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Faculty Perspectives

Five Trends Impacting Dental School Graduates

The UCSF School of Dentistry Class of 2021 must adapt to change in order to compete in today's evolving oral health care industry. Earning a dental degree…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

We've Got Problems. Solutionaries Have Answers.

Albert Einstein once said, "We are boxed in by the boundary conditions of our thinking." I don't know if this is where the catchphrase of…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

Generating Momentum

A famous Mark Twain quote goes like this, “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

Education: What We Learned, How We'll Teach

By any measure, 2020 is a year we all are happy to see in the rear-view mirror. But even with all the havoc wrought, the year also gave us a crash course in…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

Team-Based Health Care

A couple weeks ago, we announced that UCSF Dentistry is forming a clinical partnership with UCSF Health — an important step in our vision of embedding oral…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

Mask Your Face, Not Your Voice This Election

Fall has arrived. Like everything about 2020, this fall is unlike years past because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted everything from the…

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Dean's Spotlight Column

Today's Dentistry Calls for Precision Medicine

When we consider common diseases, dentistry and other health care fields tend to focus on the delivery of care as a major component of health. In dental…

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