Resident Abstracts
The ACOMS 39 th Annual Scientific Conference & JKOMSF Pearls
VII Meeting convened on April 21-23, 2018 in New Orleans.
All attendees were invited to submit scientific abstracts for
presentation at the conference in poster and oral sessions.
Outstanding abstracts from OMS residents were entered in the
Resident Abstract Competition and were eligible for cash prizes.
We are pleased to announce the winners:
First Place - Outstanding Oral Scientific Abstract:
Effects of Cannabis Use on Patients Undergoing Office Based
Anesthesia: A Brief Literature Review and Case Report of 50
Outpatient Cases of IV Sedation in Marijuana Users
Presented by Nicholas Mechas, DMD
Authors: Paul Deitrick, DMD, MD; Allen Fielding, DMD, MD, PhD
Temple University
Tara Aghaloo, conference co-
chair, and Nicholas Mechas
Second Place (tied) – Outstanding Scientific Poster
The Opioid Crisis: What, Why, a Way Out!
Presented by Matthew Pham, DMD
Authors: Beatriz Tejera; Emily Eickhoff; Caitlin Magraw, DDS; Glenn
Reside, DDS; Raymond White, DDS, PhD
University of North Carolina
Second Place (tied) - Outstanding Oral Scientific Abstract:
How Well Do We Manage the Odontogenic Keratocyst? A
Multicenter Study
Matthew Pham and Caitlin
Presented by Brian Kinard, DMD, MD 1
Magraw
2
3;
Authors: Gentry Hansen, DMD, MD ; Marshall Newman, DMD
Peter Dennis, DMD, MD 4 ; Tyler Haeffs, BS 5 ; Sebastian Perez,
MSPH 1 ; Hamao Sakamoto, DDS, PhD 2 ; Martin Steed, DDS 3 ; Pamela
Hughes, DDS 4 ; Meredith August, DMD, MD 5 ; Shelly Abramowicz,
DMD, MPH 1
Emory University School of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
3
Medical University of South Carolina
4
Oregon Health and Science University
5
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
1
2
The abstracts will be published in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine,
Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology.
Tara Aghaloo, conference co-
chair, and Brian Kinard