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Promotions and tenure announcements

Congratulations to six faculty members at the University of Florida College of Dentistry who were part of recent UF promotion and tenure announcements effective July 1, 2013. Kesavalu Four full-time faculty received promotions or tenure.  Lakshmyya Kesavalu, an associate professor in the department of periodontics was awarded tenure. Uma…

Willis named interim chair

Wendell Willis, D.D.S., has accepted an appointment to serve as interim chair of the University of Florida Department of Restorative Dental Sciences effective July 1, 2013. He will also continue serving in his current role as division director for Pre-Doctoral General Dentistry in restorative dental sciences. He has been…

Smile, Gators

Researchers Offer New Insight into Tooth Decay UF researchers are exploring new ways to identify children at risk for tooth decay, which allow for time- and money-saving preventative care. Marcelle M. Nascimento of the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, and Robert A. Burne, of the Department of Oral Biology…

Echeto selected for UF Leadership Academy

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…

38th Annual Commencement

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…

Center for Advanced Periodontics and Prosthodontics opens

On April 29, 2013, the Center for Advanced Periodontics and Prosthodontics, a dental center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, saw patients for the first time. The center combines patient care for patients with prosthodontic and periodontal treatment needs, and graduate education for the residents in each…

Diaz does it again

Submitted by Dr. Jean-Francois Roulet and Dr. Ed O’Neill If at first you succeed, you may be asked to do it again! That’s the lesson learned by Walter Dias, D.D.S., M.S., a clinical MKT dentist with Dentsply DeTrey in Germany. In October 2012, Diaz delivered a Wide Horizon Lecture…

OKU selects new student, faculty members

Submitted by: Dr. Ronald Watson The Xi Omicron Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon at the University of Florida College of Dentistry announced the new nominees for membership at the American Student Dental Association banquet on April 6, 2013. Omicron Kappa Upsilon was founded in 1914 by Dean G.V. Black…

Echeto, Soderholm Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Luisa Echeto and Karl Soderholm, voted 2012-13 Teachers of the Year at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Each year the sophomore, junior and senior students vote to select a teacher of the year in the basic sciences and clinical sciences categories. The winners are selected for…

Wong earns prosthodontics board certification

Congratulations to Fong Wong, D.D.S., M.S., B.S.D., C.A.G.S., an associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Prosthodontics Division, who recently earned board certification from the American Board of Prosthodontics. She is also a Full Fellow of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics. Wong joined the University of Florida…