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Every operatory is now equipped with a flat screen monitor.

On March 19, the UF College of Dentistry held a dedication and ribbon cutting for an extensively renovated pediatric dental clinic, the Robert E. Primosch Clinical Education Center, that expects to serve 19,000 patient visits annually; 90 percent of those for children on Medicaid. The clinic renovations were paid…

DPBRN practitioner-investigators and family members show their school spirit. Two practitioner-investigators from the Florida/Georgia region of the Dental Practice-Based Research Network, Dr. Craig Ajmo and Dr. Jeff Meral, presented posters at the March annual meeting of the American…

Dennis Beliveau Dennis Beliveau, UF College of Dentistry Class of 2013, won first place in the Clinical Science Category in the 2010 DENTSPLY/Caulk Competition of the AADR National Student Research Group during the March annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Research (AADR) in…

Second-year dental student Jennifer Westcott practices her screening skills with fellow second-year student Michael Abraham. More than 40 University of Florida dental students volunteered to learn how to perform head and neck…

Clay Walker, Ph.D. Lorie Primosch, MEd The students have spoken and the 2009-10 winners of the UF College of Dentistry Teachers of the Year are Lorie Primosch, MEd, an associate in the Department of Periodontics, and…

Henrietta Logan, Ph.D. Henrietta Logan, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, was the opening speaker at the inaugural External Advisory Committee meeting of the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute meeting on Feb. 11. Logan, who is also the director of the Southeast Center…

The UF College of Dentistry welcomes Larry Abbott, facilities manager, who started on February 12. Larry joins the college after 16 years with the City of Gainesville where he was a facilities maintenance manager and was responsible for the maintenance of all city-owned facilities and served as the project…

Congratulations to the College of Dentistry’s Superior Accomplishment Award winners.  Joyce Hudson Christina Haskins The following Division 5 winners will be honored at a luncheon on March 3, 2010, at the Paramount Plaza Hotel.  In addition, each winner…

Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P. Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P., a professor of prosthodontics and director of predoctoral implant dentistry at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, was elected as an examining member of the American Board of Prosthodontics and will serve a seven-year…