{"id":231272,"date":"2025-05-29T10:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=231272"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:01:25","slug":"faculty-honored-by-american-academy-of-pediatric-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/05\/faculty-honored-by-american-academy-of-pediatric-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bina Katechia Honored by American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_231274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231274\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231274 img-responsive lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 256px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 256\/327;border: 10px solid red\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/katechia-award.png\" alt=\"female dentist with award\" width=\"256\" height=\"327\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/katechia-award.png 668w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/katechia-award-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/katechia-award-329x420.png 329w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/katechia-award-520x665.png 520w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Bina Katechia receives an award at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry&#8217;s Annual Meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Bina Katechia, associate professor of pediatric dentistry, recently received the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry\u2019s (AAPD) Dr. Lewis Kay Excellence in Education Award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapd.org\/resources\/member\/awards-and-fellowships\/\">This award,<\/a> given during the AAPD\u2019s annual meeting, honors a recipient who demonstrates outstanding leadership, is committed to educating pediatric dental residents to provide children with comprehensive quality oral health care, and brings recognition to their program through their contributions to society and the profession of dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour leadership in the dental profession, your commitment to education pediatric dental residents, your contributions to society, and to the profession of dentistry are examples every educator should emulate,\u201d said Dr. Scott Smith, president of the AAPD in the award announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katechia recognized for excellence in 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