School of Dental Medicine
UConn School of Dental Medicine Wins Prestigious Gies Award
The Gies Awards are among the preeminent national awards in the field of dental education.
January 6, 2016 | Christine Kaminski, UConn Health
UConn Medical, Dental Students Collect Winter Clothing for Patients in Need
UConn medical and dental students collected 45 bags of items donated from the UConn Health community for men, women, and children receiving psychiatric services in the Greater Hartford community.
December 22, 2015 | Christopher DeFrancesco
UConn Health Briefing for Lawmakers
University leadership updated state lawmakers Monday afternoon on Bioscience Connecticut and gave them a campus tour of UConn Health.
December 15, 2015 | Christopher DeFrancesco & Lauren Woods
UConn Health Honors Its Own
UConn Health’s recognition program, supported by the Human Resources Department, recently hosted a variety of successful events including the Dr. Peter J. Deckers Employee Appreciation Award and the annual celebration of employee years of service.
December 11, 2015 | Alexandra Crean
Promise of Personalized Medicine in Dentistry Embraces Team Approach
Dentistry ties into what’s known as “systemic health.” Dr. R. Lamont MacNeil, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine, shares his perspective on the future of health care.
December 7, 2015 | Chris Defrancesco
School of Medicine to Launch New Curriculum in 2016
The new curriculum is designed to take into account developments in healthcare, information technology, and adult learning theory.
September 9, 2015 | Kim Krieger
Promise of Personalized Medicine in Dentistry Embraces Team Approach
The dean of the School of Dental Medicine discusses anticipated changes in dentistry as health care evolves toward a more personalized model.
April 6, 2015 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Medical and Dental Students Make Their Match
Almost all of UConn's soon-to-be doctors and dentists matched to a residency program for the next phase of their careers, and many secured their top choice.
March 20, 2015 | Carolyn Pennington
Popular Cosmetic Fix May Threaten Bone Density
A UConn oral radiologist says the off-label use of Botox to treat jaw pain appears to have a dangerous side effect.
December 16, 2014 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Symposium
UConn Health’s federally-funded grant to train people for careers in Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology (SCOB) research sponsored its annual capstone symposium last month. Seventeen trainees presented their research findings on topics including how bone, cartilage and teeth develop; genetics; biomechanics/biomaterials; and regeneration of diseased or damaged tissues. Linda Strausbaugh, professor of molecular and cell […]
May 6, 2014 | Jon Goldberg