Studying the Link Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at the School of Dental Medicine hope that targeting the bacteria that cause periodontal disease will one day slow the progress of Alzheimer’s
Dental Emergencies Years in the Making
Today’s broken tooth was endangered by clenching and grinding. Pandemic stress most likely made it worse
Jason Cummins, D22
School: School of Dental Medicine Degree: Doctor of Dental Medicine Home: Ever more northward! Barbados is where I’m from, and that will always be home, but Boston has become home for me, too—and next, I’m going to Maine.
Russell Smith, D22
School: School of Dental Medicine Degree: Doctor of Dental Medicine Home: Geographically, South Carolina, but, really, it’s the places, people, and memories that you take with you wherever you go
Romina Agharokh Aznavaleh, D22
School: School of Dental Medicine Degree: Doctor of Dental Medicine Home: If I have the people who love and support me around me, it doesn’t matter where I am.
One Dental Student vs. One Billion Plastic Toothbrushes
A quest to recycle, and to make dentistry more eco-friendly
Bringing Dental Care Within Reach for Veterans
Service With a Smile pairs student dentists with former service members who have been left behind by the health system
She Could See Worlds in a Cell, and Boundless Promise in Her Students
One of the few female MDs of her time, Anna Quincy Churchill, Class of 1917, was devoted to her medical and dental students
For Kids, Toothaches Become Another Kind of Pandemic Pain
Pediatric dentists seeing more cavities and infections after COVID interrupts routine checkups
Historian Erika Lee to Deliver Commencement Address for Class of 2022
An award-winning author focusing on immigration, Lee, J91, is among six honorary degree recipients, part of a commencement week that includes a celebration for Class of 2020 graduates