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.
![Pregame Social Iowa vs Northwestern promotional image](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/7/572e6dfc1b1b0b164e02e8911baf9e4d.jpg?itok=mPEvtnhw)
Pregame Social Iowa vs Northwestern
Saturday, October 26, 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, Oct. 26 at 11:30 a.m.
News
![Karin Weber-Gasparoni](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/WeberGasparoni_Karin_111121_1000x1000.jpg?h=92f7668b&itok=4JnMNrQf)
Iowa Pediatric Dentist Making a Difference for Low-Income Cavity Prevention
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The National Institutes of Health awarded Karin Weber-Gasparoni and her team a $4.4 million grant to evaluate a set of interventions designed to improve oral health care and reduce the risk of cavities among low-income high-caries risk infants and young children.
![Barbara Wilson and Karin Weber-Gasparoni](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/20220412_190929.jpg?h=fc3e92c2&itok=OFKXWLuP)
Weber-Gasparoni Receives Hancher-Finkbine Award
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
On April 12, Karin Weber-Gasparoni, professor and chair of Pediatric Dentistry, was presented with the University of Iowa's Hancher-Finkbine Medallion for Faculty Excellence.
![Salvador Atienza teaching a student in the Family Dentistry clinic](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/Atienza%20teaching%20a%20student%20in%20the%20Family%20Dentistry%20clinic.jpg?h=b16f811b&itok=PRNC-zd3)
Sanity for Saints: The Importance and Service of D4 Adjunct Faculty
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
For Iowa dental students, their fourth-year curriculum simulates aspects of a private practice environment. This experience successfully prepares Iowa graduates to practice dentistry independently. The approximately thirty adjunct faculty in Family Dentistry are the engine for Iowa’s success. These faculty members mentor fourth-year students as they go from novice clinical beginners to competent and independent clinicians.
![Aparna Ingleshwar giving a poster presentation](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/Aparna-presentation.png?h=4a9e8a4f&itok=HAg3jfw9)
Ingleshwar Earns Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Aparna Shivanand Ingleshwar was awarded first place for the 2022 Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry for Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health.
![Clark Stanford Arriving on his first name back at the College of Dentistry](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/Stanford_FirstDayArrival_040122a_4x6.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=eSYNE4-z)
Interview with Dean Stanford
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Dean Stanford graciously sat down for an interview to discuss how it feels to be back at Iowa and his priorities over the coming weeks and months.
![Clark Stanford](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-04/Stanford_Clark_040122_1000x1000.jpg?h=31503698&itok=J0MHMXb0)
Clark Stanford begins as the 14th Dean of the UI College of Dentistry
Friday, April 1, 2022
On April 1, Clark Stanford returned to his alma mater to become the 14th dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics. He holds the Edwin Green Chair in Dental Leadership, and most recently served as dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Illinois Chicago.
![Ariene Leme-Kraus and Eric Teixeira](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-03/Leme-Kraus-Teixeira.png?h=92aa4efc&itok=KgkRTDvs)
Iowa Dentistry Faculty Receive Industry Grant for Restorative Dental Materials Research
Thursday, March 31, 2022
A German Pharmaceutical company awarded Ariene Leme-Kraus and Erica Teixeira a $10,000 grant for their project investigating the effectiveness of a newly developed glass-ionomer dental material. In particular, the project will evaluate whether this novel dental material can effectively be used to treat root tooth decay.
Two Iowa Dental Students Earn NIH Student Research Awards
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Second-year dental students Frank Boksa and Mary Young have been awarded NIH Summer Dental Student Research Awards to conduct research at the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research in Maryland.
![Steve Levy](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-11/Levy_Steve_082318_200x300.jpg?h=6ab0af2e&itok=eqB0Oi2K)
Levy Awarded Grant to Develop and Implement New Specialized Statistical Analyses of Iowa Fluoride Study Data
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Steve Levy and Chandler Pendleton received a new grant to analyze data obtained from the Iowa Fluoride Study using a new statistical analysis tool that can improve understanding and identify relationships between caries and fluorosis.
![Three women dental students examining an x-ray](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-03/2022_03_11-women-in-dentistry-tschoon-008.jpg?h=b37f4ad2&itok=_tGXjPyZ)
UI Impacting Future of Women in Dentistry Since 1887
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Starting with our first female graduate, Jessie Ritchey, in 1887 and continuing to this day, Iowa has proven itself a trailblazer for women in dentistry. The Class of 2024 is the first in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry’s history to have more female students than male students—helping move the national dentistry workforce closer to gender parity.
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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