F A C U LT Y P R O M O T I O N S
Toru Deguchi, DDS, MS, PhD Promoted to the rank of Professor. Dr. Deguchi earned a DDS degree from Aichi-Gakuin Dental University, and a PhD in neuroscience from Okayama University School of Dentistry (Japan). He also received a Master of Science in Dentistry degree and a certificate in orthodontics from Indiana University’s School of Dentistry. His professional career has included serving as a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at Okayama University, and he has been a Visiting Research Associate and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Orthodontics at Indiana University. Dr. Deguchi is the Graduate Program Director in the college’s Division of Orthodontics, serving as the program’s leader and participating in its teaching and patient care components. In this role, he provides didactic and clinical instruction to residents in the advanced education program in orthodontics. He also initiates curricular enhancements that include introducing technique laboratory experiences, and incorporating 3-D imagining technologies to facilitate orthodontic diagnoses and treatment planning. In his clinical practice, Dr. Deguchi cares for patients in the college’s Dental Faculty Practice whose orthodontic needs include malocclusion and craniofacial anomalies, as well as the use of in-house aligner therapy for interdisciplinary care. Having published widely on orthodontics-related subjects, he is a renowned authority whose work on skeletal temporary anchorage devices (TADS) resulted in his recognition as the second most-cited orthodontic author from 1946-2016. He has also been an invited lecturer at numerous international conferences, presenting on such topics as implant-anchored orthodontics, evidence-based orthodontics, and assessments of orthodontic clinical outcomes. Dr. Deguchi is a member of the International Association for Dental Research, the American Association of Orthodontics, the College of the American Board of Orthodontics, and he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. ■
Sara Fowler, DMD, ’10 MS Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Fowler received her DMD degree from the University of Nevada (Las Vegas) School of Dental Medicine, after which she completed a General Practice Residency and earned a Master of Science degree and certificate in endodontics from Ohio State’s College of Dentistry. Since joining the college, she has served as a Clinical Instructor of Predoctoral Endodontics, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endodontics and, currently, as the Director of Pre-doctoral Endodontics and the Dental Emergency Clinic. As an educator, Dr. Fowler directs several pre-doctoral didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses. She is also a course director and a clinical attending for residents in the advanced education program in endodontics. As a clinician, she provides her expertise for patients in the college’s Dental Faculty Practice by offering diagnostic and therapeutic endodontic treatments. Her related research investigates the prevention of pain associated with endodontic procedures, and methods for addressing pulpal disease. Her findings have appeared in such high-impact publications as the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Endodontics. Serving as a longtime adviser for members of the American Student Dental Association, Dr. Fowler has also received numerous Student Government Teaching awards, in addition to being chosen as an Honored Hooder. Other special recognitions include her selection by the college faculty as a recipient of the Larry J. Peterson Young Educators Award, which honors faculty members who have taught for 1-3 years and shown “exceptional enthusiasm for teaching.” As a college representative, she has served on the university’s Council on Academic Affairs; the Ohio Dental Association’s Council on Membership Services, and the American Association of Endodontists’ Graduate Research and Annual Session Planning Committees. ■
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