A new study from the Ostrow School of Dentistry published in Cell Stem Cell illustrates how changes in cell signaling can cause ordinary stem cells in the jaw to start forming benign but potentially harmful tumors. Above: Professor Songtao Shi A new study from the Ostrow School of Dentistry published in Cell Stem Cell illustrates […]
Ostrow School of Dentistry community service programs received $10,000 in free oral care products resulting from a pledge campaign from Colgate-Palmolive and the Hispanic Dental Association during July 2013’s Oral Health Month. Above: First year pediatric dentistry resident Geraldine Ruiz screens third grader Marilyn Beltran under the supervision of Neighborhood Mobile Clinic Co-Director Carlos Sanchez. […]
Above: Satish Kumar OFPOM ’07, PERIO ’15 (right) receives his scholarship during the AAP Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Second year Advanced Periodontology resident Satish Kumar was awarded one of two American Academy of Periodontology Foundation Educator Scholarships during the 2013 AAP Annual Meeting on September 29. The $25,000 scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding US […]
Above: Rafael “Ray” Bowen DDS ’53 In 1963, Ostrow School of Dentistry alumnus Rafael “Ray” Bowen DDS ’53 published “Properties of a Silica-Reinforced Polymer for Dental Restorations” in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Essentially introducing the idea of dental composites to the world, it would eventually be considered one of the most pioneering […]
Harry Louis Dougherty, professor emeritus and former chair of the Ostrow School of Dentistry Orthodontic Department, passed away on October 5, 2013 at the age of 87. Above: Professor Emeritus Harry L. Dougherty Dougherty was born September 22, 1926 in San Jose, Costa Rica. He relocated to Gardena, California at the age of six. He […]
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC is pleased to announce the hiring of Douglas Solow, DDS, MBA, who will join the Ostrow team as the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs. Above: Douglas Solow, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs In this role, Solow will oversee all clinical operations for the school, including dental clinics […]
Dr. Rex Ingraham, 1941 DDS graduate and preeminent faculty member of the Ostrow School of Dentistry, passed away on September 21, 2013 at the age of 99. Above: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rex Ingraham Born March 25, 1914, Ingraham grew up on a ranch on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies. After graduating from Mesa […]
New findings about how cell signaling directs tongue development may have big clinical applications for healing tongue defects, according to an Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Above: Yang Chai Professor Yang Chai, the study’s principal investigator and director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the […]
Above: All Star Award honorees Helen Gonzales, Edith Huerta, Paula De Wet, Eileen Guzman, and Sharon Uyeda with Ostrow Dean Avishai Sadan. (Not pictured: Rachelle Bautista) Six Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC staff members were recognized with All-Star Awards, a new quarterly award for Ostrow staff members who have gone beyond the call […]
Clinical training for Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC students will become even more state-of-the-art thanks to an unprecedented donation from dental equipment company Bien-Air USA, Inc. Bien-Air USA will donate and install 308 new electric handpiece systems in clinics and simulation laboratories throughout the school. The in-kind donation is worth more than […]
