SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1979

A RECORD ATTENDANCE OF 157 registrants and guests was chalked up at the Fifteenth Annua.l Teachine Conference of the Indiana University School of , held at McCormick vs Creek State Park Sept. 5-·7. Participants from other dental schools were Dr. R. William Cornell? Northwestern ; Dr. Laurence Bean ? University of Kentucky : and Dr. Jimmy Pinkham :> University of Iowa. Keynote speaker was Dr. Mary Deane SorcinellL> Educational Con­ sultant. Panelists and workshop moderators from I.U. included Dr. Michael Cochran ? Dr. Rolando Decastro ~ Dr. James McDonald ~ Dr. Chris H. Miller~ Dr. Samuel S Patterson and Dr. Jack Schaaf. The following student repre · sentatives from IUSD attended as guests of the Teaching Committee: Mark Buckley (representing the Teaching Cormnittee) ; Kevin Cross ~ Second Year Dental Student ; Orest Komarnyckyj (Student Affairs Council President) ~ 1 Julia 0 Connor 9 Dental Assisting Student ~ William Shideler ~ Fourth Yeax Dental Student ~. Gregory Winteregg :1 Third Year Dental Student '. and Lisa Wittkamper ? Second Year Dental Hygiene Student. At the traditional Dean ~s

Night banquet on Sept. 6 honoring Dean Ralph E. McDonald 9 speakers included Dr. Glenn W. Irwin :> Jr., Vice President of Indiana University (Indianapolis) ; Mr. Frank Jones ~ Alumni Secretary:, and Dr. Maynard IL Hine'.) Chancellor

Emeritus of IUPUI 1 who delivered a slide presentation on the history of dental education in Indiana.

WORD HAS BEEH RECEIVED OF CHANGES in the dates of two meetings of importance to dental educators. The 1980 American Association of Dental Schools Annual Session in Los Angeles will be held from Sunday ·) March 16 > through Wednesday? March 19~ not March 23- 26 as previously announced. The Annual Session of the American Association for Dental Research will ir-unediately follow the .AADS session and will be held from Thursday 9 March 20, through Sunday~ March 23. Again:> the previously announced dates are incorrect. The changes in meeting dates were necessitated by contractual proble:r.is.

DEAN RALPH E. HCDONALD received the :; ASDC Great:· award of the American Society of Dentistry for Children on August 10 ~ during the organization' s 52nd annual meeting in Boston. The citation accompanying the award com­ mended Dr. McDonald for his 1·1eadership and exceptional service to his community, state '\ nation :> and the Society. :; Dr. McDonald is a former President of the ASDC , a national organization of more than 8 ~000 general practitioners, specialists ~ dental students ~ and other health professionals. It is the largest professional association working to improve children 9 s dental health.

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DR. TIMOTHY J. otLEARY, Chairman and Professor of Periodontics :i is serving as a Visiting Professor at Nihon University School of Dentistry in Japan for the month of September. The professorship~ spo~sored by that school and the Japanese government, is for the purpose of training periodontal faculty in the Japanese dental schools. Dr. O;Leary will lecture and con­ duct clinics at a number of schools throughout Je.pan. He wi'll also address two large dental meetings in Tokyo ;) another in Kyoto '.) and a fourth meeting in Sapporo.

STEVEN A. OVERTON, third year dental student , has been designated as recipient of the Howard K. and Shizuko !1ae5a.ka Award Scholarship. Estab­ lished in honor of the parents of Dr. Ray Maesaka ana. his brothers and sister ~ the annual scholarship is awarded to the third year student who has displayed an outstanding pro:fessional attitude and proficiency in pre-­ clinical laboratory courses of the first two years and ranks acRdemj. ca.lly in the top 20 per ,cent of his class.

DURING THE ANNUAL BUSINESS :MEETING of the American Board of Pedodontics '.) August 24•-25 .:. 1979, at the University of North Carolina ~ Chapel Hill ? Dr. Jam.es R. Roche, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Pedodontics~ was elected Vice-Chairman of this dental specialty certifying board.

TWO INDIANA UNIVERSITY DENTAL STUDENTS are among newly elected dfficers of the Student National Dental Association 9 s Executive Boardo Jeanette Sabir :, fourth year student :, has been named Regional Consultant ~) and Gloria

Williams :i third year student., is Coalition Consultant 0

REVERBERATIONS FROM INTERNAL PROBLEMS in Iran have been apparent in an incident involving the mailing of informati'on from the Graduate Dental Office here to a potential applicant for an advanced education program 0 The material addressed to the Iranian student was mailed from here in July of 19'78 but was returned to Mrs. Vi via,n Haggard of the Graduate -Office more than a year later '.) with the simple notati·on in Farsi (an Iranian language)~ 11 We cannot find him. 11

DR. DONALD THARP has been named Chairman of the newly formed Department of Dental Practice Administration ) as· of July 1 ) 1979. Dr. Tharp is also Director of the TEAM Program.

DR. ROBERT 1-L DERRY was honored at a luncheon o,n Sept. l~- with the Heart Fund Pacesetter Award of the state organization of the .American Heart Associationo The award was in recognition of his achievement in raising a record $462,000 as 1978 Fund Raising Chairman of the Marion County Chapter of the AHAo

Other matters involving the Heart Association and members of the Dental School family are touched upon in the following excerpt from a memo to the Newsletter from Ms. Juanita Johnson ? Associate Executive Director of the Marion County Cha~ter:

In behalf of the American Heart Association ~ . Marion County Chapter ) Inc o :, I wish to ex.press our sincere ap:preciation to the many who gave

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of their time and effort. To Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Boone ~ Dr o and Iv.tr s o Tim Turner , and to the Community Affairs Council we extend our thanks for their participation and leader­ ship in the Pacer/Sweetheart contesto To Dr. Mark Thompson who through his leadership and organizational expertize brought about involve-• ~ent of dozens of dental students in our very successful walk-run-jog for 2 yearso

And of course~ last but certainly not least, to our dear friends Dr. Derry and Dr. Sagraves for their top leadership and guidance, their generous monetary contributiqns plus the hundreds of hours given ~ thank you and may God bless! Juanita Johnson

DR. SAMUELS PATTERSON, Chairman of Endodontics, has been appointed as Dentist-in-Residence for the National Veterans Ad.ministrationo He will act as consultant in endodontics and, will be called upon to visit VA Medical Centers which do not have dental school affiliation near their facilities. Under the Physicians and Dentists-in-•Residence Programs~ the VA provides every unaffilia~ed or newly affiliated Medical Center with a list of ex­ perts in various fields of medicine and dentistry who have indicated their willingness to spend several days at one or more of the Medical Centers in an educational capacity.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER for Mr. James R. Levens, Administrative Assistant~ who recently passed th_e Uniform Certified Public Accountants Examination.

LAW AND ORDER SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM in the Department of Oral Diagnosis/ Oral Medicine since two of its faculty members- .hold honorary rank as police officers. Dr. S. Miles Standish, Chairman of ODiOM~ is an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indiana State Police? and Dr. Jack Schaaf is an honorary Deputy-~heriff of Marion County.

DR. RALPH Wo PHILLIPS, Associate Dean for Research and Research Professor of Dental Materials, has been reappointed Consultant to the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute for Dental Research for the coming year. ·

DR. VAROUJAN A. CHALIAN 9 Chairman of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, has been designated as a Consulting Member in the Society of Head .and Neck Surgeons. Dr. Chalian is also one of four principal contributors to a new .book entitled Maxillofacial Prosthetics,; edited by Dr. William Laney~ Chief of Dental Services at the Mayo Clinic. ·

THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY e~ibit during Black Expo was well received by all concerned, Ms. Myra Mason? Minority Affairs Officer, reports. Students and staff members who worked at the booth were Jeanett~ Sabir~ Mike Givens, Bernice Williams, Dr. Jocelyn Dortelus~ and Dr. Leonard G. Koerber. IUSD COM DENT 9/79 -4-

DRo MAYNARD Ko HINE 9 Chancellor Emeritus of IUPUI and Professor Emeritus of Periodontics? is serving as President and Chairman of the Board of the Central Indiana Council on Agingo Dr. Hine has also been named a Board member of the Science Education Foundation and of the Indiana Uni­ versity Center fo~ the Aging and the Aged.

Dr. Hine, a former President of the American Dental Association, was Chairman of the committee which planned the dedication ceremony for the Harold Hillenbrand Auditorium at ADA Headquarters. Dr. Hillenbrand is a former Executive Director of the Association.

TWO ARTICLES FROM THE SPECIAL SECTION on Geriatrics and Dentistry in the Fall? 1978!) issue of the I .U. School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin are abstracted in the August, 1979 issue of Dental Abstracts. They are Dr. William Borman 9 s article on ~iDetecting Oral Problems in Elderly Patientsn and Dr. Abdel K~frawy' s article on nBiology of Aging. ''

DR. JAMES L. MCDONALD, JR.? Associate Professor of Preventive Dentistry9 has been appointed for a two-year term as Chairman of the Marion County Heart Association Committee on Nutrition.

DR. GEORGE K. STOOKEY, Professor of Preventive Dentistry? has been ap­ pointed to a three-year term as a member of the Programs Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Dental Researcho

MR. RICHARD C. SCOTT, Director of Illustrations, won two awards during the nsenior Olympics'v this summer at Krannert Park in Indianapolis: the gold medallion in the ceramics competition and the bronze medallion for leather~• workingo His entries in Ceramics were also rated Best. of Show.

DURING THE SPRING MEETING of the American Academy of Oral Pathology in San Diego~ California, faculty members of the Indiana University School of ·: Dentistry and former graduate students were very involved in continuing education and Academy affairs. Dr. Charles E. Tomich was re-elected as Editor of the Academy (Oral Pathology Section of ORAL SURGERY~ ORAL MEDICINE and ORAL PATHOLOGY) and Dr. Lawrence I. Goldblatt was named to the Fellowship Committee which evaluates individuals by examination for elevation to Fellow of the Academy. Continuing education courses were given by Dr. William G. Shafer and Dr. L. Roy Eversole (1970). Papers were presented by Drs.

Arthur S. Miller ( 196 3) 9 George P. Wysocki ( former faculty member of I. U. S . D. ) , Robert B. Brannon (1973), Bernard Levy (1969), Bruce A. Wright (1978), David G. Gardner ·(1965), Stanley Hirsch (1974) and Charles E. Tomich.

Indiana University influence was also evident in the Clinico-Pathologic Conference with Drs. Ronald A. Baughman (1969)j Sigurds O. Krolls (1966) and Dean K. White (1972) participating. Council members include Drs. Russell L. Corio (1970), David G. Gardner (1965), and Charles E. Tomich. Indiana influence is also evident in many of the standing and ad-hoc committees. Dr. William G. Shafer and Dr. s. Miles Standish have served as President of the Academy as did the late Dr. David F. Mitchell. The annual Richard A. Alper (M.S.D. 1974) Memorial Indiana Seminar was attended by 28 Indiana faculty members and former graduate students. During this seminar, 21 diagnostically challenging cases were presented and discussed. Dr. Tomich served as moderator for the seminar.

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.MRSo MARJORY CARR!) Director of Dental Assisting!) has been elected President of the Indiana Dental Assistants Association for 1979-80.

DRS. LAFORREST Do GARNER, James Baldwin and .Anoop Sondhi represented Indiana University at the 1979 Teacher's Conference sponsored by the American Association of Orthodontists in Sto Louis in June.

AMONG RESEARCH AWARDS RECENTLY REPORTED by the IUPUI Office of Research and Sponsored Programs are the following: Dro Bradley Beiswanger, Clinical Caries Study of Dentifrices:~~ year ; Procter & Gamble; $620,446 -­ Dr. Jack Shawley, Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary Training Program; 2nd year of 2 ; ·Health Resources Administration, Depto of HEW; $214,018 and Dro Dona.id Tharp, Dental Team Program ; 6th year of 8; H~alth Resources Administration, Dept. of HEW ; $13,508.

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY FACULTY MEMBERS and students effectively represented their School as well as Indiana University in general on August 17 at the 1979 Indiana State Fair. Four one-hour audience participation programs were presented by the faculty members and students. This dental health program, 0 9 entitled Dr. Dental IO Q. , v; was designed and directed by the School s Office of Faculty Development in cooperation with Mro Ken Beckley, Director of University Relationso Dr. Rolando Ao Decastro and Mr. Mark Dirlam from the Departments of Oral Anatomy and Dental Art prepared and erected an attractive sign spotlighting the School of Dentistry's program on IoU, Day in the Education Building.

The following persons representing the School of Dentistry student body participated as interviewers during the program: Mark Bohnert ~ Deann Harris, Phil Heller, Beth Hollon~ Komarnyckyj, Roger Murphy, Sally Phillips, Debbie Roberson, Bill Shideler, Tom Stokes, Greg Winteregg. These ener­ getic interviewers passed out handbills in front of the Education Building before each perfonnance. The handbills announced the 1iDoctor Dental I.Q. n program with the slogan "Ask a question - get a free and an answer." (The approach worked well: more than 450 were handed out during the four performances.) The roving interviewers also encouraged the fairgoers in the theater of the Education Building to ask questions· about dental health, the dental school!)· and the dental profession. In rotation, four in~erviewers at each program would announce over their microphones a phrase reminiscent of the old ' 1Doctor I .Qo n radio program, 0 something like this: Doctor, I have a woman in the second row. H The person in the audience would then direct his question to the moderator of the panel.

During the four performances Dr. Charles W. Gish and Dr. David K. Hennon alternated as moderators, referring questions to the following School of Dentistry faculty members on the panel:- Mr . Gale E. Coons, Dr. -~yron J. Kasle, Dr. Francis E. McCormick ~ Dro Victor H. Mercer, Dr. Jerry G. Nieten, Miss Evelyn R. oidsen, Dr. John Risch, Dr. Charles E. Smith. Dr. Gish and Dro Hennon also served on the panel when they were not functioning as moderatorso

The questions asked by the four audiences were very substantial, and the School of Dentistry representatives took full advantage of this opportunity to provide dental health education to the fairgoerso It was amazing to

IUSD f"1f'IM T'\u1l\ll"Tl O / 7 0 -6- observe that the adults as well as the children sustained their interest in asking questions throughout each of the one-hour programs.

Examples of the wide range of questions asked by the audiences follow:

Does a cavity start from the inside or the out? For many years it appears that gold or gold alloy has been the preferred material for many types of tooth restorations .•. ! was wondering with the rather rapid increase in price of gold if there are any new materials or alloys on the scene that are an acceptable substitute?

When is my next tooth coming in? I 9m six years old.

A lot of people are hesitant to have x-rays every time you go in for an examination. What 9 s your feeling •.• is there danger?

What are teeth made of?

I:'m allergic to and have been using baking soda. Is that abrasive to the teeth or is there an alternative to taking soda that I could use?

Somebody told me that if you chew tobacco it will reduce cavities. Is this true?

How do the sugary cereals act toward your teeth?

Why does the dentist tell you to use a soft bristled tooth­ brush when my teeth feel much cleaner with a hard one?

Is bubblegum bad for teeth?

How often does an ordinary person have to change false teeth in their lifetime?

At what age should children begin regular checkups at the dentist and when should they start brushing their teeth?

What happens if you use too much fluoride on your teeth?

I just had a wisdom tooth extracted and I was one of the unlucky ones in that it was a dry socket. What is a dry socket?

Is salt water good for your teeth?

What is the best cure or treatment as the case might be for canker sores?

How come one dentist tells you to use spacers and another one doesn vt?

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How many years are required to become a dentist?

What is better to use - an electric toothbrush or by hand?

In the past my dentist ·has x-•rayed my teeth every six­ months for a ~checkupo Is that too frequently - what vs the attitude of the profession now - is it possible rim getting· too much x- ray?

If you got a cavity in a baby tooth would it go through to the permanent tooth?

I vm on a rescue squad and want to know what should be done if a person in a car wreck hits his mouth ori the steering wheel and has teeth knocked loose or out?

My little girl has one crooked tooth. Is a whole set of braces necessary for the one crooked tooth?

How long does ·a cemented brid.ge last? '.

Why are you supposed to use unwaxed instead of the waxed?

What are the major differences between the dental hygienist and the dental assistant?

The merc-qry that i's :put in a silver filling in the moutho. ois there any danger to the overall body system from leakage from the silver filling?

Do lemons harm your teeth?

Can a company require their employees to go to a certain dentist before they~ll pay the insurance , on them?

When the hygienist is pressing hard on your teeth with an instrument? what is she actually doing?

All School of Dentistry representatives were pleased with the abundance· of information that was provided in response to the .continuous flow of questions 1 from the audience a;nd agreed that the 'Doctor . Dental I. Q. fi program had been a successful and enjoyable community dental health project.

DR. PETER T. ZONAKIS~ who is Director of Dental Auxiliary Education at Fort Wayne ? has been given the additional title~ Coordinator of Professional Studies for the IU--•PU-•Fort •Wayne Campus. In addition to supervising and directing the Dental Auxiliary Programs? Dr. Zonakis will be the Coordinator ror the Schools of Public and Environmental Artairs, Business ~ Education ~ and Music.

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SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY FACULTY and staff members serving on IUPUI committees for 1979-80 include the following: Academic Computing Advisory Committee !) Mro Harold Ao Shaffer; Academic Coordinating Council!) Dr. Ralph Eo McDonald; Academic Procedures Committee, Dro Glen O. Sagraves ; Administrative Computing Advisory Committee, Mr. Michael R. Curtis; Affirmative Action Advisory Council!) Mro Michael R. Curtis ; Animal Care Committee , Drs. S. Miles Standish and George K. Stookey; Archives Advisory Committee!) Dr. Maynard K. Hine ; Campus Development Committee!) Dr. Ralph E. McDonald ; Commencement and Special Ceremonies Committee !) Prof. Paul Barton; Continuing Education Advisory Council !) Dr. Robert H. Derry; Council of Deans , Dr. Ralph E. McDonald; Fee Refund Appeals Committee ~ Dr. Leonard G. Koerber ; Graduate Affairs Committee, . Dr. S. Miles Standish; Faculty Sub- Committee of Learning Resources Committee; Dr. James Ro Roche ; Educational Technology Sub- Committee of Learning Re- · sources Committee, Dr. Leonard G. Koerber; Library Coordinating Committee, Mrs. Helen Campbell and Dr. William B. Gillette; Faculty- Staff-Student Parking Appeals Committee, Mr. Bruce V. Mitchell ; Parking Policy Committee!) Dr . Robert L. Bogan (Chairman) and Mr. Michael R. Curtis : Position Evaluation Committee, Mr. Michael R. Curtis ; Committee on Protection of Human Subjects, Dr . Charles Poland III; Radiation Safety Council, Dr. Ralph Eo McDonald ; Machine-Produced Radiation .Safety Connnittee, Dro Myron J. Kasle ; Research Project Review Panel, Dr. s. Miles Standish ~ Sabbatical Leaves Committee ,

Dr. Paul E. Starkey; ~afety Committee 9 Dr. Robert L. Bogan; Student-Employee Health Service Committee, Dr. Robert Lo Bogan ; Student Financial Aid Committee , Mro Michael R. Curtis and Mr. Do~ald o. Booth; and Student Publication Board9 Prof. Paul Barton.

THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM A PATIENT has been passed along to the Newsletter from the Dean's Office : August 11? 1979

To the Indiana University School of D~ntistry:

I want to tell you how grateful I am for the expert .. attention given to me. From the first '.> which started· · ~­ 11 in 1970 11 I h?,ve been made to feel ';special with each student. Because of a decayed tooth in my ­ work? it had to be done all over. So early this year, a careful diagnosis was given, and then the work began. From the student who worked cleaning my teeth-each inspector-the student who worked so hard? so carefully; explaining each step to me-to the COll\Vletion of a bridge~-partial plate-and upper denture, I received such kind considerationo I marveled at the fact l as I observed the other students working on their patients? how courteous and thoughtful they all were. And somes-• thing else - they were all such good- looking young men!> . and beautiful young women. -The assistants were so nice-lightening the effect of doom when that big glob of stuff was inserted in my mouth!

Now to Randy Brown, pi.y dentist, he_ was the greatest! The last day!) he spent at least four hours with me--I was wearing my new dentures. He kept checking each

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point of distress until, finally 9 I said, nall is welllr1 I haven't felt one bad place since. I have eaten, with

pleasure 9 ever sinceo

I wish him well and know that he will have many happy and satisfied patients. He will always have a big

warm place in my heart, and Mary Ann 9 tooo

Sincerely and gratefully9

Mrs. Clarence Vo Peters

DR. SIMON KATZ, ·Professor of Preventive Dentistry 9 has been awarded a Senior International Fellowship from the Fogarty International Center (NIH) which will enable him to spend a year on sabbatical leave in Spain. During his residence in ~pain9 beginning in January of 1980? Dro Katz hopes to put into effect a three-point plan: Organizing a preventive-dentistry program at the dental school in Madrid, initiating a program of fluoride rinses in the schools9 and conducting research on the effects of and fluoride on radiation carieso .

THE FOLLOWING STAFF MEMBERS have recently been recognized by the. adminis­ tration of Indiana University for long service to IoU.: 15 years of service -- Ms. Twila Chapman 9 Ms. Ramona Lemme 9 Mso Fannie Lo Love, Ms. Carol Ann Steinmetz, and Mr. Lee J. Schaeffer ; 10 years of service

Ms O Vivian Haggard, Mr. Michael Halloran, Ms. Jean Kernodle, Ms. Myrna

Robertson 9 Dro Jose Sangalang 9 and Mso Nancy Stillabower.

THE NEWSLETTER HAS RECEIVED the following communication from Mrs. Helen Campbell , School o.fJ)entistry Librarian :

The Library maintains a clipping and biography file for Faculty members and would appreciate receiving a current curriculum vitae from each full-time and part-time Faculty member. We have struggled to· provide accurate information on the founders of the Indiana Dental College and would like to leave a record of the 1979 instructional staff for the School 9 s Bicentennial in 20790 May we have your curriculum vitae for our special file?

CONGRATULATIONS ARE EXTENDED TO Dro Hala Zo Henderson, Associate Professor of Pedodontics 9 who has been informed by President Ryan that the Trustees of Indiana University have approved her appointment as Chairman of the Division of Undergraduate Pedodontics, effective September 8~ 1979. Dr. Henderson has also been certified recently as a Diplomate by the American Board of Pedodonticso

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