Patient Care Man with Rare Condition Has 21 Baby Teeth Removed By Karen Black Feb. 12, 2021 Eastman Institute for Oral Health specialists transformed the smile of a man with Ectodermal Dysplasia, a complex disorder that affects one in 10,000 people. Over 18 months, EIOH specialists ...
Education Something to Smile About: A Paid Dental Assistant Training Program By Karen Black Dec. 8, 2020 UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health this week is announcing an innovative new program, designed to provide employment and paid training opportunities while helping treat the area’s ...
Patient Care Severe Mouth Pain Leads Florida Resident to Rochester By Karen Black Dec. 1, 2020 A 24-year-old professional performer suffered for months with mouth pain. He flew from Florida to be seen by an oral medicine expert at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of ...
Patient Care Ear and Throat Pain Led Woman to Urgent Care, Has Surgery Few Hours Later By Karen Black Oct. 5, 2020 A woman experiencing ear and throat pain first went to urgent care and ended up in surgery a few hours later.
Education Dr. Carlo Ercoli Named Educator of the Year by American College of Prosthodontists By Karen Black Sep. 1, 2020 Described as humble, kind and a remarkable professor, Eastman Institute for Oral Health's Dr. Carlo Ercoli was unanimously named Educator of the Year by the American College of Prosthodontists.
Patient Care New Guidelines for Managing Mucositis Now Available By Karen Black Aug. 6, 2020 New guidelines will provide healthcare professionals better tools to manage mucositis, a common and often debilitating complication of cancer therapy.
Patient Care Eastman Institute Names Director for New Clinical Research Core By Karen Black Feb. 2, 2020 Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski, DDS, MPH, (GenDen ’02) has been named director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s newly established Clinical and Translational Research Core.
Patient Care COB Director Robert Quivey Stepping Down By URMC Communications Dec. 16, 2019 Robert G. Quivey, Ph.D., is stepping down as director of the Center for Oral Biology (COB) and Margaret and Cy Welcher Professor in Dental Research. He will remain in that role until a new director ...
Patient Care New Dental Clinic for Medically Complex Patients Now Available at Eastman Institute for Oral Health By Karen Black Oct. 17, 2019 A new multi-million-dollar dental clinic is now available for people with medically complex conditions who have faced barriers to dental care for years.
Patient Care Drs. Lipschitz and Stephens to Lead New EIOH Specialty Care Clinic By Karen Black Oct. 9, 2019 Wayne Lipschitz, D.D.S., M.S., has been named director and Nadejda ‘Nadia’ Stephens, D.M.D., has been named assistant director of the new Specialty Care clinic at UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for ...
