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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

Iowa orthodontics at the AAO annual meeting in April.

Department of Orthodontics earns second place at AAO Resident Case Competition

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The Department of Orthodontics achieved second place in the highly competitive American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) Resident Case Competition at the AAO’s annual meeting last month in Philadelphia.
Jeff Banas working with a student researcher

Dr. Jeff Banas Receives Subaward for NIH-Funded Study on Innovative Dental Restoration Materials

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Dr. Jeff Banas has received an NIH subaward to support research on a novel dental material that resists biofilm buildup and secondary decay. In collaboration with East Carolina University, his lab will test antibacterial properties of new resin composites—advancing efforts to improve restoration longevity and patient oral health outcomes.
2025 Pros Reunion Saturday programming at the College of Dentistry

Prosthodontics hosts 2025 reunion

Thursday, May 1, 2025
The Department of Prosthodontics hosted its 2025 alumni reunion April 25-27 in Iowa City. Alumni from all over the world came back to reminisce and see what has changed in the department.
Rohit Nair posts with Diane Johnson and Ellie Moore from the Community Foundation of Johnson County.

Nair receives grant to support Johnson County seniors

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Dr. Rohit Nair received a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Johnson County for his initiative, "Smiles for Seniors: Bridging the Dental Care Gap in Johnson County."
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