Events
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
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)
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators
PCD CE Day
Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
Join the Department of Preventative and Community Dentistry for the annual PCD CE Day on April 17th, 2026!
News
Iowa team advances gene treatment to prevent premature skull fusion in newborns
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
University of Iowa researchers, led by Dr. Brad Amendt, successfully tested a nano-sized packet that released a single gene to prevent craniosynostosis. The research team aims to begin human clinical trials in the next one to two years.
Hernandez receives 2025 McLeran Faculty Award
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Dr. Marcela Hernandez was honored with the 2025 James H. and Hermine E. McLeran Faculty Award at the All College Conference on August 18.
Iowa Dentistry Awarded Competitive Renewal to Advance Patient-Centered Dental Home Model
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry has received a competitive renewal of a grant from the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health to expand its Patient-Centered Dental Home (PCDH) project. Led by Dr. Julie Reynolds and Dr. Pete Damiano, the project will pilot new adult-focused quality measures, test care delivery standards, and explore patient-reported outcomes to improve dental care quality and integration with broader health systems.
University of Iowa Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Uncover Genetic Mechanisms Behind Oral and Skin Development
Monday, August 11, 2025
Dr. Huojun Cao (Endodontics) and Dr. Eric Van Otterloo (Periodontics) have been awarded a $3 million NIH R01 grant to investigate how genetic programs guide the development of oral, dental, and skin tissues in the lower jaw.
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