Smiles on Friday – May 1, 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.
At our Hyde County Outreach Clinic, the team welcomed Dr. Rob Tempel back to help care for patients today.
CSLC-Brunswick County had a winner in their midst this week-Michael
Huntley from Season 24 of the Voice.
D3 Landon Evans shared his experiences with Patient Care Funds at the PNG Celebration.
Nominators and nominees represented the SoDM well this week at the Centennial Awards Celebration hosted by the university.
Elizabeth Gates works with D3 Rico Castillo to identify potential patients for our DOOR grant project, a collaborative effort with the University of Florida.
Senior Director of Informatics Phillip Allen works with D4 Zachary Griffin to do his computer checkout for the end of his dental school journey.
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