Dang wins 2023 ACP Sharry Research Competition

Published: January 02, 2024 by Kyle Rogers

Anh Duong “Joy” Dang, DDS, MS, a 2023 graduate of the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, was awarded first place in the American College of Prosthodontists’ John J. Sharry Prosthodontic Research Competition.

The John Sharry Research Award is a competition between prosthodontic residents and recent program graduates.

Dang, who was one of six finalists, presented her master’s thesis on “Performance of Different Cellular Phone Applications for Color Measurement of Dental Materials.”

She wrote in her abstract that “there was a statistically significant difference among color measurements using cellular phone applications and a spectrophotometer, among the applications and materials.”

Prior to her residency at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, Dang earned a doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 2020. She earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of North Texas in 2015.

Dang is currently practicing at EMA Dental in Western Massachusetts.

To be eligible for the competition, individuals must be enrolled in a postdoctoral prosthodontic program or have completed such a program in the last three years; and be a member, in good standing, of ACP.

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