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Upcoming Continuing Dental Education Courses

December 15-17, 2003 (Monday-Wednesday)

Local Anesthesia for Dental HygienistsInstructors: Prof. WendyKerschbaum, KarenRidley,

ChristineKlausner

Thiscourse, whichincludes15hoursof classroominstructionand14hoursof clinical training,introducesdental hygieniststotheessential skillsandknowledgefor safeandeffectiveadministrationof local anesthesia. Participantsworkingroupsof threeandwill administerlocal anesthesiaoneachother.

January 14, 2004 (Wednesday)

Kenneth J. Ryan, DDS Memorial Seminar:

Maximizing Your Artistic Talent in Esthetic Dentistry and the Interdisciplinary Approach

Instructor: RonaldGoldstein, DDS

Themorningsectionof thistwo-part coursewill focusonperfectingtheartisticsideof dentistry. Thispresentationwill deal withvisualization, oneof theimportant elementsinimprovingestheticrestorations. Theafternoonsectionwill offer guidelinesonwaystoobtainthebest estheticresults, includingprofileconsiderations.

February 7, 2004 (Saturday)

Associateships and Practice Buy-Ins: A Course for

Established and New Dentists

Instructor: Darrell W. Cain, CPA

Whether you’reanestablisheddentist consideringhiringanassociateor thinkingabout sellingyour practice…or if you’reanewdentist who’sthinkingabout becominganassociateorpurchasingapractice…thiscourseisfor you. Darrell W. Cain, president of acertifiedpublicaccountingfirmwhohasnegotiatedthesaleof over 400dental practices, will describetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesof associateshipsvs. buy-insandalsoprovidepractical adviceonhowtominimizethetaxburdenfor bothbuyer andseller.

For moreinformationabout theseandother

continuingdental educationcourses, contact:

Universityof MichiganSchool of Dentistry

Officeof ContinuingDental Education

1011N. UniversityRoomG508AnnArbor, MI 48109-1078Phone: (734) 763-5070Fax: (734) 936-3065www.dent.umich.edu



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DentalUM magazine is published twice a year by the

University o Michigan School o Dentistry, Oce o AlumniRelations and Continuing Dental Education.

Mail letters and updates to: J erry Mastey, Editor, School o Dentistry, Room 1209, 1011 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor,

MI 48109-1078. Or you may send your letters and updatesvia email to: [email protected].

Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter PolveriniDirector o External Relations andContinuing Dental Education . . . . . . . Richard Fetchiet

Writer & Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry MasteyDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris JungPhotography . . . . . . . Per H. Kjeldsen, Keary Campbell

Member publication o the AmericanAssociation o Dental Editors

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Rebecca McGowan, Andrea Fischer Newman, AndrewC. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, Mary SueColeman, ex ocio.

University o Michigan School o DentistryAlumni Society Board o Governors

Terms Expire 2003:

Kamal Asgar, ‘59, Park Ridge, NJWilliam J. Costello, ‘70, East Lansing, MI (Chairman)Susan Carron, ‘77, Farmington Hills, MI

Anne Diederich Gwozdek, DH ‘73, Ann Arbor, MI Terry Timm, ‘71, Saline, MI

Terms Expire 2004:Joseph T. Barss, ‘80, Chicago, IL

Eli Berger, ‘57, ‘61, Birmingham, MIWilliam E. Brownscombe, ‘74, St. Clair Shores, MI

Janet Cook, DH ‘81, Whitmore Lake, MI Thomas P. Osborn, ‘68, Bloomeld Hills, MI

Ex Ocio Members:Steve C. Graton, Executive Director, Alumni Association

Richard Fetchiet, Director o External Relations andContinuing Dental Education

Thomas C. Pink, ’69, Alumni Association Liaison

Peter Polverini, Dean

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DentalUMFall 2003 Volume 19, Number 2

It’s Great to be

Back at MichiganIt’s great to be back at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

As you know, I was a department chair here prior to becoming dean

at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

What I learned and experienced…in both roles and at both schools…

has reafrmed in my mind that the University of Michigan School of

Dentistry is among the nation’s, if not the world’s, premier dental schools

whose faculty, staff, and students are rich with ideas and deep in talent.

Returning to Michigan is an opportunity to be in a world-class

academic institution where there is freedom to be creative at a level not

possible elsewhere.

I am committed to maintaining…and more importantly, advancing…

that hard-earned and well-respected position.

That reputation was a major reason for my decision to return. It’s not

often one is offered an opportunity to lead a dental school with a 128-year

history of greatness.

Indeed, as I learned during the three years I was away from Ann

Arbor, there is something to be said about absence making the heart grow

fonder. When combined with being closer to family, the lure of Michigan

was simply irresistible.

In conversations with faculty, staff, students, alumni, University

ofcials, and others prior to becoming dean on June 1, I came to appreciate,

even more, the breadth and depth of talent that is here.

It’s not just at the School of Dentistry. It’s elsewhere – at other

University of Michigan schools and colleges, throughout Ann Arbor,

across the state, and among our alumni. This is truly is a resource-rich

environment.

I will continue to build upon the foundation that has made ours the

great School it is.

Sincerely,

Peter Polverini, Dean



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COVER STORY

FEATURES

In This Issue

4 Dr. Peter Polverini Assumes Deanship

The new Dean o the School o Dentistry, Dr. Peter Polverini, has been busy

since assuming his new job June 1. In an interview he talked about his rstweeks back, what he would like to achieve, and who some o his mentors

were that helped him to reach his current level o success.

32 Major Renovations Underway

Never have there been as many simultaneous renovation projects underway

in the history o the School o Dentistry as there are now. One majorrenovation project recently ended. However, our others continue.

37 Faculty Prole – Dr. Jacques Nör

He didn’t know he graduated at the top o his dental class until seven yearsater earning his dental degree. A successul researcher, clinician, teacher,

and mentor at the University o Michigan School o Dentistry, Dr. JacquesNör admits his journey rom Brazil to the U.S. has been amazing and that

“I’ve been lucky to nd the right people here at Michigan.”

47 Interesting Interests

Talk to aculty and sta at the School o Dentistry, or visit them at their oceor at a clinic, and you learn about an interesting hobby or pursuit that they

have. In some instances, the activity parallels a career. However, some areengaged in activities away rom the School that have no connection to their

proessional roles.

51 Graduation Day

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12 Hall o Honor UnveiledThe School o Dentistry unveiled its Hall o Honor at a gala celebration on

September 4th as a part o homecoming weekend. Eighteen individualsonce aliated with the School were posthumously inducted during

ceremonies attended by amily, riends, and colleagues o those honored.

Design by Chris Jung. Photo by Per Kjeldsen.

16 - The Honored 18

In alphabetical order (by last name) are the rst 18 individuals that wereinducted into the School o Dentistry’s Hall o Honor. A plaque with the

head and shoulder image o each person, their post-graduate degrees,and a short narrative describing his or her achievements are provided.




DEPARTMENTS

Fall 2003

60 Alumnus Prole – Dr. William MaasAs president o the dental class o 1973, William Maas challengedclassmates to develop a personal or proessional statement o purpose so they would nd themselves providing oral health care in

a system shaped with their input. Since then, Dr. Maas has been apart o the team that prepared the rst Surgeon General’s report

about oral health in America and has also been commended or hisdedication to improving the oral health o the nation and reducing

oral health disparities.

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12 Alumni Relations & Development

12 - Hall o Honor & Other Homecoming Weekend Activities29 - West Preclinic Renovations Proceeding

30 - The Fundamentals o Eective Git Planning

43 Faculty News

57 Dental Hygiene

66 Department Report:

Biologic and Materials Sciences

70 Research

70 - U-M Dental Students Win 40% o AADR Research Fellowships

It’s about as rare as a major league baseball player with a .400batting average. Collectively, U-M School o Dentistry studentsbatted .409 when nine won 22 research ellowships rom the

American Association or Dental Research.

70 – School o Dentistry #6 Nationally in NIH Awards

72 - D1 Student’s Clinical Research Wins Award

Sara Kellogg wasn’t even a student at the U-M School o Dentistry when she won rst place or her dental research.

She competed against 200 others and won a top award or her

poster presentation on hypertension.73 – Do Bones Support and Spread One Type o Cancer?

School o Dentistry researcher, Dr. Abraham Schneider, recipiento the Dziewiatkowski Award , is seeking answers to that

question.

75 School News

82 Alumni News



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“I’m excited about theopportunitiesand the potential thisSchool has tobe even better.”

“I’m excited about theopportunities

and the potential thisSchool has tobe even better.”

Question: Can you give Dental UM readers an idea o what your frst

our weeks as dean have been like? What are some o the issues you’ve

been dealing with since your frst ull day on the job June 2nd?

Answer: I’d say the rst four weeks have been a time of reacquainting myself

with the University and faculty, and how the School functions at such a highlevel on a day-to-day basis; that is, understanding how this institution really

works.

Q: Is the reacquainting process dierent as dean?

A: Yes it is. As a faculty member you see things from a somewhat narrow

vantage point. But as a dean, it’s a broad panorama. I’ve become increasingly

impressed with the level of activity and the challenges here, at all levels.

The new Dean of the School of Dentistry, Dr. Peter Polverini, has been

busy since ofcially beginning his job on June 1.

In addition to meetings in his ofce, Polverini has taken time to meet

with faculty in their ofces and clinics, talk to researchers in their labs, and

converse with students.

Four days after becoming dean, he addressed faculty, staff, and studentsin the Kellogg Auditorium discussing a range of issues and answering their

questions.

Several weeks later, he sent an electronic newsletter to faculty, staff, and

students outlining some of his plans. That electronic newsletter, Thought

You’d Be Interested…, was also sent to alumni.

In early July, the new dean took time to answer questions on a range

of subjects including his reasons for returning to Michigan, his short- and

long-range plans for the School, how reductions in state appropriations to the

University might affect the dental school, and new initiatives he would like

to see.

Below is an edited transcript of the interview.

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Q: You were a department chair here in the

Department o Oral Medicine, Pathology, and

Oncology, and then named dean at the School

o Dentistry in Minnesota. Why did you want

to return to Michigan, this time as dean o the

School o Dentistry?

A: I felt Michigan offered opportunities that could

be found at few, if any, other dental schools in

the country, such as an opportunity to re-engage

research at a level that I could not at perhaps other

institutions, and an opportunity to be part of an

innovative research and educational program that

is continuing to evolve at this dental school.

I didn’t have to convince faculty of the need

for change here. Change is part and parcel of what

makes this place great. The issue is not that change

should occur, it’s expected. The reason this place

continues to be as good as it is, is because it accepts

change as an opportunity for continued success

rather than as an obstacle to derail programs or

derail ideas.

Q: Do you see that acceptance o change

continuing?

A: Oh yes. Certainly there are going to be some

aspects of change that are going to be perhaps

more difcult than others. But by and large,there always are faculty here that are capable of

engaging in that process. There’s a willingness to

engage change here.

FACULTY AND DECISION MAKING

Q: Were there any major lessons you learned

as dean at Minnesota that surprised you,

compared to being a department chair? How

did those lessons prepare you or this job?

A: I think the one thing I did learn is the value

and the absolute importance of engaging faculty

in the decision making process. The dean’s role

is to make sure the ship is on course and to make

sure that it stays on course. But it’s the faculty

that really drives the process. The one thing I did

learn is that the more you engage faculty, the more

information you share, the greater the likelihood

wise decisions will be made.

Q: How are you engaging the aculty?

A: I do it several ways: through committees and

by getting out and seeing faculty on the clinic oor

as well as in their laboratories. So I actually getout to see them in their place of work.

Q: How oten do you do that?

A: Every week. At least half-a-day a week I will

be out on the clinic oor or in the research tower

talking to faculty and talking to students.

Q: What’s been their reaction?

A: I think they welcome it. You learn things

you don’t learn in a traditional committee-like

structure. You hear things from people that you

normally would not hear. There’s a hierarchy in

any organization, but when you get right down to

the faculty, it’s a wonderful way to learn about

the operation of this institution through their eyes.

Everybody has a different vantage point and sees

things differently. So it’s valuable to see and hear

what other people think.

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MANAGEMENT STYLE

Q: Is there anyting new you’ve learned your

frst our weeks here compared to when you

let as a department chair? Anything taken

you by surprise?

A: There really have been no surprises. Not that

this place is overly predictable. But there certainly

have been no big surprises.

Q: What was your management style as dean

in Minnesota? Will it be the same here?

A: I rmly believe in empowering people to make

decisions. I strongly believe in a decentralized

system, but one in which I engage at every level.

But decentralization doesn’t mean hands-off. What

it means is empowering people to make decisions

and allowing them to make those decisions and,at the same time, to provide a check and balance

in the system.

Q: Is it a tough adjustment returning to

Michigan as dean compared to leaving as a

department chair?

A: It’s difcult in the sense the responsibility

is much more substantial. I put in signicantly

more time daily just doing day-to-day things, and

I haven’t even started re-engaging my research

in a meaningful way yet. So it’s a lot of work.

But I love every minute of it. Nothing I do is

insignicant or unimportant because it’s dealing

with people and therefore you pay attention to the

details. There are a lot of details with this job,

more so than as a department chair.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Q: Given your responsibilities, do you think

that perhaps your research might be one thing

that might have to be pushed o to the side?A: It will no longer be my primary focus. But it

certainly is one vehicle that I use to stay connected

to the scientic community here. It’s the one thing

I do that I enjoy doing. It’s a way I continue to

exercise my intellect at another level compared to

performing the administrative chores I have. I take

it very seriously and it is very competitive. But

once you’ve been in a competitive environment,

it’s hard to back out of it. I won’t be doing research

at the level I used to. But I will be engaged and

I’ll be expected to compete for research funding.

Q: Has there been “a typical day” since you

returned?

A: A typical day is one that begins at 7:00 a.m.

and doesn’t end until 6:00 or 6:30 p.m. Between

meeting faculty, getting out into the clinics,

meeting alumni, it’s the whole package. There’s

something different everyday. So that’s what

makes the job really exciting.

Q: How do you plan to allocate your time

in the weeks and months ahead; that is,

managing, mentoring chairs and aculty, und

raising, your own research, etc.?

A: It’s difcult to put a time frame on eachactivity. I give the time that’s needed. My rst

responsibility is to the faculty, the students, and

the staff of this School. They come rst. After

that, I focus on things that might be in my own

areas of interest.

I will be engaged in the teaching program on

a limited basis. I will be involved in diagnostic

pathology to help relieve some of the burden carried

by junior faculty. And I will be participating in

the research program, but I’ll do that only as time

permits. My rst responsibility is to make sure I’m

at the table at the University level to ensure that

when such decisions are made the dental school is

on the radar screen and that we are able to garner

the resources we need to continue to be successful.

PERCEPTIONS OF DENTAL SCHOOL

Q: During your trips rom Minneapolis to Ann

Arbor to talk to ofcials at the University level,

what were their impressions o the School o

Dentistry? How is the School perceived by theUniversity’s central administrators?

A: There’s no doubt in my mind from the

President, the Provost, and others that they

perceive this as being one of the truly great dental

schools. There are very few schools that have the

breadth and depth of strengths that we have: our

undergraduate program, our outstanding research

program, and our quality postgraduate program,

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both PhD and specialty programs in postgraduate

certicate and master’s programs in dentistry.

So there’s no doubt the President and the

Provost realize what an outstanding institution

the School of Dentistry is. The expectations are

that it continue to be what it is, if not be better.

Q: Did they say how much better or suggest

any benchmarks?

A: No, but I think when you’re close to being

in the top three, you don’t have much room to

maneuver. So the thought is they want this to be

looked at as the best dental school in the country.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Q: What are some o your educational

program plans?

A: I think, for example, we can continue to

develop an innovative, creative educational

program that better prepares our students for a

different patient population than what I faced

when I graduated from dental school. This will

involve a population of patients that are older;

that often suffer from multiple chronic diseases;

that demand high quality care, as they should and

most rightly deserve; and that requires students to

be much more skilled in decision making.

They will continue to be excellent dentists.

They will do the quality restorative dentistry this

institution is known for. But the modern dentist is

going to need to be even better prepared in areas

that perhaps have not been a major area of focus,

in this case, diagnosis. We’re in an age where

genomics and proteomics will change how we

live for several generations to come. Our students

understand, better than earlier generations, the

implications of this new knowledge on how it

affects their practice and patients.

Q: How will these concerns aect the

predoctoral, dental hygiene, and other

programs?

A: It means we’re going to have to develop a

curriculum that allows our students to be better

self-learners, that better prepares them to be

continuous learners, and forces them to take

more responsibility for their education, not only as

students but also as graduates and practitioners. I

think the focus will be more and more on decision

making and the complex issues that affect decision

making.

SHORT- AND LONG-TERM GOALS

Q: Do you have any short-term and long-

term priorities? Short-term being six to 18

months and long-term being the next two to

fve years?

A: We’ve always had a quality educational

program. We’ve always had a quality research

program. And we’ve always had a quality patient

care program. Those have always been considered

very strong. Perhaps the linkages between those

programs could be improved.One way I think to bridge those gaps or to

create linkages is by developing a strong clinical

and translational research program in which we

can take to the chairside much of the outstanding

science that is going on here at this institution and

elsewhere and then implement that into our patient

care program through a topight clinical research

agenda.

What I’d like to see is the science we do

translated into better patient care. I think oneway of doing that is by developing a clinical

research program that establishes linkages between

research, education, and patient care.

Q: Will this require an overhaul or major

change or transition with current programs?

A: No, I think the will has always been there.

I think it’s going to require some investment

in individuals, some investment in programs,

and some investment in facilities. We have an

outstanding faculty doing state-of-the-art science

in a 30-year-old facility. So there’s a mismatch.

In order for us to retain our best scientists, in order

for us to continue at the levels we are, this all has

to be done in modern facilities. One of the things

I’m going to be working very hard on during the

next couple years is garnering the resources we

need to rebuild this infrastructure.

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FUNDING AND TUITION

Q: When you mention investing in individuals,

programs, and acilities, you’re talking

money. Yet the University is acing a cut o

$36 million in state aid next year under the

governor’s budget proposal. Where are new

resources going to come rom?

A: There may have to be some reallocation

of resources. We have to make some difcult

decisions. If you can’t fund everything, what then

are you going to support? What we’re going to

need to do is make some tough decisions. There

will have to be some reallocation. There will

also have to be some reinvestment with private

dollars, as well as, hopefully, some investment

from the University.

Q: When you mention reallocation, are youreerring to paring back programs?

A: Some programs may have to be pared. But

these decisions will have to be made with broad

faculty input.

Q: Has the Provost or anyone at the University

level mentioned how the $36 million cuts in

state aid might aect the School o Dentistry?

A: Certainly my predecessor, Bill Kotowicz,

and the chairs made decisions how they weregoing to deal with these cuts. In some cases, it’s

reduction in open positions, that is, positions not

being lled and reductions in dollars spent on

services. Certainly, any time there are budget

cuts, programs and people are affected.

Q: Will they be across the board?

A: No, not across the board. There have been

strategic cuts. Each department came up with a

list of things that they felt they could live without.

I don’t believe in across the board cuts. You makedecisions and you move on.

Q: On the other side o the coin, will there be

a need to raise tuition?

A: I don’t think a decision has been made yet. But

it may occur. This is a tuition-driven enterprise

in many respects. But I think we can no longer

continue to put the burden on the student’s

shoulders. As an institution we have to look at

other ways of raising revenue.

Q: In what ways?

A: I think of looking at how we do business in

terms of faculty practice. Some changes could

be made there that would allow faculty to be

more productive and, at the same time, enable the

School to both save and garner resources. Also,

research enterprises need to expand well beyond

traditional sources such as NIH. We could look

at industry as a source of dollars to help drive the

scientic engine here.

Q: Pharmaceutical companies? Biotech?

A: Pharmaceutical companies, biotech, dental

manufacturing companies, all those would help.

ENCOURAGING RISK TAKING

Q: When you were here last October to speak

to aculty, sta, and students as one o several

candidates or the dean’s job, you said “I want

to encourage risk taking. People who take risks

are those I truly value.” Can you elaborate on

that comment and how that aects your plans?

A: I was referring to people who are willing to

come up with ideas of new ways of doing things,

someone who’s willing to sit down and say “I

have an idea,” people who are willing to ush

out ideas, to come up with new strategies to do

business differently.

That could mean getting involved in a number

of ways. Someone might say “I might be willing

to talk to this company to invest in our School,”

or “Let’s look at our practice plan, can we do

something differently to attract more faculty or

keep them here,” or “Can our educational program

change to be more creative and challenging?”

Those are all risks because there’s no guarantee

they’re going to work. But if you don’t try them,

you’re never going to get there.

ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS

Q: Dental UM is read not only by our alumni,

but also by aculty, sta, and students. Is

there anything you would like to say to each

o these groups?

“I would hopeour students

take advantageo every

opportunity they can tobe the best

educated dentists they

can be and to

engage every aspect o theeducational program…”

“I hope staf would look at this place as a

career.”

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A: With the alumni, they should be very proud

of this School, not only for the caliber of student

it educates, but for the quality and breadth of

its faculty and programs. The fact is, this place

continues to work hard to be the very best at what it

does. It has not shirked its responsibilities whether

they be educational, scientic, or social. And it

has done it without inching.

This School has really set the bar when it

comes to being the best at what you are and to be

willing to admit that it needs to get better at what

it does. So the alumni should feel that this place

will continue to thrive and get better and that they

will continue to be proud of it. I look at alumni as

a valuable resource and welcome their dialogue.

I want our faculty to make sure that this is a

place where they continue to grow and thrive. It’s

my job to make sure that opportunities continue

to exist for them to be creative. I don’t want

people leaving here because they’re unhappy

or they can’t be successful, but if they do leave

it’s because there are opportunities that we can’t

possibly provide them. We want cases like that

to be few and far between. We want to make this

a place where young people can thrive and grow

and where senior faculty can sustain and grow as

investigators and educators.

For students, this is a once in a lifetime

opportunity. I would hope our students take

advantage of every opportunity they can to be the

best educated dentists they can be and to engage

every aspect of the educational program and to

take some responsibility on themselves for what

they want to do with their lives. I would also

urge them to explore all the opportunities offered,

not only at the dental school, but the rest of this

University. What makes this place great is not

only the people who are here, but also what it’s

surrounded by.

I hope staff would look at this place as a

career, that they have opportunities for input,

and that they have a voice in the decision making

process that affects their lives.

Q: Will the Supreme Court’s rulings on

diversity in June have any impact on the

dental school’s admission policies or

programs?

A: The School’s admissions policy more closely

parallels that of the Law School. We don’t have

quotas. What we do is we look for the best

students that we can. Will it change? No. We

will always go after the best students we can.

PERSONAL MENTORS

Q: Looking back at your career rom where

you started to where you are today, has

there been any one particular person that

you’ve tried to emulate, a person whose

management style or lie has inspired you?

A: There’s probably no one person. But certainly

a number of people during my career that have

played a big role as my mentors.

One was Dr. Ramzi Cotran who recently

passed away. He was the Frank Burr Mallory

professor of pathology and chief of pathology

at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of the

Harvard Medical School in Boston.

He was my graduate mentor and I was his rst

graduate student. Ramzi was very patient with

me and really showed me that once you engaged

in science it became a part of your life. Science

was woven into the fabric of his life. His energy,

his excitement and enthusiasm about science was

something that really stuck with me. He spent the

time nurturing me as a future faculty member.

Along with him, Mike Gimbrone who was

also, at the time when I was one of Ramsey’s

graduate students, an assistant professor. Mike

was one of the real superstars in the eld of

cardiovascular biology which was an area I

worked in, vascular biology. Mike was someone

who, very early in his career, took the time and

was very patient with me.

These two people, during my graduate

studies, really did a lot to infuse the excitement of

science and make it a journey that I would followfor the rest of my career.

The other person was Jerry Shklar who was

my mentor when I was in oral pathology. He was

a person who infused the value of science as a

practitioner of pathology and really demonstrated

the value of integrating science into how I

practiced dentistry then as a pathologist who saw

patients and did diagnostic work.

“We canno longer continue to pthe burden othe student’sshoulders. Aan institutiowe have tolook at otheways o raisi

revenue.”

“I want our aculty to msure that thia place whe

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He was that wonderful bridge between

the clinical and diagnostic part and the basic

research that I did. He did a lot to bridge that

gap between the research and the practice of

dentistry. He was a guy who would give you

the shirt off his back. He treated me as much

as a son as anything else. He treated all his

graduate students that way.

Another person I remember, as my

department chair, was Dan Scarpelli, who was

chair of pathology at Northwestern University.

He was a guy who, when I was working hard to

get promoted and things weren’t looking good,

stuck with me. I was working very hard to get

my grant. It was at the eleventh hour when I

nally got my grant funding from NIH. All his

hard work paid off. It was through him that I

understood the value of investing in a faculty

member, as he invested in me. Whereas others

might not have wanted me to continue in the

tenure track, he continually fought for me. As

it turned out, I like to think that his investment

paid off.

Those are the people I look at academically.

And of course, I can’t forget my wife because

she’s put up with my travels and has fully

supported whatever decision I’ve made. She

and my children have been very supportive.

So all have a lot to do with where I am

today, either because of the personal sacrices

they’ve made on my behalf, or the attention they

gave me as I was growing up in the system, the

real care they demonstrated, and their desire to

want me to be successful. In the end, it really

boils down to the big “M” word, “mentoring.”

I was mentored by some of the very best.

Q: And what they passed on to you, you,

in turn, are trying to pass along to others?

A: You bet. The values they established in me

are the same values I like to see in other people.

I’ve been lucky, that the number of people

who have come through my lab have all been

successful. In fact, the rst person I trained as

a fellow is coming to University of Michigan as

an endowed professor of rheumatology in the

department of medicine. That’s Alisa Koch. So

I can’t be much prouder than that.

Let me conclude by saying I couldn’t be

happier than to be back here at the University

of Michigan School of Dentistry. I’m excited

about the opportunities and the potential this

School has to be even better.

“We’re going to have todevelop a curriculum that allows our students to bebetter sel-learners, that better prepares them to becontinuous learners, and orces them to take moreresponsibility or their education.”

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New Dental Students

New DeanWelcomes

Monday, August 25, was a day of rsts for Dean Peter Polverini and the

Class of 2007.

It was his rst opportunity, as the School’s new dean, to welcome rst-year

dental students to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

For the students, it was their rst day at the School, their rst opportunity

to meet their colleagues, School administrators, and members of the faculty.

In remarks to the 109 rst-year students, Polverini acknowledged theirexcitement. “This is a unique and very special day for all of you,” he said.

“You’re on your way to establishing new, long-term friendships with your

classmates here today.”

Referring to pictures of U-M graduates on the walls of a room in the Alumni

Center, he encouraged the students to not only become leaders in their profession,

but their communities too. He also encouraged the students to “take advantage

of all the opportunities that are available to you, not just at this School, but across

campus as well.”

Dr. William Costello, chairman

o the School o Dentistry’sAlumni Society Board o

Governors, was among those

attending orientation or the

rst-year dental students.

“I’m impressed with them,” he

said, “especially those who

went the extra mile to take

science and other courses

they needed, ater earning

their undergraduate degrees,

so they could gain admission

to our School.” Costello

mentioned one student whoearned a degree in mechanical

engineering but, ater some

soul searching, wanted

something more rom a career.

“It was heart warming to see

how many young people made

some signicant decisions

about their utures at this

stage o their lives.”

Keary Campbell

Class of 2007

Keary Campbell

Keary Campbell




ust wonderful.”

“Very honored that he was chosen.”

“He would have been embarrassed because he was such a shy person.”

Those were just a few of the comments voiced by some of the family

members of School of Dentistry legends who were inducted into the School’s Hall

of Honor during inaugural ceremonies on September 4th.

Deans of the School, a professor who persuaded leaders in many communities

to add uoride to their water supplies, a dental investigator who conducted long-

term studies on the effectiveness of various periodontal treatments, were among

the 18 in the rst class inducted.

The Hall recognizes and honors the achievements of dental profession legends,

all deceased, who once were associated with the U-M School of Dentistry.

“A school with such a long and distinguished history as ours has recognized

the need to honor those who made signicant contributions to this School, the

profession of dentistry, and the oral health and well-being of millions of individuals

in this country and around the world,” said Dean Peter Polverini.

18 Inducted in First HallFamily, Friends of the Honored Among Those Present

Ater the Hall o Honor was ociallyunveiled, amily members o the inductedand guests took time to look at all theplaques on the wall outside the ContinuingDental Education oce.

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Family Members Attend

Family members of the late Dr.

Dominic Dziewiatkowski, Dr. Kenneth

Easlick, Dr. Paul Jeserich, Dr. Donald

Kerr, Dr. Floyd Peyton, and a distant

relative of the School’s founding dean,

Dr. Jonathan Taft, were among those

who were present for the ceremony.

When the name of their honored

relative was called, they gathered near a

podium to hear a past or current member

of the School’s Alumni Society Board

of Governors or a faculty member read

the plaque’s inscription. Afterwards,

the family received a replica of the

plaque to take home.

“The Hall of Honor is long overdue

and is a perpetual remembrance of

our dental heritage,” said Dr. Jay

of Honor CeremonyWerschky, past-chairman of the Board

of Governors and chair of the Hall’s

Selection Committee. He added the

ceremony would now be an annual event

that will be a part of fall homecoming

activities.

Family Members Comment

“It was just wonderful,” said Susan

Heinen, the granddaughter of the late

Dr. Kenneth Easlick, who was among

the 18 inducted. “He would have been

so pleased to be recognized this way.

But at the same time, I think he would

have been a bit embarrassed because,

at heart, he was a shy person.”

Similar comments were voiced by

Alec Kerr, the youngest son of the late

Dr. Donald Kerr. “He would have been amused and

gladdened by it, but he wouldn’t have

shown any visible emotions because he

was a very low-key person who never

sought the limelight,” Kerr said of his

father.

Sons of the late Dr. Floyd Peyton

came from other parts of the country to

attend.

Terry Peyton, who traveled from

Florida, said, “My father would have

been very honored to have been chosen,

especially to be among those who

were included in the rst ceremony.

However, I’m sure he would have given

credit for his success to the School

Keith Peyton gives his brother Terry a closerlook at the plaque honoring their ather,Dr. Floyd Peyton.

Dr. Susan Carron, a member o the School’s Board o Governors(center) shares a light moment with Dr. Walter Niemann, Classo 1951 and stepson o Dr. Paul Jeserich, and his daughter, LucyNiemann French, beore the induction ceremony began.

“The Hall o

Honor is longoverdue and

is a perpetual

remembrance

o our dental

heritage.”

Dr. Jay Werschky, chair,

Hall o HonorSelection Committee

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for giving him the opportunities to

succeed.”

Keith Peyton, who traveled from

Virginia, said, “As a family, we’re

proud of what my father achieved

and that he was recognized for those

achievements, which included being

the first to receive a doctorate in

dental materials.” However, “I wish

our 89-year-old mother could have

attended. She really would have

enjoyed it.”

Also receiving a copy of a plaque

was Barbara Krueger, who described

herself “as a distant relative of Dr.

Jonathan Taft,” the School’s rst dean.

Krueger attended following an

interesting turn of events that began

much earlier.

Several years ago, she was

commissioned by the School of

Dentistry to create artwork for the

entrance to the dental school library.

At that time, however, Krueger was

unaware of her family ties to Dr.

Jonathan Taft until she began talking

to librarian Patricia Anderson about the

history of the dental school.

Members o the amily o Dr. Donald Kerr receive a replica o thplaque that honors him rom Jay Werschky.

Sam Dziewiatkowski, and Jane Damren, the son anddaughter o Dr. Dominic Dziewiatkowski listen to Dr.Gerald Charbeneau read rom the plaque that citessome o their ather’s achievements.

Susan Heinen, Dr. Kenneth Easlick’s granddaughter, receives a

o the plaque honoring her grandather rom Dr. Thomas Pink

As she learned more exploring

the Taft family heritage, Jay Taft, thegreat-grandson of Dr. Jonathan Taft,

sent Krueger an e-mail suggesting she

contact Anderson to learn more about

the Taft family lineage. But Jay Taft did

not know that Krueger and Anderson

had already met.

“I’m not going to keep the replica

of the plaque that was given to me

today,” Kruger said with a laugh after

the induction ceremony. “Instead, I will

send it to a family member who wasmuch closer to Dr. Jonathan Taft.”

Dr. Richard Shick reads rom the plaque as Barbara Krueger, a relative o the School’s rst dean, Dr. Jonathan Tat, listens.

Nominees to have been

a graduate o the dental,dental hygiene, master’s or

doctoral (PhD) program and/

or a aculty member, and/or a

research sta member o the

University o Michigan.

Nominees must be deceased.

Nominations solicited and

reviewed annually. Nominees

inducted as appropriate.

Nominations reviewed bythe Review Committee o the

School’s Alumni Society Board

o Governors. Committee

submits names to ull Board

or approval.

Hall of Honor Nomination Criteria

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A committee o the School o Dentistry’s Alumni

Society Board o Governors recommended the

names o 18 individuals as the rst class that

was inducted into the School’s Hall o Honor

on September 4th.

Dr. Jay Werschky, past-chairman o the

Board o Governors, chaired the Selection

Committee. Other members included:

•Dr.WilliamBrown•Dr.GeraldCharbeneau

•Dr.JamesHayward

•Dr.LysleJohnston,Jr.

•Dr.H.DeanMillard

•Dr.ArnoldMorawa

•Mrs.SusanPritzel

•Dr.RichardShick

•Dr.RayStevens,Jr.

•Ms.DebbieMontague

•Ms.TammySzatkowski-Reeves

U-M School o Dentistry alumni and aculty

members introduced each o the 18 Hall o Honor

inductees during ceremonies on September

4th. Listed in alphabetical order, by last name,

are the inductees and the names o those who

introduced them.

•Dr.RussellW.Bunting(by Dr. Eli Berger)•Dr.CyrenusG.Darling (by Dr. William Costello)•Dr.DominicD.Dziewiatkowski (by Dr. Gerald Charbeneau)•Dr.KennethA.Easlick (by Dr. Thomas Pink)•Dr.DorothyG.Hard(by Mrs. Susan Pritzel)•Dr.NelvilleS.Hoff (by Mrs. Anne Gwozdek)•Dr.PhilipJay(by Dr. William Brownscombe)•Dr.PaulH.Jeserich (by Dr. William Costello)•Dr.DonaldA.Kerr(by Dr. Jay Werschky)•Dr.PercivalLowery (by Dr. Susan Carron)•Dr.ChalmersJ.Lyons(by Dr. Thomas Osborn)•Dr.WilliamR.Mann (by Dr. Lysle Johnston, Jr.)•Dr.FloydO.Ostrander (by Mrs. Anne Gwozdek)•Dr.FloydA.Peyton (by Dr. Gerald Charbeneau)•Dr.SigurdP.Ramfjord(by Dr. Richard Shick)•Dr.RalphSommer (by Dr. Jay Werschky)

•Dr.JonathanTaft (by Dr. Richard Shick)•Dr.MarcusL.Ward(by Dr. William Brown)

T a k i n g a n i d e a … a

h a l l o h o n o r …

a n d t r a n s o r m i n g

it into reality was the

responsibility o Tammy

S z a t k o w s k i - R e e v e s ,

curator o the School o

Dentistry’s Gordon H.

Sindecuse Museum.

Drawing on her

nine years experience,

including our as museum

curator at the School o

Dentistry, it was a challenge she relished. “Basic

was in charge o making the project happen,” she

Working with Richard Fetchiet and De

Montague rom the School’s oce o alumni rela

Szatkowski-Reeves conducted extensive res

on similar walls or halls o honor at other sch

at Michigan and elsewhere, beore presentin

suggestions to the Board o Governors in the spri

2001.

Szatkowski-Reeves also had other responsib

She met with vendors to review samples o pla

collaborated with the School’s designer, Chris Jun

create a plaque that would be unique and distingu

and actively worked with members o the School’s A

Society Board o Governors and kept them apprais

all aspects o the project.

“When I talked to the plaque vendors, I told

we wanted a colors or the plaque that would refeUniversity o Michigan, maize and blue,”she said. “D

Werschky, who was president o the Board o Gove

at the time, liked the idea but also suggested that

lavender is the ocial color o dentistry that we als

a touch o that color to the plaques. We did that an

results were outstanding.”

Funding or the Hall o Honor project was pro

by the Sindecuse Museum o Dentistry endowmen

Alumni and FacultyIntroduce Honorees

Hall of HonorSelection Committee

Impressive.

That’s the best word to describe the Hall o Honor plaques on the wall outside the Continuing Dental

Education oce in the Kellogg Building.

Each plaque weighs 3.2 pounds, measures eight by twelve inches, and is made o glass one-hal

inch thick curving outward at the edges. Beneath the glass is an array o colors, mostly navy blue withtouches o lighter blue and lavender, dentistry’s ocial color.

Etched on the glass is a gold image, similar to a photographic negative, o each individual. Also in

gold are the names o each individual, when they lived, when and rom what university they received

their postgraduate degrees, and a 60- to 65-word narrative describing their achievement while at the

U-M School o Dentistry.

The background or each plaque is a customized, hand-painted treatment, making the look o

each plaque unique.

The plaques appear to “foat.” Hidden mounting osets each plaque at various depths o the

wall to give the foating illusion.

Putting it all together…Tammy Szatkowski-Reev Sindecuse Museum Curat

The Plaque





The Honored




DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

Class o ‘53 Welcomed

A warm, friendly, “Hi, I’m Peter Polverini, dean of the

School of Dentistry, welcome,” greeted members of the Class

of ’53 and their spouses as they arrived for the Emeritus

Luncheon at the School of Dentistry.

The luncheon was one of several activities that were

a part of the School’s Homecoming Weekend activities

September 4-6.In luncheon remarks to more than 80, Polverini said his

three years away from Ann Arbor proved “there is something

to be said about absence making the heart grow fonder.”

The luncheon was also the group’s opportunity to be the

rst to receive their emeritus pins at the School. In previous

years, the pins were awarded by the U-M Alumni Association

at their facilities. “However, we wanted to continue that

tradition but at a new venue, the School of Dentistry,”

Polverini said.

Following the luncheon, members of the dental and

dental hygiene classes posed for a class picture at the southentrance of the School.

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The Dental Hygiene Class o ’53. Front row (let to right): Patricia Wright,Sally Page Clark, Maxime Cleary, Shirley Halas, and Darrell Duel; back row(let to right): Betty Carlson, Susan Garbarini, and Suzie Pederson.

The Dental Class o ’53.

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1. Casper Eberwein 2. Allan Ash 3. Irvin Fieber 4. Leonard Posner5. Arthur Nolen 6. John Larder 7. Maurice Smith

8. Benjamin Brabb 9. John Glick 10. Thomas Russell 11. Allen Weiss12. Darwin Weersing 13. James Aaronian 14. Donald Briggs

15. Robert Cording 16. Donald Draper 17. Leon Fogel 18. William Gregory19. Vincent Greeson 20. William Daines 21. James Laidlaw

22. John Carson 23. Eugene Garbarino 24. Wilbert Fletke 25. JamesSchindler 26. James Reese 27. Charles Kelly 28. Leonard Veatch

29. Edward Martin 30. James Strikwerda 31. Leslie Sher 32. William Love33. Robert Everett 34. James Currier

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 1314

15 16 17

1819 20 21

22 2324

25 26 27 2829

30 31 32 33 34




More than 150 at2nd Annual Morawa Lecture

More than 150 oral health care professionals came to Ann Arbor on

September 5th for the second annual Morawa Lecture. Among those attending

were School of Dentistry alums who were in town to celebrate class reunionsthat evening and attend the Saturday tailgate and football game at the Big

House.

In welcoming remarks, Dean Peter Polverini thanked Dr. Arnold Morawa

for his more than 30 years of service to the School of Dentistry.

“Arnie built our alumni relations and continuing dental education

programs into one of the most respected in the nation,” Polverini said.

Morawa directed the graduate pediatric dentistry program from 1978 to

1988. The following year, he became assistant dean for alumni relations and

continuing dental education, a position he held until he retired three years

ago.

“In light of these and other achievements during Arnie’s remarkablecareer, we thought it was appropriate that our annual homecoming continuing

education program be called ‘The Morawa Lectureship,’” Polverini said.

Dr. Robert Vogel, an internationally-known lecturer on implant dentistry,

was this year’s Morawa lecturer.

In a fast-moving program that focused on comprehensive implant

prosthetics and predictable anterior esthetics, Vogel discussed an array of

scientically based techniques, tips, and tricks in implant dentistry. Topics

covered included treatment planning, avoiding biomechanical failures,

developing ideal soft tissue esthetics, and other topics.

Dean PeterPolverini,Dr. Robert Vogel,and Dr. ArnoldMorawa prior to thestart o this year’sMorawa Lectureduringall homecomingweekend.

Keary Campbell




2nd Annual Tailgate

For the second consecutive year, the School of Dentistry hosted a tailgate party as a part of

its homecoming weekend activities.

This year’s event was held at the U-M Golf Course, just west of the club house, beginning at

nine o’clock, three hours prior to the noon kickoff between U-M and the University of Houston.

U-M beat Houston 50 to 3.

Jerry Mastey

Dean Peter Polverini and his wie, Carol, welcome Dr. David Kaminski (Classo 1984) and his amily at the School’s tailgate party prior to the start o theMichigan-Houston ootball game on September 6.

Marty Bailey talks to Dr. Steve Dater (Class o 1988) and his wie, Mary, aboutactivities in the oce o alumni relations during the School o Dentistry’stailgate.

Can’t tell the players without a scorecard. Dawn Ford places a name tag on Dr.Will Fletke (Class o 1953) as he gets ready to join colleagues at the School’stailgate.

Diana Neering talks to Matt Kiisk (Class o 1968) who came rom Caliorniato be at this all’s homecoming weekend. With Kiisk are John Martin and hiswie, Chris.

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Jerry Mastey




Cal Waisanen Aces 12th Hole at Gol Outing

It wasn’t his rst-hole-in one. But it was probably his

most special.

Cal Waisanen (Class of 1973) recorded his fourth ace on

the 12th hole during the School of Dentistry’s sixth annual

golf outing in September at the U-M Golf Course.

“I’ve had three others, but I’ll always remember this

one because I was with a great group of friends when it

happened,” he said. Savoring the moment with Waisanen

and giving him high-ves after his 228-yard drive were Drs.

Terry Timm, Michael Dibble, and Gerry Eisenmann.

Dave Montague of Champion Chevrolet in Howell

presented Waisanen with a two-year lease for a 2004 Chevy

Trailblazer from the dealership.

Waisanen’s interest in golf began more than 40 years ago

when his father coached Olivet College’s varsity golf team.

Waisenen and his brother were the team’s bag boys.

1st place, 15 under: Team o Paul Elder, Mike Marderosian, DaveHeidenreich, and Tom Pinnavaia.

2nd place, 10 under: Team o Gary Lockwood, Suzanne Santoro,and Sean Sexton.

3rd place, 10 under: Team o Joanne Dawley, Larry Craword, JohnBreza, and Robert Anthony.

For the teams that tied, their score on

the highest handicapped holes werecompared. The three toughest holes (highesthandicapped) determined second and thirdplace winners.

Jerry Mastey

2004 Golf Outing – Thursday, September 23, 2004

TeamWinners

Among those giving Cal Waisanen (ront, center) high-ves or his hole-in-one were teammates Terry Timm (let), Michael Dibble (center), and GeraldEisenmann (right).

Dean Peter Polverini greeted golers as they arrived at the 10th hole.

Jerry Mastey





West Preclinic Renovations Proceeding

West preclinic renovations…and those that

will begin next April in the east preclinic…

are entirely funded by gifts from alumni of

the U-M School of Dentistry.

You can help ensure the education of dental

students now and in the future. To learn

more, contact:

• Diana Neering, director of development:

at (734) 647-4394 or by

e-mail: [email protected].

• Martin Bailey, assistant major gifts

ofcer: (734) 615-2870 or by

e-mail: [email protected].

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Beore renovations to the west preclinic began this spring, second-year dental students paused or this picture or posterity.

Funded by Alumni

During homecoming, School of Dentistry graduates,

members of their family, and others had an opportunity to

take a peek at renovations to the west preclinic.

Renovations began just days after the academic year

ended in late April. However, before that work began, last

year’s rst-year dental class paused for a farewell picture.

As detailed in the Spring & Summer issue of DentalUM

(p. 45), the renovations to the facility are the rst in more than

30 years. When work is completed next June, 110 new high-

tech simulation units will replace the tables and countertops

that were the mainstay of preclinical education.

A generous gift of $1 million from Dr. Roy Roberts and

his wife, Natalie, and a $1 million allocation from a previous

gift from the Roberts, helped launch the renovations. But

help from more School of Dentistry alumni is needed.

Similar work will take place in the east preclinic

beginning in April 2004.

Current facilities will be removed and 110 new high-tech

simulation units will also be installed in that clinic.

Renovations to both west and east preclinics will cost

about $7 million. Funds for the renovations are being raised

with the help of alumni and friends of the School of Dentistry.




t the School of Dentistry we are sincerely grateful

for the numerous programs that are made possible

through the generosity of many benefactors. Student

scholarship support, faculty support, research funding, and

updated equipment and facilities are among the many needs

that are enhanced by gift income.

Today, perhaps even more than ever,

private gift support is essential to the

vitality of the School. If we relied solely

on government support and tuition, we

would not be the world-class dental schoolwe are today. Our benefactors help make

that possible and ensure the excellence

that is expected at Michigan.

Maximizing Benets

When you make a gift to the School

of Dentistry, it is in many ways similar

to investing your financial resources.

Rightly so, you expect a return on that investment.

Like any investment, the key to making the most of your

charitable dollars is to carefully consider what you want toaccomplish, which need at the School most resonates with

you, and then plan your gift-giving strategy.

Before deciding how much to give, you need to seriously

consider what to give, when to give, and how to give. It’s

possible you can (or could) increase your charitable gift by

taking advantage of various tax incentives.

Outright Gits o Cash, Securities, Property

While you may rst think of giving cash (usually in the

form of a check), charitable gifts may be made using other

types of assets.Cash gifts allow you to eliminate tax on up to 50% of

your adjusted gross income each year. Amounts not deducted

the year your gift is made may be carried over for up to ve

years.

If you have recently sold securities or other investments,

you may want to consider using a portion of the cash proceeds

to make your gift to help reduce the capital gains taxes you

might pay as a result of selling those assets.

If you are at an age when you are required to withdraw

funds from qualied retirement accounts, you may nd that

withdrawing certain amounts to make charitable gifts can be

an excellent way to minimize, or possibly eliminate, taxes on

those withdrawals.

If you have securities or property that

you have owned for at least a year that

are not part of a retirement account and

have appreciated, gifting them entitles

you to an income tax deduction for the

full value of the asset, not just the amountyou paid for it.

Consequently, you benet from the

exemption from tax on the gain. You

may deduct gifts of appreciated assets

each year in amounts totaling up to 30%

of your adjusted gross income and you

can use any excess deduction for up to

ve years in the future.

If the current value of your securities or other property is

less than the original cost, it is usually best to sell the property

and donate the cash proceeds. You may then be able to claim

tax benets for both the capital loss and the charitable gift,

effectively deducting more than the current value of the asset.

Also consider a gift-in-kind (i.e. works of art, antiques,

dental equipment, etc.). Special rules apply to the tax

benets for such gifts. In addition, they must be approved

for acceptance by the School before gifting.

Wills, Retirement Plans, or Trusts

As part of your long-range nancial planning, you may

want to consider a gift that will be received only after you

and your loved ones no longer need the assets used to fund

the gifts.

Giving through your will may be a convenient way to

leave a lasting legacy at the School of Dentistry after providing

for your loved ones. You may decide to leave a specic

amount, a percentage of your estate, or all or part of what

remains after family and friends have been considered. A

bequest can often be arranged with a simple addition (codicil

or amendment) to your existing will.

The Fundamentals o Eective Git Planning




Similarly, if you have created a living trust to provide

for the management and eventual distribution of your assets

while reducing the cost of probate and other estate settlement

expenses, a simple amendment is all that’s needed to add a

gift provision.

Using retirement plans to make gifts is gaining in

popularity.

IRAs, pension and prot-sharing plans, and similar

retirement plans may be sources of charitable gifts. If you

have one or more retirement plans and discover that you have

more than adequate resources for retirement, it may be wiseto periodically use a portion of those funds to make your

charitable gift to the School.

Amounts remaining in qualied retirement plans at death

may be subject to both income and estate taxes when received

by your heirs. For this reason, charitable gifts of retirement

plan balances may well be your gift of choice from an income

and estate tax planning perspective.

Use of a charitable remainder trust (CRT) or similar gift

option makes it possible for you to make your gift now and

retain income for your life or a period of time you choose.

You can make a signicant gift while providing for retirement,

caring for older loved ones, or arranging for funds to meet

educational expenses.

A CRT typically features income tax benets in the

year of the gift and can also offer a way for you to convert

low-yielding assets to a source of additional income without

incurring capital gains tax at the time of the gift.

Because the assets used to fund these types of gifts will

ultimately be used for charitable purposes, they are generally

not subject to gift and estate taxes. Your assets can be put

to work earning income while you enjoy the satisfaction of

knowing you are making a meaningful gift to the program or

project you’ve chosen to fund at the School of Dentistry.

It is also possible for you to set aside assets in a charitable

lead trust (CLT). Distributions from a CLT are designated for

charitable purposes for the period of time you choose. Assets

are then returned to you or others you designate.

A CLT can be used to fund your gift over a period of time

while reducing or eliminating gift and estate taxes that might

otherwise be due on assets given to loved ones at the end of

the trust term.

If you wish to delay an inheritance while funding a

meaningful gift to the School, the CLT may be a good option

to consider. It is especially attractive in times of lower interest

rates.

Advice and Counsel

Do seek nancial and/or legal counseling as you consider

gift options.

The School’s development ofcers would be pleased to

discuss the many giving opportunities that are available at theSchool of Dentistry. For more information please contact:

Diana Neering Marty Bailey

Director of Development or Assistant Director

(734) 647-4394 of Major Gifts

[email protected] (734) 615-2870

[email protected]

Clayton Scholarship

Awarded The grad uate pros tho-

d o nt ics pro g ra m o t he

Department o Biologic and

Materials Sciences awarded the

Joseph A. Clayton Scholar-ship

Fund or the 2002-2003 academic year to Dr. Rob

Schumacher.

The $5,000 award was presented earlier to

Schumacher, a second-year graduate prosthodontics

student. The award is made possible rom an

endowment initiated by Dr. Joseph A. Clayton who,

or 25 years, until his retirement in 1996, developed,

directed, and taught in the graduate program in

restorative dentistry.

Schumacher, raised in White Pigeon, Michigan,

graduated rom the University o Kentucky College

o Dentistry two years ago. Ater completing the

prosthodontics program, he plans to earn his

National Board Certication in Prosthodontics and

become a missionary.

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Major Renovations

UNDERWAY

Turner is in charge of a staff of about 110 people with multiple responsibilities,

including the smooth operation of all clinical facilities. They’re also responsible for

ensuring that clinical faculty and students have the equipment they need in clinics

to treat patients, and that patient records are secured yet available. [DentalUM,

Fall 2001, pages 46-53.]

“The staff has adapted very well to an environment where, for the past year,things seem to have changed almost daily,” he said. “I can’t praise them enough

for what they’ve done to make sure everything runs as smoothly as it has so that

faculty, students, and patients are not affected.”

This May, one project ended when renovations to dispensing and sterilizing

areas concluded a year after they began.

However, four other projects continue. They are:

• Renovations to facilities between the Blue Clinic and the Green Clinic on

the second oor.

• Renovations to facilities between the Blue Clinic and the Green Clinic on

the third oor.• Relocation of Central Records.

• Renovations to the west preclinic.

These improvements, among the rst comprehensive renovations at the

School in three decades, follow a report presented in early 2002 from Rothman and

Partners of Boston that outlined “a comprehensive vision” of facility improvements

the School needed to make. [DentalUM, Fall 2002, page 20.] The projects

proceeded based on revenues received and anticipated.

One Project Ends, Four Continue

A lot o work is going on at the School o Dentistry these days. No,

not dental work, although a lot o that is also going on. The work is

construction work.“We’ve never had as many dierent venues being renovated at one

time as we do now,” said Dr. Dennis Turner, assistant dean or patient

services, as he talked about the various projects.




For the first time since the current

School of Dentistry building opened

more than 30 years ago, dispensing and

sterilization facilities on the second and

third oors have a new look.

Old equipment has been removed,

state-of-the-art equipment has been

installed, and facilities have been totally

redesigned for ease of use and greater

efciency.

“We wanted to create a more

ergonomically efcient workplace so

we can better serve our customers, the

students,” said Gary Sweier during

a tour of the refurbished facilities.

“Because those working here have been

using these facilities and the equipment

day-in and day-out for years and are

familiar with their operations, they had

a tremendous amount of input into the

layout and design of everything here.”

Work on the project began in April

2002 and was completed in May 2003.

“It’s a tribute to everyone that during

this entire time we maintained all of

our services awlessly,” Turner said.

Lines Move Quicker

The biggest difference in the

dispensing facilities is that the unit

is now self-contained. Previously,

students lined up at one end of a desk

and moved down to the other end until

they had received all the equipment they

needed for their clinical work.

That’s all changed.

New dispensing facilities on both

the second and third oors contain three

bays. Each is identical. Students can

go to one of the three bays to pick up

the equipment and supplies they need

for their clinic work.

“This has cut their waiting time by

about 10 minutes,” Sweier said. “Since

the lines move quicker, the students are

able to provide more efcient care.”He attributed that success to

Jane McDougall, supervisor of dental

dispensing.

“She designed the bays with

efciency in mind,” Sweier said. “All

the equipment is now within arm’s

reach of the person dispensing it.”

Beneath the countertop of each bay

are 42 drawers – seven columns and

six rows. Above the countertop, and

slightly behind the person dispensingthe equipment, are eight elevated bays

for additional storage. Other equipment

is available at an automated vertical le

storage system a few feet away.

New Atmospheres,

More Storage

Another major improvement is

that a wall has been installed between

the areas where clean instruments are

dispensed and used instruments are

returned.

“It’s not just a physical difference,

it’s an atmospheric difference too,”

Turner said. “On the clean side where

instruments are dispensed, there’s

positive atmospheric pressure where

clean air moves out but dirty doesn’t

come in. On the side, where used

instruments are returned, negative

atmospheric pressure prevents

contaminated air from leaving.”

Storage capacity has also increased.

New shelves on walls allow more

equipment to be stored and easily

retrieved. “Basically, everything’s in

one place,” Sweier said. “If something’s

not easily accessible, a person walks

only a few steps to retrieve it.”

Dispensing and Sterilization




New Autoclaves and

Tunnel Washers

Each day, central sterilization

receives and processes about 1,200

packages of instruments from 14

clinical departments within the School,

including predoctoral and dental

hygiene programs. The processing

takes place between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00

p.m.

Although new technology is being

used, the process of steam sterilizing

hasn’t changed much during the past

50 years.

Three new 48-inch autoclaves and

one new 16-inch autoclave sterilize

instruments at temperatures up to 270

degrees Fahrenheit.

Two new fully automated tunnel

washers pre-wash contaminated

instruments at 180 degrees. Then

the clean instruments are submerged

in an ultrasonic bath to remove any

remaining debris.

From there, the instruments

are rinsed in hot water and a thin,

anticorrosive material is applied before

being sent to a tank to dry at 240 degrees

for three minutes.

A conveyor belt then sends the

instruments to a bagging station where

they are packaged and placed onto

carriages which are then loaded into the

autoclaves for sterilization. “Workers

don’t have to bend and lift instruments

like they did before,” Sweier said.

No Equipment on Patient

Elevators

No longer are the patient elevators

used to transport clean and dirty

instruments between the second and

third oors.

Renovations also included installing

a new dumbwaiter between the second

and third oors. Contaminated and

clean instruments are now delivered in

a sealed “mini-elevator” between the

two oors.

Jane McDougall is pictured in ront o one o the dispensing bays she designed. Relying on her 30years o experience, she designed the units so dental students could get their equipment and suppliesmuch quicker. “Their wait times have declined by eight to twelve minutes, depending on the time o year,” she said. Supplies given to the dental students are within arm’s reach o each dispenser. At eachbay, beneath the countertop, are 42 drawers – seven columns and six rows – or storage. Above thecountertop, and slightly behind and above each dispenser, are eight elevated bays or additional storage.

Four o those elevated bays are visible in this picture.

Instruments about to be sterilized are rolled on a cart by Tom Davis into a 48-inch autoclave.

Keary Campbell

Keary Campbell




Better, more efficient use of

existing space is also driving the

renovations that have been underway

since early May between clinics on thesecond and third oors.

The two clinics on the second oor

and the two clinics on the third oor

are not being reconstructed. What is

affected is a total of nearly 2,700 square

feet of space on both oors between the

Blue Clinic and the Green Clinic.

“Once this work ends, there will

be a noticeable difference in how

clinical faculty, students, patients, and

our patient care coordinators interact,”

said Georgia Kasko, manager of clinical

support services who’s coordinating the

renovations.

When work is completed in January

2004, both second and third oors will

have:

• New equipment including x-ray

machines, chairs, and completely

renovated laboratories providing

support of daily patient care

activity.• A new consulting room, with up to

eight chairs, for patients, faculty

instructors, students, and patient

care coordinators.

• A new scheduling room where

students can privately converse

with patients on a tele

phone in one of four

cubicles.Each cubicle

will have a comput

er monitor so dental records can be re

trieved electronical

ly and students can

schedule their patients

directly in the system.

• New mini-lockers

for mail and

equipment storage.

Patient Care Coordinators will

especially notice the changes.

As intermediar ies between

patients and dental students, the fourcoordinators ensure that patients receive

the care they need…and that students

obtain the support they need to help the

patients get that care.

Now located in cramped quarters

on the first floor, two patient care

coordinators will move to the second

oor and the two others will move to

the third oor once the renovations are

nished.

In their new locations, patient care

coordinators will be just a few steps

away from patients or dental students

needing help.

“This geographical closeness of

the patient care coordinators to those

with whom they’re interacting with will

enable them to more quickly address

any concerns or issues than they were

able to before,” Kasko said. “So they’ll

be in an even better position to serve

patients and students.”

If there’s a need for one or more

parties to discuss something in private,

Kasko added, they’ll be able to do

that too, which is something that was

difcult, at best, to do previously.

A Message for the Future

You’ve got to hand it to Gary Sweier. He’s thinking

about the uture.

Shortly ater new autoclaves and ultrasonic

tunnel washers were moved onto the second foor

o the School o Dentistry building last November

[Dental UM, Spring & Summer 2003, page 46], he

created something or posterity – a time capsule.

The time capsule wasn’t big – an air-tight

plastic container about six inches long.

Inside the plastic tube was a sheet o paper that

contained inormation about the project, including

when construction began and ended, as well as the

date Sweier created the time capsule, November 22,

2002.

Also on the sheet o paper were the names o 33

people who played a role in seeing the project come

to ruition – Dean William Kotowicz; Dr. Dennis Turner,

assistant dean or patient services; Dorothy Smith-Fesl,

acilities manager; and others, including architects

and contractors.

Beore the blocks o concrete were sealed, Sweier

said he put the time capsule into the west interior

corridor wall o the central sterilization unit on the

second foor.

At the bottom o the paper, Sweier wrote:

“Whoever fnds this time capsule please take a

moment to see i any o the individuals involved

in this project are still around. My guess is i this

wall is being torn down, a major renovation o the

building is taking place or the building is being

torn down.”

Sweier said he wasn’t sure where he would be

in 30 or 40 years, so he couldn’t leave his orwarding

address.

2nd and 3rd Floors

Keary Campbell

Gary Sweier let a message or the uturebehind this wall on the second oor.




Debbie Lentz, central records supervisor, and

George Vamvoudakis, night shit team leader, areseen with some o nearly 70,000 patient records.Between 600 to 800 patient records are retrievedeach aternoon and evening to prepare or clinicalactivities the next day at the School o Dentistry.

Central Records

It was supposed to be a temporary

facility.

In 1990, the School centralized all

its patient records. “We were eager to

provide both security and availability

long before HIPAA and privacy rules

came along a decade later,” Turner said.

More than a dozen years, the

“temporary” faci l i ty wasn’t so

temporary and storage space for records

was at a premium.

“We’re stuffed to the gills,”

said Debbie Lentz, central records

supervisor.

Until this September, more than

70,000 patient dental records were

stored in cramped facilities on the rst

oor.

In April, renovations began on

nearly 1,700 square feet of space in

the basement. When nished in late

September, there will be ample room

for records and staff.

It can’t happen quickly enough.

“Space is so tight right now that

when someone tries to get from one

spot to another to retrieve a record, they

have to do what I call ‘the records room

watusi’,” Lentz said with a laugh.

Secure and Available RecordsIn addition, students or faculty who

pick up records now do so at one small

door. The new facility will have a much

larger area that will enable two people

to dispense records. That, in turn, will

reduce the time students or faculty wait

at the window.

The new facilities will be both

secure and will also offer quick access

to dental records.

Lentz said it’s common for her staff

to retrieve between 600 to 800 patient

records each afternoon and evening

to prepare for the next day’s clinical

activities. “That number doesn’t even

include patients who come in at the

last minute as walk-ins to the Patient

Admitting and Emergency Services

Clinic,” she said.

Central Records, however, is not

just involved with storing data.

“We’re more than a records

room,” Lentz said. “We’re involved

with a lot of information verication

and compliance, especially with the

new HIPAA guidelines on patient

privacy. We have to make sure all the

information in every one of our patientles is both accurate and current.”

The length of time a patient’s le

remains on “active” status depends on

several factors, primarily when they

were last treated.

If a patient is not treated for three

years, his or her le is removed and

stored at an off-

site location.

However, if a

patient keeps

returning for

oral health care

at the School of

Dentistry, his

or her records

remain in the

active les for

years , or in

some cases ,

decades. If a

patient is over

21 years of age

and has not

been treated for

10 years, then the record is shredded.

With the relocation of Central

Records, paper records will continue

to be maintained for most patients.

However, more records will be

maintained electronically in the future.

West Preclinic

Almost as soon as the previous

academic year ended in late April, work

began in the west preclinic.

More information about this work

is on page 29, in the Development

section, of this issue of DentalUM.

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Faculty Profle

Dr. Jaques Nö rSuccessul researcher,

clinician, teacher,

and mentor

An old tool…andnew ones. Dr. JacquesNör holds orceps hisgrandather used as adentist in Brazil in the1920s. By comparison,in the background is arelatively new tool thathe uses extensively in his

work as dentist/scientist– a computer monitor. Onthe monitor are electronicimages o human bloodvessels engineeredin mice. “I think mygrandather would beamazed to see the newtools we’re using today,but at the same time, hewould be sad to know theinstrument he used as adentist is still widely usednow,” Nör said.

Family and dentistry are close to Dr.Jacques Nör’s heart.

As he talked about growing upin Brazil, coming to the U.S., and hiscareer and experiences at the U-MSchool o Dentistry, the 39-year-oldassociate proessor opened one o his desk drawers and pulled out anearly century-old pair o orceps

his grandather used when he was adentist.

“I never met him because hedied long beore I was born,” Nör said.“But looking back, I think that he,along with my parents and a cousin,all had a strong inluence on mewhich ultimately led to my decisionto become a dentist.”




Born in Porto Alegre, a city of about 3 million located

approximately 500 miles south of São Paulo, Nör said his

achievements would not have occurred without a strong

foundation of core values and ethics his parents instilled.

“They, an older brother, and an older sister gave me

much more than they themselves ever had or that I could

ever give back to them,” he said. “My parents emphasized

the basic principles of life – honesty, hard work, and not

hurting anyone. They also worked hard to make sure we all

received a good education.”

Nör’s parents received an

elementary school education. His

father, who celebrated his 90th

birthday in July, was a sexton at

a church in Porto Alegre. His

mother was a housewife.

When his father retired after

working 37 years at the same

church, the family moved to

Taquara, a town of about 50,000

located about 50 miles northwest

of Porto Alegre.

At the time, Jacques was only

12. However, less than a decade

later he would return to Taquara

and open a dental clinic in that

community.

From Chemistry to Dentistry

As he discussed the Brazilian education system, Nör

said that unlike the U.S., after graduating from high school

a Brazilian student could enter a professional school without

going to college.

In 1981, Nör was admitted to the chemistry program

at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto

Alegre. While taking a physics course and another in organic

chemistry, “I quickly realized that was not what I wanted to

do with my life.”

Instead, his career path received a boost from a cousin

who was also his roommate, Duarte Matzenbacker, who

asked Nör to help him in his clinic. “I really enjoyed myself

and thought maybe this was the path for me.”

The following year, 1982, Nör took another exam and

was admitted to the dental program.

“The feelings in dentistry were totally opposite of what

I experienced in chemistry,” he said. “I found myself at

home.”

In addition to his studies, Nör spent his Saturdays and

vacation days helping his cousin in his dental clinic. During

his fourth year of study, he worked Saturdays treating children

at a local orphanage.

As he worked toward his dental degree, Nör said he

“studied a lot.” He also mentored other students and worked

in the school’s emergency clinic. “I was now doing what I

liked,” he said. “I think my experiences in chemistry made

me appreciate my good fortune even more.”

But Nör could also unwind when he had to.

He played for a soccer team and was also musically

inclined. “I played guitar, wrote

melodies for lyrics, and was a

vocalist for a band that recorded

a few songs, appeared on TV a

few times, and played at festivals

in southern Brazil,” he said.

The year 1985 was an auspicious

one.

Honor Seven YearsDelayed

Not only did Nör open his rst

practice in Taquara that year, he

also recorded an achievement he

wouldn’t learn about for another

seven years.

“Opening a practice in Brazil

is different than it is here,” he

said. “In Brazil, you don’t walk

into an existing practice to work with someone else. Instead,

you do it on your own.”

During his rst few months as a solo practitioner in

1986, Nör said his rst patients were entirely members of

his family. A niece, Mirian Sipert, was his dental assistant.

The ofce had just enough room for a desk and a couple of

chairs.

Although business was slow initially, word of his

expertise spread. “By 1988, I was booked solid for two

months in advance. I worked Monday through Friday

from eight in the morning until seven at night and Saturday

mornings,” he said.

Following an internship, Nör received a certicate in

pediatric dentistry from the Brazilian Federal University in

1990.

He also took a closer look at his future.

“I knew if I wanted to continue advancing as a dentist

that I would have to do it in the United States,” he said. While

interviewing for the master’s program in pediatric dentistry

at four dental schools across the U.S., including Michigan,

Nör learned something that surprised him.




Seven years after earning his dental degree, he learned

that he graduated with the highest grade point average among

the 80 dental students who were in his class in Brazil. “I

thought I did well, but I didn’t think I was at the top of my

class,” he said.

A “Lie-Changing” Decision

“I gladly accepted the offer Dr. Paul Loos sent me to

study pediatric dentistry here at Michigan,” Nör said.

“That decision to come to the U.S. to further my

career here at Michigan was a life-changing one for me,”

he continued. “Although I enjoyed clinical dentistry

enormously, I discovered there was another part of dentistry,

research, that could help me with my clinic work.”

However, before he left Brazil in 1992 to come to

Michigan, Nör’s mother gave him something – the forceps

his grandfather used when he was a dentist in the 1920s.

In addition to discovering another aspect of theprofession and adjusting to academic and cultural differences,

Nör faced another challenge – becoming more procient in

English. Although he had taken several English courses in

Brazil, he discovered it wasn’t enough.

“Improving my English and trying to grasp the content

of some courses was difcult at times,” Nör said, “especially

Dr. Lysle Johnston’s cephalometrics course. It was more of a

challenge than usual because I also had to learn the meaning

behind some of the subtleties of his humor.”

Although many helped him adapt to his new academic,professional, and cultural environment, Nör paid tribute to

several.

“Dr. Robert Feigal, who was my mentor for my master’s

thesis, had a signicant impact helping me make the transition

from clinician to researcher. Dr. Johnston gave me the

academic background and the support that I needed to get

into the doctoral program. Drs. Charlotte Mistretta, Brian

Clarkson, and Peter Polverini all played major roles in the

doctoral program that enabled me to succeed.”

Gravitating to Research

Nör also said he owned a debt of gratitude to Dr. James

McNamara.

“When I was in his orthodontics techniques course, he

told me to look into the Oral Health Sciences program that

was about to begin. He thought I would benet. And he was

right.” [See sidebar on Oral Health Sciences, page 41.]

As he worked for his PhD in Dr. Peter Polverini’s

laboratory, Nör’s research focused on angiogenesis,

Blood Vessels andTumor Growth –

Angiogenesis Research

Dr. Jacques Nör is extensively involved in a

new and increasingly important area o research

that ocuses on the ormation and growth o new

blood vessels (angiogenesis).His interest in this area o research began

as he worked or his doctoral degree and has

continued since.

In 1998, Nör received the School o Dentistry’s

Dziewiatkowski Memorial Award or his research

that attempts to understand why diseases, such

as oral cancer, need new blood vessels to develop

and survive.

The ollowing year, Nör won both the

prestigious Edward H. Hatton Award rom the

American Association or Dental Research and theInternational Association or Dental Research or his

research on how blood vessel survival afects the

growth o oral tumors. His research was mentored

by Dr. Peter Polverini who, at the time, chaired

the Department o Oral Medicine, Pathology, and

Oncology.

Nör conducted urther angiogenesis research in

the lab o Dr. Gabriel Nuñez, a proessor o pathology

at the U-M Medical School and a leading researcher

in the eld o cell death and inammation.

Currently, Nör is the principal investigator o a $1.3 million grant rom the National Institutes

o Health that is seeking to understand how blood

vessels grow, how they contribute to the growth

o cancer, and what might be done to arrest their

development.




Dr. Jacques Nör rented two rooms in this house in Taquara, Brazil andpracticed dentistry here or eight years beore coming to the University o Michigan.

Photo courtesy o Dr.Jacques Nör

the formation and growth of new blood vessels that is

fundamental to physiological and pathological processes.

When asked why he chose this area, Nör said he wanted

to learn about “a basic biological phenomenon that affects

many aspects of oral health.” [See sidebar on angiogenesis

research, page 39.]

Although he teaches first-year dental students in a

preclinic and dentists in the School’s Advanced Education in

General Dentistry clinic, Nör doesn’t treat as many patients

as he used to when he rst entered the profession.

“I love working in a clinic, but because of my research,

I’m not as extensively involved with it as I was earlier in my

career,” he said. “I have found that clinic work and research

do, in fact, complement one another. It’s not a matter of

either/or.”

When asked how he nds time to teach, be involved in

six research projects, write about his research, mentor nearly

a dozen students, serve as a thesis committee member for four

others, and serve on the editorial board of three professional

publications, Nör said it’s a matter of organizing and time

management.

“I do spend many hours here, so when I go home, the

time I spend with my wife is even more meaningful,” he said.

Two Coincidences, Five Wedding Ceremonies

Nör met his wife, Silvia, at a 1996 lecture in Lima, Peru.

She was studying in Connecticut at the time and returned

to Peru to meet her father, Ramon Castillo. At the time, he

was president of the Latin American Meeting of Pediatric

Dentistry where Nör spoke.

“Silvia and I had a chance to talk at the opening

ceremony and we immediately clicked,” he said. “It wasn’t

until later that I realized who her father was.”

But there was an even more interesting coincidence Nör

learned about when he returned to Ann Arbor.

“When I mentioned Silvia’s name to my academic

advisor, Dr. Brian Clarkson, he smiled and said he and her

father were roommates during the 1960s when they were

students at the University of Rochester in New York,” Nör

said.

In November 1997, Dr. Jacques Nör and Silvia were

married in a civil ceremony in Ann Arbor. But they had to

repeat the ceremony four more times.

The rst time was a church wedding in the hometown of

her parents in Lima, Peru. The second time was at another

church wedding in the hometown of Nör’s parents in Brazil.

The third and fourth times, about a year later, were at the

Brazilian and Peruvian consulates in Chicago.

“Now tell me,” Nör said with a grin, “how many men

can say they married the same woman ve times?”

Silvia is a dentist who decided to start a second career

about six years ago. After earning dual degrees (a bachelor’s

and master’s) at Eastern Michigan University, she is an

interior designer for a rm that specializes in health care and

corporate design. “Her experiences in her rst career have

helped her to succeed in her second,” Nör said.

When he was in Brazil last Christmas, Nör visited his

parents and returned to the small ofce where he had his

rst job as a private practitioner. As he passed the clinic, he

couldn’t help but ponder what he has achieved.

“I thought if I didn’t make it here, my ‘Plan B’ would

be to return to Brazil. Since my career is progressing, our

decision is to remain here,” he said.

To reinforce that conviction in his own mind, Nör

recently sold his two most prized Brazilian possessions – his

former ofce and his automobile, a 1990 Chevy Monza.

A Desire to Make a Dierence

“It’s been an amazing journey that began with my parents

who taught me the basic principles of life, as well as being

lucky to nd the right people here at Michigan, that helped

me to achieve all this good fortune,” Nör said. “To be here,

in this environment, where so many people are not just good,

but outstanding at what they do, is truly an inspiration.”

As for what he would ultimately like to achieve, Nör

put it this way: “Because of my education and what I’ve

learned here, I feel I’m doing cutting edge research that has

the potential to have an impact on human beings suffering

from oral cancer. If I can contribute even one small building

block that improves the quality of life for patients suffering

from oral cancer, I will have accomplished something.”




OHSOral Health Sciences PhD

“changed my lie”

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“I eel very ortunate to work with such a

talented group o people,” said Dr. Jacques

Nör (center) about the people who work

with him in his lab. Pictured with him are

(let to right):

• Tatiana Botero, a faculty member in the

endodontics program conducting

laboratory research.

• Kathleen Neiva, a junior faculty member

now in the Oral Health Sciences doctoral

program.

• Ryan Soden, a master’s student in the

endodontics program.

• Matthew Pinsky a third-year dentalstudent who won the Grand Prize in Basic

Science at this year’s Research Table

Clinic Day program or his work on

angiogenesis in oral cancers.

• Gabriela Mantellini, a faculty member in

operative dentistry conducting

laboratory research.

• Wendy Song, a physician, PhD, and

research associate who has been with

the lab that was created almost three

years ago.• AureliaVanderburg, a second-year dental

student who was in a summer research

program when this picture was taken.

• Elisabeta Karl, a candidate in the Oral

Health Sciences doctoral program.

“Without them,” Nör said, “I wouldn’t be

able to do what I’m now doing.”

Dr. Jacques Nör was the rst person

to deend his doctoral thesis and one o

two individuals who received a doctoral

degree in Oral Health Sciences rom the

U-M School o Dentistry during graduation

ceremonies in May 1999. [DentalUM, Fall

1999, page 16.]

“Receiving that degree changed my

lie,” Nör said. “It helped me realize the

impact research can have on people’s lives,

especially those who have oral cancer.”

Noting that the lie expectancy or

patients with oral cancer hasn’t changed

much in 30 years, Nör said the Oral Health

Sciences PhD program “gave me the tools

I need and now use in my work. I want to

make a contribution, no matter how small

it might be, to changing that record and

making a dierence in the lives o people

suering rom this disease.”

He praised both Drs. Charlotte Mistretta

and Peter Polverini or their eorts.

“As director o the doctoral program,

Charlotte deserves so much credit or all

her leadership that made the program

possible,” Nör said. “And Peter Polverini was

an excellent mentor who has always been

there or me throughout my academiccareer at Michigan.”

“The Oral Health Sciences program is

another example o how lucky I’ve been

since coming here to Michigan,” Nör said.

Valued Colleagues

Oral Health Sciences PhD “changed my lie”




Education

• DoctorofPhilosophy,OralHealthSciences,UniversityofMichigan

School o Dentistry (1999)

• MasterofScience,pediatricdentistry,UniversityofMichigan

School o Dentistry (1994)

• Certicateinpediatricdentistry,FederalUniversityofRioGrande

do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1990)

• Internshipinpediatricdentistry,FederalUniversityofRioGrande

do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1986)

• DoctorofDentalScience,FederalUniversityofRioGrandedoSul,

Porto Alegre, Brazil (1985)

Academic Appointments and Proessional

Experience

• Associateprofessorofdentistry,U-MSchoolofDentistry

(eective September 1)

• Assistantprofessorofdentistry(1999-2003)

• Adjunctlecturer(1995-1999)

• Clinicalinstructor(1994-1995)

Honors & Awards

• Dean’s Research Award , U-M School o Dentistry (2002)

• New Dentist Scientist Award , American Dental Association Health

Foundation (2001)

• Edward Hatton Award , International Association or Dental

Research (1999)

• Edward Hatton Award , American Association or Dental Research

(1999)

• Dziewiatkowski Memorial Award or excellence in student

research, U-M School o Dentistry, Department o Biologic and

Materials Sciences (1998)

• Pediatric Dentistry Alumni Memorial Award , Kenneth EaslickSociety, U-M School o Dentistry (1995)

• Graduate Student Research Award , American Academy o

Pediatric Dentistry (1995)

• Award o Recognition, highest grade point average among 80

dental students, School o Dentistry, Federal University o Rio

Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1985)

Memberships in Proessional and Research

Societies

• AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience

(2002 to present)

• AmericanAssociationforCancerResearch(2000topresent)

• InternationalandAmericanAssociationforDentalResearch

(1992 to present); Member, AADR Fellowships Committee

(2001-2004)

• AmericanAcademyofPediatricDentistry(1992topresent)

Service

• Member,OralHealthSciencesPhDprogramcommittee,

U-M School o D entistry (2003-present)

• Faculty,OralHealthSciencesPhDprogram(2000topresent)

• Member,FellowshipsCommittee,AmericanAssociationfor

Dental Research (2001-2004)

• Member,editorialboard,Pediatric Dentistry, the Journal o the

American Academy o Pediatric Dentistry (2001-2005)

• Member,editorialboard,Operative Dentistry, the Journal o the

American Academy o Operative Dentistry (2001 to present)

• Adhocreviewer, American Journal o Pathology (2001 to present)

• Adhocreviewer, Journal o Dentistry or Children

(2003 to present)

• Adhocreviewer, Angiogenesis (2001 to present)

• Adhocreviewer, Journal o Dental Research (2001 to present)

• Member,editorialboard,Brazilian Journal o Pediatric Dentistry

(2002 to present)

• Member,ExperimentalTherapeuticsandCancerBiology

programs, U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center (2001 to present)

• Member,ResearchCommittee,U-MSchoolofDentistry

(2002 to present)

• Member,StudentResearchProgramCommittee,U-MSchoolofDentistry (2002 to present)

• Coordinator,ResearchSeminarSeries,U-MSchoolofDentistry,

Department o Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics

(2002 to present)

Dr. Jacques NörProfessional Achievements

Selected Highlights




Faculty NEWS

This year is turning out to be a

banner year for Dr. William Giannobile.

This summer, he was named to

the new position of director of clinical

research.

In July, he received a prestigious

award for his work...just weeks after

receiving another major award.

Director o Clinical Research

“Will’s appointment to thenew position of director of clinical

research reects his stellar reputation

as a scientist and educator,” said Dr.

Peter Polverini, dean of the School

of Dentistry. “During his career, he

has established solid professional and

personal bonds with scientists and

academicians throughout the clinical

research community that will enable our

School to establish and sustain a broad-

based, competitive clinical research

program.”Giannobile, an associate professor

of dentistry in the Department of

Per iodont ics , Prevent ion , and

Geriatrics, will work with a clinical

research center steering committee

to define the center’s current and

future programs. Polverini said he

envisions the center serving as “a new

opportunity to provide patient care,

capitalizing on our existing strengths

in basic and translational research and

applying them in a patient centeredenvironment.”

Earlier this year, Giannobile

became the rst School of Dentistry

faculty member to receive U-M’s

prestigious Henry Russel Award for

his outstanding record of teaching

and research. [DentalUM, Spring &

Summer 2003, page 70.] Last year he

received the

A n t h o n y

R i z z o

Periodontal

R e s e a r c h

Award. This

year, he also

received, for

t he s econd

t i m e i n a s

many years,the R. Earl

R o b i n s o n

Award.

In addi-

t ion to h i s

teaching and research responsibilities,

Giannobile belongs to numerous

professional and research societies,

serves on the executive council of the

Midwest Society of Periodontology,

is an associate editor of the Journal

of Periodontology, has served onnumerous School committees, and has

been an advisor to dental and graduate

students.

Wins Major Award…or Second Time

For the second consecutive year,

Giannobile won the R. Earl Robinson

Award. Established to encourage

research in periodontal regeneration,

the award is presented to the author(s)

of a peer-reviewed published paper thatcontributes the most to the knowledge

of periodontal regeneration in a given

calendar year.

He won for his paper published in

the February 2003 issue of the Journal

of Periodontology. The award was

presented at the annual meeting of the

American Academy of Periodontology

in San Francisco in September.

Other contributors include: R.

Bruce Rutherford, former professor,

Department of Cariology, Restorative

Sciences, and Endodontics, now chief

scientic ofcer with a dental company

in Seattle; Orasa Anusaksathien,PPG lecturer; Sarah Webb, research

associate, PPG; and Qiming Jin,

research associate, PPG.

Giannobile also won a clinical

research award from Quintessence

Publishing Company for publishing

a scientic manuscript that has direct

clinical relevance and application in

periodontics.

In his article that appeared in the

June 2002 issue of the International

Journal of Periodontics and Restorative

Dentistry, Giannobile, in collaboration

with researchers at the Forsyth Institute

and the Harvard School of Dental

Medicine in Boston, reported on

the signicance of reservoirs of oral

microorganisms that can be eradicated

by surgical therapy to improve patient

health.

Giannobile New Clinical Research Director




Faculty NEWS

A diagnostic kit being developed by an associate

professor of dentistry may not only determine if a

patient has periodontal disease. It may also serve as

a “front line” test oral health care professionals might

be able to use to determine if a patient has also been

exposed to biological warfare agents.

With a $4.2 million grant from the National

Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, Dr.

William Giannobile is developing the kit that would

analyze small volumes of saliva to look for pathogens

that cause periodontal disease and biological toxins.

By the end of next year, Giannobile hopes to

begin using the diagnostic kit to test a small number of

patients in School of Dentistry clinics. The following

year, larger-scale clinical trials, perhaps involving

more than 100 patients, could begin.

The device would simultaneously measure the

presence of bacterial byproducts, immune response

mediators, and bone breakdown products.

Sandia National Laboratories, which has major

research and development responsibilities in national

security, energy, and environmental technologies,

is also working with Giannobile to develop the

diagnostic test, dubbed “the microchem lab.”

Because other pathogens have features similar to

those responsible for periodontal disease, Giannobile

said the test could also determine if a patient has major

systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease andosteoporosis.

Collaborating with him are Dr. Charles

Hasselbrink and Dr. Mark Burns, both with the U-M

School of Chemical Engineering, and Drs. Dennis

Lopatin and Charlie Shelburne with the U-M School

of Dentistry.

Looking or PeriodontalDisease...and Biotoxins

Another test Dr. William Giannobile

is d ev el o ping m a y be c l o se t o

commercialization.

For the past two years he and a team

o researchers have been developing a

test that, in 15 minutes or less, would

allow dentists to test patients in their

oce or active periodontal disease and

peri-implant disease. [Dental UM, Fall

2001, page 73.]

During a six-month study in 2000

o more than 70 patients with advanced

periodontal disease, Giannobile and a

team o researchers discovered that a

molecule known as ICTP is released into

a patient’s bloodstream as bone dissolves.

The molecule is present in patients

with active periodontal disease and those

with osteoporosis and bone cancer.

“We hope to give dentists a non-

invasive tool that they can use in their

oice to determine i a patient has

periodontal disease,” Giannobile said.

“Much like a rapid-pregnancy test that

a woman can use to determine i she is

or is not pregnant, this tool would look

or certain chemical markers to quickly

veriy the presence o periodontal or peri-

implant disease.”

Funded with a small business

innovation grant rom the NIH, the test

is being developed with Biomimetic

Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a small biotech rm

that has licensed Giannobile’s device, and

Assay Designs, Inc., an Ann Arbor rm that

is working to develop the rapid chairside

use o the test.

Rapid Test Moving Closer

to Commercialization

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Bradley Receives Major Award Clewell Earns Major

Award rom U-MMedical SchoolDr. Robert Bradley, chair of the Department

of Biologic and Materials Sciences, recently

received the highest honor bestowed by the

Association for Chemoreception Sciences.

The award, the Maxwell M. Mozell Award

for Achievement in the Chemical Senses, was

presented at the group’s 25th anniversary meeting

in April.

Bradley was honored for his 25 years of

research contributions that seek to understand

how neural connections for taste sensation

are formed and how taste neurons in the brainfunction. Using animal models, Bradley has

developed techniques to record taste neurons in

a rodent’s brainstem to learn more about how the

brain processes neurotransmissions focusing on taste.

Combining pharmacology and neurophysiology, Bradley’s laboratory has

made new discoveries about the nature of the interactions between neurons to

form synapses and pathways for taste sensation. His lab has been using infrared

videomicroscopy to study special sets of neurons that regulate salivary secretion

under stimulus control from the taste system.

Bradley’s work on the taste system highlights the major sensory system of

the oral cavity, specically, the sense of taste which is crucial in directing nutrient

intake, rejecting poisons, and providing quality of life pleasures associated with

the social- and life-sustaining function of eating.

In addition, Bradley’s laboratory is working to develop a neural implant to

make long-term recordings from single sensory bers that innervate the tongue.

The implant consists of a sieve-like array of small holes which are surrounded

by electrodes. The electrodes are connected to recording equipment that allow

recordings to be made from one sensory ber to determine how taste buds react

to changing conditions in the mouth over an extended period of time.

Dr. George Taylor, an associate professor in the

Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and

Endodontics, is one of 21 fellows selected for the American

Dental Education Association’s Leadership Institute.

The Institute is a year-long program designed to develop

the nation’s most promising dental faculty to become future

leaders in dental and higher education. During the June-to-

June program, fellows pursue a project addressing a key issue

It’s been quite a year for Dr.

Donald Clewel l , professor in

the Department of Biologic and

Materials Sciences and professor of

microbiology and immunology at the

Medical School.

This summer, Clewell received

the Distinguished Faculty Leadership

Award in Biomedical Research fromthe U-M Medical School’s Biomedical

Research Council.

The award, the highest honor

bestowed by the Medical School,

recognizes a faculty member in

biomedical sciences who makes

outstanding contributions in research,

teaching, and student mentoring.

Last year Clewell became the

rst faculty member from the School

of Dentistry to receive the prestigiousDistinguished Faculty Achievement

Award from the University of

Michigan Horace Rackham School

of Graduate Studies.

Clewell’s research was featured

in the Spring & Summer 2003 issue

of DentalUM (pages 79-81).

Taylor and Kotowicz: ADEA Leadership Institute

in dental education.

They will also work in groups with others in the program,

including fellows and advisors, who share similar interests

and aspirations.

One of three Leadership Institute advisors is former

School of Dentistry Dean, Dr. William Kotowicz. He and the

other two other dental leaders from across the country will

advise Taylor and 20 other members of the Class of 2004.




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Dr. Robert Feigal Returns to Minnesota

Dr. Sharon Brooks has been named

editor of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology,

the ofcial journal of the International

Association of Dentomaxillofacial

Radiology. Published six times annually,

the journal is the only one dedicated to

this major eld of interest. At its May

meeting, the association agreed to fund

an online subscription to the journal for

the 66 poorest countries in the world, so

that their faculty and researchers could

obtain access to the journal.

and Hospital Dentistry, promoted

to professor of dentistry, with

tenure.

• Dr. Mary Ellen McLean, Depart-

ment of Cariology, Restorative

Sciences, and Endodontics,

promoted to clinical associate

professor.

• Dr. Michael Ignelzi, Department

of Orthodontics and Pediatric

Dentistry, promoted to associate

professor of dentistry, with tenure.

• Dr. Jacques Nör, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences,

and Endodontics, promoted to

associate professor of dentistry,

with tenure.

Dr. David Kohn, associate professor

in the Department of Biologic and

Materials Sciences, was named

associate editor for Journal for Dental

Research.

Dr. Russell Taichman, associate

professor in the Department of

Per iodont ics , Prevent ion , and

Geriatrics, received the Undergraduate

Research Opportunity Program’s

Recognition Award for Outstanding

Research Mentorship. The award

recognized his mentoring contributions

and developing future researchers and

academic leaders.

Dr. Barbara Smith, an assistant professorin the Department of Periodontics,

Prevention, and Geriatrics, and director

of the School of Dentistry’s geriatric

dental programs, was elected secretary

of the Geronotology and Geriatrics

Education Section during the annual

meeting of the American Dental

Education Association in San Antonio.

Dr. Bud Strafon talks about Dr. Robert Feigal’s achievements during a arewell party or Feigal (let)prior to his return to Minnesota.

The School of Dentistry recently said farewell to Dr. Robert Feigal. He

returned to the University of Minnesota to become chair of the dental school’s

Department of Preventive Sciences in mid-June.

Feigal earned degrees in dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and completed his

doctoral training at the University of Minnesota in the 1970s.

During his 11 years at Michigan, Feigal was the director of the graduate

program in pediatric dentistry and head of the division of pediatric dentistry in

the School’s Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. He was also the

Samuel D. Harris Professor of Pediatric Dentistry and served as Associate Dean

for Graduate Programs and Facilities.

Dr. Charlotte Mistretta, professor of

dentistry and the director of the School

of Dentistry’s Oral Health Sciences

PhD program, was recently named the

William R. Mann Professor of Dentistry

by U-M Regents.

On September 1, the following faculty

members were awarded promotions:

• Dr. Stephen Feinberg, Department

of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Also of Interest...




INTERESTING

INTERESTS Talk to aculty and sta at the School o Dentistry, or visit them at theiroce or at a clinic, and sooner or later you learn o an interesting hobby

or pursuit that they have.

In some instances, the activity parallels a career. Others, however,

are engaged in activities away rom the School that have no connection

to their proessional roles.

On the ollowing pages are examples o individuals with a range o

“interesting interests.”

Dr. Russell S. TaichmanAssociateProfessor, Department of Periodontics, Prevention,

Geriatrics

Arctic Hiker

Every summer since 1991, Taichman

and about 10 others each take a 70-poundbackpack with two weeks o ood, clothing

uel, and emergency supplies – but no cel

phones or radios. They’re oblivious to thenews. To navigate, they rely on a Globa

Positioning Satellite system.“The trips combine my interests in

history, natural history, and exploration,

he said.Hiking and occasionally kayaking

sometimes up to 80 degrees north latitude(the North Pole is 90 degrees north latitude)

Taic hman see s breat htak ing and barren

landscapes ew have seen.Recently, he ound a dog skull he late

learned were the remains o the dog thabelonged to Admiral Robert E. Perry, the rs

to explore the area. On another trip Taichmandiscovered a waterall that park rangers were

unaware o.

A map o the Arctic on his oice walsports dozens o red, blue, green, and yellow

push pins showing a particular trip and areavisited.

Sometimes his wie, Susan, accompanie

him. “But not this year,” he said. “She wantedurniture or the house instead.”

This picture o Dr. Russell Taichman was taken in2001 at Pangnitrung Fjord on Ban Island at 66degrees north latitude. “We just crossed the ArctiCircle ollowing a 16-day hike in nearby AuyuittuqNational Park,” he said. The park is oten reerred toas “the Switzerland o the Arctic.”

Vacationing “upnorth” means something totally dierent to Dr. Russell S. Taichman. To him,“up north” is WAY north – the Arctic Circle.


Photo courtesy o Dr.Russell Taichman




Dr. David JacobsonDirector, Patient AdmittingandEmergencyServicesClinicSel-taught Musician & Instrument

Repairman

He plays throughout the day, as timepermits. “I’m uncomortable i I’m away roma musical instrument too long,” he said.

A sel-taught musician, Jacobson irstlearned to play the piano growing up in NewYork City. “Music intuitively came to me asnaturally as language,” he said.

Jacobson also repairs and buildsinstruments. Following a luthiery apprentice-ship last summer, he began designing “thebetter jazz guitar.”

Collecting musical instruments is alsoin Jacobson’s repertoire – guitars, basseskeyboards, drums, and other stringedinstruments such as the bouzouki, mandolinbanjo, and sitar. So too is recording. Twoo his compositions were released on anindependently-produced CD entitled Technicolor Motorhome 2000.

Although a picture o Frank Zappais pinned to a bulletin board in his oiceJacobson especially admires the work o LarryCarlton, a prolic guitarist who has recordednumerous commercial soundtracks.

Tucked in a corner o Dr. David Jacobson’sofce is “a cheap rock and roll guitar,” ashe described it, that

he oten plays.

Sylvia BowmanAdministrativeAssistant, School of DentistryPersonnel Office

Dog Walker

It’s volunteers like Sylvia Bowman.Four times a week, including ve or

six hours on weekends, she walks dogs, o all sizes, at the Humane Society o HuronValley just outside Ann Arbor.

“I take them outdoors and walk them,play ball with them, and give them anopportunity to stretch their legs,” she said.“I also try to make some o them moresociable so people want to adopt them.”

Bowman’s interest in the programbegan two years ago when she and herhusband wanted to adopt a dog. “I learnedmore about the program and thought thiswould be a un opportunity to volunteer.It’s great exercise, plus, I get paid in kisses!”

The best part o the program, shesaid, “is seeing a dog go home with its newamily.”

Oh yes, the Bowmans did nd the dogthey wanted – a beagle, named “Snoopy.”

48 DentalUM Fall 2003

Ever wonder

who walksthe animalsthat are cared or by your local humane society?

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Jane FolskeDepartment Secretary, OrthodonticsandPediatricDentistry Archer

Just ask Jane Folske. She didn’t learnto use a bow and arrow…until ater she wasmarried.

For the past 22 years, Folske has joinedher husband, Bruce, deer hunting nearlyevery weekend between early October and

late December. Other times, she’s practicingor competing in archery leagues or three-dimensional animal targets.

“During deer hunting season, I climb atree or hide in a camoufage blind. But eveni nothing happens,” she said, “I enjoy beingoutdoors at daybreak, watching the sun rise,and hearing and seeing the animals awaken.

It took her three or our years to bag herrst deer with a bow.

Folske uses a 42-pound compoundbow and a 28-pound longbow. (“Pound”describes how much orce is used to pullthe string.)

Two years ago, Folske was asked bythe Michigan Bow Hunters Association toparticipate in a 21-arrow salute memoriaservice, honoring an archery legend. “Eacho us red an arrow simultaneously. It wasimpressive and an honor to be involved.”

Debbie MontagueAlumni Officer, Officeof Alumni RelationsBasket Maker

For more than seven years she has beenmaking baskets o all kinds – fower, pumpkin,and recently, a shing tackle basket that wasa git to ormer Dean William Kotowicz.

Although Montague said she wasn’t sureshe would enjoy basket making when a riendrst suggested it, “I ell in love with it,” she said.“I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands.I think it started when I was seven and took piano lessons or 10 years.” Later, Montaguemade clothes or her daughter, Melissa, whenshe was growing up.

In addition to weekly classes, Montagueand six riends get together every other week

to discuss and show their creations. She alsoattends an annual convention in Grand Rapids.

Montague estimates she’s made morethan 150 baskets, all o them practical…anddurable. Depending on their size and strengtho the reeds that are used, her baskets can holdbetween 20 to 40 pounds o goods or supplies.

“This is my way o unwinding at the end o a day,” she said. “Everyone needs some kind o release rom work at the end o the day. Andthis is it or me.”

“I’m a basket case!” Debbie

Montagueexclaims in jest as shetalks about her passion– makingbaskets.

Sometimes a hobby or interest is acquired during childhood.Other times, it’s later in lie.

DentalUM Fall 2003

Photo courtesy o JaneFolske

49




Christine KlausnerClinical Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics,Prevention, andGeriatricsFashion Eyeglass Afcionado

She’s usually wearing ashion eyeglasses

whose rames have an assortment o colors –reds, blues, greens, or orange.

“It’s my menopausal jewelry,” she saidwith a laugh. “I don’t collect diamonds o

gold, so I wear these instead.”Recalling the irst pair o eyeglasses

she wore as a th-grader – ones with thick

black rames – Klausner said, “I hated themSo when contacts rst came out when I was

a high school senior, I bought those.”

Although she still wears contactsKlausner began searching or ashion eye wea

about our years ago. “I wanted somethingwith a splash. Ater avorable response to the

rst pair rom patients, students, and acultyI looked or another set. Now I have about

eight pairs. Since they cost only ten or twenty

dollars a pair, they’re aordable,” she said.

Klausner said her husband also keepsan eye out or new glasses she might wantto wear. “Fashion doesn’t always have to be

clothes. It can be other things, like eyeglasses

And that works or me.”

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John DrachProfessor of Dentistry, Department of BiologicandMaterials

SciencesMug Collector

“Don Clewell suggested I put othersup, otherwise the shel would ill with

books and papers and look cluttered,”

Drach said.Drach took Clewell’s advice. Now he

has 20 mugs on his shel.His avorites include one rom one

o his daughters about dads, one romhis granddaughter, another rom Glacier

National Park, and another rom Wheaton

College.

“The one in my hand is also a avorite,rom the College o Pharmacy. My dad wasa pharmacist, my wie was a pharmacist,

and I was too,” he said.

Since 1966, Drach has been involvedin drug research, a proessor at the College

o Pharmacy, and teaches pharmacology todental and dental hygiene students. “So

drugs really have been a part o my lie, or

at least a signicant part o it,” he said.

I you’relookingor ChrisKlausner at the dental

school, it’seasy to fnd her.

When John Drachmoved into hisofce in 1986 ate

becoming chair othe Department o Biologic and Materials Sciencehe put a coeemug on his shel.





Live a Lie o Real Meaning and Signifcance, Graduates Advised

Graduation DayMay 10, 2003

Live a Lie o Real Meaning and Signifcance, Graduates Advised

Dr. Charles Bertolami, Dean o theUCSF School o Dentistry

Keary Campbell

Can three words make a difference in a person’s professional andprivate life?

The speaker at this spring’s School of Dentistry commencement is

convinced they can.

Dr. Charles Bertolami, dean of the University of California School

of Dentistry in San Francisco, told graduates they have succeeded in

acquiring a considerable amount of information and transforming it into

knowledge.

But he cautioned knowledge and wisdom are not identical.

“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom,” he said.

Bertolami’s challenge to graduates was to advance to the next level

and “take that knowledge and transform it, if you can, into wisdom.”He said that’s possible by remembering what he called “the three

magic words – discernment, feeling, and faith.”

All are interrelated.

Describing discernment as the ability to see the truth that is acquired

by living, Bertolami told graduates, “If you’re going to be an effective

practitioner, you have to accept that all people are incredibly discerning…

especially patients (who) are exquisitely effective in figuring out

everything they need to know about you and doing it with unbelievable

speed.”




Because o renovations to Hill Auditorium, the

School o Dentistry’s graduation was held atthe Power Center or the Perorming Arts. Hill

Auditorium is scheduled to reopen in January

ollowing nearly $39 million o renovations

during the past two years.

Bertolami added that earning a degree is more than possessing a body of

knowledge. “People also see you as caring, compassionate, honest, fair, and

good.” If that’s not the case, he said, “this will be discovered and rediscovered

about you hundreds and thousands of times by patients and colleagues alike.”

Physical and emotional responses to perceptions, he said, create feelings.

Suppressing feelings is sometimes necessary, Bertolami said. But doing

so continuously, he cautioned, “is an extremely dangerous game. Once we get

comfortable hardening ourselves in one context, it can get out of control…and

diminish our humanity.”

Finally, he advised students to have faith, or condence, not just in themselves

or in others, but in something greater. “Everything depends on you being a part

of something and a part of something big,” he said. For those who were unsure,

Bertolami advised them to “believe in the excellence and superiority of truth over

untruth. That’s a start.”

Discernment, feeling, and faith, he said will help students make a successful

transition from dental school and “will lead you to a life of real meaning and

signicance.”

You can hear Dr. Charles Bertolami’scommencement remarks in their entirety

on the U-M School o Dentistry’s Web site:

www.dent.umich.edu.

On the homepage, click the text that

reads, “Graduation 2003.” Headlines

and photographs o each speaker will

then appear as will the time o each

speaker’s remarks.

You can listen to his remarks and those o

other speakers in any order you choose.

Knowing that Dr. William Kotowicz would soon be

stepping down as dean o the U-M School o Dentistry three

weeks ater graduation (but remaining a member o the

aculty), Dr. Charles Bertolami took a moment in his addressto praise his riend.

“For the graduates o this institution, the University o

Michigan, you should eel especially grateul because you’re

graduating rom a dental school that is inarguably, one o

the nest in the entire world,” Bertolami said.

“There is no one who knows dental education anywhere

in the world who, i asked to name the top three dental

institutions in the world, would not include the University

o Michigan,” he said. “You can’t appreciate this i the only

dental school you know is Michigan. But go someplace else

or a change and you’ll come back eeling extremely grateul.”“I’m saying this,” he joked, “as a person who himsel

graduated rom The Ohio State University.”

Bertolami said Kotowicz “has devoted his entire career

to this institution and along, with the aculty, has brought it

to the eminence it now enjoys.”

Kotowicz Praised by UCSF

Dental School Dean

Graduation DayDr.Bertolami’sRemarksonSchoolWebsite

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“I loved teaching students…and I also want to thank them for using some of

my textbooks,” Dr. James Avery joked after receiving the Distinguished Service

Award.

A professor of dentistry, Avery retired from active faculty status in 1991 after

an illustrious 37-year career that began at the School of Dentistry in 1954 as an

assistant professor.

During his career he contributed to teaching, service, and research at the

School of Dentistry and the Medical School. He also held important administrative

positions, including chair of the Department of Oral Biology (1977-1986), was a

member of the executive committee (1962-1965), and served as president of the

International Association for Dental Research from 1974 to 1975.

As he thanked those who contributed to his success, Avery paid tribute to

Dody, his wife of 53 years. “She told me I ought to stand up and smile, shut up,

and sit down,” he said. After laughter and affectionate applause from the crowded

auditorium subsided, he continued, “Dody, I’m going to do just that.”

In addition to winning many honors and awards, Avery wrote more than 130

articles for publication, wrote and edited three textbooks, served on the editorial

advisory board for the Journal of Dental Research, and was a scientic reviewer

for several dental and oral health care publications.

The Classof

200396 DDS degrees

32 Bachelor o Science

degrees in dental hygiene

11 Master’s degrees

1 PhD

Distinguished Service Award

to Dr. James Avery

Graduation Day

Dr. James Avery

Teaching Awards to

Richards, Kerschbaum, and Dowson

You’ve undoubtedly heard the remark, “Records were meant to be broken.”

In one case, that may not be true.

Dr. Philip Richards received the Paul Gibbons Award for the 10th consecutive

year…a feat that may never be equaled, much less surpassed.

The annual award from dental students recognizes a teacher for his or her

outstanding teaching during the four years they, as students, were in the predoctoral

program.

Richards, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics,

Prevention, and Geriatrics, talked about his life and success in detail in the Fall

2002 DentalUM (pages 36-41).Professor Wendy Kerschbaum, director of the dental hygiene programs, and

Deborah Dowson, adjunct clinical instructor, were co-recipients of the Outstanding

Instructor of the Year Award presented by graduating dental hygiene students.

More information about the award presented to Kerschbaum and Dowson

appears in the Dental Hygiene section of this issue (page 58).

The remarks of all three and their advice to students can be heard on the

School’s Web site www.dent.umich.edu.

Keary Campbell




Graduation Day

In their farewell address, it’s customary for dental senior class presidents to

say “goodbye” to their classmates.

Not this year.

Instead, dental senior class president Aleco Tujios, concluded his remarks

with one word, “Aloha,” and slowly walked away from the podium.

Saying “aloha” is the Hawaiian word for “hello” and “until we meet again,”

the Hawaiian-raised Tujios said, “As the ancient Hawaiians didn’t believe in saying

goodbye, I will not say goodbye to my class. Aloha.”

Before he concluded his remarks, Tujios, told classmates that “in moving out

of the protective connes of the dental school…the future care of our patientslies solely in our own hands….It’s time for us to move on and take on new

responsibilities.”

Tujios enters the U-M pediatric dentistry program this fall.

His remarks can be heard on the School’s Web site: www.dent.umich.edu.

Dental Class President:

“Aloha”

Dental senior class president Aleco Tujios.

Over the past decade, the

Norman Mette Foundation has

provided $385,000 in scholarships

to U-M dental students. TheMette Foundation also supports

s c h o l a r s h i p s a t t h e U - M

Medical School. Dean William

Kotowicz publicly thanked Karl

Schetten-helm, a member o the

Foundation’s board o directors,

or their support o the School o

Dentistry and the University at this

spring’s commencement. Several

weeks earlier, the Foundation

received the University o Michigan’s James B. Angell

Presidential Society Recognition

Award or gits totaling more than

$1.6 million.

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Karl Schettenhelm




Graduation Day

Prior to receiving their dental degrees, brothers Robert and WilliamStevenson began commencement ceremonies singing the NationalAnthem.

A proud moment or Dr. Thomas Pink, a member o the School’s Alumni SocietyBoard o Governors, as he robes his son, Michael, just prior to being awarded hisdental degree.

With his seven-month-old son, Sammy, in his arms, dental studentStephen Sterlitz is about to receive his dental degree. Also wanting toparticipate in the ceremony, to the surprise o Dr. Marilyn Woololk (let)and Dr. Dennis Turner (right), are Sterlitz’s two other sons, 3-1/2-year-oldStephen (let) and 1-1/2-year-old Mitchell (back to camera).

Oral Health Sciences doctoral student Christopher Kazor is robed by Drs.Walter Loesche and Charlotte Mistretta.

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May graduation ceremonies were

doubly sweet for the Class of 2003.

Not only did dental students walk

off stage with a DDS degree, they also

knew the results of their NERB scores

earlier than they had before.

The benet? Graduates were able

to begin their careers months earlier

than in the past.

Beore

Since 1969, the Northeast

Regional Board (NERB) has

developed, administered, scored,

and reported the results of tests taken

by dental students.

Tests were given on two

consecutive days, typically in late

April. Both days, students might

spend a total of 12 or 13 hours on the tests, not only taking

them, but also setting up for the test and cleaning up.

They would not learn the results until late June or early

July. If a retake of one or both sections of the test wasnecessary, the earliest that could be done was in mid-August.

Beginning in the fall of 2002, the U-M School of Dentistry

participated in a pilot program that changed all that.

New Changes

U-M was one of ve of 22 dental schools in NERB’s

jurisdiction that took advantage of the program that allowed

students to take the rst part of their NERB exam in September

and the second part this past March. Opportunities to retake

the exam were also available.

NERB launched the pilot project following approval of aresolution by the ADA’s House of Delegates that urged NERB

and other testing organizations to work with dental school

educators to see if there was a way to improve the process.

“We participated because we thought the new timetable

would benet our students,” said Dr. Dennis Turner, assistant

dean for patient services. His ofce worked closely with

NERB to schedule and administer the exam at the U-M School

of Dentistry.

NERB Changes Beneft Dental StudentsEligible or Licensing by Graduation

Under the old schedule, Turner noted, if a student learned

they had to re-take one or more sections of the test, they

couldn’t do so until mid-August. “By then, they might be

enrolled in a graduate program, or AEGD program, or even inthe military which could make rescheduling impossible until

nearly a year after they graduated.” In addition, candidates

who were entering private practice would have to put their

lives on “hold” for months.

Now a Degree and a License to Practice

“This new schedule gives students peace of mind and

allows them to begin their careers much earlier,” he said.

For the School of Dentistry, this meant that 100 percent of

the graduates who took the exam were eligible for licensure

by commencement ceremonies in May.Turner praised his staff for their efforts.

“This success did not come without a great deal of effort

and dedication on the part of staff members in the ofce

of patient services,” he said. “The exam was given on the

weekend and many of our staff worked the evening before

the exam and then put in 15 hour days on both Saturday and

Sunday. They took a real personal interest in the success of

our students.”




2003GraduationDENTAL HYGIENE

Anne Gwozdek, a member of the School of Dentistry’s Alumni

Society Board of Governors who earned her dental hygiene degree at

U-M in 1973, was the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Alumnae

Award at spring graduation.

Presented by the U-M Dental Hygienists’ Alumnae Association,

the award honors an individual who has made signicant contributions

to the dental hygiene profession.

Jemma Allor, president of the organization, said that “anyone who

meets Anne is instantly drawn to her positive outlook, vibrant energy,

and winning attitude.”

Gwozdek, as president of the Michigan Dental Hygienists’

Association (1999-2000), helped to expand the number of seats onthe state’s Board of Dentistry to include two members of the dental

hygiene profession, Allor said.

Working in private practice and as an adjunct clinical instructor

at the School of Dentistry, Allor said Gwozdek was also involved

with a task force that led to legislation that allows dental hygienists to

administer local anesthesia following 15 hours of classroom instruction

and 14 hours of clinical training. [DentalUM, Spring & Summer 2003,

pages 48-49.]

“I’m honored and humbled to receive this award,” Gwozdek said.

Recalling donning cap and gown to participate in her own

graduation ceremonies 30 years ago, she added, “little did I know atthat time what an impact my years here would have on my personal

and professional life.”

She said the education she received at the School of Dentistry

“opened the doors of employment opportunities and career

advancement, enhanced my love of lifelong learning, and provided

me with unprecedented respect among my patients and peers.”

Gwozdek encouraged graduates to remain involved with the

School after graduating.

Anne Gwozdek (right) receives the Outstanding Alumnae Award rom U-M Dental Hygienists’ Alumnae Association presidentJemma Allor.

AnneGwozdekReceivesOutstanding Alumnae Award




Call or

Members… The Dental Hy gienis ts ’ Al umna e

Association is looking or members

who would like to serve on its

Executive Board beginning in 2005.

I n a d d i t i o n t o a r r a n g i n g

homecoming activities, the DHAA

stays current on dental hygiene issues

at the School and sponsors various

unctions or DH students. It alsoselects a recipient o the Outstanding

Alumnae Award that is presented each

year at commencement.

D HAA m eet ing s a re hel d

quarterly, generally at the School

o Dentistry. For more inormation,

please contact Debbie Montague in

the School o Dentistry’s Oice o

Alumni Relations at (734) 764-6856.

Outstanding Instructor Award

toKerschbaumandDowson

The Dental Hygiene Class of 2003 presented its

Outstanding Instructor of the Year Award to Wendy

Kerschbaum and Deborah Dowson at spring commencement

ceremonies.

Senior dental hygiene class president Richelle Pipski said

“it was so difcult to decide on a single candidate that my

classmates and I chose to bestow it upon two instructors.”

Pipski said Kerschbaum was not only “an integral part of

our dental hygiene careers as an instructor, but also a guidancecounselor, sounding board, and, most of all, our friend.”

Dowson was “ever so patient, she has taught us to be

patient with ourselves,” Pipski said.

The remarks of Pipski, Kerschbaum, and Dowson can be

heard in their entirety on the School’s Web site www.dent.

umich.edu.

DeborahDowson thanksdental hygienegraduates orthe award theypresented toher.

Dental hygienesenior classpresidentRichelle Pipski

(right) andProessor WendyKerschbaum.

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Alumnus Prole

s president of the dental class of 1973, William

Maas challenged classmates in his farewell address.

He urged them to develop a personal or professional

statement of purpose, or identify with a personal mission, so

that they eventually would nd themselves providing oral

health care in a system that was shaped with their personal

input.

Since leaving the School of Dentistry, Dr. William Maas

has helped to shape the direction of oral health care.

Today, Maas directs the Division of Oral Health in

the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and

Health Promotion with the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention in Atlanta.

The division’s programs extend the use of proven

strategies to prevent oral diseases, assist state oral health

programs, and build the evidence base for preventive

strategies through research and program evaluation. Division

programs also strengthen state and national abilities to

monitor oral health and establish guidelines for infection

control in clinical dental settings.

Two years ago he retired as an Assistant Surgeon General

after 28 years of service as a commissioned ofcer in the U.S.

Public Health Service.

He also played a major role in shaping the groundbreaking

report focusing on the state of oral health in America issued

three years ago by the U.S. Surgeon General.

Change o Direction

So how did the Detroit-area native wind up in aninuential policy shaping role?

“When I entered the University of Michigan School of

Dentistry in 1969, I wanted to become a solo practitioner in

the Detroit area after earning my dental degree,” Maas said

during a telephone interview from his Atlanta ofce.

But by the time he actually received his DDS in 1973,

his plans were beginning to change.

Director, Division o Oral Health,

Centers or Disease Control and

Prevention

Assistant Surgeon General, U.S.

Public Health Service (retired)

In this photo, taken in the spring o 2001, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher presented Dr. WilliamMaas with the Surgeon General’s medallion or his work as the chie dental ocer o the U.S. PublicHealth Service. The medallion is the highest award bestowed by the U.S. Surgeon General.

Playing an

important role in

shaping the U.S.

Surgeon General’s

Report on Oral

Health

Photo courtesy o ADA News. © 2001 American Dental Association

Dr.William

Maas





“I wasn’t ready to settle down,” he said with a chuckle,

“so I joined the Indian Health Service, in part, as an adventure,

but mostly to provide oral health care to a community of

individuals who needed it, in this case at the Public Health

Service’s Indian Hospital in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.”

For three years he provided clinical services in hospitals

and remote eld clinics, directed a team of four dentists and

seven assistants, provided a broad scope of services in ve

clinics to a large population on a vast, medically isolated

reservation, evaluated community needs, and planned and

implemented innovative school- and community-based

prevention programs that were later used as models for Indian

Health Service policies.

By 1978, Maas was director of dental services for the

Indian Health Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

There he directed a dental program providing clinical

care and community health services for 57,000 persons in

nine hospitals and 17 ambulatory care sites. He was also

responsible for strategic planning, resource allocation,

maintaining clinical data bases for program evaluation, and

transferring scientic knowledge to interdisciplinary health

workers to use in community clinics.

Ypsilanti Head Start Memories

His response to challenges while working in South

Dakota, and even more recently in his national leadership

roles, were strongly inuenced by memories of his dental

school days.

“I remember Bob Bagramian, Emerson Robinson, myself,

and several others screening four- and ve-year-olds who were

in the Head Start program on the outskirts of Ypsilanti. I was

struck by how much dental disease this group of children had

compared to others we had seen in the city,” he said.

The reason for the disparities, he learned, was due to the

uoridation of the city’s water supply.

It was during his second year at Pine Ridge that Maas’s

experiences in Ypsilanti resurfaced.

“I didn’t really forget them,” he said, “but I don’t think I

appreciated them as much until I was in South Dakota where

I saw high levels of dental disease.”

“That motivated me even more to see what policy changes

could be made at local, state, or national levels in how oral

health care is administered so that people could get the proper

preventive services and dental care they needed,” Maas

continued. “It also broadened my perspective. I was not just

responsible for treating individuals, I also had responsibility

for treating a community of patients.”

During these assignments, Maas determined that there

was not a solid evidence base to answer many of the questions

that he had while making clinical treatment decisions or

determining clinic and program policies. He sought advance

training in health policy and management.

Advancing Proessionally

In 1982, Maas earned a Master of Public Health degree

from Harvard’s School of Public Health and, a year later,

another master’s degree from Harvard, this time in Health

Policy and Management.

From 1983 to 1984, he was a dental public health resident

in the Ofce of the U.S. Surgeon General and subsequently

became board-certied in dental public health.

By 1987, Maas became assistant chief in the dental

services branch of the Indian Health Service. He was

now responsible for developing and evaluating IHS dental

programs, allocating resources, and guiding nearly 300

dentists and more than 400 other personnel who served nearly

1 million patients in 27 states.

In 1989, Maas became the rst dentist to be assigned to

the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. He served

in several positions, including acting chief of the scientic

review branch and deputy director of the extramural program

that addressed issues of cost, quality, and access.

In his roles, Maas was the principal advisor to staff and

agency leaders about developing and disseminating scientic,

policy-relevant information needed by patients, clinicians,

purchasers, health plans, and policy makers so they could

make better oral health care decisions.

“These three issues – cost, quality, and access – these are

the three issues we all face in the oral health delivery system,”

Maas said. “But there are a lot of tradeoffs that have to be

made in these areas in moving the system forward, which can

be better understood by research.”

Maas’s experiences were setting the stage for something

even bigger.

More than three years ater the Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health

was issued, Maas said its fndings “are as robust now as they were then.”





Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health

In May 1997, he was selected as Chief Dental Ofcer

of the Public Health Service and was promoted to the rank

of Assistant Surgeon General. In this role, he provided

leadership for, and coordination of, Public Health Service

dental programs and professional affairs for the Ofce of

the Surgeon General and the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services.

A short time later, Maas became a member of the project

team that prepared the rst report from the Surgeon General

about the state of oral health care in America.

“When I rst became involved with this report, I was a

one of three individuals responsible for developing an outline

and providing context and structure,” he said. The other two

members were Dr. Caswell Evans, projector director and

executive editor, and Dr. Dushanka Kleinman, co-executive

editor and deputy director of the National Institute of Dental

and Craniofacial Research.

“The last three months before the report was issued,

we worked almost night and day to determine the best way

to sequence the contents of the report, how much detail we

would include, and other factors,” Maas said.

“We had Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher, reviewing

copy and giving us feedback, as well as public health agencies

and many others.” As chief dental ofcer, Maas oversaw the

Department’s review and nal editing of the report.

The report was issued May 25, 2000.

Report’s Themes Still Valid

“This report is about oral health, not dentistry. It’s a

report about a health issue, not a professional issue. That

distinction merits mention,” Maas said.

“While the dental profession does have the most interest

in oral health, there are others who are involved in oral health

including program administrators, policymakers, physicians,

other health care providers, and others. We hope this report

is an opportunity for everyone involved in providing oral

health care to improve cross-collaboration so that, in the end,

the public receives the oral health care it deserves.”

More than three years after the report was issued, Maas

said its ndings “are as robust now as they were then.”

Among the report’s major conclusions: oral health

means much more than healthy teeth, oral health is a

component of overall health, and that safe and effective

measures exist to prevent the most common dental diseases

(caries and periodontal disease), but these have not been

applied as widely as possible which, in turn, has resulted in

profound oral health disparities in the U.S. today.

Maas said now that the detailed report has been public for

more than three years he is pleased that organized dentistry “is

using it as a vehicle to advocate to local, state, and national

policymakers what needs to be done to achieve the goal of

appropriate oral health care for everyone.”

Two years ago, Maas received the Distinguished Service

Medal, the U.S. Public Health Service’s highest award, for

his “distinguished career and his dedication to improving the

oral health of the nation and reducing health disparities.”

In citing his achievements as director of the Division

of Oral Health with the Centers for Disease Control, the

commendation said, “Dr. Maas is concluding his remarkable

career with a strong nish. His management of a major

health program and contributions to dental public health

leave behind a large legacy.”

Looking back on a 30-year career, it’s safe to say Dr.

William Maas has, indeed, practiced what he advocated.

“When I frst became involved

with this report (the U.S. Surgeon

General’s Report on Oral Health),

I was a one o three individuals

responsible or developing an

outline and providing context and

structure.”

Dr. William Maas (center) was among those at the School o Dentistry’sHomecoming tailgate at the U-M gol course prior to the Michigan-Houstongame on Saturday, Sept. 6. With him are Dean Peter Polverini (let) and Maas’ather, Larry.


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Education

• MasterofScience,HarvardUniversity(1983)

• MasterofPublicHealth,HarvardUniversity(1982)

• GeneralPracticeResidency,IndianHealthService(1978)

• DoctorofDentalSurgery,UniversityofMichigan(1973)

Proessional

• Director,DivisionofOralHealth,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention

(1998-present)

• ChiefDentalOcer,U.S.PublicHealthService(1997-2001)

• SeniorDentalAdvisor(ChiefDentalOcer),AgencyforHealthCarePolicyand

Research (1989-1998)

• AssistantChief,DentalServicesBranch,IndianHealthService(1987-1989)

• Chief,AreaDentalServicesBranch,Aberdeenarea(SouthDakota)IndianHealthService

(1978-1981)

Honors and Awards

• DistinguishedServiceMedal,U.S.PublicHealthService(2001)

• President’sAward,AmericanDentalAssociation(2001)

• SurgeonGeneral’sMedallion,OceoftheU.S.SurgeonGeneral(2001)

• CarlA.SchlackAward,AssociationofMilitarySurgeonsoftheU.S.(1998)

• JackD.RobertsonAward,PublicHealthService“DentistoftheYear”(1994)

• MeritoriousServiceAward,U.S.PublicHealthService(1989)

Proessional Aliations

• AmericanAssociationofPublicHealthDentistry(1976-present)

• AmericanAssociationofPublicHealthDentistry,VicePresident,President-elect,

President, Past president (2000-2003)

• AmericanDentalAssociation(1969-present)

• AmericanDentalAssociation,Consultant,CouncilonGovernmentalAairs;Councilon

Access,Prevention,andInterprofessionalRelations;Delegate,4thDistrict,Houseof

Delegates (1997-2001)

• AmericanCollegeofDentists(1994-present)

• AmericanPublicHealthAssociation(1978-present)

• CommissionedOcersAssociationoftheUSPHS,Member,NationalBoardofDirectors

(1989-1994)

• Reviewer,JournaloftheAmericanDentalAssociationandotherjournals


William Maas, DDS, MPH, MSSelected Highlights




“It’s just one piece of the oral

health care puzzle. We’re trying to

give dentists a new tool they can

use in their daily quest of providing

quality oral health care to patients.

This tool will summarize all the

scientic evidence pertaining to

clinical problems they face on a

daily basis.”

That’s how Dr. Amid Ismail

describes the work of the ADA’s

Interagency Task Force on Evidence-

Based Dentistry.

Ismail, a professor in the Department of

Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, is a

consultant to the committee.For about two years, committee members have discussed

ways to develop the concept of evidence-based dentistry

(EBD) as a roadmap of useful procedures ADA members

might want to consider and possibly use in their daily work.

Although evidence-based dentistry is relatively new in

the U.S., it’s frequently used in medicine and nursing and

commonly used in some European countries.

Ismail’s earlier experiences and insights are helping the

committee develop a possible roadmap.

“I had major EBD experience working with the Canadian

Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination and alsohelped develop the concept of evidence-based dentistry prior

to coming to Michigan,” he said. “I understand the logistics

that make a dental practice work and what goes on daily in

a dental practice.”

What It Is…What It Is Not

In a nutshell, Ismail said that evidence-based dentistry

is about the scientic basis behind clinical practices.

“It’s an extension of the ADA’s

policy that empowers dentists

to make decisions that take

into account several factors

– the preferences of their

patients, the medical and

dental histories of each patient,

and the clinical expertise of

the dentist,” he said. However,

Ismail also emphasized what

evidence-based dentistry is not.

“It is not about reimbursement or

deciding what procedures should be

covered by dental insurance companies. It is not

a ‘cookbook’ approach to dentistry. It is not designed to

replace the way dentists now practice,” he said.According to the ADA, evidence-based dentistry

“requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments

of clinically relevant scientic evidence.”

Put another way, EBD examines scientific evidence

pertaining to oral health care and dentistry in a disciplined,

methodical, unbiased manner. Information, or evidence, that

appears in journal publications is summarized and presented

in a way that mitigates biases inherent in that information.

That will be achieved by following a set of predetermined

protocols about how to extract the information. The reader will

also be informed about other aspects of the evidence includinghow it is evaluated and the number of reliable evaluators that

were used to extract the information.

For example, a recent systematic review on treating oral

mucositis after chemotherapy found that current evidence

favors using ice chips rather than medication, such as

chlorehexidine, to reduce the risk of developing inammation

and ulcers. Dentists might then advise patients that a cup of ice

during chemotherapy might prevent potential problems later.

A New Tool for Dentists?

U-MProfessorHelpingADADevelopEvidence-BasedDentistry




In short, in evidence-based dentistry, a question is

dened, information about a question is gathered, organized,

and evaluated. Possible outcomes are assessed and then that

information would be made accessible to dentists online.

“Each practitioner can then decide what to do with that

information in a given situation by also taking into account

other important factors – their education, experiences, and

patient preferences,” he said.

The Role o Technology

Technology will play an important role in shaping

evidence-based dentistry.

Already information is available to dentists and patients

on the Internet, World Wide Web, and from print publications.

But the sheer volume of that information presents challenges.

A patient with a specic condition may use the Internetand the Web to investigate and collect numerous articles,

reports, and data about that situation. However, a dentist

might not be able to read and digest all the information that is

published monthly because of other responsibilities including

running an ofce and providing oral health care to hundreds

or thousands of patients.

Evidence-based dentistry could be a dentist’s “edge.”

“A practitioner could go online, type a phrase about

a procedure or condition, ask a question, and then get a

summary of unbiased information from a Web site that we’re

planning to develop,” Ismail said.As information is retrieved, dentists could “discuss” it

online using message boards, provide commentary, and share

their insights and experiences with one another.

What’s Next

In the months ahead, Ismail said the EBD committee will

develop lists of credible, authoritative sources of information

dentists can rely on, summarize clinical and scientific

“It’s just one piece o the oral

health care puzzle. We’retrying to give dentists a new

tool they can use in their

daily quest o providing

quality oral health care

to patients. This tool will

summarize all the scientic

evidence pertaining to

clinical problems they ace

on a daily basis.”

Dr. Amid Ismail, proessor o dentistryand consultant to ADA’s Interagency

Task Force on Evidence-Based Dentistry.

information, and invite dentists to submit questions on anarray of topics. That, in turn, will help the group identify

major oral health care issues.

“The ADA policy on evidence-based dentistry is a

prudent and thorough approach to serving dentists and their

patients which, I believe, will be a model for others to follow,”

Ismail said. “It’s an exciting venture. I’m glad to be a part

of it and working with so many great people through an

organization of the ADA’s stature.”




arlier this year I was appointed

chair of the Department of

Biologic and Materials

Sciences (BMS) after Dr.

Christian Stohler left to become

Dean of the University of Maryland

School of Dentistry. In addition to

his many achievements here, Dr.

Stohler was well-known internationally

for his investigations of oral-facial

pain disorders. In fact his work,described in the Spring & Summer

2002 issue of DentalUM (page

67), was featured in the May 23,

2003 issue of Newsweek magazine.

As I read the article, it was

interesting to note that one quote from

Dr. Stohler that was highlighted in

that issue of Newsweek was a remark

similar to one he delivered at the rst

Roberts Professorship in Dentistry

lecture last fall here at our School.At that time, he said that in about

10 or 15 years patients would be taking

“predictive tests that will show what

will or will not work” based on the

genetic makeup of each individual and

that drugs will be custom-designed

for individuals based on their genetic

composition. [DentalUM, Spring &

Summer 2003, page 44.]

Obviously, all of us wish him

well in his new venture in life. With

this change in department leadership,

I would like to use this opportunity to

outline some of my plans.

DEPARTMENT REPORTBiologic and Materials Sciences

Robert Bradley,

Chair

Goals

Our immediate plan is to recruit

new faculty members to replace

several individuals who are retiring.

Searches are currently underway for a

microbiologist as well as two clinical

track faculty. In the near future, a

national search will be launched to

recruit a new department chair.

A second goal is to increase

opportunities for clinical facultyto have access to research in the

department that will result in greater

interaction among basic scientists and

clinicians. By taking advantage of the

broad expertise possessed by our basic

science and clinical faculty members,

I anticipate we will be able to develop

new opportunities for clinical research.

These goals will be important in

strengthening an already outstanding

department with expertise in several

areas of biologic and materials sciences

and enhancing the reputation of this

department. My hope is that this

will bolster our competitive edge

in recruiting excellent faculty and

sustaining our exceptional funding

record, which I will describe a bit later

in this report.

Prior to leaving, Dr. Stohler

recruited Dr. James Simmer to our

department as an associate professor

of prosthodontics. Dr. Simmer, who

earned his dental degree from the

University of Michigan in 1980, later

obtained his doctorate in 1990 from

Wayne State University School of

Medicine.

Before arriving at Michigan to begin

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teaching, Dr. Simmer was an associate

professor in pediatric dentistry at the

University of Texas Health Science

Center in San Antonio. His research

interests focus on tooth development,

enamel and dentin formation, and the

molecular genetics of developmental

abnormalities of tooth development

such as amelogenesis imperfecta.

Department Awardsand Honors

During the past year, several

members of our department have been

honored for their achievements.

Dr. Don Clewell received the

Distinguished Faculty Achievement

Award from the Horace Rackham

School of Graduate Studies [see

DentalUM, Fall 2002, page 33] as

well as the Distinguished Faculty

Lectureship Award in BiomedicalResearch [see this issue, page 45].

Dr. John Drach was inducted as

President of the International Society

for Antiviral Research [see DentalUM,

Fall 2002, page 32] and was also elected

a Fellow of the American Association

for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Josef Kolling was elected

vice president of the Michigan Dental

Association. Next year, he will become

president-elect and, in 2005, presidentof the organization.

Dr. David Mooney was named in

the February issue of the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology Review as

among people to watch in 10 emerging

technologies that the magazine predicts

will change the world.

Drs. Mooney and Cun-Yu Wang

received the William J. Gies Award

during the 2003 meeting of the American

Association for Dental Research [see

DentalUM, Fall 2002, page 70]. This

award is presented for the best paper

published in the Journal of Dental

Research during the preceeding year.

Yours truly received the Max Mozell

Award for Outstanding Achievement

in the Chemical Senses presented atthe Association for Chemoreception

Sciences in April 2003 [see this issue of

DentalUM, page 45, for more details].

Dr. Charlotte Mistretta was named

the William R. Mann Professor of

Dentistry for her outstanding leadership

and nationally recognized achievement

in research, teaching, and service.

At the annual Faculty Awards

Banquet this spring, dental students

honored prosthodont ic facul ty.Dr. Geoffrey Gerstner, Dr. Maira

Rodriguez, Dr. Jose Delgado and Dr.

Alessandra Macedo were recognized

for their teaching. Dr. Kenneth May and

Dr. William Godwin were recognized

for their volunteer work during the

annual summer mouth guard clinic.

Several prosthodontic faculty

members participated in the Nobel

Biocare World Conference entitled,

“Today’s Standard for Patient Care,”

this spring. Dr. Brien Lang was a

member of the Scientic Committee

that designed the educational program

which included more than 50 speakers

from around the world.

His lecture also highlighted

research from many members of the

department. Other Prosthodontic

faculty featured included Dr. Michael

Razzoog, and Dr. Dong-Ho Lee.

Dr. Rob Schumacher a second-

year prosthodontic graduate student

presented a poster on “Custom

Designed Zirconium Crowns for

Implant-Retained Restorations.”

Last October, the department

hosted an open house to show what the

students in the Graduate ProsthodonticClinic are doing. It was also a time to

re-establish connections with alumni

and friends and tour the facility to see

what exciting things are occurring.

Participants also attended a seminar

that featured presentations by two of

our graduate students. A presentation

by Dr. Nicholas Tselios was entitled

“Introduction of the Maxillofacial

Prosthodontist.” Dr. Maha Al-Reyahi

spoke on “Implant Complications.”

Research

This has been a banner year for

research funding for the department.

During the past three years faculty

have been very successful in obtaining

funding from a number of agencies (see

Figure 1 on the next page). The total

amount received is at a record level for

us, about $7 million as of press time,

and has been steadily increasing during

the past four years (see Figure 2 on the

next page).

While about 50% of the funding

comes from the National Institute of

Dental and Craniofacial Research

(NIDCR), other institutes at the

National Institutes of Health are the




source of 31% of the funding. The rest comes from

other sources, both national and local.This diversity of funding sources reects the

wide area of expertise members of our faculty

possess. Interestingly many investigators have

been successfully funded for a number of years

with successive competing renewals of the same

grant proposal.

For example, Drs. Clewell, Mistretta, and

myself have obtained funds for the same basic

project for 18, 15 and 17 years, respectively,

representing long-term commitments to research

in the dental school. Because of the wide rangeof scientic expertise of the department faculty,

research is being conducted on a number of

subjects. Some examples of these different interests

are described on the next two pages.

I’ve asked some members of our faculty to

provide information about the research they’re

conducting here at the School of Dentistry. Their

descriptions are provided.

Christopher Nosrat

My research involves working with a family of

related proteins known as neurotrophic factors. They play

major roles in the survival, development, maturation and

regeneration of nerve cells in the central and peripheral

nervous systems. Members of our team have shown thatdifferent classes of neurotrophic factors are important for

connectivity and development of teeth and the peripheral

taste system in both rodents and humans.

We have also established culture-dish and in vivo

models for tooth innervation to understand how teeth become

innervated and how we can develop therapies for idiopathic

dental pain. We are also using transgenic mouse technology

to generate new animal models to study target tissue-nerve

interactions and to possibly generate mice with supertasting

capabilities. We also use microarray technology to nd out

what genes are important for the structural integrity of theperipheral taste system.

A second project in the lab utilizes cells derived from

the dental pulp to develop repair strategies for spinal cord

injury and neurodegenerative diseases (such as Parkinson’s

disease). Specic cells from the dental pulp produce an

array of neurotrophic factors. We have shown that grafting

such cells into spinal cord injury models improves the

condition and rescues the motoneurons (nerve cells that

control movement) from death. Work with cell culture and

animal models of Parkinson’s disease is ongoing. We aim

to develop an autologous grafting technique in which cells

from the dental pulp could be utilized for transplantation into

the brain of the same patient.

Charlotte Mistretta

My lab is interested in learning how sensory nerves nd their

way to particular regions of the tongue during development.

Specically, we want to know how nerves that innervate taste

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organs and nerves that innervate touch and pain receptors

can initially grow into the tongue in a common bundle,

and then nd their way to neighboring but separate lingual

sense organs. We’re conducting experiments to answer this

question: What aspects of the developing tongue might attract

specic nerves to specic regions in the tongue?Goals are to test hypotheses about how the family of

neurotrophin molecules modies neurophysiology of the

neurons in sensory ganglia, to discern molecules that regulate

papilla development, and to determine effects of regulatory

molecules and target tissues on functional differentiation of

innervating ganglia. In vitro approaches are used, including a

compartment culture system for embryonic ganglion explants

to permit separate molecular maintenance of the neuron cell

body, or soma, versus the neurites that grow from the soma,

and subsequent electrophysiological recording, and organ

cultures of the entire embryonic rat tongue. These in vitrosystems make possible study of molecular affects on cell

function in the developing taste system. Such studies are

essential for a full understanding of how neural circuits form

in the sense of taste, which motivates our food choices and

thereby mediates healthy or unhealthy diet patterns.

James P. Simmer

My principal research goal is to understand the genetic

and biochemical mechanisms of tooth development,

particularly dental enamel formation. Working with

colleagues at Michigan State University, we extractdeveloping teeth from pigs, isolate developing pig enamel

teeth to characterize proteins important for normal tooth

development, and then identify the cDNAs and genes that

encode them.

Our most notable achievements were to clone the genes

for kallikrein 4 (KLK4) and enamelin (ENAM), which are

important for dental enamel formation. We also recruit

families with inherited tooth defects, such as amelogenesis

imperfecta, dentinogenesis imperfecta, and familial tooth

agenesis, and characterize the genetic mutations that are

the source of their tooth defects. We are currently making

knockout mice for enamelin and kallikrein-4, which will give

us a better understanding of the functions of these proteinsduring tooth formation. The term “knockout” refers to the

fact that a particular gene is removed or knocked out of the

genome to then see what happens.

Dennis Lopatin

My laboratory studies the interrelationships between

infection and immunity. Studies have included evaluations

of host immunity during periodontal therapy, relationships

between oral and systemic health, and interactions between

oral pathogens and the host that dene disease outcomes.

Current investigations are good examples of what’s knownas a “clinic to bench to clinic approach.”

Clinical studies revealed that healthy subjects had higher

levels of antibodies to bacterial stress proteins than patients

with periodontal disease. With the assistance of Allison

Combs, laboratory investigations revealed that these proteins

modied inammatory responses, apparently making patients

more susceptible to disease. As part of her doctoral work

in our laboratory, Dr. Domenica Sweier is now studying the

nature of the protective antibodies in patients. These ndings

will lead to new tests to identify patients at risk for developing

disease, as well as therapeutics for intervention.In related studies, Dr. Charles E. Shelburne is studying

the response of microbial pathogens to host anti-microbial

proteins. It is anticipated that these studies will lead to a better

understanding of how bacteria resist our immune defense

mechanisms and the development of drugs to make bacteria

more susceptible to our innate defenses.

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RESEARCHRESEARCH

Dental Students Win 40% o

AADR Research FellowshipsIt’s about as rare as a major league baseball player with a .400 batting average.

Collectively, U-M School of Dentistry students batted an astounding .409 at

this year’s American Association for Dental Research conference.

Nine dental students were among a group of 22 who received fellowships for

their research projects. The fellowships give students an opportunity to continue

their research and travel to AADR and IADR meetings.

In addition, dental student Azadeh Yavari won second place in the AADR

Pzer Hatton Awards Competition, Junior Division. The award is presented to

a student who demonstrates potential for a productive career in dental research.Competition for this award is limited to students who have conducted their research

as part of their professional training or undergraduate studies.

Dr. Renny Franceschi, associate dean for research, said “the success of our

students in obtaining these competitive fellowships and awards is a tribute to their

dedication to dental research and the quality of our faculty mentors.”

All 10 winners, their faculty advisors, and projects are featured on this and

the following pages.

Student: Swati Shah

Mentors: Drs. Lloyd Straon, Marita Inglehart

ProjectTitle:Behavioral Management o Pediatric

Dental Patients – The Parent PerspectiveWhattheProject’sAbout: Does the past aect

the uture? Shah’s project looks at the experiences

parents had with dentists when they were

children and how those experiences now aect

the types o oral health care that they as parents

allow their children to receive.

Student: Miranda AttiaMentor: Dr. Dennis Fasbinder

ProjectTitle:The Infuence o Preparation Design

Features on the Fit o CAD/CAM-generated

Ceramic Crowns

WhattheProject’sAbout:Technology plays a

major role in dentistry. Using computer aided

design and computer aided manuacturing

techniques, this research project looks at new

ways to design and prepare tooth-colored crowns

with the CEREC 3-D system (Sirona) so that once a

crown is placed on a patient’s tooth it comortablyadapts to the unique contours o the mouth and

also maintains margin integrity.

Student: Maura Stanchak

Mentor: Dr. Stephen Eklund

ProjectTitle:Eects o Payment Changes on Cost

and Patterns o Dental CareWhattheProject’sAbout:This project involves

using anonymous dental claims data to study how

access to dental care and patterns o treatment

change with the switch rom traditional Medicaid

to the new Healthy Kids Dental program. Healthy

Kids Dental, administered by Delta Dental Plan

o Michigan, has replaced traditional Medicaid

coverage in 37 o Michigan’s 83 counties.

Recent data rom the ederal governm

shows the U-M School o Dentistry ran

sixth among the nation’s dental schoo

total awards rom the National Instituto Health during ederal scal year 200

The statistics were released in early Ju

Total awards to the U-M School o

Dentistry surpassed more than $8.6

million or 35 projects during ederal

year 2002 (October 1, 2001 to Septem

30, 2002).

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Student: Matthew PinskyMentor: Dr. Jacques Nör

ProjectTitle:iCapase-9-mediated Ablation o

Oral Cancer Microvascular Network and Tumor Cell

Necrosis

WhattheProject’sAbout: This research is

evaluating i disrupting blood vessels that eed

oral cancers can lead to the death o cancerous

tumor cells. A gene (iCaspase-9) is induced to kill

cells exposed to a drug and also induced into cells

that are responsible or the growth o blood vessel

tumors. When the gene is activated, tumors areobserved to determine i they regress, and i so, to

what degree.

Student: Anne Lin

Mentor: Dr. Michael Ignelzi

ProjectTitle:Genomic Approaches to Study Craniosynostosis

WhattheProject’sAbout: Craniosynostosis, the premature

usion o skull bones, is the second most common human

birth deect in the ace and skull. Working with Dr. Michael

Ignelzi and his collaborators in the Musculoskeletal Diseases

Core Center at the Medical School, Lin is using gene chips

(more than 1,500 spotted onto glass slides), to compare

gene ex pression in normal skulls against those undergoing

craniosynostosis.

Student: Jerey WesselMentor: Dr. George Taylor

ProjectTitle: C-reactive Protein: A Systemic

Connection between Periodontal Disease and

Cardiovascular Disease

WhattheProject’sAbout:This study investigates

the relationship(s) between periodontal

disease, cardiovascular disease, and C-reative

protein (CRP), a plasma protein that responds to

infammatory stimuli. It will evaluate whether

CRP levels are higher in individuals with both

periodontal disease and cardiovascular diseasethan in persons with only periodontal disease or

cardiovascular disease alone or neither disease.

Student: Curtis GodreyMentor: Dr. Peter Yaman

ProjectTitle:Fit and Shear Bond Strength o

Indirect Inlays Cemented by Pre- and Post-cure o

Dentin Adhesive

WhattheProject’sAbout:Manuacturers

o dental adhesives have recently specied

polymerization o the dentin adhesive agent prior

to cementation o the restoration. This study

is testing the shear bond strength o ceramic

bonded inlays using the pre-cured dentin bonding

agent technique as well as a simultaneously-curedbonding agent. The marginal t o the ceramic

inlays and the eect o pre- and post-curing is also

being assessed.

Included in those numbers were 31

research grants totaling more than

$8 million, two training grants o more

than $455,000, and two ellowships o

more than $79,000.

The rankings o other dental

schools and the awards they received

can be ound on the Web at: http://

grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/

dhedent02.htm.

Nationally in NIH Awards

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Sara Kellogg wasn’t even a student a

U-M School of Dentistry when she won

place for her dental research this spring.

Now a rst-year dental student, Kel

competed against 200 others and w

the top award from the American De

Education Association/Dentsply for

poster presentation, Hypertensive Patiena Dental School Patient Population.

It was the rst time in about ten yea

U-M School of Dentistry student captured

top honor.

Reviewing Dental Records

The poster presentation was the re

of a thesis project Kellogg was require

complete prior to receiving her bachel

degree at Kalamazoo College.

For nearly a year, Kellogg, undersupervision of Dr. Jack Gobetti, reviewed

charts of nearly 1,000 patients for incid

of hypertension. All patients were treate

U-M School of Dentistry clinics.

“I investigated incidents of hyperten

among patients treated at the dental sch

how many patients were unaware of t

condition until they were treated here

accuracy of the records, and how these re

compared with national results,” she said

From what Gobetti told her, Kelloggno research had been conducted on the to

“As far as Dr. Gobetti and I could determ

no research of this kind has been conduct

any U.S. dental school, despite the incre

rates of hypertension which prompt the n

for these screenings,” she said.

Her ndings were an eye-opener.

Student: Azadeh Yavari (2nd place, AADR Pfzer Hatton Awards

Competition, Junior Division)

Mentor: Dr. Michael Ignelzi

ProjectTitle: Msx2 Is Required or the Down-Regulation o

Alx4 by FGF2

WhattheProject’sAbout:This study ocuses on cranio-

synostosis, an early usion o the cranial sutures, that is the

second most common birth deect aecting the ace and skull.

We studied specic candidate genes that, when mutated, are

known to cause early usion in attempts to better understand

the molecular mechanisms o craniosynostosis.

Student:Brent Accurso

Mentor: Dr. Paul Krebsbach

ProjectTitle:Eects o Parathyroid Hormone onBone Marrow Stromal Cell Grats in Ir radiated

Cranioacial Deects

WhattheProject’sAbout: Because radiation

is a common postoperative treatment or head

and neck cancers, it’s critical to determine i new

approaches to bone regeneration are eective or

healing cranioacial deects that may result rom

cancer surgery and subsequent radiation therapy.

This study seeks to determine i the adverse

eects o radiotherapy can be overcome by

combining mesenchymal stem cell transplantationwith anabolic parathyroid hormone therapy. I

successul, this combined approach may lead to

new strategies or cranioacial reconstruction or

patients with head and neck cancers.

Student:Matthew Artley

Mentor: Dr. G. Rex Holland

ProjectTitle:Neuropeptides & InfammatoryMediators in Symptomatic Human Dental Pulps

WhattheProject’sAbout: Teeth with dental

caries are sometimes painul. This leads

to diculties in diagnosing and selecting

appropriate treatments. This project ex amines the

possibility that cells in the dental pulp produce

pain reducing substances, known to be active in

the central nervous system (such as endorphins)

in response to bacterial toxins and that these

may be responsible or the varying degrees o

pain experienced. Understanding the process o pain generation will lead to more appropriate

treatment, reduce tooth loss, and lead to more

eective restoration o damaged teeth.

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Hypertension Common

More than 30 percent of the

patients who were treated were

hypertensive. Of that number,

nearly half, 48 percent, were

unaware they had high blood

pressure prior to their visit to a

dental provider.In addition, nearly 9 percent

of the patients recorded blood

pressures that were so high

that they had to get medical

approval from a physician prior

to receiving oral health care.

What the Findings Mean to Dentists

“Because hypertension is the most prevalent health problem among adult patients,

recognizing it and treating it before a patient comes to a dental clinic is important,”

Kellogg said. “Dentists have a unique opportunity to screen for hypertension sincemany patients often visit their dentist on a more regular basis than their primary care

physicians.”

Hypertension screening offers dentists an opportunity to establish baseline blood

pressures of their patients, Kellogg added, which, in turn, means they can regularly

monitor a patient’s change in blood pressure over extended periods of time. “Sadly,

though, this opportunity is rarely taken advantage of,” she said. “And since a dental

setting can be stressful for many patients, not recognizing hypertension and dealing with

it beforehand can have serious consequences for patients with elevated blood pressure.”

Kellogg thought that both the ADA and the American Dental Education Association

should reevaluate their guidelines and strengthen them, if necessary.

Two Reactions to Winning Top Prize

When she learned she had won the top prize, Kellogg said “Dr. Gobetti jumped out

of his chair while I just sat in mine, stunned.”

The abstract of Kellogg’s work has already been published in the February issue

of the Journal of Dental Education. She plans to work with Gobetti on publishing the

research in more detail and plans to become involved as the U-M School of Dentistry’s

representative to the ADEA.

A student in the School of Dentistry’s Oral Health Sciences PhD

program is conducting research that’s

trying to determine why prostate cancer

cells grow and survive.

Dr. Abraham Schneider, this year’s

recipient of the Dziewiatkowski Award,

says that despite advances in diagnosis

and patient care, it is still not fully

understood why advanced prostate

cancer cells are prone to metastasize

to the skeleton and, in turn, stimulatethe formation of abnormal bone which,

ultimately, affects a patient’s quality of

life.

Prostate cancer is estimated to

cause approximately 31,000 deaths

annually in the U.S.

“It appears that bone is an ideal

place for prostate cancer cells to grow

and survive,” Schneider said. “A variety

of bone-specic factors provide a fertile

environment that enable prostate cancer

cells to thrive in the skeleton and cause

abnormal bone formation.”

Using novel experimental models,

his research is attempting to learn why

that occurs.

Schneider said he’s determined that

when cancer cells are injected into mice,

Do Bones Supportand Spread One

Type of Cancer?

School o Dentistry

Researcher Seeking

Answers

Takes Top Prize - Hypertension Aects Dental Treatment

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Dr. Moon Bina Park, a graduate of the School of Dentistry’s orthodontic training program, recently was

awarded the Harry Sicher First Research Essay Award by the American Association of Orthodontics. The annual

award is given by AAO for an individual’s meritorious rst research effort.

Park, who worked in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Ignelzi, examined genes that control new bone formation

in her project, A Prole of Gene Expression During Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis.

Distraction osteogenesis is the formation of new bone (osteogenesis) triggered by the gradual separation

(distraction) of a bone that has been cut. If a bone is cut and gradually distracted, new bone grows between the

two cut ends.

Ignelzi said Park’s work is signicant for two reasons.

“First, mandibular deciency is the third most common human birth defect affecting the face and skull.Although distraction osteogenesis has quickly become state of the art to correct human mandibular deciency,

we have little insight into the genes that control the formation of new bones,” he said.

Ignelzi said Park’s work also has implications for tissue engineering. “By applying force to the mandible to

stimulate the growth of new bone, we avoid a major problem, the rejection of articial materials by the body.”

Park’s project was a part of a larger collaboration Ignelzi and his research team has with a group at Stanford

University.

U-M School of Dentistry students have won ve of the past seven Sicher First Research Essay awards.

they frequently metastasize to joints of the lower limb and to the craniofacial

region.

In a novel noninvasive procedure

Schneider and researchers use a

bioluminescence molecular imaging

system at the U-M Center for Molecular

Imaging to track tumors in real-time.

The cancer cells are marked with

a gene that generates light, similar to

the way reies generate light. That

light is captured electronically by acamera and displayed on a monitor that

enables researchers to view the results

of their work immediately and pinpoint

the location and the progression of the

cancer cells over time.

As to how dentists and their

patients might one day benet from his

Dr. Bina Park Wins AAO Research Essay Award

research, Schneider said that although itdoesn’t happen often, dentists need to

be aware that prostate cancer cells also

metastasize in the craniofacial region.

In addi t ion, the knowledge

gained from these models about bone

remodeling and how tumor-derived

factors can modify the bone may help

inform practitioners of ways to treat

localized bone loss, including cases of

periodontal disease.

Presented annually since 1989,the Dziewiatkowski Award honors the

memory of Dr. Dominic Dziewiat-

kowski, director of the Dental Research

Institute from 1967 to 1972 and chair

of the Department of Oral Biology from

1967 to 1977.

Dr. Abraham Schneider (let) is presented theDziewiatkowski Award by Dr. Robert Bradley,Chair o the Department o Biologic and MaterialsSciences.

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2 Grad Students Win Major Perio Awards

Talk about an impressive achievement!

This spring, two students in the U-M School of

Dentistry’s graduate periodontics program won both major

awards from the American Academy of Peridontology.

The residents, Ricardo Gapski and Yong-Hee Chun,

each won a $15,000 Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching

and Research Fellowship from the AAP.

Created two years ago, the annual $30,000 fellowships

help graduate students launch their careers in periodontal

education. To be considered for the award, candidates must

be third-year students enrolled in an accredited periodontal

program in the U.S. or Canada. They must also express a

desire to pursue a career in periodontal education.

Both Gapski and Chun received a Master of Science

degree in periodontics during commencement ceremonies

this spring.

Ricardo Gapski

Gapski said his desire to teach periodontics was

inuenced by his clinical and volunteer experiences both

during and after earning his dental degree from the Federal

University of Parana State in Curitiba, Brazil.

Michigan, he said, “changed me professionally and

personally, making me enthusiastic toward a new path,

investigating and teaching.”

Reecting on his experiences in Brazil and at Michigan,

Gapski said he has enjoyed teaching and would like to use his

experiences in clinics and classrooms to enhance the quality

of life for all patients. “Since teaching is a two-way street,”

he said, “I am condent that I have the skills as an instructor

to share my knowledge with students, while enhancing my

own.”

Yong-Hee Chun

Chun came to U-M School of Dentistry after earning

her dental degree and Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at

the University of Goettingen, Germany. She then worked

as a clinical assistant professor in operative dentistry and

endodontics at the Charite, Humboldt University in Germany.

As she worked for her DMD degree she realized “that

restoring a tooth and preventing it from caries was one thing,

but when confronted with periodontal disease, even a perfect

tooth-colored state-of-the-art restoration cannot prevent a

tooth from being lost.”

Studying periodontics at U-M and hearing lectures by

scientists “has been an eye opening experience for me,”

Chun said. “I’m fascinated by the fact that clinical events

are simulated and tested at the molecular level.”

Reecting on her laboratory experiences, Chun said

conventional periodontal therapy alone is not entirely

sufcient to correct or prevent periodontal disease. That

realization has led to a greater interest in periodontal

regeneration.

Chun said she hopes to work toward better understanding

the processes of developing periodontal tissues.

Dr. Laurie McCauley, chair of the Department of

Periodontics, Prevention, and Geriatrics said, “The fact that

two of our students won this award is a great testimonial to

the quality of our graduate periodontics program.”

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Yong-Hee Chun and Ricardo Gapski both won a $15,000 rom the AmericanAcademy o Periodontology to help them launch their careers in periodontaleducation.

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They came from Detroit, Ann Arbor, Dexter,

Ypsilanti, South Lyon, and other parts of Michigan.

One parent and her son arrived as early as 7:30 a.m.,

an hour-and-a-half prior to the start of the program.

More than 100 student athletes were at

the School of Dentistry July 26 to receive free

customized mouth guards made by dental students

who were supervised by faculty members.

The young athletes who were tted for the

mouth guards said they would use their new piece

of protective equipment in sports including football,

ice hockey, soccer, and wrestling.

The annual clinic, now in its 16th year, is

organized by the dental school’s Student Council

which invited all dental students to participate. It’s

an opportunity for them and faculty members to

serve the community and a way for the students

and faculty to interact in a less formal, more relaxed

environment.

Dental Students Enthused

“I really enjoyed doing this for the rst time last

year, so that’s why I participated again this year,”

said fourth-year dental student Reneelyn Salud.

Paris Vaughn, a third-year dental student, said

this was the rst time he participated in the mouth

guard clinic. “I saw pictures of previous clinics and

it looked like fun, so I decided to join in,” he said.

Third-year dental student and dental student

council president Susie Sandstrom, said, “this year’s

clinic was great. We had a lot of student and faculty

participation and more than 100 kids and adults from

many different communities who were tted. I can’t

wait to do it again next summer.”

As the young athletes waited in the lobby, Joan

McGowan, associate professor of dental hygiene,

talked to them and provided information about the

dangers of spit tobacco.

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Jerry Mastey

Student Dentists Make Customized

Mouth Guards for Young Athletes

Dr. Sharon Brooks discusses the importance o mouth guards witha reporter rom Ann Arbor Community TV.

Dr. Ken May checksthe mouth guard

made or 13-year-old Anthony

Rossetto o SouthLyon to ensure aproper t. Since

he plays ootball,Anthony asked or

and received a strapon his mouth guard.

Third-year dentalstudent Paris

Vaughn explains to ayoung athlete what

happens ater hisoral impression has

been taken.

Jerry Mastey

Jerry Mastey




There’s nothing like having a front-row seat in observing and having a hand in shaping

policy. That’s what fourth-year dental student Claudia Cotca will tell you.

Two years ago, she was selected by the American Student Dental Association to be

the ADA’s Washington National Policy extern [DentalUM, Spring & Summer 2002,

pages 79-80.]

Since then, she has returned monthly to the nation’s capitol to participate in the

dynamics of the policy-making process.

She shared some of her recent experiences and observations.

March 11 & 12:

Invited by Richard Green, director of communications for the ADA’s Congressional ofce in Washington to

attend the ADA Washington Leadership Conference. Legislative briengs, Capitol Hill hearings, meetings

with legislators and staff kept the session intense and relevant for active grassroots leaders from around

the nation. Ergonomics, amalgam, Medicare and Medicaid coverage, children’s health, and oral health

disparities were among the topics discussed.

March 28:

Invited by Julie Allen Scott, ADA health care consultant and project manager, to attend the Bioterrorism

Conference co-sponsored by the ADA and the Department of Health and Human Services. I was extremely

pleased to witness the White House’s recognition of the dental profession as a leader in supporting new

programs of the Ofce of Homeland Security.

The government is counting on dentists and physicians to play a major role in using their professional

expertise to help the public cope with biological and/or chemical weapons emergencies. As the oral health

care profession has assumed more responsibility, the government has appropriated funding for Universities to

participate in preparing education/information programs to help with this new role. [Editor’s Note: See page

44 for story about Dr. William Giannobile’s efforts to develop kit to analyze saliva for periodontal disease

and potential biological toxins.]

May 8:

I attended the House Wellness and Human Rights Subcommittee Hearing in Government Reform onAmalgam chaired by Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) and led by Rep. Diane E. Watson (D-CA). The ADA testied

against the claims of amalgam-related mercury hypersensitivity and toxicity. The committee heard evidence

from sources including research supported by the FDA, ADA, CDC, and World Health Organization. I am

working to arrange showing a videotape of this important hearing at the School of Dentistry.

There are more complications to this issue than meet the eye. These include the government taking

a leading role in supporting the removal of amalgam from the marketplace, assuming some nancial

responsibility for this action, and maintaining the integrity of the profession. Another complicating factor

involves the rules and regulations dentists must follow, especially limited fees associated with Medicare and

A Front-Row Seat in Policy MakingDental Student Claudia Cotca Shares Her Experiences




Medicaid coverage of composite restorations. The bottom line from this hearing seems to be that as

composites improve and policy is enacted that supports the use of new materials being developed,

amalgam may no longer be used.

May 21:

President’s dinner. I was invited by Dorothy Moss, director of the ADA’s Government Affairs Ofce

in Washington, D.C, and attended with ADA Executive Director, Dr. James Bramson; ADA lobbyists

Judy Sherman, Mike Graham, and Bill Prentice; ADA Political Action Committee (ADPAC) director

Frank McLaughlin; Dr. Ed Vigna, ADPAC treasurer; and School of Dentistry alumna Dr. Jane Grover

(DDS, 1979), ADPAC chair.

I was impressed at how effective the dental profession is in leading and adapting to numerous

economic and political changes. Unappreciated by many, this exibility has led to thorough reviews

and recommendations on the best ways to practice dentistry which are signicant, both nationally

and internationally. I’m especially interested in how these changes and recommendations can help to

improve oral health care in countries whose economies are in transition.

May 27:

Lobbied with the Global Health Council at the Capitol. Attended meetings with ofcials in the ofces

of Senators Elizabeth Dole and Carl Levin, and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia, MI) to discuss

the Millennium Challenge Account. This White House-initiated proposal of $1.3 billion would help

countries whose economies are in transition provide health care services. Also discussed was the

Children’s Dental Health Improvement Act (SB 1142) which provides funds to states to administer

oral health care services to children.

May 30 & 31:

Guest of ADA Council on Governmental Affairs. ADA is informed by NIDCR of emphasis on oral

health disparities by NIDCR director Dr. Lawrence Tabak and Dr. Dushanka Kleinman, chief dentalofcer of the U.S. Public Health Service. I was delighted to hear Dr. Kleinman praise, in particular,

the School of Dentistry’s Dr. Amid Ismail for his work investigating oral health disparities in Detroit.

At this time, the ADA is informed by members of the National Governors Association that the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are proposing a change that would result in canceling

funding for about 3,000 dental residency programs at dental schools around the country. The reasons

for this proposal are unknown presently. Since then, the ADA has met with Health and Human

Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and other ofcials on Capitol Hill seeking to halt the proposed

move. Other topics discussed include women’s health, oral health and disability, and children’s health.

Following the President’s dinnerin Washington, D.C., ourth-yeardental student Claudia Cotca (right);School o Dentistry alumna and ADAPolitical Action Committee chair,

Jane Grover (second rom right); andDr. Ed Vigna, ADPAC treasurer gettogether or a picture with SenateJudiciary Committee chairman, OrrinHatch (R-Utah).

Photo by ReectionsPhotography, Washington D.C.




Patricia Schultz, admin-istrative associate in the Ofce

of Research at the School of

Dentistry, recently received a

major award for her work from

the University’s Ofce of Vice

President for Research. She

was one of three from across

the U-M campus to receivethe Distinguished Research

Administrator Award.

The annual award honors

individuals “from any unit

at the University who have

demonstrated over a number

of years d i s t ingui shed

service exemplifying the goals of professional research

administration.”

Prior to presenting the award, Fawwaz Ulaby, U-M vice

president for research, described Schultz as “a person whogoes about doing her job without fanfare or calling attention

to her efforts.”

Schultz joined the School’s Ofce of Research as its

rst administrator in the summer of 1995. In addition to

serving as the School’s primary research administrator,

Schultz also administers the School’s Oral Health Sciences

doctoral program and supports the School’s Center for

Craniofacial Regeneration, formerly known as the Center

for the Biorestoration of Oral Health.

One nominator characterized Schultz as “a cherished

resource who has been essential for the success of ourresearch activities.”

In addition to her activities at the School, Schultz has

also made contributions to research administration across

campus. She has served on committees developing electronic

administrative systems and has worked to develop the

Research Administrators Instructional Network.

Schultz is a member of the American Association for

Dental Research and the Society of Research Administrators.

SchultzWinsDistinguished Research Administrator Award

The School of Dentistry recently hosted its fth annual

awards program for staff members with more than 10 years

of continuous service.

13HonoredforLong-TermService

Keary Campbell

Honored or 10 years o service were: Front row (let to right): ChrisStrayhorn, Ed Steinman, Pattie Katcher, and Nancy von Hoe. Back row: JudySchmidt, Pamela Horvath, Marie Navarre, Coral Adas, and Amy Reyes. Alsoreceiving a 10-year award but not pictured was Doreen Fitzgerald.

Kumud Danak, administrator in the Department o Biologic and MaterialsSciences, was recognized or 20 years o service.

Honored or 30 years o service were Bobby Newton (let), and BonnieLoepke, Department o Periodontics, Prevention, and Geriatrics.

Keary Campbell

Keary Campbell

Keary Campbell




his October 16th marked the 100th

anniversary of the death of the founder

of the University of Michigan School

of Dentistry, Dr. Jonathan Taft. Dr.Taft

was also a leader in the dental profession – locally,

nationally, and internationally.

Born in 1820 in Russellville, Ohio (a town

of about 500 approximately 42 miles southeast of

Cincinnati and 15 miles north of the Ohio River),

Taft began studying dentistry in 1841.

Two years later he entered private practice and

published his rst article as a dental professional

in 1847. (The rst dental school in the nation,

Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, was founded

in 1840, followed by the Ohio College of Dental

Surgery in 1845. So at the time Dr. Taft began

Dr. Jonathan Taft

to practice, dental degrees were uncommon and

difcult to obtain.)

In 1850, Dr. Taft earned his DDS degree from

the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. In 1854, he

joined the College’s faculty and became its dean

in 1858.

Dr. Taft continued to publish actively for

over 60 years. Several articles were slated for

publication at the time of his death in 1903.

In 1858, he was already the editor of the

nationally-regarded journal, Dental Register

of the West, which he later co-edited with his

friend, George Watt, DDS, until Watt died in

1893. Following Watt’s death, Dr. Taft was the

publication’s editor until relinquishing the role to

Dr. Nelville Hoff in 1900.

Noted Author and Prominent Leader

In 1859, Dr. Taft published the rst edition of

the textbook, Taft’s Operative Dentistry, which,

through several editions, remained the denitive

work on this topic until his death.

During his professional career, Dr. Taft

held a number of leadership positions in dental

organizations including:

• President, American Dental Association

(1868-1869).

• Co-founder, National Association of

Dental Examiners (1883).

• First President, National Association of

Dental Examiners (1883; reelected in

1884, 1885, and 1886).

• Co-founder, National Association of

Dental Faculty (1884).

• President, International Medical Congress,

Section XVII: Dental and Oral Surgery

(1887).

A Centennial Review of the Achievements of By Patricia Anderson, U-M School of Dentistry Librarian

Dr. Jonathan Taft (1820-1903)

This photo o Dr. JonathanTat, which appeared inthe School o Dentistry’sAlumni Bulletin in1971, is believed to havebeen taken when thedental department waslocated in a buildingwhich was on the site o the current Chemistry

Building on NorthUniversity Avenue. Thephoto was acquired romArthur Forbes, assistantproessor o English.His son, Robert NormanForbes, was valedictoriano the Dental Class o 1898.




• President, National Association of Dental

Faculty (1899-1900).

• Chairman, American Medical Association,

Section of Oral and Dental Surgery (1892).

• Executive Committee, World’s Columbian

Dental Congress (1892-1894).

Building the U-M College o DentalSurgery

The Michigan State Dental Association

aggressively recruited Dr. Taft for the deanship

of the U-M College of Dental Surgery (as it was

called at the time of the College’s creation in 1875).

Two years later, Dr. Taft was inducted into the

Michigan Dental Association and in 1881 received

the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from

U-M.

Dr. Taft successfully shepherded the College

of Dental Surgery through its early years, dening

goals and standards for the College, lobbying for

improved facilities, and rening the curriculum.

That effort culminated in 1900 with the adoption

of the rst four-year program leading to a dental

degree.

It was no coincidence that the rst signicant

discussions of professional ethics in dentistry

involved Dr. Taft and George Watt in the late 1850s.

The rst national code of dental professional ethics

was adopted by the American Dental Association

in 1866. Dr. Watt chaired the committee that

drafted the code of ethics.

In an editorial endorsing the new code of

ethics, Dr. Taft stated it covered the same ground as

a similar code in Ohio. Ohio adopted the national

code in 1866 and Michigan followed suit in 1877,

shortly after Dr. Taft became dean at Michigan.

Dr. Taft was also recognized as a leading

supporter of women in the dental profession,

serving as a mentor to both Lucy Beaman Hobbs

Taylor and Ida Gray. Taylor was the rst woman

in the nation to receive a degree in dentistry, from

the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1866. Gray

was the rst African-American woman to earn a

dental degree, in 1890, from the University of

Michigan College of Dentistry.

In another pioneering endeavor, Dr. Taft was

the rst dentist to testify in an American court

using bitemarks as evidence.

Truly an innovator and leader, it was only

tting that upon his death, obituaries and tributes

were published in over 20 of the leading dental

journals of the time. One of those tributes was

from the Faculty of the College of Dental Surgery

of the University of Michigan adopted October 23,

1903. It read, in part:

He labored to make this a leading school

for training men to the highest ideals of

professional culture, that through its alumni,

professional standard might be upheld and

public service of the highest grade be secured.

His personal efforts have ceased forever, but

his spirit remains to complete the work he

designed.

Additional information about Dr. Taft can be

found on the University of Michigan Dentistry

Library Web site: www.lib.umich.edu/denlib/

about/exhibits/taft. Or you can visit the new

exhibit about Dr. Taft at the School of Dentistry’s

Sindecuse Museum.

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Alumni News

School o Dentistry Alums in MDA Leadership Roles

Adam Hogan (DDS 2003) is now doing his general

practice residency with the U.S. Navy in Portsmouth,

Virginia. Before graduating, he was awarded the prestigious

Delta Dental Fund Student Leadership Award for his

outstanding leadership, volunteerism, and activities in thedental profession and the community. The award, which

included a cash gift of $2,500, recognized Hogan for his

leadership and potential to contribute to the profession.

Hogan was student council president and vice president and

directed the 2001 mouth guard clinic.

Paula Sweeney (DH 1994), who is working as a regional

practice manager for Dental Care Partners overseeing the

operations of ve Detroit area ofces, recently earned a

master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the

University of Detroit. She also received the Dean’s ScholasticAchievement Award and the American College of Health

Care Executives Achievement Award.

Carol A. Leebvre (DDS 1983; MS, prosthodontics 1986)

is the new editor of The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. A

professor of oral rehabilitation at the Medical College of

Georgia School of Dentistry, Lefebvre is a diplomate of

the American Board of Prosthodontics and a fellow of the

Class Notes

Six graduates of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry were recently elected to leadership positions with

the Michigan Dental Association for 2003-2004. They are:

• Dr. Raymond Gist, Class of 1966: new MDA

president [DentalUM, Spring & Summer 2003,

pages 29-31].

• Dr. George Goodis, Class of 1964: president-elect.

• Dr. Josef Kolling Class of 1981: elected to the newly-

created position of vice president.

• Dr. Joanne Dawley, Class of 1980: secretary.

• Dr. Steve Dater, Class of 1988: treasurer.• Dr. Wayne Colquitt, Class of 1968, joined the MDA’s

Board of Trustees representing the Washtenaw District.

Academy of Prosthodontics. In

1996, she received the Medical

College of Georgia’s Teaching

Excellence Award. Six years

later, her department received aDepartment Award for Teaching

Excellence from the Board of

Regents of the University System

of Georgia.

Gary Berman (DDS 1981), has been elected president

of the American Society of Forensic Odontology. The

organization, with more than 1,100 members in 26 countries,

is the largest organization dedicated to the pursuit of forensic

dentistry. Berman, who has more than 10 years experience

identifying the remains of individuals from disasters, wascalled to Ground Zero hours after two jets slammed into the

World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. [DentalUM,

Spring & Summer 2002, pages 51-53.]

Scott Arbit (MS orthodontics, 1978) was recently elected

president of the Wisconsin Society of Orthodontists for a

one-year term. He has served as president of the Wisconsin

Society of Dentistry for Children and has lectured for the

New MDA OfceKolling, MDA secretary from 2002-2003, is the rst person

to be elected to the new position of vice president.

This is the rst step in a three-year succession that leads to

the presidency of the organization. Kolling’s one-year term

as president of the 6,100 member organization will begin in

mid-May in 2005.

“This is a new ofce for me and one that’s been re-

established by the MDA,” Kolling said. The MDA abolished

the ofce of vice president in 1979 and in its place established

the Board of Trustees and House of Delegates.

Kolling served a maximum of two consecutive three-yearterms as a member of the Board of Trustees representing the

Washtenaw District.





Wisconsin Dental Associationon temporo-mandibular joint

diagnosis and treatment as well

as on leading edge retainer

techniques. Arbit, who has served

on numerous professional and

community boards and is involved

in philanthropy, has also written

articles on TMJ and cleft palate.

Capt. Kimon Rumanes

(DDS 1978) has moved to anew job at the Navy Bureau of

Medicine and Surgery where he

is working with the staff of the

Chief of the Navy Dental Corps

in Washington, D.C. For the past

three years he was commanding

ofcer of the Naval Dental Center

Southeast, based in Jacksonville,

Florida. In his new role, Rumanes will work on homeland

defense coordination, HIPPA issues, implementing digital

radiography throughout all Navy clinics, dental ofce designon ships, and other matters.

Jack Bates (DDS 1941)

[DentalUM, Fall 2001, pages 20-

25] seems to be enjoying using

his computer and learning how to

use his new scanner. “I’m turning

a lot of photographic negatives

and slides into prints. My father

left me 30 slides he made up years

ago showing early scenes of myhome town of Ovid, Michigan,

and I was able to get those into prints. …I’m now starting

to print many negatives of pictures I took ever since 1935

in my hometown. That should keep me out of mischief for

most of the summer. It’s fun and exciting.”

’71 Dr. James G. PagonisMay 3, 2003

’71 Dr. Gary J. GarwoodGlastonbury, Connecticut

April 27, 2003

‘75 Dr. Stephen L. Miller Fenton, Michigan

July 20, 2003

In Memoriam


Dr. Herschel S. Horowitz

Dr. Herschel S. Horowitz (DDS, 1956), died at his

home in Bethesda, Maryland, Aug. 10. He was 71.

After earning a master’s degree in public

health in 1960, he spent his career as an advocate

of community water uoridation, both nationally

and internationally.

Among the awards he received included theInternational Association for Dental Research’s

H. Trendly Dean Award for distinguished

accomplishments in research and development

in behavioral science, epidemiology, and public

health; the Association of Public Health Dentistry’s

Distinguished Service Award, and the American

Public Health Association’s John Knutson

Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public

Health.

“I worked with Dr. Horowitz,” said Dr.

William Maas, Director, Division of Oral Health,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and

retired Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public

Health Service. “He received the highest awards

his specialty can bestow and contributed to the

oral health of hundreds of millions of people

throughout the world.”




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The Ties That Bind

AnewpedestrianbridgeconnectingtheUniversity’s Central Campus andtheU-MMedical Center officiallyopenednear thenewLifeSciences InstituteonSeptember15.

Fromoppositesides of thebridgethat spans WashtenawAvenuenear ZinaPitcherDrive, deans fromseveral schools andcolleges unwounda100-yardspool of ribbon.Whenbothgroups met at thecenter of thewalkway, theytiedthetworibbonstogether under anarchof maizeandblueballoons.

Amongthedeans fromCentral Campus participatingintheceremonyincludedDr.Peter Polverini (right), deanof theSchool of Dentistry; GeorgeKenyon, deanof theCollegeof Pharmacy(center); andLiz Barry(right), managingdirector of theLifeSciences Institute.

TheyjoinedDeanAllenLichter of School of MedicineandDeanNoreenClarkfromtheSchool of PublicHealth.

Several offices intheLifeSciences Institute, thephysical focal point of theLifeSciences Initiative, alsoopenedthat day. The230,000squarefoot facilityis oneof threenewbuildingsthatarepartofthelifesciencesinitiative

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