School of Dentistry

  1. April 3, 2026

    Look to Leadership: Bridging pediatric dentistry and public health to combat childhood tooth decay

    U-M is building on a nearly century-long collaboration between the School of Dentistry and School of Public Health to help address disparities in dental care.

  2. March 26, 2026

    Fifteen U-M faculty named as 2025 AAAS fellows

    Fifteen University of Michigan faculty members earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2025.

  3. March 6, 2026

    Dentistry clinic helps give kids a great smile

    For the last two decades, students and faculty at the School of Dentistry have hosted Give Kids a Smile, an annual free clinic for children in the Ann Arbor area.

  4. November 17, 2025

    How Dentistry worked with athletes to develop modern mouthguard

    It’s been more than 65 years since the late William Godwin, a School of Dentistry faculty member, embraced the challenge of how to protect athletes’ teeth from injury.

  5. November 3, 2025

    New Digital Dentistry Center marks major milestone

    The recent opening of a new Digital Dentistry Center at the School of Dentistry will improve care for patients while advancing the education of dental students.

  6. September 15, 2025

    M-PACT announces 12 new faculty scholars across seven schools

    The Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation has announced the appointment of 12 new tenure-track assistant professors in the biomedical and health sciences.

  7. September 2, 2025

    School of Dentistry marks 150th anniversary of its founding

    The School of Dentistry has long embraced a “leaders and best” commitment to its mission of providing outstanding dental education, innovative patient care and transformative scientific research.

  8. July 14, 2025

    School of Dentistry to host free mouthguard clinic Aug. 2

    Athletes who will participate in sports this fall and winter can have a free, customized mouthguard made for them during the School of Dentistry’s Mouthguard Clinic on Aug. 2.

  9. May 19, 2025

    Obituary — Charles Kowalski

    Professor Emeritus of Dentistry Charles Joseph Kowalski, who retired from U-M in 2009, died just days shy of his 87th birthday.

  10. May 12, 2025

    June symposium to explore Dental School’s 150-year history

    An agenda of preeminent experts in dentistry, dental education, patient care, research and history will join a symposium June 12-13 that celebrates the sesquicentennial of the School of Dentistry.