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» Go to news mainGimme 5! Table Clinic Winner Edition
On January 31, third-year student Allie Anderson emerged as the top presenter in the Faculty of Dentistry's 44th annual Table Clinics Night. She will be representing 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ at the CDA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Program at the Pacific Dental Conference on March 6-7. We sat down with Allie to find out more about her project.
Question 1: What was your table clinic research topic?Â
The predictor for success of the immediate loading of implant restorations. More patients are wanting to leave the office with a 'tooth' on their implant in the same appointment and it's important to know which patients can and can't do this.
Question 2: Can you tell us about the process of presenting a table clinic from start to finish?
We do the bulk of the research in second year for a paper we write as part of Patient Care 2. In third year, we transfer the highlights of our research to a poster. An 8-10 minute presentation which we get approved by our advisor and the poster are presented at table clinics night.Â
Question 3: What was the most interesting or surprising thing you learned while conducting your research?
That immediately loading implants can be a treatment option as long as the patient possesses the proper characteristics to allow for predictable healing.Â
Question 4: Do you have any advice for students that will be participating in future table clinics?
Have everyone you know proofread your poster. I had at least 15 people read mine and they all found something wrong.Â
Question 5: Aside from the competition, what are you most looking forward to during your upcoming trip to Vancouver?
I’d like to take a walk in Stanley park and hopefully take in a soccer or hockey game while I’m there.Â
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