The 40th annual commencement ceremony of the University of Florida College of Dentistry will be held on May 15, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are required for admittance into the auditorium, though there…
Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., joined the University of Florida College of Dentistry today as the seventh permanent dean. She was appointed in September 2014 by David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health, when she was serving as the…
A group of residents and staff in the UF Health Graduate Orthodontics Center worked together to brighten the holiday for two of their patients this year. They collected and wrapped gifts, and gift cards, and presented them to the boys, and were rewarded with big, healthy smiles — which…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida College of Dentistry are recruiting participants for an orthodontics study to learn if teeth will align more quickly with the help of an orthodontic device that emits very small electronic pulses. AcceleDent® Aura ― a combination mouthpiece and…
Calogero Dolce, D.D.S., Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the University of Florida Department of Orthodontics effective Oct. 25, 2013. He has served as the department’s interim chair since October 2012. “Dr. Dolce is a positive, strong team player and has outlined a number of goals for the department…
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…
For the fifth year in a row, the sophomore D.M.D. class of the University of Florida College of Dentistry achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Board Dental Exam Part I. In addition, summary reports from the American Dental Association show that the college’s classes of 2009…
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…
By Emily Miller Rats and humans have at least one thing in common: They both react the same way to a placebo, according to a new UF study. “That was the big finding — that the animals that expected pain relief actually got pain relief when you gave them…
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…
