Editorials

Editorials     13 March 2025

What to Know Before, and After, You Get Dental Implants

Just like natural teeth, implants require daily brushing and flossing to keep your mouth healthy&nbsp

Editorials     12 March 2025

A Dental Experience That Keeps Patients Feeling Right at Home

Many people approach a visit to the dentist with some fear or anxiety. For people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), those feelings can be even more intense and complex—often...

Editorials     11 March 2025

Spolnik Family provides lead gift for dental school “Commons”

Dr. Kenneth (DDS’75, Endo’78) and Beverly Spolnik have donated a large gift that will enable the renovation and construction of a dental school commons, a gathering space in the former Clinics A,...

Editorials     10 March 2025

Non-Opioid Pain Relievers Beat Opioids After Dental Surgery

A combination of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) controls pain after wisdom tooth removal better than opioids, according to a Rutgers Health study that could change how dentists...

Editorials     03 March 2025

Experienced Dental Surgeon Gets Renewed Look on Dentistry

When Olusegun Olaopa got board-certified as an oral maxillofacial surgeon in Nigeria, he felt he got what he needed to make a significant impact. He loved his work.

Editorials     28 February 2025

Dr. Rishma Shah appointed the Joseph R. and Louise Ada Jarabak Professor

Rishma Shah, DDS, MS, PhD, has been named the third recipient of the Joseph R. and Louise Ada Jarabak Professorship. 

Editorials     27 February 2025

How progress happens

Harvard University's vice provost for research, John Shaw, details crucial role of NIH support in science and medicine.

Editorials     26 February 2025

New research identifies a gene that could help fight head and neck cancers with immunotherapy

For people with head and neck cancers, the treatment can sometimes be as challenging as the disease. 

Editorials     25 February 2025

Unraveling the inner workings of metabolism and immunity

USC researcher Pinghui Feng’s new paper looks at the way metabolic enzymes can change immune responses.

Editorials     24 February 2025

Keeping Smiles Golden

In the face of an impending silver tsunami where U.S. seniors will number more than 80 million, Ostrow aims to inspire the next generation of dentists to embrace geriatric dental care — not just as...

Editorials     21 February 2025

Restoring a Veteran's Smile

For the past 25 years, the USC Dental Clinic at Union Rescue Mission has provided dental care to those experiencing homelessness in Downtown L.A., including many military veterans.

Editorials     20 February 2025

Creating Healthy Habits

Ostrow’s new partnership with URM Angeles House offers dental care to families experiencing homelessness, including those with young children.

Editorials     19 February 2025

Bernier wins H.E.A.R.T. award

Christina Bernier loves her job. She has been a surgical care coordinator in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinic almost three years and feels that she has found her home at Adams School of...

Editorials     18 February 2025

Dental student will work on Lake Erie project as part of 2025 Dow Sustainability Fellows Program

School of Dentistry student Xiaojia (Nicholas) Zhang is one of 32 University of Michigan graduate students who have been named to the 2025 Dow Sustainability Fellows Program.

Editorials     17 February 2025

Dental school community honors MLK’s legacy with 44th annual King’s Feast

The courage and commitment of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the power of community bonds, and the importance of staying true to core values were among the themes set out at the School of...

Editorials     14 February 2025

Soon, Elmorr each take first place at Research Day 2025

Lay Soon and Elissa Elmorr each took first place in the Graduate Trainee and Dental Predoctoral Oral Presentation competitions respectively at the 2025 School of Dentistry Research Day on Wednesday.

Editorials     13 February 2025

Dental school faculty member Elizabeth Van Tubergen is new director of Oral Health Sciences MS program

School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Van Tubergen has been appointed Director of the school’s Oral Health Sciences Master’s Degree Program.

Editorials     12 February 2025

ASOD Celebrates Match Day

Every year, dental students who are preparing to graduate apply to residencies to further their education. On January 17, many Adams School of Dentistry students found out where they would be...

Editorials     11 February 2025

School of Dentistry faculty and patients part of new study investigating opioid alternatives for post-surgical pain

University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty and patients participated in a new study that supports changes in how dentists and oral surgeons treat post-surgical pain.

Editorials     10 February 2025

Alumni Profile Q&A: Dr. Gregg Lurcott (DDS 1998)

Dr. Gregg Lurcott credits his parents and growing up in Buffalo, New York, with generating the lifelong work ethic that today keeps him on track in his career as a busy Oral & Maxillofacial...