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Live Distance CE Course: Beyond the Handpiece: How Digital Treatment Planning Is Reshaping Dental Education & Dental Trauma Preparedness: Equipping Your Office for Effective Emergency Management promotional image

Live Distance CE Course: Beyond the Handpiece: How Digital Treatment Planning Is Reshaping Dental Education & Dental Trauma Preparedness: Equipping Your Office for Effective Emergency Management

Friday, March 13, 2026 8:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual
Join us on Friday, March 13th for a 4-hour live distance CE course featuring "Beyond the Handpiece: How Digital Treatment Planning Is Reshaping Dental Education" and "Dental Trauma Preparedness: Equipping Your Office for Effective Emergency Management." The course offers 4 CE credit hours for a registration cost of $99.
Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators (Zoom)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators
PCD CE Day promotional image

PCD CE Day

Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
Old Capitol Museum
Join the Department of Preventative and Community Dentistry for the annual PCD CE Day on April 17th, 2026!
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News

Seed Grant

The College of Dentistry Announces 2023 Seed Grant Awards

Thursday, January 26, 2023
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry is pleased to announce the 2023 Seed Grant Awards. This is the third year of the seed grant program, and these grants fund innovative projects from early-career investigators or established investigators who are developing a new line of research.
Shaoping Zhang

Iowa Dental Faculty awarded major National Institutes of Health R01 grant

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
The National Institutes of Health awarded Shaoping Zhang, assistant professor of periodontics, and his team a 5-year, $1.95 million R01 grant to assess and understand the role of type I interferon (IFN-I) in periodontal disease. This major research project is part of Iowa Dentistry’s efforts to advance research and discovery—producing novel translational research that can treat those who suffer from periodontitis.
Clark Stanford walking by the College of Dentistry with a tote in hand

Guiding the Ship Home

Thursday, December 8, 2022
As an alumnus, a gifted clinician, and a cutting-edge researcher, Clark Stanford is ready to get to work as the dean of his alma mater and to build on its legacy and strengths as it becomes Iowa's dental hospital.
Students participating in the 2022 poverty simulation

Developing empathy for patients experiencing poverty

Thursday, December 1, 2022
In November, 84 dental students role-played the experiences of low-income patients as part of the College of Dentistry's annual poverty simulation. This simulation helps students develop cognitive and affective empathy which enhances their ability to plan treatments that patients can realistically implement.
Students studying outdoors at Iowa Memorial Union

78 %

of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry
Graduating dental students

10 th

national ranking for research funding
Pediatric Patient Smiles

90 %

of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum