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Arthur Jeske, Ph.D., D.M.D., the chairman of Restorative Dentistry at the Dental Branch, is known nationwide for his unique expertise in drug use in dentistry.

Jeske has served as a faculty member of the Dental Branch since 1978, teaching local anesthesia, restorative dentistry and dental therapeutics.

Jeske received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and had no thoughts of dentistry until “I began teaching dental students as part of my graduate training,” he said.

Jeske said it was then that he became interested in the profession and began to learn how his experience in pharmacology could advance the dental profession.

Today, in addition to serving as a full time faculty member, Jeske often serves on the editorial review panels of three publications, including two reference textbooks.

Gene Apodaca, Channel 13 news reporter, listens to Art Jeske, D.M.D., Ph.D., explain the use of mepivacaine in dentistry.

“I truly enjoy the interaction with people and the variety of responsibility that comes along with being a faculty member of this school,” Jeske said.

Jeske is a member of the Greater Houston Dental Society and the Texas Dental Association. In recognition of all his work in dentistry, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry, where he received his Ph.D. and D.M.D. degrees.

In his free time Jeske enjoys working on cars. He owns a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda and another of his cars has won first place at two national Chevrolet events, in 2003 and 2004.

Jeske is located in Dental Branch 493. He can be reached at: Arthur.H.Jeske@uth.tmc.edu, 713-500-4506.

Eight dental students represented the Dental Branch at the 12th annual Hinman Student Research Symposium, Oct. 27-29, in Memphis. Second-year student, Sanaz Ekhlassi, won one of three awards for outstanding oral presentations. John Klein, D.D.S., professor of Diagnostic Sciences, served as Ekhlassi’s mentor on her talk “Role of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-6 Trans-signaling in Immune Activation in Gingival Tissues.”

Sarah Azhar
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“Polishing Dependent Changes in Translucency and Gloss of Resin Composites”
Steve Machicek
“Mandible Size and Prognathism of MEKI-Transgenic Achondroplastic Mice”
Yuanging Wang
“Cranial Base Angle and Length of Cranial Base Bones in Transgeneic Achdroplastic Mice”
Jeffery Scott Schaefer
“Salivary Cytokines as Diagnostic Markers for Breast Carcinoma”

Fall is in full swing and plans for the Dental Branch Employee Relations Committee Holiday Sale are underway. This year’s sale will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, in the Dental Branch basement cafeteria.

Interested vendors can rent one six-foot table and two chairs for a $25 registration fee. Please turn in the registration fee and the following information to Lorraine Alexander by Wednesday, Nov. 15. (Make checks payable to Employee Relations Committee/care of Ed Kelly.)

All products must be approved for sale by the Employee Relations Committee. No refunds will be given.

Students, staff and faculty, please mark your calendars for flu vaccinations: Noon-2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, Room B25. The cost is $20.

The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation board of directors elected Michael McGuire, D.D.S., vice president at its annual meeting in San Diego last month.

McGuire is a volunteer faculty member in the department of Periodontology at the Dental Branch and had served on the foundation’s board of directors since 2003, most recently as secretary-treasurer.

McGuire is a past president of the American Academy of Periodontology and in 1997 the AAP presented him with its Clinical Research Award. Congratulations to Dr. McGuire.