Oral health is often taken for granted, but it is an essential part of our everyday lives. Good oral health enhances our ability to speak, smile, eat, and show our emotions through facial…
Drs. Vladimir Ilievski and Keiko Watanabe of Periodontics recently presented a study, “Experimental periodontitis results in beta cell compensatory alterations” in the recent UIC Diabetes and Obesity Research Day at the UIC College of Medicine.
Sugar Bugs, an illustrated children’s book by Dr. Sam Weisz, a 2006 alumnus of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, and his wife, Erica, tells the story of a boy named Robbie whose mouth is home to the Mutans family—the “sugar bugs.”
As a dental hygiene student at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Nicole La Ha Zwiercan, Hygiene ’11, had an unusual sideline. Evenings often would find her rushing from the…
The American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation awarded 13 grants to nonprofits whose charitable work is in alignment with the foundation’s mission pillar of improving the public’s oral health through education. It provided a…
The College’s chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) will host its 12th annual Prophy Cup Golf Outing on Sunday, Oct. 9, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at the Klein Creek Golf Club, 1N333 Pleasant Hill Rd., Winfield, IL
Dr. Christina Nicholas has joined the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry as a Visiting Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics. “I’m a biological anthropologist by training,” she explained.…
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dr. Michael Han, who recently joined the College, has a niche in two areas: orthognathic surgery and temporomandibular…
Dr. Melissa Amundson, '07, of Portland, OR, has become the first American oral and maxillofacial surgeon (OMFS) to be accepted as a volunteer to the world famous organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF – Doctors Without Borders).
The National Institute of Dental Research of the National Institutes of Health has decided to fund the research of Dr. Anne George, Allan G. Brodie Endowed Professor in the Brodie Tooth Development Genetics and Regenerative…
