School of Dental Medicine
Bright White Coats and Futures: 160 UConn Medical and Dental Students Arrive
The annual White Coat ceremonies for UConn School of Medicine and UConn School of Dental Medicine's Class of 2024 were still held on Aug. 21 with social-distancing precautions and live-streamed video broadcasts to faculty, family and friends. Not even a pandemic stopped the medical and dental schools from safely celebrating the time-honored tradition.
August 21, 2020 | Lauren Woods
Faculty Receives NIH Grant to Study Oral Infection Through 2025, One of the Longest Running Grant Renewals in School of Dental Medicine History
Oropharyngeal candidiasis, or oral thrush, continues to be a clinically significant problem for patients with weakened immune systems.
August 11, 2020 | Courtney Chandler
Tip of the Iceberg: The Oral-Overall Health Link
The interprofessional nature of the education and research at the UConn School of Dental Medicine is part of a growing trend to better prepare every member of the health care team to treat the overall health of the patient.
July 22, 2020 | Courtney Chandler
Pedaling Past a Pandemic With Four UConn Health Students
The annual summer "Coast to Coast" fundraising cycling tour by UConn Health students has become a "House to House" tour, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 25, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Dental Faculty Address Need for More Diverse Dental Workforce
Faculty at the UConn School of Dental Medicine are launching a program to build a more diverse workforce across multiple fields.
June 24, 2020 | Courtney Chandler
UConn Health Researchers Find a Simple Oral Rinse Can Inactivate the COVID-19 Virus
Faculty from UConn Health have proven that a simple method of rinsing with a diluted version of over-the-counter Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I) oral rinse can kill viruses like the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus and prevent transmission in as little as 15 seconds. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a severe threat to the safety of dental and medical professionals […]
June 18, 2020 | Courtney Chandler, UConn Health
‘White Coats for Black Lives’ Movement
UConn medical and dental students, alumni, residents and faculty are among the estimated 1,000 demonstrators who recently marched in Hartford.
June 11, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
2020 Best Doctors Named by Connecticut Magazine
Forty seven UConn Health physicians have been named to Connecticut Magazine's 2020 Best Doctors list.
June 9, 2020 | Lauren Woods - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine
UConn Faculty Receive NIH Grant to Develop Smartphone Sensor to Detect Tooth Pain
UConn researchers are working to develop a smartphone app that can provide a quantitative assessment of toothache pain.
June 9, 2020 | Courtney Chandler
From The Rent to Dental School
Paul Nwokeji '15 (CLAS) has taken his passion and dedication from the gridiron to the UConn School of Dental Medicine.
May 21, 2020 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications