
Research Day, ACCE Day Spotlight Penn Dental Medicine Student, Faculty Research
Monday, May 22, 2023

CiPD Fellows Recognized with Research Awards
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

School’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health Presents Global Oral Health Forum 2023
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH) and Fundación ADM, Institución de Asistencia Privada recently brought together leaders from around the world for the Global Oral Health Forum 2023, held March 30-31 in Merida, Mexico. The main objective of the forum was to encourage and facilitate a dialogue between major […]

Student, Faculty Showcase Research at AADOCR Meeting
Friday, March 24, 2023
Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine students and faculty turned the spotlight on the School’s research activities as part of the 2023 American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research/Canadian Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting & Exhibition, recently held in Portland, Oregon. A cohort of more than 50 student and faculty researchers were included in […]

Penn Dental Medicine Study Illuminates Wound Healing
Monday, February 27, 2023
Philadelphia – While oral wounds are known to heal rapidly with limited scarring, the mechanism has remained elusive. However, a recent study led by Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Kang Ko, Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics, illuminates that process, identifying a distinct oral fibroblast progenitor that promotes mucosal healing. The findings were recently published […]

Dr. Esra Sahingur Advancing Research, Education in the Lab and in Administrative Roles
Friday, February 17, 2023

Penn Dental Medicine Becomes First Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH) has partnered with Cochrane Oral Health to form the Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center at Penn Dental Medicine, the first oral-health-oriented Cochrane collaborative group in the world. The new Center marks a significant step in helping to expand evidence-based knowledge to inform practice […]

Registration Open for Penn Dental Medicine’s Oral Cancer Walk & 5K to be held April 16
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine will once again help to raise awareness about oral cancer and the importance of early detection with its annual Oral Cancer Walk & 5K, to be held Sunday, April 16, 2023. Registration is now open for this year’s gathering, which marks the 15th anniversary of this student-organized event. Participants can […]

Penn Dental Medicine Launches New Coursera Course: Frontiers in Dentistry
Friday, January 20, 2023
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty explore some of the latest advances in the field of dental medicine in a new course that has launched on Coursera, the global online learning platform. The course, Frontiers in Dentistry, focuses on five distinct areas that have gone through significant transformation recently and the therapeutic and scientific innovations […]

Penn Dental Medicine Students Present Research at Greater New York Dental Meeting
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine student research was well represented at the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting with seven student researchers making poster presentations on their projects. They presented their work as part of the Meeting’s Scientific Poster Session, held Sunday, November 27 at the Javits Center in New York. “Presentations at professional meetings […]