Alumni-Student Convention table clinic winners Dental hygiene research to be published According to Joni Stephens, DH’69, MSEd, professor of dental hygiene, the California Dental Journal plans to publish an abstract of the dental unit waterline study by Mihalka and Mendiola. “Several years ago, we convinced the Journal to publish abstracts of the winning table clinics for dental and dental hygiene students. And I am proud to say that since they have been doing that, dental hygiene has always had an abstract published. And most of the time the dental students have been published, as well,” says Ms. Stephens. “We are submitting two short articles (about 1200 words) to the California Dental Hygiene Association Journal -- one on patient anxiety by Harp, Solberg and Hook and the other on the 15 second use of mouthrinses by Bell, Bretsch and Lents. “We are also submitting abstracts to the Journal of Dental Hygiene by the same two research groups,” says Ms. Stephens. 1st place clinical: The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Oral Rinses When Used for 15 Seconds. Darcie Bell, Laura Bretsch, Michael Lents. Sponsor: James D. Kettering, PhD. 1st place laboratory: A Survey of Disinfection Protocols for Water Lines in Private Dental Practices. Paul Mendiola, Heather Mihalka. Sponsor: James D. Kettering, PhD. 1st place laboratory: A Survey of Disinfection Protocols for Water Lines in Private Dental Practices. Paul Mendiola, Heather Mihalka. Sponsor: James D. Kettering, PhD. 2nd place laboratory: Do Radiographic Developer and Fixer Solutions Contain Antimicrobial Properties? Carrie Davies, Denise Davis, Shannon Manago. Sponsor: James D. Kettering, PhD, and Ann Steiner, DMD. 3rd place laboratory: Tinnitis and Hearing Impairment in Conjunction with the Use of Ultrasonic Scalers. Tomas Kutansky, Laura Norgaard. Sponsor: Leslie Nazaroff, RDH, DrPH. Junior dental and senior dental hygiene students made table clinic presentations in a pavilion north of the University Church. back to contents University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised February 14, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu