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Four dentistry winners for the 2014 UF Superior Accomplishment Awards

Four members of the University of Florida College of Dentistry won 2014 Superior Accomplishment Awards: Censeri Abare, Stacy Buford, Pearl Harris and Scott Tomar. Abare, Buford and Harris won an Administrative & Professional Award. Tomar was the sole winner at the Health Science Center of the Community Service Award. They…

Probert named assistant dean for student and multicultural affairs

Patty Xirau-Probert, Ph.D., a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, has been appointed to the position of assistant dean for student and multicultural affairs for the University of Florida College of Dentistry, effective January 10, 2014. This is a new administrative position that…

Tomar presents to city commission on kids’ oral health

On Dec. 19, 2013, Scott Tomar, D.M.D., M.P.H., Dr.PH., went before the Gainesville City Commission to present the findings of this year’s Alachua County Third Grade Oral Health Screening and the WIC Prevention Program. The presentation was intended to raise awareness among local policymakers of the serious oral health…

DMD Class of 2017 signs Code of Conduct

The members of the freshman D.M.D. Class of 2017 signed their class Code of Conduct on Dec. 3, 2013. This tradition, started at the University of Florida College of Dentistry in 2001, was an outgrowth of an exercise in the Principles of Oral Health Management course and a response…

2013 sealant program in full swing

The Alachua County School Based Sealant program, a joint effort that between the University of Florida College of Dentistry and United Way of North Central Florida, targets second- and sixth-grade students in dentally underserved public schools with high levels of disease and low levels of dental sealants. The program…

Serving the homeless community

On Nov. 14, the University of Florida College of Dentistry participated in “Breakfast on the Plaza,” an event organized by the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville, Fla. “It was a wonderful event. We distributed 150…

NDPBRN South Atlantic Region holds annual meeting

On Oct. 10 and 11, the South Atlantic Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN) hosted their second annual meeting at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Gainesville, Fla. Clinicians had the opportunity to review research posters and network during a reception an evening reception on…

A mighty good time!

On Sept. 22, six teams gathered but only one could emerge victorious. They wore their team colors, brought their gear and battled it out in the rain for the championship title at the Annual Mighty Molar Picnic at UF’s Lake Wauburg. More than 200 people attended the event, organized…

Catalanotto testifies for U.S. Senate Committee

On Sept. 12, 2013, Frank Catalanotto, D.M.D., testified at a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging hearing, “Dental Crisis in America: The Need to Address Cost.” The hearing examined the challenges Americans face accessing affordable dental care. Catalanotto, chair of the University of Florida Department of Community…