- School of Dentistry presents student awards
- School of Dentistry students and faculty serve
resdients of Loreto, Baja, Mexico
School of Dentistry presents student awards
Numerous awards were presented to dental and dental hygiene students
during end-of-the year celebrations. The awards recognize clinical and
academic excellence, leadership, and exemplary care presented by the students
to their patients. Following are the awards:
Senior dental student awards
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology—Jason R. Ballou
American Association of Endodontists—Brian F. Olsen
Southern California Academy of Endodontics—Rylan N. Gustafson
Graduate Implant Dentistry—Eugene J. Kim
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology—Steven E. Wernick
American Academy of Oral Medicine—Rehana Khan
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology—Sunny Y. Hutchinson
Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis—Adrian H. Tomarere
Southern California Academy of Oral Pathology—Michael C. Giddings
American Academy of Orofacial Pain—Todd B. Ehrler
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons—Tina Yoo
Oral Surgery Department Award—David R. Hiebert
American Association of Orthodontists—Michael J. Erickson
American Society of Dentistry for Children—Sunil K. Ilapogu
American Society of Dentistry for Children, Southern California Unit—Eduardo C. Lopez
Wilfred A. Nation Award—N. Jared Nation
American Academy of Periodontology—Soonmyo B. Wheeler
G. Hartzell & Son Clinician Award—Byron E. Diehl
Academy of Operative Dentistry—Lori A. Rice
American College of Prosthodontists—Hoa V. Truong
Ben W. Oesterling Award—Hoa V. Truong
Fixed Prosthodontics Department Award—Lori A. Rice
Teledyne Water Pik Prosthodontics Award—Ronald C. Abaro
American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry—Michael J. Erickson
American Academy of Dental Practice Administration and the Organization of Teachers of Dental Practice
Administration—Byron E. Diehl
Dental Foundation of California Scholarships—Christopher A. Blount, Byron E. Diehl, and Darryl B. Tkachyk
Quintessence Publishing Company, Clinical Achievement in Periodontics—David A. Lena; Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry—Jo-Anna Tan
Research Achievement—Steven M. Streelman
The American Association of Oral Biologists—Jaleena A. Jessop
Academic Excellence Gold Award—Christopher A. Blount, Michael G. Boyack, Todd B. Ehrler, Michael J. Erickson, Sunny Y. Hutchinson, Jaleena A. Jessop, Rehana Khan,
Lori A. Rice, Darryl B. Tkachyk, Adrian H. Tomarere, and Tina Yoo
Academic Excellence Silver Award—Heather D. Calkins, Michael C. Giddings, Lisa M. Greene, Dennis J. Kantanen, Eugene J. Kim, Eduardo C. Lopez, Craig G. Main, Jacy C. Nelson, Brian F. Olsen, Benjamin J. Seaton, and Soonmyo B. Wheeler
Academy of General Dentistry—Lori A. Rice
Alpha Omega Scholarship—Lori A. Rice
Alumni Association—Jaleena A. Jessop
American Student Dental Association—Erik S. Atkinson
California Dental Association—Nina L. Mirzayan
Delta Dental Student Leadership—Christopher A. Blount
International College of Dentists—Rehana Khan
National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists—Mary A. Yoo
Omicron Kappa Upsilon—Christopher A. Blount, Todd B. Ehrler, Michael J. Erickson, Michael C. Giddings, Sunny Y. Hutchinson, Dennis J. Kantanen, Lori A. Rice, Darryl B. Tkachyk, Adrian H. Tomarere, and Hoa V. Truong
Pierre Fauchard Academy—Todd B. Ehrler
Pierre Fauchard Academy Scholarship—Michael J. Erickson
Chancellor’s Award—Darryl B. Tkachyk
Prince Award—Jaleena A. Jessop
American College of Dentists Southern California Section—Byron E. Diehl
Service Learning Award—Lisa L. Bozzetti, Heather D. Calkins, Eduardo C. Lopez, and Jennifer V. Park
Teaching Learning Center Award—Rehana Khan
Sophomore and junior dental student awards
California Dental Association, The Dentists Company, and The Dentists Insurance Company Scholarships—Dean Brewer, Jessica Buenjemia, Andrea Carvalho, Yolanda Hernandez, Jorge Larrondo, and Matthew McInnes
Dentsply Student Clinician Award—James Jeffery
Omicron Kappa Upsilon, William S. Kramer Award for
Excellence—Matt Elison
LLU Center for Dental Research Preclinical Basic Sciences Award—Nathan Dinsbach, Yong (David) Park
Pierre Fauchard Academy Scholarship—Elizabeth Park
Academy of Dentistry International—Glenn DeLaRoca
The following awards were presented to dental hygiene students during the dental hygiene pinning and dedication ceremony on Friday, May 24.
Dental hygiene awards and recipients
The Bates Award—Rene Caccavale-Zambel
The California Dental Hygienists’ Association Outstanding Leadership—Kellie McNeil
The Clinician’s Award—Stephanie Sobieski
The Dean’s Award—Amanda Bowker
The Klooster Humanitarian Award—Kellie McNeil
The Middleton Award—Rebecca Todd
The Mitchell Award—Cora Bell
The Research Award—Preethi Dara, Hans Lemky, and Ambra Linnenkamp
The Sigma Phi Alpha Award—Amanda Bowker, Joann Grosso, Stephanie Sobieski, and Christen Wells
The Tri-County Dental Hygienists’ Society Award—Liesl Ruhl
Note: For awards that were presented during commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 26, please see cover story.
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School of Dentistry students and faculty serve resdients of Loreto, Baja, Mexico
The service learning department in the School of Dentistry sponsored four dental students and four dental hygiene students during the recent spring break to travel to Baja, Mexico, where they volunteered in a dental clinic in Loreto, a small fishing town approximately 700 miles south of the border.
The group included Mario Flores, DDS, a graduate of the University of Mexico who supervised third-year dental students Hai Trang and Hea Kwon, and second-year dental students Chad Ordelheide and Gary Pundt. Letti Lenoir supervised dental hygiene students Dyanna Denney, Sandra Garcia, Julie Gray, and Betty Jimenez.
During the week of March 17 to 22, Larry Day, DDS, former School of Dentistry faculty member, supervised the clinic.
His wife, Bonnie, and René Hannah prepared meals for the volunteers. Dr. Day’s friend, Ron Payne, a retired physical therapist and alumnus of LLU, worked with Fred Kasischke, DMin, assistant dean, admissions and service learning, to initiate the participation of the School’s service learning program.
The dental clinic, along with a Seventh-day Adventist church, a small
pastor’s house, and an outside kitchen are on the grounds. A physician
in Los Angeles donated funds for the property.
A youth group headed by Pastor Walter Mancea and other volunteers of the
Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church in Southern Oregon, built the
clinic in 1994.
The clinic is used to treat those who meet the income requirements of the social welfare program in Loreto, and is open only when there are volunteers to service the people. News of the dental clinic spread through Loreto’s welfare program, the local Adventist church, and by word of mouth. Some patients had to travel quite a distance to get to the clinic.
The volunteer team rendered about 700 service hours to 135 patients, some of whom returned four or five times. By Friday afternoon, the students had extracted 116 teeth, completed 142 fillings, and provided oral hygiene care (scaling and root planning) for 45 patients.
The School’s service learning department is already busy organizing another trip for the summer break.
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