International Association of Dental Research Pediatric Oral Health – “Global Trends of Diagnostics, Risk Assessment and Innovative Strategies for ECC Prevention”
The “Global Trends of Diagnostics, Risk Assessment and Innovative Strategies for ECC Prevention” symposium at the IADR meeting in South Africa was very well attended. There were presentations by M.O. Ukpong (Nigeria) on Early Childhood Caries as a Global Epidemic in developed and developing countries; Innovative Comprehensive CAMBRA Risk Assessment tool for Young children and caregivers […]
Relaunch of the Philips Institute for Oral Health Research
The Philips Institute is growing. There are now over 60 people working within the Institute creating a vibrant research atmosphere with an active seminar series and post graduate club. Approval by the University to start an MS and a PhD program in Oral Health Research will expand the pool of researchers and train the next […]
Faculty Research – Who’s Who in SoD – Dr Yue Sun
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the 5th most common cancer worldwide with 200,000 deaths annually. In the US, about 11,000 people die and 40,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. Improvements in surgery and chemoradiation have resulted in modest improvement in the 5-year survival of HNSCC; 48% survival for individuals with locally […]
Martinsville Community Dental Clinic honored for commitment to oral health
Last week, Dean David Sarrett, D.M.D., M.S., partnered with the Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation to honor the Harvest Foundation, which operates the Martinsville Community Dental Clinic, with the Platinum Award for Exceptional Leadership in Improving Oral Health. The Community Dental Clinic serves as one of the VCU School of Dentistry’s service-learning rotation sites where […]
New M.S. and Ph.D. opportunities in Oral Health Research
The VCU School of Dentistry plans to offer a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in oral health research starting in Fall 2015. The programs will train students to conduct basic and translational research in oral health with a particular focus on Cancer and developmental biology of the head and neck Infection and immunology Bioengineering, stem cells […]
The Hispanic Dental Association gets our S.E.A.L. of approval
By Courtney Killough, D.D.S. Class of 2017 On August 21st, Alyssa Gutierrez and I traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 24th Annual Hispanic Dental Association Conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Leaving with nervous excitement and open minds, our goal was to learn as much about the organization, its mission and the process of founding […]
MS Students who graduated this year
Congratulations to all the MS students who defended their thesis this year. Although none of them graduated from the School of Dentistry they did carry out their research under the supervision of our faculty. We will continue to see some of them around the school. Paul Dado Kim: MS in Microbiology and Immunology Title: The […]
Updates from IADR international conference
Drs Tufecki, Brickhouse and Best met with 2500 of our closest colleagues at the IADR conference in Cape Town, South Africa the last week of June. Al’s favorite session was an interactive exchange with the Cochrane meta-analysis folks. Small groups did blind reviews of three dental products/procedures and were asked to rate the level of […]
Faculty Research – Who’s Who in SOD Dr Zhao Lin
Dr Lin joined the department of periodontics last year. He divides his time between clinics and his research passion in periodontal regeneration. Treatment of severe periodontal disease is complex. Current treatments involve guided tissue regeneration, using barrier membranes to support bone growth on one side and periodontal tissue growth on the other. While this is […]
VCU collaborates with Univille University on research
For four years, Dr. Ruben Garcia, professor of dentistry, has traveled from Univille University Dental School in Joinville, Brazil to the VCU School of Dentistry in the name of research. As a visiting faculty member, Garcia collaborates with Dr. Peter Moon, biomaterials director, Department of General Practice. Their research focuses on cement bonding to ceramic […]