Dental Education

STC gets $1M to start hygiene program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

South Texas College (STC) in McAllen is developing a dental hygiene associate program, which is being funded by a $1 million grant.

July 22, 2024

Longtime EIOH periodontics chair to step down

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dr. Jack Caton will step down as chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center Eastman Institute for Oral Health (EIOH) Periodontics Department, effective December 31.

July 17, 2024

DSO PDS Foundation awards dental assistant scholarships

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental service organization (DSO) Pacific Dental Services (PDS) Foundation has announced the Summer 2024 Dr. Carolyn Ghazal Dental Assistant Scholarship recipients.

July 17, 2024

PDA launches Clinical Calibration Institute

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental practice management firm Productive Dentist Academy (PDA) has launched the Clinical Calibration Institute, an educational program for associate dentists and doctor owners.

July 16, 2024

Dentists' debt-to-income ratios worse than other health workers

By Melissa Busch

Though school debt consistently exceeded income for healthcare occupations -- except for physicians -- between 2017 and 2022, dentists had the highest debt-to-income ratios.

July 11, 2024

NMU to explore creation of hygiene program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Northern Michigan University (NMU) is considering developing a dental hygiene program in Marquette to address workforce shortages and improve oral health in the region.

July 10, 2024

N.C. universities to develop dental residency programs

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

High Point University's Workman School of Dental Medicine and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, both in North Carolina, plan to collaborate on dental residency programs.

July 1, 2024

Overjet introduces AI education platform

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental artificial intelligence (AI) software provider Overjet has launched Overjet for Educators to train future oral health professionals.

June 20, 2024

Texas dental school launches regenerative science center

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry has launched its Center for Regenerative Sciences.

June 18, 2024

Ky. school launches rural dental medicine scholarship

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Pikeville and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid in Kentucky launched the Anthem Dental Rural Medicine Scholarship at the school's Tanner College of Dental Medicine.

June 17, 2024

Envista Smile donates $2M to Calif. school

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Envista Holdings Corporation and its charity, the Envista Smile Project, announced a $2.1 million donation to the University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry.

June 6, 2024

NYU Dental names implant fellowship after donors

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry has named an implant dentistry fellowship after alumni donors Drs. Noel Liu and Nazish Jafri.

May 28, 2024

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