COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
August 2007
We Welcome All New
Dental Hygiene
and Dental Assisting
Students
Congratulations to
Dr. Susan Zunt, Newly Elected
Vice President of
the American Academy
of Oral and Maxillofacial
Pathology
1-4 (Wed.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY annual meeting, Colorado Springs, Colo.
5 (Sun.)
A Hoosier Celebration
… in Kentucky? Today wraps
up Danville, Kentucky's two-week RAINTREE COUNTY FESTIVAL, which celebrates the
50th anniversary of the film that starred Elizabeth Taylor and
Montgomery Clift. Although the story took place in Indiana and came from
the enormously successful novel written by IU graduate (and, briefly, IU professor)
Ross Lockridge Jr. (B.A.'35, M.A.'39), the film was shot on location in the
Bluegrass state (www.raintreecountyfestival.com).
According to IU Home Pages, in 1948 Lockridge had the nation's best-selling
novel while one of his Bloomington, Ind., neighbors, Alfred Kinsey (with
whom Lockridge was unacquainted), had the best-selling nonfiction title ("Sexual
Behavior in the Human Male"). Tragically, Lockridge took his own life at age 33,
just two months after Raintree County, his first book, was published. One of his
sons, Larry Lockridge, who was 5 at the time of his father's death, grew
up to be a professor of Romantic literature at New York University and a talented
writer himself. In 1994, in an extraordinary biography titled "Shade of the Raintree,"
Larry Lockridge wrote movingly of his father's life and death, providing a fascinating
account of the novel's impact upon the entire Lockridge family.
6 (Mon.)
ORIENTATION FOR
DENTAL ASSISTING STUDENTS (campus program)
7 (Tues.)
IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL,
noon-1:30 p.m. in DS115
9 (Thurs.)
IU DAY AT THE INDIANA
STATE FAIR. See details at
www.indiana.edu/~fair.
14 (Tues.)
INDIANA SECTION
OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH annual members meeting, noon-1:30
p.m. in DS115
15 (Wed.)
STUDENT AFFAIRS
COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon in DS114
15, 16 (Wed., Thurs.)
ORIENTATION FOR
FIRST AND SECOND-YEAR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
17 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE,
9 a.m. in DS S421
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Aug. 31 meeting
20 (Mon.)
FIRST SEMESTER
CLASSES begin for dental assisting (campus program), dental hygiene, fourth-year
dental, and graduate students.
24 (Fri.)
IUSD STUDENT APPRECIATION
PICNIC welcomes all new and returning students, noon at Riverside Park in our usual
spot, Shelter #5. Undergraduate and predoctoral clinics and classes are cancelled
this afternoon; cancellation of graduate clinics and classes is at the discretion
of program directors.
25 (Sat.)
FALL SEMESTER CLASSES
BEGIN for distance-learning dental assistants.
Today marks the
100th anniversary of the birth of legendary IU faculty member Dr.
Maynard Kiplinger Hine, who served as longtime dean of the IU School of Dentistry
(1945-1968), as IUPUI's first chancellor (1969-1973), and as president of the American
Dental Association (1965-1966). Dr. Hine, who died in 1996, was also the grandfather
of current IU faculty members Dr. William Hine Jr., clinical assistant professor
of hospital dentistry; and Dr. Charles Hine, clinical assistant professor
of endodontics. Although Maynard was raised in Tuscola, Ill., and educated at the
University of Illinois, he proudly claimed his Hoosier heritage, which was based
upon his birth in his mother's hometown of Waterloo, Ind., on Aug. 25, 1907. Maynard
was editor of his high school yearbook, The Tuscolian, showing a talent early
on that would eventually lead to a more substantial gig as editor-in-chief for two
decades of the Journal of Periodontology. Throughout his career, Dr. Maynard
Hine carved pioneering paths for himself in dental education, dental science, and
organized dentistry, and during the 1940s and 1950s he recruited and built a roster
of dental faculty at IU that was second to none.
29-Sept. 2 (Wed.-Sun.)
AMERICAN STUDENT
DENTAL ASSOCIATION annual session, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
31 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH
SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
People, Places, and
Things
DR. ZUNT HEADING FOR THE AAOMP PRESIDENCY.
Dr. Susan Zunt, chair of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology, has been
elected vice president of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,
a position that will lead to a term as president during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Dr. Zunt will join a long line of Indiana University-trained oral pathologists who
have held the top position in the AAOMP.
A COUNCIL POSITION FOR DR. HARTSFIELD.
Dr. James Hartsfield Jr., interim chair of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics,
has been named to a three-year term as a member of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation's
Medical Advisory Council. Through its research-based mission, the foundation seeks
to improve the quality of life for people who have osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic
disorder that causes their bones to break easily, often without an apparent cause.
The foundation strives to find treatments and a cure for OI, and to increase awareness
of OI among medical professionals.
DR. YODER INTERVIEWED ON SOUND MEDICINE.
A recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that
shows tooth decay on the rise in very young children piqued the interest of the
producers of Sound Medicine, a weekly radio program sponsored by the IU School
of Medicine. They turned to Dr. Karen Yoder, director of Community Dentistry
and the dental school's SEAL INDIANA program, for a discussion of the topic. You
can listen to the full interview, "Sealing Kids' Teeth," at
http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment.php4?seg=1242.
PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE FOR DR. STOOKEY. Congratulations
to Dr. George Stookey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Preventive and
Community Dentistry, who received the ORCA-Zsolnay Prize at the annual congress
of the European Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA), held in Helsingør, Denmark
last month. The prize is given for distinguished career contributions to caries
research, and is represented by an exquisite hand-made plate manufactured by the
Zsolnay porcelain company of Hungary. As the recipient, Dr. Stookey presented a
paper at the Denmark meeting titled "Clinical Caries Research in the ‘50s' and the
Need for More Efficient Models."
"In accepting the award, I noted that
much of my success was due to the research conducted by our graduate students, postdoctoral
fellows, and staff members," says Dr. Stookey. "I also noted that 16 of these persons
are now ORCA members with their own caries research programs at universities in
six different countries."
Dr. Stookey's solid reputation in the
field of caries research gave the city of Indianapolis a unique opportunity to host
the ORCA congress in 2005, with Dr. Stookey presiding as host scientist. It was
only the second time in ORCA's then 52-year history that a meeting site outside
of Europe was chosen.
Dr. Stookey is also the subject of an
article appearing in the summer 2007 issue of IUPUI Magazine (A 50-Year "Summer
Job"), which features his current work as chief executive officer of Therametric
Technologies, Inc., in IU's Emerging Technologies Center in downtown Indianapolis.
You can read the article online and also watch an additional video interview with
Dr. Stookey at
www.magazine.iupui.edu.
DR. CHIN RECEIVES
NCOHF GRANT FOR PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY. The National Children's
Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) recently awarded grants totaling $529,000 to 14 not-for-profit
community, university, and hospital-based dental programs nationwide, including
the IU School of Dentistry. These facilities are members of NCOHF's national oral
health Affiliate Network and are dedicated to delivering comprehensive oral health
treatment and preventive educational services to millions of children and their
families.
Dr. Judith Chin, associate professor of pediatric dentistry,
is the principal investigator and the chief volunteer officer on a $35,000 NCOHF
grant that will be used in the year ahead by the school's Department of Pediatric
Dentistry to provide comprehensive oral health services to economically disadvantaged
children.
Fern
Ingber, president and chief executive officer of the NCOHF, expressed her
enthusiasm about the projects, and gratitude to NCOHF's supporters, stating, "These
grants bring with them the expectation that we will continue to break down barriers
regarding access to oral health services, and provide critical care and preventive
education to young children. We are grateful to be able to support so many of our
affiliates who embraced this challenge and came forth with innovative ideas and
proposals. This would not be possible without the generosity of our donors who share
our passion to eliminate painful debilitating pediatric oral disease."
According to the NCOHF, one third of U.S. children suffer from serious
oral health problems that negatively impact their ability to eat, sleep, and learn,
and affect their appearance. Discolored, decayed and abscessed teeth are painfully
debilitating, and result in severe psychological, social, and economic consequences.
A recently released study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found
that 28% of children ages 2 to 5 have tooth decay, up from 24% in an earlier report.
Bruce Dye, the lead author of "Trends in Oral Health Status: United States,
1988-1994 and 1999-2004," states in the report: Poor kids ages 6 to 11 are three
times more likely to have untreated tooth decay than children whose families are
above the poverty line.
"At this time, when the numbers of economically disadvantaged children
are increasing, new and innovative ways to deliver vital prevention-oriented oral
health services must be developed," Ms. Ingber says. "We applaud our affiliates
for their commitment to provide creative, practical solutions and look forward to
celebrating their accomplishments. Thanks to generous support from our corporate
underwriters, 100% of all general contributions are allocated directly to children's
oral health services." The underwriters include Sybron Dental Specialties, Discus
Dental, 3M ESPE, Patterson Dental Supplies, Nobel Biocare, Ultradent Products Inc.,
Heraeus, and Dentsply.
Founded in 2006, the NCOHF was created in response to the national
growing need to provide access to community-based programs for under-served children
that deliver the best approaches to eliminate dental disease, optimize oral health,
enhance self-esteem, effectively reduce student absenteeism, and significantly enhance
quality of life and family productivity. You can read more about the National Children's
Oral Health Foundation at
www.ncohf.org.
End August 2007 Calendar
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