A Semi-annual Publication Summer 2008 Number 47

Incorporating an Infant and Early Childhood Dental Program into Practice Why, Who and How

Friday, October 3, 2008

9:00 a.m.— 4:30 p.m. Registration and continental breakfast to begin at 8:30 a.m.

William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center Chapel Hill, NC

See page 2 for details — 6 hours of CE credit

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Looking through the newsletter you will read about proud tra-ditions being continued, changing of the resident guard, relocation of our research laboratories, babies being born, new staff joining the ped dent family and numerous other transformations taking place at the UNC Department of Pediatric Dentistry. As the au-thor Gail Sheehy said “ If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.” Clearly the Department of Pediatric Dentistry shows it is alive and kicking and continuing to grow. The faculty is proud of the many accomplishments of our alumni who set a high standard for community engagement and leadership and our residents who continue to win national awards in a variety of venues. Some of the changes, such as the reloca-tion of our research labs, are somewhat painful. However, our goal is to use the wonderful Research Triangle Park facilities and proximity of outstanding corporate and government research pro-grams as an opportunity to build our research program in prepara-tion to our move back to the UNC campus and a brand new, state-of-the-art research center. New residents will soon walk the floors of Brauer Hall follow-ing in the footsteps of the now over 100 alumni that preceded them. While much has changed, the proud Carolina tradition of an education entrenched in leadership and the goal of producing the very best pediatric dentistry remains unchanged. Change is essen-tial for the creation and sustaining traditions of excellence. The UNC Department of Pediatric Dentistry has masterfully main-tained tradition and brought forth change for over 50 years. We look forward to balancing these critical components of excellence as we begin a new academic year and greet the future.

(See Chair’s Message, page 3)

Chair’s Message Tradition and Change: The Ideal Balance

Jessica Y. Lee, an associate professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry, received a national award recogniz-ing her efforts directed to advancing childhood oral health and well-being. Lee received the 2008 Jerome B. Miller “For the Kids” Award at

the 61st American Academy of Pediatric Den-tistry (AAPD) Annual Session in May. Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children: the Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry estab-lished the award in 2007 to honor the lifetime achievements of former AAPD and Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children president Jerome B. Miller. Procter & Gamble/Crest/Oral-B sponsors the award. Lee is the principal investigator for a $1.8-million grant addressing how the oral health lit-eracy of caregivers and parents affects the oral health outcomes of their preschool-aged chil-dren. More than 1,000 underserved families in

(See Lee Honored, page 6)

Service to Children’s Health Lee Receives National Honor

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Alumni and friends of the Department played a vari-ety of programmatic and leadership roles in the recent AAPD Annual Session in Washington, DC. Another arti-cle in this Newsletter chronicles the pre-annual session involvement of the Congleton Leadership Fellows, Par-ticipation of our residents and NCAPD members in the Lobby Day visits to Capitol Hill. Program participants included a Breakfast Rounds Session by LaRee Johnson (1999) of Wake Forest enti-tled “Do I expand my practice?” And another entitled “Tips to increase your operating room efficiency.” Rocio Quinonez (2000) of Durham gave the keynote address at a featured session called “The age one dental visit in pri-vate practice: embrace it and make it work for you.” Presenting as two of eight national 2008 Graduate Student Research Award Finalists in the Research Session were Antonio Braithwaite (2008) of Durham and Julie Robinson Molina (2008) of Chapel Hill. In the same session, Ray Tseng (2010) of Chapel Hill presented as one of three nation-wide winners of the 2007 OMNI Re-search Fellowships. All were recognized at the Awards and Recognition Luncheon on Sunday as was Stephanie Blumenshine (2010), who was named as one of three 2008-09 OMNI Fellowship Award Winners for her MS research proposal. Special kudos to Buddy Hollowell (DDS 2004) of Wake Forest, who was recognized as a Pugh Awardee for the top performers (TOP 3 %!!!) on the qualifying exami-nation of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. Buddy was also recognized at the Awards and Recogni-tion Luncheon. Mike Roberts of Chapel Hill and Mike Rossitch (2004) of Atlanta served as moderators for the Graduate Student Lunch and Learn Session. John Christensen (1984) of Durham and Sonny Long (1978) of Charlotte delivered a superb Mini-Clinic Session on the “Orthodontic management of impacted maxillary incisors.” Kavita Mathu-Muju (2006) of Lex-ington, KY, presented a Breakfast Rounds session on “How to talk so children will listen.” In the Poster Clinic Session, the graduate students and residents of alumni Tegwyn Brickhouse (2002) of Richmond, Lina Cardenas (2002) of San Antonio, Kavita Mathu-Muju (2006) of Lexington, KY and Anne Simon Wilson (1992) of Denver, CO had fine showing, presenting some 10 research presentations. Michael Ignelzi (1992) of Greensboro finished his third and final year as the Annual Session Program Chair and what a fine overall program it was!

Congrats to Jessica Lee (2002) of Chapel Hill who was the winner of the 2008 Jerome B. Miller "For the Kids" Award, given by Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children: the Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. This was the inaugural FTK Award, which will be presented annually to an up-and-coming clinician, researcher or academician in pediatric dentistry for their outstanding efforts directed to children's oral health and welfare. Jessica received a cash award and plaque at the AAPD Annual Session President's Farewell Dinner on Sunday May 25, 2008. Mike Roberts was elected as a Director by the Foun-dation of the College of Diplomates of the ABPD in May. The College supports the activities of the American Board of Pediatrics Dentistry.

Friends and Alumni Deliver in DC

Congrats to Elliot Shulman (1980) of Morgantown, WV and Leslee Lancaster Huggins (2003) of Provi-dence, RI! They will be among five individuals nation-ally selected for the first class of the AAPD Master Cli-nicians’ Fellowship Program. The AAPD and the Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children (Jerome B. Miller Fund) has announced the five scholarships. Elliot is head of pediatric dentistry at WVU and Leslee is a new faculty member at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Provi-dence. This year’s scholarship applicants represent a diverse field of expertise, from seasoned pediatric den-tists having been in practice for a number of years to newly-appointed dental school or residency faculty. The new Fellows will attend the Academy for Aca-demic Leadership’s Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) in the Health Professions Program and will have an opportunity to attend the AAPD Comprehensive Re-view of Pediatric Dentistry course. ITL scholars benefit from a hands-on experience with key teaching tasks such as evaluations, lecture presentation skills, test con-struction, small group learning and working with diffi-cult students. Additionally, ITL scholars learn cognitive theory, motivation strategies, learning styles, education best practices and a host of other skills. Sessions on re-search, finding an academic position, strategies for get-ting published and work-life issues are also offered. Further information on the Institute for Teaching and Learning, may be found at their website: http://www.academicleaders.org.

AAPD Master Clinician Fellowship

Two UNC Alumni Selected

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North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry The NCAPD annual meeting will be held Saturday, Octo-ber 4, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel, Research Triangle Park. Our business breakfast meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the entire morning will be reserved for NCAPD business with ad-journment by noon. The hotel is located at the intersection of Highway 54 and Davis Drive. A block of rooms has been re-served and reservations can be made by calling (919) 549-8631 and ask for the North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry room block. Our UNC/NCAPD reception will be held on Friday, Octo-ber 3, 2008 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Kenan Center.

Please visit NCAPD website at

www.ncapd.net

NCAPD Officers and Directors 2007-2008 President Rob Moran President-Elect Lee Lewis Secretary/Treasurer Mike Milano SSPD Director Martha Hardaway Medicaid Liaison Bryan Cobb NC-AAP Liaison Martha Ann Keels NCAPD Editor Michael Roberts Board of Directors Angie Baechtold (1 year term)

LaRee Johnson (2 year term) Jessica Lee (3 year term)

Engaged to Make a Difference Carolina has a long and proud tradition of lead-ership in pediatric dentistry and an extensive history of community engagement. This legacy is clearly visible when one looks at the number of North Caro-linians and UNC graduates serving as community and organized dentistry leaders. Similarly, our alums, friends and advocates for the oral health of children continue to step up and financially support the pediatric educational and patient care programs at UNC. You can be assured that this support pro-vides essential funding necessary to continue our outstanding leadership and community engagement programs. For example, UNC pediatric dentistry residents were funded by the Jim Congleton (1977) Leadership Fellowship to attend the annual AAPD meeting in Washington where they joined the lobby day on Capitol Hill and had the wonderful experi-ence of meeting the NC congressional members.

Despite downward trends in the economy the generosity of our alumni and friends continues to be outstanding. Your steadfast support is ensuring that the Caldwell-Christensen Fund will reach the $100,000 in the very near future. We are still about $16,000 shy of our goal so please keep those dona-tions coming in. This fund was established by Rob Moran (1998) and Richard Brooks (DDS 1995) to honor two outstanding UNC faculty members Phil Caldwell (1974) and John Christensen (1982). Please mark your calendars and be sure to join us October 3, 2008 to celebrate this wonderful achieve-ment after our annual fall CE Course. We will cele-brate at the Kenan Flagler Building behind the Dean Dome.

To make giving easier and more rewarding you should consider making your donations on a monthly basis using your favorite credit card. You can earn frequent flyer miles, Disney points or other useful paybacks while not having to hassle with checks and mailings. Figure what you can comforta-bly give annually and then the Dental Foundation will set up 12 equal draws over the course of the year. Be a leader and support the pediatric dentistry educational programs at UNC.

Chair’s Message Continued from page 1

We are pleased to announce that a total of 368 new diplomates were introduced at the College of Diplomates annual breakfast meeting in Washington, DC on May 24, 2008. Seven alumni and NCAPD members were certi-fied. We congratulate all of these pediatric dentists on their achievements and encourage all UNC graduates and NCPAD members to promote the pursuit of excellence in pediatric dentistry and achieve Diplomate status from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

College of Diplomates Corner

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Marvin Berman was the featured speaker at our de-partment sponsored March 28, 2008, continuing education course titled “The Dental Team Versus the Reluctant Dragon.” One hundred and seventy-three participants from three states were in their seats early as they antici-pated Berman’s engaging, entertaining, and insightful ap-proach to managing reluctant and apprehensive children in the dental office. He did not disappoint and there were few who left before the course concluded at 4:30 p.m. In fact, he continued to answer questions long after the course ended and we had to whisk him away in order to make his return flight to Chicago. The Department continues to identify topics of topical interest to pediatric dentists, generalists and their staff who treat children. If you have a topic of special interest or a particular speaker, let us know and we will see what we can do to schedule the topic and/or speaker.

Coming Continuing Education Courses The Department has planned two outstanding continu-ing education courses for this fall and the spring of 2009. We believe you and your staff will not want to miss either offering. So, please put these on your office and personal calendars now!

Fall 2008

“Incorporating an Infant and Early Childhood Dental Pro-gram into Practice: Why, Who and How” William Vann, DMD, MS, PhD Rocio Quinonez, DMD, MS, MPH Gary Rozier, DDS, MPH Kelly Close, BS, MHA, RDH Eugene Howden, DDS, MS Nancy Peterson, RDH Angela Baechtold, DDS, MPH Roberta Osborn, DDS Friday, October 3, 2008 9:00-4:30 p.m. Registration & continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 am. William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There has been a call that all children have an initial

oral examination and dental home established by age 1 year. This course will explore the value for early interven-tion in this state and region, and describe various success-ful models to provide infant and early childhood oral health. The cooperative effort between the NC Office of Medial Assistance and the medical community, known as “Into the Mouths of Babes”, will be highlighted and re-sults of that program will be described. Successful infant dental programs in private and community settings will be presented by several practitioners. The new and exciting “Baby Oral Health Program (BOHP)” developed by fac-ulty in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UNC-CH School of Dentistry will be highlighted and made avail-able. A panel discussion by presenters will conclude the program. This course is designed for all members of the dental office team, not just the doctor, hygienist and chair-side dental assistant. The course includes an expanded continental break-fast, two breaks with snacks and liquid refreshment, and a fabulous lunch with their famous array of desserts to make you want to eat them first! Tuition: $265 Dentist $135 Team members accompanied by the dentist $150 Team members/spouses not accompanied by the dentist The course provides 6 hours of CE credit. This course is being held in conjunction with the Fri-day evening, October 2, NC Academy of Pediatric Den-tistry reception and Annual Session the following Saturday morning. The Friday evening reception is to begin at 5:30 pm and will be held in the Kenan-Flagler Business School

(See Continuing Education, page 5)

2008 Spring C E Course Creates Excitement

Continuing Education

This is a football game weekend in Chapel Hill. UNC is playing the University of Connecticut. Be sure to make your hotel reservations early!

Dr. Marvin Berman with Dr. Tim Wright, Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry

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(McColl Building) located up and behind the Dean Smith Activities Center (Dean Dome). The 18th Annual “Grip-it and Rip-It” golf event is planned for Saturday following the NCAPD Annual Session. Spring 2009 “Ready, Set, Grow: Pathways for Healthy Living for Tod-dlers, Adolescents and Adults” Ronda Gates, BS (Pharmacy), MS Friday, March 27, 2009 Long before Jane Fonda worked out, years before spot reducing outlived it’s usefulness, way before most dieti-tians understood the relationship between exercise, food, weight and disease there was Ronda Gates. She has writ-ten 5 best selling books including “Smart Eating” and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows. Once described as the “Erma Bombeck of Fitness”, she made more than 200 presentations last year! Ronda, a fitness buff with a B.S. in pharmacy and a M.S. in clinical nutri-tion enjoyed the changes she saw as a result of the fitness classes she was teaching more than pushing pills. So, in 1978 she traded her white coat for a pair of athletic shoes and has never looked back. Within three years she had a successful corporate fitness program but was frustrated by her inability to find educators who shared her perspective. In 1982, she reluctantly attended a lecture by “Fit or Fat” author Covert Bailey, because others had said he “talks like you.” Soon Bailey and Gates were forging programs that made words like mesomorphs, triglycerides and gly-cemic index easy to understand. She later broadened her studies to include a certificate in counseling from Yale

University and the Cooper Institute to focus on weight management and lifestyle change. Since then she’s created TRANSFORMATIONS, a series of successful evidence-based weight management programs. These programs focus on reversing metabolic syndrome, the life-challenging precursor to heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is increasingly more common in children and teens. Eighty-five percent of children with type 2 diabetes are overweight—primarily because they do not get enough physical activity to support a lifestyle that includes drink-ing large amounts of sodas, skipping meals, eating larger portions, and eating out more often. Early signs of perio-dontal disease have been found in nearly 60% of diabetic children in the 6-11 year-old group. That is twice the per-centage found in non-diabetic children in the same age range. In the 12-18 year-old group, nearly 80% of patients with diabetes had early periodontal changes. This course will be of interest to all members of the dental office team and their spouses! As usual, a continen-tal breakfast, two breaks with snacks and liquid refresh-ments, and a fabulous lunch are included in the tuition. Tuition: $275 Dentist $135 Team members accompanied by the dentist $175 Team members not accompanied by the dentist Registration or additional information for both of these excellent courses can be obtained by calling the UNC School of Dentistry’s Office of Continuing Educa-tion at (919)966-2729, or on-line at www.dent.unc.edu/ce.ced. If you have questions you can also get additional information by emailing the CE office at CDE@dentistry.unc.edu.

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Jessica Lee, second from the left, was presented the 2008 Jerome B. Miller “For the Kids” Award at the AAPD Annual Session. Pictured with her are Cindy Sensabaugh, manager of professional and scientific relations with Procter & Gamble; Jerome B. Miller and Paul A. Kennedy Jr., president of Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children: the Foundation of the American Acad-emy of Pediatric Dentistry.

seven N.C. counties – Buncombe, Burke, New Hanover, Wake, Orange, Brunswick and Robe-son will be interviewed about oral health liter-acy and possible challenges that may prevent them from accessing oral health care. This study, funded by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, is in col-laboration with the College of Arts and Sci-ences’ Department of Psychology and the School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Administration. The study is believed to be the first RO1 grant on health lit-eracy funded by the NIDCR. Lee has been a member of the Orange County Board of Health since 2002 and serves on Healthy Carolinians and Head Start advisory committees. Nationally, she serves on several AAPD councils and committees. Founded in 1947, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is a not-for-profit mem-bership association representing pediatric den-tistry and with an estimated 7,300 members.

Reprinted from UNC School of Dentistry Web Site-Kampov

Lee Honored Continued from page 1

Tina Schatz joined us in a newly created position of Patient Coordinator and Op-erating Room Scheduling Assistant. Her responsibilities include coordinating the Monday Morning Clinic for Persons with Disabilities and Head Start Programs. Tina comes from upstate New York, but has been a Tar Heel for nearly ten years. She most recently worked with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Cen-ter where she was an administrator with the Child/Adolescent Psychiatry and Behav-ioral Medicine program and resident training coordinator.

Pediatric Dentistry Welcomes New Team Members

Lisa Mauldin joined us as our Pediatric Predoctoral Program Coordinator. This position was previously held by Christie Whitaker who has moved to Advanced Education in General Dentistry. Lisa is a Tar Heel now but was born a Virginian. Lisa has a long history of working with children as teacher assistant and as director of a childcare program. Lisa moved to Pediatric Dentistry after working with Academic Affairs in the School of Dentistry.

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News from Alumni and Friends Congratulations to several alumni and NCAPD mem-bers who recently completed their Board Certification process and joined the ranks as Diplomates of the Ameri-can Board of Pediatric dentistry. New Diplomates include NCAPD and UNC-DDS Alumni members Amy Cum-mings Davidian (DDS 2003) of Greensboro, David Kornstein (DDS 2003), Steve Pretzer (DDS 1997) of Raleigh, Avni Rampersaud (DDS 2002) of Chapel Hill, and NCAPD members Matt Applebaum and Bryan Dunston of Greensboro, and Nikki Tucker of Burling-ton. Program alumni include Kavita Mathu-Muju (2006), Kate Pierce (2002) of Greensboro, Patty Lee-lataweewud (1999) of Bangkok, and Chuck Mauney (2000) of Chapel Hill. Kudos to all!! Harvey Hill (1970) has been lured out of retirement to serve as an adjunct faculty member at NOVA South-eastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Harvey can be reached at 3703 Mykonos Court in Boca Raton, FL 33487. Many of you know Monty Harrison of Shreve-port, LA as long time friend and generous supporter of the department. Be on the lookout for the upcoming movie “W”, an Oliver Stone production about the life of Presi-dent Bush. Monty’s home in Shreveport is used for the movie version of elder Bush’s Georgetown home, a cen-terpiece in the movie. Monty and wife Susan have some funny tales about the filming of the movie! Roslyn Crisp (1982) of Burlington was featured in

the February 18th edition of the ADA News for her role as a leader in Alamance County “Give Kids a Smile Com-munity Outreach Program.” Gene Howden (1971) and Linda have moved to Southern Pines where they’re now permanent residents at the residential golf community at the County Club of North Carolina. We hear that Linda has taken control of the women’s tennis circuit in the Sand Hills Region! We are thrilled to have Gene helping us on a part-time basis with our DDS teaching program, a passion he left nearly 30 years ago. We’re excited to have him come full circle and it’s nice to have him back with us on a regular rota-tion. Jenny Jackson (2007) opened a new practice in Janu-ary, 2008: “Asheville Pediatric Dentistry.” Jenny is lo-cated at Nettlewood Professional Park off Hendersonville Road, near ABC Pediatrics at 76 Peachtree Road, Suite 100, Asheville, NC 28803. She can be reached at drjack-son@ashevillepedo.com. Some of us had a chance recently to visit with George Vadiakas (1991) of Athens, Greece, at the European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia. George is married with a three year old son Clo-nis; his mom and twin sisters are all doing well. He com-pleted a doctoral degree in epidemiology a few years ago and currently is a faculty member in the Department of

(See Alumni and Friends, page 8)

Antonio Braithwaite (2008) will be starting his own practice in Sanford. Antonio’s “Sanford Pediatric Dentistry” will open in July 2008. Rhonda Kearney (2008) will be joining Roslyn Crisp (1986) in private practice in Burlington, North Carolina. Julie Molina (2008) will be joining Bobby Elliott (1998) at Cary Pe-diatric Dentistry. Their new office opened in May 2008 and Julie will begin there full time in August.

Three New Alumni Class of 2008 Join the Real World

Antonio Braithwaite will begin his practice in Sanford, NC.

Julie Molina will join the practice of Bobby Elliott in Cary, NC.

Rhonda Kearney will join the practice of Roslyn Crisp in Burlington, NC.

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This spring was a period of exciting growth for our Baby Oral Health Program, (bOHP). We continue to im-prove upon students’ experiences by adding a bOHP rota-tion for senior dental students this summer at Lincoln Health Community Center in Durham. This is our primary rotation site because we have developed a highly collabo-rative relationship with the pediatricians in providing pre-ventive oral health services for infants and toddlers. Equally exciting has been the dissemination of the bOHP© kits. In April, we launched this “how to” concept through an announcement in the ADA News and through a special website at www.bohp.unc.edu . The site provides information on our mission, the bOHP© kit and how to obtain it. With generous support from the NC Academy of Pediatric Dentists, NC Academy of General Dentists, the NC Dental Society and the National Children’s Oral

Health Foundation, all UNC- DDS graduates and pediatric dental residents in the Class of 2008 received a compli-mentary bOHP© kit. The students and faculty are very grateful for these gifts. As we transition into the fall, we look forward to our CE on October 3rd at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill on “Incorporating an Infant and Early Childhood Dental Program into Your Practice: Why? Who? and How?” We anticipate a great turnout and ask that you share this information and the bOHP concept with your dental col-leagues and friends. We also ask that you consider em-bracing the concept in your practices because your support and assistance in helping move this project forward will be critical to its long term success and improving the oral health of children.

Baby Oral Health Program

J.C. and Brandy Underwood an-nounce the birth of their daughter, Riley Dawson, born May 7th and she weighed 8lbs and 3oz. J.C. is our Front Desk Receptionist.

Congratulations to Jay and Ray-hanah Shahangian, they are the proud parents of a baby girl. Roya was born June 21. She weighs 8lbs 1oz. Jay is a first year resident.

Pediatric Dentistry at his alma mater the University of Athens, while continuing to practice part-time in the pri-vate practice he joined in 1991. George played a promi-nent role on the program at the EAPD Congress, giving two presentations and collaborating on several others. The Ron Hsu (2007) family of Vancouver, WA is thriving in the far west. Ethan (age 2) and Mei-Ling (almost 4) are doing great and Misty is doing well and is expecting a third child in November. For his other pas-sion, Ron has done fundraising bike rides in the past for Habitat for Humanity and the Lance Armstrong Founda-tion, but this year he is challenging himself to raise funds and awareness on the topic of child abuse. Please check out www.firstgiving.com/ronhsu to read about this event

aptly named Courage Classic. Roy Green (1975) of Fort Myers, FL has retired from the Barkley Circle Dental Center that he founded in 1975, leaving his practice to his three partners. Roy was the first Morehead Dental Fellow at Carolina 1975-77. He has served as President of the Virgin Islands Dental Society, the Florida Society of Dentistry for Children and the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Roy and Nancy celebrated their 41st Wedding Anniversary and in retirement they’re enjoying traveling and volunteer work while planning daughter Laura’s wedding. It was great seeing Sigurdur Saemundsson (1996) and his wife, Anna Maria, at the AAPD annual session. Siggi is the Chair of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.

Alumni and Friends Continued from page 7

www.bohp.unc.edu

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PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY LABORATORIES MOVE TO RTP May 2008 hallmarked a notable change for pediatric dentistry researchers at UNC-CH. In order to make way for a new Dental Sciences Building, the Dental Research Center and adjacent Dental Office Building were decom-missioned. Pediatric dentistry faculty, Eric Everett, Yuki Mochida, Maria Wang (2005) and Tim Wright, relocated their research laboratories and offices from the Dental Research Center to the North Carolina Oral Health Insti-tute established in Research Triangle Park (RTP).

It is anticipated that the pediatric dentistry researchers will return to campus in approximately 40 months to oc-cupy new laboratory space in the Dental Sciences Build-ing. The RTP facility offers state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and an increase in space for the researchers. An open laboratory design will facilitate communication and collaboration between the researchers and will lead to an improved pediatric dentistry research program.

North Carolina Oral Health Institute established in Research Triangle Park (RTP)This facil-ity is located near the intersec-tion of I-40 and Durham Free-way (NC 147).

The open laboratory design features state-of-the-art facili-ties. This configuration fosters communication, collaboration and enhanced research.

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The Department of Pediatric Dentistry was awarded the AAPD/Omni Postdoctoral Research Award for the tenth consecutive year. Current second year resident, Stephanie Blumenshine (2010) is the most recent recipi-ent of this award. Her project is titled ”The Impact of Poor Oral Health on School Performance in North Caro-lina Children.” This project just published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry builds on her previous work as a dental student. Her primary mentor for both projects is Bill Vann (1976). Other investigators included Jessica Lee (2002), Jonathan Kotch from the Department of Ma-ternal and Child Health and Bhavna Pahel from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

Stephanie’s findings will have major public policy im-plications for the oral health of U.S. children. They will send a strong message to policy makers who set legislative pri-orities for organizations (e.g. Title VII, HRSA, NIDCR, MCH) that impact support for specialty training in pediat-ric dentistry and to dental school deans and hospital ad-ministrators who set funding priorities for pediatric den-tistry in their institutions. The findings will also have the potential to impact state and local school officials who set school attendance guidelines. Additionally, the findings have potential to elevate the public’s perception of the importance of children’s oral health at every level — na-tional, state, and local communities.

Since the inception of the Omni awards program in 1999, UNC has received 11 awards in the 10 year time period. The OMNI Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Re-search Fellowship Program (OMNI Fellowship) was es-tablished for the purpose of promoting and supporting prospective research by postdoctoral students and resi-dents in pediatric dentistry. The OMNI Fellowships are possible through the generous support of OMNI Oral Pharmaceuticals. Up to three (3) pediatric dentistry post-doctoral students/residents are selected each year to re-ceive a yearlong research fellowship. The Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children Committee on Scientific Affairs selects the recipients on a competitive basis from eligible

submissions. Previous winners include: Rocio Quinonez (2000), mentor Mar-tha Ann Keels (1990); Jessica Lee (2002), mentor Bill Vann (1976); Kate Pierce (2002),

mentor Bill Vann (1976) and Gary Rozier; Matt Savage (2004), mentor Jessica Lee (2002); Marianne Sheroan (2003), mentor Diane Dilley; Michael Rossitch (2004), mentor Rocio Quinonez (2000); Elizabeth Shick (2005), mentor Jessica Lee (2002); Halley White (2006), mentor Jessica Lee (2002); Julia Molina (2008), mentor Bill Vann (1976); Ray Tseng (3rd year resident), mentor Tim Wright; and Stephanie Blumenshine (2nd year resident), mentor Bill Vann (1976).

UNC Wins the AAPD Omni For the 10th year!

String of Postdoctoral Research Awards Continues

Stephanie’s findings will have major public policy implications for the oral health of U.S. children.

Antonio Braithwaite (2008) was named a finalist for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s 2008 Graduate Student Research Award. His research project, “Nutritional Counseling Practices: How Do North Caro-lina Pediatric Dentists Weigh In” was accepted for publi-cation by Pediatric Dentistry. Antonio also successfully defended his MPH thesis. Rhonda Kearney (2008) suc-cessfully defended her MS thesis. Rhonda was also the recipient of the prestigious Leverett Award for Research in Public Health Dentistry. Julie Molina (2008) suc-cessfully defended her MS thesis. Julie was also named as a finalist for the American Academy of Pediatric Den-tistry’s 2008 Graduate Student Research Award. In addi-tion, Julie was the recipient of an Elise and Baxter Sapp Fellowship, the 2007 Spurgeon Graduate Student Table

Clinic Award and the 2008 Research in Review Day Oral Presentation Award. Finally, Julie’s research “Root Fractures in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Con-siderations and Recommendations”, has been accepted for publication by the journal Dental Traumatology. Jonelle Grant (2009) was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Residents’ Committee. Jonelle was also the recipient of a 2008 Center for Global Health Initiatives Fellowship and the John and Sallie Shuping Russell Scholarship in Global Health. Elizabeth Prada (2009) was a recipient of a Certifi-cate of Appreciation from “Nuestros Ahijados” Medical/Dental Charity in Guatemala. Ray Tseng (2010) com-

(See Student Awards, page 16)

Department of Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Student Awards 2007

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Although this is only the second year of our expanded class of four incoming residents, we have continued the long standing tradition of having a group of outstanding individuals for the Class of 2011. Our four new residents are: Shannitta Bridgers (DDS 2008), Bob Cherry (DDS 2008), Jina Kang and Bien Lai. Shannitta was born in Greenville, North Carolina and received both her under-graduate and dental degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Shannitta comes to us with an extensive list of leadership and volunteer experiences, along with a record of award winning research activities and strong academic achieve-ments. Bob was born in Wil-mington, North Carolina and received his BA and dental degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bob has conducted research with members of our

department and was a volunteer at the Student Health Ac-tion Coalition, along with many other community and vol-unteer activities. Jina was born in South Korea and received her BA from Furman University in South Carolina. She attended the Medical University of South Carolina and received her

DMD in 2008. Jina’s academic achievements have been recog-nized both at Furman Univer-sity and MUSC. She has taken part in multiple international mission trips and speaks four different languages. Bien was born in Hong Kong and received her dental degree from the National Uni-versity of Singapore. While in dental school Bien was the re-cipient of many honors and awards for both her academic

and research accomplishments. Since receiving her de-gree, Bien has been practicing as a Dental Officer in the School Dental Health Service in Singapore.

Welcome To The Class Of 2011

Bien Lai is from Hong Kong and studied dentistry at the National University of Singapore.

Jina Kan is from Columbia, SC. She studied dentistry at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Bob Cherry is from Wilmington, NC and studied dentistry at the University of North Carolina.

Shannitta Bridgers is from Hobgood, NC and studied dentistry at the University of North Carolina.

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First-year residents Stephanie Blumenshine (2010), Kimon Di-varis (2011), Liz Miller (2010) and Jay Shahangian (2010) became the fourth group of Congleton Advo-cacy/Leadership Trainees during the recent AAPD Annual Session in Washington, DC. They attended the AAPD Board of Trustee Meet-ing prior to the meeting, shadowing Scott Cashion (1997) of Greens-boro, who joins the AAPD Board of Directors this year for a three-year term. The Fellows also participated in the Academy’s Lobby Day, along with fellow residents Jonelle Grant (2009) and Liz Prada (2009). Lobby Day participants included NCAPD members Scott Cashion (1997) of Greensboro, Scott Goodman of Charlotte, Jessica Lee (2002) of Chapel Hill, Jasper Lewis (1973) of Greenville, David Moore (DDS 1986) of Charlotte and Joy Ware of High Point. The NC delegation visited Congressmen Butterfield, Coble, Hayes, Price and Senators Burr and Doyle. The Congleton Fellows capped-off their externship by shadow-

ing Council and Committee activities at the AAPD Annual Session under Jessica’s leadership. Thanks to all alumni and Friends who served as mentors this year to help make the Congleton Fellowship Program ’08 such a big success.

Congleton Fellows Serve as Leaders-in-Training

Pictured above from left to right, first row: Joy Ware, Jay Shahangian, Scott Cashion, Liz Miller. Second row: Jonelle Grant, Scott Goodman, David Moore, Jessica Lee, Stephanie Blumenshine and Liz Prada. Top row: Kimon Divaris

The “Grip-it and Rip-It” golf event will happen this year on Saturday, October 4. This past year was a bummer for the event. Unfortunately com-plicated schedules and assorted other problems led to suspension of the event last fall. This was certainly a sad situation for pediatric dentistry in North Carolina. We hope this year’s event will make us forget about the sadness of the past. This year we are expecting to improve the purse (we are negotiating with some potential sponsors) and we are looking toward a large turnout of those seeking the honor of being called a Champion of the “Grip-it and Rip-It.” A partial listing of previous champions illustrates just how prestigious this event has become.

Some of the Previous Champions Mark Meyer, John Christensen, Evan Long, Dennis Clements

Tom Bouwens, Bryan Cobb, Ron Venezie, Tom McIver Alan Babigan, Scott Goodman, Gary Dilley, Lorne Koroluk

Bring yourself, co-worker, office staff, friends, significant other or pet to participate in this fun event. A “Captain’s Choice” format is used that allows golfers at all levels to enjoy playing a competitive round. See you there!

Golf Event to Happen

Return of the “GRIP-IT & RIP-IT”

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Saying goodbye is never easy but that is what we had to do for our graduating residents at this year’s An-nual Residents’ Appreciation Banquet. In addition to honoring the achievements of all of our current resi-dents, this Banquet is our opportunity to say farewell to our graduating residents, Antonio Braithwaite, Rhonda Kearney and Julie Molina. Residents, par-ents, spouses, faculty, staff and special guests gathered at the Kenan Center for this celebration.

Residents’ Appreciation Banquet

Graduating residents present their gift to the Department.

Julie Molina’s family came to honor her.

Four generations of his family came from points north to participate in honoring Antonio Braithwaite.

And Sarah Howard arranged it all.

Rhonda Kearney’s family turned out to celebrate the occasion.

Jack Menius and John Christensen hardly ever miss a soirée of this magnitude.

Sonny Long and daughter Marshall (3rd year dental student) join the celebration.

Receive all praises thine.

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Despite our busy schedules, the 2007-08 residents have managed to make an impact around the country and world. In the past year, we have traveled to Mexico, Moldova and Guatemala to expand our language repertoire and provide dental treatment for the underserved. At the AAPD meeting in Washington, DC, we lobbied on Capitol Hill to expand Federal funding for Title VII and improve the state of dental education. Domestically, we’ve earned a reputation for our stellar representation among the brightest and best resident researchers. Enjoy our photos!

NCAPD Dinner in Washington, DC. Pictured from Left to right: Rhonda Kearney, Kimon Divaris, Antonio Braithwaite, Julie Molina, Liz Miller, Jim Congleton and Stephanie Blumenshine.

Graduate Student Research Award Finalists. Julie Molina and Antonio Braithwaite.

AAPD Lobby Day in Washington, DC. Pictured from left to right: Stephanie Blumenshine, Kimon Divaris, Liz Miller, Jossein Shahangian, Jonelle Grant and Liz Prada.

Second from right: Jonelle Grant doing dental volunteer work in Chisinau, Moldova.

Ray Tseng and Julie Molina visiting the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum while attending the AAPD meeting.

Second from right: Liz Prada doing dental volunteer work in Guatemala with Asociación Nuestros Ahijados.

Resident’s Corner

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We are proud indeed of Nick O’Daniel, dental assistant in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Nick was one of five recipients of the School of Dentistry’s Staff Employee Excellence Awards. The Awards Committee that determines this honor considers teamwork, creativity/innovation, customer service, positive attitude, productivity and flexibility. Nick is an example of the quality and value of our pediatric dentistry team. Congratulations!

Nick O’Daniel Receives Award

This is the Holiday Card that is being made available to all who wish to purchase them. The card will make a very nice greeting card for your patients and their families. Profits from the sale of the cards will be used for the “UNC Children’s Dental Treatment Fund.” This fund provides financial assistance to chil-dren that are financially disadvantaged but are not eligible for public assistance and do not have dental in-surance.

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$10,000 plus H. Franklin Brooks Jim Congleton III Sonny Long Mike & Sandra Roberts $3,000 plus Bill Chambers John Christensen Bryan Cobb Bobby Elliott Kim Jones Ed Miller Kate Pierce $2,000 plus Jim Brittain Richard Brooks Phil Caldwell Scott Cashion Stephanie Chen Larry Dempsey Scott Goodman Gene Howden Bob Kelly Evan Long Chuck Mauney Robert Moran Jim Stone Bill Vann

1,000 plus Angie Baechtold Jim Bawden Roslyn Crisp Amy Cummings Julie Dimock Adam Weinberg Mike Hasty Perry Jeffries Johnny Johnson Martha Ann Keels David Moore Oaks Development Group OMNI Preventive Care Gail Rohlfing Marianne Sheroan Toleo Foundation Penn Waldron Tim Wright $500 plus Teg Brickhouse Krissy Coffield Diane Dilley Gary Dilley Eric Everett Ron Hsu John Iwasaki LaRee Johnson Ted Oldenburg

David Olson Polly Paton Tom Pribisco Siggy Saemundsson Grace Savage Matt Savage UNC-MCH Leadership Consortium $250 plus Mike Blankenship Lenise Clifton Frank Courts Jim Ervin Lorne Koroluk Lake Jeanette Ortho & Pediatric Dentistry Meg Lochary Angela Flynn-McIver Tom McIver Glenda Osborne $250 plus Colin Osborne Phil Parker Steve Pretzer Michael Walker

$100 plus Jerry Butler Carousel Dentistry Curtis Dailey Craig Elice Henry Fields Anne Fields Martha Hardaway Dan Howell John Lasater Elizabeth Miller Angie Rardin Other gifts Suzanne Allen David Beebe Elizabeth Shick Beebe Emerson Crawford Kay Crawford Sally Engler Ben McIver Rocio Quinoñez Caroline Stroupe

Your gifts to the UNC-CH Department of Pediatric Dentistry’s development funds are acknowledged below and include only those received and credited by the Dental Foundation of North Carolina in the calendar year of 2007. We express our most sincere “thank you” for your continued generosity. Your gifts support our residents’ training, improve our graduate student library, acquire new technology and provide additional opportunities to enrich the resi-dents’ educational experience. State and university support continues to dwindle and loss of the MCH grant has made your support ever more critical. Gifts received are invested and the interest from the funds is used to meet our graduate program needs described throughout this Newsletter. Your commitment to improve the program is not lost on our residents, and it continues to cement the bonds among our past, present and future alumni and friends.

Generosity of Alumni and Friends

pleted his year long Fellowship as a 2007-2008 recipient of an American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s OMNI Research Award. Stephanie Blumenshine (2010), was the recipient of a 2008-2009 American Academy of Pedi-atric Dentistry’s OMNI Research Fellowship Award. In addition, Stephanie, had her manuscript entitled “Children’s School Performance: Impact of General and Oral Health” published in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. Kimon Divaris (PhD and Certificate 2011) served as the Collator/Rapporteur in the 2007 Global Con-gress on Dental Education’s Working Group on dental

student/academic affairs. In addition, Kimon had two manuscripts published in the European Journal of Dental Education. In 2007 his manuscript “An investigation of computer literacy and attitudes among Greek post-graduate dental students” was published, followed in 2008 by “The academic environment: the student’s perspec-tive.” Elizabeth Miller (2010) had her manuscript “The Use of Fluoride Varnish in Children: A Critical Review with Treatment Recommendations” published in Clinical Pediatric Dentistry.”

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Journal Articles Blumenshine S, Vann WF Jr., Gizlice Z, Lee JY. Chil-dren’s school performance: impact of General and Oral Health. J Pub Health Dent 2008;6(2): 82-87. Boushell, L., Kaku, M., Mochida, Y., Bagnell, R., and Yamauchi, M. (2008) Immunohistochemical localization of matrixmetalloproteinase-2 in human coronal dentin. Archives of Oral Biology 53:109-16. Brooks JK, Bare LC, Davidson J, Taylor LS, Wright JT. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa associated with hypoplas-tic enamel and pervasive failure of tooth eruption: Oral rehabilitation with use of an overdenture. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod.2008 Apr;105(4):e24-8. Gong DA, Lee JY, Rozier RG, Talekar BS, Richman JA and Vann WF Jr. Development of the test of functional health literacy in dentistry (TOFHLiD). J Pub Health Dent 2007; 67:129-35. Hu JC, Hu Y, Smith CE, McKee MD, Wright JT, Yama-koshi Y, Papagerakis P, Hunter GK, Feng JQ, Yamakoshi F, Simmer JP. Enamel defects and ameloblast-specific expression in enam knock-out/lacz knock-in mice. J Biol Chem. 2008 Apr 18;283(16):10858-71. Im JL, Phillips C, Lee JY, Beane R, The North Carolina Medicaid Program: participation and perceptions among practicing orthodontists. Amer Jour of Ortho 2007;132(2):15-21 Liu J, DeNofrio J, Yuan W, Wang Z and Parise LV: Ge-netic manipulation of megakaryocytes to study platelet function. Current Topics Develop Biol. 2008;80:311-35. Li Y, Suggs C, Wright JT, Yuan ZA, Aragon M, Fong H, Simmons D, Daly B, Golub EE, Harrison G, Kulkarni AB, Gibson CW. Partial rescue of the amelogenin null dental enamel phenotype. J Biol Chem. 2008 ;283(22):15056-62. McIntyre J, Lee JY, Trope M, Vann WF Jr. Effective-ness of education for elementary school staff. Dental Traumatology. 2008; 24: 146–150.

McIntyre J, Lee JY, Trope M, Vann WF Jr. Elementary school staff knowledge about the emergency management of traumatic dental injuries in North Carolina. Dental Traumatology. 2008;24:289-298. McIntyre J, Lee JY, Trope M, Vann WF Jr. Manage-ment of avulsed permanent incisors: an update. Pediatr Dent 2007;25:56-63. Quiñonez RB, Pahel BT, Rozier RG, Stearns SC. Follow-up preventive dental visits for medicaid-enrolled chil dren in the medical office. J Public Health Dent. 2007 Dec 19. [Epub] Richman JA, Lee JY, Rozier RG, Gong DA, Talekar BS and Vann WF Jr. Evaluation of a dental health literacy reading recognition instrument: the REALD-99. J Pub Health Dent 2007; 67:136-44. Roberts MW. Dental health of children: where we are today and remaining challenges. J Clin Pediatr Dent 2008;32:231-234. Wang Z, Heffernan M, Vann WF Jr. Management of a complicated crown-root fracture in a young permanent incisor using intentional replantation. Dent Traumatol 2008; 24:100-3. White H, Lee JY, Rozier RG. The effects if general anes-thesia legislation on operating room visits for dental treat-ment by preschool aged children. Pediatr Dent 2008;38(1):500-05. Wright JT, Hong SP, Simmons D, Daly B, Uebelhart D, Luder HU. DLX3 c.561_562delCT mutation causes at-tenuated phenotype of tricho-dento-osseous syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Feb 1;146(3):343-9. Yan D, Gurumurthy A, Wright M, Pfeiler TW, Loboa, EG, and Everett ET. Genetic background influences fluo-ride’s effects on osteoclastogenesis. Bone 2007 41(6):1036-44.

UNC Department of Pediatric Dentistry Publications

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Abstracts Atsawasuwan, P., Mochida, Y., and Yamauchi, M. “Lysyl oxidase regulates collagen quality and quantity in MC3T3-E1 cell culture system.” 29th ASBMR., #1809, Sept 2007. Beebe D, Koroluk LD, Phillips C. Pretreatment expecta-tions and post treatment perceptions of adolescent ortho-dontic patients. J Dent Res 2008 87 (Spec Iss A):0337). Braithwaite AS, Vann WF Jr., Switzer B, Boyd K, Lee

JY. Nutritional cunseling practices: How do NC pediatric dentists weigh In? Pediatr Dent 2008; 30:169. Capps BE, Maile L, Aday A, Everett ET, Clemmons D. MMP-2 regulation of osteoclast formation. J Dent Res 2008,87(Spec Iss A):998 Carvalo JG, Leite ADL, Yan D, Everett ET, Whitford GM, Buzalaf MAAR. Influence of genetic background on fluoride metabolism in mice. J Dent Res 2008,87 Spec Issue B:1637. Everett ET, Yan D, Weaver M, Liu L, Foroud T. Detec-tion of dental fluorosis associated QTL on mouse chromo-somes 2 and 11. Gordon Conference: Bones,& Teeth, July 15-20, 2007 University of New England, Biddeford, ME. Everett ET, Yan D, Weaver M, Liu L, Foroud T. Detec-tion of dental fluorosis associated QTL on mouse chromo-somes 2 and 11. 9th International Conference on the Chemistry & Biology of Mineralized Tissues Nov 4-8, 2007 The Lakeway Inn, Austin TX. Govil M, Torain MA, Marazita ML, Hart TC, Simmons D, Wright JT. Quantification of TDO associated phenotypes and DLX3 c.571-574delGGGG mutation. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Issue A:0555). Hu JC-C, Hu YY, Smith CE, McKee MD, Wright JT, Yamakoshi Y, Papagerakis P, Oldak JM, Feng JQ, Yama-koshi F, Simmer JP. Enamel defects in enamelin knock-out/LacZ knockin mice. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Is-sue:1537.

Kamiya N, Ye L, Kobayashi T, Mochida Y, Yamauchi M, Kronenberg H, Feng J, Mishina Y. "BMP Signaling in osteoblasts negatively regulates canonical Wnt signaling to reduce bone mass during embryonic bone development" 29th ASBMR., #M270, Sept 2007. McKnight, DA, Hart PS, Hart TC, Hartsfield JK, Wilson A, Wright JT, Fisher LW. Frameshift mutations in DSPP repeat domain cause DGI and DD. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Issue B (Abst 3552). Molina JR, Vann WF Jr., McIntyre JD, Trope M, Lee JY. Clinical and diagnostic considerations for managing root fractures in children. Pediatr Dent 2008; 30:171. Pan J, Wright JT, Everett ET, Moore C, Teixeira F, Wang Z. Exploring stem cells from clinically compro-mised dental pulp, J Dent Res 2008,87(Spec Iss A):1273. Pugach MK, Li Y, Wright JT, Suggs C, Simmons D, Aragon D, Yuan ZA, Kulkarni AB, Gibson CW. Trans-genic mice that express amelogenin lacking the C-terminus. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Issue: 0065. Sukarawan W, Simmons D, Suggs C, Wright JT. Wnt5a Induces Tumorigenic Behaviors of Enamel Epithelium Cell. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Issue B:2763. Tseng R, Wright JT, Beck MA. Increased leptin and de-creased caries in overweight or obese children. J Dent Res 2008, 87 Spec Issue A:0885. Yan D, Gu X-M, Everett ET. Phenotypic variations of fluoride responses between inbred strains of mice. JBMR 2007, vol 22(supplement 1), pS450.

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Yes! I want to make a gift of $_____ to the Dental Foundation of North Carolina to support graduate education in pediatric dentistry at UNC. I prefer to make my gift in payments of $_______ monthly quarterly annually for ____ years.

Please use my gift for the:

Pediatric Graduate Program Endowment Fund (2188) Sandy Marks Fund (2133) Jack Menius Fund (2132) Caldwell/Christensen Fund (4335) Ted Oldenburg Fund (2043) Tom McIver Fund (4373)

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Account #:_____________________________________ Exp. Date:______________ Signature:____________________________________________________________ Additionally, my company or my spouse’s company will match this gift. Enclosed is the

company’s matching gift form. For more information on the Dental Foundation of North Carolina or giving to the UNC School of Dentistry, please call 919-966-2731.

GIFT AND PLEDGE CARD

New address? Name:___________________________ Class Year:________________________ Address: _________________________ City:____________________________ State:________________ Zip:________ E-mail:___________________________

CB# 7450 CHAPEL HILL NC 27599

You can support the future of Pediatric Dentistry in North Carolina and the nation by supporting the different profes-sorships and resident fellowships in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of North Carolina. Dona-tions can be directed to your favorite fund listed on the Pledge Card below. If you are interested in establishing a new fellowship fund and naming it in honor or memory of an individual, your donations can be directed to this named fund through the Dental Foundation of North Carolina, Inc., the UNC School of Dentistry’s nonprofit foundation. Many individuals would like to make major gifts to UNC but cannot commit current assets for this purpose. Through a will you can make a more significant gift than you might have ever thought possible by designating a specific sum, a percentage or the residue of your estate to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. There are many options for providing a bequest that will leave a legacy of support for excellence in Pediatric Dentistry. To learn more about starting a new fel-lowship or making a bequest, please contact Brad Bodager at the Dental Foundation at (919) 966-2731 or brad_bodager@dentistry.unc.edu.

Gifts Support Excellence in Pediatric Dentistry

DENTAL FOUNDATION ESTATE PLANNING LANGUAGE I give, devise and bequeath ________ percent ( __%) of my residuary estate [or, the sum of __________Dollars ($_______)] to The Dental Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. (the "Foundation"), located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the unrestricted needs of the UNC Department of Pediatric Dentistry, or to establish ‘The __________________________________ Fellowship Fund in Pediatric Dentistry.’ The Board of Directors of the Foundation shall treat this bequest as part of its endowment, and the income paid out of the Fund shall provide fellowship funding to the department’s residents."

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