UCSF Dental Clinic Offers Free Cleanings for "Give Kids A Smile Day"
The UCSF School of Dentistry will offer free cleanings, exams, dental sealants and fluoride treatments as part of the nationwide “Give Kids a Smile Day.”
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Children's Oral Health Center Counters Early Childhood Caries Trend
With advances in dental practice, kids today are getting fewer cavities, right?
Preserving Oral Health for a Lifetime
Susan Hyde, an award-winning professor and scientist with the UCSF School of Dentistry, promotes practices that preserve oral health and quality of life for both patients and practitioners.
Teeth Earn Starring Role in Field of Regenerative Medicine
Ophir Klein wants to use stem cells to grow teeth. Because teeth are simple in comparison to large, vital organs, they may serve as a proving ground for regenerative medicine.
Greenspan Appointed UCSF School of Dentistry's Associate Dean for Global Oral Health
John Greenspan, a distinguished professor of oral pathology and pathology in the schools of dentistry and medicine, respectively, has been appointed associate dean for Global Oral Health in the UCSF School of Dentistry.
UCSF Names Featherstone as New Dean of School of Dentistry
The University of California, San Francisco, has named John D. B. Featherstone, PhD, as dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry. The appointment was approved last week by the UC Board of Regents and is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2008.
Tooth Enamel: Nature’s Crowning Achievement
Stefan Habelitz, an engineer and materials scientist, is blazing a new research trail by investigating tooth enamel in the UCSF School of Dentistry's Marshall Lab, where researchers fruitfully focus on every facet of teeth, knowing they’re nothing to take for granted…
Sally Marshall Wins Award from the International Association for Dental Research
Sally Marshall has received the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2010 Wilmer Souder Distinguished Scientist Award.
If mother has tooth decay, odds increase that child does too
A UCSF study examining the oral health of rural Hispanic families found that untreated tooth decay in mothers almost doubled the odds of tooth decay in children.