of the Moncton athletes reported some benefits when says that only a few of his icemen still refuse to wear one. The wearing a neuromuscular mouth guard. “Many athletes demonstrated a neuromuscular variety in particular has won over players who once reduction in sway, and hence a more stable posture,” he says, but only braved the rink with bare teeth. Performance aside, says Bourgeois, a full statistical analysis will indicate whether that finding is significant. “they just say this one is more comfortable.” Girouard says he plans to continue his research by investigating if wearing a mouth guard can improve an athlete’s running gait, for Chris Berdik is a Boston-based freelance writer.

tissue engineering lab banks on cross-school collaborations

eplace a broken or missing tooth The researchers in Medford are work- not gone anywhere. It’s still there.” using your own stem cells? What ing with Michael Levin, A92, a professor “Mike [Levin] uses an array of animal R sounds like science fiction may of biology and director of Tufts’ Center for models, including tadpoles, to study limb become standard practice sooner than you Regenerative and Developmental Biology, regeneration,” says Yelick. “Important for might imagine. and David Kaplan, professor and chair of our work, he has been looking at a group A new dental school research lab, biomedical engineering and director of the of atoms with an electric charge that can located near Tufts’ Medford/Somerville Tufts Bioengineering and Biotechnology influence the behavior of stem cells.” campus, is increasing the pace of work in Center, both of whom also have labs at Once identified and harvested, stem cells genetic modeling, tissue engineering and 200 Boston Ave. need a place to grow into, say, a tooth or a regenerative and developmental biology “I have two synergistic areas of limb. That’s where Kaplan’s lab comes in. through cross-school collaborations. research—genetic modeling and tissue Researchers there are using silk to construct Headed by Pamela C. Yelick, G89, engineering—now ongoing,” Yelick says. scaffolds on which various kinds of tissues director of the Division of Craniofacial Zebrafish continuously shed and regen- can grow. “We are working with [the Kaplan and Molecular Genetics at Tufts School of erate their teeth over the course of their lab] to identify silk scaffold materials and Dental Medicine, the new lab at 200 Boston two-year lifespans, and so provide a good designs that can support craniofacial bone Ave. houses her tissue engineering team model to investigate potential applications and tooth constructs,” says Yelick, whose re- of eight (and soon to be 12) scientists. In for tissue regeneration in human medicine. search is supported by the National Institute Yelick’s other lab, on the Boston campus, Levin’s lab is in pursuit of the cellular of Dental and Craniofacial Research. another 20 researchers are using zebrafish switches that could allow us to regrow The endgame is this: extract stem cells as a model for investigations into bone and any part of our bodies. “You did it as an from a patient’s wisdom teeth and use tooth development and regeneration. embryo,” he says. “That information has those cells to grow new teeth in the jaw.

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that could be used in dental practices.” she writes about patient guid- ance strategies to accompany the dietary survey tool in an upcoming article for the British journal Preventive Dentistry. the dietary assessment is an open-ended template with defined time periods so parents can fill in what their children eat and drink over the course of a normal day. For the study, the survey was admin- istered by dental clinicians who interviewed the children’s parents or caregivers. the technique can be learned easily by anyone working in a dental practice, palmer says. the most significant finding in the pediatric caries study is that what you eat, or how much, is not as important as when it is eaten and over what duration of time. For example, children with severe early childhood caries con- sumed more food and beverages more frequently than those who were cavity-free. twenty percent of the children with no tooth decay ate or drank something eight times or less each day, while more kids who eat and drink than 80 percent of the kids with severe decay did so. more often during the day perhaps more telling, 70 percent of the children with decay are setting themselves up for tooth decay. drank fruit juice between meals, compared to 45 percent of caries-free kids. milk as well as fruit juices cause three kinds of sticky bacteria to build up in the mouth, creating an environment for decay: Streptococcus mutans, the number-one cause of tooth decay in the a cavity-free menu world, Streptococcus sobrinus and Bifidobacterium lactis. Between 30 and 40 percent more children with severe decay had these bacteria a simple dietary survey can help you lower your than those who were cavity-free. patients’ risk for decay by Gail Bambrick the takeaway is this: “the longer cariogenic substances are in contact with the teeth, the higher the risk of developing caries,” palmer says. neW tooL—an easy-to-use dietary survey—is aBout to Be “this is likely why children with more caries also reported [having] added to your caries-prevention kit. bedtime snacks, whereas caries-free children did not,” she notes. A a nutritionist at tufts school of dental medicine and her “Because we do not produce as much saliva when we are sleeping, colleagues have determined that dentists can use a simple survey these [cavity-causing] substances will remain on tooth surfaces for to collect information about children’s eating habits, pinpoint dietary the entire night.” in the study, 84 percent of the cavity-free children factors that increase their risk for cavities and then offer guidance to did not consume snacks or beverages before bedtime, compared to help lower their risk for decay. 56 percent of the kids with decay. “solid nutrition data on patients has always been difficult this kind of dietary information is especially important for children and time-consuming to obtain and required specialized nutrition who might not have regular access to a dentist or who are already expertise,” says carole palmer, g69, a professor of public health suffering from severe early childhood caries, palmer says. and community service. “i wanted to see if i could create a simple also known as baby-bottle decay, early childhood caries is a method that that would provide important information on diet habits significant global public health problem, identified in numerous associated with caries risk in children and that could be adminis- studies of kids in the u.s., canada, the u.k., australia, France, tered easily in a dental practice.” Brazil, israel, taiwan and uganda. the disease affects 28 percent she’s done just that. in an article in the november 2010 issue of of infants and very young children in the u.s. and is the primary the Journal of Dental Research, palmer and colleagues from Boston reason these children need hospital treatment requiring general university, the Forsyth institute and harvard university studied how anesthesia, palmer says. the eating and drinking habits of children ages 2 to 6 affected the more than 50 percent of u.s. children with severe early childhood rate at which they got cavities. the 110 study participants came caries experience new lesions after their initial cavities are treated. from a range of ethnic and economic backgrounds. seventy-two of “this is why identifying [food and beverage] consumption patterns and the children had severe early childhood caries, while the other 38 correcting them is so important,” palmer says. “providing only general had no decay. [nutrition] information to caregivers is usually meaningless because “in order to conduct the study, i needed to create a system for it doesn’t personalize the information to their specific situation,” she obtaining the data that could be used by dental practitioners,” palmer notes. “the diet survey allows us to pinpoint the specific eating habits says. “my main interest was to see if such a system would work, and that most contribute to caries risk and provide meaningful guidance now i am beginning to think about how to make it available in a form on options to address these issues.”

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Hormonal changes make women prone to periodontal disease throughout life, researcher says

t’s not news that the female sex hormones affect more than a it’s already pregnant by increasing levels of progesterone and woman’s reproductive system. Scientists studying the seemingly estrogen in the blood, women taking oral contraceptives are at risk unlikely relationship between reproductive health and oral health for gum disease, too. have discovered that pregnant women with periodontal disease are “Pregnancy is a time of life when the hormonal changes are most at increased risk for having premature and/or low birthweight babies. notorious,” says Marcuschamer, who is using the findings from his That’s why periodontal care is now a routine part of prenatal care. review paper to develop a lecture for Tufts periodontal students. But the relationship between periodontal health and female Gingivitis most often appears during the second or third month reproductive hormones goes beyond pregnancy. Fluctuating of pregnancy, peaks in the eighth month, and then decreases in hormone levels over the course of a woman’s life can lead to changes the ninth month as a woman’s hormone levels begin to subside in in her oral health. In a review published last year in the Spanish preparation for childbirth. language journal Perínatologia y Reproducción Humana, Eduardo More alarming, a small number of pregnant women develop Marcuschamer, DG09, an instructor in periodontology at Tufts School “pregnancy tumors,” officially called pyogenic granuloma. These of Dental Medicine, describes how estrogen and progesterone put small red or purplish-blue masses often occur along the scalloped women at increased risk for gingivitis, even if they are not pregnant. edge of the gum line; they’re painless, but prone to bleeding. Gingivitis is caused by an increase in pathogenic—or disease- Unlike gingivitis, pregnancy tumors usually shrink or disappear causing—bacteria in the mouth. Some 700 different species of bacte- completely after childbirth. ria can live in the mouth, usually harmoniously. But poor oral hygiene, tobacco use or a depressed immune system can throw the mouth’s delicate ecosystem out of balance, favoring the bad guys. The resulting bacterial infection leads to the swollen red gums that are the hallmark of gingivitis. Periodontal disease may follow. “Hormones travel in the bloodstream and act on every single tissue,” says Marcuschamer, who wrote his review article when he was a resident at Tufts following a stint as a dental resident at the Instituto Nacional de Perinatología in Mexico, which specializes in high-risk pregnancies. And estrogen and progesterone are especially likely to accu- mulate in the gum tissues, which are physiologically simi- lar to the mucosal tissues of the reproductive system. An electron micrograph image of the It all starts in puberty, when a dramatic surge in bacteria associated with gingivitis and other periodontal infections the two female sex hormones can trigger gingivitis in young girls. Scientists suspect that progesterone increases the permeability of blood vessels in the gums, making them Older women are also susceptible to oral health problems. moresusceptible to swelling. Luckily, this adolescent gingivitis is During menopause, when levels of estrogen and progesterone short-lived and not associated with the increase in oral bacte- decline, the mucosal tissues throughout the body—including ria that generally accompanies adult gum disease. Good oral vaginal and oral tissues—can become thin, dry and prone to bleed- hygiene before, during and after puberty can prevent this temporary ing. Dry mouth can accelerate tooth decay and cause discomfort discomfort from becoming more severe, says Marcuschamer. while eating or speaking. The monthly ebb and flow of the female sex hormones continue Throughout a woman’s life, says Marcuschamer, an ounce of to affect the oral tissue for as long as a woman menstruates. prevention is worth a pound of cure. Good oral hygiene, regular Researchers have found that cellular fluids related to gingivitis check-ups and treatment when necessary will keep gingivitis at increase in the gum tissue during ovulation, although most women bay and prevent the onset of periodontal disease. Perhaps more never notice this. important, Marcuschamer recommends better coordination among But it’s during pregnancy—when estrogen and progesterone lev- a woman’s physician, general dentist and periodontist. “We shouldn’t els skyrocket 10 to 30 times higher than before conception—when wait until a woman is pregnant to start worrying about gingivitis,” women are most at risk for gingivitis and periodontal disease. And says Marcuschamer. “We should work on prevention throughout because birth control pills work by tricking the body into thinking her lifetime.” —jacqueline mitchell

photo: bsip/photo researchers inc. fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 11 New textbook offers advice for managing your anxious patients

by Julie flaherty

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12 tufts dental medicine summer 2009 professor arthur weiner, d58, has often said his goal is to Q: How do dentists perceive fearful patients? leave dentistry a kinder and gentler profession than it was when Treating fearful patients can be problematic for the practitioner he went into it 52 years ago. For many years, his seminars on because they can interfere with the routine of the office—espe- patient behavior have shown students the methods he has learned cially if you don’t know how to handle them. But every time I had for helping patients overcome their fears and anxiety about oral a fearful patient and I was able to solve the problem, that became health care. His new textbook, The Fearful Dental Patient: A a method for me to try to allay other patients’ fears. Guide to Understanding and Managing (Wiley-Blackwell), due out in December, combines his own experience with evidence-based Q: Such as? findings from clinicianshed and academics in the fields ofuse behavioral I found, as have others in the field of patient behavior manage- science and patient management. Several Tufts Dental School ment, that the more questions we asked a patient the better faculty members have contributed chapters, including Ronald we understood the individual’s specific problems. Just to say a Kulich on psychiatric complications; Laura Camacho-Castro, person is afraid of the dentist means nothing to me. What are DG83, DI09, on childrenGotham, and fear; Gina Terenzi on special needs they afraid of? The needle? The drill? Not understanding what patients; Kathryn Ragalis, D92, (with Weiner) on geriatrics; and is to be done? Is their fear related to a medical disorder, prior Morton Rosenberg, D74, and Michael Thompson on sedation and trauma or something they learned? How long have they been anesthesia. There’s also a chapter on hypnosis, which Weiner calls fearful? a great adjunct to the managementFarnham, of dental phobia, although it If a patient was afraid of the needle, I would give her a blunted takes a lot of training to use the technique and doesn’t work for one to take home, stick it in an orange and see what it feels like. every patient. He hopes the book will become a reference for stu- For those bothered by the sound of the drill, we explained that dents, practicing dentists, hygienists, physicians and any health it is air turning the turbine. We used to call it “whistling while professionals who workor with frightened patients.rockwellit works.” Patients sometimes have to experience some level of control Q: Why are some people afraid of the to feel at ease. Giving them that control can be simply providing dentist? Is it just something you’re born with? information about the treatment so that they’re not sitting in a No one is born afraid of anything. Fear is an emotion we some- state of anticipatory anxiety waiting for the next thing to happen. times acquire. The most common cause is trauma from a per- I’ll usually say to the patient, “If I think it’s going to bother you, sonal experience. If a dental procedure hurt one time, you may I’ll let you know in advance.” falsely think that will happen every time you visit. Then there are people who only go to a dentist when they have a toothache and Q: Can you, as a dental practitioner, help a patient need an extraction. That becomes their view of what a dentist overcome any fear? does: extracts teeth, instead of providing preventive oral health There are some fears that need a little help. You cannot take care that is essential to their overall well-being. a totally frightened person and say, for example, “I’ll hypno- The second most common cause is a learned impression from tize you, and it will be all gone.” Sometimes you must work others. If a relative who just had a root canal has a swollen face together with some psychopharmacological preparations— and is exhibiting some discomfort, you might think, “Gosh. nitrous oxide, IV sedation, minor tranquilizers—to get them That might happen to me.” People also learn through watching over their worst initial fears. Then, with the lesser procedures, television and movies. Did you ever watch that movie 10? That you can use simple behavior modification modalities. There is scene where Dudley Moore has novocaine and he can’t speak and no set formula. Each individual is different. drools all over himself? That might make people refuse or fear the injection, thinking that would make them appear foolish. Q: It sounds like a lot of work, to change the recipe for every patient. Q: What about children who haven’t had any personal Well, of course. You don’t go to the physician’s office and expect experience but are still afraid of the dentist? every patient to get an aspirin. It just doesn’t work like that. Sometimes when parents are nervous they pass that fear onto their But I found out that every time I was successful with a fear- children, much like a parent who is afraid of water might not sign ful patient, that person talked openly about having a positive up a child up for swim lessons. Or say the child is in a hospital and a experience. People didn’t break appointments with excuses like person in a white coat gives her a shot that hurts. Now the sight of the car didn’t start or the babysitter didn’t show up. People were any person in a white coat will stimulate the fear that she is about glad to come. They were nervous, but I had been able to build a to experience pain. That’s called stimulus generation. trusting relationship with them. tdm by author’s name illustration by artist

PHOTO: © Image SOurce/cOrbIS fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 13 Andrew Dullnig, D10, Fort Carson, Colorado

14 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 ice,’ on’s In a mammoth ‘group pract i ists tend to the nat irmen military dent iers and a INES, sailors, sold 2.4 million MAR

by JACQUELINE MITCHELL

photo: matt mcclain fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 15 hile other members of the class of With almost 80 percent of U.S. dental students graduating with 2010 were wielding mirrors and drills at debts totaling more than $100,000, the HPSP is certainly an attractive their new jobs or finding their way in their offer. But in addition to the financial perks, the Health Professions residencies this summer, Alexis Apatoff was Scholars from Tufts School of Dental Medicine say the opportunity getting the hang of firing an M-16. In June, to practice dentistry without the administrative headaches that go Apatoff was commissioned as a captain in the along with running a private practice is also appealing. There are U.S. Army, and after six weeks of basic training, she headed to Fort no overhead costs for running a business, and all their patients have Jackson, in South Carolina, where she will provide oral health care to dental insurance. new recruits for the next three years. “Being an Army dentist allows you to focus most of your efforts “A lot of my patients will probably not have seen a dentist in a on patient care,” Apatoff says. “I like the idea of being able to per- long time, if ever,” says Apatoff. “I’m excited because I will be doing form the needed treatment without worrying if the patient’s insur- a service for these new soldiers.” ance will cover it.” Apatoff is one of 19 members of this year’s graduating class at Access to comprehensive dental care isn’t simply a perk of mili- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine to enter the military. tary service. Good oral health has been considered a crucial com- Eleven joined the Army; seven went into the Navy, which also pro- ponent of national security since at least World War II, when, in vides medical and dental care for the Marine Corps, and one joined the months that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor on December the Air Force. All took advantage of the F. Edward Hébert Armed 7, 1941, recruiters had to turn away one out of every ten would-be Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which soldiers because they lacked the six opposing teeth required for mili- offers full tuition, as well as a $2,060 monthly stipend, to medical, tary service. Even among soldiers already serving, tooth decay was so dental, veterinary and nursing students in exchange for their service rampant that the armed forces enlisted 20,000 dentists—more than as commissioned medical officers after graduation. a quarter of the nation’s practicing dentists—and dispatched them Created under the Uniformed Services Health Professions overseas to tend to the troops. Revitalization Act of 1972, the HPSP is the primary pipeline for Once the war ended, military and political leaders realized that training health professionals to care for those who work for the bad teeth were compromising the nation’s combat readiness. On nation’s largest employer: the 2.4 million active-duty, National June 24, 1948, President Harry Truman ushered in the age of pre- Guard and Reserve personnel in the U.S. military and their 1.9 mil- ventive dentistry when he signed the National Dental Research Act, lion dependents. Another 2 million retirees and their family mem- designed “to improve the dental health of the people of the United bers also receive benefits. States” through a research effort led by the newly created National Institute of Dental Research (now the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health). However, more than 50 years later, “dental readiness” remains a problem for the armed forces, likely the product of twin deficiencies: limited access to care in many regions of the country and the lack of dental insurance or the ability to pay for care out-of-pocket. A 2002 Department of Defense study found that 34 percent of military personnel required dental care before they could be deployed. In 2008, more than half of all new recruits needed urgent or emergency dental care that made them “undeployable,” according to the DOD. With the United States involved in two long-running wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, military dentists safeguard not only their patients’ well-being, but that of the nation as well.

some of this year’s crop of tufts health professions scholars come from military families; others are first-generation officers. But the chance to take care of the men and women “who have commit- ted to serving our country” is special, says Apatoff, whose parents were in the Coast Guard. “You couldn’t ask for a more deserving patient population,” she says.

Dullnig catches up Her classmate, Christina Pflipsen, a self-described Army brat on paperwork in the clinic. who is now a captain in the Air Force, stresses that financial aid can’t be the main motivation in applying for an HPSP grant. “I

16 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photos: left, matt mcclain; right, ian londin photography Christina Pflipsen, D10, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

credit_small_fl spring 2010 tufts dental medicine 17 For now, Emily and Dustin Dodds, both D10, are able to pair marriage and military service in one location,he National DentalFort LewisResearch in Act, the designed “to Pacificimprove the Northwest.dental health of the people of the United States” through a research effort led by the newly created National Institute of Dental

18 tufts dental medicine spring 2010 credit_small_fl 500 enter the Army; about 85 choose the Navy, “I feel inspired by the other and roughly the same number join the Air Force. The HPSP offers one- to four-year scholarships, health professionals I meet depending on the branch of the military in which who would do anything students enlist. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and meet all military eligibility requirements to be to help a soldier accepted into the highly competitive program. For example, about 200 students nationwide applied in need.” —Emily Dodds, d10 for the 82 Navy HPSP grants offered last year. In general, students commit to one year of mili- tary service for every year of schooling paid for by think you will be unhappy if you do it solely for monetary rea- the HPSP, although residency and other training options can change sons,” she says. “The military life is not always an easy one. It helps that equation. Upon entering dental school, HPSP recipients become if you have a sense of adventure and a desire to serve those serving inactive reserve officers. They are required to serve 45 days of active our country.” duty for training each year. However, because Tufts dental students “Not being in debt is a plus,” says Emily Dodds, D10, who serves don’t usually have 45 consecutive days off, they can apply for “school in the Army with her husband, Dustin Dodds, D10. Both were orders,” which allow them to attend classes and be considered on Health Professions Scholars. “But I feel inspired by the other health active duty. professionals I meet who would do anything to help a soldier in To get a jump on military life, some Tufts HPSP students opt need,” she says. to do their rotations in military dental clinics, which fulfill Tufts’ “A new dental graduate is missing experience. The military is a requirements but not those of the armed forces. Apatoff spent five good way to get experience,” says Charles Rankin, D79, DG86, D08P, weeks at Schofield Barracks, an Army post in Honolulu, where, she DG11P, a professor of endodontics at Tufts. He should know. Rankin says, “I really learned what it’s like to be an Army dentist.” joined the Air Force in 1968, at age 18, long before he considered becoming a dentist. “I thought I might be an air traffic controller,” he says. “They made me a dental assistant.” When he returned home from military duty in Texas, London and Germany, Rankin earned his biology degree under the GI Bill and then applied to dental “it’s not as bad as i thought it would be.” that’s the takeaway school. “There was no way I could pay for Tufts, so I applied for this of this year’s crop of Tufts military dentists on basic training, the [HPSP] scholarship,” Rankin says. six-week crash course in military life, procedure and physical fitness More recent HPSP students tell a similar story. “When I inter- that all HPSP students must go through shortly after receiving their viewed at Tufts, one of my fellow interviewees asked how long it health professional degrees. “I had been dreading it for four years, so takes to repay loans,” Pflipsen says. “The answer was 10 to 15 years. I was expecting the absolute worst,” says Emily Dodds. So I signed up.” Though there is some overlap, the training that HPSP students, Roughly 700 Health Professions Scholars graduate from medi- who are all officers, undergo is a little different, a little less punish- cal, dental, veterinary or nursing school each year. More than ing than the training regular enlisted men and women go through. “I know,” says Rankin. “I’ve been through both.” Known as Basic Officer Leaders Course (BOLC) in the Army, Officer Development Tufts Dental Graduates School in the Navy and Commissioned Officer Training in the Air Who Entered the Military Force, the HPSP recruits start out in the classroom, six days a week. through the Health Professions Scholarship Program Then their training shifts to the field, where the doctors, dentists and veterinarians live in tents—enduring 90- to 100-degree tem- peratures in Apatoff’s case—while learning how to handle weapons, 2000 6 operate convoys, navigate terrain in daylight and darkness and set up field hospitals. “It wasn’t as physically demanding as I expected,” says Christina 2005 7 Pflipsen. “But it was more academic than I expected,” she says of the classroom instruction during which the new officers learn about military customs and courtesies, the structure of the Department of 2010 19 Defense and, in her case, the Air Force. They also receive instruction in leadership and personnel management. In the Army, dentists have to conquer one of basic training’s most SOURCE: OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS AND STUDENT AFFAIRS Augean trials—the gas chamber. The new soldiers don gas masks and enter the chamber, where they do a few exercises to prove the masks

photo: andy reynolds fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 19 are in working order. Then, one by one, the soldiers must remove their masks and recite their names and hometowns. “That was just about the worst feeling of my life, but it only lasted five minutes,” Apatoff reports. “Now it’s a badge of honor to say you went through that.” since 2002, charles rankin, the retired air force captain “It’s sort of a rite of passage,” Emily Dodds adds. “My favorite who is on the faculty at Tufts Dental School, has been running Army phrase applies in that situation: Embrace the Suck.” an informal support group for the Health Professions Scholars. When Tufts dentists join the military, many think twice about Rankin makes sure the HPSP students bond over shared meals being stationed or deployed far from their loved ones. For the next and friendly softball games. But the group’s real goal is to prepare year, at least, that’s not an issue for Dustin and Emily Dodds, both the future sailors, soldiers and airmen for the life that awaits them stationed at Fort Lewis, an Army base in Washington State. The cou- after graduation. “Recruiters used to come here willy-nilly. Now ple began dating at Tufts. Emily was already a Health Professions they go through me,” says Rankin, who persuades the recruiters Scholar, and when the relationship turned serious, Dustin followed to buy the students lunch and answer their questions in as much in her footsteps. They started a 12-month advanced education in detail as possible. general dentistry residency in August. “[Dr. Rankin] knows exactly what we face when we join the mili- The Army tries its best to keep married couples together, says tary and is very supportive,” Apatoff says. “The HPSP students, and Emily Dodds. Tufts students in general, are very lucky to have him.” Deployment, however, would be a different story. The military Rankin’s group has made a huge difference for Jessica Dillon, dentists—like any active-duty officer—could be deployed to Iraq, D12, a 25-year-old from Ann Arbor, Mich., who will serve in the Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world at any time for six or 15 months. Being separated that long is not something the “I have experience that Dodds look forward to, but, “it’s part of the job,” says Emily. “The soldiers overseas not many people have. deserve the best care possible, and if that means one of us has to go over there, then I’ve been to Afghanistan, we’ll make it work.” and I’ve worked in “I feel it will be an honor,” says Andrew Dullnig, D10, about overseas deployment. a combat zone.” A native of Texas, Dullnig, 30, joined the Army in 2000, in part to help pay for his —Jenny Liang, d08 undergraduate education. He attended Tufts Dental School on an HPSP grant and is now stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, where he treats patients from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. four days a week. (Thursdays are After a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, physical training days, which, he says, is Jenny Liang is stationed “interesting at this altitude.”) at Camp Pendleton. Among Fort Carson’s patient popula- tion, Dullnig says, are “warrior transition soldiers,” mostly men, ages 18 to 30, newly returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them have severe physical or psy- chological problems as a result of seeing heavy combat. “It’s really nice to be able to do something for these soldiers coming home,” says Dullnig. Given his decade of Army service, Dullnig fielded a lot of his peers’ questions about military life during his four years at Tufts. “People probably don’t realize that Army life as a medical or dental officer is different from being a line officer or infan- try,” he says. The dental corps “is a little more relaxed, more collegial.”

20 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photos: jason b. smith Jenny Liang, D08, says her military service has shaped her as a dentist.

credit_small_fl spring 2010 tufts dental medicine 21 Navy after she graduates. Dillon, who said the financial aid was her [foreign nationals] have really poor dentition, and they don’t have primary reason for applying to the HPSP, was at first unsure how access to dental care,” says Liang. “Since our main mission was to she would adapt to military life. “I still don’t know if I will really treat U.S. troops, we would only see them if they were really bad fit in,” she says, “but when I finally made it to school and met the and it was affecting their ability to work.” other women in HPSP, my worries were gone. I love having this small When they weren’t treating patients, Liang and the other den- group of people to relate to. We can always learn something new tist participated in mass casualty training drills so that everyone about HPSP from each other.” stationed at Camp Leatherneck would know what to do in an emer- Recent alumni who have already embarked on their military gency. Dentists serve as triage officers in these situations, assessing careers provide the best information, says Rankin. Among them, who among the wounded needs immediate medical attention and Navy Lt. Jenny Liang, D08, who came back to campus in May for who can wait a bit longer for treatment. The drills were quarterly commencement, after a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. and, thankfully, Liang never witnessed a real emergency. “She did a great job over there. It’s great to have her back,” says Liang and her colleague took command of the dental clinic from Rankin. “I’m just so proud of these kids.” the 2nd Dental Battalion out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, When Liang first arrived in Afghanistan in October 2009, she which set up the treatment facility. “The camp was just dirt,” says says the sound of controlled detonations of improvised explosive Liang. “They were literally working in a tent with plywood walls.” devices (IEDs) unnerved her. But she says she felt safe for most of The battalion built the dental clinic up bit by bit; now there’s a her deployment to Camp Leatherneck, a large U.S. Marine base in refrigerator, microwave and coffeemaker. “When we took over, the the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. She describes it clinic was nice,” she says. as being in “the middle of nowhere.” Still, the Camp Leatherneck clinic is not the gleaming, mod- Financial aid for dental school was high on her list of reasons ern dental office you’d find stateside. Though it had two dental for applying to the HPSP. But Liang, whose father and grandfather chairs, a portable x-ray unit and basic dental materials like com- were Navy men, was also eager to carry on the family tradition posites and amalgam, the overhead lighting was dimmer than of military service. She knew the Navy would afford her special Liang grew used to at Tufts. She relied on a headlamp to see into opportunities. Not even a year out of dental school, Liang and her patients’ mouths. “We didn’t have the option to order every- thing we wanted,” says Liang, who brought endo burs, an endo ring and wedges with Good oral health her from home. She also occasionally asked colleagues back home to send her hand has been considered sanitizer and baby wipes (soldiers use them to remove camouflage makeup and dust a crucial component of and grime from the field), which were “hot commodities,” she says. national security since at The dental chairs aren’t connected to a least World War II. main water line; each chair has a jug that has to be refilled from water bottles. The hand sink works with foot-pedal action. During the winter months, temperatures inside the clinic hovered just above freez- another dentist ran Camp Leatherneck’s dental clinic, where five ing. “We learned to manage and make do with what we had,” says dental assistants were also posted. “It was basically like running a Liang. “I have a greater appreciation for the smaller things in life, small clinic,” says Liang. “It was a pretty big position for someone like running water and being able to wash your hands so easily of my rank.” after each patient.” Liang and her colleague saw 20 to 25 patients a day, every day: Now stationed at Camp Pendleton, a major Marine Corps base U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, civilian contractors and in Oceanside, Calif., Liang has two years left of her required ser- the camp’s maintenance workers made up the bulk of their patients. vice and is weighing the pros and cons of continuing her career as Because so many of their patients were between 18 and 25 years a military dentist. old—the age when wisdom teeth often start acting up—Liang and So far, she has no regrets. her colleague extracted many third molars. The two dentists also “My time in the service has shaped the dentist I am today, and fixed broken teeth and filled cavities. “Lots of fillings,” says Liang. I’ve made a real difference during my deployment,” she says. “I have “We had to get them out of pain, keep them in working order so experience that not many people have. I’ve been to Afghanistan, and that they could do their jobs.” I’ve worked in a combat zone.” tdm When time allowed, Liang and the other dentist would treat members of the Afghan National Army as well as troops from Jacqueline Mitchell, a senior health sciences writer in Tufts’ Office of Bahrain and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. “A lot of them Publications, can be reached at [email protected].

22 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 The Good, the bad & the great unknown

How will health-care reform affect your practice? by gail bambrick illustration by dan page

the opening battle was waged and won before federal March, Bresch says. “We achieved universal coverage for children health-care reform even crept into the public debate. to the age of 21, but we did not succeed in getting [universal] adult “The first order of business was to be certain that dental medi- coverage.” cine was part of the conversation, not invisible or seen as an adjunct The two national dentistry advocacy organizations are in agree- to medical care,” says Kathleen O’Loughlin, D81, executive direc- ment about the successes, the disappointments and the many tor and chief operating officer of the American Dental Association unanswered questions that loom as provisions of the new law are (ADA). “A lot of us worked very hard to ensure legislators understood implemented over the next few years. The jury is still out on how that dentistry is different, and we have treatment and prevention health reform will affect the practice of dentistry now and well into protocols unlike [those of] the medical profession to consider,” she the future in three primary areas: notes. “Dentistry needed to be part of the health-care reform discus- ■ How care will be provided to more Americans sions to ensure that policymakers fully appreciated this distinction ■ How insurance carriers and the government will reimburse as changes were made to our health-care system.” dentists for services The ADA was not alone. ■ How dental education and research will be sustained and funded “You know what they say in Washington,” observes Jack Bresch, It is a case of follow-the-money over the next four years in the associate executive director for public policy and advocacy at the run-up to the 2014 implementation deadline for most provisions in American Dental Education Association (ADEA). “If you are not at the law. Some pieces will kick in sooner, others not until 2018. This the table, you are on the menu.” During the health-care debate, his much is clear: everyone in the profession—practitioners, academics organization’s primary goal was to achieve universal health care that and researchers—would be well advised to closely watch the appro- included oral health services. ADEA got partway there. priations and regulatory implementation, according to those who are “There are more than two dozen provisions related to dental tracking the bill’s rollout. education and the oral health of the nation” in the Patient Protection While the reform law contains positive and potentially and Affordable Care Act that President Obama signed into law in transformative measures for dentistry, there is one overriding

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 23 disappointment: the lack of adequate Medicaid funding to guaran- The good news is that the health-reform law significantly expands tee oral health care for adults who don’t have dental insurance or the provisions of the Title VII Health Professions Training Programs, ability to pay for care out of pocket. which provide grants to academic institutions that educate health- “The goal for all of us is to provide high quality dental care for all care professionals. Previously, dental and medical programs had to Americans,” says Samuel Shames, D75, president of Gentle Dental compete for the same pot of funding. Now Title VII contains a den- Associates of Massachusetts, a 100-dentist practice with 26 offices tal funding mechanism, separate from medicine, says Bresch, of the around the state. “The law expands coverage for those [patients] ADEA, which advocated for the amendments along with the ADA under 21 years of age, but underfunds the Medicaid adult option, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Under the retooled putting it out of reach for most of these children’s parents,” he says. Title VII, dental schools can also compete for certain federal grants The anticipated influx of pediatric patients “would be a good way previously restricted to medical schools, namely for pre-doctoral and to have a new generation get accustomed to seeing a dentist regu- postdoctoral training in primary care; faculty development in primary larly and hopefully continue throughout their lives,” says Shames, care and funding for academic administrative units, departments and an associate clinical professor and director of practice management divisions, Bresch says. There is also a provision for a new loan repay- at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. ment program for faculty in primary-care dentistry, he says, and for However, without an adult option, O’Loughlin worries that unless the first time, dental public health and allied dental programs are eli- parents are in a position to serve as role models, many children still gible for Title VII grants. will not receive regular preventive care. “Families tend to do things Proponents say the changes strengthen the original intent of Title together, so if adults cannot afford or access the care, they may not VII when it was enacted in 2008: broadening the recruitment and take their children as well,” she says. retention of health-care professionals so that patients in rural and The law directs the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to estab- underserved areas have better access to care. Such measures, they say, lish a five-year national oral health care prevention and educa- will encourage more graduating dentists to go into academia and bol- tion campaign whose goal is to get more kids more access to care, ster curricula and research at the nation’s 57 dental schools. especially in regions where there aren’t enough dentists. Though a “We are interested in how the amended Title VII will be funded,” launch date is not set, the initiative would encompass community says Samuels, who runs a private practice in Andover, Mass. Another water fluoridation, the establishment of school-based sealant pro- issue that bears watching, he says, is the law’s provision for loan for- grams and funding to investigate the effectiveness of research-based giveness for dental school graduates who go into public health work. caries-prevention programs. “One of the main issues we are watching now includes increasing Who’s In Charge? funding for the public health-care infrastructure, based within the Nine months after passage of the landmark legislation, perhaps the CDC, that would break the cycle of oral disease through public/pri- most formidable issue remains unresolved: who gets to decide how vate collaboration,” says David Samuels, D87, DG90, the immediate dental education and research programs are funded and how to mea- past president of the Massachusetts Dental Society. For example, the sure the quality of care Americans receive? On these points there is new law calls for the establishment of health centers in public schools unanimity within the profession: it’s the dentists, not the MBAs, who so that students could receive medical and dental care there. have to take the lead. Key to progress on this kind of community outreach was the The health-reform law calls for the development of quality mea- reform law’s establishment in June of the National Prevention, Health sures for dentistry. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Promotion and Public Health Council, chaired by the U.S. Surgeon in conjunction with ADA, moved quickly to establish the Dental General. By March 2011, the council is expected to make recommen- Quality Alliance—it was introduced in April 2010, less than a month dations to Congress for improving the health of all Americans. after the law was enacted—to devise methods to assess how well oral health needs are being met at population and programmatic lev- Renewed Demand for Dentists els. The goal of such benchmarks is both simple and profound: to The potential for more patients, especially children, undoubtedly will improve the overall quality of Americans’ oral health, which in turn, translate into a demand for more dentists. The ADA’s O’Loughlin is will lead to better overall health. concerned that the new law does not do enough to encourage more Because dental quality-of-care measurements are still in their young people to study dentistry, by providing enough funding to help infancy, there has not been a clear way to evaluate clinical perfor- them repay their education loans and for improving curricula so that mance, says O’Loughlin, of the ADA. The Dental Quality Alliance dental schools can handle more students. will begin developing evidence-based performance metrics early Educating more dentists—and enticing more of them to go into next year, initially focusing on pediatric care and the programmatic academia—is critical: a 2005 ADEA survey identified nearly 300 level of care under Medicaid programs. vacant faculty positions at U.S. dental schools, the majority in clini- And, as Samuel Shames points out, it will be equally important to cal disciplines. Another ADEA report found that fewer than 2 percent make certain that Congress acknowledges the McCarran-Ferguson of fourth-year dental students were interested in teaching (the size of federal antitrust exemption for the “business of insurance,” and their student loan debt the overwhelming reason). That means fewer understands that the regional differences in cost and standards of new faculty to replace older faculty as they retire. care make national conformity a monumental challenge.

24 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 Taxes on these pricier plans, some argue, would cover the cost of subsidizing basic plans, making basic medical and dental care more affordable for more people. “But the problem is who would advise these medical insurers on what dental coverage the plans should offer and at what price?” says Shames. “What falls under mandatory treatment and what’s elec- tive? How will they determine the real cost of a dental procedure so the dentist is fairly reimbursed and the coverage is still afford- able? Would all dentists be mandated to participate in these plans, or would participation be elective?” And what about the consumer? Who will ensure that patients receive high-quality care at a reasonable price? Again, not clear. However, attorneys general in several states are already pushing for state-created health-care plans that they argue would serve their demographics better than a federal plan. (Massachusetts enacted health-care reform in 2006.) The ADEA’s Bresch—and he is joined by ADA colleagues and other dentists, dental schools and state and national dental associa- tions—says it ultimately will be the law’s expansion of access to pre- ventive care and coverage for all children up to the age of 21 that will make the biggest difference for the largest number of consumers. The law also contains a provision for an Alternative Dental Health Care Providers Demonstration Project, which the ADA says, would The ADA lobbied hard, but unsuccessfully, to repeal the anti- provide federal grants to train community dental health coordina- trust exemption in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, arguing that tors, dental hygienists, primary-care physicians, dental therapists and it would promote competition among health insurance companies, dental aides to provide care to underserved populations or in regions ultimately benefiting the consumer. Left standing, the antitrust where there just aren’t enough dentists. While these individuals can exemption could translate into higher costs for consumers in some play a valuable role in providing preventive education and care, the regions of the country, and unfair advantages for some health insur- ADA believes that the dentist should be the head of the dental team, ance providers, Shames says. and is the only one qualified to perform examinations, develop diag- And then there is the question of whether free-standing dental noses and treatment plans and do surgical procedures. insurance plans will survive under a new system in which large med- “There is a lot at stake here, and there has never been a more impor- ical insurance carriers may add dental care to their coverage pack- tant time to stay involved with your state dental society and to support ages. How will stand-alone dental plans compare and compete with their advocacy plans,” says Samuels, the former Massachusetts Dental the umbrella plans? “Medical plans may do it [cover dental care], but Society president. will they do it well?” asks O’Loughlin, a former president and CEO “If fully implemented, the health care reform law should help of a Delta Dental plan. assure that all those citizens who seek medical care have coverage and Currently, more than 97 percent of all dental plans are purchased are therefore better able to access medical services,” says O’Loughlin, a separately from medical coverage, according to a report by Delta Tufts trustee. “Unfortunately, we will not see a similar improvement in Dental. And customers of all insurance companies are 2.6 times as access to dental care for vulnerable populations unless we significantly likely to rate a stand-alone dental carrier as “very favorable” versus improve the funding at both the state and federal levels for oral health an insurer that sells both medical and dental plans, according to the care and extend coverage for the adult population. report. “Despite this potentially disappointing outcome,” O’Loughlin con- Because of the ADA’s legislative advocacy work, the health-care tinues, “some of the provisions in the new law could help increase the reform law lets stand-alone dental insurance carriers into the larger, number of dentists in areas where access issues are significant due to so-called “exchange” of medical insurers—a marketplace where remote geography, culture, finances or health literacy status.” And isn’t Americans can do one-stop shopping for health-care coverage, com- that the point: to provide quality care for all? tdm pare benefits and prices and choose the plan that’s best for them. And Shames raises another possible outcome: a two-tiered insur- Gail Bambrick, a senior writer in Tufts’ Office of Publications, can be ance system for all health care under which most people would choose reached at [email protected]. some level of basic coverage, but those who can afford more compre- hensive coverage could opt for the so-called Cadillac plans. Such plans To learn more about health-care reform, visit: are more expensive but offer individuals more options in choosing www.ada.org, www.adea.org, www.massdental.org their doctors and dentists and also cover a wider range of services.

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shiny + new eeland Street

A visual guide to the new spaces and places the vertical expansion new has created photographs by alonso nichols text by jacqueline mitchell

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 27 year after the last piece of scaffolding was removed, the last tractor- trailer rolled away, and Tufts School of Dental Medicine’s $68 million, five-floor vertical expansion opened for business, students, faculty, staff and the patients they care for still marvel at their bright and spacious surroundings. “Everyone who comes in here says how nice it is,” says Amanda Belden, D09, DG12, who works in her own operatory in the orthodontics clinic on the eleventh floor. “It’s nicer for the kids and makes a difference for the doctors’ moods, too.” A sleek and modern glass entry on Kneeland Street sets the tone for the new floors high above, where daylight pours in through 1,700 new window panes. The floor-to-ceiling glass in the new clinics serves up lots of natural light and postcard-perfect views of Boston, from the Charles River to Logan Airport. Blond wood finishes, modern furniture, brightly colored accent walls and abstract art supply a measure of pizzazz, but it is the state-of-the art clinics and classrooms that will advance the school’s reputation as a leader in dental education and patient care. the conference rooms

room to think the renovations have created more space for conversation. multi-purpose rooms like this one on the fourteenth floor host daytime meetings and late-night study sessions.

28 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 28 tufts dental medicine spring 2010 credit_small_fl seeing patients Nearly 20,000 patients come to tufts every year. the expansion gave the school 73 new treatment areas in which to care for them. the clinics

credit_small_fl stairway + open spaces topped off by panoramic views of Boston. bypanoramicviewsofBoston. topped off centers oneachfloorcontaincomputerlabs intotheday.exercise Thetwineducation among thespecialtiesandaddingalittlemore collaboration floors,promoting (prostho/perio) andtwelfth links theeleventh(endo/ortho) An open staircase in the of heart the building go with the flow the sim lab

training places The 108 stations in the new Simulation Learning Center mirror conditions in a real operatory: hand pieces, suction and even water that drains through the “throat” of an anatomically correct mannequin head. Each station also has a video monitor for students to watch their professors’ demonstrations. “It’s nice to be able to use the technology so everyone sees the same cases at the same time,” says Prof. Michael Kahn. Here, D13s— the first class to use the new sim clinic— learn to take dental impressions.

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 31 the hub where professors offer consultationandadvicetotheirstudents. offer professors where intheclinics areas “off-stage” are there areas, public patienttreatment allowing themtosetupshophowevertheyseefit.inadditionthe assignedtheirownoperatoriesfortheacademicyear,postgrads are the openfloorplaninnewpostgraduatespecialtyclinicsmeans on stage/off stage r technology, hallknownas the75-seatlecture stadiumseatingandadvanced itscurved With together come presentations andcontinuingeducationcourses. presentations achel’s a mphitheater is an ideal venue for research mphitheater isanidealvenueforresearch

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Dean Norris to Retire

At the helm of the school since 1996, he led a $68 million expansion

onnie h. norris, dg80, dean of tufts university school of standards and reinvigorating the school’s Dental Medicine since 1996, will step down in August 2011. research enterprise. A Tufts-educated oral surgeon, Norris began his career at the A signature of his tenure as dean has university in 1977, as a resident in oral and maxillofacial sur- been an unswerving commitment to edu- Lgery. He earned his postgraduate certificate in that specialty in 1980 and was cating dentists engaged in public health appointed a clinical instructor. and community service. The $68 million “Since those early days, I have been generously mentored with growth and expansion of the dental school building on leadership opportunities,” he said in an announcement to the Tufts commu- the Boston campus contains 73 new treat- nity. “I’ve been privileged to be a part of the Tufts dental community for more ment areas to care for 20,000 patients a year, than 30 years, and proud to have led the school for the past 15 years,” Norris many of whom have limited or no dental said. “My time here has been incredibly rewarding. I am immensely proud of insurance. the school, its students, alumni, faculty and staff. But it is time for me to move Norris immersed himself in every detail on and enjoy other aspects of my life.” of the 18-month expansion project, from No doubt the dean’s legacy includes the completion last fall of the dental fundraising to donning a hard hat and school’s five-story addition, replete with state-of-the art clinics, a sleek continu- climbing up to the roof to marvel at the ing education center and spacious new conference rooms, offices and meet- challenge of expanding a skyscraper in a ing areas. Other enduring achievements have been the raising of academic crowded urban neighborhood. Under his steady stewardship and optimistic leader- ship style, the project was completed ahead of schedule and on budget. “Lonnie Norris is one of the very best academic leaders I have ever had the privi- lege of working with,” said Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow. “He is widely admired not just at Tufts, but nationally and interna- tionally. Beloved by students, faculty, staff and peers alike, Dean Norris has literally brought Tufts University School of Dental Medicine to new heights,” Bacow said. “He has elevated its scholarly reputation, strengthened its commitment to public ser- vice and constructed new facilities that will serve the school well for generations.” A professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Tufts, Norris was appointed interim dean in 1995 and named the Dean Lonnie H. Norris and his wife, Dr. Donna school’s 15th dean the next year. He Norris, with their children, Michael Norris, A01, earned his D.M.D. and master’s degree and Dr. Marlaina Norris, M99, at the dedication of the vertical expansion in November 2009. in public health at Harvard University. See NORRIS, next page

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NORRIS, continued from previous page Before studying dental medicine, Norris, a exchange with India native of Houston, worked as a thermoplas- tics engineer for Ford Motor Co. and was Tufts residents gain a world view of dental practice a captain in the U.S. Army, where he did research that led to patents for improved The first thing a visitor notices in the hospital waiting room in Dharwad, India, body armor for soldiers. He and his wife, are the rows of children sitting and waiting their turn for treatment. They all were Donna, a child psychiatrist, have two chil- born with cleft lip and palate. “Many have come a long way from remote rural areas dren, Marlaina, M99, an emergency room for this chance at a normal life,” says Marcin (Marty) Jarmoc, D07, an oral and physician in New York City, and Michael, maxillofacial surgery resident who recently returned from an exchange program A01, a research analyst at a New York City Tufts offers in collaboration with the S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences & Hospital. investment firm. “It is a beautiful and modern facility,” Jarmoc says. And it has a daunting “I feel in my heart that the time is right for mission: it is the only institution in India that provides care for patients with cleft this transition,” Norris said. “The school is lip and palate as well as large tumors and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. in an excellent position. We have maintained Between 1,000 and 1,200 patients are treated every year in the hospital’s a balanced budget while enhancing and 50-bed craniofacial unit, says Chava Bhasker Rao, the founding dean and current improving all aspects of our academic stan- director of the S.D.M College of Dental Sciences & Hospital. dards, clinical operations, patient care and The pace of the work and the advanced stages to which patients’ diseases have community service. Our alumni are devoted progressed—the result of lack of money or access to care—are issues a dentist and generous, and the dental school’s por- would not experience in the U.S., Jarmoc says. The Tufts residents see patients tion of Tufts’ Beyond Boundaries campaign with ankylosis, a condition in which the temporomandibular joints fuse shut and is within 90 percent of its $40 million goal people are unable to open their mouths, as well as cancers not common in the U.S. and on target for completion in 2011.” And there are other differences—like the Jamshed Bharucha, provost and senior window in the operating room, Jarmoc says. vice president of Tufts University, will chair “Because the power goes out as often as the search committee for Norris’ successor. once an hour, it assures there is always light Other members include: in the surgery while the back-up generator is Paul Desjardins, D75A, chair, Board of kicking in,” he says. Overseers to the School of Dental Medicine Many of the cleft palate surgeries are Jonathan Garlick, professor, Department paid for by Smile Train, an international of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and charity that funds such operations for director, Division of Cancer Biology and children in 78 countries around the world. Tissue Engineering Without outside help, other families have to Mark Gonthier, associate dean, come up with the money for the surgery on Admissions and Student Affairs their own, which means many with a range Samantha Jordan, A06, D11 of conditions go untreated until they can find Oral surgery resident Marty Jarmoc James Kane, D74, DG76, DG78, DG79, and department chair Maria Papageorge the funds, Jarmoc says. D04P, DG06P, dental overseer and former And because it is an exchange program, president, Dental Alumni Association oral and maxillofacial surgery residents from Noshir Mehta, D77, DG73, J01P, India also come to Tufts, where, Rao says, it is the interdisciplinary scholarship A07P, professor and chair, Department of and research that helps them the most. “The interdisciplinary lecture classes General Dentistry; director, Craniofacial were extremely well received by our residents, as were the Tumor Board Meetings, Pain Center; and former president, Dental where multidisciplinary solutions to tumor management were evolved,” Rao says. Alumni Association “Another major benefit was the inter-school collaborative research projects,” he Naomi Rosenberg, dean, Sackler School says, including studies on otoplasty techniques for rebuilding the ear. of Graduate Biomedical Sciences The idea for the exchange program was first discussed in 2005, when Noshir Maria Tringale, senior director, Dental Mehta, DG73, DI77, director of Tufts’ Craniofacial Pain Center, and Dean Lonnie H. Development and Alumni Relations Norris, DG80, visited the S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences. “The program is now Thomas Winkler III, A62, D66, D10P, four years old, and we have been involving several students from both institutions DG12P, Tufts University trustee and dental each year,” says Maria Papageorge, D82, DG86, DG89, professor and chair of oral overseer and maxillofacial surgery, who coordinates the Tufts side of the exchange. The committee will be working with In addition, Tufts and S.D.M. College also signed an agreement to expand the search firm Storbeck/Pimentel and research collaborations, and faculty from both institutions are working together to Associates. develop joint research ventures. —gail bambrick

34 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photos: alonso nichols Teaching and Service went to Noshir Mehta, DG73, DI77, professor and chair of general dentistry and a member of Tufts faculty since 1976. Peter Arsenault, D94, and Marcelo Suzuki, both faculty members in prostho- dontics and operative dentistry, shared the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. Paul Leavis, associate professor of physiology, received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching. “The real reward was to spend time with you,” said Leavis as he accepted his award. “This is the icing on the cake, and you’re the cake.” Anthony Silvestri, E69, a clinical professor of prosthodontics and opera- tive dentistry, and Charles H. Rankin, D79, DG86, a professor of endodontics, received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Pre-clinical Teaching. Rankin, who has won the teaching award eleven consecu- tive years, reminded the class to maintain balance in their lives, to keep their parents proud of them and to cherish the freedoms afforded by the United States. In addition to the new D.M.D.s, 10 stu- Time to celebrate dents were awarded master’s degrees, and 55 received postgraduate certificates of achieve- ment and fellowships. The ceremony ended with James B. Hanley, D75A, DG79, associ- ate dean for clinical affairs, leading the class Future Bound in reciting the oath for dental graduates. Earlier in the day, at the all-university Dental school awards degrees to Class of 2010 commencement, Sol Gittleman, a professor beloved by thousands of Tufts graduates, told the Class of 2010 that in order to under- n a warm and sunny sunday, class came together in Merritt Auditorium, stand and be ready for the future, they must 190 members of the Class of recalling their nervous anticipation on the know about the past. “Each generation,” he 2010, including 23 in the inter- first day of dental school. Twenty-seven dis- said, “has to grow from the previous one, O national student program and section groups, 84 exams, two board exams, learn from its errors and build.” seven in the international faculty program, two Boston sports championships, 24 mar- Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow pre- became doctors of dental medicine during riages, 19 babies and one water main break sented honorary degrees to Gittleman, the commencement exercises on May 23 on later, she said, “I feel that same nervous Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus. apprehension. I still have butterflies. But I Professor and the university’s provost from “On this day you move from students love beginnings, and this is the start of our 1981 to 2002; Richard Dorsay, A60, M64, a to doctors,” said Dean Lonnie H. Norris, future. When you have tough days, remem- founding member of Leonard Carmichael DG80. “We are fortunate to have had you as ber what you’re feeling today.” Society, the student-run volunteer group; students,” he said. “Your input [as alumni] Milad Fadholi, president of the class Kristina M. Johnson, the Under Secretary of will help us continue to be a leading dental of international students, who come to Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy; school.” Tufts so they can practice in the United Ann Hobson Pilot, former principal harp- Norris also acknowledged the graduates States, expressed gratitude for the way ist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and for their class gift, to which 96 percent of Tufts “made us feel at home, even though Gordon S. Wood, A55, a Pulitzer Prize- them contributed. we were hundreds or thousands of miles winning historian who was on the faculty at In her address, class president Meghann away from our families.” Brown University for nearly 40 years. Dombroski thought back to the first time the The Provost’s Award for Outstanding —jacqueline mitchell

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IMPLANTOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL Senior Awards American Association of SURGERY Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Alumni Clinical Excellence Award Dental Implant Student Award: in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Members of the Class of 2010 received 69 national and alumni awards Andras Balint Andras Balint during the 17th annual Graduation Awards Dinner, which took place on International Congress of American Association of May 7 at the Westin Copley Place. The annual event, sponsored by the Oral Implantologists ICOI/ Oral and Maxillofacial Tufts Dental Alumni Association, continues to increase in popularity, Sullivan-Schein Dental Surgeons Dental Student Award: with 460 students, faculty, staff and guests in attendance this year. Pre-doctoral Achievement Award: Rebecca J. Hawley Two students in the Class of 2011 also received awards. Violeta Stoyneva American Dental Society of American Academy of Implant Anesthesiology Horace Wells Dentistry Dental Student Award: Senior Student Award: Ara Cho Abigail Bryson Manter BASIC SCIENCES Alumni Clinical Excellence Robert E. O’Neil, D51, Jack Frommer Award for Award in Geriatric Dentistry: Academy of Osseointegration Prize in Oral Surgery: Excellence in the Morphological Stacy L. Temple Outstanding Dental Student William Stuart McKenzie in Implant Dentistry Award: Sciences: Brian Joseph Crowley Academy of General Dentistry Cunping Qiu ORAL PATHOLOGY Senior Student Dental Award: Alumni Clinical Excellence ENDODONTICS Emily Rita Dodds LEADERSHIP Award in Oral Pathology: Alumni Clinical Excellence Award American Academy of in Endodontics: Vladana Babcic American Association of Women Mary Catherine Talmo Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Dentists Dr. Eleanor J. Bushee American Association of American Academy of Oral Achievement Award: Senior Dental Student Award: Endodontists Student and Maxillofacial Pathology Todd W. Walker Grace Salas Castro Achievement Award: Senior Student Award: American Academy of Orofacial Massachusetts Dental Society Lydia Jee-Hyoun Gardner Elizabeth Curtis Jones Pain Outstanding Senior Award: Matthew Boylan Scholarship American Academy of Lester P. Goldsmith Endowed Amanda A. Fix Award: David Peltier Malouf Oral Medicine Certificate Prize Fund in Endodontics: American Academy of Kara Rebecca Aurbach American Student of Merit and Award: Craniofacial Pain Award: Dental Association Award Mary Catherine Talmo ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM Samir M. Patel for Excellence: AND CITIZENSHIP Gentle Dental Senior Endowed William Stuart McKenzie ORTHODONTICS Presidential Award for Prize Fund for Exceptional Pierre Fauchard Academy American Association of Citizenship and Public Service: Chairside Manner: Lisa R. Higgs Senior Student Award: Orthodontists Award: Todd W. Walker Dean’s Award for Distinguished William Stuart McKenzie Nicholas Paul Barone Dr. Justin Lee Altshuler, D46, Performance in Pharmacology: American College of Everett Shapiro, DG49, and Bernice Lee Altshuler William Stuart McKenzie Dentists Award: Endowed Prize Fund Family Prize Fund for Community American Equilibration Meghann Marie Dombroski in Orthodontics: Amit Service: Alan Daniel Reid Society Senior Award: Satyanarayan Somani Tiffany Wing-Yan Woo Dr. Justin Lee Altshuler, D46, and Bernice Lee Altshuler Family Prize Fund for Ethics: Monica Lynn Rancourt Dr. S. Walter Askinas Endowed Prize Fund for Integrity and Citizenship: Samir M. Patel Association of Tufts Alumnae Senior Award: Olivia Peiretti-Paradisi Class of D2002 Endowed Prize Fund for Peer Support and Leadership: Meghann Marie Dombroski American Academy of Dental Practice Administration and AADPA Endowment & Memorial Foundation 20th Annual Award in Four-Handed Dentistry: Mai Jong Lu Diplomas in hand, Muhammad GENERAL DENTISTRY Abdel-Rahim, Alumni Clinical Excellence Akash Aghera, Award in General Dentistry: Paul Ala and Mary Catherine Talmo Hakam Al-Samarrai

36 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photo: alonso nichols PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Alumni Clinical Excellence Award Alumni Clinical Excellence in Public Health Dentistry: Award in Pediatric Dentistry: Sarah Madelyn Schlansker Ninus Ebrahimi American Association of 2010 Postgraduates American Academy of Pediatric Public Health Dentistry Dental Dentistry Certificate of Merit Student Recognition Award for In addition to those pursuing their D.M.D. degrees, Pre-doctoral Student Award: Achievement in Community Danielle Catherine Hinton Dentistry and Dental Public another 100 students are enrolled in the dental school’s Health: Katharine Ann Burton postgraduate certificate and fellowship programs, PERIODONTOLOGY Dr. Esther Kaplan Colchamiro, Alumni Clinical Excellence D42, and Ralph Colchamiro which prepare them for specialty practice. The 2010 Award in Periodontology: Endowed Prize Fund for graduates were: Lydia Jee-Hyoun Gardner Community and Public Health: American Academy of Elizabeth Escarria Periodontology Dental Student Craniomandibular Orthodontics Achievement Award: Patrick RESEARCH Disorders and Andrew D. Cooper Orofacial Pain Charles Shannon Dr. Harold Berk Endowed Prize Bo Hou Fund for Excellence in Research: Tofool Al-Ghanem Quintessence Award for Clinical Augustine S. Kim Achievement in Periodontics: Todd W. Walker Stephen J. Bray Yu-Tien Lin Anthony Thomas Quinta Erling Johansen, D49, Senior Shuchi Dhadwal Student Research Endowed Prize Cindy Leung, D08 Northeastern Society of Endodontics Periodontists Award: Fund: Benjamin Ming Fei Chan Dror Orbach Benjamin Singer Johnson Quintessence Award for David M. Baker Michelle K. Roberts, D08 Dr. Richard Delson, D70, Research Achievement: Winna G. Gorham, D08 Jeffrey M. Segnere, D07 Endowed Prize Fund for Masly Harsono Adam J. Grossman Pediatric Dentistry Excellence in Periodontology American Association of Matthew B. Kerner Katayoon Dorosti, D08 and Prosthodontics: Oral Biologists Award: Sheila V. Patwardhan Benjamin Ming Fei Chan Daliah M. Salem Arash Goli Rachel Yorita Geoffrey Gonzales, D07 PERSONAL AND RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY Esthetic Dentistry Gülsün Gül, MPH04 PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Alumni Clinical Excellence Noor Abualaziz Al-Zuhair Dr. Frederick A. Romberg, D29, Award in Restorative Dentistry: Niloofar Khalesseh Endowed Prize Fund Recognizing Keith Cyrus Keller Maria Balamoti Milad Vakili Outstanding Personal and Academy of Dental Materials Karina J. Monge Santhosh Veeranna Professional Growth During the Annual Student Award: Teppei Tsukiyama Tae Rim Yoon, D08 Four Years of Dental Education: Todd W. Walker Jong Won Yoon Sarah T. Zawawi John F. Massoud Academy of Operative Dentistry Dr. Frank Susi, DG67, Endowed Award: David Peltier Malouf General Practice Residency Periodontology Prize Fund: William Stuart American Academy of Esthetic William C. Akin McKenzie Shirley Austin Dentistry Student Award of Merit: Nabil M. Al-Sourani Dean Lonnie H. Norris, DG80, Michael Joseph Paisner Marites Bugayong Luca Gobbato and Dr. Donna M. Norris Rudolph Hanau Award for Meredith Jones, D09 Ju-Ying Lin Senior Endowed Prize Fund for Excellence in Prosthodontics: Duy Ly Achievement, Professionalism Malavi K. Patel Megan Kibbey Valerie A. Martins, D07 and Strength of Character: A. Albert Yurkstas, D49, Carrigan Pick Ruben Ovadia Jenna M. Khoury Endowed Prize Fund in Complete Ignacio Sanz Martin International College of Denture Prosthodontics: Implant Dentistry Prosthodontics Dentists Student Leadership David Billion Chan Christian Cacho Award: Meghann Marie Dr. and Mrs. Albert J. Kazis Ala Darrat Khaled Al-Abdullah Dombroski Endowed Prize Fund in Crown Vidhi Shah Zineb Mediouni, D04 Delta Sigma Delta Dental and Bridge: Stavros Oikonomou Senior Award for Academic Oral and Michael Ryan Butera Polykarpos Papanagiotou Achievement: Maxillofacial Joseph R. Evans Endowed Ann Elizabeth Thompson Surgery Kwang Min Park Prize Fund in Clinical Operative Alpha Omega Graduating Senior Dentistry: Peter Biagio Franco James A. Kraus, D06 Student Award: Vishal N. Patel Quintessence Award for Clinical Mario Lucca, D02 Seran Ng PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY Achievement in Restorative Dentistry: Lilia Cucerov Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Dr. Joseph E. Primack, Student Award: D42, Endowed Prize Fund Andrew Percy Nelson in Prosthodontics: Derek Charles Metzger

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Brijesh Chandwani Faculty, Tufts University School in the world of Dental Medicine Jin-Nyung Chang Private Practice The post-graduation pursuits of the Class of 2010 Ju-yong Chung Private Practice Heather Coubrough ALABAMA CONNECTICUT KOREA Private Practice, Boston Lilia Cucerov William Stuart McKenzie Madhavi Chavda Seong Wook Jeong Private Practice Six-year M.D. Program in Oral and Private Practice Military Service Maxillofacial Surgery, University Amanda Daley Huu-Duc Luu of Alabama, Birmingham Private Practice, Somerville GPR, Yale-New Haven Hospital MAINE Andrew Danberg-Ficarelli ALASKA Meghann Foley Dombroski DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Private Practice Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Dustin Navarro Dentistry, Tufts University School Jeannette Suh Abigail Manter Private Practice, Anchorage of Dental Medicine Private Practice Private Practice, Waterville Michael Winkelman Daniel DiMatteo Dean Tiboris Nichol Penna Private Practice Private Practice Postgraduate Program in Oral and Public Health Clinic, Southern Maine Maxillofacial Surgery, Washington Ninus Ebrahimi ARIZONA Hospital Center Postgraduate Program in Pediatric MARYLAND Dentistry, Tufts University School Judith Elango Iris Panos of Dental Medicine Private Practice FLORIDA AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Meade Elizabeth Escarria Leonid Kharin Eliana Grady Cunping Qiu Private Practice AEGD, Winslow Indian Private Practice Private Practice Health Care Center Amirali Fattahi Malavi Patel Marc Tully Private Practice Bradley Smith Private Practice AEGD, University of Maryland, GPR, Lutheran Medical Center, Tucson Amy Fugate Mateen Sheikh Baltimore Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Private Practice, South Florida CALIFORNIA Dentistry, Boston University Rebecca Tarver MASSACHUSETTS Carl Gimbrone Jr. Hakam Al-Samarrai Private Practice Muhammad Abdel-Rahim Private Practice Private Practice, Southern California Linh Truong Private Practice, Northampton Jeffrey Graffam Michael Bohman Private Practice, Northern Florida Paul Ala Private Practice, Boston AEGD, U.S. Navy, San Diego Private Practice, Boston Priya Gupta Seungho Choi GEORGIA Fiona Andrea Private Practice, Boston Private Practice, Los Angeles Angela Mai Lu Private Practice, Boston Scott Harelick Preston Criddle Private Practice, Atlanta Eric Anthony Private Practice AEGD, U.S. Navy, San Diego Neil Williams Private Practice, Boston Masly Harsono Pablo Gonzalez AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Benning Kara Aurbach Private Practice, Boston Private Practice Postgraduate Program in Endodontics, Danielle Hinton Junsik Kim ILLINOIS Tufts University School of Dental Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Postgraduate Program in Vladana Babcic Medicine Dentistry, Tufts University School Prosthodontics, University of California, Postgraduate Program in Endodontics, Andras Balint of Dental Medicine San Francisco University of Illinois, Chicago Postgraduate Program in Oral and Inhwan Hong John Massoud Grace Castro Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University Private Practice Private Practice, San Jose School of Dental Medicine Private Practice, Chicago Dan Huang Margaret McInerney Deepan Patel Nicholas Barone Private Practice Private Practice Postgraduate Program in Orthodontics, Private Practice, Chicago Elizabeth Jones Kumudini Panchal Tufts University School of Dental Samir Patel Postgraduate Program in Endodontics, Private Practice, Southern California Medicine GPR, Loyola University Medical Center, Tufts University School of Dental Monica Rancourt Chicago Alesia Burge Medicine AEGD, U.S. Navy, Camp Pendleton Private Practice Jamie Rhew Roberts Luz Marina Jutras Parwin Shiran Singh Private Practice, Chicago Michael Butera Postgraduate Program in Endodontics, Private Practice, San Jose Postgraduate Program in Harvard University Matthew Roberts Prosthodontics, Tufts University School Amit Somani AEGD, Great Lakes Naval Base of Dental Medicine Deepti Kapoor Private Practice, Southern California Private Practice Elizabeth Skaf Vassiliki Cartsos Catherine Suh AEGD, Great Lakes Naval Base Faculty, Tufts University School Madhu Katta Private Practice, San Francisco of Dental Medicine Private Practice, Somerville KANSAS Nitin Khankari CANADA Youngsook Chae Charles Pohl Community Health Center, Boston Faculty, Tufts University School Seung hak Pack of Dental Medicine Private Practice Benjamin Chan Private Practice, Vancouver Postgraduate Program in Orthodontics, Jenna Khoury KENTUCKY Tufts University School of Dental Postgraduate Program in Pediatric COLORADO Medicine Dentistry, Tufts University School Paul Seibel of Dental Medicine Emilio Arguello GPR, U.S. Army, Fort Campbell Private Practice

38 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 Deborah Kim Erica Tam Jennifer Hwang Keith Cyrus Keller Community Health Center, Boston Private Practice, Boston GPR, Bronx Lebanon Hospital GPR, Palmetto Health Richland Jemin Kim Natalia Tchere Ryan Jenkins Jason LaCourse Private Practice Private Practice, Boston GPR, Lutheran Medical Center AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Jackson Min Seok Kim Stacy Lynn Temple Rattanjit Kamboj GPR, Tufts University School GPR, University of Massachusetts GPR, Nassau University Medical Center TEXAS of Dental Medicine Medical Center, Worcester Farhan Kazmi Sheena D’Souza Kelly Labs Quyen Tran GPR, Brooklyn Hospital Center Private Practice, San Antonio Postgraduate Program in Orthodontics, Private Practice, Boston Gabriel Larrea Lisa Higgs Boston University Vasiliki Tsakalelli GPR, Brookdale Hospital Private Practice Kenneth Lin Faculty, Tufts University School Geraldine Navarrete Ngoc Nguyen Private Practice of Dental Medicine GPR, Long Island Jewish Medical Private Practice, Houston Cheen Loo Hala Zeeshan Center Gregory Palmer Faculty, Tufts University School Private Practice Michael Rozen Private Practice of Dental Medicine GPR, St. Charles Hospital, Long Island Vishal Patel MICHIGAN David Malouf Lindsay Rubin Private Practice, Dallas AEGD, Boston University Milan Bhagat GPR, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Alan Reid Derek Metzger AEGD, University of Detroit Mercy Center AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Bliss AEGD, Boston University Milad Fadholi Tracy Shaw Sumeet Sharma Mark Mingel Private Practice GPR, Coler-Goldwater Specialty Private Practice, Houston Private Practice, Boston Hospital & Nursing Facility Ann Elizabeth Thompson MISSOURI Andrew Nelson Peter Shin Private Practice, Austin Private Practice, Cape Cod Ishita Seth GPR, Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital Lacedric Tolliver Ugochi Ofoh Private Practice Private Practice, Dallas Private Practice, Boston Poonam Soi NEW HAMPSHIRE GPR, New York Medical College Thien Tran Olivia Peiretti Paradisi Private Practice, Dallas Postgraduate Program in David Chan Jared Solomon Prachi Vartikar Orthodontics, Tufts University School Private Practice, Manchester GPR, St. Charles Hospital, Long Island of Dental Medicine Private Practice, Dallas Eric Hamilton Jinju Song Chelsea Wilson Margaret Pierce Private Practice, Gorham Pediatric Residency, Brookdale Hospital Private Practice, Boston Private Practice, Austin Michael Paisner Kiran Mayee Yanala Spencer Wilson Anthony Quinta Private Practice, Nashua Private Practice, Westchester County Postgraduate Program in AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Bliss Logan Reilly Periodontics, Tufts University School Tiffany Woo Private Practice NORTH CAROLINA of Dental Medicine Private Practice, Austin Lisa Gonzalez Singh Akash Aghera Edward Roberts Private Practice Private Practice, Charlotte Private Practice, Boston VERMONT Jeffrey Vachon Courtney Rubin Adam Fasoli Private Practice, Manchester OHIO AEGD, Lutheran Medical Center, Boston Private Practice Christina Pflipsen Daliah Salem NEW JERSEY AEGD, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Aerwen Pollard Postgraduate Program in Periodontics, GPR, University of Vermont Harvard University Christina Lee GPR, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, OKLAHOMA Agnieszka Shanahan VIRGINIA Paterson John Brady Private Practice, Worcester Amanda Fix Doris Lui AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Sill Patrick Shannon AEGD, U.S. Navy Private Practice Todd Walker Postgraduate Program in Postgraduate Program in Periodontics, Tufts University School Nirav Patel Periodontology, University of Oklahoma WASHINGTON of Dental Medicine Private Practice Pawandeep Bajwa Mary Qian Mun Shin PENNSYLVANIA Private Practice Private Practice, Boston Private Practice Lydia Gardner Dustin Dodds Medha Singh Jeffrey Ray Postgraduate Program in AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Lewis International Team for Implantology Community Health Periodontology, University Fellowship, Harvard University Emily Tromp Dodds of Pennsylvania AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Lewis Mestire Solomon NEW YORK Private Practice, Boston Andrew Dullnig Elaine Asanaki RHODE ISLAND AEGD, U.S. Army, Fort Lewis Laleh Sotoodeh GPR, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Katharine Burton Private Practice, Western Melisa Lin Brian Crowley Private Practice, Providence Private Practice, Seattle Massachusetts GPR, Lutheran Medical Center Ara Cho Denisa Stasa Sarah Schlansker Roxanne Demorizi Postgraduate Residency in Pediatric Private Practice, Boston GPR, University of Washington, Seattle GPR, Montefiore Medical Center Dentistry, St. Joseph’s Hospital Violeta Stoyneva Peter Franco WISCONSIN Private Practice, Boston Postgraduate Program in Oral and SOUTH CAROLINA Benjamin Johnson Yan Eric Sun Maxillofacial Surgery, New York Alexis Apatoff AEGD, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee Community Health Center, Boston University AEGD, U.S. Navy, Fort Jackson Mary Catherine Talmo Amanpreet Gill Shannon Holer Private Practice, Somerville GPR, Queens Hospital AEGD, U.S. Army, Parris Island

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ENDODONTICS ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL the Division of Cancer Biology and Tissue Charles Rankin, D79, DG86, D08P, PATHOLOGY Engineering, hosted four high school received one of New Hampshire Magazine’s Addy Alt-Holland, assistant professor students from Gann Academy in Waltham, top dentist awards at a ceremony on PRESENTATIONS: Mass., in his lab as part of their senior September 15, 2010, in Manchester, N.H. ■ “FAK- or Src-depleted Fibroblasts Increase externship program in stem cell biology. Cara Coleman, D02, and Victor Senat, D05, Carcinoma Cell Invasion through Elevated PRESENTATIONS: received awards for the practice of general Cytokine Secretion,” Y. Szwec-Levin, ■ “Stem Cells, Ready for Prime Time?,” dentistry at the event. A.G. Sowalsky, M.W. Carelson, H. Hatch, Yankee Dental Congress, Boston, January L.A. Feig, J.A. Garlick and A. Alt-Holland, 2010. American Association for Dental Research, ■ “Lessons Learned from the University GENERAL DENTISTRY Washington, D.C., March 2010. Seminar,” meeting of the Tufts University William Lobel, D72, associate clinical profes- ■ “Normalization of Epithelial Pre-cancerous Board of Trustees, Medford, Mass., sor and group practice coordinator Tissues through Modulation of Tumor- May 2010. PRESENTATIONS: Microenvironment Interactions,” H. Park, Y. ■ “Embryonic and Pluripotent Stem Cells to ■ “Implant Impressioning for Removable Szwec-Levin, S.D. Nguyen, A.G. Sowalsky, Engineer 3D Tissues,” Kyle J. Hewitt, Yulia Prosthetics,” Chicago Midwinter Meeting, L.A. Feig, J.A. Garlick and A. Alt-Holland, Shamis, Amy Thurber, Susan Bear, Shumin Chicago, Ill. American Association for Dental Research, Dong, Mark W. Carlson, Konrad Hochedlinger ■ “Cosmetic Dentistry: Remember Where Washington, D.C., March 2010. and Jonathan A. Garlick, research abstract it all Began!,” Yankee Dental Congress, ■ “Characterization of Fibroblast presented at the Society for In Vitro Biology, Boston, January 2010. Heterogeneity by FACS and 3D Tissue St. Louis, Mo., June 7–9, 2010. ■ “Geneva 2000 Denture Concepts: Models,” H. Quari, Y. Shamis, A. Alt-Holland ■ “Comparison of Fibroblast-like Cells Dentogenics and Linear Autocentric and J.A. Garlick, American Association for Differentiated from Human Embryonic and Occlusion,” Geneva Dental Institute, Dental Research, Washington, D.C., Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Generate Sacramento, Calif. March 2010. 3D Tissues,” Kyle J. Hewitt, Yulia Shamis, ■ “The Epithelial-Stromal Cross Talk in Shumin Dong, Mariam Margvelashvilli, Mark David Paul, D89, associate professor, Tumor Microenvironment Interactions W. Carlson and Jonathan A. Garlick, research led a team of physicians to Macha Mission during Incipient Squamous Cell Carcinoma abstract presented at the eighth annual Hospital in Zambia for three weeks in Progression,” Y. Szwec-Levin, A.G. Sowalsky, meeting of the International Society for Stem August 2010. Paul serves on the board of L.A. Feig, J.A. Garlick and A. Alt-Holland, Cell Research, San Francisco, Calif., June directors for Help Mercy International, a American Association for Endodontics, San 16–19, 2010. Boston-based nonprofit that was started Diego, Calif., April 2010. ■ “Fibroblast-like Cells Derived from Induced by Lloyd Williams, M08, when he was an ■ “Bioengineered Caco-2 Tissues: Novel Pluripotent Stem Cells,” Gordon Research M.D./Ph.D. student at Tufts University In-vivo-like, Three-dimensional Tissue Conference on Signal Transduction by School of Medicine. Since 2004, Help Platforms for Drug Absorption and Metabolism Engineered Extracellular Matrices, Biddeford, Mercy International has raised more than Screening,” Society for In Vitro Biology, Maine, June–July 2010 $500,000 for Macha Mission Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., June 2010. ■ “Engineering Skin-like Tissues from Stem along with building an outpatient center ■ “Characterizing the Effect of FAK and Cells,” Tufts Internship Program for Deaf for treating HIV patients, a dental clinic Src Down Regulation in Fibroblasts Students, Medford, Mass., July 2010. and an ophthalmic operating suite. on Epithelial Tumor Cell Invasion in ■ “Full-thickness Skin Equivalents: Combining Bioengineered, Three-dimensional Human Adipose and Connective Tissue Elements,” Paul Stark, associate professor and director Skin Tissues,” D. Kaluma, Y. Szwec-Levin, Johnson & Johnson Inc., August 2010. of advanced and graduate education, H. Hatch, J. Bair, A.G. Sowalsky, L.A. Feig, ■ “Stem Cells and the Future of Dentistry,” and colleagues from the Consortium of J.A. Garlick and A. Alt-Holland, Building Stony Brook University alumni meeting, Oral Health-Related Informatics at Harvard Biodiversity in Biomedical Sciences Summer October 2010. School of Dental Medicine, University of Research Program for Undergraduates, PUBLICATIONS: Texas at Houston Dental Branch, University Tufts University, Boston, August 2010. ■ “The Role of Fibroblast Tiam1 in Tumor of California at San Francisco School of PUBLICATION: Cell Invasion and Metastasis,” K. Xu, S. Dentistry and Creighton University, have ■ “RalA Suppresses Early Stages of Rajagopal, I. Klebba, S. Dong, Y. Ji, J. Liu, C. received a five-year, $4.5 million grant Ras-induced Squamous Cell Carcinoma Kuperwasser, J.A. Garlick, S.P. Naber and from the National Institute of Dental and Progression,” A. Sowalsky, A. Alt-Holland, R.J. Buchsbaum, Oncogene, 1–10, 2010. Craniofacial Research for a project titled Y. Shamis, J.A. Garlick and L. A. Feig, ■ “Integrin-blocking Antibodies Delay “A Cognitive Approach to Refine and Oncogene, 7; 29(1):45–55, 2010. Keratinocyte Re-epithelialization in Human Enhance Use of Dental Diagnostic Three-dimensional Wound Healing Model,” Terminology.” Jonathan Garlick, professor and head of Christophe Egles, Heather A. Hue, Furkan

40 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 Dogan, Sam cho Shumin Dong, Avi Smith, Symposium, Boston, June 4, 2010. Technology” and “Radiographic Interpretation Elana B. Knight, Karen R. McLachian and ■ “Head and Neck Cancer Screening: of Pathologic Lesions,” Carolina Oral Jonathan A. Garlick, PLoS ONE, May 2010. What Is Our Standard of Care?,” S.C. Gordon, Pathology Institute, University of North ■ “RalA Suppresses Early Stages of L.M. Kaste, G.R. Geist and M.A. Kahn, Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 14–15, 2010. Ras-induced Squamous Cell Carcinoma International Association of Dental Research, PUBLICATIONS: Progression,” A. Sowalsky, A. Alt-Holland, Barcelona, Spain, July 14, 2010. ■ “A Clinico-Pathologic Correlation Y. Shamis, J.A. Garlick and L.A. Feig, ■ “Diagnosis of Apical Lesions and (Pleomorphic Adenoma),” M. Lucca, L.W. Oncogene, 7; 29(1):45–55, 2010. Management of Compromised Patients,” Solomon and K. Shastri, Journal of the College of Diplomates of the American Board Massachusetts Dental Society, 59(1):34–37, Michael A. Kahn, professor and chair, was of Endodontics, Deer Valley, Utah, August Spring 2010. elected president-elect of the American 12, 2010. ■ “Oral Cancer Screening,” L.W. Solomon, Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology PUBLICATION: Inside Dentistry, 58–67, March 2010. during the organization’s annual meeting in ■ Your Pocket-Size Dental Drug Reference, Tucson, Ariz., May 15–19, 2010. He attend- 14th edition, 2010–11, Tufts Printing Pamela Yelick, G89, professor, was ed the National Board Dental Examination Services. featured in the May 2010 issue of Strides in Part I Test Construction Committee meeting Science, the American Association for Dental for the microbiology/pathology section in Lynn Solomon, associate professor, Research e-newsletter that highlights AADR Chicago June 7–9, 2010. Kahn also attended contributed four clinical cases (chronic members’ accomplishments and how their the Dental Specialties Group and American ulcerative stomatitis, blue nevus, amelo- involvement with the association has been Dental Association Commission on Dental blastic carcinoma and transient lingual an important part of their career in research. Accreditation meetings in Chicago in August. papillitis), exam questions and answers COMMUNITY SERVICE: and a literature review for the Continuing ■ Oral Cancer Screening, Foxboro Council Competency Assurance Program during a ORAL AND on Aging, Foxboro, Mass., April 10, 2010. meeting of the Education Committee of the MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY ■ Tooth Day Oral Cancer Screening with the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Morton Rosenberg, D74, professor, was Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity, Pathology in May. On May 21, she was appointed to the research committee of Fenway Park, Boston, June 2, 2010. elected president of the Omicron Kappa the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. PRESENTATIONS: Upsilon national dental honor society. He contributed a chapter to the textbook ■ “Preparation for the Orthodontic Board PRESENTATIONS: Medical Emergencies in Pharmacology Examination, Oral Pathology Portion,” ■ “Diagnosis of Common Oral Lesions,” and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 6th edition presented while a visiting professor, Yankee Dental Congress, Boston, January (Mosby-Elsevier, 2010). University of Southern Nevada, Henderson, 31, 2010. PRESENTATIONS: Nev., March 29–April 2, 2010. ■ “Oral Cancer Screening Devices: Shedding ■ “Update and Future Considerations of ■ “Oral Pathology Short Stories and Tales,” Light on the Subject,” panel discussion, the ADA Airway Rescue Course for Moderate Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Yankee Dental Congress, Boston, January Sedation Providers,” American Dental Boston, April 7, 2010. 31, 2010. Education Association, Washington, D.C., ■ “Oral Pathology,” Providence Plantation ■ “Head & Neck Cancer Examination for February 27–March 3, 2010. Dental Hygiene Study Club, Providence, R.I., the Dental Team,” Tufts University School ■ “Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Certification April 13, 2010. of Dental Medicine continuing education Courses,” Tufts University School of Dental ■ “Head and Neck Cancer Screening: What course, Boston, April 21, 2010. Medicine continuing education, March and Is Our Standard of Care?,” S.C. Gordon, L.M. ■ “Beyond Gingivitis and Periodontitis: April 2010. Kaste, G.R. Geist and M.A. Kahn, National Pathology of the Periodontium,” Tri-County ■ “High Fidelity General Anesthesia Oral Health Conference, St. Louis, Mo., April Dental Study Club, Saugus, Mass., May 6, Simulations,” “High Fidelity Moderate 26, 2010. 2010. Sedative Emergency Simulations,” ■ “Oral Cancer Screening,” American ■ “Autoantibodies to p63 in a Case of Oral “Anesthetic Considerations for the Pediatric Association of Dental Consultants, Mission Spindle Cell Squamous Cell Carcinoma,” Patient” and “Issues Surrounding the Use Valley, Calif., May 7, 2010. annual meeting of the American Academy of Nitrous Oxide for the Anesthesia ■ “Glandular Odontogenic Cyst: Analysis of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Tucson, Assistant,” annual meeting of the American of 46 Cases,” C. Fowler, R. Brannon, H. Ariz., May 17, 2010. Dental Society of Anesthesiology, Key Kessler, J. Castle and M. Kahn, annual ■ “Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor of Biscayne, Fla., May 2010. meeting of the American Academy of Oral the Right Maxilla,” annual meeting of the ■ “Simulated Sedation/Anesthetic and Maxillofacial Pathology, Tucson, Ariz., American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Emergencies,” American Dental Society May 17, 2010. Pathology, Tucson, Ariz., May 17, 2010. of Anesthesiology, Chicago, Ill., scheduled ■ Moderator for the Fifth Annual Oral Cancer ■ “Oral Cancer Update and Screening for December 2010.

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■ “Pharmacology/Pediatrics/Geriatrics for Lokesh Suri, DI01, DG03, DG04, associate A Case Presentation,” ITI World Symposium, the Anesthesia Assistant,” American Dental professor, gave a presentation on “Bone Geneva, Switzerland, April 14–17, 2010. Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago, Ill., Plates as Orthodontic Anchors” at the scheduled for December 2010. annual session of the American Association Hiroshi Hirayama, DG90, DI93, DG94, ■ “High Fidelity Human Simulation Sedative/ of Orthodontists in Washington, D.C., in professor and head, Division of Graduate Anesthesia Rescue Courses,” American May 2010. Prosthodontics Dental Society of Anesthesiology, Las Vegas, PRESENTATION: Nev., scheduled for February 2011. ■ “Evaluation of Anterior Guidance, Phonetics ■ “Extremes of Age: The Geriatric and PERIODONTOLOGY and Jaw Tracking,” annual meeting of the Pediatric Patient,” “Nitrous Oxide Update Wai Cheung, DG02, D06, assistant professor, Academy of Prosthodontics, Santa Ana, and Review,” “Minimal and Moderate completed the Summer Institute in Clinical N.M., May 13–16, 2010. Sedation: Safe and Effective Practice,” Dental Research Methods at the University of “Sedative Emergencies during Pediatric Washington School of Dentistry. Nitin Khankari, DI10, assistant professor, Sedation,” “The Clinical Use of Nitrous is a new diplomate of the American Board of Oxide” and “Anesthesia Assistant Review Aidee N. Herman, associate clinical profes- Prosthodontics. Course,” American Dental Society of sor, led a humanitarian mission to the Anesthesiology, Las Vegas, Nev., scheduled Dominican Republic in April 2010, when 18 Gerard Kugel, D85, M.S.93, professor and for February 2011. Tufts students and faculty as well as volun- associate dean for research, received the PUBLICATIONs: teer dentists provided care for 603 patients. National Student Research Group Mentor ■ “New Guidelines for the Use and Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding of General Anesthesia and Sedation by faculty mentors, at a meeting of the National Dentists,” Journal of the Massachusetts PROSTHODONTICS AND Student Research Group in March 2010. Dental Society, 58(4), 22–27, 2010. OPERATIVE DENTISTRY Also in March, Kugel was awarded the ■ “Preparing for Medical Emergencies: Nancy S. Arbree, professor and associate Thomas Hinman Dental Meeting Medallion The Essential Drugs and Equipment for dean for academic affairs, has been for his contributions to dental continuing the Dental Office,” Journal of the American accepted as a member of the 2010–11 education. During the School of Dental Dental Association, 141:14s–19s, 2010. class of fellows in the Hedwig van Medicine’s Alumni Weekend, he lectured Ameringen Executive Leadership in on all ceramics, CAD/CAM dentistry and Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for long-term maintenance. Kugel was an ORTHODONTICS Women. ELAM is the nation’s only in-depth author on 19 presentations given at the Barry S. Briss, D66, DG70, D95P, DG97P, program focused on preparing senior American Association for Dental Research professor and chair, and the American women faculty at schools of medicine, in Washington, D.C., in March, and he also Board of Orthodontics’ liaison to the dental medicine and public health for gave a presentation on adhesive dentistry. American Association of Orthodontists’ institutional leadership positions. PUBLICATIONS: Council on Orthodontic Education, ■ “Strength Analysis of Rebonded Composite participated in a panel discussion at the Nathan S. Birnbaum, associate clinical Restorations,” S. Sharma, M. Gonzalez, C. 2010 meeting of the American Dental professor Decoteau, C. DeFuria, M. Finkelman and G. Education Association in Washington, D.C., PUBLICATION: Kugel, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. on “The Future of Postgraduate Dental ■ “The Revolution in Digital Impressioning,” ■ “Shear Bond Strength of Different Resin Programs: The Challenge of Determining Inside Dentistry, 6(7):114, July/August 2010. Cements to Zirconia,” C. DeFuria, A. the Standards to Be Used When Evaluating Samad-Zadeh, R. Perry and G. Kugel, Journal Applicants for Matriculation.” Debbie Eisen, associate clinical profes- of Dental Research, 88, 2010. sor, has been selected to serve as a guest ■ “Shear Bond Strength Value with Different Vassiliki (Vicky) Cartsos, DG94, DI10, member on the Board of Trustees of the Load Cell Capacity on Enamel and Dentin,” M. a member of the dental school faculty Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS). In this Harsono, R. Perry, G. Kugel, J. Towers and P. since 2006, was appointed director of the non-voting position, Eisen will participate in Stark, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. advanced education program in orthodontics. several board meetings over the coming year, ■ “Evaluation of Bond Strength of Composites Cartsos, who was promoted to associate offering input on a range of issues relating to and Adhesives on Enamel,” T. Walker, J. professor, is board-certified in orthodontics. the MDS and the dental profession. Heaton, G. Kugel and P. Stark, Journal of “Having Vicky as the new director will provide Dental Research, 88, 2010. our program with the stability and continuity Hamasat Gheddaf-Dam, assistant professor ■ “Effect of Chlorhexidine Application in that we need heading into the future,” said PRESENTATION: Dentin Bond Strength,” E. Lee, E. Doherty, M. Barry Briss, department chair. ■ “A Full-mouth Implant Rehabilitation of a Finkelman, G. Kugel and E. Kaminsky, Journal Severe Case of Dentinogenesis Imperfecta: of Dental Research, 88, 2010.

42 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 ■ “Soft Tissue Protein Expression Alteration Conrad, J. Bullard, G. Koehler, R. Aguilar, PUBLIC HEALTH AND Following Exposure to Whitening Agents,” T. Harrison, D. Hayes, J. Le, K. Luthey, M. COMMUNITY SERVICE R. Lucier, O. Etienne, S. Ferreira, J. Garlick, McClain, G. Kugel and E. Doherty, Journal of Carole Palmer, G69, professor and head G. Kugel and C. Egles, Journal of Dental Dental Research, 88, 2010. of the Division of Nutrition and Oral Health Research, 88, 2010. ■ “Comparison of Shark-fin to Custom Device,” Promotion, was quoted in an August 17, ■ “Margin Characteristics of PFM Crown E. Kaminsky, R. Perry, M. Finkelman and G. 2010, article in the New York Times titled Copings Fabricated on Stereolithography Kugel, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. “The Claim: More Sugar Leads to More Models,” W. Moore, E. Doherty, G. Kugel, ■ “Successful Veneers,” S. Sharma, G. Kugel Cavities.” The article also appeared in P. Dunne and M. Nelson, Journal of Dental and L. Hamburg, Inside Dentistry, Vol. 6, Time magazine online and in publications Research, 88, 2010. No. 7, pgs. 76–79, July/August 2010. in Brazil, Poland, Italy, Romania, India, ■ “New Product to Treat Early Caries and ■ “Fears and Concerns of Individuals Germany and Indonesia. White Spot Lesions,” D. Nobrega, R. Perry, E. Contemplating Esthetic Restorative Kaminsky, M. Finkelman and G. Kugel, Journal Dentistry,” A. Weiner, P. Stark, J. LaSalvia, Medha Singh, DG04, DG05, DI10, of Dental Research, 88, 2010. M. Navidomski and G. Kugel, Compendium assistant professor, is a certified academic ■ “Accuracy of 3M-Brontes Stereolithography of Continuing Education in Dentistry, fellow of the American Academy of Oral Models Compared to Plaster Models,” M. 31(6):446–8, July/August 2010. Medicine. Ogledzki, K. Wenzel, E. Doherty and G. Kugel, PRESENTATIONS: Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. Hans-Peter Weber, professor and chair ■ “Effect of Calcium on Periodontal Disease ■ Comparing Initial Hydrophilicity of Four PRESENTATIONS: in Salivary Hypofunction Population,” annual Impression Materials Prior to Setting,” A. ■ “Techniques to Avoid Biological and meeting of American Association of Dental Samad-Zadeh, C. DeFuria, R. Perry and G. Technical Complications with Dental Research, Washington, D.C., March 2010. Kugel, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. Implants,” annual meeting of the Academy of ■ “Effect of Sialagogue on Gingival ■ “Comparison of Shear Bond Strength of Osseointegration, Orlando, Fla., March 3–6, Inflammation in Sjögren’s Syndrome All-in-One Adhesive and Self-adhesive 2010. Patients,” annual meeting of American Flowable Resin,” M. Harsono, R. Perry, J. ■ “Treatment Planning Options That Increase Academy of Oral Medicine, Santa Ana Towers, T. Walker and G. Kugel, Journal of Esthetic Success,” Granite State Study Club, Pueblo, N.M., April 2010. Dental Research, 88, 2010. Bedford, N.H., April 2, 2010. PUBLICATIONS: ■ “Shade Change of Whitening Strips and ■ “Implant Complications: Dealing with ■ “Sjögren’s Syndrome: Dental Consider- Light-assisted Whitening in Practice,” G. Reality,” interactive panel discussion, ITI ations,” M. Singh, C. Palmer and A. Papas, Kugel, S. Sharma, S. Ferreia, C. Anderson, World Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, April Dentistry Today, 29(5):64, 66–7, May 2010. M. Anastasia, B. Ohmer, R. Gerlach and S. 14–17, 2010. ■ “Effect of Omega-3 and Vitamin E Farrell, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. ■ “Contemporary Implant Dentistry,” the Dr. Supplementation on Dry Mouth in Patients ■ “Bond Strength Comparison between Three Jesse Bullard Lectureship, Baylor College of with Sjögren’s Syndrome,” M. Singh, P.C. Testing Machines,” E. Kaminsky, M. Harsono, Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, April 29–30, 2010. Stark, C. Palmer, J.P. Gilbard and A. Papas, E. Doherty, M. Finkelman and G. Kugel, ■ “Implant Loading Protocols,” University of Special Care in Dentistry, November/ Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. Hong Kong, China, May 27, 2010. December 2010. ■ “Bond Strength Testing of Total Etch ■ “Implant Restorations in the Esthetic Zone: ■ “Effect of Calcium on Periodontal Disease Adhesives on Enamel and Dentin,” G. Kugel, Current Concepts,” Second International in Salivary Hypofunction Population,” M. R. Perry and M. Finkelman, Journal of Dental Tufts Prosthodontic Alumni Meeting, Tufts Singh and A.S. Papas, Journal of Dental Research, 88, 2010. University School of Dental Medicine, Research, 89 (Spec Iss A): Abstract #0155, ■ “Bond Strength Testing of All-in-One Boston, June 9, 2010. 2010. Adhesives on Enamel and Dentin,” R. Perry, ■ “The Extraction Socket as an Implant Site,” ■ “Effect of Sialagogue on Gingival G. Kugel, K. Kugel and M. Finkelman, Journal Quintessence Symposium, Boston, June Inflammation in Sjögren’s Syndrome of Dental Research, 88, 2010. 10–13, 2010. Patients,” M. Singh and A.S. Papas, ■ “Comparison of Flow Behavior of Four ■ “Implant Placement Protocols,” “Implant- booklet from the annual meeting of the Impression Materials,” A. Samad-Zadeh, C. based Treatment Options for Edentulous American Academy of Oral Medicine, 2010. DeFuria, R. Perry and G. Kugel, Journal of Arch” and “Influence of Implant Design on Dental Research, 88, 2010. Esthetics,” three lectures given during ITI Wanda Wright, assistant professor, ■ “Dentist VAS Perception of Measurement Education Week, Boston, June 14–18, 2010. has received a five-year grant from the of Color Change,” M. Finkelman, P. Stark, A. ■ “Single Tooth Replacement in the federal Health Resources and Services Anderson, R. Gerlach and G. Kugel, Journal of Esthetic Zone: Comparison of Outcomes Administration to develop a combined Dental Research, 88, 2010. with Different Implant Designs,” American D.M.D./M.P.H. degree program with the ■ “Microbial Flora in Band Wind Musical Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, Maui, Hawaii, Tufts University School of Medicine. Instruments and Potential,” R. Glass, R. August 4–6, 2010.

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 43 university news the wider world of tufts

is that when there is a staple food, it very often has a religious sentiment that’s attached to it, a sense that it’s a gift from the gods and has to be safeguarded. There are certain rituals associated with eating those staples.” The vestiges of those rituals remain, for example, in Christian communion— bread as the body of Christ—or the Jewish Sabbath blessing over challah, both origi- nating in cultures that relied on wheat. “The staples might be different; the ritual might be different, but that main staple has a lot of significance,” Baghdiantz McCabe says. Food can also play a critical role in his- tory. Bananas, for example, have fueled the politics of 20th-century Central America. A major factor in the U.S. involvement in the 1954 coup in Guatemala, which led to Food and consumption aren’t just a way to look at the past; they’re a way to a long series of repressive military regimes, understand the present, too, says the was concern by United Fruit that its banana Tufts historian Ina Baghdiantz McCabe. franchise there was threatened. In Ireland, the failure of the potato crop was a touch- stone in its 19th-century history and the sub- sequent Irish diaspora. Hidden History The popular course draws upon the considerable amount of new scholarship examining food, dress and other quotid- ian subjects, Baghdiantz McCabe says. Her How food tells the story of human culture through the ages students read Caroline Weber’s Queen of by Helene Ragovin Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, which chronicles the politics of the time via the queen’s wardrobe (her refusal to wear a whalebone corset shook the heat. rice. corn. potatoes. bananas. simple staples, yes, Bourbon-Hapsburg alliance, for example), but also a window into the past. Food has influenced and Karl Gerth’s China Made: Consumer civilization in immeasurable ways—from where humans Culture and the Creation of the Nation, chose to settle to how they worshipped their deities. It has which looks at early 20th-century Chinese Wsparked worldwide exploration, mass migrations, revolution. It’s a marker of nationalism and revolution through the social attitudes and ideologies. political lens of consumerism. Indeed, while the teaching of history is often presented through the lens of Food and consumption is also a way to diplomatic, political or military events, looking at the details of daily life, such understand the present. The rise of con- as what people ate and wore, can also illuminate the past. In her popular course sumerism in the U.S. after the end of World for undergraduates, “Consumption, Power and Identity: History of Food and War II is a distinctive element of our time— Clothing,” the Tufts historian Ina Baghdiantz McCabe does just that. never before in history has mass consump- Very often history focuses on elites, but the history of consumption is a way tion influenced the social, political and of understanding other, less-represented groups in society. “It’s a history of daily economic landscape to such an extent. life,” says Baghdiantz McCabe, the Darakjian and Jafarian Professor of Armenian And during the past 20 years in particu- History in the School of Arts and Sciences. lar, Baghdiantz McCabe says, a new type While the importance of food is a common thread through all cultures, of “informed consumerism” has begun to “what’s interesting is how food can show great cultural diversity and great diver- change the American mindset. sity in beliefs,” Baghdiantz McCabe says. “People are boycotting things they don’t “All societies have had staples: in the Americas, it was corn; in the believe in,” she says. “They are looking for Mediterranean, wheat; in Asia and Africa, rice,” she says. “What’s common fair-trade products and organic food.”

44 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photo: alonso nichols New Dean of Arts & Sciences

Neuroscientist leads Tufts University’s largest school

oanne berger-sweeney, a neuro- creativity and inclusiveness—attributes she has guided. She has been active in the scientist who studies memory and that are also central to the values of Tufts Minority Mentoring Program at Wellesley learning, is completing her first University and the School of Arts and for more than a decade. From 1995 to 2006, J semester as dean of the School Sciences,” said Jamshed Bharucha, senior she directed the Society for Neuroscience’s of Arts and Sciences, the largest school at vice president and provost. Minority Neuroscience Fellowship Program, Tufts. Prior to coming to the university this As associate dean at Wellesley, Berger- a federally funded training grant to provide summer, Berger-Sweeney was the associ- Sweeney oversaw 20 academic depart- pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships ate dean of Wellesley College, ments and programs. From to underrepresented minorities engaging in where she was also the Allene 2004 to 2006, she also served neuroscience research. Lummis Russell Professor in as director of the college’s Berger-Sweeney’s own research focuses Neuroscience. She had been Neurosciences Program and on the neurobiology of learning and mem- on the faculty at Wellesley helped spearhead the creation ory. She has helped to advance our under- since 1991 and was named of that cross-disciplinary standing of normal memory and cogni- associate dean in 2004. major. She sought to improve tive processes and how these processes In addition to her scholar- faculty recruitment, reten- malfunction in neurodevelopmental and ship, she is widely recognized tion and professional devel- neurodegenerative disorders, such as Rett for her efforts to increase opment, and was respon- syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. diversity in the biological sible for strategic planning A 1979 graduate of Wellesley, Berger- Joanne Berger-Sweeney sciences. Earlier this year, initiatives relating to faculty Sweeney received an M.P.H. in environ- she was recognized as one of the five most diversity, interdisciplinary programs and mental health sciences from the University influential African-American biomedical non-tenure track faculty. Berger-Sweeney of California, Berkeley, in 1981, and a Ph.D. scientists in America by the HistoryMakers, also demonstrated a strong commitment in neurotoxicology from the Johns Hopkins a national nonprofit research and educa- to other issues that are priorities for Tufts, School of Public Health in 1989. Following tional organization. including need-blind admissions and her graduate training, she worked for two “Joanne Berger-Sweeney is an esteemed increased financial aid. years at the Institut national de la santé et researcher, a passionate teacher and mentor Her passion for teaching is reflected in the de la recherche médicale (INSERM), a mul- and a talented administrator whose lead- impressive accomplishments of the under- tidisciplinary public health research insti- ership is characterized by collaboration, graduates, graduate students and fellows tution in France. world ranking

Tufts University is one of the top 100 universities in the experts in global higher education. The survey was world, according to the Times of London, ranking 53rd on a “the most comprehensive and sophisticated exercise ever list of 200 colleges and universities. The survey, which was undertaken to provide transparent, rigorous and genuinely a 10-month undertaking, was published on September 16 meaningful global performance comparisons,” it said. in the Times Higher Education Supplement. The survey ranked Tufts higher than Brown University The rankings focused on five areas: teaching, which was (55th), Boston University (59th) and Dartmouth (99th). worth 30 percent of the score; research, also worth 30 percent; Harvard was first; the California Institute of Technology was research influence, 32.5 percent; innovation, 2.5 percent; and second, and MIT was third. The highest-ranked universities international mix of staff and students, 5 percent. outside the United States were the University of Cambridge According to the Times, the methodology to determine and Oxford University, which tied for sixth. Tufts ranks 33rd the rankings was established after lengthy consultation with for North American institutions, including those in Canada.

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 45 beyond boundaries providing the means for excellence

A Nod to Leadership

Alumnus Robert Hunter celebrates the tenure of Dean Lonnie Norris by Deborah Blagg

s the former president and ceo of delta dental of his tenure,” says Hunter, a member of the Massachusetts, the state’s largest dental insurer, Robert Hunter, school’s Board of Overseers. “Dean Norris D63, has worked with a number of dental school deans. “By far the is a marvelous leader who has infused the best and most impressive leader,” he says, is Lonnie H. Norris. school with a strong sense of purpose. We’re And so it followed that when Hunter and his wife, Constance, decided to so proud of him and his contributions to include a $500,000 bequest to the school in their estate plans, they did so in the profession of dental medicine.” honor of Norris. “We wanted to acknowledge his achievements and honor A professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Norris was appointed dean of the school in 1996, after serving as interim dean for nearly a year. He has overseen a period of remarkable achievement and growth. The completion last year of an expansion proj- ect that added five stories and 95,000 square feet to the dental school building at One Kneeland Street has created opportunities to enhance the educational program, research and patient care. Providing exceptional clinical education has remained the primary focus, and the school continues to develop its clinical and basic science research program. Under Norris’ leadership, the school also furthered its commitment to serving the underserved, promoting public health and increasing access to care for Boston school- children and the poor and disabled. Hunter’s own career in dentistry began with a two-year stint as a shipboard dental officer in the U.S. Navy. “That was a won- derful opportunity to see a little more of the world and hone my professional skills,” says Hunter, who set up a general dentistry practice in Norwood, Mass., after leaving the military. Among the many rewards of his 21 years in practice, he says, was the ability to show patients that dental work is not something to be feared. “I think many older people today had a terrible introduction to dental treatment,” he says. “Until I became a student at Tufts, all of my own experiences in the dentist’s chair had been without local anesthetic. Robert Hunter’s career has Part of my education was the discovery that been distinguished by service: having your teeth fixed can be painless. I to his patients, his profession and his alma mater. wanted to impart that to my patients.” Some of his youngest patients became

46 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 Photo: alonso nichols Class officers, from left, Peter Franco, Samir Patel, Milad Fadholi, Meghann Dombroski and Vishal Patel, presenting the class gift to Dean Lonnie H. Norris at the Senior Award Dinner in May.

so relaxed that they fell asleep in the dental chair—a point of pride for Hunter. By the mid-1980s, Hunter, a former sec- retary of the Massachusetts Dental Society, decided he wanted to do something in oral health that reached beyond his pri- vate practice. The opportunity came in 1986, when a colleague approached him to take over management of Delta Dental of Massachusetts. At the time, Delta Dental was a small, not-for-profit insurance provider that had recently spun off from Blue Cross/Blue Record-Setters Shield. With Hunter as CEO, the firm became a dominant force in dental insur- there are 174 reasons why 96 Percent of the stuDents in the class of 2010 made a contri- ance in Massachusetts, largely by guarantee- bution to their class gift—and, not insignificantly, set a school record for participation. ing excellent service to the benefits decision- “each student in our class made this possible,” said Meghann Dombroski, D10, the makers in companies around the state. class president who spearheaded the drive with Milad fadholi, Di10, president of the in- Buoyed by its success, Delta Dental ternational class. “this gift represents each member of our class—our unity and legacy,” acquired firms in Maryland and Wisconsin, Dombroski said. “we have tried to make ‘good karma’ our motto. we wanted not only to where Hunter saw an opportunity to give back, but also to help others—to ‘pay it forward’ for future students.” improve access to care for pediatric Medicaid in recognition of the stunning achievement, the tufts university Dental alumni patients. “By working with other groups to association and the Dean’s office will match the class gift. the class eclipsed the old raise the level of reimbursement for den- record, a 56 percent participation rate set by graduates in 2006. tists who treat Medicaid patients,” he says, the class dedicated the gift in honor of Mark Gonthier, associate dean of admissions “we were able to make significant strides in and student affairs, who they say serves as a critical bridge between students and staff. expanding dental services to a population in that spirit, the class gift will be divided between a scholarship for a class of 2014 that historically had been underserved.” student, chosen by Gonthier, and a staff member who exhibits diligence, leadership and Hunter went on to head DentaQuest pride in community, characteristics embodied by Gonthier. Dean lonnie h. norris, DG80, Ventures, a for-profit subsidiary of Delta will select the staff recipient. Dental, and retired in 2007. “i was touched to be recognized,” said Gonthier. “i try my best each day to support Regarding his bequest intention, Hunter the success of the students and am honored to be recognized for simply doing my job to says he and his wife “share the philosophy the best of my ability.” that people need to share the gifts they’ve Dombroski’s own enthusiasm and leadership persuaded more than a few classmates been given. We’ve both benefited greatly to contribute. at a yankee Dental reception, for instance, she seized the opportunity from our association with the School of to make a pitch for the class gift, saying she expected nothing less than 100 percent Dental Medicine, and we’re delighted to participation. she then held up her debit card: “i’ll leave the room and make my donation give back in a meaningful way.” right now,” she announced. “Please join me! it was pretty amazing,” she says. “sixty-four “Bob and Connie’s gift is a tremendous students followed my example!” vote of confidence in the future of the in the end, Dombroski says, the gift not only expresses gratitude to the school, but school,” Norris says. “Given Bob’s distin- also demonstrates how a “unified class banded together to make a positive difference in guished career and unique perspective on the life of a student at tufts Dental.” our profession, his support is especially if the collective effort of the school’s newest graduates raises the bar for class giving in meaningful to Tufts, and to me personally. the future, then that good karma will last a while. “we hope that future classes recognize I feel truly honored.” the importance of giving,” says Dombroski, “and they’ll use us as their benchmark.”

Photo: J.D. sloan fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 47 alumni news staying connected

Michael Kahn, professor and chair of oral pathology, has lunch with students in Boston. Nearly three-quarters of dental graduates, in a recent survey, said they had mentors while at Tufts.

Mentoring U

In latest survey, alumni say they were supported and prepared to meet the demands of their careers by Julie Flaherty

hether it’s a dean, a professor, a staff member or an “The students talk about what’s going right, upperclassman, a mentor can be one of the most meaningful or what’s not going right. The faculty let parts of a dental student’s experience, a wise voice on the clinic them know we’re here to help them,” Kahn floor or a first guide along the career path. And dental students says. “It’s been quite successful.” at Tufts have them in spades. The survey, which was first conducted in In fact, 71 percent of alumni from the Class of 2007 said they were mentored 1996, continues to show a positive experi- while at Tufts, a big jump from the 53 percent in the Class of 2003. That is accord- ence. The vast majority of respondents, 95 ing to an annual dental alumni survey, which polled the classes of 2004 and 2007 percent, said if they could do it again, they about their time at the university as well as their perceptions of their education would still pursue a D.M.D. degree. since graduation. In response to a new question on this Professor Michael Kahn, chair of the school’s Outcomes Assessment year’s survey, most alumni reported that Committee, credits the change to the mentorship program the school initiated they were clinically self-confident at gradua- in 2005, where small groups of interested students are matched with volunteer tion (85 percent). For those few who were less faculty members, who take them out monthly for an informal lunch or dinner. sure of their skills, 78 percent said that initial

48 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 PHOTO: john soares lack of assurance had since been refuted by their professional experience. we’ve added value Another new series of questions asked to Your Membership alumni what they thought of the school’s culture. Overall, alumni agreed strongly that the school supports the development of pro- Dear Dental Alumni, fessionalism and ethical behavior and that faculty and staff care about students. The opportunity to serve as president of the “They are supported in their efforts here,” Tufts University Dental Alumni Association Kahn says, noting that the school makes an is both an honor and a pleasure. During my effort to show students “they are not here tenure on the Executive Board I have seen just to gather points and start paying back countless examples where our association their loans.” has made a difference at the university. Most who took the North East Regional Whether funding special projects, providing Board of Dental Examiners licensure exam student scholarships, organizing networking reported they had been well prepared for it events or coordinating volunteer activities (87 percent), with almost half saying they felt for students and alumni, our Dental Alumni Association is a vital part very well prepared. They said that Tufts had of the greater Tufts community. Our work is helping to make our school also prepped them well for Part I and Part among the very best in the country. II of the National Boards (80 percent and 76 First and foremost, I would like to thank our immediate past presi- percent, respectively). dent, Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82, and the members of the Executive “We work to make sure they have enough Council for their many contributions and unswerving dedication to the review sessions in the curriculum, enough alumni association. They all worked diligently this past year to ensure downtime to study on their own and access alumni engagement remains strong. to the preclinical lab to practice their skills,” A primary goal of mine this year is to expand our membership ranks. Kahn said. And while the tests themselves If you have not done so already, please accept our invitation to join the cannot be made easier, the logistics can: stu- Dental Alumni Association by registering online (http://dental.tufts. dents who want to take the Western Regional edu/dues) or through the membership brochure that was mailed to Examining Board licensure exam may now you. As an active member of the association, you partner with us in do so right on the Tufts campus, instead of our outreach efforts, both on and off campus. Continued growth of our flying out to the West Coast. membership encourages alumni to connect with and assist future gradu- In the few areas where respondents said ates with their professional growth, ultimately enhancing the success of they felt less prepared, Kahn says the school our profession. continues to make improvements, revising Need another good reason? My goal of increasing the value of your the curriculum and “trying very creative membership is becoming a reality. I am pleased to announce that all things.” To improve orthodontics education, active members of the association receive a $75 tuition credit toward for example, pre-doctoral students now have the cost of a Tufts Dental Continuing Education course. For more infor- orthodontic consultations on the clinic floor mation, see a listing of upcoming courses on page 68 of this issue. As with orthodontics residents. we continue to add value to your membership, I will keep you updated. Kahn applauded the many alumni who I look forward to another exciting and successful year. Thank you and took the time to respond to the survey. More best wishes to all. than 58 percent of those asked took part this year, almost twice the industry standard. With warm regards, “Because those classes were so coopera- tive in responding, this information is even more statistically powerful,” Kahn said. It appears graduates are more than eager to offer their thoughts about their Tufts Dental experience, and that the response rates will continue to trend upward. In the latest survey of the classes of 2005 and 2008 (the results are still to be tabulated and ana- mostafa h. el-sherif, di95 lyzed), a whopping 72.5 percent responded. president, tufts university dental alumni association [email protected]

PHOTO: JODI HILTON fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 49 alumni news

TransiTions

The Tufts University Dental alumni association has elected PEIMAN MAHDAVI, D91, DG94, don’t miss a thing as its newest director on the executive Board. Tufts School of Dental Medicine hosts In addition to receiving his D.M.D. and ortho- events across the country and around the dontics training at Tufts, Mahdavi is a 1992 world. Don’t miss the chance to join us if graduate of the general practice residency an event is happening near your seasonal residence. program at Tufts Medical Center. He is a board

member and president-elect of the Massachusetts association of Do you have more than one residence? Orthodontists and a member of the Massachusetts Dental society, Many alumni split their time between two residences and attend Tufts Dental events new england society of Orthodontists and the american association of in both places. sharing your seasonal Orthodontists. a longtime reunion co-chair and member of the Dental address with Tufts will keep you plugged in M Club, Mahdavi is a partner at Dental associates of Walpole and to events and activities wherever you are. practices orthodontics part time in the natick and Leicester offices. Contact us with your seasonal address update: He resides in Wellesley with his wife, Karin, and two daughters. EmaiL: [email protected] PhonE: 617.636.6773

The Tufts Dental Fund has a new director, Or, drop us a line: CATHERINE “CATE” McLAUGHLIN, who joined the Tufts Dental Alumni Relations Dental Development and alumni relations team 136 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02111 in august. Previously, she was director of leader- ship gifts and annual giving at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. she is a graduate of regis College and holds an MBa, with a concentration in nonprofit management, fromsuffolk University.

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50 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 PHOTO: KeLVIn Ma (MCLaUGHLIn) Above, from left: Supreeth Veeranna, DG10, DG11; Gerald Swee, D05, DG11; Pooja Rattan, DG11; Maria Gonzalez-Georgaklis, DI99; and Clifton Georgaklis

Top right, from left: Carly Polin, D11; Farrah Assadipour, D11; Lauren Price, D12; and Marlayna Sosna, D12

Below: Stanley Alexander, D75A, and Vicki Danberg, D10P, D12P

Above, from left: John Millette, D91; Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82; Peiman Mahdavi, D91, DG94; Sue Millette; Mostafa El-Sherif, DI95; and Hossam Makkar, DI95

Yankee Hospitality

more than 900 tufts dental alumni, family and newest graduates into the alumni association. friends joined Dean Lonnie H. Norris, DG80, M99P, The 36th Yankee Dental Congress will take place A01P, and Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82, president of the from January 26–29, 2011, at the Boston Convention Tufts Dental Alumni Association, in Boston earlier this & Exhibition Center. For information and registration, year for an alumni reception held in conjunction with visit www.yankeedental.com. Yankee Dental Congress. The 2011 Tufts Yankee reception will be held Prior to the reception, the Office of Development on January 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Westin and Alumni Relations hosted a gathering for the Class Waterfront. And be sure to visit the Tufts Alumni of 2010, welcoming Tufts School of Dental Medicine’s Lounge to meet colleagues and friends and grab a snack.

PHOTOs: J.D. Sloan fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 51 alumni news staying connected out&about prosthodontists in town

“The Changing Face of Prosthodontics” was the theme of the second International Tufts Prosthodontic alumni Meeting, held at the school of Dental Medicine on june 9–10. The session opened with a reception in the new prosthodontics clinic attended by more than 80 alumni. On june 10, more than 100 alumni had the opportunity to hear 12 lectures by prosthodontics alumni and faculty on topics ranging from implants to the use of stem cells in dental medicine. The conference culminated in an international alumni party in the alumni Lounge on the fifteenth floor.j oseph Castellana, executive associate dean, recognized those individuals whose philanthropy resulted in named spaces in the From left: Jose Ferrandiz, DG85, Ralph McCracken Jr., new five-story addition to the dental school building. Vincent Mariano, D82, DG84, Maurice Martel, Joseph Castellana, Wichai Thanathammasophon, DG81, Alexandros Grous, DG83, Raymond B. Weiss, D82, DG84, and Hiroshi Hirayama, DG90, DI93, DG94 Front row, from left: Seevan Shoher, DG06, From left: Lino DG07; Emily Hinnedael Calvani, DG91, and Irays Santamaria- Vangel Zissi, Dehni, DG01, DI04; D62, DG67, back row, from left: A02P, and Brian Lee, D03, DG06, Alexandros Mario Gatti, D00, DG07, Grous, DG83 DG08, Gianluca Paniz, DG06, Kiho Kang, DG98, DI02, and Takayoshi Suda, DG07, DG08

well connected

The Tufts University Dental alumni association hosted its 11th annual student/alumni networking session at the dental school on March 9. More than 50 alumni joined students from the second-, third- and fourth-year classes to discuss their first jobs, careers in dentistry, financial security and staying involved with Tufts. The session ended with dinner and an opportunity for the students to visit with the alums who volunteered to mentor them as they prepare for their post-graduation pursuits.

From left: Alesia Burge, D10, John Annese, D83, Kevin Coughlin, D83, Grace Castro, D10, and Edward Roberts, D10

52 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 staying connected alumni news

From left: John Hanging out with Wally, clockwise from left: Donna Norris, Benecchi, D76, M99P, A01P, Dean Lonnie H. Norris, DG80, Paul Marino, A55, D09P, Jeffrey D88P, DG92P, Derek Wolkowicz, D97, Benecchi, DG00, and John Wolkowicz, D55, D09, Wally D91P, D97P, DG95P, DG00P and Stephanie Katsigiannis

red sox south

Tufts Dental alumni, family and friends caught the red sox and Minnesota Twins in spring training action on March 6 in Fort Myers, Fla. While in Florida for the baseball event, Dean Norris attendees enjoyed a visit with Wally the Green and his wife, Donna, a child psychiatrist, visited with Monster and a picnic buffet before cheering Maria and Wilbur Riff, D52, in Fort Myers. the sox to a 9–3 win.

From left: Joe Giordano, D79, DG84, Agnieszka Shanahan, DI10, and Luz fun out west Marina Jutras, DI10 Mark Gonthier, the associate dean of admissions and student affairs, and representatives from the Office of Dental Development and alumni relations hosted two events in California in june. In san jose on the 24th, more than 30 alums got together at the Left Bank Brasserie on santana row. The following night, the California Chapter of the Dental alumni association welcomed 40 Boston transplants to aT&T Park for interleague play between the Boston red sox and the san Francisco Giants. The Left Coast team prevailed, 5–4.

fall 2010 tufts dental medicine 53 A CA ll foR NomiNAtioNS Please mail this form and any additional information to: TufTs universiTy DenTal alumni associaTion Susan Ahearn, Associate Director of Alumni Relations Tufts University School of Dental Medicine annual achievemenT awarDs Office of Development & Alumni Relations 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA 02111 each spring, during the annual luncheon of the tufts University Dental Alumni Association, alumni are recognized Questions? Please contact Susan Ahearn at 617.636.6772 or [email protected]. for their service to tufts University, the school of Dental Or, you can make your nomination online Medicine and the profession. to nominate an alumna/us by going to: dental.tufts.edu/nomination. for the achievement award, complete this form and attach Only the information you provide will be additional pages if necessary. considered for your nominee. The Dental Alumni Office will not request CVs or additional information for your candidate. Nominations will be kept on file for five years.

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Gerard Kugel, left, associate dean for research, and Maria Papageorge, chair of oral surgery, hood Winna Gorham, D08, DG10, at the dental school’s 2010 graduation ceremonies. Behind them are Prof. Jonathan Garlick and Daniel Green, chair of endodontics. Mark your calendar for 2011 commencement: May 22.

NOVEMBER 30 MARCH 2011 APRIL 14, 2011 MAY 22, 2011 Alumni reception in conjunction Student/Alumni Alumni reception in Tufts University’s 155th with the Greater New York Networking Session conjunction with the annual Commencement Dental Meeting Tufts University School session of the American Academic Quad Marriott Marquis of Dental Medicine Association of Endodontists Medford/Somerville campus New York City San Antonio, Texas 9 a.m. 6 p.m. reception followed MARCH 12–16, 2011 by dinner; RSVP required Alumni reception in conjunction APRIL 29–MAY 1, 2011 MAY 29, 2011 with the annual meeting Dental Homecoming Alumni reception in JANUARY 28, 2011 of the American Dental and Reunion Weekend conjunction with the annual Alumni reception in conjunction Education Association Tufts University School of Dental session of the American with Yankee Dental Congress 35 San Diego, California Medicine and Langham Hotel Association of Westin Waterfront Boston, Massachusetts Pediatric Dentistry Ballrooms A&B MARCH 16–19, 2011 New York City Boston, Massachusetts Alumni reception in conjunction MAY 14, 2011 5:30–7:30 p.m. with the annual session of the Alumni reception in For more information on these International Association of conjunction with the annual and other events, contact MARCH 2011 Dental Research session of the American the Office of Dental Alumni Spring training with the Red Sox San Diego, California Association of Orthodontists Relations at 617.636.6773 or Fort Myers, Florida Chicago, Illinois email [email protected].

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association in honor of the recipients were Back in Boston presented to Anna Abrahamian, D12, the second-year student with the highest aca- demic achievement in the basic sciences, and to Mary Talmo, D10, the top student in the Alumni renew old ties, forge new friendships fourth-year class. Saturday night began with leadership donors and volunteers enjoying a cocktail reception in their honor, followed by the eunion 2010 kicked off with a welcome-back party at the all-alumni reception and individual class UMass Club in Boston’s Financial District, where more than dinners and dancing. On Sunday morning, 600 classmates and friends had an opportunity to catch up. The Norris hosted a farewell brunch for alumni weekend was packed with fun, food and memories, including a and their guests. tour of Fenway Park. Reunion fundraising plays a vital role in Noshir R. Mehta, DG73, DI77, J01P, A07P, lectured on “Intra-Oral Appliance supporting Tufts University School of Dental Therapy in the Co-management of Headaches and Cervical Dysfunctions,” and Medicine. Reunion classes contributed more Gerard Kugel, D85, K93, discussed “All-Ceramic and CAD/CAM Dentistry.” than $350,900 to the Tufts Dental Fund. Between lectures, dental students gave alumni tours of the newly expanded Since these classes’ last reunion in 2005, the school building. cumulative total of annual and capital gifts The Langham Hotel was the venue for the rest of the weekend’s activities, April has been $1,669,740. Awards were presented 30 through May 2, including the Tufts University Dental Alumni Association’s to the Class of 1980, celebrating its 30th annual meeting and luncheon at which Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow gave reunion, for most reunion gifts to the Tufts the keynote address. Dental Fund and greatest overall giving to Alumni association President Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82, presented achieve- the school since 2005. The 55th reunion ment awards to Dean Lonnie H. Norris, DG80, M99P, A01P; Arthur R. Falvey Jr., class, D55, won the award for the class with D60, J84P; and Paula Callahan, dispensary supervisor, recognizing their dedica- the highest number of participants in annual tion to the school and to the dental profession. Cash awards from the alumni giving this year.

From left: Frank Dahlstrom, D70, Shawn Nelson Dahlstrom, Charleene Creeden, Robert Creeden, D70, and Jess Kane, D74, DG76, G78, DG79, D04P, DG06P

56 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photo: J.D. Sloan Above: Classmates Linda Nichols and Mary Walsh-Cole, both D80, celebrated their 30th reunion.

At right: Larry Wolinsky, D80, Peggy Tonelli, A04P, A06P, A10P, D14P, Lisa Giarrusso, J86, D90, DG92, and Steve Tonelli, D80, A04P, A06P, A10P, D14P

Above: Andrew Herlich, D75A, William Chan, D75A, DG82, D10P, DG13P, and Paul Desjardins, D75A

Above, front row from left: Arthur Falvey, D60, J84P, Lisa Vouras, D89, Milton Glicksman, D65, E86P, J89P, D98P, DG00P, and Donald Stackhouse, D60; back row from left: John Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P, Nick Papapetros, D91, and Steve Tonelli, D80, A04P, A06P, A10P, D14P

Left: Dean Lonnie H. Norris, Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow and Dental Alumni Association President Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82, present Arthur Falvey, D60, J84P, with an alumni achievement award in honor of his 50 years of service to Tufts and the dental profession.

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Left: Dean Lonnie H. Norris, Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow and alumni association President Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82, present an achievement award to Paula Callahan, dispensary supervisor, for her dedication and service to Tufts School of Dental Medicine.

Below, at the leadership reception: Richard Catrambone, D85, DG89, Arthur Papas, M63, A97P, A04P, G91P, and Thomas F. Winkler III, A62, D66, D10P, DG12P, a university trustee

Dean Lonnie H. Norris, Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow and alumni association President Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI82 present an achievement award to Paula Callahan, dispensary supervisor, for her dedication and service to Tufts School of Dental Medicine.

Classmates from 1985, celebrating their 25th reunion, have breakfast on Saturday morning in Alumni Lounge, from left: Paul McGrath, Stephen Rounds, Thomas Knox and Rick Nichols.

58 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 Above: John Keating, D11, far left, gives a tour of the new Simulation Learning Center on the dental school’s 14th floor to D90 classmates, from left: Gregory Lung, Karl Woods, James Rodriguez, Durwin Libby and William Byrne.

At right: Denise Tong, D13, and Stephen Kern and Andrew Herlich, both D75A

Left: The Class of 1980 won the Golden Crown Award, presented to the reunioners with the largest five-year class gift total, and the Cusp of Excellence Award, for the largest reunion gift to the Tufts Dental Fund. The 30th reunioners present Dean Lonnie H. Norris with their gift to the annual fund, front row, from left: Joanne Falzone, Dean Norris, Patricia Bucken-Timmeny, Patti Mahoney and Steve Tonelli; back row, from left: Larry Wolinsky, John Rizza, Richard Bravman and John Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P, chair of the Dental M Club.

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FRONT ROW: Gerald Carrier, Tom McShera, John Conroy, William Pike, Loring Johnson, Arthur Falvey, Donald Stackhouse

BACK ROW: Harold Horton, Howard Jacobs, Bob Lamarche, Cloyed Ross, Stephen Sheppard, Miltiades Karamechedis, Francis Shea, William Sellers, Melvin Brockman

FRONT ROW: Fredda Broverman, Joni Ross, Lynn Schwimer, Claudette Lawton, Nancy Paglia

BACK ROW: Len Broverman, Stuart Ross, Neil Schwimer, Ben Lawton, Robert Paglia D70

D65

FRONT ROW: Milton Glicksman, Pete Eagles, Thomas Caldwell

BACK ROW: Mayer Levitt, Harvey Novack

60 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 photos: fayphoto/boston FRONT ROW: Clifton Grayer Jr., D75 Steven Silverberg, David Tesini, Mark Conlon

MIDDLE ROW: Eric Fass, Richard Rothstein, David Fein, Richard Karp, James Downey

BACK ROW: Richard Lewis, Arthur Freedman, Steve Rubin, Samuel Shames

FRONT ROW: Stephen Kern, William Chan, George Manter, D75A Andrew Herlich, Jim Hanley

BACK ROW: Paul Desjardins, Dale Jeong, Mitchell Pierce, Thomas Reen, Lewis Trusheim, Alan Branch

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62 tufts dental medicine fall 2010 FronT roW: Russell Okihara, Guillermo Porro, James Thorpe, Frank Dentremont, Ken Goodman

SeConD roW: Judith McCollum, Pamela DiTomasso, Patti Bucken- Timmeny, Desiree Palmer, Joanne Falzone, Linda Kay Nichols, Robert Chideckel, Pamela Hewitt- Smith, Paula Wrenn, Felice Hom, Jim Collins, Jon Turesky

THirD roW: Bill Schacter, Steven Miller, Mark Mizner, Steve Tonelli, Frank Pavel, Butch Marianetti, Ed Cronauer, Tom Green, Patti Mahoney, Mary Walsh-Cole, Ann Sabatino, Debbie Miesfeldt, Ted Kyros, Cathy Samaha, John Rizza, John Zdanowicz

FourTH roW: Brian Shuman, John Sorensen, Rick Harold, Kevin Welch, Larry Wolinsky, Larry Fendrich, Steve Aspros, Richard Bravman, Charles Krop, Bruce Verrill, David Hirshfield, Mark Kozlowski, Kevin Toomey bACK roW: Joe Gul, Bobby Supple, Peter Skoler, Steve Levine, D90 Harry Kolodney, Marty Shear FronT roW: Lisa Giarrusso, Janet Lavandeira, Farah Polaski, James Rodriguez, Greg Lung, Carmela Vilar Wise

miDDle roW: Durwin Libby, Karl Woods, Alan Tan, Scott Siemen, Grace Kerr, Andrea Cisternelli

bACK roW: William Byrne, Robert Hacker, Harry Tsotsos FronT roW: Tom Knox, Tony Giamberardino, Richard Catrambone Jr., Lora Trotsky, J. Viantha Qureshi, Fawn Rosenberg, Karen Wallach, Kathleen Barrett, Michael Suddath FronT roW: SeConD roW: Steve Rounds Jr., D95 Sindy Nguyen Lawrence Phan, Nick Vittoria, Fondren, Andrew Kotin, Richard Graham, Lisa Murray, Fern Selesnick, Mary Petrelli, Jinny Bang Bender, David Bardwell, John Lorincz, Rachelle Arseneau Jeff Mason, Phil Barbe Dermody, Sandra THirD roW: Doug Grosmark, Ferrara Ray Mehlman, Louis Devito, bACK roW: Bryan Anthony Paolucci, James Lyons, Gary Opin, Seligman, Jeffrey Lowenstein, Mostafa El-Sherif Michael Eidelman, David Leader, Jon Golub, Dean Cohen bACK roW: Paul Trombly, Doug Moll, Michael Kaner, Richard Nichols, Attila Talaber, Gerry Kugel

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FRONT ROW: D00 Marissa Ryan, Jigna Mahapatra, Katie Ostler, Golnaz Movafaghi, Joanna Yu, Emina Zaganjori, Yun Saksena

MIDDLE ROW: Tonya Chen Mezrich, Elena Galdau-Friedman, Nelly Guirgis Haddad, Elina Fooks, Michele Semonelli, Kristen Gualtieri Blumberger, Rebecca Paglia, Elizabeth Rooney

BACK ROW: Scott Loeser, Dan Ybanez, Robert Caldwell, Mario Gatti, Jeffrey Ziar, Eric Weinstock, Yousheng Ma, David Wang

D05

FRONT ROW: Lili Tayari, Judy Lee Moy, Janel Forde, Daniela O’Neill, Farshad Ghobbeh, Jenny Kim, Nitu Singh, Karineh Avaness

MIDDLE ROW: Debra Blattman, Benita De Mirza, Taryn Jirousek, Shannon Carson, Sam Merabi, Sarah Schneider Hunt, Alexander Smith, Melinda Ilief-Ala, Amit Punj, Neal Johnson

BACK ROW: Jerry Swee, Gregory Wu, Antonella Milo, Elizabeth Ross, Hyejin Kwak, Justin Koen, Chris Page, Ryan Escudero, Andrew Shannon

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REUNION 2011, George his talks with more than 100,000 REUNION 2011, April 29–May 1 D75A Manter, slides, digital pictures and X-rays April 29–May 1 Marvin Dwore and D10P, and his daughter, Abigail from cases dating back as far as Kathleen D46 his wife, Estelle, Manter, D10, officially launched 1950. He was scheduled to give D81O’Loughlin, the celebrated their 70th wedding their father-daughter partnership two courses on these subjects first woman executive director anniversary on March 31, 2010. in July, practicing at Silver Street at the annual session of the and COO of the American Dental Dentistry in Waterville, Maine. American Dental Association Association, was chosen by the Irving H. Stanley (ADA) in Orlando in October. American Association of Women D67retired from general REUNION 2011, Feinberg has also served on four Dentists (AAWD) to receive the practice in 2004 and now resides April 29–May 1 councils of the ADA and currently 2010 Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, in Andover, Conn. Bob Kaplan, a represents New York State on the its highest honor. The award D76 clinical instructor council of the American Dental recognizes significant service Robert Harelick, in public health and community Political Action Commitee. to dentistry on the basis of D73 E69, A05P, D10P, dentistry at Tufts, celebrated his Eliot Paisner, see D10. achievement in civic, cultural, is proud to announce that his 60th birthday in June with his humanitarian and academic son, Scott Harelick, A05, family. Howard Cooper, arenas. O’Loughlin practiced D10, and Scott’s wife, Natalie D79 see D07. for 20 years in Medford and (Tchere) Harelick, D10, have REUNION 2011, Donald LeClair has been joined Winchester, Mass., while serving joined his dental practice in April 29–May 1 in his Beverly, Mass., practice by as an assistant clinical profes- Fairhaven, Mass. The family Robert C. his daughter, Adrienne LeClair, a sor at Tufts University School of says it was love at first sight DG76 Wilson, 2009 graduate of the University Dental Medicine. She holds a when Natalie and Scott met on DG06P, gave a series of lectures of Connecticut School of Dental master’s degree in public health their first day at Tufts University on using the Wilson 3D orthodon- Medicine. Adrienne is also work- and health care management School of Dental Medicine. Four tic appliances at Oregon Health & ing with Jess Kane, D74, DG76, from Harvard. A trustee of Tufts years later, they were married Science University, the University G78, DG79, D04P, DG06P; University, O’Loughlin is also on June 5, 2010, in Boston. of Washington and the University David Tesini, D75, DG77, G79; a member of the International Robert Harelick says his dream of California, San Francisco. and Nancy Jo Soporowski at their College of Dentists, the American has come true: the three Dr. practice in Natick, Mass. College of Dentists, the Pierre Harelicks are now practicing Edward Feinberg, Fauchard Academy and the Tufts dentistry together and plan to D77 A74, is giving Hugh Phillis, Dental Alumni Association. continue for many years to come. lectures throughout the country D80 DG82, D13P, Paul S. Shamirian volun- on crown and bridgework and pre- received the New Hampshire teers as a clinical instructor in Jess Kane, see cision attachment of partial den- Dental Society’s Charles prosthodontics and operative D74 D79. tures and implants. He illustrates Lambrukos Award on May 13. dentistry at Tufts on Mondays.

David Tesini D75 received the Manuel M. Album Award, we want to hear from you! recognizing significant contri- butions to the oral health of Keep your fellow alumni/ae up to date about your personal and professional news children with special needs, by filling out this form. at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on June 1 in Chicago. Tesini is a past president of the Check here if address is new. American Academy of Dentistry Send to: Susan Ahearn, Tufts Dental Alumni Relations for Persons with Disabilities and 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111 former associate chief dentist email: [email protected] or fax: 617.636.4052 of Tufts Dental Facilities for Name Class patients with special needs. In accepting the award, Tesini Street City State Zip thanked “all the kids with special Email address needs who chose me as their pediatric dentist.”

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Andrew J. Molak during the annual meeting effort between stem cell is serving as president of D82 has been elected of the American Association researchers and the dental the Southern Academy of chair of the Rhode Island Board of Dental Editors (AADE) in health community. He has au- Periodontology, which serves of Examiners in Dentistry. He was Honolulu. She served on a thored articles on maxillofacial the region that includes Florida, appointed to the board in 2003 panel during the AADE program. trauma and reconstruction and Georgia, South Carolina, North and served as president of the Qureshi is the recipient of a lectured internationally on the Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Rhode Island Dental Association Massachusetts Dental Society topic. He is a member of the Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi from 2001–02. He practices gen- award for chairing the MDS American Dental Association and Louisiana. eral dentistry in Seekonk, Mass., Standing Committee on Abuse and the American Association of and resides in Barrington, R.I. and Neglect. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Brian S. Bosonac and is a fellow of the American D00 was voted by his J. Viantha Qureshi Gregory College of Dentists. peers as a top orthodontist in D85 received the D87 Chotkowski has New Jersey and was recognized William W. Howard ACE Award joined Mount Sinai School of Jeff Shu in the June issue of NJ Monthly for excellence in newsletter Medicine as chief of oral and DI88 reports he magazine. publishing from the American maxillofacial surgery. He is also is still going strong practicing Academy of General Dentistry. the program director of the general dentistry in Chelmsford, REUNION 2011, Qureshi, the editor of the pub- oral and maxillofacial surgery Mass., and working Monday April 29–May 1 lications of the Massachusetts residency program. Chotkowski through Wednesday from 10 Susan Baloul, Academy of General Dentistry, is particularly interested in a.m. to 6p.m., Fridays from 9 D01DG04, DG05, has won ACE awards consecu- translational research and a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays was the recipient of the tively since 2004. She also the use of stem cell research by appointment. 2010 American Association received the International in dentistry. He founded and of Orthodontists (AAO) Milo College of Dentists Award for serves on the board of directors Jennifer Hellman Research Award Most Outstanding Newsletter of StemSave Inc., a collaborative DG89 I. Diversi during the AAO annual session

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in Washington, D.C., in May. She Lori Noga and Colby Peter Franco setting, while assisting them was recognized for her project Cockrell, D08, were married on D10 had an excerpt as they provided cleanings titled “Mechanism of Action and October 12, 2008, on the beach from his Schweitzer Fellowship and sealants to the children Morphological Changes in the at Bald Island, N.C. Matron of final report featured on the at the participating elementary Alveolar Bone in Response to honor was Amanda (Wiegand) Albert Schweitzer Foundation’s schools. Selective Alveolar Decortication Hallinan, and best man was official blog as part of its new Natalie (Tchere) Harelick, Facilitated Tooth Movement,” Chadd Cockrell, D13. The couple “Moments That Matter” series see D73. which she pursued while com- honeymooned in Belize. in August. Franco and classmate Scott Harelick, A05, see D73. pleting her D.Sc. in orthodontics Sarah Schlansker were among Michael J. Paisner reports and dentofacial orthopedics at Colby Cockrell, the 2009–10 class of Boston that he is the fourth generation Boston University. D08 see D07. Schweitzer Fellows. They in his family to graduate from John Saraydarian was voted Dilshan Gunawardena, collaborated with the pediatrics Tufts University. His great grand- by his peers as a top general see D06. program at Tufts to provide father was Ernest L. Littlefield, dentist in New Jersey as was dental care to underserved E22; grandmother is Anne recognized in the June issue of Tasnim children in a school environment. Littlefield Fleming, J45, and his NJ Monthly magazine. DI09Arsiwala had They also introduced second- father is Eliot L. Paisner, D77. a daughter, Zara. year dental students to a clinical Maria C. Ferriol, D03 DG06, and her husban, Jose Anzalota, welcomed a daughter, Cristina IN MEMORIAM Isabel, on May 26, 2010. Ferriol works part-time at Harry Evans, D38 Howard C. Glazer, D48, A79P Richard F. Hood, D57 the VA Caribbean Healthcare June 19, 2010 April 19, 2010 May 1, 2010 Coconut Creek, Florida University Park, Florida Laconia, New Hampshire System and in a private practice in Puerto Rico. Theodore F. Goldberg, D39 Bjorg Gingras, D49 Edward Lyons, D57, DG62 July 1, 2010 July 9, 2010 July 22, 2010 Rodrigo Canton, Massachusetts Milton, Massachusetts Waltham, Massachusetts DG04 Romano, DG08, welcomed a daughter, Lewis E. Rush, D39 Joseph G. Laffy, D54 Marvin Lowy, D59 Olivia Romano, on February 16, July 1, 2010 April 12, 2010 July 12, 2010 2010. Greenfield, Massachusetts Peabody, Massachusetts Lexington, Massachusetts

Michael Hwang, Frederic Weinstein, D39 Joseph J. Makovich, D54 Charles N. Lynch, see D06. May 17, 2010 April 29, 2010 A62, D66, A87P D05 Boston, Massachusetts Norwalk, Connecticut July 24, 2010 Saugus, Massachusetts REUNION 2011, April 29–May 1 John F. Kain, A43, D44 Ernest M. Mendeloff, DG55 March 21, 2010 July 25, 2010 Ronald Carpe, D67 Katherine R. Manchester, New Hampshire Weston, Connecticut April 27, 2010 D06 Colandrea Palm Beach Gardens, Florida married Adam Mikiewicz on Richard Winslow, D44 John E. Thompson, D55 September 19, 2009, in Rocky July 4, 2010 February 25, 2010 Robert Gallagher, D70 Hill, Conn. Dental school alums Brewster, Massachusetts Wenham, Massachusetts July 26, 2010 in attendance included Carly Scituate, Massachusetts Carson, Michael Hwang, D05, Raymond F. Cole, D45 Vincent Boianelli, D56 and Dilshan Gunawardena, D08. March 19, 2010 July 23, 2010 Ellis Disick, D71 Marblehead, Massachusetts Hemet, California March 7, 2010 Scarsdale, New York Michael Cooper Raymond Licht, D46, DG56 Norman Boucher, D57 and his wife, D07 May 18, 2010 July 27, 2010 Wendy, welcomed a son, Jack Boynton Beach, Florida Rockland, Massachusetts Aaron, on December 10, 2009. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. David I. Epstein, D48 Eugene F. Fredey, D57 His grandfather is Howard March 2, 2010 February 7, 2010 Cooper, D79. Coronado, California Naples, Florida

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