University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) endodontics residents and alumni won six presentation awards during the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Annual Session in Seattle in early May. All eight UMSOD residents in attendence at the meeting presented in the highly competitive research poster, oral research and table clinic categories. They competed against their peers from nearly every endodontics program in North America.

The following residents and alumni placed in the top 10 presentations in each category, as judged by the AAE Scientific Awards Committee:

Oral Research Presentation Award

Third Place: Dr. Prashant Verma (Class of 2014)
Stem-cell based radiographic investigation of dentin-pulp regeneration

Poster Research Presentation Awards

First Place: Dr. Ali Nosrat (Class of 2015)
The effect of residual bacteria on dental pulp regeneration

Second Place: Dr. Ashraf Eid (Class of 2017)
Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on periapical healing following nonsurgical root canal treatment: A retrospective cohort study

Third Place: Dr. Brynne Reece (Class of 2015)
Advanced glycation end products in the dental pulp

Sixth Place: Dr. Tontesh Tawady (Class of 2016)
Volumetric analysis of residual periapical lesions in diabetic and non-diabetic patients

Table Clinic Award

Third Place: Dr. Juheon Seung (Class of 2017)
Knotless suturing in endodontic surgery