ISSUE NO. 1
THE DENTAL SCOPE THE FIRST DSSA MIU MAGAZINE
PROFESSOR NEHAD SAMIR GIVES US AN INSIGHT ON HER CAREER PATH LIP RE-POSITIONING PROCEDURE BY DR. FADY GENEDY
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
THE VELSCOPE SYSTEM AND HOW IT'S CHANGING THE DIAGNOSTIC GAME EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: ESRAA YOUSEF
PHOTOGRAPHED BY OMAR EL-HAMBOULY
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D S S A
M I U
B O A R D
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ABOUT DSSA MIU Dental Students' Scientific Association of Misr International University (DSSA MIU) is an NGO local association under the IADS. The International Association of Dental
The dental students’ educational needs go beyond
Students (IADS) is a non-governmental
the dental curriculum and clinical practice within
organization that represents dental students in
the Faculty. Students need to taste extracurricular
60 countries worldwide. It was founded in
activities such as being engaged into abroad
September 1951, during the first IADS General
internships, prophylaxis campaigns, scientific
Assembly that took place in Copenhagen,
events, training sessions and voluntary activities.
Denmark.
Only through these activities they can become leaders of their dental student communities.
IADS Headquarters is based at the FDI World Dental Federation headquarters in Geneva. IADS
DSSA-MIU is a student based association
represents the interests of more than 200,000
empowering MIU students, especially dentistry
dental students in around 60 countries
students, aspires to be recognized as a highly
worldwide including Egypt under the name
competitive academic and research association,
"Dental Students' Scientific Association" (DSSA)
enriching our Egyptian community with it's
founded in 1970.
excellency.
T H E
D E N T A L
S C O P E
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The Velscope System: Detecting abnormalities at a click of a button
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Lip Re-positioning: Dr Fady Genedy talks us through step by step of this complex procedure
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Professor Nehad Samir, the Vice Dean of Student Affairs, gives us an insight into her career path Scholarship at The University of Bristol
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Problem Based Learning: Can you diagnose this month's case?
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Courtesy of gentrydentistry.com
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Chemical 43: The new innovation of anticaries agents
Upcoming events and opportunities
Meet the scientific committee behind this magazine
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INCREASES THE PATIENT'S SURVIVAL RATE UPON DIAGNOSIS BY
90% .
THE VELSCOPE SYSTEM
A STUDY SHOWED THAT THE VELSCOPE HAD A SPECIFICITY OF
96.3% Courtesy of milubumdental.com
ORAL CANCER IS USUALLY DETECTED ONLY AFTER THE LESION METASTASIZES TO THE LYMPH NODES, KILLING MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.
As early diagnosis can save lives, this system was created to detect healthy looking abnormal tissues. The Velscope is a handheld device that emits a safe visible blue light. The light excites the cells from the surface of the epithelium till the connective tissues beneath, causing the tissues to fluoresce. Healthy tissues appear green, while abnormal tissues appear irregular and dark. The abnormal tissues it detects can be anything from a burn, bacterial infection, inflammation, premalignancy, or malignancy.
Courtesy of dental-wellness.com
Dental clinics use it as an adjunctive aid in detecting oral abnormalities, but definitive diagnosis of dysplasia can only be reached through biopsy. The device can also be used to identify the lesion margins to assist in surgery. Its latest version is lightweight and permits the dentist to attach a digital camera to it allowing dentists to document any suspicious findings for referral or consultation. WRITTEN BY MAYAND AMER
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Photographed by Dr. Mai Hussein
MODIFIED LIP REPOSITIONING AÂ CASE BY DR. FADY GENEDY*
Abstract Gummy smile is the term used to describe a situation where, upon smiling, a patient shows gingival tissue that is equal to or more than 4 mm. There are many causes for a gummy smile that require very careful diagnosis and treatment planning to prevent relapse. This procedure aims to correct this problem by limiting the retraction of the lip elevator muscles which is done by shortening the vestibule.
Introduction In this month's edition, Dr. Genedy was presented with a 37 year old patient, highly concerned with aesthetics,due to her gummy smile. The patient was medically free, but had undergone a previous Gingivectomy to treat the same complaint; however, it has failed. She also had Composite Veneers to control the case but it was ineffective. According to Dr. Genedy, there are several causes for such cases, with each cause requiring its own treatment plan. His diagnosis stated that this patient suffered from excessive soft tissue between the muco-gingival junction and the depth of the vestibule that had to be removed.
Before
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CASE PRESENTATION A picture showing the patient as presented before any treatment. The picture clearly shows the extent of the gummy smile that caused the patient distress and problems with her career.
After careful diagnosis and treatment planning, Dr. Genedy decided that the lines shown in the picture will mark the extent of the tissue removal. In other words, all the tissues between drawn lines and the muco-gingival junction are to be removed.
The soft tissue that was diagnosed as excessive was removed. Incision lines were placed from the upper left second premolar to the upper right second premolar, as this was the extent of the patient's smile.
In order to create a new labial vestibule, suturing was carried out layer by layer** after the removal of the targeted tissues along with the elevator muscles. To prevent relapse, muscle attachment was removed in order to avoid the re-attachment of the muscles to their old positions.
* Teaching Assistant in Misr International University, Masters of Implantology, Masters of Periodontics. ** Muscle to muscle and mucosa to mucosa. Photography by Dr. Mai Hussein
Photography by Dr. Mai Hussein
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DR. FADY GENEDY
After the incision was properly secured with a Surgeon's Knot, the patient was dismissed. However, she suffered from a substantial amount of edema on the following day. This is a normal occurrence in such a case. Therefore, Dr. Genedy prescribed prophylactic antibiotic; Amoxicillin 500mg t.d.s, a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; Ketorolac trimethamine 10mg b.i.d* and direct ice pack massaging of the lip in order to control the bleeding. The sutures were removed a week later. The case is to be monitored for the duration of 3 months, in order to observe any relapse that may occur. However, if the procedure remains a success after that time-frame, the chance of relapse decreases to zero according, to Dr. Genedy.
*These medications were prescribed specific to this case. Please do not take medications without the consultation of your doctor. Written by Aya Ahmed
After
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THE NEW INNOVATION IN DENTAL AGENTS...
CHEMICAL G43 By Velu ,Wu and colleagues, University of Alabama*. Date: 9 Aug,2017
Courtesy of University of Alabama in Birmingham
*For the original article, scan the QR code
Researchers in University of Alabama; Velu, Wu and colleagues, invented a molecule that stops or prevents tooth cavitation. In their study, rats on a low sucrose diet were infected with Streptococuss mutans, the major initiator of dental caries. They applied the chemical they developed, #G43, topically twice a day for four weeks which resulted in a great reduction in enamel an dentin caries. The chemical #G43 works by inhibiting the activity of S. Mutansrelated enzymes GtfB and GtfC, which are two of the three glucosyltransferase enzymes forming the glucan biofilm. The agent binds to these enzymes' binding sites, thus inhibiting them.
By inhibiting those enzymes, the S.Mutans are not able to produce the biofilm they depend on for nutrition, growth, and tooth cavitation. It was noted that the chemical does not kill S. Mutans or any other bacteria and does not affect the biofilms of other Streptococci. The research funding was granted by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and National Natural Science Foundation of China. The chemical is proven to be effective by in vivo studies on rats and is yet to be tested on humans.
SUMMARIZED BY MAYAND AMER
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PROFESSOR NEHAD SAMIR
VICE DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AT MISR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
Professor Samir plays a huge role in the support system of the students of Misr International University. When asked about what her position can offer for students, her response was that she is responsible for everything that can affect a dentistry student, ranging from, and not limited to, schedules, notes, handouts and exams. The professor added that her story was similar to many of ours as students; she originally wanted to join Medical School yet her results were a half a mark off so she joined "Dental School by momentum, graduated by momentum, finding myself being hired as a staff member, doing my Masters and Ph.D. again, by momentum". Despite her huge success, she was not keen on repeating this experience again, hence she why urged her children not to attend Dental School due to the immense working hours and work load along with the neverending exams and papers she went through.
Photographed by Omar El-Hambouly
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What is the hardest moment
What’s your advice for someone
you have faced in your career?
to leave a good impression?
Maybe Masters and Ph.D. You are
A good impression is not made by just
tested in the department that you
being a good student. For me, making
are hired in, so the people that test
a good impression comes primarily
you know you and know your work,
from dealing with everyone with
You will finish and work with them
respect and intelligence, Whereas
and so you have to prove that you're
being good at what you do comes next.
excellent. It’s different from an
Even after I graduated and "thought I
exam so it becomes a challenge. It
learned everything" i still needed to
was definitely one of the toughest
learn a lot more when i came into this
times I went through you have to be
department. I learn and leave an
strong, professional whilst
impression while learning; and up till
maintaining a good reputation
now, i'm still learning.
because you keep this from the very beginning... Photographs by Omar El-Hambouly
"LIFE ISN’T ABOUT RUNNING AROUND. I’M NOT SAYING DON’T PUSH YOURSELF, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE" In your opinion, what do you
Is there any advice that you would
think dental students are
like to give to dentistry students?
missing today? Honestly, i'm not going to say that you're missing out on a social life, because you do have that outside uni. What you really need is to have some kind of time between your lectures or clinics in order to experience the "uni life", as it cannot be relived in any other place or time. The ones who do enjoy the uni life are usually those who don't care about their academics as those who don't bother to attend. However, the ones who do handle their academics seriously, don't feel the beauty of this time. It came to the point that even during your free time, you still do stuff that are dentistry-related.
Don’t kill yourself over anything! For example, don’t worry about what happns after graduation,. Live your lives! Girls forget themselves, they keep taking courses , work hard to become uni staff members and so on...but where's your life in that? Boys keep running around. go to the army…etc. But when are you going to live? Life isn’t about running around. I’m not saying don’t push yourself, but there has to be a balance. You have to live your life before time runs out. I see a lot of really successful people in dentistry and their family life is absent. Those who didn’t get married and those
"I LEARN AND LEAVE AN IMPRESSION WHILE LEARNING;AND UP TILL NOW I'M STILL LEARNING "
who got married and divorced and so on.But why? For what? It’s not worth it!
Interviewed by Esraa Magdy Written by Youssef Galal
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m o d g n i K d e t i n U
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University of Bristol: Think Big Scholarship. Eligible for all international students wishing to apply for postgraduate or full-time undergraduate study (except Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary). The scholarship provides up to 100% of tuition fees for the full study period.
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University of Bristol : Think Big Scholarship
Target Groups: All international students. Number of Scholarships Available: There are 26 scholarships available for Undergraduate courses and 26 available for Postgraduate courses. Scholarship Value: 25-100% of tuition fees for the duration of the course.
courtesy of goozernation.com
Eligibility: You can apply to the Think Big Scholarship if you are an overseas student. In addition to, your application to a full-time undergraduate course or a 1 year full-time postgraduate course starting September 2018. Application Process: To apply, complete the application on the website and email it to international-partnerships@bristol.ac.uk. Deadline: There are 2 rounds of applications. The first round's deadline is 23rd of March 2018 and the second round's deadline is 29th of June 2018. For more information, visit University of Bristol's website via the QR code presented.
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PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
courtesy of dental.washington
Can you diagnose this month's case? This is a 41-year-old white female, presented with a red and white lesion, with central ulceration on the left lateral border of the tongue. It measured 0.5*0.8 cm at its greatest dimensions. It was described to be painful and had been present for ~1 month. The past medical history is negative for tobacco use, but is significant for diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) since 2006. There was palpable cervical lymphadenopathy. Written by Layan Mahfouz *Final diagnosis will be revealed on our Facebook page @dssamiu
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"Special thanks to the Scientific committee for their dedication in making this magazine possible. Your persistence and determination is an inspiration to remain as professional and diligent as possible."- Ahmed Khalifa, President of Dental Students'Â Scientific Association 17/18.
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