The mentorship support from our College across all specialties is remarkable. Our residents present their research and compete for awards at national level with projects from basic science to translational research. The following are some of the awards received this year:
American Association of Orthodontics meeting:
Dr. Nancy Huyn
Thomas Graber Award of Special Merit
Dept: Orthodontics
Title: “Osteoclast-Derived Exosomes:
Novel Regulators of Bone Remodeling and Markers of Resorption”
Dr. Neha Patel
Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award
Dept: Orthodontics
Title: “Effect of aligner Material, Duration, and Force level on tooth movement”
Dr. Ada
m Jones – 1st Place (Poster Category)
Dept: Prosthodontics
Title: “Comparing Pink and White Esthetic Scores to Layperson Perception”
University of Florida, 2014 Spring Synergy:
Dr. Lindsay Montague – 1st Place (Oral Categoty)
Dept: Oral Maxillofacial Patholgoy
Title: “Positive Direct Immunofluorescence Testing Results in Cases of Premalignant and Malignant Oral Lesions”
Dr. Tommas Currie – 2nd Place (Oral Category)
Dept: Endodontics
Title: “Presence of Metastatic Human Osteosarcoma Cells in the Dental Pulp.”
Dr. Carl Jones – 1st Place (Poster Category)
Dept: Endodontics
Title: Comparison of Cyclic Fatigue Failure of Three Nickel Titanium Rotary Files”
Dr. Marc Rasmussen – 2nd Place
(Poster Category)
Dept: Endodontics
Title: “The Influence of Manual agitation during Irrigant Delivery on Debris Removal”
Annual Session of the American Association of Endodontics:
Dr. Thomas Currie – $1,000 Award (Oral Category)
Dept: Endodontics
Title: “Presence of Metastatic Human Osteosarcoma Cells in the Dental Pulp.”
Dr. Kevin Nygard- $1,000 Award (Poster Category)
Dept: Endodontics
Title:“Quantitative Analysis of the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Two Irrigation Protocols.”