april 2008
College of
Dentistry
RECALL
The College of Dentistry
University of Saskatchewan
Room 332
Dental Clinic Building
105 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon SK S7N 5E4
Acting Dean:
Dr. Gerry Uswak
Acting Associate Dean:
Dr. Paul Teplitsky
Acting Assistant Dean:
Dr. Alan Kilistoff
If you read something in this issue of Recall that you would like to respond to, please send your comments to Janet Sklarchuk
at the address above or janet.sklarchuk@usask.ca
Dean’s Message
Dr. Gerry Uswak
According to the words of the song, “Money makes the
world go ’round.” So, let’s talk about money! It takes a
fair bit of money to keep a dental college operating. Our
annual budget is approximately 4.8 million dollars. Of
that, 3.6 million dollars (75%) comes from tuition
fees. For years the College has accumulated a
deficit and in April 2005, that deficit reached
its highest point—just over $400,000.00.
We have since eliminated that deficit and
have even turned a profit. However, to
get our financial house in order we had to
take steps that haven’t sat well with many
people. Besides cutting positions, the most
controversial measures were moving from a
five-year to a four-year program and raising our perstudent annual tuition fees to $32,000. At the time that
was the highest dental tuition fee in Canada, but now
fees in other dental schools have caught up with and
even surpassed our rates.
support and other funding from government, we are on
our own.
What are the impacts of high dental tuitions? From
an economic standpoint, we are a commodity in
high demand. We have 10 applicants for each
first-year seat. There are people who want to
become dentists and are willing to pay for
that opportunity. Amortize the cost of dental
education over a dental career and it is a great
investment; however, high tuition fees limit
access to dental education to those who can
afford it. The Canada Student Loan program
covers very little of the direct and indirect costs of
a dental education. However, the commercial banks
have recognized a niche market and have stepped in to
offer lines of credit. But there will then be the need to
make interest payments on top of paying back the debt
following graduation. Students are leaving dental school
with accumulated debt loads of $200,000.00 or more,
and with debt loads of this magnitude our graduates can
no longer consider academic careers in the way they could
in the past. A huge debt load provides little incentive to
pursue and pay for years of graduate studies toward the
goal of working in an academic setting for a fraction of
what can be earned in private practice. Students who
might otherwise be drawn to teaching or research simply
cannot afford that career choice.
High tuition fees are now a reality in dental education
across North America. Put plainly, universities expect
dental schools to recover most or all of their operating
costs. The most logical way to do this is to recover
the cost of operation via tuition fees. We have no
choice. Dentistry education appears not to be on
the Saskatchewan government’s radar screen. Why?
Because Dentistry is not part of the public health care
sector. According to the Competition Bureau of Canada,
in 2006 Canadians spent $9.94 billion on dental
services, of which approximately 95% were private sector
expenditures. So until we can secure adequate tuition
Another cost-cutting measure was to eliminate our
Development Officer position to the detriment of
one very important area, namely Alumni Relations.
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Development officers work with alumni to develop
giving opportunities. Our recent average annual total
alumni donations have been just over $21,000 and are
trending downward, so it is imperative that the College
devise a long-term development strategy. To illustrate
this point, the University of the Pacific dental school’s
most recent alumni giving campaign has a target of 60
million dollars, and Canadian dental schools similarly are
striving to develop campaigns targeted at raising millions
of dollars. Dental schools everywhere have realized that,
in the absence of university and/or government support,
they must go to their alumni for help. I acknowledge
that although we here in Saskatoon have a much smaller
alumni base than those of other North American dental
schools, as a College we have not done enough to gain
alumni support over the years.
Certainly, many of you alumni do contribute either
financially or as part-time faculty, and those gifts are
very much appreciated. However, many others have
expressed that through high tuition fees, they feel they
already have supported the College. One reality: Without
the College, you would have had to go elsewhere for your
training. Another reality: Without your tuition fees, the
College would be in a dire financial position. A third
reality: Without alumni support, we will never be able
to rejuvenate the College to meet the current and future
needs of our students.
We have succeeded in gaining university approval to
purchase a clinical computer system (see “Computer
System Replacement Project” article later this issue).
This system is the institutional analogue of the practice
management software you use in your clinics. It
will improve our clinic’s effectiveness and efficiency,
but it comes at a great cost. The project initially will
cost approximately $700,000.00, plus an additional
$100,000.00 per year to operate. The College will
provide 55% of the capital costs and 100% of the annual
operating costs of the computer system.
Technology is intrinsic to dental education and to the
practice of dentistry, and it comes at a very high cost.
If we are unable to acquire the technology to support
our programs, we will fall behind. Maintaining a dental
teaching hospital is central to providing students
with high-quality clinical teaching experience, yet our
proportion of the university’s Capital Equipment Budget
remains at an insignificant level. The Academic Health
Science Building project will cost upward of 300 million
dollars, yet our College will not receive one bit of programspecific space in that building. Our present classrooms
are crowded; we have run out of office space for new
faculty; we have inadequate locker room facilities; we no
longer have any research/laboratory space; our faculty
practice clinic needs to be upgraded and expanded; and
we do not even have a boardroom for faculty meetings.
At our College of Dentistry, we provide an educational
experience that is second to none. The reputation of our
graduates’ abilities is widely acknowledged across North
America. Our patients receive top-notch care because of
the high quality of the education at the College. But these
are intangible things that cannot be touched or felt, and
our students do not always recognize the high quality of
their educations until after graduation or much later. We
need a dental teaching hospital that clearly exemplifies
the high level of education delivered here. We need
the infrastructure and technology that will allow us to
expand and grow for the future. We need the physical
countenance of the College to reflect the quality of the
education we provide.
Yes, to do this, we need money and the financial support
of our alumni. But we also need much more than that.
We need your support to advocate and lobby on our
behalf. We need you to continue to work as part-time
faculty. We need you to help us make the connections
with government, industry, and community donors so
that our concerns will be taken seriously and funds will be
found to improve the College. We need you to tell us how
we can make the College better for future generations of
dental students. We need you to contribute in whatever
way you see fit to make this a better place.
As always, I would like to hear from you regarding this or
any other matter that you would like to discuss. Please
contact me at your convenience at gerry.uswak@usask.
ca or 1-306-966-5121.
Dr. Gerry Uswak
Acting Dean
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alumni reception
The College was delighted to host the annual Alumni
Reception at the Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver on
March 6, 2008, in conjunction with the Pacific Dental
Conference. The College wishes to acknowledge
Henry Schein, Inc. and Sunstar Americas, Inc. for
their financial contributions to this event. Once
again there was a terrific turnout and needless to say,
everyone had a wonderful time. Take a look at some
of the candid moments captured on film!
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Mark Your Calendars
Convocation: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at TCU 5 Kent McLeod Memorial Classic Golf Tournament:
Saturday, September 6, 2008, at Moonlake Golf
Place.
and Country Club.
Classes begin for all years on August 25, 2008.
Fall Welcome Banquet: September 20, 2008, at
5 TCU Place.
our gratitude for our
part-time faculty
As the end of the academic year
nears, I would like to take this
opportunity to thank our parttime faculty. While I commend
the dedication of our excellent
and valuable full-time and halftime faculty, it is important also
to recognize the contribution of
part-time faculty. If not for this
committed group of professionals,
we could not deliver high-quality
clinical education to our students
and high-quality care to our
patients.
Dentistry operates uniquely by
comparison to our campus’s other
health care colleges. Our parttime faculty members provide their
time and expertise for virtually no
Anholt, Devon
Anholt, Reg
Avram, Dan
Bahrey, Bryce
Berin, Margareta
Berthiaume, Rhonda
Bhargava, Raj
Bowerman, Colin
Brakstad, Shaun
Cadman, Kirby
Caldwell, Marguerite
Campbell, Donald
Choubal, Sujata
Coovadia, Fatima
Deheshi, Dan
remuneration. Instead, they offer
this valuable contribution because
they care about the College and
its responsibilities and are deeply
interested in ensuring that when
our students leave the College,
they are well-prepared for dental
practice.
Take a look at the list of our parttime faculty that appears below. On
behalf of the faculty, staff, students,
and patients of the College of
Dentistry, I would like to offer a
warm and heartfelt “Thank You.”
I look forward to your continuing
with us next year.
Our part-time faculty comprises
an amazing mix of practitioners!
Some have been involved for
decades, while others have just
this year begun their part-time
association with the College.
Irrespective of length of service,
we are proud that so many of our
graduates choose to maintain
these links with the College.
If you don’t see your name on the
list and want to join us in a parttime capacity here at the College,
please contact me at 306-966-5122
or e-mail me at gerry.uswak@
usask.ca
Dessouki, James
Finningley, Allan
Gallagher, Kelly
Goos, Kristin
Hamilton, Keith
Hammer, Mike
Harding, Holly
Hastings, Dave
Haunsperger, Chris
Hildebrand, Doug
Hooshangui, Ali
Husain, Zafar
Huynh, Thu
Jarotski, Todd
Jen, Stephen
Johnson, Don
Kerry, Joel
Konotopetz, Greg
Korayem, Mo
Korol, Stephen
Kost, Greg
Kudryk, Joanne
Kurz, Perry
Kurz, Regan
Lalli, Parm
Louie, Paul
Meier, Doug
Metcalfe, Laura
Miller, Christine
Milne, Kristopher
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Olfert, Kamrin
Orr, Glenda
Patel, Abe
Peacock, George
Penkala, Robb
Plosz, Dave
Pruden, Matthew
Redden, Michelle
Remmer, Ross
Saganski, David
Sammak, Lily
Schappert, Alan
Shoman, Mona
Soroski, Matt
Stark, David
Starzynski, Ron
Steel, John
Stevens, Hilary
Stevens, Jay
Teekasingh, Mohan
Thibodeau, Blayne
Underwood, Ed
White, Bernie
Wilson, Jim
Wong, Cheryl
Woo, Doug
Yazdani, Parviz
Sketch of proposed Station 20 West development
station 20 west funding pulled
by new provincial government
We have previously spoken about Station 20 West in
these pages (see Recall April 2007, April 2006) as a
prime example of an initiative directed at improving
the complete well-being of vulnerable populations
in an inner-city neighbourhood. Station 20 West
was where the College had planned to build a dental
outreach clinic that operated in an interdisciplinary
setting. However, the eight million dollars that
had been earmarked for the project by the previous
NDP government has been pulled by the new
Saskatchewan Party government. While this is
a huge setback and we are disappointed with the
government’s decision, it does not mean we will
shelve our plan to develop our presence in that
community.
mitted to continue working alongside and with the
other Station 20 West stakeholders. A new smaller
version of Station 20 West may be an option or, if
that is not possible, we will continue in our
partnership with the Westside Clinic and the
College of Medicine. Westside Clinic – the home
of SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Towards
Community Health) and many other communitybased programs – has outgrown its current space
and will move to a larger location. Whether this
relocation is in conjunction with a revised Station
20 West project or elsewhere, the College will link
with Westside to build our community outreach
clinic. We will keep you informed of all future
developments.
We will still build an outreach clinic; all that has
changed is the where and the when. We are com-
Dr. Gerry Uswak
Acting Dean
staff changes
The College wishes to congratulate Rhonda
Lenton, the successful candidate for the Clerical
Assistant position vacated by Linda Snell. Rhonda’s
enthusiasm and bubbly personality are qualities that
we all appreciate!
With Rhonda’s transfer from the Main Clinic front
office, Rosemarie Tollefson proved a very capable
replacement and has been selected as a permanent
Front Office staff member.
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Nautia Crier
Dental Clinic computer system
replacement project update
A Working Committee (Barrie Dubray, Piya Sen
[Financial Services], Sheila ffolliott [Information
Technology Services], and Kevin Fuglerud) have met
periodically over the fall and early winter months to
finalize the RFP, which was distributed in early October
and resulted in proposals being received from three
interested vendors — a Canadian company, a US
company, and an Irish company.
As many of our alumni are aware, the College has
been investigating a new clinical computer system
for a number of years now. New clinical software
will enable the efficient operation of the Dental Clinic
portion of the College of Dentistry by providing
software to (1) track patient billings and payments
(financial information), (2) maintain a database of
patient demographic information, oral health records,
and treatment information, and (3) maintain student
academic records and evaluation information. This
new system will replace the obsolete system currently
being used.
An Evaluation Committee met in early December and
reviewed the proposals received from the vendors. All
three vendors were deemed to meet the minimum
requirements and it was decided that we would
invite all three to give on-site demonstrations of their
products. The Evaluation Committee consisted of:
During the spring and summer of 2007, significant
effort was invested in preparing a case to obtain
approval from the university’s Board of Governors for
our College to undertake a project that would make a
new computer software program a reality. The College
also requested that the University contribute resources
(financial and other) toward the project.
Dr. Gerry Uswak
Dr. Alan Kilistoff (College of Dentistry)
Sheila ffolliott
Alan Deschner (Information Technology Services)
Ryan Ukrainetz (Audit Services)
Piya Sen
Trent Kolbe (College of Dentistry)
Kevin Fuglerud
Armes Perrett (Dentistry Student Rep)
Brent Davis (Dentistry Student Rep)
At the September 28, 2007, Board of Governors
meeting, the College’s request to begin the replacement
project was approved and a Request for Proposal (RFP)
was prepared. A steering committee was established
to provide direction and oversight for the project. The
members of the Steering Committee are:
Dr. Jim Germida (Vice-Provost and Associate VicePresident, Academic)
In December we received communication from one
of the vendors (the US company) indicating that they
were withdrawing from the RFP process. In January,
a second proponent (the Irish company) also withdrew, for reasons internal to their company. While
these withdrawals from the process were a concern,
the remaining proponent (the Canadian company)
was already the front-runner and still a very viable
option. To ensure due diligence and exercise due
process, we invited them here to demonstrate their
product, and their presentations in mid February were
very well received. We followed this up with reference
checks and otherwise ensured that their system fully
meets our requirements.
Dr. Gerry Uswak (Acting Dean, College of Dentistry)
Dr. Rick Bunt (Associate Vice-President, Information
and Communications Technology)
Barrie Dubray (Assistant Provost, Integrated Planning
and Analysis)
Laura Kennedy (Associate Vice-President, Financial
Services)
Ed Pokraka (Director of Information Technology
Services)
Kevin Fuglerud (Manager of Finance and
Administration, College of Dentistry).
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Since the demonstration in the middle of February,
we have prepared another presentation for the Board
of Governors recommending that we proceed to
negotiate with the vendor a purchase of their software.
At the March 7, 2008, Board of Governors meeting, our
recommendation was approved and we are now in the
process of contacting the vendor in order to negotiate
the purchase. It is anticipated that over the course of
the next 12 to 16 months we will be customizing and
implementing the software so that it will be ready for
use when our fall term begins in August 2009.
Kevin Fuglerud
Manager, Finance and Administration
focus on pediatric dentistry
The Pediatric Program at the College of Dentistry has
been operating for the past 30 years. It sees more
than 550 children from Saskatoon’s Community
Schools per year, in addition to the approximately 150
children who are brought in to the College clinic by
their parents. Involvement in the Community Schools
has provided a huge benefit to both the schoolchildren and the dental students. The dental students
provide the children with treatment of their dental
needs and the children provide the dental students
with experience in Pediatric Dentistry. In addition,
the program introduces the dental environment to
preschool children who would not likely see a dentist
until they encounter dental pain. The second-year
College students who provide the presentations to the
preschool classes in the Community Schools regularly
receive an overwhelmingly positive response from
the teachers.
in the success of both the education of our dental
students and the health of the children. The College
has developed a valuable place in the Community
Schools as a result of the hard work of so many caring
individuals involved with those schools.
As a result of having recently attended the memorial
service for Community School Co-ordinator Carmen
Prince from Westmount School, Pauline Pontarollo
(College of Dentistry Pediatric Clinic Administrator)
recognized the level of influence and connection
the College has with the Community Schools: “Until
now I hadn’t really thought too extensively about
our association with the Community Schools, but I
now realize how we are also involved in the families
of these schools. Dental students at the University
of Saskatchewan are very fortunate to be involved in
such an effective program associated with Community
Schools.”
Our association with the schools earns the College a
collaborative place with many other groups who also
work closely with the Community Schools, including
Kinsmen, Care and Share, Public Health, and the
Preschool Foundation. These various groups consider
the College of Dentistry to be a partner in providing
service and care to the children of these schools.
In Memoriam
On behalf of faculty, staff, and students at the College
of Dentistry, we extend our sympathy to her personal
family and school family on the passing of Community
School Co-ordinator Carmen Prince of Westmount
School. As per Carmen’s request, a donation was
made by the College to Westmount School to help
benefit the children.
The staffs at these schools all work very hard to ensure
that so far as possible, all aspects of child welfare are
provided. They are a significant contributing factor
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student life
The Saskatchewan Dental Students’ Society has had an exciting and eventful year. Although school was
and is as busy as always, we have had great turnouts for our social events and a lot of fun this year.
Some of the highlights include the Kent McLeod Memorial Classic Golf Tournament, the Fall Formal, the
Roughrider Trip, Bowling Night, the Curling Tournament, the Pub Crawl, and class parties. We are all
looking forward to the annual Student vs. Professor/Alumni Hockey Game scheduled for April 12, 2008,
at 9:00 p.m. at the ACT arena in Sutherland. Go students go!
Solar-powered
toothbrush clinical study
The College is currently recruiting 120 healthy adult
patients with mild-to-moderate gingivitis to test the
clinical efficacy of a new kind of toothbrush. The
research team comprises Drs. Gerry Uswak (Principle
Investigator), Kunio Komiyama, Jay Hoover, Alan
Kilistoff, and James Stakiw.
The Soladey–J3X toothbrush is manufactured by the
SHIKEN Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, and uses a solar
power cell to activate a titanium dioxide semiconductor
which in previous research has been shown to have
bactericidal effects. When light strikes the wet solarpowered titanium dioxide semiconductor, electrons are
generated by photocatalytic action. These electrons
remove hydrogen ions and disrupt the plaque biofilm,
leading to its degradation.
A previous in vitro study by Drs. Komiyama and Uswak
in conjunction with researchers at Kanagawa Dental
College in Japan demonstrated that using scanning
electron microscopy statistically significantly increases
bactericidal effects of solar-powered titanium dioxide
semiconductors on two periodontal pathogens,
Porphylomonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia. The
poster presentation of this research won first prize at
the 2007 FDI Annual World Dental Congress in Dubai,
UAE.
It is expected that the collection of clinical data will be
completed by August of 2008.
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Long-term care
Starting in the fall of 2007, volunteers
because the residents were pleased
from both the College of Dental
to be the centre of attention and were
Surgeons of Saskatchewan and the
happy to have such “novel” company.
College of Dentistry embarked on
The majority of the residents were seen
a program of needs assessment of
in the morning, and the few who were
one sector of our senior citizens in
unavailable in the morning were seen in
Saskatchewan, specifically those who
the afternoon. In all, about two-thirds
are resident in long-term care facilities.
of the residents were seen that Saturday.
Twelve dentists volunteered their time Long-term care assessment I wish to express many thanks to all the
to assess the majority of the residents of the Santa volunteers who made the day so very successful and
Maria long-term care facility in Regina. Assessment enjoyable. Some of the results were made available
training was carried out on Friday evening over a pizza at the College’s annual Table Clinic presentations on
meal, followed by an all-day assessment at the facility April 8, 2008.
on Saturday. The volunteer dentists, hygienists, and
assistants were supported by hygienist Barbara Long Similar projects are underway in Saskatoon under the
and third-year dental students Erin Ellis and Armes direction of Dr. Raj Bhargava, and we will be reporting
Perrett from the College of Dentistry, University of on these in the future. The long-term goal of this
Saskatchewan.
project is to maintain an updated database of all longterm care facilities and their residents so that we can
CODE (Clinical Oral Disorder in Elders), a computerized monitor the oral health of our elder citizens and help
assessment tool developed at the University of British to make those later senior years more comfortable
Columbia, was used to aid in standardizing the and healthy. Many opportunities for volunteer work
examination protocol. This tool enables the collected in this project will become available, so anyone who
data to be compared with that gathered at other is interested in pursuing this kind of activity should
institutions throughout the city, the province, and the contact me at the College of Dentistry and together
country.
we can continue to develop this very worthwhile
program.
The assessment day started with a breakfast provided
by the staff at the Santa Maria facility, after which the Dr. Alan Kilistoff
dental volunteers then moved onto the wards to see Assistant Dean, Clinical Affairs
the patients. The mood was actually rather festive
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Pinehouse, Saskatchewan
pinehouse field clinic
Once again, the College has partnered with the National
School of Dental Therapy (NSDT) to create a teambased outreach experience for students from both
institutions to deliver much-needed oral health care to
an underserviced northern Saskatchewan community.
Some reports from the Pinehouse outreach experience:
Great relations were developed between dentistry and
dental therapy students, and a greater appreciation of each
other’s scope of practice and expertise was developed. This
synergism led to a great deal of treatment rendered to the
residents of this northern community. Community leaders
expressed appreciation for all that was done, and for the
example of these fine young people.
– Dr. Alan Kilistoff
Twelve of our year four students worked alongside dental
therapy students in the northern village of Pinehouse
this past February and March. We are building on last
year’s Sandy Bay pilot project, where six of our students
each spent one week in the community alongside NSDT
students who worked an entire eight-week period in the
community (see April 2007 Recall).
Our Pinehouse experience was a great one! At times it was
hectic and challenging . . . [and] we were forced to apply
our education in less-than-ideal circumstances. Our dental
skills and knowledge have been greatly broadened. Thanks
for the great experience!
– Krisa McCann & Jocelyne Hodgson
The village of Pinehouse is located 95 kilometers by air
northeast of La Ronge. Its population of just over 1,000
people are mainly of First Nation and Métis ancestry.
There are no community-based dentist services
available and while there is a dental therapist working in
the community, the position focuses on preschool and
school-age clinical prevention services. All other village
residents must travel to La Ronge or Prince Albert to
access dental care.
The Pinehouse Field Clinic was definitely an invaluable
learning experience which helped to bring a lot of what
we have learned full circle. It was difficult to say goodbye
after just one week because by that time we were fully
comfortable with everything and had gotten to know all
of the therapists and school staff. Hopefully this program
will be expanded to allow all students the opportunity to
practice dentistry northern-style!
– Simran Sandhu & Kristi Lafontaine We believe this type of outreach experience not only
benefits the clinical development of our students but
also builds character and cultural competency. Our
student teams have the wonderful opportunity of making
a positive impact on the oral health of Saskatchewan
residents who face access to care barriers, while also
demonstrating the College’s widespread commitment
for improving the oral health of the province.
We would like to thank the National School of Dental
Therapy for allowing us to work with them again this
year, and Drs. Kilistoff and Uswak for providing three
weeks of on-site supervision.
(L-R) Brad Cornish
and Jess Chhokar
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Student Teams at Pinehouse:
Jess Chhokar & Brad Cornish
Stephanie Craig & Jonida Seferi
Kristi Lafontaine & Simran Sandhu
Jocelyne Hodgson & Krisa McCann
Jason Yen & Thomas Yoon
Scott Harris & Waseem Hussain
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Pinehouse Elementary School,
(Back L-R) Mike Bodnarchuk, Dr. Alan Kilistoff, Jocelyne
Hodgson, Krisa McCann, Joseph Roberts
(Front) Grace Monych, Lindsay Woodhouse
Field Clinic destination
Dr. Gerry Uswak
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(L-R) Jonida Seferi, (patient), Lindsay Woodhouse
tidbits
Congratulations to Dr. Kunio Komiyama, Professor
Emeritus, for winning the 2007 FDI/Unilever Poster
Award. Dr. Komiyama’s presentation on the antibacterial effects of solar-powered TiO2 semiconductors on
Porphylomonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia was
the winner from a field of 170 posters presented at the
2007 FDI Annual World Congress held in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, October 24–27, 2007.
Dr. Mo Korayem (Class of 2003) will begin a postgraduate program in Orthodontics at the University of
Alberta beginning August 11, 2008.
Dr. Lily Sammak (Class of 2005) has been accepted
to the Pediatric Dentistry program at the University of
Toronto commencing July 1, 2008.
Dr. Blayne Thibodeau and seminar participants
Dr. Tanya Rouleau (Class of 2007) begins
a two-year Oral Medicine program at the
Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC,
in July 2008.
Dr. Tanya Rouleau
Dr. David Stark (Class of 1990) and Dr. Blayne
Thibodeau (Class of 1997) gave a Continuing Education
presentation in Regina on February 16, 2008. Even
though this was a holiday long weekend the course
was well attended, with approximately 50 dentists
and auxiliaries in the audience. Dr. Stark discussed
endodontic diagnosis, anaesthesia in endodontics,
indications for one-appointment endodontics, the
Balanced Force instrumentation technique, the choice
between endodontic treatment and replacement with
dental implants, and “tricks, trends, and controversies.”
Dr. Thibodeau provided an excellent review of
instrument sequencing and considerations for multiple
appointment endodontics. As well, he presented a
comprehensive review of the latest guidelines for the
management of dental trauma with an emphasis on
endodontic considerations. The attendees gave good
reviews of the presentations and agreed that it had
been a Saturday well spent. Drs. Stark and Thibodeau
have volunteered that while they may not have “all the
answers,” if any dental practitioner has endodontic
questions, either would be happy to try to answer
them.
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Dr. Blayne Thibodeau
On March 23, 2008, it was announced across Canada
that Dr. Alika LaFontaine, Anaesthesia resident in the
College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan,
won the “Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister”
competition sponsored by CBC. A prize of $50,000
came with the title! Dr. LaFontaine is married to
Dr. ThuUyen Huynh (Class of 2006), and is the brother
to Leemai LaFontaine (Class of 2011).
Dr. Kim Boldt (Class of 1999) recently moved to south
Edmonton and opened her own dental practice,
Summerside Dental. Together with her husband,
Curtis, and daughters Chloe (6 years old) and Paighton
(3 years old), they are enjoying building relationships in
this new lakefront community.
Engagements &
Marriages
Congratulations to Navneet Bhullar (Class of
2009) and Justin Bhullar (Class of 2010), who were
married August 4, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, and
honeymooned in Nassau, Bahamas.
Eric Granberg (Class of 2010) recently became
engaged to Andrea Early, and the two are planning
an August 9, 2008, wedding.
David Baker (Class of 2011) married Noelle Wolsey
on February 22, 2008, in Cardston, Alberta. The
newlywed couple are planning a Caribbean cruise in
May.
Navneet Bhullar and
Justin Bhullar
Noelle Wolsey and David Baker
Eric Granberg and Andrea Early
two fond farewells
The College bid farewell to Linda Snell
on December 31, 2007. Linda began her
career with the College of Dentistry as a
term employee on September 29, 1995,
and was extended permanent half-time
Linda Snell employment on June 6, 1997. Ever since
Linda first joined us, she was a pillar for this College, and
her strong commitment to her work was extended to all
faculty, staff, and students in the College. Although it
was very sad to say goodbye, the College wishes Linda
all the success in her new position at the Saskatoon
Community Clinic.
Tammy Stieb joined the College on December 1, 2006,
in the Office of Student Services. Tammy learned to
handle this hectic position with patience and calmness.
She was a pleasant, soft-spoken colleague who will be
missed. Tammy accepted a position in the Faculty
Association Office on campus effective March 17,
2008.
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Our
Dental Family
Rob Perlot, Rosaleen
Shavron, Renée Leigh
Danielle Marie
Brynn Brady,
Jayce, and Ryan
Christy and Grace Lily
Adyson Jade
Lexis Anne Hazel and Jacob
Rosaleen Shavron (Class of 1999) and husband Rob
Perlot are pleased to announce the arrival of Renée
Leigh on October 23, 2007, in Philadelphia, PA.
Renée weighed in at 6 lb. 11 oz.
Brett Bevans (Class of 2008) and Christy are thrilled
to announce the arrival of Grace Lily on February 21,
2008. She weighed 6 lb. 1 oz.
Proud parents Shane Mamer (Class of 2010) and
wife Susan introduced Adyson Jade to the world on
November 3, 2007, weighing in at 5 lb. 2 1/2 oz.
Congratulations to Dustin Holben (Class of 2001)
and wife Diane on the birth of Danielle Marie on
May 17, 2007, weighing 7 lb. 11 oz. and a baby sister
to Nicole.
Shawn Mamer (Class of 2011) and wife Kyla are
excited to announce the birth of Lexis Anne Hazel
born January 12, 2008, with a weight of 7 lb. 7 1/2 oz.
and baby sister to Jacob.
Sandy Endersby-Beekman (Class of 2005) and
Richard welcomed the newest member of their
family, daughter Brynn Brady, on November 15,
2007, baby sister to Jayce and Ryan. Brynn was a
healthy 6 lb. 13 oz.
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