DEAN’S MESSAGE
Dear Trojan Dental Family, Welcome to the Summer 2015 issue of TroDent. In this issue’s cover story, we focus on the brave women and men who serve in the U.S. armed forces as military dentists after graduating from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. You can read all about their stories on pages 19-25. You’ll also find an interesting Q&A on pages 10–11 about the Secret Life of Ruby Hinds, who by day works as the director of healthcare compliance here at Ostrow. By night, though ... well you’ll have to read on to find out. On page 27, you can read about Dr. Mark Urata’s vision for the future of the division of oral and maxillofacial surgery, which just started in 2013. Finally, on page 29, you can learn about some of Dr. Pascal Magne’s exciting work on natural CAD/CAM dentistry. If you have kids, keep their wisdom teeth. They might just come in handy. I hope you enjoy reading TroDent as much as I do, and please send us any questions, thoughts or comments. I’ll look forward to seeing most of you on Nov. 6 and 7 at Ostrow’s homecoming events, which, as always, include class reunions and casino night on Friday night and a picnic on Saturday before we head to the Coliseum to take on the Arizona Wildcats. Have a great summer, and Fight on!
Avishai Sadan DMD, MBA Dean G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Professor of Dentistry Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
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