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November 4, 2026
Join us for This Year's John J. Sharry Research Competition at the 2026 Annual Session of the ACP!
The John J. Sharry Prosthodontic Research Competition will be held during the 2026 Annual Session of the ACP at the at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CT and Friday Nov. 13 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CT. This year, the six finalists will present live on the main podium!
This event is open to all Annual Session attendees. Come support our ACP Resident members and recent prosthodontic graduates. This event is supported by the ACP Education Foundation.
This year’s finalists are:
- LCDR Julia L. Collazo, DMD from the Naval Postgraduate Dental School, will present on “A Comprehensive Analysis of Screw-Retained Prostheses with Elimination of Titanium Base Abutments: A Laboratory Study”
- Passent Ellakany, DDS, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will present on “In Vitro Comparison of Trueness and Precision of Photogrammetry, Intraoral Scanning, and Conventional Impressions for Complete-Arch Implant Prostheses”
- Selina S. Guo, DMD, MS, from the University of Pennsylvania, will present “Reliability of Full-Arch Tooth-Supported Digital Impression and Accuracy of Selective Rescanning of Finish Line Under Lock Area Feature”
- Gowri Vijay Reesu, BDS, MS, PhD, from The University of Manitoba, will present on “Fracture Resistance of Provisional Crowns Fabricated by Additive, Subtractive, and Conventional Methods Under Two Loading Configurations: An In Vitro Comparative Study”
- Eden Skopp, DDS, from the University of Maryland, will present on “Trueness and Precision of Augmented Reality-Enhanced Dynamic Navigation in Dental Implant Surgery: An In Vitro Comparative Study”
- Thunyamon Wongsuwannakorn, DDS, MS, from the University at Buffalo will present “Comparative Evaluation of Zirconia Implant-supported Fixed Prosthesis with and without Titanium Bases Using Different Prosthetic Screw Designs: An In Vitro Study "
Members of the ACP Research Committee will judge the presentations, and the final results will be announced at the conclusion of the General Session on Friday, Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m. CT.
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