Pride Alliance Celebrates LGBTQ History Month with Pride Celebration

Philadelphia- The Penn Dental Medicine Pride Alliance recently held its fourth annual Pride Celebration to celebrate its LGBTQIA+ Community. The Pride Celebration brings together faculty, staff, students, and alumni to build community within the School. As part of the event, the Annual LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Awards were presented — This year recognized two staff members, two […]

Dr. Brian Ford Recognized with AAOMS Award for Faculty Development

Philadelphia — Dr. Brian Ford, Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Penn Dental Medicine, was recognized by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) as a recipient of its 2022 Faculty Educator Development Award (FEDA). The award was presented at the 2022 AAOMS Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, La., in […]

Penn Dental Medicine’s Continuing Education CIGOH Series Revamps

Philadelphia — The popular Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH) Lecture Series has been reframed as a dialogue with prominent scholars in the realm of global health. This new CE series, titled “Roots of Wisdom,” will bring together influential global leaders to answer and discuss thought-provoking questions and share their population and public health […]

Study Finds Bacteria, Fungi in Saliva Can Form Superorganisms Able to ‘Crawl’, Spread on Teeth

Dr. Marshall Padilla Selected for AADOCR MIND the Future Program

Philadelphia – Dr. Marshall Padilla, a current NIDCR T90 postdoctoral fellow within the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) – Penn Dental Medicine’s collaborative center with Penn Engineering — has been selected to be part of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)’s Mentoring an Inclusive Network for a Diverse Workforce […]

Hebrew University Student Delegation Visits Penn Dental Medicine

Philadelphia- Penn Dental Medicine recently hosted three senior (sixth-year) dental students from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein Kerem Campus for a two-week dental immersion program. The three students – Yuval Shalit, Eva Cohen Solal, and Raphaelle Emram – observed within various clinical care centers, including the general restorative, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, pediatrics, oral […]

Chewing Gum Designed to Trap SARS-CoV-2 in the Saliva Moves to Clinical Trial from Dr. Henry Daniell’s Lab

Philadelphia — A recently launched clinical trial at Penn will evaluate a unique chewing gum designed by Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Henry Daniell to trap SARS-CoV-2 in the saliva, potentially blocking transmission of COVID-19 from one person to another. The trial will recruit participants from a pool of Penn Medicine employees whose responses to the […]

In the News: Penn Dental to Join Innovative Collaboration at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar

Philadelphia — PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar — an innovative collaboration between Penn Medicine and the not-for-profit Public Health Management Corporation — is located in the former Mercy Philadelphia Hospital building at 54th Street and Cedar Avenue in Cobbs Creek. It is becoming a resource hub for achieving health equity and sustaining public health. […]

Penn Dental Medicine Welcomes Class of 2026 with Annual White Coat Ceremony

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine welcomed the Class of 2026 DMD students to the study of dental medicine at its annual White Coat Ceremony, held August 11 at Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. This annual tradition holds symbolic significance for members of the incoming class as they are presented with a white coat […]

Penn Dental Medicine Study Applies Microrobotics in Endodontic Treatment, Diagnostics

Philadelphia — With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity. As a result, biofilm not fully cleared from the nooks and crannies of the canals remains a leading cause of treatment failure and persistent endodontic infections, and there are limited means […]

Study Led by Dr. Sheri Yang Identifies Potential Target to Intervene in Bone Loss

New Recruit Dr. Kyle Vining Strengthens Dental, Engineering Interface

Philadelphia – Adding to the depth of research at the dental medicine and engineering interface, Penn Dental Medicine welcomes recent recruit Dr. Kyle Vining, who joined Penn Dental Medicine and its Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) on July 1. Dr. Vining will be appointed Assistant Professor of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, School of […]

Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Yu Zhang Named to 2022-23 Cohort of Penn Fellows

Philadelphia — Dr. Yu Zhang, Professor, Division of Restorative Dentistry in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, has been named to the 2022-23 cohort of Penn Fellows, one of 16 mid-career faculty members selected this year from throughout the University of Pennsylvania for this honor. The Penn Fellows program, run out of Penn’s Office […]

Dr. Eugene Ko Joins Penn Dental Medicine Center for Clinical and Translational Research as Deputy Director

Philadelphia – To continue to expand the activities of the Penn Dental Medicine Center for Clinical and Translational Research, the Center welcomes Dr. Eugene Ko to the newly created post of Deputy Director, Clinical Research Operations. “In this role, Dr. Ko will help to build upon the existing support for student and resident research and […]

Recent Recruit Dr. Kyle Vining Deconstructing the Mechanics of Bone Marrow Disease

Penn Dental/Engineering Study Shows Shapeshifting Microrobots Can Brush, Floss Teeth

Penn Dental Medicine Partners with Woods Services to Provide Care for Individuals with Disabilities

Philadelphia – Expanding its outreach within the community, Penn Dental Medicine announces a new partnership with Woods Services to provide dental treatment for its clients and residents; Woods is a Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-based nonprofit that serves children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries. Woods’ existing dental care center within […]

Dr. Nipul Tanna Named Associate Chair of the Department of Orthodontics

Philadelphia – Dr. Nipul Tanna (D’90, GD’92, GD’10, GD’11), Associate Professor of Clinical Orthodontics at Penn Dental Medicine, has been named Associate Chair of the School’s Department of Orthodontics. His appointment to this new leadership post was effective June 1. “Dr. Tanna brings a long history with the School and our Department of Orthodontics to […]

Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry Holds Inaugural Symposium

Philadelphia – The Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) recently held its inaugural symposium, bringing together dentists, scientists, and engineers to share their work and identify new opportunities to advance oral health innovation at the intersection of dental medicine and engineering. The event was held June 2 at Penn Dental Medicine as well as […]

Student-Run Mentorship Program Connects with West Philly Community