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Student Profile: With a dual DDS and PhD, Ben Swanson brings a ‘clinician-engineer’ vision of scientific discovery and new technologies to clinical care

January 23, 2024

Ben Swanson’s seven-year sojourn in Ann Arbor has been an educational tour de force packed with clinical dentistry training, advanced scientific research, and business and entrepreneurial studies. When he leaves the University of Michigan School of Dentistry after commencement in May, he’ll hold a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and a PhD in the Oral …

Donor Profile: Major gift opens endowment for dental patient fund

December 14, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 14, 2023 – A new School of Dentistry endowment fund that will support the dental care of underserved patients has been established with a major gift from a Michigan dentist. Supporting the Victors Care Dental Patient Fund is a natural fit for Dr. Brian Rathke, who has long worked to make …

New U-M study finds pandemic slowed the continued drop in opioid prescriptions for dental procedures

November 3, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 3, 2023 – The success of a national push to reduce opioid prescriptions for dental procedures is continuing, according to a new University of Michigan study, but the progress slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new findings were published in the online journal PLOS ONE by researchers from the University of …

School of Dentistry adjunct faculty member Dr. William Mason writes book on atraumatic extractions

May 26, 2023

Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 26, 2023 – Dr. William Mason, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Dentistry, has authored his first book, “The Dentist’s Guide to Atraumatic Extractions.” Mason, a periodontist who practices in Saginaw, Michigan, is a member of the Dean’s Faculty. An alumnus of the school (DDS 1981, MS perio 1984), he’s been an …

Student Profile: Rebecca Larson – A commitment to return home after graduation and serve her community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

April 13, 2023

__________________________ This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. __________________________ After eight years of living in bustling Ann Arbor in densely populated southeast Michigan, Rebecca Larson is returning to the natural beauty and slower pace of the state’s mostly rural Upper Peninsula. She graduates from the University …

Faculty member completes fourth edition of dentistry textbook on diagnosis and treatment planning

April 7, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., April 7, 2023 – Dr. Stephen Stefanac, professor emeritus from the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, has co-authored a new dentistry textbook with a familiar title. It’s the fourth edition of a book initially published in 2001 – “Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry.” After two years of a major rewrite, …

School’s annual free clinic for kids promotes importance of early dental care

April 6, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., April 6, 2023 – The School of Dentistry drew more than 100 children and their families from around the Ann Arbor region to the annual “Give Kids a Smile” clinic on Saturday. The student-run community service clinic provides free dental exams, basic dental procedures and the opportunity to educate kids about the …

Alumni Profile: Dr. Steven Lash (MS orthodontics, 1972) – Bringing precision and passion to orthodontics and to making American period furniture

March 8, 2023

__________________ Steven Lash is highly accomplished in two worlds where he thrives on very different types of challenges. There is Dr. Steven Lash, the West Bloomfield dentist who specializes in orthodontics and is an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. As he nears retirement, he has performed hundreds of orthodontic …

Student Profile: Fourth-year student Diego Garcia finds artistry in the detailed demands of dentistry

January 16, 2023

This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. _______________________ Fourth-year dental student Diego Garcia is demonstrating an early-morning mix of patience and determination as he works to give a patient a perfect fit on her denture during an appointment in a School of Dentistry clinic. It is …

New research led by faculty member shows promise for treating deadly form of salivary gland cancer

December 8, 2022

Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 8, 2022 – A University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty member is the lead author of a new study that offers promise for the treatment of a lethal form of salivary gland cancer. The study by Dr. Jacques Nör and a team of researchers from the School of Dentistry and …

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