It’s been an eventful 2014 for New Dentist Now as it continues to feature resources for new dentists and dental students, along with news and insight on the dental profession and beyond. Just in case you missed them, here’s a look back to some of our favorite and most popular blog posts of the year. In Zambia, new… Read More »
Dental school is only the tip of the iceberg. The more I learned, the more I realized what I didn’t know. A general practice residency (GPR) was the next logical step. I was looking for a small residency program with sufficient fixed prostho and endo experience. What I got was exactly that plus significant oral surgery experience, my… Read More »
Memphis, Tennessee’s daily newspaper The Daily News featured this week an article on Dr. Edward Mack, a new dentist practicing in East Memphis, and his work as a brigade dentist in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad. According to the story, Dr. Mack, an endodontist, spent seven months in Iraq, treating close to 1,000… Read More »
The Institute for Diversity in Leadership 2014-15 class members engaged the ADA Board of Trustees this week in a panel discussion at ADA Headquarters. The goal: For the ADA Board of Trustees to gain insights and perspectives from the current class participants of the Institute, which includes new dentists, regarding opportunities and challenges related to advancing diversity and… Read More »
According to ADA News, the University of California San Diego Pre-Dental Society nongovernmental organization seeks civilian volunteers for U.S. Navy hospital ship humanitarian mission trips from April through September 2015. The USNS Mercy will travel to Southeast Asia and the Oceania Islands, with stops in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Philippines, Micronesia and Vietnam. A smaller ship will make… Read More »
Dr. Robert Yau is the winner of the 2014 John W. Stanford New Investigator Award. The ADA Council on Scientific Affairs selected Dr. Yau, who is pursuing specialty training in oral and maxillofacial surgery, to receive the award, which is being bestowed for just the second time in as many years. Dr. Yau earned his D.M.D. at the… Read More »