Smiles on Friday – July 10, 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.

Dental Assistant Marybeth Hernandez (left) smiles with Doreen McClay. Marybeth will begin her new journey in dental hygiene school next week.

D1 Samuel Schmid and his classmates started practicing Class 3 composites in SimLab.

Dr. Sabrina Officer ’20/AEGD ’21 reviews a patient’s crown case with D4 Brooke Holmes at CSLC-Brunswick County.

It’s the last day of the first rotation for our D4s and at CSLC-Ahoskie,Josh Williams, Mac Browning, Will Adair and Afton McRee hosted lunch for Sharonda West, Stephanie Ferguson and the entire team to say thanks for a great rotation.

AEGD Resident Dr. Alex Reale confers with Interim AEGD Residency Director Dr. Lee Boushell in clinic today.

Penny Coates, Jennifer Robertson and Ashleigh Tolin welcomed students from the community to the dental radiology certification course we offer.
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