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
![Dr. Chonghwa Kim headshot](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-01/Kim_Chonghwa_010224_200x300.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=sI2Mdqr4)
Kim Joins Department of Family Dentistry
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Dr. Chonghwa Kim started in the Department of Family Dentistry on Dec. 29 after several years in South Korea.
![Kyungsup Shin speaking during the ABO panel discussion.](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Kyungsup%20Panel%20discussion_ABO%20Edu%20Sympo%202023%20%281%29.jpg?h=5caaf947&itok=jNHnUpcu)
Shin shares experiences during ABO panel
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Kyungsup Shin, the Ross D. Christensen Family Professor of Orthodontics and Graduate Program Director, spoke on a panel during the annual meeting of the American Board of Orthodontics in St. Louis.
![Rachel Shrode](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-09/rachel-shrode90x108_0.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=aj9KyPrC)
NIH Awards Fitzjerrells Training Grant to Investigate Relationship Between Oral Microbiome and Multiple Sclerosis
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Rachel Fitzjerrells a T90 trainee in the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research and a PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, was awarded an F31 grant.
![A fall morning at the Dental Science Building](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Fall%20at%20the%20DSB.jpg?h=0dca3afc&itok=w77IjKdu)
UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics named Iowa City’s dental clinic of choice
Monday, November 13, 2023
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics was voted by the community as Iowa City's best dental clinic.
![Eleanor Fleming delivering the Rhys B. Jones Keynote Address at Midwest Dental Public Health Conference, October 15, 2023.](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IMG_5832.jpeg?h=99100022&itok=WjXpjTIQ)
Iowa Dentistry hosts regional Dental Public Health conference
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Iowa Dentistry hosted the Midwest Dental Public Health Conference on October 15-16, 2023. With lectures from dental public health experts around the country and throughout the Midwest, the conference was a great success.
Dental Admissions breaks application records
Friday, October 27, 2023
For the second consecutive year, the University of Iowa College of Dentistry's Dental Admissions Office set a record for most dental school applications received.
![Jeff Marschall headshot](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-10/Marschall_Jeffrey_101123_200x300.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=SeNNXxQO)
Marschall joins Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Jeff Marschall has recently joined the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as a clinical assistant professor. In addition, he holds a dual appointment in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
![Kirk Fridrich headshot](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-10/Fridrich_Kirk_050222_200x300.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=MwscAB3O)
Fridrich named Patient's Choice Award Provider
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Kirk Fridrich, head of the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), was named a Patient’s Choice Provider for FY23.
![Iowa Dentistry participants at IMOM 2023](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-10/20231014_063414.jpg?h=53a5334e&itok=sCieErmM)
IMOM Recap 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Iowa Mission of Mercy was held on October 13-14 in Waterloo. Over the weekend, the dentists and dental staff saw 1,080 patients. All dental care at the event is provided for free to those who come and are willing to wait. Services provided to the patients include cleanings, restorations, minor oral surgery, endodontic and periodontal care as well as removable prosthodontics (e.g., “flippers”).
![Dan Caplan and Marsha Cunningham-Ford pose for a picture together after Caplan receives 2023 Educator of the Year award.](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-10/_DSC5765.jpg?h=cf47274c&itok=SGmy6nQh)
Dan Caplan ('88 DDS) named 2023 Educator of the Year
Monday, October 9, 2023
Professor Dan Caplan, a 1988 graduate of the College of Dentistry and head of the college’s Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry from 2007- 2022, is named 2023 Educator of the Year. For Dan, who grew up in Iowa City in a family that valued education, the opportunity to shape future dentists and the school that teaches them has been a gratifying experience.
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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