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Spring/Summer 2011
Volume 8
Number 1
A Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
Denton A. Cooley, MD, Honors Dentist Father
with Largest Gift Ever to UT School of Dentistry
Houston heart surgeon Dental A. Cooley, MD, with a
photo of his father, Ralph C. Cooley, DDS, a 1908 graduate of UTSD.
By Meredith Raine, UT Media Relations
World-famous heart surgeon Denton A. Cooley, MD, surgeon-in-chief, founder and
president emeritus of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, has
made a gift to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
School of Dentistry in memory of his father, the late Ralph C. Cooley, DDS, a 1908
alumnus of the school.
It is the largest single gift ever made to the School of Dentistry and establishes the
Ralph C. Cooley, DDS Distinguished Professorship in Biomaterials. In addition, a
multi-purpose center under construction adjacent to the new dental school building at
7500 Cambridge St. will be named the “Denton A. Cooley, MD and Ralph C. Cooley,
DDS University Life Center.”
An article about the gift appeared in the June 18 edition of the Houston Chronicle.
“I consider it a real opportunity to demonstrate my pride and affection for my father,” said Cooley, who is now 90. “The older I get, the more grateful I am for his
influence on my life and development. He was an outstanding parent who served as a
role model.”
John A. Valenza, DDS, dean of the School of Dentistry, said the gift will perpetuate
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UT’s Dental School in Houston Is Now UTSD
On Wednesday, June 1, 2011, “The University of Texas School
of Dentistry at Houston” became the new name of the UT Dental
Branch, marking a return to the name the school held when it became part of UT System in 1943.
Dean John A. Valenza, DDS, (Class of
’81), led the drive to change the school’s
name in a bid to end confusion about
whether “dental branch” referred to a
school, a department, or some other entity.
The name has also sometimes been confused
with “UT Medical Branch” in Galveston.
UT System Regents approved the name change in February.
The dental school remains part of The UT Health Science Center
at Houston (UTHealth) and will use the initials “UTSD” on second
reference, or UTHealth School of Dentistry. The School of Dental
Hygiene is now the “Dental Hygiene Program,” and the Postgraduate School of Dentistry will be known as “Advanced Education
Programs.”
The process of changing the university
and dental school’s websites, directories,
publications, signage, social media sites,
etc. has begun and will continue for several
months.
In mid-2012, UTSD will get a new phone
number and address (7500 Cambridge St.),
when the school moves to a new 300,000-square-foot replacement
building in the UT Research Park on the Texas Medical Center’s
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Valenza Makes History
First-Ever Alumnus to
Serve as UTSD Dean
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UTSDAA Names Mabrito 2011 Alumnus of the Year
The University of Texas School of Dentistry Alumni Association
has chosen Houston esthetic dentist Craig Mabrito, DDS, as 2011
Alumnus of the Year. He said he is “humbled and honored to be
named in the same category of those who have preceded me.”
Mabrito grew up in San Antonio and attended Texas A&M
Kingsville before coming to UTSD, where he graduated in 1973.
He served in the U.S. Air Force and taught at the University of
Colorado School of Dental Medicine, and in the process came “to
appreciate the fine education [UTSD] had provided at a very reasonable cost,” he said.
He taught part-time at UTSD from 1977-81 and stayed as a
guest lecturer until 1986. He was also co-founder of Reality, an
information source for cosmetic dentistry. Mabrito is a fellow of
the Academy of General Dentistry, the International College of
Dentists and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and
he is a member of the American
Dental Association, Texas Dental
Association, and Greater Houston
Dental Society. He has also served
as president of the Eating Disorder
Association of Houston and spoken
to national media outlets as an expert on bulimia’s effect on teeth. He
holds a patent for ClearMatch Shade
Analyzing Software, a tooth shade
Craig Mabrito, DDS ‘73
analysis system, and was involved in
the early development of veneers.
He is married to fellow UTSD graduate Judith Mabrito, DDS,
of the Class of ’84. She maintains a separate general dentistry pracUT
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Dr. Long Awarded TDA Gold Medal for Distinguished Service
The Texas Dental Association has awarded its Gold Medal for
Distinguished Service to UT School of Dentistry Adjunct Clinical Professor S. Jerry Long, DDS (Class of
’66) of Houston. The award is the TDA’s
highest honor and was presented at the Annual Session in San Antonio in May. Long
is currently co-chair of the school’s Open to
Health initiative, raising funds for scholarships, faculty endowments, research, community outreach and the new dental school
S. Jerry Long, DDS ‘66
building.
Over his career, he has amassed an array of honors, including
being named Texas Dentist of the Year™ by the Texas Academy of
General Dentistry, and “Outstanding Alumnus” by the UTSD
Alumni Association, an organization he has also led as president
and board member. He has held several posts with the American
Dental Association (ADA), including delegate, alternate and vice
chairman for the 15th District, chair of the ADA’s Council on
Government Affairs, and on the boards of several ADA councils.
Locally, he has served as president of the Greater Houston Dental Society and general chairman of the Star of the South Dental
Meeting. He is a winner of the Jack Harris Award, presented by
the Greater Houston Dental Alliance.
Long is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and fellow
and past president of the Texas Section, American College of Dentists and the Texas Section, International College of Dentists. He
has also served as president for both the Southwest Prosthodontics
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Dr. Armstrong Receives TDA Service Recognition Award
Craig S. Armstrong, DDS ’89, has won the Texas Dental Association’s Service Recognition Award for his highly effective “Minority Report” to the American Dental Association’s 2010 Council
on Dental Practice. The award was presented at the TDA Annual
Session in San Antonio in May.
Armstrong, a West Houston general and cosmetic dentist, represents the 15th District on the council, which in 2010 was charged
with looking at changing ADA policies with regard to allied dental
personnel. The council passed resolutions that would have effectively permitted non-dentists to perform surgical and irreversible
dental treatments on patients. Armstrong voted against the resolutions and, upon returning home, wrote a minority report speaking
out against the council’s resolutions.
The report was submitted to the ADA Board of Trustees and
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subsequently to the 2010 House of Delegates, who overwhelmingly voted not to adopt ADA policies allowing
non-dentists to perform such procedures.
Armstrong has served the TDA on its
board of directors, DENPAC Board,
Council on Dental Economics, Council
on Dental Benefits and Oral Health, and
as a delegate and alternate. He has also
served the ADA as a delegate and alternate
Craig S. Armstrong,
delegate, in addition to his work with the
DDS ‘89
Council on Dental Practice. He is a past
president of the Greater Houston Dental
Society and currently serves as president of the Texas Academy of
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The Search Is Over
Dr. Valenza Chosen to Lead ‘UT School of Dentistry’
By Rhonda Moran, School of Dentistry
care, and executive associate dean. He is responsible for many inJohn A. Valenza, DDS, has been named dean of The University
novations, including use of electronic patient records and digital
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of
imaging, enhanced clinical simulation, faculty practice, clinical
Dentistry, effective June 1, 2011
credentialing, clinic rounds, the current
– the same day the school retired
mobile dental van, and expanded comthe name “Dental Branch.”
munity outreach programs and clinics.
UTHealth President ad interim
He also led the design and construcGiuseppe Colasurdo, MD, antion of the new, state-of-the-art dental
nounced the appointment during
school building and conference center.
graduation exercises in May.
Both are scheduled to open in midValenza has been interim
2012.
dean since 2009. He is the first
Valenza’s research has focused on
alumnus to serve as dean in the
the application of technology and inschool’s 106-year history.
formatics in dental practice, as well as
A native of Houston, Valenza
clinical simulation. Under his watch,
attended UT-Austin before enthe school’s Open to Health fundraising
UTHealth President ad interim Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD
rolling at the School of Dentistry,
initiative has had continued success, and
(left) has named John A. Valenza, DDS ’81, (center) dean of
where he graduated in 1981. He
he created a successful podcast series,
UT School of Dentistry. Photo by Brian Schnupp.
completed a general practice
UTSD V-flash!, to address issues at the
residency at the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital in
school and enhance relationships with the school’s alumni, orgaNashville, where he also practiced and served on the faculty of
nized dentistry and the community.
Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. He joined the
He is a member of the American Dental Association, American
UTSD faculty in 1987.
Dental Education Association, American Association of Hospital
Valenza initiated the nationally recognized General Practice
Dentists, Texas Dental Association and The University of Texas
Residency program with Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas
Academy of Health Science Education. Valenza is also a fellow of
Medical Center and has held a number of leadership positions, inthe Academy of General Dentistry, the American College of DenUT
cluding director of advanced education, associate dean for patient
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2011 Graduation Ceremony Last
Under ‘Dental Branch’ Name
For the last time under the name “Dental Branch,” the oldest school of UTHealth held
its 106th Graduation Convocation ceremony May 20 at Cullen Performance Hall on the
University of Houston campus, recognizing 82 DDS graduates, 21 master’s degree candidates and 36 who earned postgraduate certifications. Thirty-four bachelor’s degrees in
dental hygiene were awarded.
As a special keepsake, the graduates, stage guests and faculty members present were
given challenge coins that acknowledged the school’s past, current and future names while
“denot(ing) your status as witnesses to the end of this era and the start of a new one,” said
then-Interim Dean John Valenza. Assistant Professor Shelli Peters, DDS, gave the
inspirational message before UTHealth
President ad interim Giuseppe Colasurdo,
MD, greeted the graduates and announced
Valenza’s appointment as permanent dean,
effective June 1. The dental and dental hygiene class presidents, Summer Ketron and
Robyn Henderson, respectively, addressed
the audience as well. The keynote speaker
was UTSD alumnus and Texas Dental AsHis former students pause to hug Associate
sociation Immediate Past President Ron
Professor Robert “Rod” Dosch, DDS ’76, whose
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injuries from a motorcycle wreck forced his retireRhea (DDS ’72). SD
ment. Photo by Brian Schnupp.
DDS graduate Man Nguyen Le celebrates with his
son. Photo by Rhonda Moran.
New graduate Blake Swearingen’s family members
show off party teeth bought especially for the
occasion. Photo by Brian Schnupp.
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Alumni News
David A. Peto, DDS, a 2011 graduate
of The University of Texas School of
Dentistry’s postgraduate program in periodontics, has been selected as a finalist
in the American Academy of Periodontology’s Balint Orban Memorial Competition – making him a candidate for the
most prestigious award given by the AAP
to recognize research done by a student
throughout residency. Eight finalists were
selected to present their research to a
panel of judges at the AAP Annual Meeting, set for Nov. 12-15 in Miami Beach, Fla.
Peto, whose mentor at UTSD was Assistant
Professor Isabel Gay, DDS, is currently
practicing in Los Angeles, Calif.
The Department of Pediatric Dentistry
has graduated another slate of residents,
celebrating with a graduation banquet
at America’s Restaurant in June. Those
completing residency included Drs.
Claudia Hernandez, Adrienne Archidiacono, Jennifer Kong, Camille LaHue,
Arti Patel and Jammie Tosevski. Entering
their second year of residency are Drs.
Elizabeth Briceno, Rachael Garrett, Liz
Gold, Zarina Rasheed, Brian Steele and
Brenden Taylor.
Robert J. Zoch, DDS ’70, received the
Academy of General Dentistry’s Lifelong
Learning and Service Recognition Award
recently at the 2010 general assembly of
the Florida AGD. He currently practices in
Orlando.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery resident
Simon Young, DDS ‘03, PhD, MD, was part
of a team selected to receive the 2011
Hershel M. Rich Invention Award for their
“Combined Space Maintenance and Bone
Regeneration System for the Reconstruction of Large Osseous Defects.” The award
is presented annually to Rice University
faculty or students for an invention that
demonstrates creativity and originality.
The American Board of Orthodontics
has awarded the O.B. Vaughan Special
Recognition Award to Clinical Associate
Professor Walter J. “Bud” Belanger, DDS
’57. Belanger also earned his master’s
degree at UTSD in 1970 and has been
a Department of Orthodontics faculty
member for 40 years while maintaining a
private practice in Pearland.
In presenting the award, outgoing ABO
President Jeryl English, DDS, said Belanger “has taught residents his ‘Golden
Rule,’ which is to treat every patient the
way you would want to be treated. He has
stressed board certification throughout
his career. Bud loves the orthodontic
specialty, but also stresses family, faith and
friends for a successful life.”
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Cooley
the legacy of Dr. Ralph Cooley, an innovator who inspired others to continue the advancement of dentistry. The endowed professorship will help to
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recruit and support the work of a biomaterials clinician/scientist.
The gift also supports the construction of UTHealth’s first multi-purpose
facility for use campus-wide. The Denton A. Cooley, MD and Ralph C. Cooley, DDS University
Life Center, which is expected to open in 2012, will serve as a place for professional conferences,
meetings and other events. The 14,000-square-foot center will seat up to 400 people.
“Dr. Cooley has been a tremendous friend to UT, and we thank him for his continued support,” said Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD, president ad interim of
UTHealth. “We all know Dr. Cooley as a giant in the medical field and with this generous gift have learned that helping
others through innovation and technology is in Dr. Cooley’s
DNA.”
During the early to mid-1900s, Ralph Clarkson Cooley,
DDS, rose to prominence as a pioneer who transformed the
field of restorative dentistry.
As one of the first graduates of the Texas Dental College,
which later became The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston, he started his practice in his family’s home in
the Houston Heights.
The good-humored dentist soon moved his successful practice downtown, first to the Binz Building and later to the Gulf
Ralph C. Cooley, DDS
Building, and his patients included some of Houston’s most
prominent leaders.
Over the years, he refined dental techniques and invented products to restore smiles. His family, including the younger of his two sons, Denton, was by his side for many of these professional
milestones.
Described in the May 1955 edition of the Texas Dental Journal as “one of the better known and
admired dentists of this country and one of the relatively few dentists with an enviable international reputation,” the late Cooley was perhaps best known for his invention of Copalite. The
varnish was designed to coat and desensitize a tooth before the cavity was filled.
“It was brilliant,” said Frank K. Eggleston, DDS, a retired Houston dentist and immediate past
president of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. “Before Copalite, there was nothing
like it. It calmed the tooth and dried almost immediately. I don’t know a dentist in the United
States who didn’t have a bottle of Copalite.”
Delta Dental of California Supports
UTSD with $350K Donation to New Facility
Delta Dental of California has donated $350,000 to The University of Texas School of
Dentistry to create the Delta Dental Assessment and Research Clinic in the new dental
school building. The first-floor clinic is expected to be one of the most heavily used areas in
the building for patients new to the School of Dentistry, and for clinical research conducted
by students and faculty.
“We are honored to be included among the project founders, contributors, and leadership
who all share a vision to increase access to dental care for underserved populations,” said John
Yamamoto, DDS, vice president of professional services for Delta Dental of California.
Delta Dental of California is the parent organization for its dental insurance program in
Texas and has been a supporter of dental education throughout the western U.S. with a focus
on access to care and pediatric dentistry. The gift represents the largest corporate-based contribution in the five-year history of the Open to Health fundraising initiative at UTSD.
Other inventions included the Cooley Dam and the Cooley Peg. His father’s inventions likely
motivated Denton Cooley to make innovations in his own profession, he said.
A University of Texas at Austin graduate, Denton Cooley earned his medical degree from Johns
Hopkins University in 1944.
Like his father,
he served in the
military. In 1951,
he returned to
his hometown
and went on to
become a worldrenowned cardiac
surgeon and the
first to perform a The new conference center, named in honor of Dr. Denton Cooley and his father, Ralph C. Cooley,
successful human DDS Class of 1908, will be adjacent to the new School of Dentistry building. Both will open in
2012. Illustration by UTHealth Creative Services.
heart transplant
in the United States. The pioneer of many techniques used in cardiovascular surgery today, he has
helped develop at least 200 surgical products, including the heart/lung machine.
“I talked to many of my father’s patients, and they said every time they went to my father’s office,
he spent so much time talking about my career,” Cooley said. “He was so proud that I was at Johns
Hopkins and doing all these things in my profession, and I think he was very proud of what I was
doing.”
Likewise, Cooley was proud of his father. “He emphasized honesty, dedication to your profession,
hard work and providing for your family unit,” he said.
A former president of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry and the Texas Dental Association, Ralph Cooley tried to convince his youngest son to become a dentist and take over his dental practice. In an effort to sway young Denton’s interest toward dentistry, he would invite his son
to the dental lab to work. Once, Denton required some dental work, so his father instructed him on
how to craft his own inlay, a tooth filling shaped to fit a cavity and then cemented into place.
Years later, Denton Cooley was in London and had an appointment with a dentist who praised the
father’s work and admired the inlay the heart surgeon had, as a teenager, shaped with such precision
based on his father’s instructions. The inlay, which remains in Denton Cooley’s mouth to this day,
was not merely the crude chunk of gold that was customary at the time. It was perfection.
“People say my dad was the best dentist in the world.”
Wades Make Additional $150K Gift in Support
of Pediatric Dentistry
Herbert L. Wade, DDS ’69, ’71 and his wife, Sally
Dee Wade, both of Bryan, have designated an additional $150,000 to go to a professorship in pediatric
dentistry established in their names at UT School of
Dentistry in 2008. Their combined gifts will fund
the Herbert L. and Sally Dee Wade Distinguished
Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry, which will be
available to the school upon their passing.
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Wade
John Greer, executive director of development at
UTSD, said planned gifts can be made using existing holdings to fund a trust or annuity that
will create income for the donor, with the principal eventually going to the school. For more
information about planned gifts, call the UTSD Development Office 713-500-4380.
In Memoriam
MaryDawn Kinsolving Hurst, DDS
(Class of ’86) of Pearland died May 7,
2011 after a lengthy illness. She was
both an alumna and former faculty
member of the UT School of Dentistry.
She is survived by her husband, Dr.
Thomas Hurst.
Lawrence “Larry” Maher, Jr., DDS,
(Class of ’65) of La Porte died Feb. 9, 2011
after practicing dentistry for 37 years.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Dr.
Lorena Ward Maher; four children and
eight grandchildren. During his career,
Maher mentored several young people
interested in dentistry by having them
look over his shoulder as he performed
dental procedures. He was a Life Member of the Texas Dental Association, a
member of the UT School of Dentistry
Alumni Association, and of the Den-Pac
Century Club and Baytown Dental Study
Club.
James M. Richardson Jr., DDS of
Longview (Class of ‘71) died Jan. 6, 2011
of liver cancer at age 65 after practicing
dentistry in Hallsville for nearly 40 years.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa Cashon
Richardson; his parents, J.M. and
Lurlene Richardson; four children and
four grandchildren.
Adjunct Associate Professor Leonard E.
“Gene” Crabtree, DDS, who was both
an alumnus (Class of ’63) and a faculty
member at UT School of Dentistry and
Medical School, died Jan. 4, 2011 at age
76. He is survived by his wife, Janis, and
three daughters. A full obituary appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
John L. Estes, Jr. DDS, (Class of ‘56) died
Oct. 25, 2010 at his home in Abilene. He
had been in practice in Abilene for 54
years. He is survived by June, his wife of
63 years; four children, 12 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. Among
those survivors are three UTSD alumni:
son John Estes III, DDS (Class of ’76),
daughter Jane Estes Tindol Weatherbee, DDS (Class of ’85), and grandson
John Estes IV, DDS (Class of 2010). The
late Dr. Estes was a life member of the
Texas Dental Association and past president of the 17th District Dental Society.
He and June volunteered for mission
trips to Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala
and Zambia, Africa, where a wing of
the Namwianga Rural Health Center is
named in their honor.
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UTSD’s ‘Dental Derby’ Brings in Cash and New Donors
By Rhonda Moran, School of Dentistry
With the sound of a bugle and a click of a
mouse, the “Dental Derby” took off on the
computer screen over the summer, pitting
alumni of The University of Texas School
of Dentistry against each other by class year
and specialty in a friendly competition to raise
funds for the new building, scholarships and
the Dean’s Excellence Fund.
By going to www.opentohealth.org/DentalDerby,
anyone could see how the groups were doing, making
the site an entertaining tool for the 31 volunteer class captains recruited to reach out to their classmates, said John Greer, executive
director of development at UTSD.
Nearly $400,000 was collected from 200 donors between April
1 and July 31, including more than $100,000 as a direct result of
the Derby. The Class of 1969 won first place, with $151,000 in gifts
committed. The Class of 1973 took second place with $33,800 and
the Class of 1954 came in third with $15,700. Making up the rest of
the Top 10 were the Classes of 1976, 1983, 1981, 1977, 1980, 1972
and 1966.
Perhaps the biggest success, Greer said, is that a third of those gifts
came from first-time donors to the school. “It’s moved many people
from just thinking about doing something for the school to actively
making the gift, and that establishes a relationship that’s meaningful
to both parties,” he said.
Having the support of Open to Health Volunteer Chair W.R. “Bill”
Birdwell, DDS ‘73, and UTSD Dean John A. Valenza, DDS ‘81,
made it easier to recruit School of Dentistry alumni to pitch the race
to their former classmates, Greer said, and having classmate involvement was crucial. “We’re all more likely to value information that
comes from a friend,” he said.
One class captain, Elizabeth Hunsaker, DDS ‘85,
of Bellaire, said she agreed to help because she has
“a real passion for the dental school. We need to
realize what part it’s played in our lives, and we
need to give back so it can be a better place in
the future,” she said.
Texas subsidizes the cost of an education at
its three dental schools – something Hunsaker
believes her fellow alumni may not fully realize. But
financial support from the state has been declining over
the past decade and took an even sharper hit with the recession, so alumni support is more important than ever.
“It takes heart and money to make things happen,” Hunsaker said.
The School of Dentistry expresses special thanks to all the class
captains who participated in the Dental Derby:
B.J. Westbrook, DDS ’54
Marvin J. Olim, DDS ’83
B. Brooks Goldsmith, DDS ’59
Scott H. Coleman, DDS ’84
W. Kenneth Horwitz, DDS ’61
Elizabeth A. Hunsaker, DDS ’85
Leslie O. Fullerton, DDS ’65
Steven A. Laman, DDS ’86
S. Jerry Long, DDS ’66
James R. Foster, DDS ’87
Jerry P. Katz, DDS ’68
Boyd W. Shepherd, DDS ’88
Herbert L. Wade, DDS ’69
Craig S. Armstrong, DDS ’89
James W. Chancellor, DDS ’71
Ingrid E. Duebbert, DDS ’91
David C. Woodburn, DDS ’72
Dean V. Hutto, DDS ’92
Douglas W. Bogan, DDS ’73
Rita M. Cammarata, DDS ’96
James D. Condrey, DDS ’75
Hugh P. Patton, DDS ’97
Donald A. Lutes, DDS ’76
Jeffery R. Brunson, DDS ’00
Gregory K. Oelfke, DDS ’77
David W. Kostohryz, DDS ’05
Joseph M. Piazza, DDS ’79
Candelaria V. Rodriguez, DDS ’06
Byron L. Novosad, DDS ’80
Tiffany Tredway-Ransom, DDS ’09
J. Brad Loeffelholz, DDS ’81
Dwight D. Peccora, DDS ’10
Give Kids a Smile Day 2011: 300 kids + 325 volunteers = Wow!
More than 300 children with acute
This year, prescreening was done
dental needs and limited financial rethrough the San Jose Clinic, Epissources got free dental treatment April
copal Community Health Outreach
2 at Give Kids a Smile Day, an annual
Services, the Houston Asian Dental
event sponsored by The University of
Society, Good Neighbor Healthcare
Texas School of Dentistry, the Greater
Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Houston Dental Society, Susman FamFriends for Christmas (Houston
ily Foundation and 24 other sponsors
ISD) and Communities in Schoolsand partners.
Houston.
Approximately 325 volunteer dentists,
Interim Associate Dean for Patient
dental hygienists, students and dental
Care Matthew “Mickey” Seals,
school faculty and staff members perDDS ‘77, said the GHDS has been a
Dental hygiene student Lisa Grigalanz counts as 6-yearold Jennifer Portillo learns the correct way to brush.
formed nearly 1,800 procedures (an
major partner in Give Kids a Smile
Photo by Rhonda Moran.
estimated $164,000 value) for the chilDay since 2004. Major funding
dren, topping last year’s record of 200 children, 1,700 procedures
comes from the Susman Family Foundation. “Without them, we
UT
and an estimated $125,000 value of care.
wouldn’t be able to do this on a regular basis,” he said. SD
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These donors have given $1,000 or more to The University of Texas School of Dentistry
between Dec. 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. All gifts are counted as part of the Open to Health
initiative. For information on ways to support growth at the School of Dentistry, contact John
Greer, executive director of development, at 713-500-4380 or John.T.Greer@uth.tmc.edu.
A-dec, Inc.
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Michael V. O’Shell, DDS
C. Moody Alexander, DDS, MS
Heraeus Kulzer, Inc.
R. Michael Patton, DMD
Terry T. Angevine, DDS
Home Town Dental of Lake Worth,
Monjit S. Guram, DDS
James A. Person, Jr., DDS
W. Clyde Hooper, Jr., DDS
H. Philip Pierpont, DDS
Anonymous Donor
Astra Tech, Inc.
Jaime Balandran, DDS
James D. Bates, DDS, MD
Terry B. Bawcom, DDS
Dr. and Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce
Floyd D. Britton, DDS
Kirby Bunel, Jr., DDS
James W. Chancellor, DDS
Joseph J. Chen, DDS
Zhijian Chen, DDS, MS
Donald F. Cohen, DDS
Denton A. Cooley, MD
The Denton A. Cooley Foundation
Deborah Cooper-Newland, DDS
George E. Crosthwaite III, DDS
Charles R. Hoopingarner, DDS
Sharon S. Peterson, DDS
Jeffrey Hoover, DMD
Piney Point Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Steven Koo, DDS
Michael S. Istre, DDS
Jorge E. Quirch, DDS
Johnson & Johnson
RK Associates, Inc.
James W. Kennedy, DDS
Justin L. Roth, DDS, MS
Allen C. Kincheloe, DDS
Charles S. Sanford II, DDS, MS
Zahid S. Lalani, DDS, PhD
Susan V. Seybold, DDS, MS
S. Jerry Long, DDS
Southmore Dental Center,
Minh H. Phan, DDS
Craig A. Mabrito, DDS
Thanh D. Mai, DDS
Robert C. Matherne, MD, DDS
Georganne P. McCandless, DDS
Gary W. McDonald, DDS
P. Lamar Meadows, Jr., DDS
Dennis R. Spence, DDS, MS
Larry W. Spradley, DDS, MS
Robert F. Stanton, DMD
Larry R. Stewart, DDS, MS
Stryker Craniomaxillofacial
Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
East Texas Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Associates, Jay T. Gordon, DDS
Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Stephen Dwyer, DDS
M. James Clark, DDS
Charles M. Repa, DDS
Dan W. Williams, Jr., DDS
Brian M. Unterman, DDS, MD
Zahid S. Lalani, DDS, PhD
Douglas W. Fain, DDS, MD
Byron L. Novosad, DDS
John A. Valenza, DDS
Family Dentistry of LaMarque,
Milton L. Howard, DDS
Paula N. O’Neill, EdD
Venkat Verrisetty, DDS
Oral & Facial Surgery Group of East Texas,
Ricky L. Hurst, DDS
Herbert L. Wade, DDS
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates,
Southwest
William V. Jordan III, DDS
Brian D. Stapp, DDS
Dana M. Brotherton, DDS, MD
Billy Joe Westbrook DDS
Ronada R. Davis, DDS
Andrew C. Doerfler, DDS
Samuel O. Dorn, DDS
Kim Freeman, DDS, MS
Karl F. Frey, DDS
James C. Garrett, MD, DDS
Kim S. Gee, DDS, MS
Michael L. Giesler, DDS
Greater Houston Dental Society
James M. Hebert, DDS
Oral Surgery Associates
Joseph Dusek, DDS
R. Brent Bailey, DDS
Michael Anton, DDS
Texas Oral and Facial Surgery,
Raymond Wiggins, DDS, MD
Thomas A. Tiller, DDS, MS
Peter T. Triolo Jr., DDS, and
Pamela K. Triolo, PhD
Thomas M. Weil, DDS
Harry V. Whitehill, Jr., DDS, MS
Danny P. Windham, DDS
William J. Wintersteen, DMD
Kirk K. Yen, DDS
Oral Surgeons’ Donations Top $70K to Equip
Surgical Operatory in New Dental School
Members of the Edward C. Hinds Academy for Oral Surgery have donated more than
$70,000 to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to equip a special operatory in the oral surgery suite of UT School of Dentistry’s new building.
The academy is an alumni organization named for the late Edward Hines, DDS, MD, who
established the school’s Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program in 1949 as one of the first formal oral surgery training programs in Texas.
“The Hinds Academy Operatory” will have state-of-the-art oral and maxillofacial surgery
equipment for patient care and for education of residents and dental students. It will also be
developed as a facility suitable for simulation exercises to meet state anesthesia certification
requirements. The gift will be commemorated with a plaque.
Dr. Mark Wong, OMS chair at the School of Dentistry, said the department and school “appreciate the enthusiastic support shown by our alumni for a facility that will help maintain a
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strong presence for oral and maxillofacial surgery in the new dental school.” SD
At the building site, Hinds Academy leaders
William V. Jordan, DDS, (center right) and
Thomas Wiel, DDS (far right) present the
donation to (from left) Dr. Mark Wong, and
Dean John Valenza, DDS. Photo by Teresa
Granhold.
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Retired Sugar Land Dentist Now a Top NFL Referee
Retired Sugar Land dentist Walt Anderson, Class
of ’78, officiates a 2010 Bengals-Colts game in
Indianapolis. Photo by Bill Nichols Photo Service.
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By Karen Fox, ADA
Retired Sugar Land dentist Walt Anderson, DDS ’78, stood midfield for the coin
toss Feb. 6 in Cowboys Stadium before a
crowd of 100,000 and a television audience of 111 million more. It was heads;
the Green Bay Packers would have the
ball first, and so began Super Bowl XLV
and Anderson’s duties as referee.
It was his second turn officiating at a
Super Bowl – this time as head of the
game’s seven-man crew – since becoming a National Football League referee in
1996. Super Bowl XLV was the 15th playoff game he’s officiated.
Anderson practiced dentistry until
2006, but football has always been a big
part of his life. He played football at Sam
Houston State University in Huntsville
and was a student at UT School of Dentistry when his father, a football coach,
recommended his son pursue officiating
as a way to stay active and be in the game.
Anderson started out by officiating
junior high games and working up to the
college level, where he was scouted for
openings at the professional level. He began his NFL career as a line judge.
Now 58, Anderson believes he’s got
another five years or so at the pro level,
but plans to keep a hand in the game by
training officials for college football. Currently, he’s also coordinator of football
officials for the Big 12 Conference.
During his NFL career, Anderson met
Dr. David Warden, an Oklahoma dentist
and retired NFL official. For an entire
season, Drs. Warden and Anderson were
on the same officiating crew.
“I was the line of scrimmage guy, he was
the field judge,” Anderson said. “We joked
that they must have felt the others needed
help with their oral hygiene because they
put all the dentists on one crew.”
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