GSDM’s SNDA Hosts First Ever Impressions Day
On Saturday, March 2, 2013, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (GSDM) Student National Dental Association (SNDA), American Student Dental Association (ASDA) and Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) launched the first SNDA Impressions program in the School’s history. Impressions is a flagship event for SNDA chapters nationwide. The program encourages and educates […]
GSDM Addresses Teens’ Oral Health Issues at 10th Annual Safe Love Dance and Resource Fair
On Thursday, February 21, 2013, students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) volunteered at the 10th Annual Safe Love Dance and Resource Fair. The event was sponsored by the Generation Next Academy (GNA) Teen Center. At GNA, adolescents learn and grow through education and experience. GSDM students joined Oral […]
GSDM Collaborates with Mil Milagros “A Thousand Miracles” in Guatemala
To those familiar with Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community outreach programs, it may not come as a surprise that the School recently partnered with an organization whose name translates from Spanish as “a thousand miracles.” In January 2013, GSDM Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Ms. Kathy Held and frequent […]
Teaching the Importance of Oral Health in Honduras
If given a choice, most people would choose not to see the dentist. That’s the problem students and staff encountered on their mission to Buena Vista, Honduras. Upon arriving at the school where Global Brigades had set up a pharmacy and medical and dental clinic, residents of the small coffee-growing community checked off a form […]
Students and Alums Contribute to Improving Global Oral Health in Panama
One sign that Melissa Knudsen DMD 13 and Rachel Lukas DMD 13 were on a valuable mission in Panama: their emergency contact phone number while there was the Office of the First Lady. The two Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students, together with a team of dentists and health workers, […]
GSDM Promotes “Healthy Teeth, Healthy Families” at Lawrence Oral Health Fair
On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Ana Keohane and Dental Assistant for School-Based Programs Joyce Ganas participated in the 2nd Annual Lawrence Oral Health Fair. This year’s “Healthy Teeth, Healthy Families” Fair was organized by the Mayor’s Oral Health Task Force in response […]
HIV Dental Work Group a Learning Experience for Students and Dental Professionals
A large group of GSDM students volunteered at the HIV Dental Work Group booth at the Yankee Dental Congress (YDC) 2013 from January 31 to February 2. They joined students from Boston-area dental and dental hygiene schools and staff from our School and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). The HIV Dental Work Group is […]
Mutual Gratitude Shared by Students and Patients on Guatemala Mission
If someone pulled out one or more of your teeth, would you think of giving her a gift the following day? Lauren Chinnici DMD 13 was on the receiving end of this seemingly unlikely experience when she received gifts from several patients that she saw during her international externship in Poptun, Guatemala, in January 2013. […]
GSDM Celebrates Year of the Snake at TetInBoston Festival
On Saturday, February 2, 2013, students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri rang in the Vietnamese New Year at the 2013 TetInBoston Festival. TetInBoston is an annual Vietnamese New Year Festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and the Intercollegiate Vietnamese […]
GSDM Students Promote Oral Health at Boston Sikh Sangat Society Oral Health Fair
On Sunday, January 27, 13 students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri participated in the Boston Sikh Sangat Society Oral Health Fair. The Fair was sponsored by the School’s Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and organized by GSDM students Varun Arya, […]