Karl Kingsley and Christopher Kypuros (both Dental) presented "Creating  an LGBT Cultural Competency Module at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – School of Dental Medicine" at the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association annual conference in Las Vegas earlier this month.  

Katherine Howard (Dental) is the senior author of "Alterations in Oral Cancer Gene Expression in Response to Melatonin" in the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research with Arin Hartounian, Guillermo Alessandro Retis, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental).

UNLV School of Dental Medicine faculty and students participated in a recent remote area medical event in Pahrump and provided routine tooth extractions, surgical extractions, and front teeth restorations free of charge to approximately 15 children and 110 adults. The volunteering dental students worked more than eight hours during their Saturday…

Drs. Edward Lynch and Martin Grootveld (both Dental) co-authored “Fluoride Releasing Capacity of Newly Developed Atraumatic Restorative Materials” in the international online, open-access, peer-reviewed Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. The collaborative study included faculty from UNLV School of Dental Medicine; NITTE…

Drs. Edward Lynch and Dr. Martin Grootveld (both Dental) recently published “Mutagenicity Potential of New Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Materials Incorporated with Azadirachta Indica (Neem) against Salmonella typhimurium” in the international online, open access, peer-reviewed Elsevier Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research.…

Katherine Howard (Dental) is the senior author of "Differential miRNA Expression in Oral Cancer Oncosomes: A Pilot In Vitro Study" in the International Research Journal of Oncology with Dannica Brennan, Kunal Patel and Karl Kingsley (all Dental).  

Drs. Edward Lynch and Martin Grootveld (both Dental) recently published “Twelve Hour Longevity of the Oral Malodor-Neutralizing Capacity of an Oral Rinse Product Containing the Chlorine Dioxide Precursor Sodium Chlorite” in the international online, open-access, peer-reviewed Journal of Oral Health and Dentistry. The collaborative study comprised…

Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) received a five-year, $1 million from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration designed to aid the School of Dental Medicine in recruiting and retaining junior full-time clinical faculty.

Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-authored “Fluoride in Fish Flesh, Fish Bone and Regular Diet in the South-Coastal Area of Karnataka State of India,” which appeared in the Indian Journal of Dental Research. The collaborative study involved faculty and students from UNLV School of Dental Medicine; NITTE University department of oral biology and…

Sixteen School of Dental Medicine faculty and students recently participated in a service mission trip to Bolivia where they treated 30 children and adults who had severe fluorosis. While not common in the United States, fluorosis stains teeth dark green or brown due to extreme fluoride levels in drinking water. The seven-day trip immersed…

Karl Kingsley (Dental) recently published the article "UpFolic Acid-Modulated Growth of Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs)" in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Discovery with two former dental students, Kristi Agari and Weiye Lin.

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) has been named by Nevada Business magazine as Southern Nevada’s 2018 Healthcare Hero - Educator for her dedication to preparing the next generation of dental professionals. She teaches public health, tobacco cessation, health promotion, behavioral sciences, and access-to-care topics within the pre-doctoral dental…