Having trouble viewing this email? Click here.

@UTSD Houston: News from the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry Archives January 31, 2024 
 
Exterior of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.

Rewind: 2023 Year in Review

As we turn the page to 2024, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry invites you to take time to reflect on some of the highlights from 2023, another success year for the faculty, staff, students, and residents at 7500 Cambridge St.

Learn More
Members of the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry DDS Class of 2026 read The Dentist’s Pledge.

DDS Class of 2026 marks next step of dental journey in white coat ceremony

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry welcomed 106 students from the Dental Class of 2026 to the health care profession during the 25th Annual DDS White Coat Ceremony on Jan. 6.

The 2024 Annual Celebration of Scholarship awarded over $230,000 to student and resident recipients.

2024 Annual Celebration of Scholarship recognizes student, resident recipients

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry awarded over $230,000 in financial assistance to students and residents during the 2024 Annual Celebration of Scholarship on Jan. 11.

PACE Practice Consultants Co-Directors S. Jerry Long, DDS ’66 (left), and Joe M. Piazza, DDS ’79, have over 70 combined years of private practice experience.

PACE Practice Consulting celebrates 10 years of service

PACE Center Practice Consulting provides advice in career planning, employment assistance, and practice management consultation to all dental students and alumni within three years of their graduation from UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.

Dr. Alan Myers has received a five-year, $2 million grant to study the pharmacological effects of the areca nut, commonly known as the betel nut.

Myers awarded $2M grant by NIH to study pharmacotoxicity of areca nut

Associate Professor Alan Myers, PharmD, PhD, of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry has received a five-year, $2 million grant to study the pharmacological effects of the areca nut, commonly known as the betel nut.

Pearland resident Sue Gordon survived a diagnosis of oral cancer and had her beautiful smile restored, thanks to expert care from a team of doctors at UTHealth Houston Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Woman with oral cancer receives expert, compassionate care

A dentist appointment to check on irritation in the roof of her mouth led Sue Gordon to UTHealth Houston Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry volunteers at the Special Olympics Texas Summer Games in San Antonio.

School of Dentistry volunteers at Special Olympics Texas across 2023

UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry students volunteered to participate in Healthy Athletes at two Special Olympics Texas events in 2023.

ICYMI

2024 Celebration of Scholarship
2024 Celebration of Scholarship
DDS Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony
DDS Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony
Song Ahn, DDS Endowed Lecture on Implant Dentistry 2023
Song Ahn, DDS Endowed Lecture on Implant Dentistry 2023

Accolades


UTHealth School of Dentistry logo