News: School of Dental Medicine

two photo collage of woman in classroom reading to students and book cover of "Where Do the Sugar Bugs Hide?"
Business and Community |

Through storytelling, Dr. Himali Patel Bhatt helps children build healthy brushing habits.

Chelsey Nicol wearing a shirt that reads "#Cleft Strong"
People |

UNLV’s new clinic restores a critical statewide service; for Nicol, it restores something even more personal.

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Campus News |

UNLV community outreach programs offer practical learning opportunities for students while leveraging our resources to address societal needs.

Dr. Kalout and team with dental patient
People |

Dental residency prepares Dr. Will Kalout to deliver emergency care during a humanitarian mission to his parents’ homeland.

woman in swimming cap hangs on edge of pool
People |

New to Southern Nevada, the dental medicine professor isn't shy about playing tourist and finds students often make the best teachers.

collage of 4 dentists, two are in white coats and two are in blue scrubs
People |

Faculty at the School of Dental Medicine bring lessons from their military service to their teaching.

Dr. John Gallob in dental coate and office
People |

The dental school's faculty practice director applies the high standards and a sense of discipline he learned in the U.S. Army to his training of the next generation of dentists.

Dr. John Kersey in white dental coat in dentist's office
People |

The advanced pediatric dentistry program director uses mentoring lessons he received in the Air Force to develop residents at UNLV.

Dr. Raybeck stands near a U.S. flag while in his dental scrubs
People |

The Vietnam veteran and retired colonel has done it all — from reconnaissance to running hospitals in Europe to teaching dental students at UNLV.

Dr. Marcia Loo in her dental office
People |

The U.S. Navy reservist is teaching dental students the lessons she found most important: discipline, empathy, and patience.

A white woman with long blonde hair and wearing a cream-colored top, blue pants and beige high-heel shoes sits on a dark wood table with her hands clasped around her knee as a man with thinning dark hair, plaid shirt, brown belt and dark pants leans in from her right. Both are in front of a lighted sign with the words You Make Me Smile in cursive script
People |

Nadim Guirguis and Megan Tufteland pivoted in their careers, they found dentistry. That led the Dental Medicine Alumni of the Year to UNLV — and to each other.

dental faculty and student working on a patient
Campus News |

The first of its kind in the state, the facility is purpose-built to serve patients who use a wheelchair or gurney during dental treatments. The school is also expanding care for cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies.