Prevention and Public Health News Give Kids A Smile: Helping Chicago's Underserved Children With Access to Dental Care More than 100 youngsters from St. Malachy School and Chicagoland Easter Seals will be provided with an examination of their teeth, a cleaning, a fluoride treatment, and education on how to keep their teeth healthy, at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry on Thursday, Feb. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Give Kids a Smile Day. Alumni Impact: Dr. Brian Homann Gives Back to Chicago’s Homeless at Goldie’s Place Dr. Brian Homann, DDS ’12, ’08 UI, found his niche quickly. He’s been volunteering at the nation’s first completely student-run dental clinic ever since joining the inaugural team during his first year of dental school. And he has no plans to stop. HSDA Chapter Wins Nuestros Ninos Contest The College’s Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) Chapter has been chosen the winner of the Nuestros Ninos contest of the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA), sponsored by Colgate. Students Learn About Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Students Gabija Revis and Jessica Williams learned about integration of primary care and oral health at the NIIOH symposium. The Value of Preventive Oral Health Care 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… College Helps 2016 Esperanza Health Fair to Be Huge Success Students and faculty participated at the Esperanza Health Center Extravaganza Health Fair, 2016, providing oral cancer screenings, oral health education, nutritional counseling, and more than 50 fluoride varnish applications on children and adults. Students Revis, Williams Named Schweitzer Fellows The Chicago Area Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program, which provides yearlong fellowships to graduate health students for public service projects, awarded fellowships to University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry students Gabija Revis… Students Serving Special Needs in the Community at the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education-Roosevelt (ICRE) An enthusiastic group of students, faculty and staff of the UIC College of Dentistry make an annual visit to the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education-Roosevelt (ICRE) in Chicago as part of the… Dr. Nisha Garg Receives Community Dentistry Award from AAPHD Nisha Garg, DMD, who graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry on May 7, has been named the recipient of the Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in… Prev 1 2 3
