On Jan. 30, Brenda Thacker, R.D.H., and Deborah McEdward, R.D.H., both regional coordinators with the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (National DPBRN) at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, participated in the Santa Fe Dental Hygiene Day at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Fla. Thacker and McEdward shared information…
The February 3 issue of the ADA News includes a story about the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network . For more information about the University of Florida College of Dentistry’s role in the network, please visit their web page. Birmingham, Ala.—New opportunities exist through the National Dental Practice-Based…
WCJB TV20 recently produced a Your Health segment focusing on the link between periodontal disease and diabetes, focusing on research performed by Shannon Wallet, PhD, a researcher in the University of Florida Department of Periodontology. To read the full story or watch the video, click here.
Too many children in Florida have difficulty accessing dental care and that includes those in Alachua County where a 2013 Third Grade Dental Survey showed that over 50 percent of kids had experienced dental decay, and nearly 1 in 3 had untreated cavities. For several years, the University of…
Shannon Wallet, Ph.D., graduated from North Carolina State University in 1995 with a bachelor’s in medical technology and went on to earned a degree in clinical laboratory science from Duke University. She earned her Ph.D. in oral biology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2005…
The University of Florida is identifying, recruiting, and hiring faculty capable of taking on the biggest challenges. We want to lead efforts to feed the world, to lift a continent out of poverty, and to have data serve us, not overwhelm us. We’re focusing our brain gain in areas…
Congratulations to first year dental student, Kyulim Lee, who was chosen as one of nine national finalists to compete for the American Association of Dental for Dental Research (A.A.D.R.) Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Hatton Awards in the junior category. The award is aimed at promoting clinically relevant-translational research projects like…
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…
Sherin Merchant, left, with Dr. Nancy Newhouse, president of the…
On Oct. 10 and 11, the South Atlantic Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN) hosted their second annual meeting at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Gainesville, Fla. Clinicians had the opportunity to review research posters and network during a reception an evening reception on…
