Department news

Welcome
Greetings to new employees Keona Grant, sterilization technician, central sterilization; Maria Ochoa, records analyst, International Dentist Program, Tina Boyd, patient care coordinator, clinical services division, Mindy Harvey, patient care coordinator, clinical services division, and Shelley Davis, RDA, oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Congratulations
• Renee Flores, on earning her CDA. Renee works in oral implantology.

Implant dentistry
• Kiyotaka Umezu, DDS, assistant professor, advanced education in implant dentistry presented a poster presentation, “Immediate Loading,” at the 12th Annual Meeting of European Association of Osseointegration (EAO) in Vienna, Austria, in October. Dr. Umezu completed the advanced education program in implant dentistry, at LLU, in 2003.

See your news here!
• The deadline for the December, 2003, issue of Dentalgram is Thursday, November 20 (earlier submissions welcomed!).

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