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Penn Dental Medicine educating dentists to care for persons with disabilities
Demonstration of tooth brushing techniques using dental model

Penn Dental Medicine educating dentists to care for persons with disabilities

Penn Dental Medicine is helping to improve access to care for persons with disabilities through a commitment to provide continuing education and educational content to dentists on how to manage this special population. 

Penn Today Staff

Bringing healthy smiles to Philadelphia communities
patient looking in the mirror after dental work

Bringing healthy smiles to Philadelphia communities

In health care facilities embedded around Philadelphia, students and faculty from the School of Dental Medicine are ramping up the care they provide to underserved populations.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A Sayre-Keystone collaboration brings dental care to kids
child at dentist office being mildly entertained yet skeptical of staff member with a yellow hand puppet

Through a series of four service day events, the School teamed with Keystone First to provide care to children at Penn Dental at Sayre in West Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy: Penn Dental Medicine)

A Sayre-Keystone collaboration brings dental care to kids

Penn Dental at Sayre Health Center teamed with Keystone First to help children and young adults living in the Center’s West Philadelphia neighborhood find dental care.

Penn Today Staff

Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows
Michel Koo and Joshua Plotkin

Hyun (Michel) Koo and Joshua Plotkin

Two from Penn named to new class of AAAS Fellows

Noted for their contributions to dental and biological sciences, respectively, Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine and Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts and Sciences are part of the newest cohort of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Katherine Unger Baillie

To resolve inflammation, location matters
A diagram explains the action of the protein Del-1 and macrophages

Researchers from Penn and Technical University of Dresden found that the protein Del-1 takes on different functions depending on the cell that secretes it. When secreted by the immune system's macrophages, it acts as a bridge between those cells and neutrophils to help clear inflammation. (Image: Courtesy of George Hajishengallis)

To resolve inflammation, location matters

A single protein can both restrain the initiation of inflammation and help to actively resolve it, according to new research led by George Hajishengallis of the School of Dental Medicine. He and his colleague found that the type of cell that secretes the protein determines which activity the protein promotes.

Katherine Unger Baillie

5 tips to scare away cavities
large pile of assorted wrapped candy

5 tips to scare away cavities

Beyond the inevitable sugar high, what are the implications of consuming a glut of candy? Pediatric dentist Maria Velasco suggests coming up with a plan, then giving away the rest of the treats.

Michele W. Berger