Doctoral student in Craniofacial Science wins Hinman award
Iris Lin, a PhD student in Craniofacial Science, won the most outstanding clinical presentation

Recent student awards, research funding and lab news
Student awards Research funding Lab news

Recent faculty members’ awards and leadership achievements
Faculty of Dentistry proud of its many faculty members

UBC Dental Education Research Lab MOST listed (Taiwan)
Dr. HsingChi Bergmann’s lab is a host for Taiwan’s Dragon Gate Program

UBC PhD students win CADR-NCOHR awards
Madhurima Datta and Iris Lin are among the winners of the 2019-2020 CADR-NCOHR Student Research Awards

PhD ortho student wins PCSO award
Mona Hamoda won first place in the Scientific Poster Board Award Competition

PhD pros candidate wins award at ICP/EPA meeting
Maha Al-Sahan received an award for presenting her research at combined prosthodontics meeting

UBC Dentistry faculty member on CDSBC board
Sabina Reitzik is the only full-time faculty member from UBC on the CDSBC Board

Competitive UBC funding supports Dentistry profs’ initiatives
Their projects will enhance learning and discovery at the Faculty of Dentistry

Grad pros student receives AAED research grant
Dr. Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar funded for “Perspectives of patients with a single-tooth implant crown in the esthetic zone”

UBC IPCE: Early Years Conference 2020
(Jan 30-Feb 1) EYC 2020 leads in professional development in early childhood development, early childhood intervention, and family support. Conference is of interest to professionals who work with young children

CDE Adventure & Learn Hawaii 2020
(Feb 3-7) 16 hours of instruction co-hosted by Bisco and featuring Dr. Manor Haas and Dr. Jack Griffin

Purple Night, the 2019 UBC Dentistry Dental Hygiene Alumni Event
(Nov 15) Join guest speaker UBC Dentistry alumna Cheri Wu, BDSc 2003 who will cover all the bases in her 1-hour CE session

Alumni Reception at the TODS Meeting, Kelowna
(Oct 25) Join us for the annual alumni event at TODS

Student & Alumni Thirsty Thursday Trivia Night
(Sep 19) At the Pit Pub. Networking + Burger + Beverage + Prizes

UBC at the 2019 ACFD Biennial Conference
(Jun 16-18) "Discovering Scholarship and Research in Academia," hosted by the UBC Faculty of Dentistry

UBC at IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition
(Jun 19-22) Check out the opportunities to meet and hear UBC-affiliated people including speakers, presenters, and graduate program recruiters

Tour of UBC Dentistry for IADR Delegates
(Jun 20) Complimentary for IADR registered delegates

Alumni Reception at the Ontario Dental Conference 2019
(May 10) Meet Dr. Mary MacDougall, Dean of UBC Dentistry following the Ontario Dental Association Annual Spring Meeting

Oral Health Month April 2019
(Apr 11, 16, 24, 30 | evenings) Learn about the fascinating topic of genetics in a CDE presentation by Dean MacDougall in four Lower Mainland locations

‘Magical’ Properties of Gingival Fibroblasts: Hope for Healing Skin Wounds and Reducing Scars
Dr. Lari Häkkinen has devised an oral-based cell therapy that exploits the unique, potentially regenerative properties of gingival fibroblasts to improve skin wound healing.

Dental Hygiene Education at UBC— Commemorating 50 Years
This year, 2018, marks a golden milestone. Come celebrate with us—the Faculty, the university and the province—as we honour the history and aspire for the future of dental hygiene education at UBC

Revival—The Patterson Dental Learning Centre at UBC
The Sutherland Clinic, a much loved but somewhat neglected facility on the ground floor of the John B. Macdonald Building, has been revived. Thanks to many stakeholders in the profession and one of the largest gifts to UBC Dentistry to date, the clinic has been brought back to life to once again host study clubs.

BOLD forensic identification training
Over the years the UBC BOLD lab has provided forensic identification training to various military organizations. . .

Rings of Success: Imaging Scientists at the Core of the CHTP
UBC’s Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics (CHTP), under the aegis of UBC Dentistry, is home to not only a comprehensive suite of imaging technologies, but also a team of expert imaging scientists. Here is a look at how some recent studies benefited from their expertise.

At the Intersection of Medicine and Dentistry—UBC Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology (OMOP) Specialty
Learn the depth and breadth of the OMOP specialty and how it plays a critical role in early diagnosis of oral lesions. Dr. Eli Whitney provides a succinct snapshot of UBC's OMOP program: who is involved, what they do, with whom, for whom and where they do it.

The Booming ‘Grey Wave’—UBC Dentistry at the Educational Forefront of Geriatric Oral Care
UBC Dentistry recently restructured and enhanced its dental geriatric content. For the first time, our country has more seniors than people under the age of 15, according to a 2016 Statistics Canada census.

Interprofessional Education at UBC—Strengthening Collaboration Among Health and Human Services Professions
Faintly flickering as a concept in the 1960s, interprofessional education (IPE) today blinks loud and clear on the radar screens of health-related entities—professionally and academically, nationally and globally.

Dentistry as Science and Art—And a Quest to Decipher Genetic Influences on Craniofacial Conditions
What could be more central to a child’s or an adult’s identity than the distinctive features and contours of his or her face?

Dental hygiene students welcomed in Vietnam a second time
Watch a video and read a poster about their rotation to Vietnam