A Publication of the University of North Carolina Dental Alumni Association

Fall 2005 • Volume 22, Number 2

INSIDE:

Tackling the State’s Access to

Care Issuesand the Dental Foundation of

North Carolina’s Dean’s Report on Fiscal Year 2005

PresidentDr. John Matheson DDS Class of 1969Asheville

Vice-PresidentDr. Richard Pence DDS Class of 1971Lincolnton

Secretary-TreasurerDr. G. Bennett Smith DDS Class of 1983Mount Airy

Immediate Past PresidentDr. Ted Roberson DDS Class of 1968Durham

1st District

Dr. Keith DedmondDDS Class of 1975Lincolnton

Dr. Scott EidsonDDS Class of 1978Lenoir

Dr. Brad MorganDDS Class of 1981Canton

2nd District

Dr. John G. BuchananDDS Class of 1983Lexington

Dr. Scott DavenportDDS Class of 1984Charlotte

Dr. Michael A. WebbDDS Class of 1979Charlotte

3rd District

Dr. Bryan CobbDDS Class of 1977 MS Class of 1979Greensboro

Dr. Ralph LeonardDDS Class of 1985Chapel Hill

Dr. Scott Michael VinesDDS Class of 1996Reidsville

4th District

Dr. Stan HardestyDDS Class of 1993Raleigh

Dr. Mark Kozacko MS Class of 2001Raleigh

Dr. Deuce RobersonDDS Class of 1999Henderson

5th District

Dr. Barry BeltonDDS Class of 1985Rocky Mount

Dr. Danny HarrisDDS Class of 1974Ayden

Dr. Mary Lynn KingDDS Class of 2001Wilmington

Ex-Officio

John Williams, DMD, MBADean

Kelly AlmondExecutive Director

Jennie BooneExecutive Secretary

Jonathan WingateSenior Class PresidentDDS Class of 2006

Board of DirectorsUNC DE N TA L ALU M N I AS S O C I AT I O N

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10 School News 2005 Best of Dentistry DinnerDental Alumni Association Welcomes Dean with BarbecueContinuing Education Calendar

15 Student NewsStudent NotesHinman Award Winners

17 Faculty News Faculty NotesResearch Round-UpIn Memoriam

23 Dental Foundation News

29 Alumni News

Contents

DENTALREVIEW

N O R T H C A R O L I N A

The North Carolina Dental Review is publishedtwice annually by the Dental Alumni Associationand the Dental Foundation of North Carolina foralumni and friends of the UNC School ofDentistry.

DeanJohn N. Williams, DMD, MBA

Editor Kelly Almond, BA, UNC ’94Executive Director, Dental Alumni AssociationInterim Executive Director, Dental Foundation of North Carolina

PhotographersRamona Hutton-HoweWill Owens

Cover Art & Graphic DesignAlison Duncan, Duncan Design

We welcome your comments, opinions or questions. Please address correspondence to Kelly Almond at the UNC Dental AlumniAssociation using the address below, or by e-mail at alumni@dentistry.unc.edu.

Dental Alumni AssociationUNC School of DentistryCampus Box 7450Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

We sat down recently withDean John Williams to seehow he’s settling into his newrole and to the Chapel Hill

community. We thankhim for taking the

time to speak with us.

Q: Share a little bit aboutyour background.

I was born in East Tennessee,grew up primarily in theMidwest, and spent a fair amountof time in Kentucky. I came toLexington, Kentucky to attendTransylvania University and grad-uated in 1974. I graduated fromdental school at the University ofLouisville in 1980, was in privatepractice for six years, andinvolved in public health den-tistry. I had an opportunity to dosome part-time teaching at theUniversity of Louisville and a full-time position opened up. Ijoined the faculty in 1986.

Q: What brought you to theprofession of dentistry?

I was interested in a health profession, and I was interestedin the surgical aspects of den-tistry. I considered the possibilityof a research career with a PhD,but I enjoy the richer, deeperinterpersonal relationships in thisprofession.

Q: You went back and gotyour MBA. What led you todo that?

Early on in practice, I realizedthat I didn’t have enough business experience and that ispart of a dental practice. Iapplied and was accepted, and I did the MBA on a part timebasis while I was in practice.

Q: What was your focus as afaculty member at Louisville?Were you primarily teaching,or did you split your timebetween teaching andresearch?

I was in the department ofCommunity Dentistry, which ismuch like Dental Ecology. I hadmy first teaching job, as well as amajor role in addressing dentalworkforce issues. Starting in thelate 1970s early 1980s, there was tremendous concern over thesupply—and now distribution—of dentists within the state. Asthe co-principle investigator on a statewide oral health study, we examined patients across thestate. Not surprisingly, we foundthat there was a tremendous needin the population—not unlikewhat North Carolina is facingnow. But we found that the needfor oral healthcare and thedemand were not the same.

Q: What can UNC-Chapel Hilldo to help tackle the need inthe state?

Well, that’s a huge issue thatrequires a thoughtful, complexanswer, but immediately we needto focus on encouraging individ-uals to distribute themselves oncethey graduate to meet the oralhealth care needs of the state.

Q: Louisville was your almamater and you were thedean there. What wouldcause you to leave yourhome and come here?

I wasn’t particularly looking for a change, so when I was contact-ed by the search committee, Ihad to be convinced that therewere challenges at Carolina that I felt I could help address.

Q: Tell us a little bit aboutyour family:

I have a lovely wife. We’ll bemarried 31 years in December.We have a daughter who is 20and living in Kentucky, and wehave a yellow lab.

Q: What do you like to do inyour free time?

We enjoy outdoor activities:boating, water activities. My wifeenjoys gardening. I do somesinging from time to time. I hopeto get back into it here . . . .

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choral music. I sang in collegeand sang quite a bit at church.

Q: Are you settling into thecommunity?

Chapel Hill is extremely welcom-ing. The people have been verywarm. I very much appreciatethat. The community is verycharming, so we’re settling in.

Q: Walk us through yourplan as you come into theschool for your first three tosix months.

It’s important to listen to a variety of constituencies. I’ve met with a number of the deans,several of our donors and sup-

porters and I want to continue to do that. I am focusing on theadministrative structure and gain-ing a better understanding aboutthe ongoing issues and certainlywill focus on the DDS curricu-lum, education, the researchagenda and the service compo-nent. Carolina is in very goodshape. With declining stateresources, we have to sustain ourbudgets and seek other sources ofsupport in order to continue theexcellence that has been here.There’s a tremendous need tohave contemporary educationand research facilities, but it’sgoing to take some time to puttogether a plan and make thathappen.

Q: What are some firstimpressions that you have ofthe School?

It’s very solid. There are emergingareas—pain, neurosciences, craniofacial genetics, and chronicinflammatory diseases. We needto build structures around theseareas, and invest the resourcesnot only in facilities but also inpeople. An important elementwill be for all of our research programs to be richly integratedwith the rest of the Universitybecause oral health is a manifes-tation of general health.

Q: In terms of your vision forthe future, what do youwant to achieve here?

My commitment is to work diligently with faculty, alumni,students, staff, and the UniversityAdministration to achieve notonly the academic plan of theUniversity, but also really focuson what it means to meet yourpublic mission as a state-support-ed institution. I think this is thenature of Carolina as the firstpublicly-funded University in thecountry.

“We need to focus on encouraging individuals to distribute themselves once they graduate and meet the oral health care needs of the state.”

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Listed among the key components of themission of the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill is this grand

goal: “to improve the condition of human lifethrough service.” The School of Dentistry isitself a testament to the University’s dedicationto that goal, as its founding was prompted bythe demonstrated need of North Carolinians forbetter oral healthcare in the run-up to WorldWar II.

Today, the people of the state are once again calling on the School to help address ademonstrated need: this time, the lack of accessto dental care for many of our citizens. Inresponse, the School is working diligently toachieve its purpose of once again improving thecondition of the lives of North Carolinians.

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To Improvethe Condition of

Human Life

A DENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

The 1970s ushered in an eraof considerable growth in NorthCarolina. School systems, neigh-borhoods and roadways groanedunder the demands of an increas-ing and changing citizenry. Thestate’s health care system likewisefelt the strain as more residentsrequired the services of the area’shospitals, physicians, pharmacistsand dentists.

As the state’s populationboomed, the population of physi-cians boomed along with it. In1979, there were 124 medicaldoctors for every 100,000 NorthCarolina citizens. By 1998, thatnumber had grown to 200.

The same rate of growth wasnot seen among dentists. Forevery 100,000 North Carolinacitizens in 1979, there were 38dentists. Only 40 by 1998—wellbelow the nation’s ratio of 58dentists to 100,000 people.

The stasis of the dental work-force made obtaining access todental care difficult for manyNorth Carolinians living insmaller towns and rural commu-nities. Local media began to document the issue in townnewspapers.

By the mid-1990s, the num-ber of North Carolinians lackingaccess to dental care was suffi-cient to capture the attention of members of the health carecommunity and the Legislature.In 1999, the North CarolinaInstitutes of Medicine (NCIOM)developed the Task Force onDental Care Access to assess thestate of access to dental care inNorth Carolina.

The Task Force findings weregrim. In dentist to populationratio, the state ranked 47th outof 50, and 79 counties in thestate were documented as federal-ly recognized “Health CareShortage Areas.” Many rural

communities had or were losingdentists to retirement and manyof the new graduates who couldreplace them were opting toestablish practices in the state’smore urban communities.

In a report to the NC GeneralAssembly, the NCIOM docu-mented the burgeoning crisis andrecommended immediate actionto increase the number of prac-ticing dentists in the state, as wellas to lure new or incoming den-tists to the state’s rural communi-ties to establish their practices.

The Legislature responded inits 2001 Session, enacting SenateBill 861. In it, among otherthings, the Senate looked to theUniversity of North Carolina tohelp the state solve the access tocare problem. The bill calledupon the University’s Board ofGovernors to study the feasibilityof establishing an additional statedental school versus increasingenrollment in the School of

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Dentistry in Chapel Hill. The study was to include an

analysis of the feasibility of estab-lishing a new school, includingcosts, possible locations for thenew facility, and a proposed time-line for implementation. At thesame time, the study was to assessthe impact a second school wouldhave on access to dental care inNorth Carolina.

MEANWHILE, IN CHAPEL HILL. . .

Before the issue of dental careaccess garnered the attention oflegislators and members of localmedia, the UNC School ofDentistry was aware that the sup-ply of dental care in many areasof the Old North State was notsufficient to meet the need for it.Patients in some remote easternand western counties were travel-ing upwards of an hour one-wayfor dental care. And retiring dentists were struggling to selltheir practices.

School administrators madeefforts large and small to addressthe problem. Obvious issues wereaddressed immediately: no emptyseats were allowed in DDS classes. If attrition occurred, seats were promptly refilled withqualified transfer students.

More ambitious programswere also instituted. Dental students had long been sent on rotations in the state’s ruralcommunities and to communityhealth centers to provide care tothe underserved. In a short time,Carolina’s became one of themost active dental rotation programs in the country.

The School also teamed withthe federal government’s Bureauof Primary Health Care to directfinancial incentives to graduatingstudents who would practice inthe federally designated Health

Care Shortage Areas. At the same time, the School

expanded the capacity of its den-tal hygiene program by 20% andworked with the North CarolinaCommunity College system toseek funding for a distance edu-cation program, allowing UNC’sresources to train hygienistsaround the state.

Other measures had beentaken to ensure that the Schoolremained abreast of the issue andinvolved in its solution: thendean, Dr. John Stamm, served onthe 1999 NCIOM Task Force onDental Care Access and also pre-sented a proposal to ChancellorJames Moeser to consider a long-range plan to increase DDSenrollment at the School to helpaddress the growing dental work-force shortage.

FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

In response to Senate Bill 861,UNC’s Board of Governors hireda panel of out-of-state consult-ants, all of them dentists, to con-duct the required feasibility studyfor establishing a second schoolof dentistry in North Carolina.

The team offered their find-ings in a June 2002 report, not-ing in their introduction: “We areconvinced that North Carolinahas a serious dental care accessproblem for lower income popu-lations, and especially those livingin rural areas.”

The study reviewed a numberof options aimed at increasingaccess to care for lower incomeand rural populations, foremostamong them establishing a sec-ond school of dentistry in NorthCarolina or, as an alternative,increasing the size of dental classes at UNC.

During their study, the panelnoted the following findings asoutlined in their report:

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Classes of 1997–2001444 Total DDS graduates

317 in-state (71%)

125 out-of-state or international (plus 2 in service) (29%)

1997–2001 DDS Graduates in North Carolina working in areaswith population under 20,000 (88)

AdvanceClemmonsPfafftownYadkinvilleBear CreekLexingtonMebaneReidsvilleSummerfieldTrinityBahamaHendersonHolly SpringsMorrisvilleOxfordWarrentonYoungsvilleZebulonChocowinityConwayRoanoke RapidsWashingtonBuxtonLincolntonStanleyRockinghamSt. Paul’sLelandSouthportWhitevilleBeaufortLaGrange

Blowing RockBooneClaremontConoverElkinGranite FallsMaidenMillers CreekMorgantonNewtonNorth WilkesboroBlack MountainFranklinPisgah ForestHayesvilleMurphyGraham (2)Jamestown (2)Kernersville (2)Nags Head (3)Belmont (2)Cornelius (2)Davidson (2)Oakboro (2)Shelby (2)Kenansville (2)Laurinburg (2)Winterville (2)Flat Rock (2)Mooresville (7)Wake Forest (6)

AsheboroSanfordWilsonKannapolisKinstonNew BernStatesvilleHendersonville

Between 20,000 –50,000 population (64)

Rocky MountHigh Point (2)Greenville (2)Gastonia (2)Concord (3)

Winston-Salem (13)Greensboro (13)Raleigh (40)

Durham (19)Charlotte (30)Fayetteville (7)

100,000-plus population (122)

48% of 1997–2001 DDS graduates areworking in areas with a populationunder 50,000.

52% of DDS graduates are working inareas with a population greater than50,000.

Matthews (2)Goldsboro (2)Carrboro/Chapel Hill (25)Apex (10)Salisbury (5)Huntersville (5)Pinehurst/Southern Pines (5)Hickory (2)

Cary (7)Asheville/Arden (6)Wilmington/WrightsvilleBeach (20)

50,000 –100,000 population (43)

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■ Each year, nearly 250North Carolina residents apply tothe DDS program at the UNCSchool of Dentistry. Currently,each DDS class at UNC is madeup of 80% in-state residents (or approximately 65 of the 81students in each class). The panelists’ considered it “unlikely”that many of the remaining NCapplicants qualified for accept-ance to a dental program, causinga second state school to recruit alarge percentage of out-of-statestudents.

■ Due to the national short-age of qualified, full-time dentalfaculty, it would be appreciablymore difficult to attract faculty to

a new school than to an estab-lished one.

■ In the panelists view, “theimpact that (a second school ofdentistry’s) graduates will have on providing care to underservedpopulations is likely to be limit-ed. While UNC reports that85% of its graduates (73% of itsDDS and post-DDS graduates)remain in the state, these figuresmay not hold for a school that is expected to have a higher percentage of non-resident students.”

“After careful review,” thestudy concluded, “A (second)School of Dentistry should notbe established at this time.”

Instead, the panel recommendedthe Legislature increase the number of dental students atUNC Chapel Hill.

RESPONDING TO THECALL

In the three years since thefeasibility study, School ofDentistry administrators haveworked to craft a response to theLegislature that will help solvethe state’s access to care woeswithout flooding the dentalworkforce.

“No one wants NorthCarolina to go from 47th out of50 states in dentist to populationratio to top-ten,” says associatedean for administration andplanning, Dr. Ken May. “We feelif we can work our way to themiddle, say the mid-to-low 20’s,we’ll be meeting a critical need ofNorth Carolinians while keepingthe profession healthy.”

What will the School’sresponse look like? In a word:construction. At least for theshort term.

Currently, UNC’s facilities area limiting factor to increasingenrollment. No lab or classroomin any of the School’s five build-ings allows for more than 81 stu-dents at one time. The Schoolincreased enrollment to 81 in thefall of 2003, but can do no moreuntil a new building is built toallow for more bodies—200more bodies to be exact.

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Patients in some remote eastern and western counties were traveling upwards of an hour for dental care.

And retiring dentists were struggling to sell their practices.

increase annual DDS enrollmentfrom 81 to 130, meaning 200more DDS students attendingthe School at one time.

Why 130? There are three primary reasons. First, the num-ber is based on North Carolina’sprojected growth over the next25 years. According to an articleprinted in the Raleigh News &Observer in April 2005, the US Census Bureau sees NorthCarolina as the seventh mostpopulated state by 2030, with an estimated population of 12.2million—a staggering 51.9%increase over the year 2000’s statistics. In the process, NorthCarolina is expected to pass New Jersey, Michigan, Georgiaand Ohio in total population.

Second, according to a studyconducted by the AmericanDental Association, the most

efficient, cost-effective number ofdental students to educate at onetime in one place is 140 per class.An enrollment of 130 new dentalstudents per year brings UNCmuch closer to that number thanwould its current or smallerenrollments.

And finally, the additional 50students represents the number asecond school of dentistry wouldlikely graduate in a class year.

To be sure, UNC School ofDentistry administrators took adeep breath at the thought ofmore construction. Only a fewshort years from the completionof Tarrson Hall, the expectationwas at least a decade’s respitefrom hard hats and hammers.

Indeed, the University hadidentified the corner of SouthColumbia and Manning Streetsas the site of a future Dental

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“Our goal is to be useful to the people

of North Carolina. Itwas for this purposewe were founded.”

DEAN JOHN WILLIAMS

Sciences Building some yearsbefore, but work was not planneduntil some time in the secondphase of construction of UNC’scampus master plan. In otherwords—a good 10 years.

Instead, the respite was cut inhalf as preliminary planningbegan in late 2002 to identifywhat specific facilities would beneeded to meet the School’s legislative mandate. In 2004 the University and the Schoolidentified $500,000 to beginarchitectural drawings for thenew Dental Sciences Building.

Today, after review by thecampus facilities and planningboard, the Dental SciencesBuilding will be larger than originally foreseen. Projected tocost roughly $100 million, thefacility will include the expectedlaboratories, classrooms and auditoriums to accommodate theincreased enrollment, but willalso replace the School’s researchfacilities currently housed in theDental Research Center (DRC).

Determined by UNC’s facili-ties consultant group, Eva Klein& Associates, to be the poorestquality construction on campus,UNC administrators determinedit would cost less to raze andrebuild the DRC and its neigh-bor, the Dental Office Building,than to renovate them with thefunding set aside for them

through the Higher EducationBond Referendum.

Rather than construct threedistinct buildings, campus officials determined the threebuildings could best be combinedinto one larger complex thatwould allow for state-of-the-art,environmentally responsibleresearch space, as well as the facil-ities required for the increased enrollment.

The University is now work-ing with the Legislature to securethe funding necessary to con-struct the building. Some fund-ing will come from the highereducation bonds, as they wereintended for use in the renova-tion of the DRC and the DentalOffice Building. Private funds,including a pledge of $2 millionfrom an anonymous donor, willalso be used. But the majority of the funding is expected tocome in the form of state appropriations.

At the same time, Schooladministrators have begun work-ing with UNC’s Area HealthEducation Centers (AHEC)administrators to expand anorganized community-based dental education program thatwill export DDS students to proposed sites in rural easternand western NC counties to provide dental care as part of theDDS curriculum.

Despite their efforts, Schooladministrators concede there areno quick fixes to North Carolina’saccess to care issue. Neither theDental Sciences Building con-struction nor a new community-based component of the DDScurriculum can be implementedtomorrow.

Still, there is hope that thecommunity-based curriculumcomponent will be in place in afew years, helping provide imme-diate relief to those in the state’s

neediest areas. And, assumingthe Legislature approves fundingfor construction, the Schoolhopes to graduate its firstexpanded DDS class in eight to10 years.

“Our goal,” says Dr. JohnWilliams, dean at the UNCSchool of Dentistry, “is to be useful to the people of NorthCarolina. It was for this purposewe were founded and in respond-ing to the Legislature’s call tohelp combat this critical issue weonly build upon that legacy.”

“We must respond to the peo-ple’s investment in us by continu-ing to provide them with thequality dental professionals wehave been known to graduate. Itis also our duty to provide themwith enough dentists to meettheir needs. We take that respon-sibility seriously and will endeav-or to do it as well and as rapidlyas possible.” ■

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SOURCES:

Feasibility Study: School of Dentistry at East Carolina UniversityJune 3, 2002by Consultant PanelHoward Bailit, DMD, PhDWilliam Kotowicz, DDS, MSDavid Myers, DDS, MS

Memo to UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor James C. Moeser, PhDMarch 13, 2001by John W. Stamm, DDS

Raleigh News & Observer on US Census Bureau NC statisticsApril 21, 2005

North Carolina Institutes of MedicineTask Force on Dental Care AccessReport to the NC General Assembly and to theSecretary of the NC Department of Health andHuman Services2001 & 2003 Updates

US Census Bureau, North Carolina Quick Facts

Increase Overall Supply of Dentists and Hygienists in North Carolina:Focus on Dental Professionals to Practice in Underserved Areas and to Treat Underserved PopulationsA Report to the North Carolina Oral Health SummitApril 2005

The 2005 Best of DentistryDinner was celebrated by friendsand alumni of the UNC School ofDentistry on Friday, April 15th.Set in the beautiful Old WellRoom of the Carolina Inn, thenight featured honors for the recip-ients of awards presented by theUNC Dental Alumni Associationand Dental Foundation of NorthCarolina. Guests were treated to a

talk by Dr. Christopher Armitage,UNC Distinguished Professor ofEnglish, and a few surprises alongthe way.

The night's Dental AlumniAssociation awardees included Dr. Charles Willis, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award;Dr. John Stamm, recipient of theJohn Brauer Award; and Dr. KarlLeinfelder, recipient of an honorary lifetime membership.

The Dental Foundation recognized the student recipient of the Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr.Citizenship and Leadership Award:Robert Curtis Sanborn, Class of2005; and the Dr. Henry Zaytoun,Sr. Award: Mari Hull, also Class of2005. The Foundation's highesthonor, the Distinguished ServiceAward, was conferred upon CarolStamm and Linda Tarrson in a surprise presentation. ■

The 2005 Best ofDentistry Dinner

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The Dental AlumniAssociation welcomed DeanJohn Williams to the School

by sponsoring a barbecueluncheon for faculty and

staff on June 14, 2005.

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July 11, 2005

Dr. Ed SwiftChair, Department of Operative DentistryUNC School of DentistryCB #7450Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450

Dear Dr. Swift:

On behalf of the NC State Board of Dental Examiners, I would like to take thisopportunity to thank you and your colleagues for a job well done. DeputyExaminers and Board members agree that the work done on the clinical operativeportion of the recent Dental Board Examination was among the best seen inrecent memory. Now that the post-exam analysis is complete, we know that UNCstudents were well prepared, selected good cases, and exhibited the skills necessaryto serve them well in the practice of dentistry.

The faculty involved in bringing this class to this level of performance should takejustifiable pride in a job well done. Work of the caliber we saw does not occurunless students are guided by a committed faculty dedicated to their success andskilled in the fine art and science of dentistry. As a Board, and on behalf of thecitizens of North Carolina, we look forward to welcoming members of the UNCDental School Class of 2005 into the dental profession. If they continue to do aswell in private practice as they did on this exam, we know they will remain asource of pride for UNC and will uphold the fine ideals of the practice of dentistry in this state.

Congratulations!

Sincerely,

Dr. Benjamin BrownPresident, North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners

School Congratulated for Clinical Excellence

■ OCTOBER 2005

October 7 Dr. MOM® featuring Marianne Neifert, MD

October 14 Treatment and Management of Sleep Disorders

October 21 Legal Issues or HIPAA Update with Patrice Walker

October 28 Annual Straumann Lecture featuring Dr. Danny Buser

Oct. 31 – Nov. 4 Orthodontic Mini Residency

■ NOVEMBER 2005

November 4 OSHA, TB, Bloodborne Pathogens & Infection Control: Annual Update

November 4 Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

November 9 Contemporary Restorative Dentistry: A Day with Dr. Frank Spear

November 11 Provisional Restoration Fabrication Workshop

November 18 51st Annual Dental Seminar Day: Private Practice Pearls with Dr. Mark Hyman, et al.

■ DECEMBER 2005

December 2 Prosthodontics

December 9 Clinical Management of TMD with Dr. Jeff Okenson

UNC FOOTBALL HOME SCHEDULE

Sept. 17 Wisconsin

Oct. 1 Utah

Oct. 22 Virginia

Nov. 5 Boston College

Nov. 12 Maryland

Nov. 19 Duke

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For Additional CE Course Information Please Contact:Continuing Dental EducationUNC School of Dentistry, CB 7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450Phone: (919) 966-2729, Fax: (919) 966-8954 Email: cde@dentistry.unc.edu

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The School of Dentistryboasts four North CarolinaSchweitzer Fellows for 2005-2006:

Christopher Durham, DDS Class of 2007, willconduct an oral hygieneeducation program for teens in Vance, Durham and Guilford counties.

Brandi Jackson, DDS Class of 2006, will performan oral health education program for new mothers in Orange County.

Jin Yi Kwon and NozomuYamauchi, both DDS Class of 2007, will provideoral hygiene education andfluoride applications for residents of a nursing homein Chapel Hill.

The Schweitzer FellowsProgram supports studentsin health professions andrelated fields in carrying outdirect service projects inunderserved communities inthe United States. To date,more than 1,000 Fellowshave contributed over200,000 hours of service at hundreds of domesticcommunity agencies.

Kattie M. Boles, BSDH Class of 2006, and Jason Pollei andDarice Witherspoon, both DDS Class of 2006, were awarded2005 Hinman Scholarships at the 93rd Hinman Dental Meetingin Atlanta in March 2005. Hinman Scholars are selected by thedean and must be junior student members of the AmericanDental Association as well as in the top 10 percent of their class.

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UNC had a strong showing atthe 2005 American andInternational Associations ofDental Research meeting held in March, 2005 in Baltimore,Maryland. In addition to winning the National StudentResearch Group awards for “most new AADR members” and“greatest percentage of dentalschool AADR members in 2004,the following students won individual awards for theirresearch endeavors:

Julia Richman, DDS Class of2006, won the IADR behavioralscience section Best PosterAbstract Award and was a finalistfor the AADR Pfizer HattonAward in the junior category forher poster: “Evaluation of OralHealth Literacy ReadingRecognition Instrument.”

Juanli Guo, an Oral BiologyPhD student, was an AADRPfizer Hatton Award finalist forher work: “Influence of Lrp5 signaling in Osteoblastic CellCulture Mineralization.”

Jason Gladwell, DDS Class of2005, won the AADR NationalStudent Research GroupCaulk/Dentsply competition inthe clinical science category forhis poster: “RemineralizationPotential for Whitening Gels.”

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Stephanie Manning, DDS Class of 2007, was selected bythe American Student MedicalAssociation (AMSA) to partici-pate in their 2005Primary CareLeadership TrainingProgram held in Julyat the University ofTexas HealthScience Center.

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The American Academy ofPeriodontology Foundationrecently awarded a $15,000Abram and Sylvia ChasensTeaching and ResearchFellowship to Yiorgos A.Bobetsis, DDS. Bobetsis is completing his PeriodontologyCertificate and Oral Biology PhD training in the School’sDepartment of Periodontologywhere he will graduate inDecember 2005. Dr. Bobetsisintends to become full-time faculty in a Department ofPeriodontology.

Two Chasens Fellowships of$15,000 each are awarded annu-ally to uniquely talented individ-uals who are in their third year ofan accredited post-doctoral train-ing program in the U.S. andintend to pursue full-time peri-odontal teaching and research.

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Kaushal Gandhi, BSDH Classof 2006, was welcomed into theAlliance of Volunteers for Service,Action, and Reform Volunteer/Internship Experience of Servicein March 2005 for a one monthpublic health internship. Gandhialso received a C. V. StarrInternational Scholarship to workwith a non-profit organizationassisting children and teenagersin the slums of Mumbai, India.Gandhi developed an oral healtheducation program involvingIndian dentists and hygieniststhat she hopes will have long-term positive effects. ■

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Department of Pediatric Dentistry

Diane Dilley, DDS,associate professor,was elected Secretary-Treasurer at the annualmeeting of the College of Diplomates of theAmerican Board ofPediatric Dentistry held in Orlando, FL.

Jessica Lee, DDS, MPH, MS’02, PhD, assistant professor,received the 2004 BestPaper award from theJournal of Public Health

Dentistry for the paperentitled “ The effects of

the Women, Infants, andChildren’s Supplemental

Food Program on dentally relatedMedicaid expenditures.”

Dr. Lee also received theInternational Association forDental Research 2005 GiddonAward for DistinguishedResearch in the BehavorialSciences for the paper “Effectsof WIC Participation onChildren’s Use of Oral HealthServices.” Both papers were co-authored by Bill Vann,DMD, MS ’76, PhD, distin-guished professor.

Michael Milano, DMD, clinicalassistant professor, became thenew Graduate Pediatric DentistryProgram Director on July 1,2005. Dr. Milano joins theUNC faculty from the Universityof Texas Dental Branch atHouston where he was anAssociate Professor and theGraduate Program Director inthe Department of PediatricDentistry. A native ofConnecticut, Dr. Milano receivedhis DMD degree at theUniversity of Connecticut in1988 and completed his specialtytraining at Eastman DentalCenter.

Michael “Mike” Roberts, DDS,MS, Henson DistinguishedProfessor, was electedPresident-elect at theannual meeting of theCollege of Diplomatesof the AmericanBoard of PediatricDentistry held inOrlando, FL.

William F. “Bill” Vann, Jr.,DMD, MS ’76, PhD,Demeritt Distinguished

Professor, stepped down asGraduate Pediatric

Dentistry Program Directoron June 30, 2005, a post heheld since 1994. Dr. Vann

remains the Director of UNC’sfederally funded Maternal andChild Health Bureau’s Center forLeadership in Pediatric Dentistry.

Faculty Notes

Dilley

Lee

Roberts

Vann

DEPARTING FACULTY

Dr. Linda Levin, former Chair ofthe Department of Endodontics leftfor private practice on July 31,2005.

Dr. Ike Aukhil, of the Departmentof Periodontology left on July 31,2005 to become chair of thedepartment of Periodontology,University of Florida.

Dr. Jeff Thompson, of theDepartment of Operative Dentistryleft on July 31, 2005 to join the faculty at the School ofEngineering at the University ofSan Antonio. He will have anadjunct faculty appointment at the School of Dentistry at theUniversity of San Antonio HealthSciences Center.

Dr. Carolyn Bentley of theDepartment of Diagnostic Sciencesretired on June 30, 2005.

Dr. John Moriarty of theDepartment of Periodontologyretired on August 31, 2005.

Dr. Alessandra Ritter of theDepartment of Endodontics left theSchool to gain further educationon August 1, 2005.

Faculty Notescontinued onnext page

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Department of Oral &Maxillofacial Surgery

George Blakey III, DDS, MS’92, clinical assistant professor,was named the new ResidencyProgram Director in Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery on July 1,2005.

John B. Ludlow, DDS, MS,professor, received the ClinicalExcellence Award during the15th Congress of theInternational Association ofDento-Maxillo-Facial Radiologyheld in Cape Town South Africa

in late May. Theaward was presentedfor the best scientificpaper presented at themeeting. The paperwas entitled“Dosimetry of 3CBCT Units for Oraland Maxillofacial Radiology.”

Glenn Reside, DDS, MS, clini-cal assistant professor, along withLyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD,Stallings Distinguished Professorin the ProsthodonticsDepartment, has received fund-ing from Astratech to studyimmediately loaded implants in

fresh extractionsites and otheredentulous areasof the anteriormaxilla.

Timothy A. Turvey,DDS, professor andchair, was invited topresent a lecture at theannual meeting ofthe AmericanCollege of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgeonson “Bone Graft Construction ofthe Cleft Maxilla and Palate inthe Adult.” The meeting was heldin Halifax, Nova Scotia in June2005.

Raymond P. White, Jr., DDS,PhD, professor, received anotheraward from the AmericanAssociation of Oraland MaxillofacialSurgeons Foundationwhich will allow himto continue studyingthe efficacy of 3rdmolar removal.Now in the 7th yearof funding, this granthas permitted UNC collaboratorsfrom multiple departmentsincluding orthodontics, peri-odontics, and biostatistics todemonstrate the strength andvalue of our Dental ResearchCenter in addressing a commonclinical problem for our patients.

John Zuniga, DMD,MS, PhD, professor,stepped down asResidency ProgramDirector in Oral andMaxillofacialSurgery on June 30,2005 after 13 years ofcommitment anddedication. During this time the OMFS residency trainingprogram grew and changed substantially both quantitativelyand qualitatively.

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Ludlow

The Dr. Richard F. Hunt, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in PredoctoralTeaching was presented at the annual Spurgeon Awards Banquet held on Wednesday, April 13th in Chapel Hill. This year’s recipient is Dr. John Sturdevant, who receives the award for the first time.

Dr. Sturdevant is a true UNC dental legacy. His father, Dr. CliffSturdevant, was among the first faculty members at the School ofDentistry. John received both his undergraduate and DDS degrees fromUNC before joining the faculty at the School. Dr. Sturdevant has a reputation among students for fairness, kindness and a love for the traditions of the dental profession.

Dr. Sturdevant, who was nominated for theaward by students, received this commendation:“He is always serious and professional in histeaching style while allowing humor to slip in tohis lectures on occasion. He is an expert in hisrealm of study and is excellent at transferring thatknowledge to students. He seems to genuinelycare about our class and wants to pass on thetraditions associated with our profession.”

Since 1969, the Hunt Memorial Award has beenbestowed each year to a member of the facultyof the UNC School of Dentistry who merits recog-nition for significant contributions to excellence inpre-doctoral teaching. It is the highest honorbestowed by the School on a faculty member and

comes with a $1,500 stipend. The award is sponsored by the LoblollyStudy Club through the Dental Foundation of North Carolina and wasestablished in memory of Richard F. Hunt, DDS ’55, who died in a planecrash in 1968.

Reside

Turvey

White

Zuniga

Faculty Notes,continued

from previouspage

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Department of Orthodontics

Garland Hershey, DDS,MS, professor, servedas a member of theSteering Committeeand chaired theCommittee onGovernance andRule Compliance forthe 2005 NCAAAthletics Recertification of theUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill.

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Department of Operative Dentistry

Ted Roberson, DDS ’68, profes-sor and former chair, retired fromthe UNC School of Dentistry onJune 30th. Dr. Roberson hasbeen on a phased retirement program for the last three years,and maintains a part-time privatepractice in Durham.

Dr. Roberson has had a longand distinguished career at the

UNC School of Dentistry.Following graduation in1968, he immediately joined

the department as aninstructor. He rose

through the academicranks, becoming a full pro-fessor in 1985. In addition

to serving as Chair of the depart-ment for several years (1979-1988), he also served as theSchool’s Director of StudentAffairs and Director ofAdmissions. As a faculty memberin the department, he was aninstructor and course director(primarily in ConservativeOperative Dentistry), clinicalresearch investigator, and activeDental Faculty Practice partici-pant. He received the Richard F.Hunt award, the School’s topteaching award, three times.

Dr. Roberson’s most notewor-

thy academic accomplishment ishis role as senior editor of thedepartment’s textbook, which has been the top-selling dentaltextbook in the world. Under hisleadership, the fourth edition waspublished in 2002 and the fifthedition will be published nextyear.

Stephen C. Bayne, PhD, professor, received the 2005ADEA/GlaxoSmithKline-Sensodyne Award for TeachingExcellence in March. The award,selected from among 57 schoolsof dentistry each year, recognizesdental educators who “demon-strate exemplary standards andpromote excellence in dental edu-cation through scholarship andinnovation” and comes with a

$2,500 stipend to enhance teach-ing efforts.

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Department of Dental Ecology

Linda Stewart, ’73DATE, clinical assistantprofessor, will serve as the 2005-06 chair of theCouncil of AlliedProgram Directors forthe American DentalEducation Association.

John W. Stamm, DDS, wasnamed an Alumni DistinguishedProfessor by the University ofNorth Carolina. His appoint-ment began July 1, 2005. ■

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Dr. Jack Menius, dedicated friend of the UNC School of Dentistry andformer teacher of many DDS and specialty students on external rotations,was honored this May at the 13th Razor Walker Awards for DistinguishedService to the Children and Youth of North Carolina. Menius’ trailblazingadvocacy for the neglected oral health needs of North Carolina’s handi-capped children inspired former School Dean Ben Barker to nominate Dr. Menius for the award.

“I believe that long ago (Jack) recognized that a life devoted to self-interest is limited—limited in influence, limited in achievement, limited in personal reward,” Dr. Barker stated in his nomination. “The answer forhim became a life of service and a splendid example for so many youngpeople everywhere.”

Dr. Menius served mentally and physically challenged young people inNorth Carolina from 1961-1988 as head of the dental clinic at theMurdock Center in Butner, NC. A large number of disabled children andyoung adults in North Carolina were suffering from rampant, untreateddental disease and associated dental pain, and his sense of humor, persistence and eternal optimism created an atmosphere of love for apopulation that many practitioners had once considered difficult to treat.

Dr. Bill Vann, MS ’76, said he was privileged to participate in a one-yearexternship with Dr. Menius at Murdock. “Dr. Menius knew every syndrome under the sun and had treated kids with most of them. His zealfor children and adolescents and his compassion for treating those withdisabilities set a high standard.”

The Razor Walker awards are given annually by the Donald R. WatsonSchool of Education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Hershey

Roberson

Stewart

In a four-year funded projectby the National Institutes ofHealth’s National Institutes forDental and CraniofacialResearch, faculty members in the School of Dentistry are tak-ing a team approach to develop-ing an exciting new means ofdrug delivery for patients withsome oral diseases: mouth guards.

The mouth guards, made ofan FDA-approved substancecalled EVA, will bedesigned to deliver

therapeutic levels of antifungal,antibacterial

and antiviral compounds at thesite of oral infections in patientswith severely compromised orsuppressed immune systems. Theexpectation is that the continuousrelease of drugs at the site ofinfection over an extended periodof time will be more effective inlower doses in treating periodon-tal and other oral diseases thansystemic drug therapies andmouthwashes.

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Team Develops NewDrug Delivery Method

“Our goal is to realize the advantages of

delivering drugs to the site of infection.”

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The UNC School ofDentistry ranked 8th nationallyin overall research funding fromthe National Institutes of Health(NIH) in 2004, garnering $7.4million in grants.

All five of UNC’s healthaffairs schools—dentistry,

medicine, nursing, pharmacy andpublic health—ranked within thetop 20 of public and privateinstitutions, according to theNIH.

“Across the board, our facultyin the health sciences continue todemonstrate that they are among

the best in the nation,” said Dr. Tony Waldrop, vice chancel-lor for research and economicdevelopment at UNC. “Numberslike these are possible because agreat many Carolina researchersare working very hard to improvepeople’s health.” ■

School Ranked 8th in Research Funding

Dr. Sid Kalachandra in thedepartment of periodontologyheads the study: “Our goal is torealize the advantages of deliver-ing drugs to the site of infection.Currently available treatmentsdeliver higher and more frequentdoses to the patient systemicallyand often result in adverse effectsthat can lead to fatal incidents.We have undertaken the develop-ment of the mouthguards as ameans to deliver drugs locally intherapeutic concentrations thatfall far below toxic levels thanthose used in today’s systemic

doses.Dr. Kalachandra and his team

of researchers, Dr. PadmavathyTallury, Nazila Alimouhammadi,and Dr. Anuradha Prakki havesuccessfully developed techniquesfor the fabrication of the drug-loaded mouth guards with theassistance of John Jordan of theUNC dental lab. The team isjoined by School co-investigators,Dr. Roland Arnold of DiagnosticSciences, Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque of Dental Ecology, andDr. Steven Offenbacher of theCenter for Oral and Systemic

Diseases, who are variouslyinvolved in determining the efficacy of such drugs aschlorhexidine diacetate, acyclovirand nystatin in combating theoral diseases the mouth guardswould be used to deliver. In vitrostudies are currently underwayand will be completed soon, afterwhich the team will commenceclinical trials.

In time, the use of mouthguards as a drug delivery systemcould be applied to other patientpopulations, including oral cancer patients. ■

The new mouthguards candeliver drugs locally intherapeutic concentrations,lowering the potential foradverse effects.

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Dr. Murry W. Holland, a for-mer faculty member and 1956graduate of the UNC School ofDentistry, died on Friday, June 3,2005, at Durham RegionalHospital.

Dr. Holland attended AtlanticChristian College for two yearsbefore serving in the Army underGeneral George Patton for twoyears. In 1949 he married theformer Helen Horrell of Dunn.

A 1952 graduate of ElonCollege, Dr. Holland earned hisDDS degree from the UNCSchool of Dentistry in 1956, finishing in the top five of hisclass. He also earned a Master’s inEducation from Duke University.

After graduating from theSchool of Dentistry, Hollandjoined the faculty of the FixedProsthodontics Department atthe School. In 1973, Hollandretired from teaching and openeda dental practice in Chapel Hill.

Holland was one of the fivechosen fathers of the year in1972, and served one year aspresident of the Chapel HillMerchants Association. He was amember of the Durham-OrangeDental Society, the NorthCarolina Dental Society, DeltaSigma Fraternity, and a Lifemember of the American Collegeof Dentistry.

In Memoriam

Dr. Murry W. Holland JULY 11, 1924 – JUNE 3, 2005

Ethel McKee Earl, formerdirector of the Dental AssistingProgram for 19 years, died May29, 2005. She was 85.

Ms. Earl was named DentalAssisting Program Coordinator in1966 and became the Director in1973. She retired in June, 1985.During her years of service at theUNC School of Dentistry, Ms.Earl served as a faculty memberin the Dental Auxiliary TeacherEducation Program, TeacherTraining Institutes for DentalAssisting, and was a contributingauthor to a series of dental assist-ing manuals which accompanied

the textbook The Dental Assistantby Roger Barton. These manualswere used extensively over twodecades in the Dental AssistingCorrespondence Course. Ms.Earl also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Dental Assistants Association and as a consultant to the ADACommission on DentalAccreditation.

Ethel M. EarlMARCH 27, 1920 – MAY 29, 2005

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DE N TA L FO U N D AT I O N NEW S

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Dear Alumni and Friends:

Thank you. By mid-September 2005, we

have raised nearly $34,000,000in gifts and pledges on behalf ofthe UNC School of Dentistryand have shot past our campaigngoal of $30 million by 13%.This is truly exceptional progressand speaks volumes about thesupport of the dental communityin North Carolina for the UNCSchool of Dentistry.

Your support is critical andsincerely appreciated as theSchool recently absorbed anotherround of State budget cuts andfaces a future of even leaner Stateappropriations. Currently, theState’s appropriation for theSchool makes up approximately32% of its annual budget—enough to cover faculty and staffsalaries and the telephone bill.All other expenses must be cov-ered by other sources of funding,which is what makes the successof the Carolina First Campaign:Building on Excellence so critical.

Without the gifts and pledgesyou have made and continue tomake to this campaign, theSchool would be in danger of losing its academic stature due tolack of funds—funds necessary toattract and retain the high qualityfaculty essential for the trainingof future generations of dentists;funds necessary to attract the beststudents in North Carolina andthe nation who might be discour-aged by the high cost of dentaleducation; funds necessary toconduct the research that willinform and shape the practice of

dentistry for the next generation.In truth, the success of this

campaign will make the differ-ence for the School of Dentistryin the decade to come. The funding provided to the Schoolthrough the endowments thiscampaign establishes will mean$650,000 in aid to studentsannually versus the $200,000available to them today. It will mean $600,000 in annualsupport to faculty versus the$87,500 available today. Ourfacilities will have $350,000available each year to supportnecessary maintenance and tech-nological upgrades. Programswill see a five-fold increase in thesupport provided them from theDental Foundation. All of thesethings will ensure that futureUNC School of Dentistrydegrees will have behind them allthe excellence with which theyhave been associated for years.

So, while we take the momentto celebrate an achievement wor-thy of celebration, we’re awarethat, goal or no goal, we still havea great deal of work to do. TheCarolina First Campaign contin-ues through June 30, 2007, andour job will be to seek and obtainthe support of those who haven’tyet contributed to the campaign.If you haven’t made a gift orpledge to your alma mater, won’tyou consider doing that now?

Every dime is needed and muchappreciated.

For those of you who havegiven, once again, thank you.The Dental Foundation Board ofDirectors and the School’sadministrationwork hard to putyour dollars to thebest possible use,investing themcarefully and dis-tributing themjudiciously. Weknow that youhave many com-peting causes foryour charitabledonations andthat the gifts yougive are hard-earned. We donot take your sup-port lightly andendeavor in everyway to remainworthy of it.

Thank youagain!

Sincerely,

James A. Harrell Sr., DDS,Campaign Chair

For more information about how you can participate in the DentalFoundation of North Carolina andthe School of Dentistry’s CarolinaFirst Campaign: Building onExcellence, contact Kelly Almond at (919) 966-2731.

WHAT IS THE DENTALFOUNDATION OFNORTH CAROLINA?

Chartered in 1950 by the UNCSchool of Dentistry’s founders,the Dental Foundation of NorthCarolina is the School’s non-profitfoundation. It raises funds fromalumni, friends, corporations andfoundations to provide exclusivesupport for students, faculty, andprograms at the UNC School ofDentistry. Assets in the DentalFoundation are overseen by itsBoard of Directors, most of whomare UNC School of Dentistry alum-ni. All contributions to the DentalFoundation of North Carolina aretax deductible and are, in short,contributions to the UNC Schoolof Dentistry.

Carolina First Campaign Update

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The Dental Foundation awarded its highest honor, theDistinguished Service Award, toCarol Stamm and Linda Tarrson ina surprise presentation at the 2005Best of Dentistry Dinner on April15th. The Best of Dentistry Dinneris the UNC School of Dentistry’sannual alumni awards banquet.

Dr. Chuck Norman, presidentof the Foundation, served as masterof ceremonies for the dinner andpresented the awards with thesewords:

“Tonight’s presentation is a particularly special and fitting oneas it recognizes not one, but two ofthe School’s greatest friends andchampions over the last decade anda half. Not only have tonight’s winners been great friends of theSchool; they are dear friends themselves.

“Our winners tonight are notdentists, though few outside theprofession have given so much oftheir time and devotion to it. They

are not UNC alumni, though fewbleed bluer or cheer harder for thisSchool and its great University.Neither are they dental educators,though few have invested more ofthemselves for the cause of dentaleducation.

“Our winners tonight have notdistinguished themselves by theirleadership roles in organized den-tistry, nor by their membership inprofessional dental organizations,nor by their publications orresearch contributions. Rather, theyhave distinguished themselves bytheir wholehearted devotion and

commitment to the work and success of the UNC School ofDentistry. They have given richly oftheir personal resources to thisinstitution, bettering it by theirinvolvement, energy and enthusi-asm. And making our lives richerby knowing them.

“It is my singular privilege topresent the Dental FoundationDistinguished Service Award toLinda Tarrson and Carol Stamm.Two dear friends who have beengreat friends to all of us.”

The Distinguished ServiceAward is presented at the determi-nation of the Foundation’s Board ofDirectors to an individual who hasmade outstanding contributions tothe University of North CarolinaSchool of Dentistry, the DentalFoundation of North Carolina, as well as to the improvement ofhealth and the quality of life of the people of the state of NorthCarolina. Some years ago, DeanEmeritus Ben Barker stated ‘Thisaward may be said to be distin-guished by the company it keeps, asit has not come calling every yearsince its inception... That companyfor the most part is shared by indi-viduals who have, through theircommitment to service and theirbelief that when men and womencome together around the commonpurpose of improving the institu-tions in our society, they can makea lasting difference in our opportu-nities for a better life.’”

Past recipients of the awardinclude Dr. Jacob Freedland, Dr. C.Lee Sockwell, and Dr. Zyba Masseyamong others.

Our congratulations and thanksto both Carol and Linda for allthey have done for the School andFoundation. ■

The Dental Foundation of North CarolinaHonors Carol Stamm and Linda Tarrson

“...Two dearfriends whohave been

great friendsto us all.”

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When Robert Bass, DDS ’67,left his High Point, NC, practicein the care of his daughter LeeBass Nunn, DDS ’95, in 1997,the nimble fingers that fashionedhis life’s work of dentistry helpedhim build an artful hobby.

A woodworker since his teenyears, Dr. Bass had always lovedbirds, blue bird houses, and smallwood crafts. Though he still runshis mobile dentistry unit to serveNC school children, the retireehad time on his hands.

On a visit to Chapel Hill, hetook a walk around the Old Well.He thoughtfully considered sizeand scale. At home, he put thoseidle hands to work. He patientlylabored over his new construc-

tion, trying to scale it as close aspossible. “It took me months toget it right,” he said. “The roofwas a big problem.”

For Dr. Bass, dentistry and theart of wood working went handin hand: the dexterity and care,the attention to detail and bentfor craftsmanship, the unwaver-ing eye and patience for a perfect

product. Woodworkingseemed a fitting extension

of his life as a practi-tioner.

Though he’dmade many birdfeeders

in his time, the finishedproduct has become his

favorite piece of art to date—an Old Well birdfeedercrafted meticulously in theimage of one of UNC’sgreatest historical land-marks. His daughter andwife saw something special,and made an importantphone call to The CarolinaInn.

This spring, the OldWell birdfeeder was

selected for the annualBirdhouses on Parade—a celebration at TheCarolina Inn centered

on a display of one-of-a-kind birdhouses crafted by

serious N.C. artisans. During thethree weeks the birdhouses are onprominent display, the Inn hostsa series of programs to usher inthe new season.

Dr. Bass’s feeders have donemuch more than feed his wingedfriends. The Old Well birdfeederwas such a hit, and so close to hisheart, that Dr. Bass started tomake more of them, spendingweeks at a time on each replica.In a carefully orchestrated

surprise, he snuck one into theoffice of former Dean JohnStamm. “Carol and I cherish theOld Well birdhouse,” staysStamm. “The structure is a pieceof art, a beautiful sculpture,which we proudly display in ourhome.” The modest Dr. Bassexplains, “He was a good deanand I wanted him to have something to remember us by.”

Since his Old Well feeder hadsuch a welcoming response atBirdhouses on Parade, Dr. Basshad donated the replicas to vari-ous charity auctions where theyhave raised from $700 to $2,000.One such auction was BirdFest, abirdfeeder auction in Winston-Salem which supports Habitat for Humanity, one of Dr. Bass’sfavorite causes.

The original sits in his oldpractice, in the office of hisdaughter, who first had the ideato call The Carolina Inn and sug-gest her father’s feeder. A propri-etor of so many of his works, Dr. Nunn says she will always befond of her father’s craft. “I liketo have it where I can see it,” shebeams, adding, “It’s not up forauction.” ■

Dr. Robert Bass Honors Former DeanBy Courtney Jones, UNC ’01

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Jeremy Fry, DDS ’03, and hiswife Nicki, have a lot of logicalreasons to put off a major givingrelationship with the School, atleast for a few years.

For one, they live clear acrossthe country in Manhattan Beach,California. Not to mention thatJeremy is still in school; an ortho-dontics resident at the Universityof Southern California. He andNicki, an orthopedic surgerynurse at Torrance MemorialMedical Center, have a busy toddler, Caroline, and all the joysand responsibilities of youngworking parents.

But for the Frys, all those logi-cal reasons have only sharpenedtheir desire to be stewards for theirbeloved blue and white school onthe opposite coast.

Jeremy and Nicki caught thegiving bug before they crossed thegraduation stage. Together, theyhad the opportunity to take theirschool rotations overseas inCambodia. The experience ofbringing the health care manyAmericans take for granted to a

less-fortunate community was life-altering.

“When we were in Cambodia,we felt so lucky and we thought‘How can I do something for thesepeople in my little way?’ You couldjust give money, or donate dentalsupplies, but the best way is tofacilitate other young people to getthere to help.” They immediatelybegan brainstorming to see howthey could make that happen.

In February 2005, the familybrought their plans to realitywhen they made the first steps toestablish and endow the FryFamily Rotation Award. Theaward will be used to help a third-year DDS student travel to pro-vide dental care, education, andservice in a country other than theUnited States. The Frys want toprovide a “worldly experience” asone of the student’s rotations,knowing that when students are inschool, they often don’t have thetime or financial means for globalexperience and service.

“If you don’t have a lot ofmoney, you can still be good stew-ards,” Jeremy said. “You can give

little by little now, build anendowment, and give more later,when you can.”

The trip to Cambodia didmore than instill a sense of dutyin the couple. It also sparked theirwanderlust, leading them out toCalifornia for Jeremy’s residency.Upon graduation, Jeremy plans toreturn to Kansas to join hisfather’s orthodontics practice andwanted to experience more of thecountry before the family settledthere. His father is orthodontistRobert Fry, MS ’77, who he cred-its with giving him a good foun-dation for stewardship and giving,and a great love for UNC.

“A lot of students carry withthem a burden of debt and aretrying to start their own practices.The last thing they can thinkabout is giving money away. My parents gave when they didn’t have much. It was a greatexample.” ■

JEREMY FRY

The Frys want to provide a “worldlyexperience”... knowing that when

students are in school, they often don’thave the time or financial means for

global experience and service.

Why I Give

By Courtney Jones, UNC ’01

Jeremy and Nicki Fry with daughter Caroline.

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As dean, Stamm was not onlya magnetic leader, but dear per-sonal friend to many donors andalumni who came to know himand his wife Carol throughouthis 15-year turn as dean. It’s hisdedication to these friendships,along with his dedication to theSchool’s programs, technology,research, and educational excel-lence that has made his bond toUNC so extraordinary and worthcelebrating in such a permanentway.

Supporter and friend BobbyRaynor, DDS ’67, said Stammquickly brought the School to anew level. “When he came, theschool had a new research build-ing and had renovated a clinic in

one area, but it was mostly thesame as it was in 1950 when theSchool started. Dean Stamm setout on a new course to build anew building and bring everyoneup to date. He started theCampaign for Excellence with agoal of 6 million. He raisedtwelve. He’s not only a man whocan lead the School in academics,but he can raise the money.”

Though $286,000 has beencontributed to the professorship,the School will need $333,000 toqualify for the matching grant of$167,000 from the State of NorthCarolina. The School hopes toclose the $47,000 by the close ofthe 2005-2006 fiscal year.

Dr. Stamm bolstered the

School’s use of technology,increased annual dental researchfunding, and led the Schoolthrough two capital campaigns.Under his care, the School wasbrought up to internationalrecognition and passed throughtwo accreditation cycles withease. In the process, alumni andfriends contributed more than$40 million to support theSchool through the DFNC,growing its assets from $3.3 million to nearly $28 million—

an increase of 882 percent. His extraordinary commit-

ment to the School as dean, andagain as faculty in the DentalResearch Center, is his lasting giftto the School. The professorshipwill forever link his name and his legacy of excellence with theSchool of Dentistry, and will provide critical funds to retainand recruit an excellent facultymember who mirrors Stamm’svalues and resolve.

For more information, or to help this professorship meet its goals, please contact KellyAlmond, Interim ExecutiveDirector of the DentalFoundation of North Carolina, at (919) 966-2731. ■

The changing of the guards at the UNCSchool of Dentistry would commencewith little pomp and circumstance

if up to former dean John Stamm. But asalumni, donors, and friends warmly welcomea new dean they are polishing one last tributeto Stamm: the highest honor of a permanent-ly endowed professorship established in hisname.

The School and Dental Foundation ofNorth Carolina have established the John W.Stamm Distinguished Professorship to honorStamm, who stepped down from the deanshipon December 31, 2004 to return to a facultyposition at the School.

John W. Stamm DistinguishedProfessorship Established By Courtney Jones, UNC ’01

It’s Stamm’s dedicationto friendships and tothe School that hasmade his bond to UNCso extraordinary andworth celebrating.

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Paul Gardner, Director ofDevelopment and ExecutiveDirector of the DentalFoundation since September1998, has accepted the positionof Director of External Relationsat the Washington & LeeUniversity School of Law. Hislast day at the School ofDentistry was August 31.

“I’ve been in Chapel Hill halfmy life, and it is difficult to leavethis town, University and Schoolof Dentistry, all of which I lovedearly,” Gardner said. “For sever-al years, my wife and I havetalked about our desire to raiseour two children in a smallercommunity, and Lexington, VA,is one of the communities wehave always considered. It hasbeen a real pleasure working withDean John Stamm, the facultyand staff, and countless alumniand friends of the School. I wishDr. John Williams continued success as he takes over the dean’sresponsibilities.”

Paul, along with KellyAlmond and Jennie Boone (andearlier with Tina CoyneSmith),oversaw the planning and launch-ing of the School’s Carolina FirstCampaign: Building on

Excellence that now stands atnearly $34 million, topping ourgoal of $30 million with twoyears remaining in the campaign.More than 35 student aid fundsand 11 faculty support fundswere established or are currentlybeing funded during the Buildingon Excellence Campaign. At leasttwo more faculty support fundsare included in donors’ estateplans. Another $2 million commitment was made for theproposed new building on thecorner of Manning andColumbia Streets.

Gardner Steps Down asDirector of Development

“I’ve been in Chapel Hill half my life, and it is

difficult to leave thistown, University and

School of Dentistry,all of which I

love dearly.”

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JT Grubbs, DDS ’64, stum-bled into the service project of alifetime when he accepted a spoton a church mission trip in 1985to Uganda’s Mengo Hospital.Mengo was a fenced-in com-pound with hospital wards, staffhouses, a guest house, a chapeland maintenance buildings inruins. Though still standing atthe then-recent end of a 20-yearcivil war, the hospital’s equip-ment was useless, supply cabinetswere empty and its staff hungry.“Like the people of Uganda,” he

says, “the hospital was war-weary,too.”

Grubbs immediately befriend-ed Dr. Ken Chapman, a dentistfrom Texas and the loneAmerican on staff at the MengoHospital. Through this friend-ship, Grubbs became a much big-ger part of the Mengo Hospitalproject than he envisioned.Though Grubbs supported the

hospital through the years bysending supplies, equipment, andsalary supplements, and by visit-ing every two to three years, Dr.Chapman called on him toassume a bigger role: raise the$100,000 necessary to revampthe dilapidated dental clinic atMengo. He admits he “was notvery good at raising money,” butthrew himself into the project,deciding the clinic would have no

cast-off or used equipment andeven garnering donations of anair compressor and a generatorfrom fellow dentists Ken Owen,DDS ’63, Gary Heesman, DDS’63 and J.W. Barts, DDS ’63.

Ten years, an ever-increasinggoal that ultimately reached$600,000, and 4,800 brand-newsquare feet later, a new dentalbuilding was given to MengoHospital on March 12, 2005.

ALU M N I NEW S

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Mengo Hospital Gets New Dental Facility,Thanks to Fundraising Efforts by Alumnus

“Like the people of Uganda, the hospital was war-weary, too.”

By Courtney Jones, UNC ’01

In our last issue, we asked you to let us know about ways in which youserve your communities, far and near. Here are some of your responses.

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Hygiene Alum Serves Orphans in JamaicaBarbara Moore Smith, ’79

BSDH and full-time faculty atWake Technical Community

College in their depart-ment of DentalHygiene, provides volunteer dental servic-es through MustardSeed Community inKingston, Jamaica.“Mustard Seedincludes orphanagesfor handicapped andabandoned childrenthat otherwise

would be forgotten by the societyin which they were born. MustardSeed also provides a home forHIV-positive children who havelost parents to HIV, as well as ahome for pregnant teens whohave nowhere to go,” explainsSmith. She has provided dentaleducation to the care givers of

Mustard Seed Communities, dental assessments to the childrenof Mustard Seed, served on theHealth Care Network trying to setlong term goals for the medicaland dental needs of Mustard SeedJamaica and cleaned, painted,inventoried, and provided needassessment and goal setting for the dental clinic at Mustard SeedJamaica. Dental equipment con-tinues to be a need for MustardSeed, and Smith is always lookingfor donations. She plans to returnin March 2006 and is currentlyworking to get their dental clinic facility fully equipped andfunctional. Anyone interested inmaking a donation to the clinic or joining Smith on her trip canemail her at hokies3@charter.net.For more information aboutMustard Seed Communities, pleasevisit www.mustardseed.com.

Hyman Presents Keynote atDiscus Dental Extravaganza

Mark E. Hyman, DDS ’84,served as the Keynote Speaker atthe 10th Annual Discus DentalExtravaganza in Las Vegas, NV atwhich Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr.Bill Dorfman of ABC’s “ExtremeMakeover” program were also fea-tured. Dr. Hyman’s presentation“Practice Leadership–A 360 SlamDunk Evaluation,” was a high-

light of the event which attractedover 3000 participants supportingthe Discus Dental advocacy ofdental research and technological

innovationin cosmeticsand recon-structivedental care.

Make a Carolina Comeback!

Suit up for our fall football tailgate partyand a Tar Heel victory over the

Virginia Cavaliers!

Dental Alumni DayOctober 22, 2005 in Chapel Hill

Join fellow alumni on the Brauer Hall Lawnfor Blues and Barbecue before taking to thegridiron to cheer the Tar Heels on to victoryover the Cavs!

Mel Jones and His Bag of Bones will provide musical entertainment.

Tickets to the game are being sold on a first-come, first-served as a package withluncheon tickets.Or you may purchase luncheon tickets separately.

All tickets purchased for the luncheon andgame may be picked up at Brauer Hall twohours prior to kick-off*

*Kick-off for the UNC vs. UVA game is yet to be deter-mined. All activites at the School of Dentistry will begin 2hours prior to game time. Please keep an eye on the UNCathletic web site: www.tarheelblue.com or on your localnews outlets for updated information.

For information on tickets, visit our website at www.dent.unc.edu/alumni/dds/events, orcall us at 919.966.4563.

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Dr. James Bickle Houser, III,77 of 223 Manning Drive,Charlotte, NC, 28209 diedpeacefully at home on Sunday,September 19, 2004 after anextended illness.

Born in Cherryville, NC toLorene Parks Nelson and JamesBickle Houser, Jr., Dr. Houserwas predeceased by his parentsand infant sister.

An Eagle Scout, Jim graduatedfrom Gastonia High School in 1945, proudly served as acorpsman in the US Navy duringWWII on the USS Tidewater,taught and coached at Oak Grove

High School in Durham County,earned a BS in Chemistry (’52),an MA in Education (’53), andhis DDS from UNC in 1957,taught Periodontics at the Schoolof Dentistry, and practiced den-tistry in Charlotte, Gastonia, andWadesboro. He enjoyed volun-teering with the Dental Clinics atCharlotte Memorial Hospital(Carolinas Medical Center) andthe Charlotte Uptown Shelter,and with Head Start and Citiesin Schools programs.

In Memoriam

Dr. James Bickle Houser, III JULY 1, 1927 – SEPTEMBER 19, 2004

Dr. James Lloyd Cox, 74, ofGoldsboro died Friday, July 6,2005 at his home.

Dr. Cox was born January 5,1931 in Richlands, NorthCarolina to the late Norwoodand Hazel Nicholson Cox. Hewas an undergraduate of theUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill and a 1956 graduateof the School of Dentistry. Dr.Cox began practicing dentistry inGoldsboro in 1958 and servedthe citizens of Wayne County for44 years, retiring July 1, 2002.

He was a member of the DentalFoundation of North Carolina,Inc., the American DentalAssociation, the North CarolinaDental Association and theWayne County Dental Society.Dr. Cox was a founding andfaithful member of the LoblollyDental Study Club, where heserved for many years as Secretaryand Treasurer.

Dr. James Lloyd CoxJANUARY 5, 1931– JULY 6, 2005

■ ■ ■ 1968 ■ ■ ■

Gene A. Holland, DDS,received the North CarolinaDental Society’s MeritoriousAchievement Award in May2005.

Theodore “Ted” Roberson,DDS, was named one of twoAmerican Dental AssociationDelegates at Large at the NorthCarolina Dental Society meetingin Myrtle Beach, S.C. in May2005.

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Stephen B. Mackler, DDS, MS ’71, will be presented theAmerican Academy ofPeriodontology’s HumanitarianAward at the fall meeting inDenver, CO.

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Dudley Carlyle “Chan”Chandler, Jr., DDS, MS ’72,received the North CarolinaDental Society’s DistinguishedService Scroll in May 2005.

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P. Ray Chavis, DDS, was electedVice President of the NorthCarolina Dental Society.

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William Litaker, Jr., DDS, waselected Secretary-Treasurer of theNorth Carolina Dental Society.

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Mark L. Meyer, DDS, was elect-ed Secretary for the SoutheastSociety of Pediatric Dentistry.The election was held at theannual meeting in Savannah,Georgia on April 2, 2005.

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C. H. “Bert” Jones, Jr., DDS,was elected CountyCommissioner of RockinghamCounty, NC in November 2004.Dr. Jones is a twice past presidentof the Rockingham CountyDental Society and has servedseveral times as a delegate for theThird District. He serves on theBoards of Directors of theRockingham County Board ofHealth and the Free Clinic ofReidsville and Vicinity. He andhis wife Susan have two children,David (10) and Caroline (8).

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Richard F. Hunt III, DDS, waselected President-Elect of theNorth Carolina Dental Society

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Henry “Hap” J. Pierpan III,DDS, Commander, US NavalReserves, was recalled to ActiveDuty in support of OperationIraqi Freedom. As of February, hewas stationed in Camp LeJeune.His wife, Monica Pierpan, DDS’94, remains busy at their practicein Hampstead, North Carolinaand raising their two sons, Reid(8) and Landon (5).

Alicia Rodriguez, DDS, receivedthe North Carolina DentalSociety’s Commendation Awardin May 2005.

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Andrew R. Oblinger, DDS, andhis wife, Brooke, announce thebirth of their first child, a son,Charles Atwater Oblinger, 7 lbs. 3 oz.

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Mark Kozacko, MS, and hiswife announce the birth of theirson, Christopher James Kozacko.

We want to hear from you! Please keep your fellow classmates,colleagues and friends informed of your news. Drop us anote in the enclosed envelope or send us an email at

alumni@dentistry.unc.edu and we’ll include your news in the next issueof the North Carolina Dental Review.

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DENTAL OPPSOnline Professional Posting ServiceVisit www.dent.unc.edu/alumni/oppsto use this helpful service to members ofthe UNC Dental Alumni Association.As aDAA member you can list the sale of yourpractice, available office space for lease,or post an ad for an associate or staffmember.This service is free for membersof the UNC Dental Alumni Association.

Send Us Your News!Share your news with classmates andfriends through “Alumni Notes.”What to send? We’d love to hear about:

• Changes in your Practice• Family Events• Leadership in Dentistry• Community Leadership• Travels and Hobbies

Change of Address?Be sure to send us your name, address ande-mail changes.

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phone: 919-966-4563fax: 919-966-4049e-mail: alumni@dentistry.unc.eduweb site: www.dent.unc.edu/alumni

We look forward to hearing from you!

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