GSDM Patients Get Same-Day Restorations from Pre-doc Dentists
On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, two patients in the pre-doctoral Patient Treatment Center walked out with same-day ceramic restorations. Pre-doctoral students Grant Murray DMD 2014 and Kali Stewart DMD 2015 worked with Drs. Alexander Bendayan and John Guarente to deliver CEREC restorations to their patients in a single visit. As Boston University Henry M. Goldman […]
Researchers Worldwide Convene at AADR
The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) held its 43rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, in conjunction with the 38th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Dental Research (CADR), March 19–22, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina. This scientific meeting provided scientists and researchers throughout the world with the opportunity to present, discuss, and critique their […]
Tarek Elmajie DPH 14 Honored at 2014 National Oral Health Conference
Tarek Elmajie DPH 14 received Honorable Mention for the Leverett Graduate Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Health Dentistry at the American Association of Public Health Dentistry Special Merit and Student Awards Presentation on Monday, April 28, 2014. The awards presentation took place during the 2014 National Oral Health Conference (NOHC) in […]
Grand Rounds Kick Off with Complex Case
The first Grand Rounds of the academic year on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, offered ethical food for thought. Zara Nensey DMD 14 presented the case of a patient she saw at Fenway Health during her 10-week externship—a 44-year-old woman with dental problems and even more severe personal issues that affected her oral health. “This case […]
Volunteers Teach Preschoolers Lifelong Health Lessons
Kenia Rodriguez DMD 14 knows firsthand how impressionable preschoolers are—her earliest memory is from her own experience as a preschooler, where she remembers learning to wash her hands. Rodriguez, President of the BU chapter of the Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA), recently had the opportunity to create her own lasting impressions on children at the […]
Kathleen Held First Dental Assistant Appointed to Mass Dental Licensing Board
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Kathleen Held to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry (BORID) January 21, 2014. The assignment marks the first time a dental assistant has been made a voting member of the Board. Dental assistants could previously serve as non-voting members, or advisors to BORID. As the push continues to have dental assistants […]
An Eye-opening Volunteer Experience in Panama for DMD 14 Students Roahen and Yip
David Roahen DMD 14 and Alanna Yip DMD 14 traveled to Panama from January 17 to 24, 2014, on an externship to provide much needed oral health care to people in the town of Pedasí. The trip was organized by Northeast Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (NEVOSH), an organization which has expanded its original focus […]
Bluecams Propel Us Further Into Digital Age
The School strengthened its commitment to digital dentistry in December when faculty trained on Bluecams, the new Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics, or CEramic REConstruction (CEREC) computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) machines made by Sirona. Pre-doctoral faculty and dentists from the Dental Health Center at 930 Commonwealth Avenue spent the day of December 18, 2013, […]
Dr. Eva Helmerhorst Delivers Keynote Address at AADR Boston Meeting
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dr. Eva Helmerhorst delivered the keynote lecture at the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Boston Section Semiannual meeting on December 11, 2013, at Boston University Medical School. More than 30 people attended the meeting. […]
SNDA Kicks off 2014 Planning for Abundant Spring Events
On January 27, 2014, the Boston University chapter of the Student National Dental Association (SNDA) held their first meeting of the spring semester in G-301. During the meeting, students from each year collaborated and planned for upcoming events. The first SDNA event of the semester, Impressions Day, will be held on March 1. Impressions is […]