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More inormation about these and other continuing dental

education courses may be obtained by contacting the

University o Michigan School o Dentistry, Ofce o Continuing

Dental Education at 1011 N. University Avenue, Room G508,

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078 or by visiting the School o Dentistry

Web site: www.dent.umich.edu.

On the homepage, put your cursor on continuing dental

education and then click.

Per Kjeldsen

Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, 2006

Implant Therapy in Periodontics

Speaker: Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSDProessor o Dentistry and Director, Graduate Periodontics

Location: School o Dentistry

This course is designed to help dentists incorporate implant

dentistry, especially implant esthetics (sot tissue management

around dental implants), into their daily practices. A hands-on

implant placement, guide bone augmentation, and simple

restorative laboratory course will be oered.

Saturday, October 7, 2006

Digital Photography in the Dental Ofce

Speaker: Scott Pelok, DDSAssistant Clinical Proessor

Location: School o Dentistry

The use o digital images in dental ofces has increased

dramatically in recent years. This course will cover tips and

techniques or achieving quality images with a digital camera,

including how to choose and use a digital camera.

UpcomingContinuing Dental Education Courses


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What will the School o Dentistry be like ten years rom

now?

How do we measure up against other dental schools? What

sets us apart rom our peers and makes us unique?

What are our strengths? Weaknesses? What are we doing

about them?

These are just some o the questions our administrators,

aculty, sta, students, and alumni have been thinking about

or some time and are addressing.For more than a year, a committee o 21 individuals led by

Dr. George Taylor has been reviewing our programs and activities

and has been asking everyone in the School to help develop a

roadmap or the uture.

Their work, which includes a strategic sel-assessment that

will lead to the creation o a vision statement, is the cover story

o this issue oDentalUM. Please take time to read about what

is now taking place.

Whether you are an alumnus or alumnae o the School, a

sta member, member o the aculty, or a student, you will ind

this eort is important or several reasons.

First and oremost, it is driven rom the bottom up, not thetop down. I think its important that those who are ailiated

with the School have a voice in determining our uture direction.

The committee is actively soliciting ideas rom everyone

throughout the School.

This initiative is important or another reason. Given the

inancial realities o the times, I think its important that we

consider everything. Consequently, we are starting with a blank

slate.

I you have any thoughts or ideas, please e-mail them to

Dr. Taylor at [email protected]. He will share them with other

committee members.

The stories on pages 8 to 14 describe what has been taking

place. I will keep you posted, in my quarterly e-newsletters and

uture issues o this magazine, about our progress.

Sincerely,

Peter J. Polverini, Dean

DentalUM magazine is published twice a year by theUniversity o Michigan School o Dentistry, Oice o

Alumni Relations and Continuing Dental Education.

Mail letters and updates to: Jerry Mastey, Editor, Schoolo Dentistry, Room 1205, 1011 N. University Ave., AnnArbor, MI 48109-1078. Or you may send your letters andupdates via email to: [email protected].

Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter PolveriniDirector o External Relations and

Continuing Dental Education . . . . . Richa rd Fetchie tWrit er & Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry MasteyDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chr is JungPhotography . . . . . . Keary Campbell, Per H. Kjeldsen

Member publication o the AmericanAssociation o Dental Editors

The Regents o the University:

David A. Brandon, Laurence B. Deitch, Olivia P. Maynard,

Rebecca McGowan, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C.Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, Mary SueColeman, ex oicio.

University o Michigan School o Dentistry

Alumni Society Board o Governors

Terms Expire 2006:

Daniel L. Edwards, 97, Ann Arbor, MIGerald L. Howe, 61, Monroe, MIGary R. Hubbard, 78, Okemos, MI

Michel S. Nasi, 72, Lansing, MIJanet Souder Wilson, 73 DH, Northville, MI

Terms Expire 2007:Samuel Bander, 81, Grand Rapids, MI

Richard L. Pascoe, 70, Traverse City, MI

Susan Pritzel, 67 DH, Ann Arbor, MITerry Timm, 71, Saline, MI

Josephine Weeden, 96, 99, Saline, MI

Terms Expire 2008:

William E. Brownscombe, 74, St. Clair Shores, MI (chair )John R. McMahon, 82, Grand Rapids, MIGeorge M. Yellich, 72, Los Gatos, CA

Harold Zald, 79, West Bloomield, MIJemma Allor, 00, Dental Hygiene, Mt. Clemens, MI

Student Representative: Casey Tenniswood (D3)

Ex Oicio Members:

Peter Polverini, DeanJanet Souder Wilson, 73, DH, Northville, MI

Alumni Association Liaison

Steve C. Graton , Executive Direc tor, Alumni Assoc.

Richard R. Fetchiet, Director o External Relations andContinuing Dental Education

The Universit y o Michigan, as an equal opportun ity/a irmati ve actionemployer, complies with all applicable ederal and state laws regardingnondiscrimination and airmative action, including Title IX o theEducation Amendments o 1972 and Section 504 o the RehabilitationAct o 1973. The University o Michigan is committed to a policy onondiscrimination and equal opportunity or all persons regardless orace, sex*, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, maritalstatus, sexual orientation, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status inemployment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director orInstitutional Equity and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator, Oice orInstitutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor,Michigan, 48109-1432. (734) 763-0235, T.T.Y. (734) 647-1388. For otherUniversity o Michigan inormation, call (734) 764-1817.

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DentalUMSpring & Summer 2006 Volume 22, Number 1

Planning or

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COVER STORY

FEATURES

In This Issue . . .

8 Which Direction? Strategic Sel-Assessment

What will the School o Dentistry be like in the uture? A 21-membercommittee o aculty, students, sta and alumni has been taking a criticallook and asking everyone throughout the School or their opinions andideas that will lead to creating a roadmap or the uture. A strategicsel-assessment is underway. Aterwards, a vision statement and a set ostrategic imperatives will be developed.

8 Looking to the Future

12 Polverini Says Change Coming to the School o Dentistry

14 New Dental Scholars Program Ready to Begin

Design by Chris Jung.

4 New Orleans Woman Overwhelmed by Kindness atDental SchoolA New Orleans woman who lost her home and possessions to HurricaneKatrina will always remember her student dentist, Meredith Wangerin,x-ray technician Tonia Taylor, and others at the University o MichiganSchool o Dentistry who helped her when she was in Ann Arbor.

16 Addressing Needsthe Internationally Trained DentistProgramA program to help internationally trained dentists earn a dental degree

in the U.S. is beginning its second year at the School o Dentistry. Aterearning their degree, these dentists may practice in communities thatneed dentists, or enter academic dentistry.

20 Building a Pagodain BeijingIt was built by handliterally, rom the ground up...as workers carriedmaterials and supplies 1,000 eet to a mountaintop in China. Sixmonths ater work began on his pagoda, the School o DentistrysRui-Feng Wang returned last all to Beijing to help celebrate itsdedication and the realization o a lie-long dream.

26 Alumni Profle: The Doctors McIntosh Harry, Rebecca,

and TimothyDr. Harry McIntoshs love o the dental proession so captivated hisdaughter Rebecca when she was in high school that she startedworking or her ather as a dental assistant and later earned a dentaldegree rom U-M in 1990. She passed along her enthusiasm to herbrother, Timothy, who earned his DDS two years later. Both now runthe Ann Arbor dental practice their ather established ater he earnedhis dental degree rom U-M fty years ago.

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PARTMENTS

Spring & Summer 2006

38 Enjoying a Sabbatical in Ann ArborAlthough he could have chosen almost any place in the world, Proessor

Niklaus Klaus Lang returned to U-M or his our-month sabbaticalbecause, as he put it, I wanted to come back to my roots.

40 Faculty Profle Dr. Lynn JohnsonI you talk to Dr. Lynn Johnson you may be surprised to learn that atergraduating rom college she spent fve years in Iowa teaching childrenwith learning and emotional disabilities. What she learned in those earlyjobs has helped her as the Schools director o Dental Inormatics.

69 Childrens Oral Health More Vigilance NeededFor the past two years, Dr. Marita Inglehart and colleagues rom thepediatric dental clinic at Mott Childrens Health Center in Flint havebeen collecting data rom nearly 4,000 students at 35 kindergarten andelementary schools in Flint and Genesee County. There were somesurprising results.

88 110 Get White Coats at CeremonyOne hundred and ten members o the Class o 2009 were ofciallyinducted into the dental proession during the School o Dentistrysannual White Coat Ceremony.

33 Faculty News

45 Department Update: Biologic and Materials Sciences

49 Development49 Nearly $1.5 Million in New Gits and Pledges54 How to Make Your Will More Personal and Eective56 Homecoming Weekend 200662 High-Tech Preclinic Excites Alums63 6 Inducted into Hall o Honor

71 Research News71 Mistretta New Associate Dean or Research71 Dental School Researcher Awarded $100,000 or Cancer Research73 Starving Cells that Promote Cancer75 Research Day77 NIDCR Executive: Research Important to Dental Students

79 Dental Hygiene79 100% Participation by DH Class o 200680 DH Students Help Give Kids a Smile80 Many Doors o Opportunity Open to You Says ADHA President83 THEDental Hygiene Textbook84 Tondrowski Inducted into Hall o Honor

90 Alumni News

92 In Memoriam

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Cancienne and led her to a cubicle in the PAES

Clinic. Ater reading her x-rays and dental

history, Dr. Juan Johnson, a sta dentist in the

clinic, introduced Cancienne to Wangerin who

was available because a patient ailed to show

or an appointment.

Several other visits ollowed.

During those appointments, Cancienne

compiled a list o people who helped her and

stopped to talk to her. In her letter to the School,

she praised by name Drs. Preetha Kanjirath,Rodrigo Neiva, James Schindler, Daler Tarrazzi,

and Keith Yohn.

A Final Check-Up and Goodbyes

On February 22, Cancienne visited the School

or a inal check-up prior to leaving or suburban

New Orleans.

As Wangerin greeted her outside the PAES

Clinic, Cancienne said, I have met so many

beautiul people here, including this darlingyoung lady, she said o her student dentist.

Taylor, the x-ray technician, also stopped by

to say goodbye.

This lovely lady is so ull o hope, so ull

o inspiration, and so ull o lie, and Im so

happy that she allowed me to adopt her as my

grandmother, Taylor said o Cancienne. I lost

my grandparents when I was young and to now

have her as my adopted grandmother is more

than words can say.

Leaving the building, Cancienne said shewould always remember Ann Arbor, especially

those at the School o Dentistry.

I will always remember the kindness o

everyone here at this wonderul dental school,

she said. Nothing was too much or anyone.

Everyone was so gracious. They all made me

eel important, like I was somebody special, she

said.

I was privileged to meet so many lovely

people there. I elt lost, and they helped

me to eel at home.

I was so overwhelmed at the kindness o

everyone I have encountered at your very ine

school. I elt lost, and they helped me to eel at

home.

Wangerin said Cancienne enriched everyones

lie.

Even though she lost so much, I was always

amazed with her positive demeanor and her

independence. She made everyone around her

smile, Wangerin said. She recalled how, ater

every appointment, Cancienne always went

out o her way to thank me and the instructors

who helped her. Its that eeling o being able

to help someone like Marie and experience thejoy o helping her to smile again that made me

want to enter the dental proession.

Buchmann said her aunt enjoyed visiting

Ann Arbor or other reasons.

Sledding or the First Time

Without missing a beat, Cancienne said, For

the irst time in 79 years, I went sledding while

I was here. That was un.

Smiling, Buchmann said that, on occasion,

she was like a kid. She even tried to ride mynine-year-old daughters bike a couple o times

and ell, but got back up. But I had to tell her

no more ater a while because I didnt want to

have to take her to the hospital or any serious

injuries.

Although Cancienne has returned to

Louisiana, You can be certain that my thoughts

and thanks will be with the U o M, she said.

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It was one o those you had to bethere to see it to believe it moments.During the annual Give Kids a Smile program

in early February, one ive-year-old girl gave

second-year dental student David Lipton and

irst-year dental student Julia Chung a momentthey will remember or a long time.

I was perorming an extra-oral exam on

the girl, and as I began eeling her lymphnodes,

she began to smile and laugh, said Lipton. It

was something that was totally unexpected

because most children, rom what I know, arent

like that.

The program, sponsored by the American

Dental Association, was a part o national

Childrens Dental Health Month.

Forty children rom Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, andsurrounding communities received care during

the hal-day program held in a clinic on the

third loor at the School o Dentistry. Treatments

included oral exams, sealants, restorations, and

other services.

More than sixty dental and dental hygiene

students, twelve aculty members and several

Dental and DHsta members volunteered to help that day, said

ourth-year dental student Aimee Snell, one o

the organizers o the event at the School.

As students, were always looking or ways

to help people, she said, and it was gratiying

to see so many students and aculty members

involved.

Students Enthused

Students said they enjoyed the opportunity

to serve.

Kris Devers, a irst-year dental student who

Six-year-old Olleta Vick entertained frst-year dental students Kris Devers(let) and Phyllis Odoom at the registration desk.

Knowing what to expect is important or youngsters visiting a dentist.Here, third-year dental student Annelise Preslan invites three-year-oldCiara Beveridge to eel the spinning o the rotar y brush so that she knows itwont hurt once its inside her mouth.

Five-year-old Minyoung

Jung surprised dental student

David Lipton when she began

smiling and laughing as he

checked her lymph nodes

during the Give Kids a Smile

program at the School oDentistry earlier this year.

Mastey

Jerry Mastey

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Were starting with a blank slate and want everyone

involved in having a say in the Schools uture.

Dean Peter Polverini

hose are some o the questions School

o Dentistry aculty, sta, students, and

alumni have been investigating and

discussing or more than a year.

Since March 2005, a 21-member committee

o aculty, students, and sta has been taking a

critical look at the School and asking everyone

throughout the School or their opinions and

ideas. The committee, the Strategic Assessment

Facilitating Committee, will use the inormation

to develop a roadmap or the uture.

The roadmap will include three major

elements: a strategic sel-assessment, a vision

statement, and a set o strategic imperatives, or

critical action steps, to achieve the vision.

These will ultimately aect administrators,

aculty, sta, and students.

The strategic sel-assessment and the vision

statement are intertwined, said Dennis Lopatin,

the Schools senior associate dean. The strategic

sel-assessment process will lead to a vision

statement. The vision, which will be articulated

Looking to the FutureSchool Conducting

in detail ater the strategic sel-assessment is

completed, is a blue sky outline o what the

School could look like.

During a series o meetings with aculty,

sta, and students last all, Dean Peter Polverini

said, Were starting with a blank slate and want

everyone involved in having a say in the Schools

uture.

A Challenge rom U-M Administrators

Early last year, the School o Dentistry was

What will the School o Dentistry be like ten years rom now?

What are its most signiicant strengths? What can be done to enhance those?

What are its weaknesses? Whats being done to address those?

What are the most challenging issues now acing the School? How is it dealingwith them?

How does the School measure up against other dental schools? What sets itapart rom its peers and makes it unique?

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challenged by U-M administrators to take a

clear-eyed look at its intellectual directions

and priorities, its strengths and weaknesses,

and its comparative advantages over other

institutions.

Two o the universitys academic units

conduct such assessments annually, meaning

each school or college assesses itsel about once

every ten years. However, when necessary, the

process can be conducted sooner as part o an

accreditation or other review.

The dean o a school or college leads the

process. The provosts oice provides oversight

and works with the deans oice or other groups

outside the particular academic unit.

When completed, the lengthy sel-review

process is designed to serve as a benchmark to

help guide decision making at the School. It may

also lead to urther collaboration among other

schools and colleges on campus. In addition,

University leaders (president, provost, andothers) learn more about the signiicant issues,

choices, and trade-os acing the School.

A Vision

As the Schools chie executive, Polverini

presented an outline o what his vision might

include during the Schools annual convocation

ceremony last all. Important elements o that

are noted in the sidebar on this page.

We have a unique opportunity to reshape

and transorm the dental school and to discovernew opportunities, he said. Mentioning

its hard-earned reputation as a visionary

institution, the need to look ahead is critical,

he continued.

Citing the tough economic times Michigan is

acing, Polverini said, I we are to thrive in the

uture, we will have to make some tough choices

during the coming years, as we may not be able

to sustain every program and initiative. He

urged aculty, sta, administrators, and students

to continue to take risks that will dramatically

change our educational and patient care

programs, our research enterprise, and, at themost undamental level, our organizational

structure.

Strategic Assessment

Dr. George Taylor leads the Strategic

Assessment Facilitating Committee (SAFCo).

The sel-assessment is an opportunity or

the School to evaluate its successes in meeting

previous goals. But the sel-assessmen t is

also orward-looking encouraging everyone

to think about uture goals, any obstacles toachieving those goals, and more.

Unlike earlier sel-assessments, this one is

dierent.

Its a bottom-up approach, not a top-down

approach, Taylor said. Its a unique opportunity

or everyone at the dental school to have a say

in shaping the Schools uture. Taylor said the

Vision StatementPossible New Initiatives

and Directions

Makesomechangestoeducational programs to the oral health needs o tnext generation o consum

Moreinterdisciplinaryeducation, sel-directedlearning, and leadershiptraining.

Expandcommunityoutreprograms.

Developtraditionalandnontraditional educationaalliances.

EstablishaU-MScholarsProgram in Dental Leader

Integratebiomedicalandclinical sciences.

Integrateresearchwiththpredoctoral and postgradcurricula.

Targetedinvestmentsinscell biology, nanotechnoloand neuroscience.

Expandinvestigator-initiatranslational and clinicalresearch.

Developstrongercorporapartnerships.

Exploredevelopingcollaborative programsbetween dentistry andengineering and otherprograms.

Strategic Self-Assessment

Dr.GeorgeTaylorleads the SchoolsStrategic AssessmentFacilitatingCommittee.

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this inormation to develop a plan.In addition to collecting inormation and

sharing it, Taylor said SAFCo is evaluating

qualitative and quantitative inormation,

obtaining insights and inormation rom the U-M

community outside the School o Dentistry, and

plans to solicit comments rom those outside the

University.

Whats Next?

Once the inormation is gathered, Taylor said

the committee plans to develop a set o strategicimperatives by late spring or early summer.

He said those would be shared with everyone

at the School and two separate external

advisory committees. One group will consist o

knowledgeable aculty rom other U-M academic

units; the other rom other outstanding

institutions.

Both groups will study the inormation

and the sel-assessment report, discuss them

with committee members and University

administrators, and identiy possible obstacles

and opportunities the School may ace. SAFCo

will share the outcome o the external review

with everyone at the dental school.

Aterwards, the Schools leadership will

meet with the Universitys president, provost,

and other U-M executives to build consensus on

how to proceed. When the process ends, a report

will be issued that lays out the uture direction

o the School and the reasons or choosing those

directions. The report will be distributed to

School aculty members and to the U-M president

and provost. The results will also be shared

with the Schools students, aculty, sta, and

alumni.

We hope to do that by the end o this year

or early next year at the latest, Taylor said.

A 21-member committee o admini-strators, aculty, sta, and alumni is

guiding the strategic assessment.

Dr.GeorgeTaylor(Chair)

AliciaBaker

Dr.DennisFasbinder Dr.MarkFitzgerald

Dr.DonaldHeys

Dr.LynnJohnson

Dr.DarnellKaigler

(periodontics resident)

Dr.PaulKrebsbach

Dr.DennisLopatin(ex-officio)

DianeMcFarland

Dr.RodrigoNeiva

Dr.JacquesNr DeanPeterPolverini

CherylQuiney

Dr.SusanGuest

(orthodontics resident)

Dr.CharlesShelburne

Dr.JeffreyShotwell

Dr.SamZwetchkenbaum

Dr.RaymondGist(alumnus)

SuzanneFournier(dentalstudent)

FernandoUrzua(dentalstudent)

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strategic self-assessment

Dean Peter Polverini outlined a vision

or the School o Dentistry as an

innovative educational institution and

a leader in research and discovery. His remarks

to aculty, students, and sta last all about what

the School could look like were delivered during

the second annual Convocation Ceremony at the

Mendelssohn Theater in the Michigan League.

Citing a challenge rom University o

Michigan administrators to take a clear-

eyed look at our intellectual directions andpriorities, our strengths and weaknesses, and

our comparative advantages over our peer

institutions, Polverini said there is a unique

opportunity to reshape and transorm the dental

school and to discover new opportunities.

Mentioning its hard-earned reputation

Polverini Says Change Coming

as a visionary institution, Polverini said the

need to look ahead is critical. I we are to

thrive in the uture, we will have to make some

tough choices during the coming years, as we

may not be able to sustain every program and

initiative. He urged aculty, students, and sta

to continue to take risks that will dramatically

change our educational and patient care

programs, our research enterprise, and, at the

most undamental level, our organizational

structure.

Educational Program Changes

Polverini called or some changes to the

Schools educational programs so students are

well prepared to meet the oral health needs o

the next generation o consumers.

During the annual convocation last all, Dean Peter Polverini outlined a vision or the School o Dentistry as an innovative educational institution and a

leader in research and discovery.

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O n e po s s i b l e c h a n g e c o u l d i n vo l ve

interdisciplinary education, sel-directed

learning, and leadership. We need to encourage

our best students to embrace a more sel-

directed program o education that celebrates

independent thinking, he said.

To develop a inancially sustainable model o

clinical education in times o more limited state

unding Polverini said, We need to look at morecost eective and eicient ways o delivering our

educational programs. He said options could

include building on the Vertically Integrated

Clinical education program, expanding the

Schools presence in community clinics, and

developing traditional and nontraditional

educational alliances.

He also said a new Dental Scholars Leadership

Program would be introduced. The our-year

program or predoctoral and dental hygiene

students will include a series o individual

projects in which students will examine critical

issues that aect oral health education, the

delivery o oral health care, and interdisciplinary

education, he said. [See page 14.]

Polverini also cited a need to explore

educational innovations that include the

integration o the biomedical and clinical

sciences as well as possibly restructuring the

dental curriculum to give students a greater

amount o time to experience other educational

opportunities while they are dental students.

For example, he said, in the ourth year o their

education, dental students might be able to

explore various disciplines including health

disparities, public health dentistry, preventive

and diagnostic sciences, primary and specialized

oral health care, and research.

The Role o Research

Research and discovery will continue to

be important to the School o Dentistry, he

said. There must be a serious integration

o the scientiic enterprise with the DDS and

postgraduate curricula. A ailure to seriously

implement evidence-based dentistry into

the day-to-day lie o a student will impede

the development o the well-educated dentalpractitioner.

Polverini called or a urther strengthening

o the basic research programs with targeted

investments in stem cell biology, nanotechnology,

and neuroscience, expanding investigator-

initiated translational and clinical research,

developing stronger industrial partnerships, and

exploring the development o a collaborative

program between dentistry and engineering to

encourage sel-directed learning and preclinical

restorative skills.

Saying the School has a responsibility to

help the underserved throughout Michigan,

Polverini said outreach opportunities give

students opportunities to expand their cultural

awareness as well as work in a team setting to

provide oral health care.

To sustain dental education will require the

School to consider other inancing strategies,

Polverini said. One possible approach he said

was developing a closer partnership with theU-M Health System and consider privatizing

selected graduate-level clinical operations.

Polverini said the School s strategic

assessment, now underway, will give everyone

an opportunity to help shape the uture o the

School and perhaps dentistry itsel.

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When he became Dean o the School o Dentistry, Dr.

Peter Polverini said one o his goals was to develop an honors

program or a select group o highly motivated students. In

his message in the Schools 2003 annual report, Polverini

outlined it as a customized program o education.

These students will also interact with colleagues at other

schools and colleges on our campus, he wrote, not just ourtraditional partners such as medicine or public health, but

also those at the business school, the law school, or art and

design, to name a ew.

He said the program could, over time, create new

disciplines o study. I also believe the program has the

potential to develop the next generation o educators, scholars,

researchers, and leaders who could become pioneers in the

dental proession.

The program is becoming reality.

Known as the University o Michigans Scholars Program

in Dental Leadership (UM-SPDL), the program will bring

together a select number o exceptional students and help

them develop both a leadership mindset and the skills that

will allow them to leverage their dental expertise to become

leaders in education, research, business, politics, law, or other

areas.

According to the director o the program, Dr. Russell

Taichman, the program will complement, not replace,

the current curriculum. It will also include a customized

capstone experience or each student who will participate in

teams that will address a problem in research, policy, practice,

or education.

Between 15 and 20 dental and dental hygiene students,

rom all classes, will be admitted to the program. Ater the

irst year, the program will grow to meet student demand.

More inormation about the program, including who will

be selected, will appear in a uture issue oDentalUM.

New Dental Scholars Program

Ready to Begin

Dr.RussellTaichmanis the Director o the

Scholars Program in

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school administrators

part ic ipated in our

workshops ocusing on

the qualities o a great

boss. Discussions ocused

on leadership and change,

leadership competencies,

building trust, and team

leadership.

The workshop results

and the earlier eorts

enabled us to develop

a School-wide program

that we rolled out earlier

this year, Pryor said. Approximately 80

aculty and sta members with supervisory

responsibilities participated.

As this issue oDentalUM was going topress, more than 250 School o Dentistry sta

members were participating in a retreat to help

them to achieve excellence in their work, their

interpersonal interactions, and to become more

proactive in their proessional development.

Pryor said the sta retreat will also help

supervisors realize the importance o having

a positive inluence on their sta. The more

we engage sta and show our appreciation,

the more they enjoy coming to work, and the

more they excel, she added. When supervisorsdevelop their leadership skills, they become

better supervisors who can motivate and inspire

sta to do their best. In turn, the School is

transormed rom a good place to work to a great

place to work.

What makes a good

boss a great boss?

As we relect on our

careers , undoubtedly

there have been instances

where we have worked

or an individual who,

at one time or another,

prompted us to say to

a colleague or amily

member, This person is a

great boss to work or.

Recently, the U-M

School o Dentistry, in

collaboration with the Universitys Department

o Human Resources, launched a program to help

dental school supervisors develop the leadership

skills they need to become great bosses.The program, called The Building Great

Places to Work project, is part o an eort to

develop and cultivate an environment where

every one o our sta members can perorm at

their best, said Tina Pryor, the dental schools

human resources director. We want to give

supervisors the tools they need to become

better managers as well as urther their career

development, and make the dental school an

even better place to work.

Pryor said preliminary work on the projectbegan early last year when data about the

qualities o great bosses was collected during

meetings. Additional data was gathered rom

surveys and e-mail.

During the summer, a group o dental

From Good to Great

New Program Seeks to Develop Better Managers

The Building Great Places

to Work project, is part of

an effort to develop and

cultivate an environment

where every one of

our staff members can

perform at their best.


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he Internationally Trained Dentist Pro-

gram (ITDP) is designed to give these

dentists the training and inormation they

need in an accelerated program o study that

allows them to receive a Doctor o Dental Surgery

degree rom U-M.

Aterwards, they have the same career and

practice opportunities as all U-M dental school

graduates. They will be eligible to take state and

regional licensing examinations, practice

dentistry in various settings, and/or

pursue an academic career.

Dr. Marilyn Lantz,

assoc iate dean or

academic aairs,

s a i d s h e

a n d o t h e r

administrators

talked to oicials atother dental schools with

similar programs prior to

beginning this initiative.

This is an important program or these

dentists and or us, she said. Although they

have earned a dental degree in another country,

they cant practice in Michigan until they pass

the Northeast Regional Board (NERB) or other

licensing exams and get their dental degree rom

a university in this country.

Lantz was emphatic about another point.The students admitted to this program do

not, in any way, shape, or orm compete with

our irst- and second-year students or space or

educational or physical resources, she said.

The students in the new program, she

added, have expressed a strong desire to come

here and have demonstrated a commitment to

bettering themselves and helping others.

What the Schools Internationally

What It IsHow It Works

ITDP is basically a continuous two-year

course o study.

Students participate in a rigorous course o

classroom and clinical instruction that covers 24

consecutive months instead o the 10 terms over

44 months that make up the regular predoctoral

instruction. They do not take any time o during

the summer.

The international students pay the same or

their education as do out-o-state students in the

current program, approximately $60,000 annually

in tuition and ees. No scholarships are awarded.

Ater successully completing an intensive,

our-month summer term, the international

students join third-year dental students to

complete the inal two years o the predoctoral

curriculum. They spend two additional months

during the summer between their third andourth years taking courses and working in

clinics, including rotations at community

outreach sites. They receive their dental degree

during spring graduation ceremonies i they

have completed all program requirements.

Intense Competition

With no advertising, other than inormation

that was posted on the dental schools Web site,

the program attracted applications rom 105

individuals worldwide last year. Twenty-ourapplicants were interviewed.

More than twice as many, 214, applied or

the second year o the program. O those, 27

individuals were invited to come to the School o

Dentistry in January or two days o interviews,

tests, and a laboratory bench examination.

Eight were ultimately selected to participate

in the program that begins in May.

T

A program to help internationally trained dentists earn a dental degree in theU.S. is beginning its second year o operation at the U-M School o Dentistry.

Addressing Needs


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Trained Dentist Program MeansThe number o individuals who have applied

or this program shows not only the demand or

the program, but also the level o desire to obtain

the degree speciically rom the University o

Michigan, said Dr. Dennis Fasbinder, director

o the international program.

In addition to being proicient in the English

language, applicants must submit proo o

having graduated rom dental school; transcripts

o their dental school, college, or university

course work; three letters o recommendation,

and two essays.One letter o recommendation is required

rom the dean o their dental school; a second

rom a ormer dental instructor; and the third,

rom someone who can attest to the applicants

personal character and dental skills.

In one essay, applicants are asked to

describe their dental experiences in detail since

graduating rom dental school; in the other, their

proessional goals.

A 13-member committee o School o

Dentistry aculty members and administrators

reviews the inormation.

The Interview Process

During the course o two days, applicants

are involved in a series o interviews and are

also given a our-hour preclinical bench test,

including a series o cavity preparations and

restorations.

They also take a series o mini monitored

interviews (MMI) with administrators andaculty members. These interviews are designed

to demonstrate i the students can think on their

eet.

Each student is given a series o cards that

describes a situation and is then asked to discuss

the situation with an interviewer. Questions

deal with issues involving the dental proession,

such as the increase in cosmetic elective

procedures, looming shortages o dentists in

certain geographical areas, or concerns voiced

in some communities about mercury disposal.

Or they may be asked to discuss a speciic aspect

o their proessional background.

The third ormal assessment is the Objectively

Structured Clinical Examination that assessesclinical reasoning skills.

A series o situations they are likely to

encounter in a general dental practice are given

to the applicant who is asked to comment. The

exam measures their competence in patient

assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning,

patient management skills, and communication

skills.

Program Outcomes

Ater earning their degree to practicedentistry and passing licensing examinations,

Lantz said she and other School administrators

hope the internationally trained dentists

will practice in communities where there

are shortages o dentists, or enter academic

dentistry, or even work with dentists who are

about to retire and want someone to take over

their practice.

Dr. Dennis Fasbinder, clinical

proessor o dentistry,

describes the Objectively

StructuredClinicalExamfor

27 students who participated

in tests or the Schools

InternationallyTrained

Dentist Program.

Jerr


20/95


The U.S. Surgeon Generals pioneering

report on oral health in America, issued

in May 2000, points out the challenges

acing dentistry. The report noted:

It appears that the absolute number

of active dentists will decline after 2000.

In part, this drop reflects the retirement

of older dentists (estimated to range from2,500 to over 4,300 per year between 1996

and 2021) with insufficient numbers of

new graduates (estimated at about 4,000

per year) replacing them.

A similar warning appeared in

the March 2001 issue o the American

Student Dental Associations ASDA

News . Citing a report rom the American

Dental Education Association, Dental

Faculty Shortages Increase, an Update

on Future Dental School Faculty, the

article mentioned that about 400 ully-

unded dental aculty positions remain

open nationwide with more than 75

percent being in undergraduate clinical

disciplines:

Ultimately, in a confluence

of dire consequences, the faculty

shortage threatens the health of the

public. Without adequate numbers of

qualified faculty, dental schools simplycannot educate sufficient numbers of

pract itioners to meet the oral health

needs of the public.

This program is part o our Schools

eorts to help address some o the

challenges that are upon us, Lantz said.

Its imperative we act now. This program

is one way o doing that.

What is the Internationally Trained Dentis

Program?

Begun in May 2005, the program is a continuou

two-year course of study for internationally traine

dentists. They have already received extensive denta

education and are licensed to practice in their hom

countries. These students have come to Michigan tearn their U.S. dental degree so they can ultimate

teach or practice in this country.

Why was this program created at the U-M Schoo

of Dentistry?

The program was created to help participants ear

a dental degree so they may become educators i

dental schools and/or practitioners in this countr

We want these graduates to contribute to our stat

and national dental workforce and to help alleviat

the shortage of dentists that is anticipated as man

dentists begin to retire in the near future.

Do these students compete with our first- an

second-year dental students for space?

No, they do not. Students in the ITDP program d

not compete with students for admission to the U-M

School of Dentistrys predoctoral program.

Why is that?

Positions in the first and second years depend othe number of lab spaces available in the School

preclini cal laboratories. However, during the thir

and fourth years, the number of positions depends o

the number of clinical chairs that are available. Si nc

there are significantly more clinical chairs availabl

than lab spaces, that is why the dental school ca

accept more students during the third year withou

affecting first- or second-year enrollments.

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Do these students receive scholarships?

No, they do not. Students in the ITDP program must

pay all tuition and fees, approximately $60,000

annually.

What is the term of study for those in the program?

The ITDP program is 24 consecutive months of studycompared to 10 terms over 44 months for students

in the dental program. Those admitted in May 2005

became a part of the third-year dental class that

fall.

What do these students do?

They complete the same accredited dental curriculum

that other predoctoral students complete. All

participate in classroom education and patient care.

All must pass competency examinations that our

first- and second-year dental students take. They

must also successfully complete the third and fourth

years of our predoctoral program and must meet the

same graduation requirements as our predoctoral

students.

How many applied for the program? How many

were interviewed ? How many were eventually

selected?

One hundred five applied last year and 214 applied for

this years program. Twenty-four were interviewed

last year and 27 were interviewed this year. Eight

students were chosen both years.

Why only eight?

C l i n i c a l f a c i l i t i e s a n d s u p p o r t c o u l d e a s i l y

accommodate this number of students in the

predoctoral clinics. Predoctoral class sizes were not

decreased to accommodate these students.

How are participants chosen?

A competitive application process is followed by

two days of rigorous interviews. Each participates

in three formal assessments that demonstrate their

knowledge and clinical skills and that they possess

the personal qualities that are important to be a

successful dentist in the U.S.

What are the three formal assessments?

One is a preclinical bench test where several

dental procedures on a typodont must be completed

within four hours. The second is a series of mini

monitored interviews with administrators and

faculty members. These interviews show the ability

of the students to think on their feet. Each is given

a card that describes a situation and then asked to

comment. Or they may be asked to discuss a specific

section of their professional background. The third

formal assessment is the Objectively Structured

Clinical Examination which assesses clinical reasoning

skills. Each may be given an example of patient

situations they are likely to encounter in a general

dental practice and asked to comment. Or they may

have to perform certain tasks. This exam measures

their competence in patient assessment, diagnosis

and treatment planning, patient management skills,

and communication skills.

Do other dental schools have this type of

program?

Yes, there are 11 other dental schools with similar

programs elsewhere in the country. Some of these

programs at those schools have been accepting

international students for more than 15 or 20

years.

Asked Questions


22/95


t was built by handliterally, rom the

ground up.

No nails or screws were used.Materials and supplies, including blocks

o granite or the oundation, were carried

1,000 eet up a mountain by workers in Beijing,

China.

Work on Rui-Feng Wangs pagoda began

April 8, 2005. Six months later, on October

12, he returned to Beijing to help celebrate its

dedication and the realization o a lie-long

dream.

How the pagoda was builtand whyissomething Wang is more than happy to discuss

with anyone inside or outside the School o

Dentistry. O course, hes also delighted to show

you his pictures.

A research lab specialist in the Department

o Biologic and Materials Sciences, Wang came

to Ann Arbor in 1979 rom the Natural Science

At the entrance to thepagoda he built on a

mountaintop in Beijing

are Rui-Feng Wang and

his wie, Chu-Chiang Ling

Wang, ollowing dedication

ceremonies last all. Above

them is a sign with the

name o the pagoda, The

View of My Home Village.

Thecolumnontherightreads: On the mountaintop,

under the clear moon and

inacalmwind.Thecolumn

on the let reads: From theplace ar away, sincerely

missing my home village in

my dream.

Dental School Staer BuildsAcademy o China where he conducted geneticresearch. He returns to China every year to visit

riends.

A Very Special Place

When he was teaching in Beijing, Wang

said he oten sat at the oot o the mountains.

Its always been a very special place or me,

he said. But it looks much dierent now than

it did back in the 1960s when I taught at the

university. Then, there were no trees because

they were destroyed during the war betweenChina and Japan. But ater the war, trees were

planted. Now its a beautiul park.

The wars devastation made a lasting

impression on Wang.

Photo courtesy o Rui-Feng Wang

Although nails, bolts, or screws werenot used to build the pagoda, workers

did use some modern tools to cut wood.

I


23/95


One o my dreams was to build a pagodathere, as a symbol or world peace, he said.

He oten mentioned his dream to amily and

riends. Encouraged by their response, Wang

returned the money he earned at U-M to Beijing

to hire an engineer to design the pagoda. I

wanted it to be very small, or a couple o people.

But the engineer, architect, and workers were so

enthusiastic that it turned out to be much larger

than I planned, he said with a smile.

The cratsmanship and the traditional

paintings that decorate the pagoda are remarkable.Pictures on these pages show the pagoda during

various phases o construction. The structure,

nearly 25 eet high and 21 eet wide, was ormally

dedicated on October 12, 2005.

More than 200 people attended the dedicationceremony at the top o the mountain, our times

the number Wang expected.

Since then thousands have visited the

pagoda and enjoyed a view o the Chinese

capital. A map embedded in stone helps visitors

locate their neighborhood.

Wang wont say what he spent to build the

pagoda. Its not about the money, its about

making people happy, he insisted. He also

resisted the temptation to name the pagoda

ater himsel, as one o his colleagues in Beijingsuggested. Instead, he named it, The View o

My Home Village. The Chinese script or the

name o the structure is at the top o the previous

page.

Pagoda in China

Photo courtesy o Rui-Feng Wang

Photo courte

Workers carried everythingto the top o the mountainby hand, including someo the granite blocksthat were used as theoundation.

Workers used shovels and pick-axes to make the foundation.

Photo courtesy of Rui-Feng Wang

Thisclose-uppictureshows some o thepagodas ornatewoodwork.

Although nails,

bolts, or screwswere not used to

build the pagoda,

workers did use

some modern

tools to cut wood.


24/95


school

news

A sta member o the School o Dentistrys

Oice o Academic Aairs was presented with

one o the University o Michigans highest

honors during a ceremony in December.

The sta member, Meghan Genovese,

received the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for

Excellence rom a pool o 180 nominations rom

across the Ann Arbor campus.

Genovese was nominated by aculty

members rom the dental school and the medicalschool, by sta members rom the dental school,

as well as dental students. They cited her

proessionalism, calm demeanor, ability to work

with diverse groups, attention to detail, and

strong work ethic.

Dr. Marilyn Lantz, associate dean or

academic aairs, cited the crucial role Genovese

played in the success o the Schools Integrated

Medical Sciences curriculum.

Launched in 2003-2004 academic year, IMS

helps irst- and second-year dental students seeinterrelationships between dentistry and various

medical disciplines. The program, according

to Lantz, was established to help our dental

students better understand how physicians

think as well as show the connections between

oral and systemic health. Graduate and post-

graduate students rom the U-M Medical School

participate in the program. [DentalUM, Fall

2004, pages 60-61.]

Extraordinary WorkAs the IMS program was being reviewed and

upgraded two years ago, Lantz praised Genovese

or her extraordinary work with aculty,

students, and sta during the development and

implementation o the IMS course series. She

added that Genovese demonstrated enormous

creativity and lexibility in inding solutions to

individual and group concerns.

Meghan Genovese Receives Major U-M Award

Dr. Gerald Cortright, director o dental gross

anatomy in the oice o medical education at the

U-M Medical School, said Meghans outstanding

characteristics are equanimity and dependability

in the ace o seemingly overwhelming demands.

She has been the rock I could always count on,

or perhaps more appropriately, the guiding light

that kept me o the rocky shores o imminent

disaster.

Jean Klark, a secretary in the deans oiceat the School o Dentistry, said that she once

knew the late Candy Johnson and having

worked closely with Meghan, I can appreciate

the similarities o the two individuals.

Surprised and Honored

Genovese said she was surprised and

honored to be recognized.

I came to Ann Arbor about three years ago

rom central Illinois where I had been working

as a project manager or a Web developmentcompany, she said. Since I have been at the

School o Dentistry, my work has been primarily

related to new curriculum initiatives.

Genovese said that although she received

a ormal education in ine art, most o my

proessional lie has been centered around

educati on. Previous ly, she was a resident

counselor at the Illinois Mathematics and Science

Academy, implemented Illinois State Board

o Education-unded scientiic literacy grant

projects, a recruiter or MacMurray College inJacksonville, Il linois, and directed international

admissions at Bradley University in Peoria.

The Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for

Excellence was established in 2004 to recognize

an outstanding sta member rom the University

o Michigan.

Meghan Genovese (right)

receivedoneofU-Mshighest

awards, the Candace J. JohnsonStaff Award for Excellence last

year. Nominated by Dr. Marilyn

Lantz (let), Genovese was

chosen rom a group o 180 rom

across the Ann Arbor campus.

Keary Campbell


25/95


A sta organization that provides careerdevelopment opportunities or minority womenemployed at the University o Michigan haspresented one o its major awards to the School

o Dentistrys Director o Human Resources, TinaPryor.

In March, Pryor received the Woman ofthe Year in Human Relations Award rom the

Women o Color Task Force or demonstratingoutstanding skills in working with individuals

throughout the School on both a proessional andpersonal level.

Pryor, who has been with the Universityor 19 years, including eight as the Schoolo Dentistrys Human Resources Oicer, waspraised or her work ethic, positive attitude, and

commitment to U-M. She was also lauded orkeeping those at the School updated on policiesand institutional guidelines.

When learning that she had been nominated

or the award, Pryor said she was humbledand honored to be recognized or doing onesjob well. She said that throughout her career,I have tried to emulate the qualities o leaders

I highly regard. Those individuals, she said,include Laurita Thomas, U-Ms associate vicepresident and chie human resources oicer;Dennis Lopatin, senior associate dean at the

School o Dentistry; and Dean Peter Polverini.This great leadership that surrounds me hasallowed me to do my job well, Pryor added. Shealso lauded her assistant, Sylvia Bowman, who

helps me keep it all together.

Pryor also praised the Women o Color TaskForce or the career development opportunitiesthe group has oered.

The award, and three others presented by the

group, is part o a recognition program begunin 1986 to honor sta and aculty memberswhose outstanding proessional and personalcontributions have improved the quality o

lie or people o color within the Universitycommunity.

Tina Pryor ReceivesWoman of the Year in Human Relations Award

TinaPryor

Keary Campbell


26/95


27/95


A senior inance specialist with twentyyears o experience in inancial, operational, and

systems analysis, primarily with academic and

health care organizations, is the new director o

budget and inance at the School o Dentistry.

Jayne Nyman was appointed to the position

by Dean Peter Polverini late last summer.

Being rom Cleveland initially, I ound that

ater being away or twenty-ive years, I wanted

to return to snow and experience a change o

seasons, Nyman said with a laugh as she talked

about her return to the Midwest.Nyman arrived at the School ater serving

ive years in UCLAs Oice o Planning and Budget.

In her role as administrative oicer in charge o

strategic planning and program budget analysis,

she evaluated unding requests; analyzed and

made recommendations on program needs;

monitored the inancial perormance o selected

schools, colleges, and administrative units;

and supported annual strategic planning and

budgeting processes.

Beore that, Nyman was an assistant to the

senior vice president o business development

at the City o Hope National Medical Center

in Duarte, Caliornia; director o management

systems and inance at the University o Texas

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston;

and director o inance or the Department o

Medicine at UCLA.

Ater earning a bachelors degree in

microbiology rom U-M in 1977, Nyman went

to Stanord as a predoctoral candidate. I lovedscience, but didnt think I would be successul in

it, so I returned to the Midwest to pursue an MBA

in inance and accounting at the University o

Chicago, she said.

She then worked as a consultant or Travenol

(Baxter) Laboratories or two years and then

went to Los Angeles to serve as manager o

project control administration or Cedars-

Jayne Nyman New Director of Budget and Finance

Sinai Medical Center. Nyman also worked as

a consulting inancial analyst or Universal

Studios in Hollywood.

While in Los Angeles, Nyman was president

o the University o Michigan Alumni Club rom

1991 to 1993. She also helped orm a U-M Alumni

Club while she was in Houston. Nyman served

two terms on the National Board o Directors o

the Club rom 1994-1997 and 2000-2003.

As a ootball ticket holder, I was making a

number o trips to Ann Arbor and looked intomoving back, she said. Nyman returned to Ann

Arbor on several occasions to participate in the

Womens Football Academy.

Although she said she doesnt have any

hobbies, except horseback riding on occasion,

Nyman said she has been a Big Sister or our

years.

Jayne Nyman is the new director o budget and fnance at the School

o Dentistry.

Keary Campbell


28/95


P

AlumnusProfle

ass it on.

That phrase comes to mind ater

listening to Dr. Harry McIntosh (DDS

1956), his daughter, and son talk about the dental

proession.

Harrys love o the proession so captivated

his daughter Rebecca when she was in high

school that she began working or her ather

as a dental assistant. She later ollowed in his

ootsteps.

I knew dad enjoyed dentistry by the way

he talked to his patients and by the way he took

care o them, she said. It seemed he always

spoke highly o the proession, what it oered,

and how it could help people.Harry, however, was quick to add, But I also

talked about some o the negatives too.

Prior to earning her dental degree rom U-M

in 1990, Rebecca asked her brother, Timothy, to

be her patient or her board exams.

Timothy, on the other hand, didnt plan, at

least initially, to pursue a dental career. He had

other ideas.

The Doctors McIntosh Harry,

Ater receiving a bachelors degree rom

U-M, he traveled to southern Caliornia to study

ilmmaking. But ater deciding he wanted a

more secure career, he returned to Ann Arbor

and earned his DDS rom the U-M School o

Dentistry in 1992.

Both agreed that neither elt any pressure to

ollow in their athers ootsteps.

Growing up in South Lyon, Harry said his

amilys dentist, Dr. Bert Roberts (DDS 1932),

inspired him to become a dentist. Roberts may

have also inspired Harrys brother, George, who

earned his dental degree rom Michigan in 1959.

Dr. Roberts was a ine person and I liked

him a lot, especially the way he treated me andother members o my amily who went to him,

Harry said.

Drs. Held and Ramjord

Recalling his days as a dental student at

Michigan, Harry said his studies were sometimes

interrupted due to a bleeding ulcer that hospitalized

him or one or two weeks at a time.

Itseemeddadalways

spoke highly o the

proession, what it

oered, and how it

could help people,

Dr.RebeccaMcIntosh

(DDS 1990) said o

her ather, Dr. Harry

McIntosh(DDS1956).

Her enthusiasm or

dentistry also inspired

herbrother,Dr.Timothy

McIntosh(DDS1992),to

enter the proession.

Jerry Mastey



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I it wasnt or Dr. Harold Held, a clinicalinstructor, I dont think I would have made it,

he said. He was always encouraging me and

went to bat or me, Im sure, on more than one

occasion. He was my riend and, even ater

graduation, we stayed in touch.

Another School o Dentistry aculty member,

Dr. Sigurd Ramjord, also made a lasting

impression on the elder Dr. McIntosh.

He was a diicult proessor. But he taught

me more about dentistry than just about anyone

else because, even though his expertise was asa periodontist, he was involved in nearly all

phases o dentistry, Harry said.

Ater earning his dental degree, Harry

established a general practice on North University

Avenue, between Thayer and State Streets. He

practiced there or 16 years beore relocating the

oice to northeast Ann Arbor.

Enthusiasm or the Proession

When I was in high school, I remember

working or dad as a dental assistant ater

school and during the summers, Rebecca said.

In addition to getting to know many o his

patients, I also liked the artistry that was a

part o dentistry. I thought that i I ever wanted

to have a amily, this would be the perect

proession because it would also give me some

lexibility with my work schedule.

Looking back at her dental education at

U-M, Rebecca said she was impressed with Drs.

Bill Knight, Bill Gregory, and Robert Lorey.

They were always enthusiastic and you

could tell they enjoyed teaching and passing

along to students what they knew, she said.

Their enthusiasm or the proession and

optimism about its uture convinced me that I

made the right decision.

The road Timothy traveled to becoming a

dentist was a bit more circuitous.

Although he also worked in his athersdental oice, Tim wasnt sure i he wanted to

ollow in his athers and sisters ootsteps.

However, he did get additional insights about the

proession when Rebecca was a dental student.

Filmmaking Doesnt Pan Out

I was my sisters patient a ew times,

including or her board exams, he said with a

laugh. Those experiences gave me a perspective

I dont think I would have otherwise had, because

it allowed me to see that there was more to beinga dentist than what a patient usually sees.

However, ater earning his bachelors degree

in biology rom U-M, Tim headed to Caliornia.

I studied ilmmaking, but ater a semester

or two I realized it wasnt such a good decision,

he said with a laugh. So I called home and asked

dad i I could work or him or six months.

Back in Ann Arbor, Tim thought about a

career in medicine. But I wanted to have some

control o my hours and not be in school orever,

he said.

He decided to pursue dentistry.

I have to give my sister some credit or my

career path because she passed along her love o

the proession to me, just like dad did to her. She

always painted a great picture o the proession

whenever we discussed it, he added.

Like his sister, Timothy said he also enjoyed

his preclinic classes with Drs. Gregory, Lorey, and

Roberta Taylor. They were always positive and

helpul and passing along encouragement to meand my classmates.

Ater receiving his dental degree in 1992,

Timothy worked alongside his ather and

sister who were now practicing in an oice on

Plymouth Road.

It was a good experience working with dad,

Tim said. He taught us a lot about ways to become

more ecient in our work and scheduling.

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Passing the Torch

Ater practicing in Ann Arbor or 38 years,

Harry retired in 1994 and passed along the

practice to his son and daughter.

However, the younger Doctors McIntosh

aced some challenges running the practice.

It was a bit diicult at irst being accepted

as dentists by sta and some o the patients

because not only were we dads children, they

also watched us grow up, Tim said. But

gradually, they accepted us as dentists.

There was another issue they had to

address.

When my sister began practicing as adentist, some thought she was a hygienist

because she looked so young, he said. And

there werent many women dentists, so to let

everyone know that she was a dentist, and to

help patients distinguish one Dr. McIntosh rom

the other, we began calling her Dr. Becky. That

designation has stuck ever since.

Did practicing with a sibling pose anyproblems?

We get along well, Tim said. We share

responsibilities, whether its dealing with

vendors, personnel issues, or other matters that

arise.

Rebecca agreed, saying, We both have

strengths in dierent areas which, I think, makes

or an even stronger amily practice.

The elder Dr. McIntosh concurred, adding,

The patient retention rate is very high, but

I think a lot o that is due to the act thatthe bond with the patients is more than a

dentist/patient relationship. Its also a amily

environment where those who come here receive

great treatment and can talk about just about

anything that might be going on in their lives

or the lives o others in their amily.

Summers in Ann Arbor

Although he l ives in Rancho Mirage,

Caliornia most o the year, Harry returns to Ann

Arbor, typically rom May to September. When

hes here, he talks to some o his ormer patients

who may have an appointment with his son or

daughter, visits riends, and even attends an

occasional classic car show. Theres a certain

beauty in the Dusenbergs, the Packards, and the

Rolls Royces rom the 1930s and 40s that I like,

he said.

Im very pleased my son and daughter

are ollowing in my ootsteps and that theyre

enjoying themselves as much as I did, Harrysaid during a visit to Ann Arbor last summer.

Dont be surprised i the enthusiasm

or dentistry that Harry passed along to his

daughterwhich she, in turn, passed along to

her brotheris some day passed along by both

his daughter and son . . . and inspires others to

ollow in their ootsteps.

I have to give my

sister some credit

or my career path

because she passed

along her love o

the proession to

me, just like daddid to her.

Dr. Timothy McIntosh



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The personal dentist to the President o theUnited States packed them in at the School o

Dentistry earlier this year.

Capt. Donald Worm, who earned his DDS

rom U-M in 1988, talked to more than 150

students in January about his career as a Navy

dentist, as well as the dentist to President George

W. Bush. His appearance was the latest in

The Lunch & Learn Program sponsored by the

Schools Board o Governors. [DentalUM, Fall

2005, pages 55-56.]

Ater joining the Navy as a third-year dentalstudent, Worm said he was assigned to the dental

clinic at the Naval Air Station, Moett Field,

Caliornia ollowing graduation.

The career o the Manistee, Michigan native

has also included practicing dentistry on the

aircrat carrier, the U.S.S. Enterprise; directing

the AEGD program or two years at Camp Lejune,

North Carolina; being in the Personnel Exchange

Program with the Royal Navy in Britain rom

1998-2000, and serving as associate proessor

at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School or the

Comprehensive Dentistry Residency Program in

Bethesda, Maryland.

He Just Walked In

Worm was the presidents personal dentist

or about two-and-a-hal years, beginning in

November 2001.

Citing doctor/patient conidentiality, Worm

said he couldnt provide any speciic details,

except to say the president takes good care o

himsel and didnt require a lot o care.

Worm told the dental students that in

addition to an operatory in the basement o

the White House, there is a dental clinic at the

presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland.

The president and members o his amily can

receive oral health care at either acility.

Presidential Dentist Visits U-MCaptain Donald Worm Recalls Experiences

Recalling his irst meeting with the nationschie executive, Worm said he and several others

were in the dental oice in the basement o the

White House waiting or a call that the president

was on his way. Instead, he just walked in and

started talking to us, Worm said. It was quite

an experience.

O Bush, Worm said, Hes an interesting

person to talk to. During the time I was assigned

to him, we never talked politics. But we did talk

about ishing, country music, dierent parts o

the world we have been to, and other topics, hesaid.

In addition to treating the president, Worm

said he and his wie had opportunities to meet

the president and irst lady Laura Bush when

they were invited to holiday gatherings.

Career Benefts Cited

During his vis it to Michigan, Worm

encouraged students to consider a dental career

in the Navy. Citing the scholarships that are

available to help them with their education as

well as career opportunities, pay, travel, and

other beneits, he said that practicing dentistry

in the Navy is an excellent opportunity or you

to develop your skills stress ree right out o

dental school through experience, training, and

interaction with specialists.

Now working with the U.S. Surgeon General

as a career planner with the Navy Dental Corps,

Worm said he was glad he returned to Ann Arbor

to speak to dental students.

But I couldnt resist the opportunity to

walk down the halls o the dental school and

revisit the preclinical laboratory and see how

technology is being used in the Dr. Roy Roberts

Preclinical Laboratory, he said. It was quite

an experience.

Another

MichiganPresidentialDentist

At least one other

graduate of the U-M

School of Dentistry ha

served as a presidentia

dentist. Dr. James

Enoch, who earneda masters degree in

operative dentistry fro

U-M in 1963, was the

White House dentist

for President Lyndon

Johnson from 1963 to

1968. [DentalUM, Fall

1999, p. 15.]

Donald Worm (DDS 1988),

was the personal dentist

to President Bush rom

November 2001 to early

2004.


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We were busy, but when things slowed down,

I had the opportunity to think not only about

my amily, but also about the great education I

received when I was at the U-M dental school and

the many great instructors I had, he said. They

gave me and my classmates the knowledge, the

wisdom, and the inspiration to go into the world

to try and help others, which is what I did as an

ocer in charge o a mobile dental team.

An Innovative Concept

The mobile dental team, a U.S. Navy Dental

Corps unit, is dierent rom the Mobile Army

Surgical Hospital (MASH) units that were rst

deployed during the Korean War and later

popularized by the novel M*A* S*H and the

television program that was based on the movie.

Unlike MASH units, mobile dental teamshave the fexibility to move with a designated

combat unit. However, in Mangums case, they

remained independent o the unit, the First Marine

Dental School Graduate

Expeditionary Force. This gave members o his

team the ability to move separately and help

more than one unit. When they moved, we did

too, which involved transporting equipment,

supplies, and other assets, he said. Each dental

team consisted o a dentist and two assistants.

Mangum said he was stationed at a base in

Al Anbar province, which encompasses Fallujah

in western Iraq, rom late August 2004 until early

March 2005. One o his missions took him to

within 50 miles o the Jordanian border.

I think many would be surprised to know

that most o those we treated came in or relatively

routine care, things like exams, cleanings, and

llings, he said. Occasionally we did some

cosmetic dentistry and also took radiographs as

part o the routine care we provided.

Working six days a week, usually rom 7:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mangum said he treated an

average o 15 patients a day. Some days, however,

as many as three dozen were treated. Some

Mangum said being involved

in the Schools outreach

program at community

clinics in Marquette and

Muskegon gave him valuable

experience that helped him

to develop some creative

solutions to problems he

aced in Iraq.

During the six-and-a-half months he was in Iraq, Lt. J. Brett Mangum(DDS 2001) said he often thought about his family, his alma mater, and

his former instructors at the dental school.

Lt. J. Brett Mangum (DDS 2001)led a mobile dental team that

provideddentalcareinIraqfor

more than six months.

InMay2001,BrettMangumheld

his daughter, Noelle, as he walked

across the stage at Hill Auditorium

to receive his dental degree.

Keary Campbell

Photo courtesy o Lt.J.Brett Mangum


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patients traveled ve or six hours to see a dentist,and you treated them, even i it was at the end o

the day, he said.

Most o Mangums patients were servicemen

and women. Although he and members o the

mobile dental team did not treat local residents,

we did treat others including translators, truck

drivers, and ood services people, some o whom

were rom Jordan and Turkey, he said. But

we also treated other patients rom other parts

o the Mideast as well as contractors rom the

Philippines, Sudan, and India.He also had no-shows, typically due to a last-

minute mission. So you had to be fexible and

adapt, he said.

Valuable School & Outreach Experiences

Two days ater receiving his dental degree in

Ann Arbor, Mangum was o to Ocer Training

School in Newport, Rhode Island. He then spent

a year in an advanced education in graduate

dentistry program in San Diego, was transerredto Yuma, Arizona, and then went to Iraq.

Mangum said being involved in the Schools

outreach program at community clinics in

Marquette and Muskegon gave him valuableexperience that helped him to develop some

creative solutions to problems he aced in Iraq.

We had to be problem solvers and think

outside the box on occasion because there were

times in Iraq when situations werent ideal and

materials that were needed werent always

available, he said.

He recalled one case o an individual who lost

a xed bridge on his anterior teeth. Since he didnt

have any acrylic, Mangum said he made a alse

tooth out o composite resin. Because he didnthave xed prosthodontic capabilities, Mangum

oten used complex amalgam restorations to

restore broken posterior teeth.

But there were moments o humor too.

He recalled one patient who came to him or

emergency care ater racturing our teeth.

He told me that he got so wrapped up in

playing a video game that he tripped over the

wire that connected his hand-held control unit to

the video box and ell on his Kevlar helmet and

ractured the teeth, Mangum said.

Since he practiced rom inside ortied bases,

Mangum said he never experienced close combat.

However, insurgents oten launched rockets and

mortars at us. Fortunately, their aim wasnt very

good. The closest one came to us was one morning

when a rocket landed about orty yards away

rom my dental assistants tent.

Looking back, Mangum said he has enormous

respect and admiration or the men and women

in uniorm. Theyre the greatest warriors in theworld and I admire their courage and sacrices,

he said.

Mangum is now practicing dentistry in

Prescott, Arizona, with his ather, Richard, who

earned his dental degree rom U-M in 1972.

Photo courtesy o L

Leads Dental Team in Iraq

Inthispicture,BrettMangumtreatsaMarineata

mobiledentalclinicinwesternIraq.

Now fve years old, Noelle is see

here being held in her athers l

arm. Also pictured are Mangum

wie, Nicole, and their one-year-

old daughter, Camille.

Photo courtesy o Lt.J. Brett Mangum


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our U-M School o Dentistry alumni teamed

up on Martin Luther King Day in January

to provide ree oral health care services to

the uninsured and underserved.

Led by Dr. James Lee (DDS 1990), Drs. David

Sturtz (DDS 1981), Mark Cooks (DDS 1991), andMitchell Kaplan (DDS 1989), helped 64 patients

that day. The value o their services surpassed

$20,000 according to Lee.

Lee and Cooks are general dentists. Sturtz is

an oral surgeon. Kaplan is a periodontist. Their

expertise and the skill o three dental hygienists,

allowed us to provide a broad range o services

to those who came to my oice here in Ann

Arbor, Lee said.

I began doing this in 1999, the year ater

I established my own practice, he said. Thiswas our biggest year yet, in terms o the number

o patients we helped.

Recalling his days as a dental student, Lee

said he attended several programs and lectures

on the U-M campus during Martin Luther King

Day. I decided that when I had my own practice,

that this is something I would do to honor his

legacy.

U-M Alumni Team Up to Help

As a dentist, Lee continued, I recognizedthat the best way or me to contribute to Dr.

Kings vision is to use the skills I use every

day.

For Sturtz, this was the third year he

participated with Lee.

The dental proession has been good to me,

and I think its important to give back, in some

way, to those in the community who are less

ortunate, said Sturtz who has also helped at

the Hope Dental Clinic in Ypsilanti and has been

recognized or his volunteer work with DonatedDental Care since 1995.

Cooks, who runs a private practice and also

does dental work part time or the Michigan

Department o Corrections, said he wanted to

serve and to learn.

I wanted to watch how Dr. Sturtz approached

oral surgery and learn more about some o the

things he did. But sometimes he was working

so quickly that it was hard to keep up, Cooks

said with a laugh.

Cooks, who said he has partnered with Lee

on our or ive occasions in the past, said he keeps

returning because o the wonderul eeling o

accomplishment I get. Its a big thrill to see the

results o your work and even more gratiying to

see how much those who may be underinsured

or have no insurance at all appreciate what you

have done or them.

Although it was the irst time he helped,

Kaplan said he plans to do so again next year.

It was a nice way to honor Dr. Kings memory,he said, and I elt good about helping others.

Lee said eight patients have already asked

to come back or ollow-up visits and treatments

next January.

Dr. James Lee (let) and Dr. Mark Cooks and two other School o Dentistry alumni provided ree oral

health care to uninsured and underserved patients on Martin Luther King Day in January.

F

Photo courtesy o Dr.James Lee


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FacultyNEWS

Dr. Bill Piskorowski Dr. Stephen Bayne

I ve been here only a ew

months, but I eel like Ive been here

longer because o the warmth and

hospitality I have received rom

everyone throughout the dentalschool, said Dr. Stephen Bayne as

he talked about his move to the

School o Dentistry to become the

new chair o the Department o

Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and

Endodontics.

Bayne, who headed biomaterials

in the Department o Operative

Dentistry at the University o North

Carolina in Chapel Hill, succeeded

Dr. Brian Clarkson who chairedCRSE or more than 14 years. The

department is the Schools largest

with approximately 180 ull-time

aculty, supplemental aculty,

research ellows, and sta.

Bayne earned a bachelors

degree rom Carleton College in

Northield, Minnesota, in 1968;

Bill Piskorowski New Outreach Director

Dr. Bill Piskorowski is the Schools

new Director o Outreach and

Community Aairs. He was named

to the position in early February by

Dean Peter Polverini.An adjunct proessor or the last

ive years, Piskorowski earned his

dental degree rom Loyola University

in 1979. He was in private practice

or 27 years specializing in cosmetic

and implant dentistry.

In his new role, he will continue

teaching as a clinical instructor in

the 2 Blue Clinic two days a week,

instead o ive, and will be involved

with outreach the remaining threedays a week.

Piskorowski will work with Dr.

Stephen Steanac, associate dean or

patient services, in supervising the

operations o the Schools external

educational programs. He will also

oversee the Schools partnerships

with outreach sites across the state

and work to develop new outreach

sites.

I began teaching here part

time about ive years ago and

discovered I really enjoyed it,

Piskorowski said. I guess I had an

impact on the students because they

named me the clinics Teacher of the

dentalum spring/summer 2006

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