My first few weeks of dental school
The Class of 2018 joined the School of Dental Medicine in August. The new cohort rounds out the student body to now include all four classes for the first time...
David Jones Archives
Dental students prepare for practice, serve rural residents
MORE THAN DRILLING & FILLING Dental students prepare for practice, serve rural residents Sept. 8, 2014 By Kathryn Kennedy ECU News Services Most people dread root canals and tooth extractions,...
Dr. Robert Foreman is named associate dean for clinical affairs at the ECU School of Dental Medicine
After a national search, Robert R. Foreman, DDS, has been appointed associate dean for clinical affairs at the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Foreman joined the School of Dental...
Patient Care Fund Bridges the Gap
Greenville, North Carolina, businessman, Eddie Smith, Jr., wanted to honor his father’s memory in a special way. The Grady-White Boats manufacturing CEO saw such an opportunity by making a gift...
Returning Home to Make a Difference
As budding professionals in late 1950s, first cousins Dr. Ken Phillips and Bobby Phillips pursued education and careers beyond the hills of their boyhood homes in Bakersville, North Carolina. Ken...
Exploring “Pain-related worry in patients with chronic orofacial pain”
Two ECU School of Dental Medicine faculty members, Dr. Ervin Davis and Dr. John Stockstill, and others have published a study, “Pain-related worry in patients with chronic orofacial pain,” in...
Christopher A. Cotterill is named Division Director of Pediatric Dentistry
July 17, 2014 Christopher A. Cotterill, DMD, has been appointed Division Director of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at the East Carolina University School of...
Researchers study impact of exercise on moms-to-be, babies
Kim Womack of Greenville uses free weights during an exercise session offered to women in their second and third trimesters as part of a study under way at ECU to...
ECU celebrates opening of fourth dental service learning center
June 27, 2014 By Kathyrn Kennedy ECU News Services With the opening of each dental community service learning center, East Carolina University is “changing the trajectory of oral health care...
Crisp receives Pierre Fauchard Academy scholarship
Hannibal A. “Alex” Crisp, DMD candidate 2015, recently received a 2014 Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation Dental Student Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation offers scholarships...