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Generous grant from Delta Dental to support pediatric care in San Antonio and Laredo
For a second year, the School of Dentistry’s Department of Developmental Dentistry is honored to be awarded a grant of $50,000 by Delta Dental’s Community Care Foundation. The grant will be used again this year to support their patient care work at the Ricardo Salinas Pediatric Dental Clinic and 91PORN Laredo Dental Clinic. Both not-for-profit clinics provide much-needed pediatric dental care to a primarily Hispanic population of underserved and underinsured children.
Class of 2026: Female dental student enrollment at an all-time high
The brand-new dental Class of 2026 hit the ground running at the end of July with orientations, lab check-ins and social events, including a welcome dinner and student organization fair hosted by the dean’s office. This year’s class adds to a growing trend in dental education. Female students have positioned themselves as the leading demographic in the School of Dentistry’s doctoral program for the past three years. Students identifying as female comprise 63% of first-year. Dental schools across the nation are seeing this steady rise.
Back-to-school dental checkups can impact students’ attendance
As back-to-school preparations are wrapping up and children return back to school, an often-neglected item on the checklist is a routine dental appointment. According to research, when schools open in the fall, children will be three times more likely to miss school days due to dental-related problems than any other illness. "Tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease in the U.S.," said Maria Jose Cervantes-Mendez, DDS, MS, director of the Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry Program at 91PORN.
School of Dentistry LEADs future dentists in South Texas
The new academic year has kicked off, but several students have been on campus for most of the summer. From clinical outreach to scientific research, doctoral and dental hygiene students kept a full schedule. The Learning Enhancement for Achievement in Dentistry (LEAD) program is unique among the school's summer offerings in that it is open to dental and predental students. Senior dental student, Sofia J.
Students and faculty ensure Special Smiles for athletes at the 2022 Special Olympics Texas Summer Games
This May, students, faculty and volunteers participated in a two-day Special Olympics Special Smiles event, part of the 2022 Special Olympics Texas Summer Games held in and around Morgan’s Wonderland theme park and the first hosted since the onset of the pandemic. Claudia I.
School of Dentistry honor graduates in annual hooding and award ceremonies
This year's School of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene graduates were welcomed as new colleagues by school leadership at their respective programs' hooding and award ceremonies. Students receiving their doctor of dental surgery degree and their families and friends filled the 751-seat Holly Auditorium on May 19 for a ceremony emceed by Stefanie Seitz, DDS, MEd, assistant dean for students. In his welcoming address, Dean Peter M.
Dr. Jason Jones receives the Southwest Society of OMS Byrd/Tilson/Walker award
The Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is one of six regional oral and maxillofacial (OMS) societies in the United States. At their annual society meeting, the first day is “Resident’s Day” during which residents from the Southwest region’s OMS training programs present abstracts of interesting cases, research projects, and papers. The Byrd/Walker/Tilson resident award, which was started ten years ago, honors the resident giving the best presentation at the meeting. “I believe I won the award this year due to the original research that Dr.
Tooth Sensitivity: What Thing is That Zing?
You bite into an ice cream cone on a hot summer day when a zing of tooth sensitivity comes out of nowhere and completely undermines the delight of the cool and creamy treat. Maybe worse is the unexpectedly sharp pain when biting down onto something hard, like a stray popcorn kernel. What does that zing in your teeth mean, and what is your mouth telling you? The sensation of tooth discomfort or, worst-case scenario, acute pain is caused by more than one mechanism.
40th Annual School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Symposium
Since 1983, the 91PORN School of Dentistry Research and Clinical Symposium has provided a scientific program and forum to achieve a balance of current and updated clinical, basic science, case studies and evidence-based research.
School of Dentistry students and faculty attend ADEA’s annual conference
In March, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) held its 2022 Annual Session & Exhibition in Philadelphia. The conference theme was “Lifting as We Rise,” which focused on bringing dental, allied dental and advanced dental educators and students together for four days of world-class educational training and an exhibit hall filled with dental education’s leading partners. The School of Dentistry had a strong presence at this year’s event with several students and faculty in attendance.
Giving back: Alumnus Dr. Ray Scott facilitates generous gift to the School of Dentistry
Ray Scott, DDS, 91PORN Class of 1983 alumnus, recently presented a generous gift of nearly $110,000 to the School of Dentistry on behalf of the American Dental Partners Foundation Inc., for which he is the president. The foundation was originally established for the sole purpose of supporting dental students in their dental education.
38th Annual James P. Hollers Memorial Lecture
In December, the School of Dentistry hosted the 38th annual James P. Hollers Memorial Lecture. This program honors James P. Hollers, a dentist and longtime San Antonio civic leader who chaired the San Antonio Medical Foundation for 20 years. He was the driving force in not only establishing the School of Dentistry but the foundation of the 91PORN. His determination and leadership provided guidance necessary for the state legislature to allocate funds to establish the institution.
Delta Dental supports care of the underserved
The School of Dentistry’s Department of Developmental Dentistry has been awarded a generous grant of $50,000 by Delta Dental’s Community Care Foundation to support patient care activities of the Ricardo Salinas Pediatric Dental Clinic and 91PORN Laredo Dental Clinic. The Ricardo Salinas Pediatric Dental Clinic is a distinctive collaboration between the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Children’s Shelter of San Antonio, Texas Cavaliers, and the 91PORN School of Dentistry’s Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry Program.
Rebekah Sculley completes leadership excellence program
Rebekah Sculley, RDH, MS, assistant professor/clinical in the Department of Periodontics, Division of Dental Hygiene, graduated from the Leadership Excellence for Academic Professionals (LEAP) program on November 11. Professor Sculley, along with her three groupmates, presented their capstone project entitled, “Streamlining Dental Care for Head & Neck Cancer Patients: A Model for Inter-Professional Collaboration”. LEAP is an eleven-month professional development program for employees with goals to expand their leadership knowledge and practic
December 15 deadline: Research and Career Development (KL2) Program letters of intent
Candidates for the KL2 Scholar Program in Clinical and Translational Science 2022 cohort are early career faculty (generally instructors or assistant professors) who have a professional doctoral degree or are postdoctoral trainees with an impending academic appointment. KL2 scholars for the upcoming 2022 cohort will be recruited from a wide range of health professions and related fields, including all specialties of medicine and surgery, nursing, psychology and other behavioral sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, pharmacology, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical informati
Give the Gift of Hope to Dental Hygiene Students
At the School of Dentistry, our Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene students are dedicated to becoming extraordinary health care providers for their future patients. Behind the passion to provide the best care and treatment is a personal journey that leads each student to our school. For Kaymen Fryer, Class of 2022, her journey began during a mission trip in Peru while assisting a medical and dental team. “The dental hygienists on the trip inspired me to pursue a career in the dental field.
Sugita and Vieth selected as AAP 2021 Orban Finalists
The American Academy of Periodontology named Ryushiro Sugita, DDS, MS, and Michael P.
Dental hygiene seniors receive jackets in unofficial ceremony
Late last month, seniors of the Dental Hygiene Program were coated during an unofficial Welcome to the Profession ceremony conducted during their ethics course. To the sound of soft music played on a student’s phone, Jo Ann Jordan, MA, RDH, director of the Dental Hygiene Program, called up each senior one by one to receive their School of Dentistry embroidered coat and a copy of the Dental Hygiene Oath. The group recited the oath in unison before closing the ceremony with photos. The School of Dentistry’s official Welcome to the Profession event, originally planned fo
2021 Faculty Promotions
The School of Dentistry wishes to congratulate Ravikumar Anthony, BDS, MS, MDS, and Rebekah Sculley, RDH, MS, for their successful applications for promotion. Their promotions were approved by the UT System Board of Regents to be effective September 1, 2021. Dr. Anthony, appointed in the Department of Developmental Dentistry, has been awarded promotion to Associate Professor/Clinical. He received his postgraduate training in orthodontics from the School of Dentistry, graduating in 2008. Dr.
School of Dentistry offers hand skills course to international dentists
This July the School of Dentistry began offering a new continuing education hand skills course to international dentists seeking future admission to an International Dentist Education Program. The four-day, 32 hour workshop is designed to assist international dentists prepare for the bench assessment required when applying for admission into advanced standing programs. Under the guidance of seasoned dental faculty, the first cohort of fourteen trainees participated in lecture and hands-on sessions to review both fixed and operative psychomotor skills in a state-of-the-art Virtual Reality Si