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Dentistry students take contest down to the wire
Decades-old challenge involves creating sculptures of orthodontic materials
Steve Steinberg
01/03/2014
With an intricately woven wire tree adorned with a swing and a bench, Dr. Niousha Saghafi won the annual Department of Orthodontics wire sculpture contest for first-year residents. The contest, first staged in 1966, requires participants to use orthodontic materials such as wire, rubber bands and acrylic, and their work is judged for esthetic quality, innovative design and technical competence.