School of Dental Medicine

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The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory is housed at the Pennovation Center and brings together designers, engineers, and computer scientists to reimagine the built world. Using graphic statics, a method where forces are mapped as lines, they design forms that balance compression and tension. These result in structures that use far fewer materials while remaining strong and efficient.

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Staffed by Penn Dental postgraduate dental residents, along with attending dentists, Penn Dental at Woods treats both resident in-patients and out-patients of Woods, employees, special needs students at the Woods onsite school, and people with disabilities from the community.

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Penn Dental on Cedar is one of several community sites Penn Dental Medicine operates in Philadelphia. Dental students rotate between them as part of their curriculum and learn to better communicate with and care for underserved populations.

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Henry Daniell, faculty fellow of Penn’s Environmental Innovations Initiative and the W.D. Miller Professor and vice chair in the Department of Basic & Translational Services at Penn’s School of Dental Medicine.

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An image taken through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows a polished sagittal section through a mouse mandibular incisor, showing the different mineralized tissue layers.

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