University of Florida College of Dentistry faculty members, Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., and Marcio Guelmann, D.D.S., were promoted by the university effective July 1, 2014, and James Pettigrew, D.M.D., who retires on June 30, 2014, was appointed an associate professor emeritus. Roger Fillingim, who joined the college in 2000, was…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry Xi Omicron Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Honor Society held their 38th Annual Convocation Dinner May 15, 2014 at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. More than 100 active members, new alumni and faculty members were in attendance for the semi-formal…
Friday, June 20, 2014 2:00-4:00 p.m. Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Tickets are required for admittance into the auditorium, though there is no assigned seating. Tickets may be obtained from the Office of Education, from a student, or at…
Peter Harrison, D.D.S., B.D.S., joined the college on July 1, 2010 as a visiting clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology. He earned his Bachelor of Dental Science Degree and his D.D.S. from Trinity College’s Dublin Dental School and Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Where were you born?…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many people delay and even skip visits to the dentist due to anxiety and fear. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered that difficulty understanding and using health information, a skill known as health literacy, is another key reason they avoid the dentist —…
Congratulations to Adam Jones, D.M.D., a third year resident in the graduate prosthodontics program who won a first place award clinical research in prosthodontics at the 2014 International Team for Implantology (ITI) World Symposium, in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2014. Jones was one of four…
Congratulations to Abimbola Adewumi who completed the 2013-2014 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute program. Adewumi was celebrated, along with 23 other new graduates, at a commencement dinner during the 2014 ADEA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in March. Adewumi, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng), M.Ped., DentRSC (Eng), is…
Please join the UF College of Dentistry for the 2nd Annual Oral Cancer Foundation 5K for Awareness on May 31 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville. The First Oral Cancer Awareness 5K broke new ground by raising over $2,500 for the…
Two residents in the University of Florida Department of Endodontics won research awards during the 2014 American Association of Endodontists (AAE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., April 30 through May 3. Dr. Thomas Currie, left in photo, received a $1,000 award for his oral research presentation, “Presence of Metastatic…
Carol Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, was selected to serve as president of The American Academy of Oral Medicine 2014-15 during its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, in April. “I am delighted to be working with the…
