Dean Feldman Receives Honor from American College of DentistsDean Cecile A. Feldman was honored by the American College of Dentists (ACD), which elected her as a member of its Board of Regents.
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Faculty Donors Honor Colleague Each Year With Endowed Scholarship AwardThe process of earning a DMD or postdoctoral certificate can be grueling enough. But the financial burden for dental school students can also be hard to bear. Dr. Andrew Sullivan, Chair of the Department of Periodontics, and his colleagues sought to ease financial burdens, too.Three years ago, Sullivan and Drs. Joel Pascuzzi, Howard Drew and Barry Simon created the Michael J. Deasy DMD Endowed Scholarship
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Black Dental Pioneers Honored at EventStaff, faculty and students paid tribute to three African-American dental pioneers for Black History Month.They honored American’s first Black dentist, Robert Tanner Freeman, Jessie Gideon Garnett, Boston’s first Black woman dentist, and Earl Renfroe, America’s first Black orthodontist who is also considered the father of orthodontics in Brazil.
Read more...Dean Feldman: New Jersey Needs Fluoridated Water NowIn a Rutgers Today Q&A that was also featured on the website Medical Xpress, Dean Feldman described how fluoride in drinking water plays a key role in preventing dental disease. She also called for change in the Garden State, where only 15 percent of residents live in towns with fluoridated water. New Jersey has the second lowest rate of fluoridated water in the nation, after Hawaii.
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