School of Dental Medicine

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Welcome Home, Huskies

The fall 2025 semester officially starts when classes convene on Monday, Aug. 25

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Back to Farmington

Dr. Heera Chang returns as the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program director after training at UConn 21 years ago.

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Meet UConn Pepper Center’s 2025 REC Pepper Scholars

4 early-career faculty awarded under center’s Research Education Component to help advance aging research and the future of older adult care

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Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship on Display in Farmington

Summer Research Day celebrates accomplishments of UConn student researchers in the TIP Innovation Fellowship and Health Research programs

Class of 2027 UConn dental student Marcus A. Costa talking to investors about his healthy chewing gum invention. (Photo by Lauren Woods)

UConn Health Innovators Pitch Inventions to Industry and Investors

Inaugural ‘Innovation Catalyst’ event empowers innovators at UConn Health to transform their exciting research ideas into ventures

CT AHEC Urban Service Track/AHEC (UST/AHEC) scholar alums from UConn's medical and dental school attending the national AHEC conference (CT AHEC Photo).

National Impact for CT AHEC and its Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars from UConn Health

UST/AHEC Scholars alumni from UConn's dental and medical schools present at the National AHEC Organization Conference.

Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, and his team of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

Nguyen’s Injectable Piezoelectric Gel Could Treat Osteoarthritis without Surgery

Backed by a $2.3M grant from the NIH and NIH/NIBIB, Thanh Nguyen will stimulate cartilage regeneration in large animal models

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Lepowsky, Lurie Honored by Alma Maters

The Dean and Professor received alumni honors from Columbia, UCLA

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Dental Students Showcase Educational Research Projects

ADEA Academic Dental Career Fellowship encourages pursuit of academic dentistry

A group of dentists and hospital leaders posing outside of the building

Partnering to Provide Dental Care to Special Needs Patients

UConn dental residents gain experience practicing at Hospital for Special Care