School of Dental Medicine

The idea that bacteria in your mouth could prove problematic for the rest of your body proved nearly irresistible for readers of the Journal of Dental Research. The concept, from Yiping Han, professor of periodontics, earned the American Association of Dental Research’s distinction as a research br...

Dental medicine has joined the fields of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work and others to develop evidence-based practices that are the gold standards of patient care, according to a Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researcher. Evidence-based practices evolve from s...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a 1979 alumnus of the School of Dental Medicine will become its next dean July 1. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky, will succeed longtime dental school leader Jerry Goldberg this summer after ...

Discovery allows researchers to study how immune cells ward off oral diseases Case Western Reserve University dental researchers found a less invasive way to extract single rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth’s natural defenses ward off infection and inflammation. By isolating s...

The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine is recruiting 200 new patients between ages 10 and 18 for its annual “Braces for Teenagers” program. The program offers patients braces for $3,450—a savings from the typical orthodontist fees of $6,000 and more. Patients are treated by ...

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have discovered how byproducts in the form of small fatty acids from two bacteria prevalent in gum disease incite the growth of deadly Kaposi’s sarcoma-related (KS) lesions and tumors in the mouth. The discovery could lead to early saliva testing for...

Yiping Han, professor of periodontics in the School of Dental Medicine, authored the eighth most-read article of 2013 in the Journal of Dental Research. Read her article, titled "Mobile Microbiome: Oral Bacteria in Extra-oral Infections and Inflammation."...

The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will offer free dental exams, X-rays, cleaning and oral cancer screenings Saturday, Jan. 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. Patients must be at least 18 years old and cannot be a current dental clinic patient or have full dentures. The clinic is at 2...

When Joseph Tooman sat down for his regular oral exam at Case Western Reserve University’s dental clinic, a student dentist began examining his teeth while a nursing student checked his vital signs. Beside Tooman sitting in the dental chair were third-year student dentist Oliver Sun and Master of N...

The School of Dental Medicine staff is collecting toys from all members of the campus community to donate to Toys for Tots. Donations now are being accepted and can be brought to the School of Dental Medicine’s first floor administration area, room DO1340. The phone number for pickups is 216.368.348...