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2020 Dentsply Sirona Global Case Contest Third Place Winner


Published: Thursday, August 20, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is pleased to announce that Dr. Gabriel Duffy placed third at the 2020 Dentsply Sirona Global Case Contest (North America). This is the first time someone from the College of Dentistry has placed and participated in this contest. 

The Dentsply Sirona Global Case Contest is a worldwide contest for pre-doctoral dental and graduate dental students. Students submit restorative cases using photography and text to display the levels of decay and treatment plan using Dentsply materials. There have been nearly 4,000 applicants since the contest’s inception in 2004.

“I hope that Dr. Duffy’s achievement will inspire our students to compete in future years,” said Dr. Sharukh S. Khajotia, associate dean of research at the OU College of Dentistry.

Dr. Duffy was born in Summertown, TN, but spent most of his youth in Hartshorne, OK. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Northeastern State University. He then attended the OU College of Dentistry, where he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2020. 

His faculty mentor for the contest was Dr. Abbey Onan, originally from Tulsa, but calls Edmond home. She completed her undergraduate degree from OU in 1999 and earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the OU College of Dentistry in 2004. After a short stint in Chicago, she began teaching part-time at the college in 2007. 

When asked about Dr. Duffy, she said, “I am extremely proud of Dr. Duffy, not only on his amazing talents associated with this contest, but with his everyday efforts to do his very best. He has an amazing spirit and heart.”

Dr. Duffy is an active member of the United States Air Force, where he was promoted to Captain in June 2020. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Oklahoma Dental Association, and the Academy of General Dentistry. 

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