Research suggests genetic links between disease risks and dental formations
Abnormalities in dental development could indicate risk for ailments such as kidney disease, asthma and cancer, among others.
Studies Suggest Dental Formations Serve as Disease Indicators
Alexandre Vieira is researching ways that abnormalities in dental development can act as indicators that people may carry genetic risks for ailments such as kidney disease and cancer.
Wrestling Dental Student Visits ‘Parts Unknown’
Britt Baker has won several wrestling championships. But this spring, she expects to claim an even bigger title: doctor of dental medicine. See her interview on “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”
Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine became the first in the nation to create opioid guidelines
The guidelines advocate that clinicians prescribe non-opioid pain-relievers first whenever possible.
Larry Cunningham Jr. was appointed as chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery and associate dean of hospital affairs
He comes to Pitt from an 18-year career at the University of Kentucky, where he served as professor and chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.