50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023

Scientific Symposium & Campus Tours

University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Clinical Orthodontics in the Digital Age: Embracing the Latest Digital Technology in Orthodontic Practice

Joorok Park, DMD, MSD and Cory Costanzo, DDS, MSD

ClinCheck Design with ABO Scoring in Mind: Common Pitfalls in ClinCheck Design and How to Avoid Them

Marta Baird, DDS, MSD

Cocktail Reception & Dinner

InterContinental San Francisco

6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Hotel Accommodations

To make your reservation, please contact InterContinental San Francisco’s toll-free reservations line at 866.781.2364 by Friday, April 21, 2023, and reference “UOP 50th Anniversary Room Block” to rceive our discounted group rate of $189.00 plus 16.44% hotel taxes.

Learn more & RSVP: dental.pacific.edu/ortho50

Please join our Facebook page at facebook.com/groups/PacificOrtho50/

Questions? Contact Regina Carino at 415.929.6556 or rcarino@pacific.edu

Orthodontic Practice for Sale

Location: Chico, CA

Please contact Ray Irving with Professional Practice Sales at 415.899.8580 if interested

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Our faculty representation at the Global Clear Aligner Faculty Education (Global CAFE) in October. Dr. Marta Baird (Class of 2011) was one of the speakers for this two-day faculty program.

Thank you, Dr.

We wish the Class of 2022 all the best!

YonSei University residents visited the Dugoni School orthodontics program for a week. They were impressed by our department.

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Yau and her husband, Christopher Vu. They are expecting a baby boy!

Keeping In Touch With The Class Of 2013

Arash Abolfazlian

It’s been an amazing journey these last 10 years. I went from being a new grad, a new dad and starting an office from scratch in 2013, to a father of two, Mateen (9) and Mazi (5), with a rock-star wife and enjoying a very blessed life in my hometown.

After graduation, I worked part time as an associate while I began to plan and build out my office. I moved back to my hometown of San Ramon, CA and officially set up shop in 2014. It has been a fun grind getting the practice to where it is today, and I look forward to the next ten years. I hope to spend a little more time with family and to enjoy the kids as they grow up. In the time between family and patients, I enjoy playing as much golf as humanly possible and playing basketball recreationally in a men’s league. I recently turned 40, and look forward to the next 40 :)

Nadim Guirguis

It’s hard to believe it’s already been 10 years! Since graduating, I relocated back to Las Vegas where I grew up and purchased my practice, Mountain View Orthodontics, in 2015. My wife, a pediatric dentist, will be joining the practice this year as we expand and offer pediatric dental care along with orthodontics. When not practicing ortho, I enjoy working out, traveling and spending time with my family. My wife and I will be celebrating 10 years of marriage this year! We have two energetic kids who keep us busy and bring us a lot of joy and laughter. I’ve loved being able to keep in touch with my co-residents over the past 10 years, and I look forward to reuniting this year at the 50th anniversary celebration.

Ehsan Karimian

Class of 2013 (cont.)

Well, what I have been up to professionally since graduation…

I bought Dr Roger Boero’s practice in Marin County a year after graduation and then Dr. Robert Griffin’s practice two years later. I got quite lucky that I was in the right place at the right time—I hope behaving at school also helped with it, since they were both my teachers…lol.

Running your own practice has its ups and downs. Overall, I have to say it’s been a wonderful ride. I also see orthodontic patients at my wife’s office in Sonoma; she is a general dentist. I was blessed with wonderful classmates at the Dugoni School. We are still in touch and have this group chat that we use to share ideas about orthodontics and other things. It is very neat.

Personally, I have been married for 15 years now. I met my wife at dental school. We had our first kid four years ago. It was a life changer. Coming home tired from work and lying on the couch has changed to coming home and playing hard core with an energetic boy. It is joyful.

I try to spend as much time as I can with family and hit the gym when I find time. We love to travel when we can to see different places. We go to the city often for a walk and to try foods at different restaurants. Once in a while, I check out Pacific Heights and the area around where the dental school used to be. It certainly brings back great memories.

Victor Lee

Growing up in the Bay Area, I always knew I wanted to stay local. During my last year of residency at the Dugoni School, I was lucky enough to visit Dr. Gibbs’ famous practice in Burlingame. Dr. Gibbs was an amazing faculty member at University of the Pacific for over 40 years, known for his legendary wire bending (“Gibby loops”), Friday seminars, and being a stand-up person. After a few conversations, we discussed the possibility of buying his practice after graduation. It was a hectic time with getting married, graduating residency, going on a honeymoon, and buying the practice all within a few weeks. It felt a bit early at the time, but with the guidance of Dr. Gibbs and other faculty mentors, I felt comfortable making the leap. Now looking back almost 10 years, it was clearly the right decision.

Class of 2013 (cont.)

My wife, Naomi, opened a pediatric dentistry office in Burlingame three years ago with a close dental classmate of ours. It has been an exciting journey watching their office grow. The first years are the most stressful and uncertain, but I do believe those are the most exciting, rewarding and educational years. Naomi and I now live in Burlingame and have 2 kids, Ethan (5) and Kayla (1).

I can’t thank Dr. Boyd, Dr. Oh, Dr. Gibbs, and everyone at the Dugoni School enough for helping us get to where we are today. And to our Class of 2013, I am thankful for our time together at the dental school! Those 2.25 years were some of the most memorable and impactful years of my life. I enjoy our continued group chat, where we are still very active on. Cheers!

Aaron Rouleau

Ten years have gone by too fast! The Ortho Class of 2013 was the greatest of all time, and I wish I could do it all over again. Love that our class all still keep in touch and have such a strong bond. It speaks to the amazing environment that has been created and fostered at the Dugoni School, the irreplaceable faculty, and all the alumni that continue to stay connected and give back to the school.

Happy to report all is well. I went to work with the best mentor you could find in Dr. Bert Rouleau. Working with him over the last 10 years has taught me so much, and we still learn from each other and enjoy our time together. It has been a blessing. I have now purchased the office from him in Mountain View, but I won’t accept his resignation—he is stuck for now :) We are keeping the Dugoni School tradition alive here and are happy to have Dr. Adrienne Joy and Dr. Bianca Lau working as associates with me.

My wife Dana and I have three children now: Charlotte (7), Everett (5) and Theodore (2). We live in Los Gatos, CA and are enjoying a beautiful life.

Second-Year Residents’ Report

By Dr. Kika Masunaga and Dr. Parisa Moravedje Torbaty (Residents of Class of 2023)

As the Class of 2023, we are amazed that our graduation year is already here. It does not seem too long ago that we were just writing the first-year recap for Trident. While graduation seems right around the corner, these next few quarters will be our busiest ones yet!

Since our last update, we have delved into Dr. Boero’s Principles of Orthodontics course with weekly readings surrounding fundamental orthodontic concepts, Dr. Yau’s American Board of Orthodontics course where we have begun preparing for the ABO exam that will take place in April, and Dr. Vaughan’s multidisciplinary seminars where we attend lectures delivered by various specialists, such as periodontists and endodontists.

In addition to the coursework, we all have spent many hours on our research projects for our masters theses. The projects we are conducting this year include several Invisalign®-related investigations (Invisalign®, First, Sequential Distalization, Biomarkers in GCF), as well as a wide range of other topics including Class II subdivision treatments, naso-alveolar molding for cleft lip and palate patients, and more.

Clinically, it has been exciting to debond more cases, both those that were transferred and some that we started ourselves almost two years ago. We also have started to complete our final case analyses on our debonded cases, which have shown us that treatment reflection offers an incredibly valuable learning perspective.

In the coming months, there are several exciting trips and events that we have the opportunity to attend. In January, we will be participating ™in the Invisalign® Clear Aligner Advanced Residency Education (CAARE) conference in Los Angeles, followed by a trip down to Big Sur for the Dugoni School’s Asilomar weekend tradition. We will also attend the Fred West lecture at the