News
2012
- Dr. Christopher Overall to Present at Global Science Meeting in Vancouver
- Experts highlight links between basic science research in microbial biofilms and clinical dentistry: Research Day 2012
2011
- Dr. Ravindra Shah receives honorary degree from Taiwanese university
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr. Christopher Overall
- Reaching vulnerable populations in oral health care—Canada’s pluralistic society offers keys
UBC Reports
- New dental practice management programs offered between UBC Dentistry and Sauder School of Business
Globe and Mail - Douglas College and UBC Dentistry join forces on December 3 to offer free oral care services in New Westminster
Royal City Record - Wilson Kwong DMD 1989 offers to buy back candy from kids: effort to reduce amount of sweets eaten during Halloween
Vancouver Sun - Student social space just got a whole lot brighter
- UBC Dentistry ‘adopts’ an elementary school
- Surfing for smiles: GPR location in Kelowna
Castanet.net News - New appointments: full-time faculty
- Dentistry appoints three new associate deans
- Highlights from General Practice Residents Research Day and awards and certificate ceremony
- Alumni appointed to BCDA board of directors
Kamloops This Week
- NSERC funding awarded for tooth and jaw development
- CIHR funds UBC research into hair follicle stem cells to improve steroid-impaired wound healing
- On the cover—publications by UBC Dentistry faculty members
- Dr. Fernanda Almeida wins prestigious dental sleep medicine award
- Graduation 2011: Congratulations to all graduates in the Faculty of Dentistry
- Spotlight on Dentistry at UBC Alumni Weekend
- Student-led community dentistry at the Abbotsford Food Bank: Discover the breadth and depth of dental service given to people in need
- Dentistry teaching awards 2010-2011 academic year
- Oral Health Month April 2011: The Faculty of Dentistry has lots to buzz about during Canada's national oral health month
- First-year DMD student wins CADR-IMHA student research award
- BOLD lab graduate student asked to visit crime scene, advise police
- Canadian Forces partners with BOLD
- CIHR awards over $1.76M to UBC Dentistry researchers
- Between the covers—new books by faculty members
- Dr. Catherine Poh part of UBC research team to lead $4.7-million study on early-stage oral cancer
- BCDA award recipients 2011: UBC faculty and alumni
- CDSBC honours UBC alumni and faculty
- Report: Financing and regulating oral health care in long-term-care facilities
- UBC Dentistry’s new initiative: adopt a long-term-care facility
- New dental clinic launched on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
2010
- BCOCPP team wins CDA Oral Health Promotion Award—team includes UBC alumna / faculty member
- Dr. Lawrence Rossoff granted Fellowship to the ACD
- Sleep apnea mask may cause subtle facial changes: UBC study
- Four years in the making—a milestone for the Dental Hygiene Degree Program
- Dentists urged to play bigger role identifying oral cancers—Dr. Michele Williams and multi-disciplinary team working closely with organized dentistry.
Vancouver Sun - Affiliation agreement established with Saudi Arabia
- New appointments: full-time faculty
- This won't hurt at all—dental students from UBC volunteered their services on Kuper Island in July
- UBC Dentistry Team returns from Penelakut First Nation
- New home for bioimaging facility
- Oral health and oral cancer in Vietnam: UBC alumna receives top award for research
- UBC researchers: Dentists may have more opportunity for screening sleep-disordered breathing
- Dr. Donald Brunette Receives Honorary Degree from Japanese University
- Congratulations to all graduates in the Faculty of Dentistry
- A new hub of activity in the old clinic: The PDG Conference Room
- Dentistry Teaching Awards 2009 – 2010 Academic Year
- Determination to start over: Nantha Rajkumar practiced dentistry in Sri Lanka for 10 years before moving her family to Canada because of social unrest and violence.
- UBC research contributes to Canada’s improvement in oral health care
- Faculty members share views in the Globe and Mail's CDA information supplement on Oral Health Month
- Dental hygiene clinical trial finds help for bleeding gums
- 2010 athletes get top dental care: Gutam Khanna, 3M Media Arts Canada, talks to Dr. Zed about the entire dental services program for the Olympics and its lasting legacy.
- Cultural issues pose challenge for doctors, dentists. Capt. Ryan Sinotte DMD 2007 mentors Afghan colleagues at the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital
- BBC World Service interviews Dr. Chris Zed
- Dr. Rosamund Harrison wins 2010 national teaching award
- Dr. Christopher Zed talks to the CBC about mouthguard use at the Games
- Dr. Christopher Zed explains the design of the dental services program at the Games to Calgary talk radio host
- Olympic dental team on course for new record
- Athletes taking a bite out of dentists' workdays
- Third-year dental student Oxana Korj given a huge honour
- Dentistry at the Games!
- UBC Dentistry researchers ranked No. 1: awarded over $1.5M in CIHR research grants
- UBC Dentistry offers new clinical specialty graduate programs
2009
- CIHR awards UBC Dentistry periodontal researchers over $1.28m in research grants
- Canadian Cancer Society awards UBC Dentistry faculty over $800k in research grants
- Dr. Edwin H.K. Yen receives 2009 UBC Honorary Alumnus Award
- Three faculty members granted fellowship to the ACD
- Dr. Michael MacEntee wins the IADR award in geriatric research
- Dr. Alan Lowe recognized by the German Society of Dental Sleep Medicine
- UBC Dentistry team returns from Brazil
- Governments of Canada and BC invest in UBC Dentistry’s bioimaging facility
- Dental distributer donates $20,000 to UBC Dentistry’s international programs
- UBC alumni brothers volunteer on the Downtown Eastside
- UBC alumnus to volunteer in Guatemala. Dr. Doug Nielson DMD 1972 and Richmond dental team to hold free clinics for Mayans.
- Evan Wiens DMD 2012 wins in photo contest
- CTV News interviews Dr. Alan Lowe
- Student learning centre opens in JBM Building
- DMD students encouraged to experience rural setting
- Sleep apnea: children may benefit from UBC device
2008
- UBC GPR team raises $12k for Cambodian children’s hospital
- Partnership between Kelowna Gospel Mission and UBC Dentistry
- 2010 Athletes to get top dental care
- Dr. David Sweet O.C. invested Into the Order of Canada
- Dr. Keenman Feng, DMD 1985, volunteers with BC medical team to fix cleft palates in China
- Academic and faculty awards and recognition 2007 - 2008
- UBC alumnus Dr. Janet Roberts, DMD 1977, has been appointed as a mentor and senior instructor at the California Center for Advanced Dental Studies
- Mouthwashes promise a breath of fresh air
- UBC general practice dental residents take advantage of new program for the medically complex patient at VGH
- Dental hygiene research team wins prestigious grant for clinical trial
- UBC forensic dentist appointed to Order of Canada
- Onward to 2010
