2023 Delta Dental Community Scholars Named

Philadelphia — Three Penn Dental Medicine students have been named 2023 Delta Dental Community Scholars, each receiving a sizeable scholarship in recognition of their community service, academic achievement, and future plans to work with vulnerable populations after graduation. Since its inception in 2019, the program has awarded scholarships to 17 talented Penn Dental Medicine students […]

Student, Faculty Showcase Research at AADOCR Meeting

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 […]

A Rare Discovery Revealed from Thomas Evans Collection of Art

Penn Dental Medicine Study Illuminates Wound Healing

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

Penn Dental Medicine Becomes First Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center

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 […]

Penn Dental Medicine, Woods Services Celebrate Opening of New Community Care Center Serving Persons with Disabilities

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is continuing to expand its service in the community to persons with disabilities with the opening of its newest community care site—the Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center. The Care Center is a partnership with Woods Services, a Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that serves […]

Registration Open for Penn Dental Medicine’s Oral Cancer Walk & 5K to be held April 16

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 Signs MOU with School in South Africa, Adding to Collaboration in Tanzania

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is continuing to build upon its international engagement with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The signing took place as part of a recent visit by Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean, Dr. Mark S. Wolff, to South Africa and […]

New Fund Created to Support Veterans’ Care

Philadelphia – Veterans coming to Penn Dental Medicine for dental care now have a new resource to help cover the costs of their treatment – the Penn Dental Medicine Veterans Dental Care Fund. This new Veterans Fund was recently established through a $100,000 gift from a Penn Dental Medicine alumnus and his wife with hopes […]

Global Oral Health Forum 2023 to be held March 30-31 in Merida, Mexico

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH) is collaborating with Fundación ADM, Institución de Asistencia Privada to present the Global Oral Health Forum 2023, taking place March 30-31 in Merida, Mexico. The main goal of this two-day gathering is to encourage and facilitate a dialogue between major stakeholders in the […]

Penn Dental Medicine Launches New Coursera Course: Frontiers in Dentistry

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 […]

New Dual Degree Program in Nutritional Science Launched with Penn Nursing

Philadelphia – Adding to the depth  of its dual-degree programs for DMD students, Penn Dental Medicine announces a new dual-degree with Penn Nursing, enabling interested and qualified students to earn a Master of Science in Nutrition Science (MSNS) along with their DMD. This new offering brings the total number of dual-degree options to nine, including […]

Dr. Zhi Ren Awarded the 2022 American Society for Microbiology Best ECS Presentation Award

Philadelphia — Dr. Zhi Ren, a current NIDCR R90 postdoctoral trainee within the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) – Penn Dental Medicine’s collaborative center with Penn Engineering — was awarded the 2022 American Society for Microbiology (ASM)’s Early Career Symposium (ECS) Best Presentation Award. The award was presented as part of the ASM […]

Four Penn Dental Medicine Faculty Issued Patents in FY22

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty members were recognized for their research and innovation as part of the Penn Center for Innovation’s (PCI) 7th annual Celebration of Innovation. This annual event celebrates Penn researchers and innovators who were named as inventors on patents issued to Penn this past fiscal year and highlights significant commercialization achievements. […]

Dr. Michel Koo Named a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo, Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Division of Community Oral Health, Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Co-Founding Director of the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD), has been recognized for the scope and depth of his research — named on the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from […]

Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Grant Supporting Patient Care

Philadelphia – “For the first time in years, I can smile. I am not embarrassed to face the world,” said one patient. “The grant allowed me to have teeth and eat the foods I love,” said another. “I couldn’t have afforded teeth without this help,” shared a third patient. This is just a sampling of […]

Penn Dental Medicine Students Present Research at Greater New York Dental Meeting

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 […]

Advancing Equitable Oral Care for Persons with Disabilities

Dr. George Hajishengallis Named a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. George Hajishengallis, Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor in the Department of Basic & Translational Sciences, has been recognized for the scope and depth of his research — named on the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from Clarivate in the cross-field category. This is the third year in row that […]