Researchers

Grad Perio Resident Wins 1st Place Research Award

April 1, 2013

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 …

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Peter Ma Receives Distinguished Scientist Award

March 20, 2013

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 …

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Using a Patient’s Own Cells to Re-Grow Damaged Tissues

March 11, 2013

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 …

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2013 Research Day Award Winners

February 28, 2013

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 …

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DH Faculty Member Jane Halaris to Receive Award

February 27, 2013

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 …

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Migraine Pain App Wins 1st Place in U-M Tech Challenge

February 7, 2013

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 …

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A First! 3 in a Row for U-M Orthodontics

January 14, 2013

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 …

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Electric Stimulation of Brain Releases Powerful, Opiate-Like Painkiller

January 14, 2013

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…