Smiles on Friday – February 13, 2026
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.
D2 Blake Henkel is coated by Dr. Luis Sensi.
D4s Zachary Griffin, Garren Freeze, Kasey Singer and McKenzie Daugherty joined Elizabeth City AEGD Resident Dr. Sarah Herring ’25 in visiting Camden Middle School to talk with 7t graders about a career in dentistry.
At CSLC-Sylva, they held their famous Chili Cook-off.
Diana Garlough, Reneé Griffin, Dr. Bob Manga and Brigitte Schlagle all enjoy sampling the various chilis.
The Class of 2028 donned their White Coats this past Friday.
Olivia Salter and Janet Brooks from our Academic Success office presented at the 13th Annual Student Success Conference held on campus recently.
Due to the weather last week, our annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship was broken up into a virtual session last week with poster presentations this week. Dr. Saulo Geraldeli tells Dr. Soo Moon about his research.
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