Students Explore the Unconventional at Annual AAWD Brunch
On Sunday, March 23, 2014, approximately 30 students of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) gathered in the GSDM cafeteria for the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) Annual Women in Dentistry Brunch. The students heard the inspiring stories from four women, who spoke on the theme of “Exploring Unconventional Careers […]
Town Halls Highlight Complete Team of 18 Group Practice Leaders
“In all of my career, I have never put together a group like this, and probably couldn’t again,” said Dr. David Russell, Director of the Group Practice Experience and Team Leadership and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of General Dentistry, at his March 20, 2014, Town Hall meeting. The meeting was held to update […]
Give Kids a Smile Returns in a Big Way
This year’s Give Kids a Smile held on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, was a huge success thanks to Global and Population Health (GPH), Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, and the ASDA Leadership Group. In addition to a large pool of volunteers, the School brought along a record three cavity-fighting superheroes: Captain Cavity Fighter and […]
Science Day Keynote Highlights Biomaterials in Clinical Trials, Five Winners Announced
Biomaterials can be used in clinical trials to serve as cell carriers or attractors of host cell populations, and to then program the cells in vivo—that is the premise Dr. David J. Mooney presented at Science Day Thursday, March 13, 2014. Dr. Mooney is Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering and Core Faculty Member, […]
Grand Rounds Kick Off with Complex Case
The first Grand Rounds of the academic year on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, offered ethical food for thought. Zara Nensey DMD 14 presented the case of a patient she saw at Fenway Health during her 10-week externship—a 44-year-old woman with dental problems and even more severe personal issues that affected her oral health. “This case […]
Volunteers Teach Preschoolers Lifelong Health Lessons
Kenia Rodriguez DMD 14 knows firsthand how impressionable preschoolers are—her earliest memory is from her own experience as a preschooler, where she remembers learning to wash her hands. Rodriguez, President of the BU chapter of the Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA), recently had the opportunity to create her own lasting impressions on children at the […]
Kathleen Held First Dental Assistant Appointed to Mass Dental Licensing Board
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Kathleen Held to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry (BORID) January 21, 2014. The assignment marks the first time a dental assistant has been made a voting member of the Board. Dental assistants could previously serve as non-voting members, or advisors to BORID. As the push continues to have dental assistants […]
An Eye-opening Volunteer Experience in Panama for DMD 14 Students Roahen and Yip
David Roahen DMD 14 and Alanna Yip DMD 14 traveled to Panama from January 17 to 24, 2014, on an externship to provide much needed oral health care to people in the town of Pedasí. The trip was organized by Northeast Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (NEVOSH), an organization which has expanded its original focus […]
Dr. Bendayan Wins National Pros Teaching Award
Dr. Alexander Bendayan received the Claude R. Baker Faculty Award from the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics (AAFP) at its Annual Meeting held during the 2014 Midwinter Meeting of the Chicago Dental Society February 20–22. Dr. Bendayan is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of General Dentistry and staff prosthodontist at the BU Dental […]
Role Model Matt Mara DMD 16 Delivers Oral Health Education to Underserved in Mississippi
When Matt Mara DMD 16 had last been in the Hollandale School District of Hollandale, Mississippi, as a Teach For America Corps middle and high school science teacher in 2010, most of his students looked up to him both literally and figuratively. When Mara returned in January 2014, as a Boston University Henry M. Goldman […]