School of Dental Medicine
From lab discoveries to public outreach initiatives, students, faculty, staff and alumni at ϳԹ prove their dedication to advancing oral health in Cleveland and around the world. Read the latest news that highlights the innovation, care and community impact at the heart of our efforts to advance clinical excellence and service across populations.
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School of Dental Medicine Celebrates DMD Class of 2025 at Maltz Performing Arts Center
The Class of 2025 at ϳԹ School of Dental Medicine marked a significant milestone on Saturday, May 17, as they received their Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees during a heartfelt diploma ceremony held at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. Family, friends, faculty and…
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May 17, 2023
At ϳԹ, our students excel in research, academics, athletics and in the community.
This week, we will celebrate the accomplishments of about 2,500 graduates. It would be impossible to comprehensively describe all of their contributions, but we caught up with a graduatin...
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May 16, 2023
Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within.
“Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best learn...
May 11, 2023
The Delta Dental Foundation provided a grant allowing five School of Dental Medicine students—Erin Madar, Gina DeLeonibus, Rhea Pate, Laura Smith and Derek Fickes—to attend the Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) 35th Annual Meeting in Special Care Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, April 27 through ...
May 11, 2023
The School of Dental Medicine is grateful to Kari A. Cunningham, DMD (DEN ‘10 ‘12), who is concluding her term as President of the ϳԹ School of Dental Medicine Alumni Association Board of Directors on June 30.
During her term, Dr. Cunningham negotiated the challenges of the pandemic, mastering t...
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May 02, 2023
Members of the ϳԹ community are invited to join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship for an AI Speaker Series event featuring Tarek Elshebiny (DEN '16), assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine.
Elshebiny will present “Orthodontics, Dentistry and AI” Thu...
April 19, 2023
Mark Hans, DDS, MSD, and ϳԹ Professor and Chair of the Orthodontics Department, delivered the 2023 John Valentine Mershon Award Lecture at the AAO 2023 Annual Session in Chicago.
The presentation, Two Score and Two Years-Lessons Learned, drew upon 42 years of clinical experience and more than 30...
March 23, 2023
Thomas Van Dyke, DDS, PhD, a ϳԹ School of Dental Medicine alum, will deliver the address for this year's diploma ceremony.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science from ϳԹ (CWR '69), Van Dyke went on to receive his Doctorate of Dental...
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March 15, 2023
This article originally ran in the winter 2023 edition of the School of Dental Medicine's magazine.
In a classroom at the Health Education Campus of ϳԹ and Cleveland Clinic, a small group of second-year School of Dental Medicine students stand in a circle around a digit...
February 28, 2023
In a classroom at the Health Education Campus of ϳԹ and Cleveland Clinic, a small group of second-year School of Dental Medicine students stand in a circle around a digital cadaver. Together, they dissect the virtual three-dimensional body—removing layers of skin, muscle...
February 22, 2023
Congratulations to the Class of 2023, the first School of Dental Medicine class that has prepared for and taken the INBDE, as they have all achieved a 100% first time pass rate—zero failures.
This is the first time in recent (50-year) history that the school has had a 100% pass rate on a National ...