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Marc Heft, 1948-2020
Heft was a professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and director of the Claude D. Pepper Center for Oral Health in Aging.
2019 Pugh Achievement Award Recipient
Dr. Annikka Frostad-Thomas is a 2019 Richard C. Pugh Achievement Award recipient after scoring in the top three percent on the ABPD Qualifying…
UF Health Dentistry – Wildlight Opens
UF Health Dentistry – Wildlight began serving patients on February 3 at the college’s newest clinic in Nassau County, north of Jacksonville.
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Doctor of Dental Medicine: excellent education, guided by and grounded in sound scientific evidence
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Advanced & Graduate Education
UFCD offers all nine American Dental Association specialties and AEGD programs in Miami/Hialeah and St. Petersburg
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Continuing Education
Committed to dental excellence and your Continuing Education needs
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Gainesville
Our centers in Gainesville offer a complete range of general and specialty care for adults and children in one location. We offer the latest technologies in a professional learning environment, conveniently located at the UF Health Science Center
UF Health Dentistry – Wildlight
UF Health Dentistry – Wildlight begins serving patients in January 2020 and includes 2,900 square feet of dental clinic space with six operatories to serve patients as part of UF Health Wildlight in Yulee, Florida, north of Jacksonville
Miami/Hialeah
Dental residents provide a complete range of dental and oral health services for adults and children under faculty supervision
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Dental residents provide a complete range of dental and oral health services for adults and children under faculty supervision
NCEF Pediatric Dental Center
Our center in Naples offers complete dental care for children, including routine and specialty services. Dental care is provided by pediatric dental residents under faculty supervision
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a ufcd community that reflects rich cultural and ethnic diversity
Student Advocacy & Inclusion
We strive to create an inclusive, supportive and respectful climate that embraces and values diversity — acknowledging that with diversity, we gain a broader foundation of strength, wisdom and creativity.
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William T. and Jackie C. Reid Scholarship in Dentistry
"Don’t miss this window of opportunity…if you wait until you’re gone, you won’t ever develop relationships with the students you’re supporting.” ~ Dr. Terry Reid
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Upcoming Events
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Feb 28
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UFCD Faculty Retreat
Hotel Indigo Gainesville-Celebration Pointe, 5020 SW 30th Ln, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
8:00am to 3:00pm
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Mar 02
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Spring Break
All Day
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Mar 03
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Spring Break
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Mar 04
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Spring Break
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Mar 05
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Spring Break
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Mar 06
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Spring Break
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Florida Board Exam-Patient CIF
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Mar 07
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Florida Board Exam-Patient CIF
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Mar 10
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4:20 Dr. Hess
4:40pm to 5:40pm
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Mar 14
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ADEA (National Harbor,MD)
All Day
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Mar 15
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ADEA (National Harbor,MD)
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Mar 16
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ADEA (National Harbor,MD)
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Mar 17
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ADEA (National Harbor,MD)
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Class of 2023
White Coat Ceremony
February 8, 2020
The UF College of Dentistry D.M.D. Class of 2023 will partake in its Professional Coating Ceremony on February 8, 2020, at 10 a.m. at University Auditorium on the UF campus. White Coat Ceremony marks a special milestone in dental education when students transition from learning about being an oral health care giver, to becoming one.
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No. 5 among all U.S. dental schools in NIH research funding last fiscal year with $13 million in contracts and grants
12 degree and certificate programs at the UF College of Dentistry
142,000 patients served last year through the UF Statewide Network for Community Oral Health, serving patients from all 67 counties in Florida
14 new faculty hired in 2018 with a tremendous array of expertise in research and clinical/specialty areas
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