News | School of Dental Medicine

What’s at Stake Beyond the Smile

Oral health has repercussions throughout the body. Knowing about them can help keep you healthier.

Three separate portrait-style images showing individuals in professional attire, including a person in a textured light-colored jacket, a person wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope, and a person in a white coat

Tufts Dental Researcher Named Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Athena Papas has expertise in the oral health care of the elderly and the medically compromised, including patients with Sjögrens syndrome and cancer.

New Dr. Leonard J. Carapezza Education Fund for Residents and Faculty in Pediatric Dentistry Supports Advanced Training

Helping senior pediatric dentistry residents and faculty to advance clinical expertise

Woman looks warily as dentist holds out mirror.

Uneasy at the Dentist? You’re Not Alone

For both adults and kids, there are ways to make an anxious time more manageable

professor gestures in front of a large screen with computer code

Building an Algorithm for Oral Health

With a new lab and course, the dental school expands the role of AI in research and curriculum

Illustration of a gray sphere in the lower left, with multicolored twirled objects floating in and around it.

How to Protect Your Child’s Teeth if Your Water Lacks Fluoride

Continue providing the cavity-fighting element through toothpaste, rinses, and varnishes, pediatric dentists say

Child in dentist chair plays with stuffed animal

Autism Smiles Day at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Event helps children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prepare for future dental visits and improve their at-home oral care

a man in Army Reserves uniform stands in front of the stairs

‘I’m Doing Something Bigger Than Myself’

A dentist and Army Reservist on selfless service in the military and civilian worlds 