Contact your member of Congress and urge him or her to cosponsor the Student Loan Refinancing Act of 2015, H.R. 649. The American Dental Education Association estimates that the average graduating dental student’s debt was over $247,000 in 2014. H.R. 649 will allow borrowers, under the federal student loan program, to refinance their existing loans multiple times. If… Read More »
The Dallas Morning News profiled the extraordinary story of a new dentist, Dr. Given Kachepa, who just graduated from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, and his hopes to return to open the first dental clinic in the city where he was born — Kalingalinga, Zambia. According to the article, Dr. Kachepa was brought to Texas by… Read More »
Some issues that a new dentist might face may include: It is my first time doing a procedure that I want to incorporate into my practice: how can I do that ethically on my first cases? When should I refer? Are there ethical considerations if I don’t refer? At what point should I send the patient to a… Read More »
San Francisco — University of California San Francisco dental student Jean Marie Calvo was selected for the Zuckerman Fellows program, which will financially support her to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard’s School of Public Health. “If I’m going to be a dentist who wants to make a difference, I wanted the (MPH) degree to… Read More »
The Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is accepting applications for its 2016 Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children grants. HSHC is committed to supporting community-based initiatives providing dental homes to children whose families cannot afford dental care through its grants targeting children up to age 18. HSHC grants are one-year matching grants of up to $20,000 supporting… Read More »
Deah Barakat made the appeal himself. Looking directly at the camera, earnestness in his plea, the University of North Carolina’s School of Dentistry dental student asked, “Have you ever felt helpless about the situation in Syria, and felt like you can’t do anything about it? Well, this is your opportunity to help.” In the YouTube video posted last… Read More »