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    Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry
    Time lapse photo of green circle shows a progressively larger cleared off area where a robot has removed a biofilm

    With a precise, controlled movement, microrobots clear a glass plate of a biofilm in this time-lapse sequence.

    (Image: Geelsu Hwang and Edward Steager)

    Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry

    The new Center will bring the two schools together to accelerate the development of new solutions and devices to address unmet needs in oral health.

    Beth Adams

    Penn Dental Students Raise $29K for Oral Cancer Foundation

    • Penn Dental Students Raise $29K for Oral Cancer Foundation

    April is National Oral Cancer Awareness Month and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine students teamed with students from Temple University to bring attention to the disease and the importance of early detection through the annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk and 5K on April 2.

    Beth Adams

    Penn Dental Medicine Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Support Student Scholarships

    • Penn Dental Medicine Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Support Student Scholarships

    PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has received a $1.5 million grant for student scholarships from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Beth Adams

    Penn Dental Pediatric Clinic Mural to Be Dedicated Oct. 16

    • Penn Dental Pediatric Clinic Mural to Be Dedicated Oct. 16

    PHILADELPHIA -- Children waiting to see a dentist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Pediatric Clinic can now enter an undersea world of imaginary adventures through a new hand-painted mural.