Dr. Gustavo Avila- Ortiz, president of the Iowa Section of AADR; Matt Black (D3); Dr. Kim Brogden, director of the Iowa Institute of Oral Health; and Dr. Satheesh Elangovan, Periodontics. Matt won first place in the Procter & Gamble Predoctoral Award for his research, “The Effect of Peri-Implant Keratinized Mucosa Width on Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Expression.” Co-authors
include Drs. Satheesh Elangovan and Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, Periodontics, who are Matt’s mentors; Dr. Kim Brogden, Periodontics and Iowa Institute of Oral Health; and Dr. Deborah Dawson, director, Biostatistics Unit.

Erica Recker (D1); Dr. Kim Brogden, director of the Iowa Institute of Oral Health and Erica’s mentor; and Dr. Satheesh Elangovan, Department of Periodontics and also Erica’s mentor. Erica won the Max Smith Predoctoral Competition for her research, “Biomarkers of Inflammation around Implants Versus Natural Teeth.” Her co-authors included Dr. Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, Periodontics; Dr. Carol Fischer, post-doctoral research fellow, Iowa Institute of Oral Health; K. Pagan-Rivera; Drs. Kim Brogden, Periodontics and Iowa Institute of Oral Health, and Satheesh Elangovan, Periodontics, who are Erica’s mentors; and Dr. Deborah Dawson, director, Biostatistics Unit.

Dr. Clark Stanford, associate dean for research; Ursula Diehl (D3); and Dr. Paula Weistroffer, Periodontics. Ursula won the Iowa Society of Periodontology Predoctoral Award for her research, “Electronic Assessment of Peri-Implant Mucosal Esthetics Around Three Implant-Abutment-Configurations.” Her co-authors included Dr. Chris Barwacz, Prosthodontics and Iowa Institute of Oral Health, who is Ursula’s mentor; Dr. Clark Stanford, associate dean for research; L.T. Hughes; Dr. Fang Qian, Biostatistics Unit; L.F. Cooper; J.S. Feine, and M.K. McGuire.

Dr. Clark Stanford, associate dean for research; Justin Anderson (D3); and Dr. John Warren, Preventive & Community Dentistry. Justin won first place in the ADA Predoctoral Competition for his research, “Pulpotomy Ratio in Primary Teeth Treated with Stainless Steel Crowns.” Co-authors included Dr. Michael Kanellis, associate dean for patient care and Justin’s mentor, and Dr. Fang Qian, Biostatistics Unit.

Ashley Young, Endodontics Resident, discusses her poster, “Reduction in Bone Density Necessary for the Detection of Periapical Pathosis,” with Ben Jorgensen, Endodontics Resident. Ashley’s co-authors included her mentor, Dr. Anne Williamson, Department of Endodontics; B. Hajdik, and Dr. Fang Qian, Biostatistics Unit.

Matt Black (D3) (left) and Scott Steward-Tharp (D3) discuss Matt’s poster, “The Effect of Peri-Implant Keratinized Mucosa Width on Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Expression.” Co-authors included Drs. Satheesh Elangovan and Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, Periodontics, who are Matt’s mentors; Dr. Kim Brogden, Periodontics and Iowa Institute of Oral Health; and Dr. Deborah Dawson, Biostatistics Unit.

Drs. Kim Brogden, director of Iowa Institute of Oral Health, and Tad Mabry, Pediatric Dentistry, speak with Janette Garcia (D1) about her poster, “Oral Health Behaviors, BMI and Beverage Consumption in Adolescents.” Co-authors included Dr. John Warren, Preventive & Community and Janette’s mentor, and Dr. Teresa Marshall, Barb Broffitt, and Dr. Steve Levy, all Preventive & Community Dentistry.

Margaret Baudino (D2) talks with Justin Anderson (D3) about her poster. Co-authors include Dr. David Lynch, Iowa Institute of Oral Health; Alissa Villhauer, Iowa Institute of Oral Health; and Dr. David Drake, Endodontics and Iowa Institute of Oral Health, who is Margaret’s mentor.