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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
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DentalUMSpring & Summer 2006 Volume 22, Number 1
Planning or
the Future
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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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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.
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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)
Committee Members
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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
Dental Leadership.
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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
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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.
Frequentl
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Rebecca, Timothy
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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