LLU - Dentalgram, April 2001

Department news

Dental Hygiene

Marilynn Heyde DH'74 will be coming on board as a full time faculty member in the hygiene department as of spring quarter.

Financial Administration

Congratulations to Amber Radivojevic and her husband, Vlad, on the birth of their son, Nicholas Christian, who was born February 22, 2001. Nicholas weighed in at 8 lbs 12 1/2 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches in length.

Graduate Orthodontic Program

The graduate orthodontic department welcomes back Dr. James Farrage as a part-time faculty member. Dr. Farrage graduated from Loyola University School of Dentistry in Chicago in 1965; he received a Specialty Certificate in Orthodontics from the same institution in 1967. Dr. Farrage previously served as an assistant professor and assistant director of the School's graduate orthodontic clinic from 1992 to 1997. He has also been on the faculty at Creighton University School of Dentistry, where he was the director of the orthodontic program in the department of dentistry for children from 1972 to 1979. Dr. Farrage is a native Californian but he joins us from Saudi Arabia where he has been in private practice in Orthodontics since leaving LLUSD in 1997. His main areas of involvement at LLUSD will be in the orthodontic clinic and predoctoral orthodontic programs. The School family welcomes Dr. Farrage.

Periodontics

The department of periodontics welcomes Dr. Yong Liu as a new faculty mem ber. She received her dental degree at West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China in July, 1992, and her master's degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Connecticut Health Center and attended the clinical certificate and master of science program in periodontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her last position was as a teaching and research assistant for the periodontics department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Pediatric Dentistry

Melba Mayes, DDS, MS assistant professor, and her husband, Jeffrey, are the proud parents of a baby boy, Jeffrey Alecander. Alec was born March 15, and was 7 pounds, 15 oz.

Todd Milledge, SD'88; PG'95, department chair, is the father of a new baby boy, Owen Conrad Milledge. Owen was born March 12 at 11:57 a.m., and weighed 8 pounds, 11 oz. According to Dr. Milledge, Mom is doing fine.

Restorative—Implant Dentistry

Jaime Lozada, PG'87, PG'95, professor and director, implant dentistry advanced education program; Periklis Proussaefs, PG'00, and the implant dentistry residents Miguel Estrella (1st year); Alvaro Farnós and Kiyotaka Umezu (2nd year); Drs. Edgar Grageda, Sammy Noumbissi, Greg Kammeyer, and John Willardsen (3rd year) lectured at the AAID Western District meeting which was held in Scottsdale, Arizona March 1 to 3. Dr. Kammeyer won the Best Graduate Resident Presentation Award.

Jaime Lozada, PG'87; '95 and Joseph Kan SD'90; PG'93, attended the ADEA meeting in Chicago, Illinois, March 3 to 7. Dr. Lozada chaired the Special Interest Group for Implant Dentistry. Dr. Kan presented the pre-doctoral teaching program in implant dentistry as an educational model for other universities to follow. His lecture was well received.

Jaime Lozada, PG'87; '95 was invited to lecture at NobelBiocare's North America Team Day 2001 held February 14-17, 2001 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The meeting went well, with approximately 750 attendees.
• Two scientific articles from faculty of the graduate program in implant dentistry were published this past month. They are: Platelet-Rich Plasma Application in Sinus Graft Surgery: Part I-Background and Processing Techniques by Drs. Jaime Lozada, Nicholas Caplanis, Periklis Proussaefs, John Willardsen, and Greg Kammeyer; and Histologic Evaluation of Threaded HA-Coated Root-Form Implants After 3.5 to 11 years of Function: A Report of Three Cases, by Drs. Periklis Proussaefs, Jaime Lozada, and Mac Ojano.

Adjunct faculty

Frank Cortez-Flores, PhD, DDS, MS, MA, MPH, dental educational services, was recently honored by the California Parent Teachers Association. Following is an excerpt: "The PTA Very Special Person Award recognizes people who have made significant contributions to our schools, neighborhoods, and community. [Dr. Cortez- Flores] saw a problem in his own neighborhood, took action, followed through, and made a difference…He noticed a serious toxic pollu tion violation from an adjoining property… and immediately took action. To make a long story short, the school was compensated for that violation and the pollution was stopped. Our children are safe again. Not only has he made a difference in the world, but also more importantly, he has made a difference where he lives-our neighborhood…Congratulations and our gratitude for making a difference."