Events
![Pregame Social Iowa vs Iowa State promotional image](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/7/572e6dfc1b1b0b164e02e8911baf9e4d.jpg?itok=mPEvtnhw)
Pregame Social Iowa vs Iowa State
Saturday, September 7, 2024 11:30am to 2:30pm
Join UI College of Dentistry faculty and staff for a Pregame Social Tailgate behind the Dental Science Building on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 11:30 a.m.
![2024 College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion promotional image](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/f/9/f9d0cc2a8e68801f97150bf56b61ad2e.jpg?itok=EpyqEiUx)
2024 College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion
Friday, September 13 8:30am to Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:00pm
The College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Sept. 13-14, 2024 for class years ending in 4s and 9s.
![Pregame Social Iowa vs Troy promotional image](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/7/572e6dfc1b1b0b164e02e8911baf9e4d.jpg?itok=mPEvtnhw)
Pregame Social Iowa vs Troy
Saturday, September 14, 2024 12:00pm
Join UI College of Dentistry faculty and staff for a Pregame Social Tailgate behind the Dental Science Building on Saturday, Sept. 14 at noon.
![ADA Alumni Reception promotional image](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/6/a/6a45676d6cef96cd76969c1055f64a8f.jpg?itok=-gGDEgZC)
ADA Alumni Reception
Friday, October 18, 2024 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Join the UI College of Dentistry for a reception on Oct. 18 in New Orleans during the annual American Dental Association's meeting.
News
![Thaigo Porto](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-04/Porto_Soares_Thaigo_040824_1000x1000.jpg?h=01991531&itok=Nvef5Zb2)
Operative dentistry professor explores how bioactive materials can prevent degradation of bonding interface on adhesive restorations
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Thiago Soares Porto's research on bioactive glasses with niobum nanoparticles is intended to develop a novel adhesive system capable of enhancing the quality and longevity of dental restorations
![The grant administration team for the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2024-02/Grant%20Admin_4Z4A9382.jpg?h=a2cf232e&itok=NBnUMOWK)
Supporting Excellence: Iowa Dentistry’s Research Support Team
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Like most high-level research universities, Iowa Dentistry relies on its grant administration team to help faculty develop their grant applications, ensuring that the applications meet all grant requirements while providing feedback to faculty members identifying potential weakness in the grant application. Ann Lawler, Mikaela Rhoads, and Maria Bertorello make up the grant administration team, and Iowa Dentistry's research successes are due in no small part to their on-going efforts to support our faculty and researchers.
![Siva Prakasam in his research lab](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-02/Prakasam_2.jpg?h=4d0efe17&itok=t-8aQ6Ce)
Iowa Periodontist examines the function of PGRPs in periodontal disease
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Sivaraman Prakasam, associate professor and head of the Department of Periodontics, is investigating a particular group of proteins that discriminates between good and bad bacteria in a person’s gingiva (gum) and mouth to modulate the body’s immune response. His research could lead to new tools that can prevent or treat periodontitis.
![Dr. Lawrence Tabak receives a plaque to memorialize his visit during the 2024 Research Day](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2024-02/4Z4A2979-1_4x6.jpg?h=3d05bf4c&itok=GgnLpEtz)
Photo Gallery: 2024 Research Day
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Check out these sights from the 71st Anniversary of the Iowa Section of the AADOCR.
![Colton Curtis in a labratory](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-02/Colton%20Curtis_4Z4A9505.jpg?h=90239268&itok=Q4pOY6J1)
Student Research Profile: Improving Dry Mouth and Oral Health in Older Populations with Dentures
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
The Dental Student Research Program at Iowa Dentistry has a long and venerable tradition of teaching students to conduct and think critically about research. Fourth-year dental student Colton Curtis exemplifies these qualities in his work investigating methods to improve dry mouth and oral health in older populations with dentures.
Curtis’ experience over the course of his dental career illustrates this well. He began doing research in his first year, but it took him a while to zero in on the right topic.
![ADEA logo](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-02/ADEA%20logo.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=ACZ0asDQ)
Leary, Cho named ADEA Leadership Institute Fellows
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Dr. Leary and Dr. Cho to participate in year-long professional development program.
![Lawrence Tabak](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/lawrence-tabak_2.jpg?h=653d7163&itok=fgs8IDIt)
NIH Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak to present at UI College of Dentistry Research Day
Monday, January 29, 2024
Tabak is the keynote speaker of the 71st annual meeting of the Iowa Section of the AADOCR
![Ransome van der Hoeven](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-01/Ransome%20van%20der%20Hoeven.png?h=1d1748b6&itok=15Plkr27)
Ransome van der Hoeven to join UI College of Dentistry
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
The UI College of Dentistry is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ransome van der Hoeven as Associate Professor in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research (IIOHR) and the Department of Periodontics.
![Dharini van der Hoeven](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-01/Dharini%20van%20der%20Hoeven.jpg?h=e094949e&itok=GRl0CZKW)
van der Hoeven named Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
The Univeristy of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Dharini van der Hoeven as the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for the college. She will join the college in June.
![Jorge Ceballos standing outside the College of Dentistry](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2024-01/6-7%20Jorge%20Ceballos%20standing%20outside%20the%20College%20of%20Dentistry.png?h=f861b331&itok=5E620v_q)
Student Profile: Jorge Ceballos
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Third-year Iowa Dentistry student Jorge Ceballos comes from a family of medical professionals—his mother is a nurse, and he has uncles, aunts and cousins who are doctors and dentists. However, his future in the medical field was never guaranteed. Ceballos is a recent immigrant from Cuba, and if it weren’t for a chance encounter with an Iowa Dentistry alum, Jorge’s career path might have taken a different turn.
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78 %
of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry
![Graduating dental students](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/2021-08/graduates.jpg)
10 th
national ranking for research funding
![Pediatric Patient Smiles](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/2021-08/SmileInChair2_0.jpg)
90 %
of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum