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Media Advisory: UB Dental adds nurses, dieticians and audiologists to treat more than smiles on annual day of care
2/2/18

The UB School of Dental Medicine will expand services at its annual Give Kids A Smile Day beyond oral health care to include free services from nurses, dieticians, social workers and audiologists.

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Too lazy to brush and floss? Research team will motivate you with online counseling
3/11/19

University at Buffalo researchers have received a new $438,000 grant to develop the first online intervention based on motivational interviewing to help dental patients improve oral health behaviors, including frequent brushing and flossing.

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In six days, dental professor launched first clinic in Iraq to treat families displaced after ISIS attacks
3/8/19

University at Buffalo professor Othman Shibly established a new dental clinic in Khanke Internally Displaced Population Camp in Duhok, Iraq, to provide the area’s nearly 16,000 women and children with their first oral health care in five years.

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Scientists to test light therapy as relief from painful side effect of cancer treatment
2/11/19

University at Buffalo researchers have received part of a $1.5 million grant to investigate light therapy as a replacement for prescription opioids in treating oral mucositis, painful ulcers and swelling in the mouth that result from chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer.

Child smiling in dentist chair.
UB’s Give Kids A Smile Day adds free vision care to new focus on overall health
2/4/19

The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine will host its 18th annual Give Kids A Smile Day, a national program dedicated to raising awareness about the prevalence of untreated dental disease and teaching children good dental health habits.

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