The College of Dentistry's Infant Oral Health Program is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The program provides free dental screenings to vulnerable populations with the aim of improving access to preventive and responsive dental care. Read more about the program in a recent article in the Gazette. 

On February 26, representatives from the College of Dentistry visited Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of key oral-health-related legislative priorities and to communicate the value of the college to Iowa. Read more.

In a recent Talk of Iowa, host Charity Hebbe spoke with Dr. Pete Damiano (Preventative and Community Dentistry), Dr. Erica Teixeira (Operative), and Dr. Andy Stevenson (Family Dentistry) about how new technologies are transforming dental practice. Listen to the episode on Digital Dentistry at Talk of Iowa.

With over 100 presentations from students, staff, and faculty and an excellent keynote address by Dr. Rena D’Souza, the College of Dentistry’s Annual Local AADR Research Day was a great success. See photos from Research Day and read more about Dr. D’Souza’s keynote address at our website.

Dr. Azeez Butali received a $25,000 subaward grant to study genetic and environmental risks for oral clefts in Puerto Rican Hispanics. Watch a video of Dr. Butali’s work, and read more about his grant.

The New York Institute of Technology granted Dr. Erliang Zeng a 4-year subaward (a total of $68,652) for a project funded by the National Cancer Institute, a part of the NIH. The project, Molecular Circuit of Multi-ciliogenesis Regulates Choroid Plexus Differentiation and Tumor Development, investigates a particular kind of tumor in children. Read more.

Tokuyama Dental Corporation awarded Dr. Erica Teixeria a $134,000 grant for the project, “Esthetic outcomes of a newly developed dental composite and adhesive system: a randomized clinical trial.” Read more about the project.

Learn more about our world-class program for Biostatistics and Computational Biology.

From the Bench to the Chair: Three Profiles of the Translational and Clinical Research at the College of Dentistry. Read more.

ADEA awarded Dr. Sindhura Anamali (Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine) a $8,500 grant, “Developing Learning Modules in Intra-oral, Extra-oral and Advanced Imagining in Radiology for Better Understanding and a Reference of Anatomy for General Dentist.” Read more.