Dental Hackathon
Technology Driven Oral Health Promotion
Problem
Dental program emphasizes success as doing well on tests and practicals.
Missing link between learning in classroom and innovation, creation and application in the real world.
The Idea
Dental Hackathon: Invention competition that challenges students to create transformative technologies that improve access to oral care, for everyone.
Education
Prevention
Invention
Event Model
- Collaboration between NYUCD and Tandon School or Engineering
- Incentivize Dental Students to try something new and different
- Create a positive and nurturing space for creation and innovation
Education Workshop
21 Hackers
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15 DDS
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2 Engineering
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2 Dental Hygiene
1 Expert
- Dr. McDevitt
4 Projects
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Imagenostics
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CleverBrush
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Flossy
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FirstScan
ImageNostics
- Allow patients to diagnose and detect lesions using their smartphones
- Scalable globally through Android and Apple app stores
- Improve disease knowledge base through machine learning using large quantities of data
ImageNostics
Collaboration
Partnering with HACKNYU to bring Dental Hackathon as an impactful platform
Event Date: Feb. 19th - Feb 21st @ Tandon SoE
Dental Hackathon
400+ Students 36 Hours 5 Tracks
Organizing Team
Saj Arora - D3
Andrew Kary - D2
Nicole Haydt - D1
Jackie Schmidt - Hygiene
Steph Colaiacovo - D3
Bre Patel - D3
Fadhel Gazala - D3
Billy Kwon - D3
Our Challenges
- Incentivize Dental Students through meaningful prizes in order to create a transformative experience
- Create a hub to connect Hackathon projects with industry leaders and differentiate NYUCD as a global brand of impactful technologies
- Recruit departmental support within the NYU network to link experts with project incubation to promote collaboration and multi-disciplinary problem solving
Dental Hackathon