Dental Archives

Jul 28, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

LAUPUS LENDS HELP

Although Laupus Library’s physical doors aren’t open, it continues to fulfill the research, service and informational needs of the health sciences community. The pandemic forced Laupus to close on March...

Jul 24, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Dental school helps distribute masks to dentists statewide

The ECU School of Dental Medicine served as a distribution point for KN95 masks given to the North Carolina Dental Society (NCDS) by NC Emergency Management for use in patient...

Jul 09, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental students return to patient care across North Carolina

After a hiatus from patient care that lasted more than three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ECU School of Dental Medicine students have returned to campus clinics and the...

Jul 08, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The ECU School of Dental Medicine has received a $3.2 million grant to continue its Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program, funding scholarships for economically disadvantaged students over the next...

Jul 02, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Standardized patients continue helping ECU health sciences students learn despite COVID

For 15 years, Ann Flake has helped students across the East Carolina University Division of Health Sciences practice their clinical skills—and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed that. Flake serves as...

Jun 29, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Jonathan Nowlin

Whenever Jonathan Nowlin is in Ross Hall, he knows he’s home. The second-year student in the ECU School of Dental Medicine doesn’t take for granted any of the time he...

Jun 24, 2020
  • Rich Klindworth

Talk Like a Pirate: As country reopens, COVID-19 cases rise

The majority of the United States has “reopened” following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. However, since Memorial Day weekend, COVID-19 cases have been on the rise. “The slope of the curve...

Jun 19, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19

Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...

Jun 19, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

GRANTING SMILES

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has received a $3.1 million grant to enhance resident training in the care of patients with special needs in eastern North Carolina...

May 29, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

DENTAL ALUMNI RESPOND

Since East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine (SoDM) opened its doors, many of its leaders, faculty, students and alumni have acted on the saying that “chance favors the prepared...