Smiles on Friday – March 14, 2025
Smiles 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.
Drs. Abra Bakhsh and Hanan Elgendy join Tarrick Cox as we celebrate his past four years with us at the SoDM. He will be missed, but he will help recruit ECU undergrads as he returns to the Office of Admissions.
AEGD Resident Dr. Emmanuel Utah is on rotation at Ross Hall. Normally at CSLC-Robeson County, he (like all AEGD residents) rotated through Ross Hall to gain valuable experiences from Greenville. Our Ross Hall residents also rotate to a CSLC as part of their residency.
D2 Wyatt Ford mentors D1 Paulina Sutton after hours sharing what he’s learned working in our Sim Lab with the handpieces.
D3 Haley Debnam started the Tooth Be Told program, which supports first-year dental students with the help of upper-level students. She just held her last one before she begins rotations in May. It’s great to see our students so supportive of each other.
Another satisfied patient at CSLC-Brunswick County. D4 Thomas Gryb used some of our latest digital dentistry technology to prepare a same-day crown for his patient. She was ecstatic and so appreciative!
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