Star of the South Dental Meeting

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Table Clinic Winners

First place in the General Dentists Category at the Star of the South Table Clinics went to Donna Warren Morris, R.D.H. (center) and June Sadowsky, D.D.S. (right) for their teaching video, "Elder Loving Care™ Oral Hygiene Training." Also pictured are Lea Murphree of Johnson & Johnson, and Table Clinics Co-Chair Dr. E. Todd Sheyer. The video was a collaborative effort with the UT School of Nursing's Center on Aging.

GENERAL DENTISTS

• First place
  • "Elder Loving Care™ Dental Education Tool"
  • June Sadowsky, D.D.S. and Donna Warren-Morris, R.D.H.
• Second place
  • "Management of a Mucocele: A Case Report"
  • Brant Boling, D.D.S.; Ryan Cregger, D.D.S.; Bret Ibarra, D.D.S.; Leena James, D.D.S; and Joi Shaw, D.D.S.
• Third place
  • "Foolproof Final Impressions"
  • Saadia Jamil, D.D.S.

Dental student Chris Kimball (center) won first place for "Growth and Differentiation Factors for Bone Regeneration: Is It the Future?" in the Star of the South Table Clinics. Also pictured are Table Clinics Co-Chair Dr. E. Todd Scheyer (left), and UTDB Table Clinics Director Stephen Laman, D.D.S. Laman also presented the SCADA award to Kimball on behalf of the Dentsply Corp.

DENTAL STUDENTS

• First place
  • "Growth and Differentiation Factors for Bone Regeneration: Is It the Future?"
  • Chris Kimball
• Second place
  • "The Accuracy of OrthoCAD Digital Models Compared to Plaster Models"
  • Drew Darsey
• Third place
  • "Nanotechnology in Salivary Diagnostics"
  • Rabab Sabbahi

Lea Murphree of Johnson & Johnson, sponsor of the Star of the South Table Clinics, and Dr. E. Todd Scheyer, Table Cinics co-chair, present a first-place award to Holly Boone, R.D.H. (right) for "A Retrospective Study of Conebeam Imaging in an Orthodontic Graduate Program."

DENTAL HYGIENISTS

• First place
  • "A Retrospective Study of Conebeam Imaging in an Orthodontic Graduate Program"
  • Holly Boone, R.D.H.

First place in the Star of the South Table Clinics competition for dental hygiene students went to UTDB students Cherri Prilop (holding plaque), Christine Jenkins, Mandy Braband and Elena Franco. Also pictured are Lea Murphree (far left) of Johnson & Johnson, and Table Clinics Co-Chair Dr. E. Todd Scheyer.

DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS

• First place
  • "Melatonin: The Effects on Periodontal Disease"
  • Christine Jenkins, Cherri Prilop, Mandy Braband, Elena Franco
• Second place
  • "Behcet's Disease: A Different View of Apthous Ulcers"
  • Rebekah Means, Sheena Cherrington, Shannon Jones and Tony Medick
• Third place
  • "What's on Your Toothbrush?"
  • Tamara Hill, Andrea Ulloa, Sandra Villaquiran, Huong Nguyen

Ballroom dance contest winners

The Greater Houston Dental Society sponsored "Dancing with the Star," a friendly competition featuring local dental celebrities dancing the waltz, tango, samba or rumba. Pictured from left are GHDS President-Elect and Co-Emcee Greg Oelfke, D.D.S.; Co-Emcee Sue Ellen Richardson, D.D.S.; Thomas Harrison, D.D.S., who danced the tango; Dean Catherine Flaitz, D.D.S., waltz; Andy Doerfler, D.D.S., quick step; UTDB Alumni Association Executive Director Tricia Fullerton, samba; and professional dancers Anna Munne and Jeff Tisdale. Fullerton won first place; Doerfler won second; and Flaitz and Harrison tied for third.