Table clinic competition winners

Clinical
Dentistry—1st place: Gretchen Schnepper, Heather Lauer, Elizabeth Park, “Using the NewTom 9000™ to predict the difficulty of mandibular third molar extractions.”

International Dentist Program—2nd place: Garima Talwar, Sanraj Bhatia, “Retrospective analysis of ITI implants used in a pre-doctoral clinic.”

Dentistry—3rd Place: Aaron Aguilar, Sara Westermeyer, Ryan Colburn, “The effect of light activation on in-office tooth whitening.”

Dental hygiene—1st place: Susanne Lieberman, Joann Grosso, Stephanie Sobieski, “Transmission of bacteria to the patient’s oral cavity via dental student’s handling of disposable supplies.”

*Dental hygiene—2nd place: Alana Gorbenko, Heather Seheult, Alisa Wollens, “Occupational exposure of dental hygienists to mercury vapor due to coronal polishing.”

Dental hygiene—3rd place: Hilary Clarke, Liesl Ruhl, “The effect of sugar replacers on salivary pH.”

Laboratory
Dentistry—1st place: Shayne Hover, Marlon Peter, James Jeffrey, “Effect of different irrigation systems on heat generation during implant osteotomies.”

Dentistry—2nd place: Timothy Seidenstricker, Jessica Sabo, Darren Rich, “Effect of laser etch on bond strength and microleakage.”

Dentistry—3rd place: Brenda Taege, Sona Georgian, O’Neill Solanky, “Electrical effects on odontoblast cell division.”

Dental hygiene—1st place: Christen Wells, Jeni Cutts, Amanda Bowker, Angela Kendall, “A comparison of mechanical and manual sharpening techniques on universal curets.”

Dental hygiene—2nd place: Christina Atkins, Emily Pitts, Heather Wallace, “Antibacterial properties of a UV toothbrush storage unit.”

Dental hygiene—3rd place: Lilliana Ruiz, Apryll Freeman, Yvette Robertson, “The effectiveness of antimicrobials on DUWLs.”

Educational
Dentistry—1st place: Gary Hszieh, Christina Do, Melinda Pealatere, “Toothtales.”

Dentistry—2nd place: Sung Min Ahn, Jinho Joe, Frank Chang, “Children’s book.”

Dentistry—3rd place: Scott Johnson, Melinda Messersmith, Sean Gubler, “Local anesthetic injection video.”

*First place winner, CDA competition in Anaheim, April, 2002

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