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
![Ariene Leme-Kraus](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-03/Leme_Kraus_Ariene_111220_1000x1000.jpg?h=5d73cf18&itok=KdbOJmgX)
Iowa Dentistry Faculty Receive Industry Grant to Study Dental Desensitizers
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Phoenix Dental awarded Ariene Leme-Kraus and Marcos Vargas a $15,000 grant for their project In Vitro Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Potassium Oxalate Dental Desensitizer Formulas. This collaboration shows the value of academic-industry collaboration between the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and its industry partners.
![Ana Diaz-Arnold with a patient and a student](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-10/2020_09_30-Dental%20Science%20Building%20virtual%20tour%20III%20jatorner%20-0852.jpg?h=c86873c3&itok=rd6bkwrd)
Ana Diaz-Arnold Named 2022 D4 Faculty of the Year
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
For 34 years, Ana Diaz-Arnold (’84 G.P.R., ’87 M.S.) has been a fixture in the Department of Family Dentistry, teaching countless fourth-year dental students, mentoring and working alongside adjunct faculty, and treating her own patients, and as she retires in June 2022, her impact on the college and the dental profession in Iowa will remain long afterward.
![A UI REACH student smiling with her provider](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/smiling%20student.jpg?h=4a725d7b&itok=bSL40J_y)
College of Dentistry Hosts Event for UI REACH Students
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
On April 7 and 14, students from the UI REACH program learned about oral health and received one-on-one tooth brushing instructions from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.
![Brooke Frazier poster presentation](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/Frazier.jpg?h=0243030b&itok=IRGLEKUW)
Iowa at the 2022 National Oral Health Conference
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
A large contingent of University of Iowa College of Dentistry faculty, students, and alumni attended and presented at the National Oral Health Conference April 11-13 in Fort Worth, TX.
![Karin Weber-Gasparoni](/sites/dentistry.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/WeberGasparoni_Karin_111121_1000x1000.jpg?h=92f7668b&itok=1hEKSdmZ)
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/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/20220412_190929.jpg?h=fc3e92c2&itok=ivpXli85)
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/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/Atienza%20teaching%20a%20student%20in%20the%20Family%20Dentistry%20clinic.jpg?h=b16f811b&itok=wfOt1Kc3)
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/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/Aparna-presentation.png?h=4a9e8a4f&itok=MvtDLAzZ)
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.
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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