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Patient Financial Services and Division of Dental Records Have Moved
Patient Financial Services including Finance and the Division of Dental Records have relocated to the ground floor. Finance is located in room G-02 and Records is in G-16C. All related staff have moved to these locations with the exception of Cashier/Billing Assistant Isabel Canas, who remains on the fourth floor... More
ADSO Gives Thanks with Area Youth Organization
On behalf of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO), three DMD students, Tam Nguyen DMD 13, Andrew Pham DMD 15, and Jason Pan DMD 14, helped celebrate Thanksgiving with youth members of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC).The event, held prior to Thanksgiving Day on November 22, attracted about 35... More
Periodontology & Oral Biology Welcomes New Students into the Fold
At a reception held on November 29, Chair of Periodontology & Oral Biology and Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Periodontics Dr. Serge Dibart welcomed new students to the MSD, DSC, and PhD degree programs in Periodontology & Oral Biology. The reception was held at the BU Castle... More
GSDM Counts Down with D.W.
GSDM volunteers got involved at D.W. Counts Down to Kindergarten, a 30 minute play with audience participation, held at Project Hope in Roxbury on November 16. Volunteers included Elizabeth Ponder DMD 13, Rakshith Arakotaran Ravikumar DMD 13, Sahar Abtahi DMD 12, CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and Pre-dental... More
Can Whole Saliva Serve as a Diagnostic Medium for Systemic Disease?
In the last ten years there has been a surge of interest in using human whole saliva samples for diagnostics and disease monitoring as an alternative to blood samples. Henry M. Goldman Distinguished Scientist Dr. Frank Oppenheim can understand why there is interest, since collection of saliva can be much... More
Farewell to Dr. David Cottrell
On November 15, friends and colleagues gathered at the BU Castle to bid farewell to Director of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program/Advanced Specialty Education Program in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at BMC and GSDM Dr. David Cottrell. Dr. Cottrell is leaving GSDM to pursue other career opportunities... More
Alums Cheer BU Hockey Team on in Defeat of Cornell
Forty members of the GSDM community joined other BU alumni, faculty, staff, and their friends and family at the Red Hot Hockey game at Madison Square Garden. The BU Terriers faced the Cornell Big Red for the third installment of Red Hot Hockey on November 26. BU Terrier supporters cheered the... More
Duo Turns Collaborative Course Work into APHA Poster Presentation
Adeel Khan DMD 11 and Cammellia Shahram Askari DMD 12 attended the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. at the end of October to present a research poster titled, “A Trans-Disciplinary Approach to Implement a Fluoride Varnish Protocol in a Community Health Setting.” The poster is based... More
Dr. Serge Dibart Debuts as Chair at AAP Alumni Reception
Alumni and friends joined newly appointed Chair of Periodontology & Oral Biology Dr. Serge Dibart for an alumni reception held during the 2011 AAP Annual Meeting in Miami Beach. The reception took place at the Eden Roc Renaissance Miami on November 14. Dr. Dibart welcomed more than 70 attendees to the... More
Dental Assistants Graduate from Continuing Education Program
Four students graduated from the Dental Assisting Training Program at a ceremony on November 18. The unique nine-week program is offered by GSDM Continuing Education (CE) and trains students in a variety of disciplines related to dental assisting including: radiology, sterilization, general dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, implantology, oral surgery, orthodontics, and... More