Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine opened its doors to Veterans on December 12 for a day of free oral screenings and assistance in getting the dental care they need at Penn Dental Medicine. The service day was booked to capacity with 54 Veterans from the region participating. “We were honored to serve Veterans in our...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental at Sayre Health Center teamed with Keystone First, Pennsylvania’s largest Medicaid managed health care plan, to help children and young adults living in the Center’s West Philadelphia neighborhood find dental care.
Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of AAAS by their peers for scientifically and socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
PHILADELPHIA – Penn Dental Medicine students with a passion for serving vulnerable patients will now have a new resource to support their interests and goals thanks to a $1 million scholarship grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, the philanthropic branch of Delta Dental of Pennsylvania. Delta Dental’s Oral Health Education grant will endow...
Twice-daily rinses of FDA-approved nanoparticles broke apart oral biofilms and prevented tooth decay in a study from the lab of Dr. Michel Koo, published this week in Nature Communications.
Dr. Koo received the 2018 William H. Bowen Research in Dental Caries Award at the opening ceremonies of the IADR General Session being held in London.
Penn's Netter Center has recognized Dr. Joan Gluch with the 2018 Faculty-Community Partnership Award along with one of her community partners, Philadelphia FIGHT.
In the May 9 workshop, faculty from Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering shared their research and explored new ways for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Dr. Faizan Alawi is among the recipients of Penn's 2018 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and Dr. Joan Gluch received the 2018 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty.
Yuan Liu, a DScD candidate/pediatric dentistry resident, was a winner in the prestigious AADR Hatton Awards Competition, and Dongyeop Kim, a postdoctoral research fellow, was a finalist in the AADR/CADR Joseph Lister Award.
