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M A R Q U E T T E U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F D E N T I S T R Y
Far Ahead of the Curve
GRADUATION 2012
S U M M E R 2 0 1 2
2 D E N TA L I M A G E S
Powerful momentum
So far, 2012 has been
a good year for the
Marquette School of
Dentistry. Months ago,
the dedicated faculty members
who serve as our representa-
tives on ADEA’s Commission on
Change and Innovation commit-
tee decided to share more
broadly with our colleagues in
dental education our approach to
educating dentists. The perspec-
tive they had gained from attend-
ing national conferences on dental
education translated to a clear
understanding that Marquette was
quite innovative on a number of
curricular fronts. So they set out
to let people know about it.
Their submission to the Ameri-
can Dental Education Association
led to an award that I maintain
belongs not to one person, but to
all in the dental school who have
worked hard to collectively imple-
ment and advance Marquette’s
integrated, patient-centered,
comprehensive care model of
dental education. I share the
William J. Gies Award for Vision,
Innovation and Achievement with
my colleagues, without whom it
would not be possible to provide
the forward-thinking educational
experience that defines Marquette.
(As I said in my remarks at the
Geis Award reception, I’ve been
quite overwhelmed by any
personal attention from this
award, but I’m very pleased with
the attention it has brought to
Marquette and
our program!)
It’s one thing to
have a vision for a
curriculum that will
produce accom-
plished dentists,
able to adapt to the rapid changes
that continue to keep the profes-
sion interesting and challenging.
It’s quite another to implement it.
When we laid out our plans in the
late 1990s to move dental educa-
tion forward in a manner to benefit
both students and patients, I knew
that the only way we could achieve
such monumental change would
be to work together. And together,
we have advanced Marquette to
the forefront of dental curriculum
reform. This gives me great confi-
dence that we can continue this
collaboration to innovate, adapt
and evolve in a way that sustains
our leadership into the future.
Sometimes, however, even well-
laid plans don’t evolve as one
expects. That was the case with the
dental rounds aspect of our curric-
ulum—until a smart, creative and
committed group of faculty here
took a good, hard look at how we
could make rounds a vital founda-
tion of the student experience.
They developed, and Marquette
faculty has implemented, a dental
rounds program that we feel is
unparalleled. It addresses key
areas of student development,
brings students of all skill levels to
work together, teaches the vital
aspect of turning to the scientific
evidence to help solve a problem,
and places the highest priority on
the best possible patient care. I’m
extremely pleased with this year’s
inaugural implementation of the
new dental rounds program. You
can read all about how we got
there on pages 6-7.
Also, because so much of what
we accomplish here at the Dental
School is made possible by the
generous support of our alumni
and friends, I want to update you
on a recent exciting development
in our Building for the Future
campaign. Dr. Rick Kushner, D ’77,
along with his wife Cindy and his
company, Comfort Dental, have
pledged $1 million toward the
campaign, with the hope that
other alumni would make a pledge
as soon as possible. Equally
worthy of note, Dr. Jeff Moos,
D’ 83, and his wife Beth, PT ’79,
increased their personal giving to
the $1 million mark, as well. We
are grateful for their overwhelm-
ing generosity and hope you’ll join
them in supporting the campaign.
For more important information
and an update on our progress,
see page 10.
I have to say the momentum
here at Marquette is truly palpa-
ble, and it’s an exciting time for
the school. As you read about
our curricular leadership and
campaign advancements, remem-
ber that we welcome your ideas
and feedback as we provide the
best possible education to the
next generation of dentists.
Dean William K. Lobb, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.
DEAN’S MESSAgE
D E N TA L I M A G E S 1 1D E N TA L I M A G E S 3
SUMMER 2012Editor
Carol Trecek, Director, Continuing Education and Alumni Relations
Committee
William K. Lobb, Dean
James Brozek, Photographer
Kate Bruns Gibson, D ’99
Donald D. Kynaston, University Advancement
Dave O’Neill, Director, Development Programs
John L. Sadowski, D ’68
Nicolas J. Shane, D ’71
Kristi Strode, Managing Editor
Paula K. Wheeler, Contributing Writer
Marquette University Dental Alumni Association Board of Directors 2011–12
President Nick Nelson, D ’84
Vice President Michael S. Kopecky, D ’89
Treasurer Michael L. Hanneman, D ’82
Immediate Past President Dennis Connor, D ’73
Directors
Tom Albiero, D ’82
M. Scott Connor, D ’00
London Cooper, D ’02
Lance Hashimoto, D ’88, Grad ’04
Susan Meinerz, D ’84
Dan Ross, D ’07
Ronald Santilli, D ’70
Marquette University Alumni Association Board Member
M. Sandra Casper, Nurs ’71, D ’86
F E AT U R E
4 Far Ahead
of the Curve With Dean Lobb’s vision and
a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation
10 Campaign Update News from the Marquette
University School of Dentistry Development Office
Submissions to Dental Images may be sent to
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
I N S I D E
8 ALUMNI AWARDS
9 ALUMNI PROFILE
10 DEVELOPMENT
12 CLASS NOTES
13 COMMUNITY SERVICE
14 GRADUATION
18 FACULTY AND STAFF ACCOLADES
21 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
22 IN MEMORIAM
23 CALENDAR
Dental
CORRECTION
In the last issue of Dental Images, it was reported that the Dental School distributed 967 toothbrushes and completed 16,200 root canals in 2011. Those figures were inadvertently switched. Dental Images regrets the error.
From left, Spencer Morgan, Jonathan Kelley and Bradley DeGroot celebrate their graduation.
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the 1962 Dental School D.D.S. program.
Percentage of women in the 2011 Dental School D.D.S. program.
MOVE OVER, MENPercentage of women in
Dr. Gary Stafford remembers how he and his colleagues became determined to shed some serious light on just what
was going on at the Marquette School of Den-tistry. They were attending an annual American Dental Education Association (ADEA) meeting of the Commission on Change and Innovation (see sidebar, page 5), listening to representatives from another dental school wax poetic about what they perceived as a pioneering curricular approach.
“We were sitting there thinking, ‘Marquette’s been doing this for 12 or 13 years!’” says Stafford, who chairs the Dental School’s Department of General Dental Sciences. The approach – upgrad-ing from a procedural-based curriculum to a more patient-centered, comprehensive care curriculum – was adopted by Marquette in 1999 for the entire student body. The presenting school at ADEA, by contrast, had just recently implement-ed it, and only for their fourth-year students.
This wasn’t the first time Stafford had heard other schools discuss curricular initiatives that
seemed “innovative to them, but kind of standard for us,” he says, adding that he’d had similar experiences every year since 2007, when he began attending the CCI meetings. It had become crystal clear to him that Marquette and its dean, Dr. William Lobb, were “far ahead of the curve.”
Earlier in 2011, Stafford and his colleagues had also witnessed the presentation of the annual William J. Geis Award for innovation in dental education. “We said, ‘The Dean has to get this. He’s done so much,’” Stafford says.
Stafford and his CCI colleagues decided to nominate Lobb for the 2012 Geis Award (see page 20). Having served in the School of Dentistry since 1994, Lobb has been the driving force behind what Stafford, in the nominating letter to the Geis Foun-dation, described as Marquette’s “groundbreaking and dynamic” approach to dental education.
NOT DONE DEVELOpINg
Inspired in part by the Institute of Medicine’s 1995 report calling for curricular change in dental education nationally, Lobb devised a new curricular
model for MUSoD that the school began adopt-ing in 1999. It embraced the comprehensive care approach, early clinical experiences, integra-tion of content and instruction, community outreach, evidence-based decision making, and a rounds education model. It served as a blueprint for the 2002 building, which was designed specifically to enable implementation of the plan’s progressive elements. In keeping with the Jesuit values of the University as well as Lobb’s personal commitment to community outreach education, the curriculum also emphasized com-munity service and care for underserved popula-tions. (This remains a curricular cornerstone: Marquette School of Dentistry clinics serve 27,000 patients annually, and the school remains one of Wisconsin’s largest Medicaid providers.)
Lobb and the Marquette faculty continu-ally evaluate the curriculum to ensure that it remains true to the 1999 plan’s vision and at the forefront of dental education. This ongoing audit also seeks out and accommodates new approaches that support student learning. Lobb
Far Ahead of the CurveWith Dean Lobb’s vision and a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation
Far Ahead of the CurveWith Dean Lobb’s vision and a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation
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recently appointed a faculty subcommittee to ex-amine and redesign a key element of the original plan: dental rounds. Having debuted in the fall of the 2011-12 academic year, the school’s newly revamped rounds program (see story, page 6) is already attracting national attention.
“What I like about Dr. Lobb is, he’s still supporting that our curriculum is dynamic and subject to change,” says Dr. Frederick Sutkie-wicz, director of assessment and institutional outcomes for the Dental School, who serves on CCI with Stafford. Sutkiewicz led a curricular review when he joined Marquette in 2008. “We looked at things like, is it contemporary? Is it best practice? Is the learning just-in-time? Are there too-large gaps between didactic instruc-tion and clinical application? We need to make sure we are using time effectively and offering the most powerful learning experience for students, so that we can also make as much room as possible for their clinical time. So it’s not like we’re done developing.”
Marquette’s approach is something Stafford and others are excited about sharing with the greater dental community. The Geis Award, Stafford says, is already elevating the Dental School’s profile, garnering the school and its Dean some well-deserved recognition for leader-ship in educating tomorrow’s dentists.
AgENTS OF CHANgE HELp DENTAL EDUCATION EVOLVE
rounds projects, all of their research, photographs of procedures and more create a body of evidence showing the quality and depth of their work that can serve as an extended resume once they leave school.
Another requirement is self-reflective writing about procedural and clinical experiences. “Instead of students doing a procedure and having that looked at and critiqued, with the portfolio they do more self-reflective writing. I want to know, for example, where the students stumbled, how they recovered, what they learned from that experience,” Stafford says. “Say they do something like taking a dental impression. And they have to do it four times. Well, what happened on the fourth time to finally capture it? What did they do differently so that it worked? They have to think about it, reflect on what they gained from the process. It makes for a better practitioner.”
Kevin Greene, a D1 student, is enthusiastic about the portfolio requirement and enjoys creating a tool that will help him recall his time in dental school and seek a job when he’s finished. “I think it’s great that the school is having us do this, because it’s just going to help us in the end,” he says. “It’s a great thing to have when you graduate, along with your CV. It shows whoever’s reading it so much more about who you are, and it’s going to help me remem-ber my thoughts about the things I did here. Like the first time I assisted, it was harder than I thought it would be. I reflected on that, and it humbled me and made me want to work harder.”
As agents of change for the Dental School, the Marquette liaison team for ADEA’s Commission on Change and Innovation (CCI) is charged with questioning the status quo. Drs. Gary Stafford, Frederick Sutkiewicz, Sheila Stover and Moaiwa Kassab were hand-picked by Dean William Lobb to represent MUSoD in a collaborative idea exchange among U.S. dental schools, aimed at helping dental education evolve.
Not all schools have CCI representatives, but the Marquette CCI team takes the job seri-ously. “We have functions at the annual ADEA meeting, but then we have a separate summer meeting that’s just for the liaisons at all of the schools,” Stafford explains. “We share, give presentations and do a lot of workshops.”
Charged with developing institutional projects that move the curriculum forward, the CCI team has spent several years designing and implementing its current initiative: the professional portfolio as an alternative model of student assessment.
Though Stafford says MUSoD is not unique in using portfolio assessment, he is quick to add, “I like our model better! Ours is modeled after a promotion and tenure dossier, and all the artifacts that come in go under one of three domains: research, service or learning. So our students are seeing how an academic dossier is being put together.”
From the first year of dental school, students begin adding material to their portfolios. Their
The inaugural Grand Rounds program took place in the Weasler Auditorium in the spring.
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New Dental Rounds Model Grounds Students in Science
curriculum, though efficient, was already
quite full and there was nothing the
administration saw fit to let go.
“At first, people said, ‘There’s no way we
can do this.’ To add something more to
the curriculum was quite an endeavor. But
we actually pulled it off,” Thompson says.
“Dr. Lobb had envisioned us doing rounds
better than anybody else, and he was the
driving force.”
The evidence-based approach that
anchors Marquette dental rounds aims
to form students into critical consumers
of scientific literature. Upon graduation,
the students are able to uncover, evaluate
and apply scientific evidence for a
particular treatment approach, and then
balance it with the patient’s needs and
desires, as well as with their own level
of experience.
Integrated clinical case seminars
(ICCS) take place in the fall and spring.
Under guidance from a faculty group
leader, the D4s lead a vertical team and
bring forth a case from their own patient
population. They present the case and
background, and act as a mentor to the
more junior students. The D3s delve
into formulating research questions in a
way that will extract the most relevant
evidence on treatment option outcomes
from scientific databases like PubMed.
The D1s and D2s address case-related
basic science and pathology topics,
respectively.
When Dean William Lobb and the
faculty designed a new curriculum
for Marquette’s Dental School in 1999,
evidence-based dental rounds were a
centerpiece of the plan.
“When we adopted Dr. Lobb’s compre-
hensive care and integrated curricular
model, rounds was supposed to be the
glue that would pull everything together
and encourage students to discuss cases,”
says Dr. Toni Roucka, assistant professor
of general dentistry, who led a subcom-
mittee to reinvent the rounds program
in 2010. “But rounds ended up being
more of a small lecture venue for topics
not found elsewhere in the curriculum. It
became more like a catchall for content
that needed to be taught somewhere.”
With its focus on scientific research and
evidence assessment, “The rounds model
gives you a way to consider just about
any problem that’s in front of you,” says
Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, director of the
graduate program in prosthodontics
and head of the dental rounds program.
But before Marquette’s program
was revised, “It wasn’t as penetrative
throughout the curriculum as the dean
had imagined, and there was a distinct
lack of specialty participation.”
Lobb enlisted Roucka and her
subcommittee to revisit the original
plan and redesign the rounds program.
A first step was to research the
approaches of other schools, and
Roucka found that very few incorporate
rounds into the curriculum.
Her group liked New York University’s
formation of vertical student teams
(one from each year, D1 through D4)
working together to tackle different
aspects of a patient’s case. But true to
form, Marquette faculty took things a
few steps further, to create what the
faculty insist is the most robust rounds
program in dental education today.
A well-rounded model
What Roucka’s subcommittee ultimately
proposed was an ambitious, three-
tiered plan that demands commitment
from both students and faculty. Rounds
happen outside of the typical class
schedule, either at 7 a.m. or in the late
afternoon. Roucka and Thompson say
this was the best option, as the regular
D E N TA L I M A G E S 1 1D E N TA L I M A G E S 7
ultimately receives the recommended
treatment plan.
For grand rounds, the entire student
body and many of the faculty come
together to hear presentations from the
outstanding ICCS team or teams, as well
as from a keynote speaker. The inaugural
grand rounds took place this past spring,
and Roucka says, “It went really well,
people were happy with the format. It
will be an annual event.”
A foundation for lifelong learning
After completing four years of dental
school, all of today’s D1 students will have
the full rounds experience under their
belts. And although the new rounds model
is more demanding in terms of student
research requirements, it gets generally
high marks from students, even those from
this year’s graduating class who experi-
enced rounds in its previous form.
“I really enjoyed the new rounds format,”
says Stacy Michels, a D4 student, who
led one of the presenting teams from the
spring grand rounds (topic: Squamous
Cell Carcinoma Treatment Options in the
Elderly Population). “It gave us, as D4s, a
chance to interact with the D1s and D2s,
which we don’t get to do often because
they are not in clinic with us. It was
formatted as sort of a mentor relationship,
which I really liked, and I know when I was
a D1, I would have loved to have upper-
classmen friends to ask questions. Our
Involving the D1s and D2s in this
vertical team allows them to “see over
the horizon,” Thompson says. “So while
they’re immersed in their books, they
can witness what they are studying
being applied to the patient in the chair,
which is a beautiful thing.”
Each vertical team presents its case
to the other students in their clinic
subgroup, and for each session, a
specialist who has also performed the
relevant literature search is on hand to
challenge the students with his or her
own questions.
During summer, the focus shifts to
treatment planning rounds. “Even
though our students are in the clinic
really early, it’s still a big transition for
the D2 students when they go from
being more of an assistant caregiver to
a full caregiver in the D3 year. They tend
to have trouble with treatment planning,
because it’s very complex,” Roucka
explains. “During summer rounds, the
students work in vertical teams of just
three students. The D3 serves as a
mentor and it’s their patient case, the
D2 is responsible for the treatment
plan, and the D1 is more of an observer,
with some assigned readings to help
them learn the process of treatment
planning.”
As with medical rounds models, the
patient is fully present for the student
presentation and faculty input, and
group really bonded and ended up
getting together outside of planning
our rounds. Also, the format of the
presentations emphasized evidence-
based dentistry more than the old
rounds model, and this forced us to
practice searching for and finding the
most relevant articles. Overall, the new
rounds model, while more challenging,
was also more rewarding intellectually
than the old model.”
Thompson, Roucka and others are
pleased that the new model seems
to be fulfilling the dean’s original
vision and significantly enhancing the
students’ training and preparation for
professional practice.
“This is a model for lifelong profes-
sional learning and decision making,”
says Thompson, adding that the
consideration process students practice
during rounds will serve them well in
determining best practices for patient
care, material selection and procedures
as dentistry evolves. “The dentistry
students are learning today is not going
to be the same dentistry they are doing
in 20, 30, 40 years. I would argue that
in addition to clinical skills, you have
to be a scientist, because your clinical
skills from dental school are not going
to hold you up for an entire career. The
field is going through an explosion of
change, and if you don’t change, you’re
going to be left behind.”
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Two outstanding Dental School alumni
were honored during Marquette’s 2012
Alumni National Awards Weekend,
April 26-28. The annual event honors
distinguished alumni from every
college and school who embody the
heart, soul and spirit of Marquette
University.
dental needs. He even makes housecalls
to his elderly, housebound or hospice-
based patients. He credits his father,
Ventura, as well as Marquette, as influ-
ential in shaping his worldview and values
of faith, responsibility, leadership, hard
work and persistence.
Charles F. “Chuck” Bohl, D ’71, of
Brookfield, Wis., received the Distin-
guished Alumnus in Dentistry Award.
An orthodontist in private practice,
Bohl has taught in the Dental School
and is a member of several local
professional associations as well as the
American Dental Association. He was
also among the first Wisconsin ortho-
dontists involved in Smiles Change
Lives, which provides life-changing
orthodontic treatment to children from
low-income families.
Richard V. Escobar, D ’70, of
Tucson, Ariz., was recognized with the
Outstanding Dental Service Award. In
addition to his private practice, Escobar
has volunteered at a local clinic, minis-
tering to underprivileged patients with
Dr. Bohl shows his award to his grandchildren.
Award winners Richard Escobar,
left, and Charles Bohl, far right,
with Dean William Lobb.
Class of 1971 classmates, from left, Nicolas Shane, Charles Chenoweth, Michael Connor, Charles Bohl, Dean Crow,
Frank Marinelli, Daniel D’Angelo and Frank Micek.
To nominate someone for a future award, forms are available online:www.marquette.edu/dentistry/nominationform.
ALUMNI AwARDS
Drs. Bohl and Escobar Honored with National MU Alumni Awards
Richard Escobar, right,
is congratulated by
Sherman, D ‘70, and
Harriet Berger.
Class of 1970 classmates, from left,
Ronald Santilli, James Guttman,
Richard Escobar and Sherman Berger.
D E N TA L I M A G E S 1 1D E N TA L I M A G E S 9
ALUMNI pROFILE
You might think a full-time pediatric dentist and mother of two
young children would be too busy to take on extra roles as volunteer,
teacher and advocate within her profession. But Allison Dowd,
D ’01, manages to make room in her schedule.
“There are lots of people out there with needs,” she says simply.
“The most important thing coming out of dental school is to learn
how to serve and to take care of the people who really need it.”
Dowd, who practices with Children’s Dental Center of Madison,
Wis., was drawn to pediatric dentistry during
her Marquette years. Providing services during
rotations at the former Johnson Clinic in
Milwaukee, she saw firsthand the need for
dental services among children from under-
served populations. Encouraged by faculty
mentors, she began to focus her clinical hours
on pediatrics, and upon graduation she earned
her certificate in pediatric dentistry from
Children’s Hospital in Denver.
After settling into her practice and starting
her family, Dowd mentioned to a colleague that
she wanted to get more involved with organized
dentistry. Knowing Dowd’s commitment to charitable work, he
suggested the Mission of Mercy (MOM), which the Wisconsin
Dental Association (WDA) was, at the time, working to bring to
the state.
“I went to Iowa to experience one of their events,” Dowd
remembers. “And, well, the first patient threw up on me and wasn’t
all that cooperative. But he was a good kid, and the family was so
grateful that the work was being done for free, and he needed a lot
of work. His mom explained how she didn’t have the funds to get
it taken care of in a dental office. So afterward, I was like, ‘I got
thrown up on, and I actually kind of enjoyed the experience.’”
Dowd volunteered to head up the pediatric section of the WDA’s
first MOM event in 2009 in LaCrosse, Wis. — recruiting other
pediatric dentists, organizing equipment and supplies — and has
continued chairing this section annually.
“I petitioned to have (MOM) in Madison for this year, because
we invite legislators to come and see what we’re doing,” Dowd says,
adding that the public is invited as well. “I think people need to be
made aware of the problem before it can be fixed. Dental health has
never really been a priority for our government,
and I think it’s about time they see what’s in their
own backyard — the problems with access to care,
and the people in need.”
In addition to her MOM work, Dowd helps
educate dental residents as chief of Pediatric
Dentistry at the Max Pohle Dental Clinic at
Meriter Hospital, serves on the cleft lip and
palate team at Dean Medical Clinic, is a clinical
instructor at the University of Wisconsin Medical
School, and conducts a lecture series on the
dental care of special-needs children through
the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin.
Furthermore, she serves on the Dane County Dental Board and on
the bylaws committee for the WDA.
It’s a more-than-full plate, but Dowd is as grateful for the oppor-
tunities as her patients are for the care she gives. “Some of these
things do take time from my life, but I feel very blessed in my life,”
she says. “I don’t have to worry whether I can afford the co-pay for
my kids’ medical appointments, medication or dental work. Those
are things that I just take for granted, and so many people don’t
have that luxury. So I look at it like a sacrifice that I make, just
because it’s the right thing to do.”
“The most
important thing
coming out of
dental school
is to learn how
to serve and
to take care of
the people who
really need it.”
A l l i s o n D o w D : i n s p i r e D t o s e r v e
Marquette gave Allison
Dowd “a really diverse
education, and a great
desire to serve.”
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DEVELOpMENT
CAMpAIgN UpDATEThanks to the generosity of hundreds of our alumni and friends, we are pleased to report that the “Building for the Future” campaign now has commitments totaling more than $5 million. We need to secure the remaining $3 million in commitments by August 31 if we want a chance to break ground in September and be open in time for the fall 2013.
wISCONSIN CHALLENgEThe Wisconsin Dental Association has challenged its members and component orga-
nizations to raise $500,000 for the project. When successful, the WDA will earn the
naming rights to the new high-tech CE classroom space that will be found in the ex-
pansion. We are truly grateful to the WDA for their continued friendship and support.
$8 MILLIon
$5 MILLIon
SpECIAL THANKS1977 alumnus Dr. Rick Kushner, his wife Cindy and Comfort Dental recently pledged a
very generous $1 million toward the project and are challenging our alumni to match
their efforts.
1983 alumnus Dr. Jeff Moos and his wife Beth, PT ’79, have made an additional
pledge bringing their personal giving to the project up to $1 million.
“gET IT DONE” – pART IIJohn Bergstrom, Marquette University Trustee Emeritus and
chair of the last dental campaign’s “Get It Done” committee, has
come back to chair a second effort to make our needed expan-
sion a reality. John is a Marquette alumnus and the father of a
MUSoD alum.
John is involved because, in spite of the fact that Marquette
Dental School graduates, faculty and students do incredible
work providing oral health care to tens of thousands of under-
served children and their families each year, there are still many,
many children who need access to care. He also believes we must
continue to provide excellence in dental education. To grow, advance
and continue to serve more patients, we need to expand our dental
class by 20 students a year, build research capacity and add an
additional patient care clinic.
Please join John in helping us “Get It Done” once again. Go to
www.marquette.edu/dentistry/building-for-the-future-dentistry or
contact John about making your gift at [email protected] or
920.725.3094.
HOw YOU CAN HELpHave you made your gift or pledge yet?
Can we count on your support as we
“Build for the Future” of Marquette’s
dental school? Pledges can be made up to
over five years. Donor recognition is avail-
able to those who contribute $5,000 or
more. Recognition opportunities are also
available.
If you are interested in making a pledge
or learning more about naming opportuni-
ties or the expansion in general, go to our
website at www.marquette.edu/dentistry/
building-for-future-dentistry.
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NEWS FROM THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
DOLLARS & SENSE
2012
FOR MORE INFORMATIONIf you have any questions or need any additional information on how you can support the School of Dentistry, contact Dave O’Neill, director of development, at [email protected] or 414.288.6048.
IS IT YOUR REUNION YEAR?If you graduated in a year ending in a
2 or 7 (such as 1967 or 1972), this year
marks your class reunion at Marquette
Dental School! The reunion will take place
the evening of Saturday, September 15th.
There will also be an opportunity for you
to participate in a Continuing Education
course.
Reunion classes have made contribu-
tions to both demonstrate their pride in
their class and to support the school’s
continued success in educating and pre-
paring tomorrow’s dentists. Ina friendly
competition among reunion classes, the
School of Dentistry will be honoring the
class that raises the most funds!.
The winning class will be recognized by
Dean William Lobb at the reunion dinner,
and listed on a plaque hung prominently
in our building. Contributions can be for
the expansion campaign, class or named
scholarships, technology upgrades or
other student needs. More details will be
available closer to reunion time. Please
call 414.288.3093 with any questions.
DEAN’S CIRCLE RECEpTIONThe Eighth Annual
Dean’s Circle Recog-
nition Reception will
be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, Septem-
ber 14, 2012 in the Robert & Judith M.
Sullivan Atrium at the School of Dentist-
ry. The Dean’s Circle was established to
recognize donors who have made a gift
of $1,000 or more in the last fiscal year.
At Marquette, we talk about “Being the
Difference” and as our most generous
and loyal contributors, these individuals
are truly making the difference for the
Dental School.
pLANNED gIVINgTax Savings and Retirement plansDo you have money saved in an employee retirement plan, IRA or tax-sheltered
annuity? Each of these retirement plan assets contains income that has yet to be
taxed. Your beneficiaries will owe the income tax at your death, totaling up to 35
percent, which may be reason enough to consider giving your loved ones less
heavily taxed assets and leaving your retirement plan assets to charity .
JUST A REMINDERWhen you make a gift to the School of
Dentistry, 100% of your gift is used for
the purpose(s) you intended. No fees,
charges, etc. are deducted from your
gift. So feel comfort-
able that your gift is
“making the differ-
ence” for us here at
the Dental School.
To retain flexibility, you can leave a gift to Marquette University in your will or
living trust. You are free to change your mind at any time to adapt to unfore-
seen circumstances.
To receive an income tax deduction, consider creating and funding a chari-
table remainder trust. You’ll receive payments from the trust for your lifetime
(and/or the lifetime of another beneficiary you choose) or a fixed number of
years. Thereafter, we will use the trust’s balance for our charitable mission.
To ensure the future of your favorite cause, you can create a named endow-
ment at Marquette. You make a gift, we carefully invest the money and then,
annually, a portion of the endowment is used to meet our needs. The rest of
the endowment remains invested to keep it healthy and growing. Your name
and your support of our cause will live on long after you’re gone.
To provide for your loved ones, make sure their inheritances don’t carry an
unnecessary tax burden. Qualified retirement plans and IRAs are the biggest
offenders. Naming Marquette as beneficiary of these types of assets avoids
that problem since we are tax-exempt, and you can leave less tax-burdened
assets to your loved ones.
We would be happy to assist you and your professional advisors in creating the ideal
charitable combination for you.
Now, see which type of gift matches your priorities.
Chart Your Charitable path If you would like to make a gift to support the long-term future of Marquette
University School of Dentistry, you’ll want to start by assessing your goals and
wishes. To see which planned giving options suit you best, try ranking these
benefits in order of importance to you:
(rank one through four)
Receive an income tax deduction
Ensure the future of my favorite cause
Provide for my loved ones
Retain flexibility
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CLASS NOTES
please share your news! Send honors, awards and any other submissions to [email protected].
1960sJames R. Masuhr, D ‘62,
this year celebrated his 50th
anniversary as a practicing
general/family dentist. Masuhr
has maintained dental licenses
in Wisconsin and California,
where he currently practices out
of Riverside County. He and his
wife, Carole, have been married
52 years and have four children,
four grandchildren and one
great-grandson.
1980sMary Eileen geary, D ’80,
received the 2011 Academy of
General Dentistry Mastership
Award. The organization’s
highest honor recognizes her
completion of 1,100 hours of
continuing dental education.
Christopher g. Halliday, D ’87, became the inaugural
dean of the new Missouri
School of Dentistry and Oral
Health of A.T. Still University
on June 1, 2012. Previously,
Halliday was Assistant
Surgeon General and Chief
of Staff to the U.S. Surgeon
General.
1970spatrick L. Roetzer, D ’74, has
been appointed Director of
Operative Dentistry at UOP/
Arthur A. Dugoni School of
Dentistry.
2000sJaime Marchi, D ‘00, was
honored with two awards
in May 2012 from Coastal
Connections, the Young Profes-
sionals Network of Sheboygan
County in Wisconsin. Dr.
Marchi, who owns Just Kids
Dental, was named Young
Professional of the Year, and
Entrepreneur of the Year.
Just Kids Dental now treats
more than 3,500 patients, and
Marchi regularly volunteers for
free dental clinics, Give Kids
a Smile, and Mission of Mercy
programs. Marchi’s colleague
and sister, Andi Igowsky, D ‘08,
was also named as one of 10
Top Young Professionals by the
organization.
James R . Masuhr
Christopher G. Halliday
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All Smiles: Marquette Students Help Fight Childhood Tooth Decay
approximately $14,000 in free services.“Events like Give Kids a Smile get young
patients excited about their dental health and help build enthusiasm at home,” Fischer says, adding that volunteering for events like these is as important to the community as it is to her education.
“As a dental professional, it is important for me to remember that improving oral health is not something that can only be done in an operatory,” she says. “Providing basic education and instilling the importance of oral hygiene will provide far more important impact on a patient’s oral health than I could ever do with a hand piece.”
As for the 2-year old girl and her father, Fischer ran into them again about two hours later. “I saw the bottle hanging from the baby’s mouth,” she says. “But the difference this time was that there was water in the bottle.”
COMMUNITY SERVICE
When Melissa Fischer, D2 student, noticed a 2-year-old girl sipping from a baby bottle filled with orange liquid, she seized the opportunity to educate the girl’s father about the importance of dental hygiene.
As a dental student and one of more than 1,000 volunteers in 55 communities statewide who participated in this year’s Give Kids a Smile event, Fischer was keenly tuned in to the key issues surrounding tooth decay in young children. She approached the dad and gave him an early childhood cavities brochure.
“I began talking to him, and [he] seemed shocked to learn about how bad it was to send his baby to sleep with a bottle,” Fischer says. “I also talked to him about frequency of exposure to juice and how he should be brushing his daughter’s teeth with an infant toothbrush and water. He was very receptive and thankful for the information.”
Give Kids a Smile is a children’s dental access program organized by the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) with state and local government agencies and community organizations. In addition to providing services for low-income Wisconsin children, the event, now in its 10th year, educates people on the importance of good oral hygiene.
The School of Dentistry campus clinic was one of this year’s event sites. In January, more than 100 dental students, 20 WDA dentists and faculty members, and Marquette undergraduate student translators volunteered to screen 368 children, ages two to 12. Then, in February, students like Fischer treated more than 51 children assigned from the screening day. During the two days, MUSoD provided
“pROVIDINg BASIC EDUCATION AND INSTILLINg THE IMpORTANCE
OF ORAL HYgIENE wILL pROVIDE FAR MORE IMpORTANT IMpACT
ON A pATIENT’S ORAL HEALTH THAN I COULD EVER DO wITH A
HAND pIECE.”
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Hooding & Graduation
2012
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1 Class of 2012. 2 Spencer Morgan leads the class in the
Dentist Pledge. 3 Tracy Engelmann receives her diploma
from Dean William Lobb. 4 Peter Stanek is hooded by his
father Scott Stanek, Arts ’77, D ’82. 5 Katie Hansen and Gina
Grenfell. 6 Faculty hooders Jim Glore and Gary Stafford
with Ashley Zoeller. 7 First row: Kristin Tussing and Katelyn
Modjeski. Second row: Caitlin Miller, Ashley Hankinson, Amy
Inman and Emily Ann Bugger. Third row: Carolyn Gardiner
and Stacy Michels. 8 James Kellner is hooded by his sister
Crystal Kellner, D ’09, and father Donald Kellner. 9 Allison
M. Lehman is hooded by her father Matt Lehman and her
fiancé Michael Payne, HSci ’08, D ’11. 10 Students recite the
Dentist Pledge. 11 Brian Hodgson, Arts ’83, D ’87, swears in
the graduates entering the military: Christopher Fall, William
Bates, Mitchell Oliver, Schuyler Sessions and Brandon
Jones. 12 Brandon Jones and Melanie Nesbitt with friends
and family. 13 Mena Ghaly, Mitchell Oliver, Craig Sonneveld,
William Bates, Erin Clemens, Thomas Tessendorf, Brando
Bruner and Sameet Thakrar. 14 Jared Robertson receives
his degree from Dean William Lobb. 15 Michael Dienberg
is hooded by Jim Glore and his mentor Paul Mahn, D ’84.
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16 Aanal Parikh, Savanna Smolinski, Zohra Metalwala, Himanshu Sharma and Keyur Parikh. 17 Christopher Potrykus is hooded by his father Neal Potrykus, D ’84, and brother Jason Potrykus, D ’09. 18 Stephen Syrjamaki is hooded by faculty members Jim Glore and Gary Stafford. 19 Christopher Streff, a happy MUSoD graduate. 20 Brendon Reddinger, Joseph McNiel, Brett Voegele, Mark Erickson, Peter Stanek, Brian Swanson, Thomas Steinbach and Christopher Goettl. 21 Michael Bennett receives his degree from Dean William Lobb. 22 An exuberant class of 2012 graduates.
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23 Paul Covello, Nicole Brinkman, Andrea Mier, Michael Brammeier and Brenton Soltys. 24 Row 1: Kristin Tussing, Stacy Michels, Amanda Olejniczak and Katie Hansen. Row 2: Allison Lehman, Caitlin Kudlata, Jordan Lunak, Gretchen Kelley, Emily Bugger, Katelyn Modjeski and Carolyn Gardiner.
25 Brittany Burger, Caitlin Kudlata, Nicole Vilter and Cathleen Raz. 26 Trenton Burrup, Schuyler Sessions, William Bates, Courtney Jackson and Ryan McAffee. 27 Brenton Soltys, Michael Brammeier, Nichole Brinkman, Andrea Mier and Vy Le. 28 Mark Erickson is hooded by his mentor Jim Glore. 29 Danielle Musso, Jordan Lunak, Alyssa John, Hira Chughtai, Evon Heaser and Mansi Upadhyaya.
30 Gretchen Kelley, Emily Bugger, Cathleen Raz, Stacy Michels, Kristin Tussing, Amanda Olejniczak and Nicole Vilter. 31 Emily Bugger, Amy Inman, Gretchen Kelley, Kristin Tussing, Group Leader Hugh Murdoch, D ’64, Carolyn Gardiner, Ashley Hankinson, Stacey Michels and Caitlin Miller.
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Research from Christopher Okunseri, associate professor of
public health, was cited in the April
30, 2012 New York Times story
“E.R. Doctors Face Quandary on
Painkillers.” The story explored how
emergency room (E.R.) health care
providers deal with patients who
may complain of tooth pain as a
way to get narcotic prescriptions.
Okunseri’s analysis of the National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey (published online in January,
2012 in the journal Medical Care)
found that from 1997 to 2007,
painkiller prescriptions rose 26
percent, and were prescribed in
three of every four E.R. visits.
Denis Lynch, professor and
associate dean for Academic
Affairs, received an honorary
doctorate in May 2012 from Victor
Babes University of Medicine and
Pharmacy (Timisoara, Romania).
Lynch also co-authored a chapter
FACULTY AND STUDENT ACCOLADES
At the 2012 National Oral Health Confer-ence, April 30-May 2, 2012, in Milwaukee, a number of Marquette faculty and a group of students shared presentations relevant to dental public health issues:
• Christopher Okunseri presented on his analysis of data regarding painkiller pre-scriptions in emergency rooms for patients complaining of tooth pain. He also pre-sented as part of a multi-institutional team on dental procedures received by children enrolled in public and private insurance plans in the Milwaukee area.
• Students Joon-Jae Park, Adam Pasono and Bradley Wurm, under the guid-ance of faculty Christopher Okunseri, Christopher Dix, D ‘76, and Frederick Sutkiewicz, Grad ‘01, demonstrated Marquette’s dental rounds model through their written and oral presentation ad-dressing the effectiveness of water fluorida-tion in reducing dental cavities in children.
• Sheila Stover, D ’97, Grad ’03 and Sarah Chambers, D ’10 gave a joint presentation on the Marquette University School of Dentistry Rural Oral Health
Fellowship Program. The one-year post- grad-uate training program prepares students for practicing in rural areas that may lack other dentists or dental specialists. Eight of the nine participants since inception in 2007 currently serve patients in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas with rural designations in the state of Wisconsin.
• Jadwiga Hjertstedt presented a poster en-titled “Improving Oral Health Literacy in the Geriatric Population” looking at the impact of a community-based geriatric dentistry rota-tion on older adults’ oral health literacy and oral hygiene.
• William Lobb and Frederick Sutkiewicz did a poster presentation entitled, “Dental Student Job Placement Location Relative to State/Area of Origin.” The presentation revealed that the vast majority of MUSoD students who were Wisconsin residents at the time of admission remained in the state to practice dentistry; however, they were more likely to migrate to a different WDA region to practice than they were to return to their WDA region of origin.
entitled, “Dental Developmental
and Oral Soft Tissue Conditions” in
the British Dental Association’s A
Clinical Guide to Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (2012).
The 2012 School of Dentistry
Part-Time Faculty Teaching Award
went to Adjunct Associate Professor
of General Dental Sciences peter Schelkun, D ’56.
Toni Roucka, assistant professor of
general dentistry, published “To Treat
or Not to Treat…That is the Question,”
in the March/April 2012 issue of
Academy of General Dentistry.
Alberta Abena, Law ’08, gay Derderian, Richard Hagner, Arts ’76, D ’80, Moawia Kassab, Thomas Smithy and Joseph Vitolo have
been promoted to clinical associate
professor effective July 1, 2012.
Brian Hodgson, Arts ’83, D ’87, and Dawei Liu have been promoted
to associate professor with tenure
effective July 1, 2012.
Aaron Cho, assistant professor, General
Dental Sciences, recently published “The
Effect of Multiple Firings on the Marginal
Integrity of Pressable Ceramic Single
Crowns,” in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, featured with the cover article
in the January 2012 issue.
Steve Koutnik, graduate resident, prost-
hodontics, was awarded a 3M scholarship
to attend the Dawson Academy, located
at St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.
geoffrey Thompson was promoted
to director of the graduate program in
prosthodontics,
effective July 1, 2012.
Thompson joined the
School of Dentistry
in April of 2010
after a distinguished
military career. He
has served as the
assistant director of
the graduate prost-
hodontic program and as the course
director of the new rounds model.
Peter Schelkun, D ’56
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Omicron Kappa UpsilonMarquette University School of Dentistry recognizes faculty
members who have made outstanding contributions to the art,
science and literature of dentistry. The name and key of this
Front row: President Elect Joseph Best, D ’89; Student Inductees Christopher Streff, Thomas Steinbach, Tracy Engelmann, Chad Seubert and Alyssa John; Faculty Inductee Paul Luepke; and Vice President Elect Ron Santilli, D ’70.
Back row: Past President David Martyn, D ’89; Vice President Thomas Smithy; Honorary Inductee David Dray; Student Inductees Brandon Reddinger and Cathleen Raz; President Gary Stafford; Student Inductees Mark Erickson and Bradley DeGroot; Lifetime Member Denis Lynch; and Secretary Treasurer Richard Hagner, Arts ’76, D ’80.
society are based upon three words that represent the
dental ideal: conservation, teeth and health.
Several
students
were
inducted into Alpha Sigma
Nu, The Honor Society of
Jesuit Institutions of Higher
Education, on April 14, 2012.
From the class of 2012:
Brenton Soltys and Brett
Voegele. From the class of
2013: Kaitlyn Darcy, Jennifer
Fehrman, Sarah Graesser,
Jon Irelan, Christina Jahnke,
Carissa Molina, Lauren
Montoure and Michael Nick.
Research Day The Dental School’s annual
Research Day, held in February
2012, featured oral presentations
by faculty, an open poster session,
awards, vendor displays and a
keynote address by Dean William
Lobb titled, “Research and Schol-
arship in Contemporary Dental
Education.”
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2012 William J. Gies AwardDean William K. Lobb was recognized for his innovation as
a dental educator with the coveted Geis Award for Vision,
Innovation and Achievement at the American Dental Education
Association Annual Session and exhibition in Orlando, Fla., in
March. Hundreds gathered at a reception at the Dental School
to honor and celebrate with the dean. Gary Stafford, Dean William Lobb, Sheila Stover, D ’97, Grad ’03, and Fred Sutkiewicz, Grad ’01, at the Gies Award dinner. Stafford, Stover and Sutkiewicz are members of the Marquette team for ADEA’s Commission on Change and Innovation.
Dean Lobb with his wife Denise and son Jeffrey.
Dean Lobb gives his remarks at a reception to celebrate the award at the School of Dentistry.
Dean Lobb and Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., President of Marquette University.
Ron Stifter, D ’67, Jack Sadowski, D’68, Dean Lobb and Julio Rodriguez.
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STUDENT SpOTLIgHT
When Jon Kelley, D ’12, arrived on
the Marquette campus from Idaho,
he told himself, “Okay, now, it’s time
to stop.”
The former high school student
body president and college
committee junkie planned to stop
joining organizations, running for
office and immersing himself in
activities that might detract from his
studies.
But early in his D1 year, Kelley found
himself running for, and clinching,
the position of class president — a
position he’s held each year during
dental school.
“I always get drawn to it one way
or another,” Kelley says of extra-
curricular involvement. Despite
some hectic times, he found a way
to balance his presidential respon-
sibilities (acting as an intermediary
among students, staff and faculty
to help resolve student concerns
and serving as an ambassador for
the Dental School), his involvement
in the American Student Dental
Association, and his day-to-day class
and lab work. “I learned to manage
a larger plate,” he says, adding that
he even found time to marry fellow
D ’12 student Gretchen (Faile) Kelley
during a two-week school break last
August.
The son of a dentist who worked
for Indian Health Services in Utah and
Idaho, Kelley enjoyed accompanying
his dad during emergency calls or
weekend visits to the reservation
as a youngster. As he continued to
shadow his dad and other dentists,
Kelley became more fascinated
by the profession, noting how a
dentist’s attitude and personality
could put fearful patients at ease. It’s
a challenge he’s embraced during
dental school, and he’s happy when
initially nervous patients leave his
chair feeling more relaxed.
The Jesuit mission, early clinic
and simulation lab exposure, and
generally upbeat atmosphere he
noticed during his interview visit
attracted Kelley to Marquette.
Opportunities like making dentures
as a D1 for lower-income patients,
seeing Medicaid patients during
clinic rotations and helping under-
served populations throughout
Wisconsin made a deep impact.
As Kelly, his wife and another
D ’12 friend prepare to join a D ’10
graduate in his Albuquerque, N.M.,
family dentistry practice, Kelley
says he looks forward to partici-
Class of 2012 President Can’t Help But Get Involved
2012 graduate Jon Kelley calls his dad, Delmar Kelley, his “role model.”
pating in that state’s annual Mission
of Mercy and to providing care at
Medicaid clinics. Not surprisingly, he
also plans to get involved with the
national and state dental associa-
tions.
“An important part of my
education is the perspective I
gained as a class officer,” Kelley
says. “Dentistry is much more
than oral health, there’s a whole
community aspect to it. The more
you’re involved, the more rapport
you build up in the community for
the issues that need to be tackled.”
“Dentistry is much more than oral health, there’s a whole community aspect to it.”
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IN MEMORIAM
REMEMBERINg OUR OwNThe Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance of those who passed away between January and June 2012. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
1943Earl G. Berger Green Bay, WIRichard E. Gladziszewski Charlotte, NC
1944Donald H. Ketterhagen Delavan, WI
1945Warren J. Hoots Mequon, WI
1947Domingo Donate-Torres San Juan, PR
1948Clayton M. Ingham Valparaiso, INWarren H. Wong Honolulu, HI
1951Harold J. Gruber Sheboygan, WI
1952Joseph A. Faupl Nashotah, WI
1954Arthur H. Bunten Glenview, ILWilliam C. Bush Ripon, WIJames M. LaLiberte Eau Claire, WI
1955Clare L. Garner Pompano Beach, FL
1956Robert J. Stark Hot Springs Village, AR
1957 Kaye V. Reese Las Vegas, NV
1960Richard C. Connell Dunnellon, FL
1962Richard D. Jewell Madison, WIJames E. Rogall Muskego, WI
1963Frederick C. Stelmack Kenosha, WI
1965Donald T. Glaesner Tamarac, FLJohn L. Scaduto Greenfield, WI
1968James E. Stowell Hartland, WI
1969Paul R. Hohenfeldt Milwaukee, WI
1980Fred T. Tenuta Pleasant Prairie, WI
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September 14 Continuing Education — Drugs and Dentistry
Co-sponsored by Lord’s Dental Studio
Karen Baker
September 14 Dean’s Circle Reception
September 15 Alumni Reunions — MUSoD classes ending in 2 and 7
September 28 Continuing Education — Dermatology for Dentists
Drs. Denis Lynch and Barbara Wilson
October 3 Continuing Education — Molars, Incisors and Fights, Oh My! Sinking Your Teeth into Dental Office Disputes
Dr. Patrick Knapp
October 19 Alumni Reception at ADA Annual Session — San Francisco
Marriott Marquis San Francisco, 6 - 8 p.m.
October 26 Continuing Education — Clinical Dental Update 2012
Coordinator: Dr. Ken Waliszewski
October 30 Continuing Education — Stress, Health and Performance: A Cardiologist Invades the Brain
Dr. Bruce Wilson
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Continuing Education and Alumni RelationsFor more information on these and other events, call 414.288.3093 or visit www.marquette.edu/dentistry.
CALENDAR
November 14 Continuing Education — Review of Common Medical Conditions for Dentists
Dr. Joseph Best
November 28 Continuing Education — OSHA
Dr. Kathy Schrubbe
November 30 Continuing Education — OSHA
Dr. Kathy Schrubbe
December 7 Continuing Education — Photo Documentation: Simplifying Photography and Case Presentation
Dennis Braunston
February 22 Alumni Reception at Chicago Midwinter Meeting
Hyatt Regency Chicago, 5-7 p.m.
March 10-17 MUSoD/WDA Western Caribbean Cruise — Honduras, Belize and Cozumel
April 26 Marquette University School of Dentistry Alumni Awards Dinner
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MUSoD students, faculty and alumni were among the more than 2,000 volunteers at the 4th Annual Mission of Mercy free dental clinic in Madison at the end of June. In two days, Mission of Mercy served 3,595 patients and did 1,205 cleanings, 2,567 fillings, 2,822 extractions, 80 root canals and 153 partial dentures, representing $1.75 million in free care. Among those who contributed their time were faculty members Lisa Koenig, D ’87, and Rod Daering, with students Kevin Greene, Luke noble and Kimberly Bauknecht.