Department News

Telemedicine Virtual Encounters Providing Patients with Safe, Timely Care

Dr. Elliot Hersh Discusses Managing Dental Pain in the Age of Opioids

Penn Dental Medicine Designated Apple Distinguished School for its Classroom Technology

Philadelphia—With a one-to-one initiative that provides every dental student with an iPad, a robust program of faculty-developed AppleBooks that tackle complex dental topics, and the use of software that makes taking notes and exams easier and more convenient, Penn Dental Medicine is wholeheartedly embracing the concept of digital learning and transforming the way it delivers...

Prosthodontics Students Take Top Award for Research

Philadelphia – Two students within Penn Dental Medicine’s postgraduate prosthodontics program – Dr. Nupur Patel (GD’21) and Dr. David Kim (GD’21) — were recently recognized for their research, taking first place in the poster competition at the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics 66th Annual Meeting, held in Miami, October 26-29. Their collaborative study was titled...

Dr. Rabie Shanti Receives the Pennsylvania Hospital 2019 Relationship-Based Care Award

Philadelphia –Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Rabie Shanti, Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery and Pharmacology, has been honored with the 2019 Relationship-Based Care Award by Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH). The award, presented to one individual annually, recognizes outstanding clinicians who fully embody the tenets of Relationship-Based Care: leadership, teamwork, professionalism, care delivery, resources and outcomes. The relationship-based...

Implant Program Enhancing Patient Care, Student Experiences

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine patients in need of replacing a single missing tooth as well as those with or about to get lower dentures looking for a more stable solution can now receive care at greatly reduced fees thanks to a recently launched, grant-supported implant program. The initiative was developed to provide a service...

Dr. Elliot Hersh Addresses National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Prescription Opioids

Philadelphia — With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that more than 130 people in the United States die each day from overdosing on opioids, the misuse of and addiction to opioids has become a national health crisis. In conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Academies of Sciences,...

Penn Dental Medicine 2018 Teaching Awards

Penn Dental Medicine faculty/staff members were honored for excellence in teaching by the School’s graduating class of DMD students with the 2018 teaching awards

In the News: Philly Inquirer Talks to Dr. Elliot Hersh on Limiting Opioids

The Philly Inquirer talked to Dr. Hersh in its coverage of the recent policy released by the ADA on opioids. He noted that opioids should not be the first line of pain relief.

Penn Dental's Dr. Rabie Shanti Driven by Desire to ‘Make Someone Whole Again’

Dr. Shanti, who joined the faculty last year, is working to better understand oral cancers and to design new structures to replace the tissues his patients lose to surgery.