Congratulations! Table clinic competition winners 2003

Dentistry—1st place/laboratory: (l-r) Mike Clark, Jon Miller, Chad Ordelheide, “Determining the clinician’s ability to evaluate total occlusal convergence of single crown preparations.”	Dental—2nd place/laboratory: (l-r) Lucelia Lima, Yarimell Perez, and Gabriel Enriquez, “Effect of delayed activation of light-cured resin composites on dentin bonding agents.”

 

Dentistry—3rd place/laboratory: (l-r) Sung Cho, Daehong Kim, John Zang, “Effects of increasing concentrations of CHX on persistant dental water line bacteria.”	Dentistry—1st place/educational: (l-r) Derek Chu, Maile Kim, and Sean Lee, “The adventures of Homer and Henry: A visit to the dentist.”

 

Dentistry—2nd place/educational: (l-r) James Kim, James Wee, and R. Paul Williams, “Tooth Monsters.”	Dentistry—2nd Place/clinical: (l-r), Melissa Ramsey, Malia Kearbey, Sam Alazyat, “The effectiveness of three maxillary splints on myofascial pain.”

 

Dentistry—3rd place/clinical: (l-r) David Wilcox, Misty Hendricks, Nathan Dinsbach, “Comparative effects of an essential oil mouth rinse and dental floss on interproximal plaque and gingivitis.”	Dental hygiene—1st place/clinical: (l-r) Miriam Skala, Jennifer Moss, Vicki Sindell, “Commercially available streptococcus mutans strip test confirms long-term chlorhexidine substantivity.”

 

Dental hygiene—2nd place/clinical: (l-r) Kristin Allen, Kelly Noto, Sharisa Mellor, “Comparison of endoscopic and tactile detection of calculus.”	Dental hygiene—1st place/laboratory: (l-r), Ramon Villanueva, Esther Sohn, and Adrian Lugo, “Chlorhexifloss: preparation and antimicrobial activity.”

 

Dental hygiene—3rd place/laboratory: (l-r), Julie Weiss, Christine Gill, and Julie Gray, “The sterilization of low speed handpieces using chlorhexidine.”	Dental hygiene—2nd place/laboratory: (l-r), Louree Afenir, Imelda Dixon, Michael Tobola, “Evaluation of four over-the-counter health-care products.”

 

Dental students (l-r) Linda Valleni, Andrea Carvalho, and Jean Chalker were awarded first place, clinical category, for their table clinic, “Effectiveness of manual toothbrushes vs. electronic toothbrushes on plaque control in grade school children.”

 

Note: The dental students in the competition are third-year students (D3); the dental hygiene students are seniors. A complete listing of table clinic entries will appear in the next issue.

 

 

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