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

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

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 "Dental Trauma Preparedness: Equipping Your Office for Effective Emergency Management" and "Beyond the Handpiece: How Digital Treatment Planning Is Reshaping Dental Education." 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
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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

A group of alumni pose for a photo with Herky during the 2025 Alumni Reunion Reception at The Graduate Hotel on Sept. 12, 2025.

3 Alumni celebrated during 2025 reunion weekend

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Garland Hershey, Eric teDuits, and Sara Stuefen, were recognized as Iowa's Educator of the Year, Alumnus of the Year, and Rising Star Awardee on September 12, 2025 at The Graduate Hotel in downtown Iowa City.
Dr. Jeffrey Marschall

Marschall recognized as Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Dr. Jeffrey Marschall, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon dually appointed at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Steve Levy and Shaoping Zhang

NIDCR grant supports new statistical tools to study oral disease relationships

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Steven Levy and Shaoping Zhang are contributing to a new NIDCR-funded study developing statistical tools to explore links between dental caries and periodontal disease. The project uses national oral health data and will produce an open-source software package to help researchers improve analysis and support better patient outcomes.
Two people

Liu Hong, Hongli Sun appointed to research leadership roles at the College of Dentistry

Thursday, September 4, 2025
The College of Dentistry is pleased to announce that Dr. Liu Hong has been appointed interim director of the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, where he will oversee daily operations of the college’s research laboratories and facilities. Dr. Hongli Sun has been named Director of the Graduate Program in Oral Science. A nationally recognized researcher and educator, Sun brings expertise in nano-biomaterials and regenerative medicine, along with a strong commitment to graduate training and mentorship.
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