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Panhandle children to receive free dental care
Sixty students, dental faculty and staff from the UNMC College of Dentistry will travel 500 miles today and Saturday to serve the dental needs of 200 children in western Nebraska. This is the sixth year in which the dental college will travel across the state to offer dental services, at no cost, to children in the Panhandle region of Nebraska. Read more...
Pediatric dental residents treat Panhandle patients
Eight UNMC pediatric dental residents provided comprehensive treatment for children of all ages in Gering, Neb., earlier this month. Read more...
Dentistry class of '09 perfect on national boards ... again
Members of the UNMC College of Dentistry Class of 2009 got a 100 percent pass rate on the second part of their nation board exams. The repeat performance is reminiscent of the 100 percent pass rate they got when the students took the first part of their national board exams. "The national failure rates for the Dental National Boards (either Part I or Part II) are about 10 percent, so for an entire class to have 100 percent passing on the first administration is a significant accomplishment," said John Reinhardt, D.D.S., dean of the College of Dentistry. Over the past 20 years, the only other dental class that has had the same level of success was the Class of 2006. "This success is a tribute to the bright, hardworking students and to the exceptional faculty who teach them," Dr. Reinhardt said. UNMC Today article, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Dentistry's Dr. Harn to receive community service award
Stan Harn, Ph.D., talks with students from Ord High School in his anatomy lab at the beginning of his hour-long presentation on dentistry and anatomy. From developing and acting as curator for the dental museum, to coordinating children's dental day, to running logistics for the dental SHARING clinic, Stan Harn, Ph.D., is one busy guy. Read more...
Renovated dentistry faculty practice opens in Lincoln
At the faculty practice at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln, there was never enough room. There wasn't enough space in the waiting room for families to wait for appointments. And when someone in a wheelchair came to see the dentist, several of the chairs in the waiting room had to be pulled out to accommodate the wheelchair. There wasn't enough room in the operatory area and there were not enough operatory chairs. If there were more patients than chairs, the faculty dentists had to search for an empty dental chair in the student clinics. But that has changed. The remodeled clinic has been expanded from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet. Read more...
UNMC loses Dr. Wheelock -- a prolific researcher and mentor
Although the research skills of Margaret "Peggy" Wheelock, Ph.D., enabled her to land sizeable grants that transformed UNMC scientific landscape, her greatest legacy lies in the many junior faculty she mentored. "Peggy was truly devoted to mentoring junior faculty and her only priority was making sure those she mentored succeeded," said Ali Nawshad, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of oral biology in the College of Dentistry who in 2005 was recruited to UNMC from Harvard by Dr. Wheelock and her husband, Keith Johnson, Ph.D. Dr. Wheelock, a professor in the College of Dentistry's department of oral biology and one of the medical center's leading cell biologists, died Saturday from complications related to cancer. She was 63. Read more...
Meet UNMC New Investigator
Ali Nawshad, Ph.D.
UNMC researcher Ali Nawshad, Ph.D., answers questions about his work, life and interests. NOTE: This profile is part of a series highlighting the 23 researchers who were named UNMC Distinguished Scientists or New Investigators for 2008. Each of these researchers will be profiled in UNMC Today leading up to a March 16 ceremony to recognize their achievements. Read more...
Childrens' Dental Day
In Fall, 2001, the UNMC College of Dentistry began a program to devote it's entire Lincoln facility, students, staff and faculty for a full day to provide dental screening, diagnosis, cleaning and care to underserved children in Nebraska . The children typically come from non-fluoridated communities and have little or no access to dental care. The program is now held each winter and is scheduled to coincide with the ADA's Give Kids A Smile day in February.
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More than $100,000 in services are provided at this one-day event. The children received services such as cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, cavity fillings, education and emergency care as needed.
The UNMC College of Dentistry hosted its first Children's Dental Day in the fall of 2001. The value of care delivered over the past six years by the UNMC College of Dentistry exceeds $1.5 million.
LB 605 and College of Dentistry Renovations
Legislative Bill 605 was approved by the Nebraska Legislature and then signed by Governor Dave Heineman on April 11, 2006. Read more...
Tobacco Cessation Clinic
The Tobacco Cessation Clinic at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry provides individual counseling and personal followup for those who wish to stop smoking or stop using any form of tobacco.Read more...
Growing Our Own
Much like spreading fertilizer on young seedlings, federal grants awarded to two experienced UNMC researchers – Peggy Wheelock and Alexander Kabanov – are helping young investigators advance their careers, enhance their education and build their networks through mentoring. Here are their stories. Read more...
NIH renews Dr. Wheelock's CoBRE grant
Peggy Wheelock, Ph.D. Steve Caplan, Ph.D. When you're a new investigator, having just one person to ask for suggestions about the complicated world of grant writing is helpful. Having two high profile researchers as your mentors for five years is unheard of. But that is exactly the winning formula Peggy Wheelock, Ph.D., said led to the success of seven junior investigators at UNMC to obtain their own RO1 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more...
Research NIH Funding
The College of Dentistry was ranked 24th in NIH funding for federal fiscal year 2007, tied for the third highest ranking the COD has achieved in its history. The COD was ranked 13th in NIH funding per FTE, the third highest ranking in the history of the College.
This is now the fifth consecutive year that the COD has been ranked in the top 25 in NIH support to dental schools and the seventh consecutive year that the COD has been ranked in the top 30 in NIH support to dental schools. Extramural research funding is now fifteen-fold higher than ten years ago.
College of Dentistry celebrates new endowed faculty fellowships
Demand for quality dental faculty remains high across the United States, and John Reinhardt, D.D.S., dean of the UNMC College of Dentistry, estimates there are 400 full-time faculty positions currently available. Reinhardt told a group of college supporters earlier this month that recruiting and retaining top dental faculty at UNMC's College of Dentistry continues to be a high priority for him, and that he's especially grateful for the backing of two new endowed faculty fellowships. Read more...
Program could increase pediatric dentists in Nebraska
Of the 36 pediatric dentists currently practicing in Nebraska, only four have practices in communities outside of Omaha and Lincoln. That's chilling when you consider that dental disease is the most common chronic ailment for children ages five to 17. "Twenty five percent of the children in the state experience 80 percent of the dental disease reported," said Kimberly McFarland, D.D.S., assistant professor in the department of oral biology at the UNMC College of Dentistry. To address this challenge the College of Dentistry is implementing a new telehealth and service learning program for its pediatric dental residents. Read more...
Nebraska Teledentistry Project
In an effort to more completely serve the oral health needs of the people of Nebraska, especially those in rural areas, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), College of Dentistry (COD), began implementing a Teledentistry Project in 2003. According to the literature, “Teledentistry is defined as the provision of real time and offline dental care such as diagnostic planning, consulting and follow-up, via electronic submission from different sites.” Read more...
College of Dentistry Hosts Successful Accreditation Visit
The 22 members of the Visiting Committee of the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation spent Oct. 23-25 assessing the UNMC College of Dentistry's programs, students, faculty and staff, and left with a favorable impression. Read more...
UNMC-powered Army dental team provides care in Philippines
A 1980 graduate of the UNMC College of Dentistry and dental officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, Capt. Charles Craft, D.D.S., has spent the past 28 years providing dental care to underserved people around the world. It was during a 2007 mission in the Philippines that Dr. Craft saw firsthand the potential global impact that College of Dentistry graduates can truly achieve. Read more...
Children receive free dental sealants, fluoride treatments
by Vicky Cerino, UNMC public affairs
You might not expect to see a dental hygenist in an elementary school, but Cynthia Tiedeman says there's a critical need for such services. Tiedeman, the school nurse at Liberty Elementary School in downtown Omaha, was on hand when volunteers -- junior and senior dental hygiene students from the UNMC College of Dentistry - recently placed sealants and provided fluoride treatments on the teeth of 175 second- and third-grade students. "This is such a nice way to introduce children to oral health professionals," Tiedeman said. "If this weren't available here, the children would not get it. I believe in prevention. Toothaches interfere with learning." Read more...
UNMC College of Dentistry, 3 other states form consortium to boost rural populations' access to oral health care
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry has partnered with state dental associations in Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, and South Dakota, to form a consortium to address oral health access problems of underserved populations in rural areas. Read more...
New Faculty
The College of Dentistry is pleased to introduce you to the faculty members who have joined us this year.
Shawneen Gonzalez - Assistant Professor Radiology, (Oral Biology)
Read UNMC Today Article
Dr. Brent Johnson - Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Section, (Hospital Dentistry)
Dr. Frank Driscol - Postgraduate Pediatric Dentstiry Section, (Hospital Dentistry)
Dr. Vince Rothe - Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Section, Hospital Dentistry(volunteer)
Dr. Lourdes M. Secola - Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Section, (Hospital Dentistry)
Dr. Khurrum Sheikh - Postgradute General Dentistry Section, Hospital Dentistry
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