Temple University dental school explores evidence-based dentistry
Philadelphia鈥擳he Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry held research days March 25 and 26 as a way of promoting research and scholarly activities at the school.
Dr. Dan Meyer, senior vice president, ADA Division of Science/Professional Relations, and Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., director of the ADA Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry, attended on behalf of the Association and presented an update on the Association’s EBD activities, including the Center’s new Web site, “http://ebd.ada.org”, which launched in March.
Drs. Meyer and Frantsve-Hawley also met with faculty program directors and advisors on how to incorporate the principles of EBD into current and future dental education at the faculty, undergraduate and graduate levels at Temple.
“This was a wonderful opportunity to share knowledge and explore ways and means to integrate EBD into the curricula and ultimately, the student patient care clinics,” Dr. Meyer said. “It was a great first step and an enlightening experience for all involved鈥攆aculty, students and ADA scientists alike. Hopefully, this is the first of many opportunities not only with the Kornberg School of Dentistry, but with other dental schools throughout the U.S. to better integrate the principles of EBD into dental education and clinical care. The ADA anticipates and hopes other dental schools will contact us for similar types of collaborations to help achieve common goals for the benefit of the patients we serve.”
According to Dr. Amid Ismail, Temple dean, the school is “embarking on an ambitious plan” and hopes to “develop new integrated models where research and scholarly activities form the foundation for its vision for advanced clinical education and practice programs for the future.
“The success of the research day confirms that the school is on the right track to achieve its new vision.”
Additionally, Temple students presented 31 research papers, with the top six receiving monetary awards.
The winners were:
- First Place: Catherine Timby, junior, “Interaction of Red Complex Oral Bacteria and Human Platelets.” She also received an ADA/DENTSPLY student research award and will represent the dental school by attending the research training program in Hawaii in October;
- Second Place: Colin Galbraith, sophomore, “Physical Properties of Experimental Luting Cement”;
- Third Place: Akindeko Obebe, senior, “Comparison of the Effect of Hemostatic Agents on Collagen Induced Platelet Aggregation.”
Postdoctoral student winners:
- First Place: Samia Hardan, graduate student in periodontology, “A Salivary Test Strip to Screen for Periodontal Disease”;
- Second Place: Linguo Lu, visiting research scholar in oral and maxillofacial radiology, “Ultrasonographic Features of Ameloblastoma: A Preliminary Study”;
- Third Place: Ramya Ramamurthy, resident in endodontology, “Comparative Study of Progressive & Constant Taper Rotary File Systems in Maintaining Apical Canal Curvature During Cleaning and Shaping of Root Canal Systems of Different Curvatures.”聽