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Announcements
Students Vie in AADR Competition
Five first-year dental students have been chosen to compete for AADR Student Research Fellowship awards, to be announced at the opening ceremony for the IADR/…
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Honors & Awards
Linda Kim Named AADR Student Advocate of the Year
Third-year dental student Linda Kim has been named the 2018 Student Advocate of the Year by the American Association for Dental Research.
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Research
Cavity Prevention Approach Effectively Reduces Tooth Decay
A scientifically-based approach that includes a tooth-decay risk assessment, aggressive preventive measures and conservative restorations can dramatically…
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Announcements
Lindsey Criswell Named Vice Chancellor of Research
Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, a longtime professor in the School of Dentistry and the School of Medicine, has been named vice chancellor for research for…
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Patient Care
As Genetic Testing Goes Mainstream, Clinics Emerge to Guide Patients Through Information
The ease by which patients can dive into their own genetics has opened new doors to understanding personal health, but it has also left consumers with mounds…
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Research
Painless Dental Lasers Can Render Teeth Cavity-Resistant
Almost as soon as lasers were invented in the 1960s, curious dentists wondered if these powerful forms of light could be used on teeth, though those early…
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Honors & Awards
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, Receives Public Health Award
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, received the 2017 John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public Health from the Oral Health Section of the American…
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Honors & Awards
Oral Health Initiative Gets $3.5M, Launches Test Project
A multidisciplinary oral health initiative in which the School of Dentistry’s Stuart Gansky, DrPH, MS, is a principal investigator, is launching a test project…
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Announcements
Chancellor Announces $5B Campaign to Build for UCSF’s Future
In his fourth annual State of the University address, Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, announced the launch of UC San Francisco’s first comprehensive fundraising…
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Events
Stellar Work Shines at Research and Clinical Excellence Day
Attendees and participants in the 2017 Research and Clinical Excellence Day were treated to an eye-opening breadth and depth of research projects. Some 400…
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Research
Using Biostatistics to Battle Oral Health Disparities
Jing Cheng, MD, MS, PhD, adjunct professor, Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences (PRDS), School of Dentistry (SOD), seeks to solve oral health…
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In Memoriam
William Kuykendall, DDS: 1956-2017
William O. Kuykendall, DDS, a 1984 graduate of the UCSF School of Dentistry, passed away Aug. 13 in Fair Oaks, Calif. He was 60.
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