Dental Archives

ECU is dedicated not just to educating its dental students via hours in clinical simulation labs but also to connecting them to the community for real-world experience and giving back through events like the inaugural ECU Smiles at the School of Dental Medicine community service learning center in Sylva on Thursday.
Nov 19, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

SALUTES AND SMILES

For Lloyd Holland, walking into the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Sylva, N.C., felt like coming home all over again. Holland and about...

Nov 12, 2018
  • Peggy Novotny

DENTAL STUDENTS DON WHITE COATS

The ECU School of Dental Medicine bestowed clinical white coats upon 51 students in the Class of 2021 during a ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8. The event signaled...

Dr. Ford Grant, faculty director of the School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Ahoskie, talks with patient Amber Doering. The dental school has received national recognition for its innovative approach to dental education. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 29, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

ACCESS SUCCESS

The national organization representing all U.S. and Canadian dental schools announced last week that a 2019 award for innovation will go to the School of Dental Medicine at East Carolina...

May 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU names interim vice chancellor for health sciences

ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton announced today that he has named an interim vice chancellor for the university’s Division of Health Sciences. Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of ECU’s Brody School of...

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....