The University of Florida College of Dentistry invited all students, faculty and staff to celebrate the holidays during the Annual Holiday Tea on Dec. 10. The event also included a Service Pin Ceremony to recognize staff who have reached five-years of service milestones with the University of Florida. Many…
The 83 members of the freshman D.M.D. Class of 2016 signed their class Code of Conduct on Dec. 5, 2012. 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…
Richard L. Williams, D.M.D. Class of 1997, was recently inducted as a Fellow of both the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists, at their annual convocations in San Francisco, Ca., on Oct. 18 and 19, 2012, respectively. Williams received his Ph.D. in Oral Sciences from…
DentaQuest Institute has recognized NCEF Pediatric Dental Center as a Safety Net Solutions Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence awards honor safety net dental programs around the U.S. that have displayed tremendous leadership and excellence in oral health practice management and have greatly improved the oral health status…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rats and humans have at least one thing in common: They both react the same way to a placebo, according to a new University of Florida study. “That was the big finding — that the animals that expected pain relief actually got pain relief when you…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Dentistry has received a four-year, $ 2.5 million grant that will help provide financial assistance to the college’s disadvantaged students. Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA, Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students awarded the college $645,000 for the current academic year,…
Congratulations to Nina Guba, a member of the D.M.D. Class of 2015, who represented the University of Florida at the 2012 ADA Annual Session in October in San Francisco, Ca. Guba was one of 70 student clinicians who participated in the 53rd Annual ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Award Program…
Faculty and dental residents learned cutting edge use of dental materials during a special course on occlusal anatomy presented by Walter Dias, D.D.S., M.S., a clinical specialist with DENTSPLY who visited from Germany to share his expertise. The course, held on Oct. 26, combined a morning lecture with an…
This Homecoming, over 90,000 fans, students and alumni will come together to support the University of Florida. (There will also be a football game.) Thursday, November 3, is Get Up and Give, a one-day, all-out, give whatever you can extravaganza to support the University of Florida. Any gift,…
On Oct. 16, Robert Ford, D.M.D., and University of Florida staff member Pearl Ann Harris demonstrated the power of teams and networking during a presentation for the North Central Florida Dental Hygiene Association (N.C.F.D.H.A.) meeting in Ocala, Fla. Ford, a member of the UF College of Dentistry D.M.D. Class…
