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The College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Sept. 15-16, 2023 for class years ending in 3s and 8s. 

Preliminary Schedule of Events:

Friday, Sept. 15

8:30 a.m.     Registration – Galagan Lobby, 1st Floor (Continental Breakfast)

9:15 a.m.     Welcome & Opening Remarks 

9:30 a.m.     Continuing Education Program 

AFTERNOON FREE

5:30 p.m.     The Official Alumni Reception

Social Hour- Radisson Hotel, Coralville 

• Heavy hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar

7 p.m.     Awards Presentations- Radisson Hotel, Coralville 

Saturday, Sept. 16

8 a.m.     Pregame Professional Program 

11:30 a.m.    Pregame Social, College of Dentistry 

2 p.m.    Dentistry Game Watch, Radisson Hotel, Coralville

2:30 p.m.    Iowa vs. Western Michigan football game 

 Make your hotel reservations online!

• Radisson hotel reservations
  • Radisson questions—call 319-351-5049
• Hampton hotel reservations
  • Hampton questions—call 319-351-6600

Rooms are only available to book until Aug. 31, 2023 (or until they sell out).

Friday CE Program Information

"The History of Dentistry" presented by Dr. Reed Parker, Class of 1978

Dr. Reed Parker, DDS,  is a lifelong Iowan. He graduated from Davenport Central High School, Northwestern University (BA Psychology 1969), and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry 1978. He practiced general dentistry in Keokuk, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a Reserve Officer in the US Naval Dental Corps. He taught in the College of Dentistry as an adjunct professor in FAMD from 1990 to the present. He taught as a Clinical Assistant professor from 2012 to 2021. He is a member of the Iowa Dental Association, the American Dental Association, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Course Description

The course will follow a chronological outline describing oral care from the beginning of writing to the present. The development of restorative dentistry, radiology, dental equipment, and pain control will be emphasized. The legacy of the founders of the Iowa Dental Association, the Iowa Dental Practice Act, and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry will be presented.

Course Objectives

• The course will follow a chronological outline describing oral care from the beginning of writing to the present. The development of restorative dentistry, radiology, dental equipment, and pain control will be emphasized.
• The legacy of the founders of the Iowa Dental Association, the Iowa Dental Practice Act, and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry will be presented.

“The Future of Dental Education" presented by Dr. Janet Guthmiller, Class of 1988

Dr. Janet Guthmiller, DDS, PhD, is Dean and Dr. Claude A. Adams Distinguished Professor at the Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina. Dr. Guthmiller is a 1988 DDS graduate of the College of Dentistry and received her certificate in periodontology (1992) and her doctorate in cellular and structural biology (1993) from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She has served on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry, The University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry and as Dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry from 2014-2022. Dr. Guthmiller is a nationally recognized leader in dental education and an accomplished researcher, author and teacher. She is active in many professional organizations and is currently chair of the Council of Deans, American Dental Education Association. She has been the recipient of collegiate, university and national teaching and mentoring awards.  Dr. Guthmiller is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and fellow of the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. She is the recipient of alumni awards from three institutions and is honored to receive the 2023 leadership award from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.

Course Description

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered changes in the delivery of dental education. This, along with best practices in education and preferences in educational delivery from today’s learners will be explored. Technology in dental education will be reviewed along with results from recent think tanks and publications reviewing dental education trends and the impetus for change in dental education. 

Course Objectives

• Discovery of best practices and alternative pedagogy in dental education;
• Recognize the influence of technology in dental education; and
• Project how dental education will continue to evolve in consideration of practice choices and the dental workforce.

“Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry: A Secure Bond Strategy” presented by Dr. Nate Feldman, Class of 2013

Dr. Nate Feldman, DDS, is a general dentist at North Grand Dental in Ames, Iowa. After graduating from The University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2013, he went into private practice in Ames. In 2021, he started learning about Biomimetic Dentistry and bonding with Dr. Matt Nejad’s introductory course. He then attended the Alleman Center of Biomimetic Dentistry. This Mastership was a yearlong educational course with over 2,000 published research articles supporting the information taught in the course. Since incorporating this type of dentistry in his practice he has seen improved outcomes, decreased sensitivity and been able to restore many teeth that previously he considered “non-restorable.” 

Course Description

With advances in adhesive dentistry in the last few decades, research has supported a new approach to restoring fractured, carious teeth without the need for resistance or retention form. With improved techniques, an understanding of what substrate we are bonding to, the use of materials that mimic natural tooth structure, and the understanding of how polymerization dynamics affect our resin/tooth interface (the hybrid layer) we can create longer lasting restorations that function and appear like the natural dentition. This secure bonding approach also creates favorable failures in the event our restoration or tooth does fail; it doesn’t result in catastrophic failure of the tooth requiring removal.

Course Objectives

• Describe how the substrate effects our bond strength in relation to time.
• Explain composite flow and how polymerization stress can impact bond strength.