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Tufts Dental Medicine Magazine
Vol. 13 No.2 Fall 2009

In this issue:

10 Playing Against Type
A conversation with Kathleen O'Loughlin, D81, the new executive director and chief operating officer of the American Dental Association. by Julie Flaherty

Cover Story

12 Out in the World
With an assist from Tufts, these alums are caring for patients who need them the most. by Jacqueline Mitchell

18 Footloose
Adrina DeVitre is most likely the only member of the Class of D12 who can perform a grand jeté as easily as a cavity prep. by Julie Flaherty

21 Hardly Retiring
Among the items on Robert Chapman's life-after-Tufts to-do list are consulting for dental schools overseas, exploring electronic patient records as a research tool and continuing in private practice. by Julie Flaherty departments

2 Letters

3 From the Dean

5 Word of Mouth

A Scan of People, Places & Events

8 Lab Notes: A Report on Leading - Edge Science

24 On Campus

Dental School News

41 University News

The Wider World of Tufts

42 Beyond Boundaries

Providing the Means for Excellence

45 Alumni News

Tufts Dental Medicine Magazine
Vol. 13 No.1 Winter 2009

In this issue:

Features

10 Creature Comforts
Dr. Seuss, who once created a character called the Escardax (half escargot, half dachshund), no doubt would have fancied the work of Charles Cohen, D87, part dentist, part literary scholar.
By Julie Flaherty

Cover Story

14 The Age of Dentistry

Caring for elderly patients is as much about appreciating the complexities of aging as it is about teeth—a perspective that will become even more critical as 76 million baby boomers enter their 60s.
By Julie Flaherty and Jacqueline Mitchell

22 Murder He Wrote
What possessed a mild-mannered pediatric dentist to turn to a life of (literary) crime?
By Julie Flaherty

26 Economic Grind
When the stars come out at night, financial meltdown chips away at oral health.
By Jacqueline Mitchell

64 Head of the Class
Never condescending, always brilliant, H. Spencer Glidden, A12, M31, wasn't afraid to use the gross-out factor to makehis pathology lectures memorable.
By Jacqueline Mitchell

Departments

2 Letters
3 From the Dean
5 Word of Mouth
A Scan of People & Events
29 On Campus:
Dental School News
46 University News
49 Beyond Boundaries:
Providing the Means for Excellence
52 Alumni News
63 Continuing Education

Tufts Dental Medicine Magazine
Vol. 12 No.2
Summer 2008

In this issue:

Features

8 Winty's Garden
by Jacqueline Mitchell

What's it like practicing dentistry in the middle of 200 acres of lush woodlands populated by all manner of flora and fauna? Heaven on earth, says Winthrop Harrington, D60.

12 Heads Up
by Julie Flaherty

If every mouth is different, every brain is certainly unique. A good understanding of behavioral science may be the key to happy patients and a healthy practice.

18 Homegrown Teachers
by Jacqueline Mitchell

The nationwide shortage of dental faculty looms large as baby-boomers head for retirement. Here's one way to replenish the ranks.

22 Lost City
Charles Rankin, D79, DG86, takes us on a photographic tour of Machu Picchu.

72 Hub of the Dental Universe
by H. Martin Deranian

A Puritan minister, Paul Revere, George Washington's favorite dentist--all had a rolein the early days of dentistry in Boston.

Departments
2
Letters
3 From the Dean
4 Word of Mouth
28 University News
30 On Campus
48 Beyond Boundaries
53 Calendar of Events
54 Alumni News
71 Continuing Education

Tufts Dental Medicine Magazine
Vol. 12 No.1 Winter 2008

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