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Spring 2011 VOL MAGAZINE OF THE TUftS UniVERSitY DentaL ALUmni ASSOCiation SPRING 2011 VOL. 15 NO. 1 NONPROFIT ORG. School of Dental Medicine U.S. POStage 136 Harrison Avenue PaiD BOSTON, MA Boston, ma 02111 PERMIT NO. 1161 SPORTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP www.tufts.edu/dental Wide OPen Dental meDicine Come join the Tufts University Dental Alumni Association for the 29th Annual Wide Open Treat the Child, Golf & Tennis Tournament Treat the Parent Monday, September 19, 2011 Wellesley Country Club 390 Wellesley Ave. Wellesley, Massachusetts T U FT S U NI V E Tufts Dental alumni, faculty, family RS IT Y and friends are invited to participate! Leading man OFFI C All proceeds benefit the Gerard Caron, D78, traded in a rural practice for a military career. E OF Along the way, he discovered he enjoyed being a leader—and that he PU B Dental Alumni Student Loan Fund L I C was good at it. He’s now the highest-ranking dentist in the Air Force ATION and commander of the medical wing that’s the first stop on home soil S Schedule of Events for troops wounded overseas. For more on the story, turn to page 10. 8167 05/11 Golf and Tennis Registration 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Golf Tournament 11 a.m. shotgun start Lunch included A toolkit for Tennis tournament 2 to 4 p.m. handling your Reception 4 p.m. pediatric patients Awards Dinner 5 p.m. Registration Fees Golf Tournament $350/player $1,300/foursome if signed up together Tennis Tournament $200/player Reception and Dinner Only $75 for guests and noncompetitors A M in LV E : K Photo PLUS: THE NEXT DEAN n ARTIST AMONG US n DECOding ‘Dentist speak’ 28062_cvrs_CS5.indd 1-1 5/13/11 8:34 AM 2011 Wide Open Tournament Registration Form Name_________________________________________________ SPORTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP Graduation year or affiliation with Tufts Dental___________ Guest(s) name(s)______________________________________ Address_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Wide OPen Daytime phone________________________________________ Email_________________________________________________ My handicap is___________. Cost includes lunch, tournament, reception and awards dinner. Golf Tournament $350/player $1,300/foursome if signed up together My foursome will include: 2. ____________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________ r Please check here if you would like to be placed in a foursome. Dental Alumni Tennis Tournament Student Loan Fund $200/player Reception & Awards Dinner Only $75 for guests and non-competitors PAYMENT Can’t participate this year? Please consider a $100 donation to help future students of _____ golfers @ $350 each = $_________ Tufts Dental and be listed as a tournament _____ tennis @ $200 each = $_________ sponsor in Tufts Dental Medicine magazine. _____ dinner only @ $75 each = $_________ _____ I will be unable to attend the 2011 WIDE OPEN, Please complete the registration form and but I’d be proud to be listed as a sponsor for my enclose your check, made payable to Tufts $100 donation to the Student Loan Fund. University Dental Alumni Association, and mail to: r My check for $__________ is enclosed. r Please charge $__________ to my OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS r MasterCard r VISA r Discover Tufts University Card #_________________________________ Exp._______ gOing the distance School of Dental Medicine TOTAL ENCLOSED $__________ 136 Harrison Ave. Nicholas Gordon, Marek Ogledzki and Inga Keithly, all D12, take to the city Boston, MA 02111 Please mail this form and your check, payable to Tufts streets for a training run prior to this year’s Boston Marathon. The three University Dental Alumni Association, to Office of competed on the Tufts President’s Marathon Challenge Team, which raises Alumni Relations, Tufts University School of Dental money to support teaching and research at the university that promotes FOR MORE INFORMATION Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111. healthy living. The dental students were among 200 Tufts runners who ran Phone 617.636.6773 the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boston on April 18. Gordon finished Registration confirmation and directions will be in 4:15:19; Ogledzki in 3:35:48, and Keithly ran 4:54:59. Email [email protected] mailed to you prior to the tournament. http://dental.tufts.edu/alumni Photo: ALonSO NICHOLS 28062_cvrs_CS5.indd 4-6 5/13/11 8:34 AM contents SPRING 2011 VOLUME 15 NO. 1 features 10 The General Dentist The unexpected path of Gerard Caron, D78, the highest-ranking dentist in the Air Force. By Julie Flaherty COVER STORY 14 On Good Behavior Knowing how to connect with pint-sized patients—and their parents—is the key to a successful pediatric visit. By Julie Flaherty 19 ‘A Poet, Too, Was There…’ A 19th-century dentist, immortalized in a Longfellow poem, earned a place in literary history. By Gail Bambrick 22 Color His Career Richard Goodkind, D62, approached his profession with an artist’s touch. In retirement, 22 he continues to pursue his Muse. By Helene Ragovin departments 26 To Better Society 2 letterS A conversation with Anthony Monaco, the next 3 FrOm the DeAn president of Tufts University. By Taylor McNeil 5 word of mOuth A SCAN OF PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS 8 lab noteS A REPORT ON LEADING-EDGE SCIENCE 5 30 On camPuS DENTAL SCHOOL NEWS 42 BeyOnd BOundarieS PROVIDING THE MEANS FOR EXCELLENCE 44 UNIVERSiTY NEWS THE WIDER WORLD OF TUFTS 46 ALUMNI NEWS STAYING CONNECTED Cover illustration by James Yang Tooth illustration by Alex Nabaum 28062_p01.indd 1 5/9/11 4:01:20 PM LETTERS dental medicine a salute to service As I came through the Tufts clinic this Tufts School of Dental Medicine is hard to VOLUME 15, NO. 1 SPRING 2011 morning, I noticed a stack of Tufts Dental find elsewhere. I am so proud of the verti- Medicine magazines. Seeing Chris Pflipsen, cal expansion and the fact that much of the Executive Editor Lonnie H. Norris D10, in uniform on the cover immediately money to build it was donated by alumni. Dean, School of Dental Medicine caught my eye (“Dental Force,” Fall 2010). From an education standpoint, I feel Editor Helene Ragovin Jacqueline Mitchell did such a wonderful competent in many fields. The best class Editorial Director Karen Bailey job with the article, not only describing at Tufts was medicine. I still use Dr. Alumni Editor Vangel R. Zissi, D62, DG67 what the Health Professions Scholarship [Kanchan] Ganda’s book as a reference. I Design Director Margot Grisar Program is all about, but also giving us a talk about Tufts all the time, and the other Senior Designer Betsy Hayes glimpse of how these exceptional young residents and even the instructors are get- Contributing Writers Gail Bambrick, Julie Flaherty, Kristin people feel about serving their country and ting sick of listening to me! Livingston, Taylor McNeil, Jacqueline Mitchell their initial military experiences. vladana babcic, d10 Contributing Editor Karen Kenny She caught the human side of it as well first-year postgraduate Editorial Advisors as the professional side. Her description of in endodontics Maria Tringale, Senior Director, what Dr. Jenny Liang, D08, had to deal with university of illinois at Dental Development and Alumni Relations chicago college of dentistry Mark Gonthier, Associate Dean, in Afghanistan was fascinating and inter- Admissions and Student Affairs esting. Over the past several years, we have Mary-Ellen Marks, Faculty Secretary had several of our dental alumni serve in Susan Ahearn, Associate Director, CORREctION Narayani Baliga, DI07, was Alumni Relations Iraq and Afghanistan. incorrectly identified in a photo from the Yankee Dental Alumni Association Dental alumni reception that appeared in the Tufts University, not only the School President Mostafa H. El-Sherif, DI95 of Dental Medicine but the entire univer- Fall 2010 issue of the magazine. The Office of Dental Alumni Relations apologizes for the error. Vice President Peter A. Delli Colli, A69, D73 sity, has a multitude of military alumni. Secretary Lisa Vouras, D89 Every one of them, when they notice Capt. Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Pflipsen on the cover, will do a double take Your New editor John J. Millette, D91 and appreciate the positive recognition of Treasurer Nicholas T. Papapetros, D91 military service from their alma mater. With this issue, Tufts Dental Medicine Directors charles rankin, welcomes a new editor, Helene Ragovin, Cherie Bishop, D94; Joseph P. Giordano, d79, dg86, d08p, d11p D79, DG84; Peiman Mahdavi, D91, DG94; who has been a senior writer in Tufts’ Office Raina A. Trilokekar, DG88, DI91; professor of endodontics of Publications for a decade. Before that, Derek A. Wolkowicz, D97, DG00 tufts school of dental medicine she was a reporter and editor for news- Ex-Officio papers in New Jersey, and her work has Past Presidents: Tofigh Raayai, DG77, DI80; the best of tufts John P. Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P; been recognized by the New Jersey Press Nicholas T. Papapetros, D91 I was getting nostalgic about Tufts and Association. At Tufts, she has covered the Dental M Club Chair excited to see all the endo people at the AAE School of Arts and Sciences for the Tufts John P. Ficarelli, D73, D10P, DG12P conference in San Antonio in April. I am Journal and its successor, Tufts Now. Historian Charles B. Millstein, D62, A10P appreciative of my Tufts education. I really In a way, Ragovin is entering the University Liaison do love Chicago, and the faculty at the “family business”: her father and grand- Thomas F. Winkler III, A62, D66, D10P University of Illinois have been wonderful, father were dentists. She’s eager to hear Chapter Presidents Steven Dugoni, D79, A08P, A12P, California but being at a different school has allowed from you. If you have a suggestion or a EJ Bartolazo, D92, New York me to appreciate a lot of aspects of Tufts.
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