Teaching new moms about oral health gives babies something to smile about By Nicole La Hoz After learning that her 2-year-old daughter will need dental fillings, Sheena Smith grabbed a toothbrush from her dentist and nodded her head to every dietary recommendation. Serve milk at meals. And if Kelsey…
Since 1987, faculty and students from the University of Florida College of Dentistry have made an annual mission trip to Las Matas de Farfán in the Dominican Republic. The rural area is very remote and residents have extremely limited access to dental care. In June 2013, a group of 31…
Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S. Congratulations to Luisa Echeto, D.D.S., M.S., who was selected for 2013-14 class of the University of Florida Leadership Academy. A clinical associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, she joined the university in 2003. The…
Participants in a pediatric dental sedation training course practiced sedation techniques using a simulated pediatric patient at the University of Florida on…
On Friday, May 17, the Curtis M. Philips Center was bright with promise and the smiles of the 79 graduates of the University of Florida College of Dentistry D.M.D. Class of 2013 as they crossed the stage to accept their degrees. Family, friends, and the college’s faculty and staff…
To raise money for the upcoming dental mission trip to Guatemala, the Christian Dental Society is hosting a silent auction on May 22 and 23, 2013. Auction items include an 8 day stay at an exotic Belize vacation condo (http://sunsetpointebelize.com/pages/accommodations.htm), an autographed football donated by Tim Tebow especially for…
Supertaster scientist Linda Bartoshuk honored for decades of research UF professor Linda Bartoshuk wants you to taste a better tomato. She wants you to taste the best and most delicious tomato you have ever eaten. And she is working diligently with horticultural sciences professor Harry Klee, Ph.D., to make that…
From left: Lynn King, Fred Joyal, and Annelise Driscoll The ADA Center for Professional Success, a web-based member resource launching this fall, will feature the University of Florida College of Dentistry Executive Practice Management Certificate Program for Dentists…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry Department of Periodontology coordinated the first meeting of the PerioGators, an alumni organization of graduated residents of the department, on May 4, 2013. The first meeting included 23 members and seven faculty and staff of the college. The focus of the first meeting…
Please join the UF College of Dentistry for the meetings, Academy of Alumni and Friends Reception, and class reunions taking place on Friday, June 14 at FNDC.
