School of Dental Medicine
From lab discoveries to public outreach initiatives, students, faculty, staff and alumni at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine prove their dedication to advancing oral health in Cleveland and around the world. Read the latest news that highlights the innovation, care and community impact at the heart of our efforts to advance clinical excellence and service across populations.
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January 28, 2015
Modern Europeans have inherited about 4 percent of their genes from Neanderthals, meaning the two groups mated at some point in the past. But the question is, where and when? Characteristics of a partial skull recently discovered in Manot Cave in Israel’s West Galilee provide the earliest evidence…
January 22, 2015
$1.6 million dental study aims to correct parent/caregiver misperceptions to improve dental attention to children’s teeth Dental researchers hope to vastly improve oral health in children by countering a common misperception that dental care for baby teeth isn’t important because they just fall…
January 12, 2015
Dental and medical researchers from Case Western Reserve University found another reason to treat periodontal disease as soon as possible. They discovered that byproducts of bacteria in gum disease, called metabolic small chain fatty acid (SCFA), can work together to wake up HIV in dormant T-cells…
January 06, 2015
Make a New Year’s resolution to visit the dentist—and start with a free dental cleaning, x-rays and exam on Prophy Day at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine’s clinic (2124 Cornell Road) on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon. Patient treatment is first come, first served…
November 25, 2014
State-of-the-art unified campus will allow students to learn team-based health care together Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic are expanding their health education collaboration to include dental and nursing students on the campus already planned for the institutions’ medical…
October 31, 2014
Case Western Reserve University’s first Doctor of Dental Medicine-Master of Public Health (DMD-MPH) program student William Jacobson received several awards over the past year, including: The Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Pre-Professional Award, Oral Health Section,…
October 21, 2014
Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch. And others, fearful of pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to a new study by Case Western Reserve University dental researchers on when and how to use sedatives during dental…
October 14, 2014
CWRU studies LGBT community’s perceptions of dental care A dentist’s uncomfortable reaction upon learning a patient is transgender creates a barrier that prevents some patients from returning, according to a new study that examined how members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
October 03, 2014
The Ohio Dental Association Foundation (ODAF) awarded scholarships to six Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine students. “These students have demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence and represent the future of the profession of dentistry,” said Billie Sue Kyger, chair…
October 03, 2014
After some intensive planning, newlyweds Jacqueline and James Buschbach landed on the same campus to start medical and dental school together. Jacqueline is one of 74 first-year Case Western Reserve University dental students as part of a diverse and accomplished entering class. Meanwhile, James…