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UB dental van providing no cost care in Buffalo through October
9/4/20
The University at Buffalo S-Miles to Go dental van will provide free dental care to people of all ages in the Western New York community through Oct. 30.
Patricia Diaz named director of UB’s Microbiome Center
9/4/20
Patricia Diaz, Professor of Empire Innovation in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has been named the new director of the UB Microbiome Center.
UB dental students 3D print free face shields for local dentists
6/24/20
UB dental students are using 3D printers to supply UB and Western New York dentists with protective equipment as local practices return to providing oral health care.
UB spinoff awarded grant to advance medicinal toothpaste
6/8/20
The UB School of Dental Medicine and OptiMed Technology were awarded a manufacturing grant from the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund to accelerate the development of their products to the market.
The nation’s first oral biology PhD program turns 50
6/4/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine established the first Department of Oral Biology in the U.S. in 1960. Three years later, UB created the first PhD program in oral biology in a dental school.

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