News Archives

Apr 16, 2020

Acela Martinez Luna becomes the school’s first division director of clinical implantology

Acela Martinez Luna, DMD, MS, clinical assistant professor, has been appointed inaugural division director of clinical implantology within the Department of Surgical Sciences at the ECU School of Dental Medicine....

Apr 14, 2020

Alex Gillone is appointed division director of periodontology

Alex Gillone, DDS, MS, clinical assistant professor, has been appointed division director of periodontology within the Department of Surgical Sciences at the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Among his duties,...

Apr 13, 2020

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month

Oral cancer represents 3% of all cancers in United States. It is the 8th most common cancer in males and the 15th most common cancer in females. In between dental...

Apr 08, 2020

Mouthing Off to the Corona Virus

Forget air fryers and Snapchat filters, social distancing is the new trend of 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic now upon us, we are facing many transitions. Schools are shifting to...

Mar 24, 2020

Michael D. Webb, DDS, MEd, contributes to book that helps students, residents and faculty prepare for exams and certification

Michael D. Webb, DDS, MEd, chair and clinical associate professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, has co-authored the chapter “Behavior Guidance and Medical Emergencies” in...

Mar 16, 2020

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON 2 Greenville orthodontists, 2 big gifts to ECU, 1 continued legacy

When Ledyard E. Ross Hall, home of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, opened in 2012, the man behind it served as an inspiration to future dentists committed to...

Mar 11, 2020

ECU recognizes dental faculty for funded projects

Dr. Linda May, Dr. Mark Moss, Dr. Brian Muzyka and Dr. Wanda Wright were honored at ECU’s Research and Scholarship Awards Ceremony on March 2, 2020, for their recently funded...

Feb 10, 2020

Dental school announces first distinguished professorship

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has announced the creation of its first distinguished professorship in honor of Dr. Jasper L. Lewis, Jr., a Greenville pediatric dentist and...

Feb 03, 2020

HEALTHIER SMILES IN BERTIE COUNTY: ECU dental school brings school-based oral prevention program through Duke Endowment

Fannie Williams knows what it’s like to grow up in an area where dentists are scarce. Williams grew up in Bertie County, North Carolina, where she now serves as interim...

Jan 24, 2020

Dental disease is 100% preventable! Dr. Wanda Wright tells us how. Plus, our school is a dental home for thousands.

Dr. Wanda Wright, RN, DDS, MS, MSD, offers straight talk for improving oral health on pages 12-13 of the Daily Reflector’s Greenville magazine spring 2020. Also, read pages 14-19 and...