CHP Promotes Oral Health Safety at MGH Chelsea Summer Safety Health Fair
The BU/Chelsea Partnership Dental Program, an alliance between Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and Chelsea Public Schools, participated at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Chelsea Summer Safety Health Fair on June 7. The fair was held at MGH Chelsea and featured hula hoop and coloring book […]
BUVSDA Participates in AIDS Walk Boston 2008
The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine chapter of the Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) participated in the AIDS Walk Boston 2008 on June 1. BUVSDA walkers included Kevin Nguyen DMD 09, Thalida Dong DMD 08, Cassidy Thai DMD 08, Nam Phan DMD 09, and Julie Tran, Honorary BUVSDA member. The walk is New […]
Boston University Faculty Honored at Red Sox Disability Awareness Night
Dr. Harold Turner and the late Dean Spencer N. Frankl were honored with the EP Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award on June 7 at Fenway Park in a ceremony held prior to the Red Sox’s game. Disability Awareness Night (DAN) has been hosted by EP Global Communications, Inc. since 2002 and partners with over […]
Students Repair Cleft Palates/Lips Abroad
BUGSDM students Carolyn Dicus DMD 08 and Shant Baran OMFS 09 recently returned from a five-day service trip to Ibague, Colombia, to repair cleft lips and palates April 29 to May 5. The two were the only students making up the eight person team of dentists, nurses, and a hygienist through the organization Healing the […]
Orchard Gardens Students Learn What Being a Dentist is All About
The Orchard Gardens Sealant Program/Field Trip to Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) took place on Friday, April 18. Sixty-five children from four second grade classrooms at Orchard Gardens K-8 School participated. Organizer and Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Coordinator Kathy Lituri said, "This was the fifth year, and in my […]
BUSNDA Sends in Superheroes to Promote Dental Health
On Tuesday, March 11, Boston University’s Student National Dental Association (BUSNDA) orchestrated an interactive oral hygiene presentation for first and second grade students at Henry L. Higginson Elementary School in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The community service event’s participants included BUSNDA President Joseph Ayitey-Adjin DMD 09, Vice President Kimberly Haynes DMD 09, Secretary Shaun White DMD 09, […]
Orchard Gardens Students Get Smart about Oral Health
Children in kindergarten through eighth grade at Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Boston took a break from their studies February 15 to take care of their teeth. Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) offered free screenings and sealants to students through Smart Smiles, a school-based program that provides oral health services to children […]
AAWD Gives Kids at Rosie’s Place a Reason to Smile
February is Children’s Dental Health Month and on February 20 the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) chapter of American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) held a fun and interactive dental health fair for children at Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless, displaced, and battered women. BUGSDM has worked with Rosie’s Place on […]
Alumnus Receives Support From Academy of General Dentistry Foundation
Steve Perlman PEDO 76 was presented with a $20,000 check for Special Olympics Special Smiles® by the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) Foundation at the Yankee Dental Congress. In attendance to present the check to Dr. Perlman were AGD President Dr. Vincent C. Mayher, Jr., AGD Foundation Vice President Dr. Raymond K. Martin, and three […]
Students Promote HIV Awareness With Boston Public Health Commission
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) DMD students volunteered alongside dental students from Harvard University and Tufts University at the HIV Dental Work Group booth at Yankee Dental Congress 33. The HIV Dental Work Group is part of the Boston Public Health Commission AIDS Program, and it facilitates access to oral health care […]