WHYY’s The Pulse talks with Dean Denis Kinane on Dr. Thomas Evans, the dentist to 19th century royalty whose fortune made possible the School’s Evans Building.
Throughout 2015, Penn Dental Medicine will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Evans Building and the launch of a major renovation planned for this historic structure.
Drs. Tom Sollecito and Eric Stoopler are being recognized by the AAOM for their contributions to the field of oral medicine. The awards will be presented at the Academy’s annual meeting in April.
The MOU signing ceremony was held at Penn Dental Medicine on January 26 between Penn Dental Medicine’s Dean Denis Kinane and Dean Motoyuki Sugai of Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry.
The work of Dr. Henry Daniell’s lab is featured in Scientific American, discussing pills made from bioengineered lettuce that could help prevent one of the most serious complications of haemophilia treatment.
The lab of Dr. Dana Graves, Dept. of Periodontics, has identified a critical molecule that helps explain the problem of wound healing in diabetics and pinpoints a therapy target.
Dr. Tom Sollecito Chairs the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs, which recently released clinical practice guidelines on prophylactic antibiotics for prosthetic-joint patients.
Through his work, Dr. Shi, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, and colleagues have identified/characterized new types of stem cells in periodontal ligament, the dental pulp of permanent teeth, and tendons.
