Ann Arbor, MI — April 1, 2013 — A third-year resident in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s graduate periodontics program won first place for her research during the Midwest Society of Periodontology’s recent meeting in Chicago. Dr. Suzanne Mason investigated the possible use of stem cells from alveolar bone marrow to regenerate large …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 20, 2013 — Dr. Peter Ma, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, has received the Distinguished Scientist-Isaac Schour Memorial Award for his outstanding scientific contributions in tissue engineering, regeneration, and stem cell research. Presented during the annual meeting …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 11, 2013 — It’s an idea that, if successful, could benefit many, including war veterans who have sustained battlefield injuries and, ultimately, children and adults with developmental or acquired facial defects from trauma or disfiguring cancer surgery. Dr. Stephen Feinberg, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Oral and …
Grand Prize ADA DENTSPLY Award Emily Eubanks (D2, Mentor: Darnell Kaigler)Storage of 3rd Molars for Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion in Animal-Sera Free Media Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate — Clinical Application and Technique First Prize Kristin Kelly, Allia Marini (DH4, Mentor: Darlene Jones)Knowledge of Caregivers in Regards to Dental Trauma in Children within a Daycare Setting Second …
Ann Arbor, MI — February 27, 2013 — Jane Halaris, an adjunct clinical lecturer in dental hygiene at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, will receive an award next month for her graduate student research. Halaris will receive the Joan K. Wilder Graduate Studies Research Award from the University of Detroit Mercy during its annual honors …
Ann Arbor, MI — February 7, 2013 — A pain application that allows persons suffering from migraine headaches and facial pain to precisely record the location of the pain in real time on an iPhone or iPad, as well as quantify the intensity and impact of the pain, has won first prize in a University …
Resident Wins Milo Hellman Award Ann Arbor, MI — January 14, 2013 — It’s a first! For the third consecutive year, a resident in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s Graduate Orthodontics Program has won the prestigious Milo Hellman Research Award from the American Association of Orthodontists. This year’s winner, Dr. Aaron Havens, a third-year …
University of Michigan School of Dentistry researchers, collaborating with colleagues at other universities, have discovered that a small dose of electricity on certain regions in the brain of patients with severe facial pain may stimulate powerful painkillers in the body to mitigate the pain. Read more…
