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Events

College of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony

Friday, June 2, 2023 3:00pm

Hancher Auditorium

Doors will open one hour prior to ceremony start. No tickets required. UI President Barbara Wilson will deliver the Greeting from the University. Dean Clark Stanford will deliver a welcome and message to graduating class. Morgan Scholtes, of Joliet, Illinois, will be the student speaker. Associate Deans’ Sherry Timmons and Michelle Krupp will present honors and awards. Faculty members Steven Means, Maria Marcela Hernández Luna, Michael Santucci, and John Syrbu will present hoods to the...

Iowa Dental Reviews: Current Topics in Dentistry

Friday, June 9, 2023 8:45am to 4:30pm

Dental Science Building

This fast-paced conference will present a variety of dental topics. It is designed to be informative and stimulating. It is targeted for dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists, especially those needing to complete their continuing education credits for the Iowa State relicensure period ending August 2023. 6.5 hours of CDE Credit (0.65 CEU)

2023 College of Dentistry Alumni Weekend

Friday, September 15 8:30am to Saturday, September 16, 2023 7:00pm

The College of Dentistry Alumni Reunion Weekend is scheduled for Sept. 15-16, 2023 for class years ending in 3s and 8s.

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News

Postdoctoral researcher awarded National Dental Association Foundation scholarship

Thursday, April 20, 2023

The National Dental Foundation and Colgate awarded Abimbola Oladayo, a postdoctoral researcher in Azeez Butali’s laboratory, a scholarship to support her research on ethical issues related to the handling of genetic information obtained through she and her team’s research.

Iowa Dentistry travels to Mexico to provide dental care

Thursday, April 20, 2023

On a recent trip to rural Mexico, Iowa dental students and faculty provide dental care to children in schools and orphanages in the area.

Steve Marshall, Clark Stanford, Kyungsup Shin, Thomas Southard, and Laura Bonner

New textbook belongs on the shelf of everyone who manages childhood orthodontic issues

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

In January 2023, Iowa orthodontics faculty published Practical Early Orthodontic Treatment: A Case-Based Review. The text is receiving rave reviews and is sure to become the definitive textbook in the orthodontic treatment of children.

Dental student researchers at the AADOCR

Iowa takes the AADOCR by storm

Thursday, March 23, 2023

The annual meetings of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) were held consecutively over Spring Break in Portland, Oregon. Iowa was well represented at both meetings with 4 presentations at ADEA and 39 oral presentations at the AADOCR. Dental students Colton Curtis and Cyrus Mansouri received awards for their presentations, and Azeez Butali received an award for mentorship for his work with Mary Young. Images from the week in available on the College of Dentistry website.

Students studying outdoors at Iowa Memorial Union

78 %

of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry

10 th

national ranking for research funding

90 %

of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum