Spring Scientific Session at the Anaheim Convention Center. This year, the table clinics have been extended to two days and will include postgraduate research by military dentists as well as more than 75 dental, dental hygiene, and dental assistant students. The table clinics offer dental professionals the opportunity to survey students ideas and innovative techniques as well as gain one unit of continuing education credit. In recent years, student table clinics have covered a wide spectrum of topics including testing the strength and adhesion of composite restorations, determining the development of the jaw by growth stage, and measuring bacteria in dental unit waterlines. The students are doing an intense amount of work and are engaging and professional.
Judges work in teams so more than one team surveys each clinic.
In three rounds of judging, the group of 42 student table clinics will be narrowed to 10 to 12 semifinalists, and then four finalists will be selected in the categories of dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental assistant students. Shinbori, Nakata and others involved say the quality and professionalism of the table clinics have been increasing. We are all interested in different things, and the table clinics appeal to a wide variety of interests ranging from cosmetic to clinical to dental materials. Copyright 1995-2001 California Dental Association. All Rights Reserved.