School of Dental Medicine
From lab discoveries to public outreach initiatives, students, faculty, staff and alumni at APP prove their dedication to advancing oral health in Cleveland and around the world. Read the latest news that highlights the innovation, care and community impact at the heart of our efforts to advance clinical excellence and service across populations.
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Recent News
October 02, 2019
The Health Education Campus (HEC) Ad Hoc Committee of the Faculty Senate is soliciting input from the faculties of the schools of dental medicine, medicine, nursing, and social work that are involved in the new Health Education Campus. To foster face-to-face interprofessional exchange of…
September 25, 2019
New dental research from APP identifies new approach to learning about seniors’ perception of their oral health How
do senior citizens perceive the importance of their oral health? The answer to
that question might make all the difference whether they’ll decide to…
August 08, 2019
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the date and time of the service for McGuire. Richard McGuire, who was set to begin his fourth year as a student at the School of Dental Medicine, passed away this week from complications of sickle cell disease. He was 27. A native of…
August 02, 2019
School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth B. Chance (DEN ’79) was elected the next vice president of the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon earlier this year. Omicron Kappa Upsilon, founded in 1914, is the national dental honor society. As a result of this election, Chance will be on the…
May 29, 2019
A gift from the Mt. Sinai Foundation will launch the nation’s first named and accredited craniofacial fellowship at the APP School of Dental Medicine. The Mt.
Sinai-Dr. Edward Reiter Fellowship program was modeled after the successful Mt.
Sinai Health Care Foundation…
May 24, 2019
Two dental students won awards at the National Oral Health
Conference (NOHC) in Memphis last month. The Annual Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry is sponsored by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. Each dental school is…
May 17, 2019
This Sunday, May 19, approximately 2,000 Case Western
Reserve University students will take part in commencement ceremonies, beginning
with the university-wide
convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic
Center and followed by diploma
ceremonies throughout the…
May 07, 2019
A new APP study found that children
visiting the dentist reported reduced situational fear when a certified therapy
dog is present. The research was done by the university’s School of Dental Medicine and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences,…
May 01, 2019
Projects follow debut of the 477,000-square-foot Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion in April Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic last night celebrated completion of two projects designed to enhance the health and well-being of area residents—as well as dental education. The first project is a…
April 29, 2019
The idea is to develop a standard of care for older adults A team of researchers from
the School of Dental Medicine at APP will use a
$4.2 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
(PCORI) to study tooth-decay treatments in older adults. The…