The UT Dental Branch welcomes 84 new students into the
D.D.S. program and 40 new students into the School of
Dental Hygiene. The arrival of both groups was celebrated
with White Coat Ceremonies in early August. Photos
from both ceremonies will appear on the UT Dental Branch
homepage (http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/)
next week. Help make the newest members of our family
feel welcome!
Freshman Occlusion Award winner: Patrick
Waters (right), presented by Maria Gonzalez,
D.D.S., assistant professor of Prosthodontics
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The Freshmen
and Sophomore Preclinical Awards, along with
the Junior Clinical Awards for 2005-2006 were
recently presented by the department of Prosthodontics.
The winners are pictured below.
Sophomore Pre-clinical Prosthodontic Award:
Ginger Marblestone,(left) presented by Leticia
Perezous, D.D.S., assistant professor of Prosthodontics.
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Junior Prosthodontic Clinical Award winners,
Front: (left to right) Neelufar Shirvani,
Lauren Malitz, Lauren Brownfield, Back: Shane
Tolledon, Gabriel Shahwan, Darryl Baucum.
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Sixty
children were seen during the back to school
event at Fort Bend Family Health Center's New
Hope Clinic on August 5. A
team from the Dental Branch provided the children
with sealants, cleaning and fluoride treatments.
Participants were Tracey Godwin, D.D.S., assistant
professor of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials,
Dental Assistant Sandra Rivas, and students
Maria Martinez, Violeta Zambrano, Jamie Trinh,
Linda Lozano, Shaista Vigil, Allison Samo and
Katrina Knox.
Dental Hygiene alumni volunteers were Cheryl
Josserme, Ruben Cantu, Tatiana Ramirez, Chrystal
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(left to right): Maria Martinez, Sandra Rivas
and Tatiana Martinez.
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Fourth-year students, faculty and staff are invited to
help celebrate the beginning of the fourth-year students’ last
year at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, at
5203 Hwy 69 South, in Kountze, TX (77265). Kountze
is located in the Beaumont area.
The celebration will take place at the home of student
John Landis. Fried fish, sodas, and beer will be served
for your enjoyment. There will be a moonwalk for children.
Family and friends of fourth-year students, faculty and
staff are also invited.
RSVP or send questions to john.f.landis@uth.tmc.edu by Friday,
Aug. 18.
Please remember that all faculty and staff who come in
contact with patients need to have an annual TB Test. If
you missed the first testing time this week, there will
be another opportunity 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday,
Aug. 22. The test will be read 11 a.m.-1
p.m , Thursday, Aug. 24.
Dental Branch Dean Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S. was a guest
speaker at the “Dentists Who Care” 10th Anniversary
Charity Dental Conference, Aug. 11- Aug.
12.
Flaitz presented “A Round-Up of Symptomatic Oral
Diseases, Newest Devices and Latest Treatments,” as
part of the conference, which sought to promote the mission
of the organization — improving and enhancing the
quality of life for indigent children through access to
dental care.
Kathy Roth, D.D.S., president-elect of the American Dental
Associaton was also a featured speaker.
More information about the opening of the UT Dentists clinic
is available in a full story featured in this month’s
issue of The Leader. The links below will give
you access to parts one and two of the publication.
Plan your events and plan your week ahead with the new,
once-weekly edition of News on the Go. Starting Monday,
Sept. 11, NOTG will publish once a week
on Mondays. The newly consolidated issue still will have
all the health science center news and event information
you're used to getting from NOTG, but now will make just
one weekly deposit in your busy inbox.
The deadline for the weekly issue will be 10 a.m. on
the Thursday prior to publication.
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