Smiles on Friday – February 28, 2025

Photo of 4 students standing outside of a buildingSmiles on Friday is our weekly update from around the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Follow the activities of students, faculty, staff and residents each week. If you want to receive the email version, please send a note to smilesonfriday@ecu.edu.

A group of people in a dental office

D3s Kaylee Flannigan, Xailyn Batista and Madisyn French  learn from OMS part-time faculty Dr. Jody Miller about proper maxillary injections.

A person sitting in a chair with a clipboard and a person wearing a mask

In the Comp Care Clinic this week, D1s Jaylyn Hill and Trevor Cole practiced periodontal instrumentation skills during the periodontal module.

 

A group of people posing for a photo

Joined by pediatric dentist Dr. Luke Current ’19 (back row center), CSLC-Spruce Pine team provided sealants, fluoride treatments, prophys and more during one of our last Give Kids A Smile events this month.

 

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Dr. Alex Vieira, associate dean for research, was selected as one of the two winners for the “Data and I” Storytelling Competition during Love Data Week 2025, sponsored by Laupus Library.

 

A group of people dancing in a field

SNDA and ASDA hosted ”The Cookout: A Celebration of Black Culture” where there was fun, games, music and line dancing that students, faculty and staff enjoyed the time together in the great warm weather.

 



Have a great weekend! Smile!
- Greg


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