UF College of Dentistry clinical anaplastologist Robert Mann touches up the color of 5-year-old Jorden Flowers’ prosthetic ears. Jorden, the son of Olympic bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers, was born without ear canals, hearing nerves and his outer ears were incompletely formed skin tabs. His new prosthetic ears created at UFCD are attached using magnets that clip to metal posts implanted in his head by surgeon J. Scott Hill, of Children’s Hospital of Alabama. Click here to see the full story.

News from the College of Dentistry!

Welcome to the Academy of Alumni & Friends E-NEWS, your quick and convenient connection to the University of Florida College of Dentistry. E-NEWS arrives electronically packed with news about the college and your fellow UFCD alumni and friends. Send us an e-mail to let us know what you think; your feedback is important to us.

Message from the President of the Academy of Alumni & Friends

Having the opportunity to speak at the White Coat Ceremony on July 14 was an absolute thrill! I was impressed by the students’ presentations and display of leadership skills. It also was wonderful shaking hands with the Class of 2009 and discussing my experiences as a dental student from 35 years ago. Ah… the memories!

As this year’s president of the Academy of Alumni & Friends, it is my pleasure to oversee the annual giving campaign for the 2007-2008 Alumni Affairs and Student Activities Fund. We are three months into our annual giving and have collected almost half of our goal of $100,000. Please continue to give. Your contributions benefit the students, and we want their experiences at UFCD to be the very best.

Additionally, Dental Fall Weekend is quickly approaching. Please plan to join us for a very interesting speaker on practice management – Linda Miles. We can all use some help in this area, as a well-run practice contributes to the delivery of excellent dentistry. On another note, that weekend’s football game against Florida Atlantic may prove to be exciting as well! Florida Atlantic recently gave USF a hard time, and USF is currently ranked higher than the Gators in the polls!

I look forward to seeing you in Gainesville on Nov. 15-17 for learning, schmoozing and football!

Go Gators!

Thousands of disadvantaged children will soon benefit from a $5.5 million gift to the University of Florida College of Dentistry that will fund the construction and operation of a state-of-the-art pediatric dental facility in Collier County. Groundbreaking for the clinical facility will take place Oct. 30. The gift was announced last December by trustees for the Naples Children & Education Foundation, and represents a unique public-private partnership between the foundation, UFCD, Edison College and CHS Healthcare. Click here for the full story.



Gift of $2 million from grateful patient brings all smiles to UF College of Dentistry

Longwood, Fla. entrepreneur, Edward T. Quinn, has made a $2 million gift to the University of Florida College of Dentistry in honor of M. Franklin Dolwick, a UF professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Dr. M. Franklin Dolwick

The gift will create the M. Franklin Dolwick University Chair and is eligible to receive dollar-for-dollar matching funds from the State of Florida Trust Fund for Major Gifts. The permanently endowed chair is the largest ever established within the college, and is one of a handful funded at this level university-wide.

"Dr. Dolwick has dedicated his life to this profession and to his patients," Quinn said. "I was his patient also, and how he treated me, and all of his patients, became the driving force behind my desire to honor him in this way. It is important to me."

The M. Franklin Dolwick University Chair will support a permanent faculty position held by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, appointed by the dean of the College of Dentistry, with an academic rank of associate or full professor.

M. Franklin Dolwick is a pioneering surgeon in the development of temporomandibular joint diagnostic and surgical procedures. His research on TMJ disorders garnered the prestigious Research Recognition Award from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 1993. Dolwick is internationally recognized as an outstanding educator, scientist and clinician. The gift honors his 35-year career as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, 22 years of which have been invested in resident education and patient care at the University of Florida.

"I am honored but at the same time humbled by Mr. Quinn’s generosity," said Dolwick.  "His gift will assure oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Florida remains a leader in resident education and patient care."


Hialeah Dental Clinic Turns 10!

Opened in 1997 to serve the large Hispanic population in south Florida, the UF College of Dentistry Hialeah Dental Clinic celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. In the past decade, the clinic has conferred nearly 150 dental certificates from the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) and Internationally-Educated Dentist (IEDP) programs. Besides training programs, the clinic also provides dental care to low and moderate-income residents in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties with the support of more than 60 volunteer dentists. Clinic faculty and residents see approximately 250 patients weekly and more than 85 percent of them speak Spanish as their primary language. Click here to read the clinic’s full history.

Check Out UFCD’s Online Photo Albums!

You’ll see yourself and your classmates in the FNDC reception and exhibit hall photo albums, graduation photos, Acid Etch talent show pics, and much, much more!
Click here to visit the photo albums today!
 

Continuing Dental Education for License Renewal

License renewal is fast approaching on Feb. 28, 2008, so UF CDE has a variety of options for you to acquire your board core and required CEUs:

It might be fun for the whole staff to take the License Renewal Bahama's cruise with Dr. Nicholas Grimaudo, Nov. 1-4, 2007: http://dental.ufl.edu/offices/CE/courses/080021.asp

OR, all board core and required courses are available as self-paced online courses: http://dental.ufl.edu/offices/CE/courses/070330.asp

OR, we have a full day seminar, "Day of Core and Required Courses" in Gainesville on Jan. 25, 2008: http://dental.ufl.edu/offices/CE/courses/090012.asp

For complete details on all UF CDE National Champion courses, including cruises, Costa Rica, new continuums and Orlando symposiums, visit
www.dental.ufl.edu/ce or call toll-free 1-888-550-4590.