Dental Archives

ECU Pirates cut their hair to raise money for pediatric cancer research during the 2018 Pirates Vs. Cancer event. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Music from a live band pumped through speakers outside of ECU’S Health Sciences Student Center on Friday afternoon, as gusting winds provided relief from the eastern North Carolina springtime heat...

Apr 12, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Study finds people with diabetes visit the dentist less frequently

A study led by researchers at East Carolina University and New York University showed that adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or...

Dr. Linc Conn (right) inspects the work of first-year dental student Rudy Oxendine. Oxendine is a former Greenville police officer. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FROM SERGEANT TO STUDENT

Being a police officer and a dentist are more similar than one might think. That’s what former Sgt. Rudy Oxendine is realizing as a first-year dental student. “It’s all about...

Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of the ECU School of Dental Medicine, is congratulated after accepting the James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 03, 2017
  • Spaine Stephens

PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, was awarded the 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service on Friday, Nov....

Nov 23, 2016
  • ECU News Services

Laupus Library celebrates scholarship in health sciences

Faculty and staff from across East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences recently gathered for an annual celebration of research and scholarship. The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library held...

Aug 21, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Foreman named associate dean for clinical affairs, dental medicine

After a national search, Robert R. Foreman has been appointed associate dean for clinical affairs at the ECU School of Dental Medicine. He assumed the position on Aug. 11. Dr....

Jul 18, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Cotterill named division director of Pediatric Dentistry at ECU

Christopher A. Cotterill has been appointed division director of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. Cotterill assumed...

Feb 20, 2014
  • ECU News Services

Wilson named vice dean at ECU School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Margaret B. Wilson, associate dean for student affairs and clinical professor at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, became vice dean at the school Feb. 1 –...

Feb 07, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU joins in Give Kids a Smile event

ECU dental students and student-athletes were among the volunteers at the Give Kids a Smile event Feb. 7 at Eastern Pediatrics and Orthodontics in Greenville. Volunteers from ECU, along with...

Sep 18, 2013
  • ECU News Services

Califano elected a director of the American Board of Periodontology

East Carolina University professor Dr. Joseph Califano, director of periodontology in the Department of Surgical Sciences at the School of Dental Medicine, was elected to serve as one of nine...