News from the School of Dentistry
New patent on synthetic molecules brings researchers closer to therapeutic approach for gum disease
Donald Demuth, Ph.D., and Frederick Luzzio, Ph.D., receive patent for biochemical structure
Statewide children’s oral health surveillance initiative launches in Bullitt County
Initiative to screen 6,000 students in Kentucky over an 18-month period
UofL School of Dentistry ranked No. 2 in the nation
Student surveys lift UofL two positions over last year on GraduatePrograms.com
Students take part in annual Dental Hinman Meeting
UofL dental and dental hygiene students experienced one of their first professional conferences in March at the Dental Hinman Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dean Sauk to step down at the end of 2015
John J. Sauk, D.D.S., MS, dean of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry since 2007 will step down from his position at the end of this calendar year.
Providing new smiles for Kentucky children
Teaching children about proper oral health, eliminating tooth pain and providing new smiles are benefits of the Smile Kentucky! program, a community partnership that tackles what the U.S. Surgeon General has called the number one common, chronic childhood disease - tooth decay.
